The training class covered a variety of topics involving stormwater particularly focusing on conducting inspections for Stormwater Compliance. Representatives from both the City of Durango and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) participated in the training. 

The CDPHE regulates any Stormwater Discharge permitting in the State of Colroado under the EPA. On an even smaller scale, the City of Durango actually regulates all stormwater activity related to construction within the City limits.  

Since completing the class, she now has a better understanding of what the inspectors are really focused on and trained to look for on a construction site.

For registration, go to http://www.rmwea.org/

Date: Friday July 30th, 2010
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Location: Eolus Room in the Durango Recreation Center, 2700 Main Avenue, Durango, CO

Training Units:  Total = 0.6 Units (0.3 W, 0.375 WW, 0.375 I)
Questions:  Contact Kelly Fearney at Russell Planning & Engineering 970-385-4546×30
Kellyf@russellpe.com

Schedule for Friday July 30th 8:00-4:00 at the Durango Recreation Center

(Subject to Change)

8:15-9:00              Stan Lueck, RODI Systems, Membrane Filtration, 0.075 W

9:05-9:50              Jack Barker, Innovative Water Technologies, The GE Homespring for single residential to small-scale membrane filtration water treatment, 0.075 W

9:55-10:40           Clinton Kaasa, USDA Rural Development, USDA Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Programs, 0.075 W, WW, I

10:45-11:30         Tony Galvan, Siemens Water Technologies, Small to Medium Scale Package Water Treatment Systems, 0.075 W

11:30-12:30         Lunch Break, Provided by Norton’s Catering       

12:30-1:15           Susan Roszko, Kruger/Veolia Water Solutions, AnoxKaldnes Biofilm Reactors for nitrogen removal, 0.075 WW, I

1:20-2:05              Fred Robyns, S. Ute Tribe, Wastewater Treatment Facility, Extended Aeration Oxidation Ditches…Operations and Performance, 0.075 WW, I

2:05-2:20              Afternoon Break                                             

2:20-3:05              Stan Lueck, RODI Systems, Membrane Bioreactors, 0.075 WW, I

3:10-3:55              Dave Marsa, South Durango Sanitation District, Sequencing Batch Reactors…Operations and Performance, 0.075 WW, I

Total = 0.6 Units (0.3 W, 0.375 WW, 0.375 I)

President
RODI Systems Corp.
936 Hwy 516
Aztec, NM  87410
Phone:  505-334-5865
Fax:  505-334-5867
www.rodisystems.com
Email:  stan@rodisystems.com

Mr. Lueck is currently the President and principal owner of RODI Systems Corp., a New Mexico corporation specializing in membrane-based water treatment equipment for desalination, process water treatment, and wastewater treatment.  RODI Systems also provides other products and services including control systems, monitoring systems, instrumentation, operator training, feasibility studies, pilot testing, system design, and system troubleshooting.

Mr. Lueck’s Presentation will discuss Water Treatment with Membrane Technologies.  This is a brief overview of the membrane technologies currently used in various water treatment applications.  This includes microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis.  Topics covered in the presentation include:

• Definition of a membrane and membrane materials;
• Flow configurations;
• Membrane element construction;
• Membrane system design;
• Membrane treatment applications.

In addition, the presentation will include descriptions of various case histories and techniques used for operation and troubleshooting.

Jack E. Barker
Jack E. Barker/President
Innovative Water Technologies, Inc.
29625 Industrial Park Road
Rocky Ford, Colorado 81067
Office 719-254-4426
Fax 719-254-4427
Cell 719-469-6807 Anytime
Jack@innovativeh2o.com
www.innovativeh2o.com

Jack E. Barker is President of Innovative Water Technologies, Inc. from Rocky Ford Colorado
&  President of AAA OPERATIONS Inc. of Dumont, Colorado.  I am a Colorado Class A Water, Class A Wastewater and Class A Industrial Wastewater operator in Colorado.

The presentation will cover basic ultrafiltration (UF), terms, configurations, what UF does and does not do and example applications in Colorado and around the World.

Clinton Kaasa
Rural Development Area Director
U. S. Department of Agriculture
1427 West Aztec Boulevard, Suite 1 | Aztec, NM  87410
 Phone:  (505) 334-3090 ext 4 | FAX:  (505) 334-4336
 www.rurdev.usda.gov

Clint Kaasa is the Area Director for USDA, Rural Development in Aztec, NM.  The service area covers San Juan, McKinley and Cibola Counties.  He has been in his current position since April, 2008.  He has prior experience with the Agency in Montana and Washington.

He will discuss the USDA, Rural Development Water and Wastewater Loan and Grant Programs including eligibility and the application process.  Funding is delivered through grants, direct loans and guaranteed loans.

Anthony Galvan
Siemens Water Technologies
Anthony.Galvan@siemens.com

Mr. Galvan is the water technologies technical sales manager for the West Region for Siemens Conventional products.  These products include gravity filters, pressure filters, arsenic removal, package plants, and radium removal.

Mr. Galvan’s presentation will be on small water treatment systems including package plants and Arsenic removal.
Stan Lueck
President
RODI Systems Corp.
936 Hwy 516
Aztec, NM  87410
Phone:  505-334-5865
Fax:  505-334-5867
www.rodisystems.com
Email:  stan@rodisystems.com

Mr. Lueck’s personal biography is described above.  Mr. Lueck will give a second presentation discussing wastewater treatment using Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs).  He will explain how membranes work, compare MBRs to conventional activated sludge, and present the advantages and disadvantages.  He will also discuss various membrane products available on the market today.

Fred Robyns
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Wastewater Facility
Ignacio, Colorado
970-563-0296
frobyns@suitutil.com

Mr. Robyns is the ORC for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe Wastewater Facility in Ignacio and is responsible for the day to day operations of the treatment plant and collection system. The plant is an oxidation ditch/anoxic zone facility rated at .8 mgd and typically removes 99% of the influent BOD/TSS/and ammonia as nitrogen. Fred is licensed as CO Wastewater A and is a CA Registered Environmental Health Specialist. His background is in public health, industrial quality water, solid waste, biosolids, potable water supply and onsite/offsite wastewater treatment and disposal.

Fred’s presentation will give specifics of the Tribal operation of its oxidation ditch and discuss the unique merits of this type of extended air wastewater plant.

Susan Roszko
Veolia Water
Susan.roszko@veoliawater.com

Susan Roszko, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and Paper Science Engineering from NC State.  She is a senior application engineer at Kruger, working on the AnoxKaldnes product line, which includes the MBBR and IFAS systems.  She is involved in selling and helping to further develop the product line.

Ms. Roszko will be discussing Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) systems, as well as (Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) systems and the differences between them.  She will discuss how the systems operate, the advantages of these types of systems, and what equipment they are comprised of.  Advantages of these systems may include adaptability, ease of operation, and nitrification.   There will also be a focus on the LagoonGuard application (a type of MBBR), followed by a case study on a LagoonGuard plant.

Dave Marsa
South Durango Sanitation District
Durango, Colorado
swwastewater@yahoo.com

Mr. Marsa is a contract operator in the Durango area for approximately 10 years. He has a class A domestic waste water, class A Industrial waste water and class B water license. Currently he operates 7 waste water plants including South Durango’s SBR.
 
Mr. Marsa will discuss the operations of how a SBR works and some operational issues that are only found in SBRs (the good, bad and ugly).

The owner of Russell Planning and Engineering, Mike Russell, has always been a huge proponent of ”Bike to Work Day” and “strongly” encourages all to participate. He believes that exercise promotes alertness and helps keep his employees healthy which = increased productivity.   

8 of the 13 RPE employees either walk or bike to work on a regular basis. Due to the high volume of riders, Mike ended up installing a bike rack in the back alley. Another step the owner has made towards “greening” his company was trading in one of the company’s vehicles for a Prius.  

Transportation Emissions

We are pleased to announce Moreno Surveying and Geographics, Inc. and Russell Planning and Engineering, Inc have formed a strategic alliance to provide additional services to our customers.  While the firms will remain separate entities, Moreno has moved their operations into the Russell office at 934 Main Ave, Durango where the firms together can now provide full land planning and permitting, civil engineering, land surveying and GIS services.  For more information contact either Mike Russell at (970) 385-4546 or Josh Casselberry with Moreno at (970) 749-8537.

This further deepens Russell Planning and Engineering’s already deep pool of in-the-field expertise, and allows us to better serve and represent our clients and thier needs.

Russell Planning and Engineering (RPE) is pleased to announce we have been selected by Taos Ski Valley as the Civil Engineer responsible for designing the Pioneer’s Glade single family development located in the Village of Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.  Taos is known as one of the premier ski and snowboard areas in the United States, with both terrain and weather consistently ranking in the top 10 of all ski areas in North America.

The award of this contract continues RPE’s proud tradition of providing high-quality, custom engineering services for developments in difficult mountainous terrain.  The Pioneer’s Glade development will be situated on the eastern slopes of the Taos Ski Valley Area and will have both ski-in and ski-out access.  We are very excited about our new partnership with Taos Ski Valley.  We are looking forward to providing quality engineering services for this project and hope to continue this new relationship well into the future.