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Water Environment Association of South Carolina | District Three | VOL. 32, Number 3 | November 2019
Chair Rick HiersCity of Columbia (803) [email protected]
Chair Elect Jesse MeffordAlliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.(803) [email protected]
1st Vice Chair Stephen SealeyCity of Columbia (803) [email protected]
2nd Vice Chair Gene House Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission (803) [email protected]
Past Chair Chris Waddell American Engineering Consultants, Inc. (803) [email protected]
Secretary Liz CarnesaleCDM Smith (803) [email protected]
Treasurer Donna West Joint Municipal Water & Sewer Commission (803) [email protected] Association (803) 358-0658 www.scwaters.org
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2019-2020
Follow us on FACEBOOK @ Water Environment Association of South Carolina-WEASC And on Twitter @WEA–SC Check out our Website @ www.scwaters.org/group/capital
Chair’s ColumnGreetings everyone! I hope y’all are having a good last quarter of the year (hard to believe the holidays are almost upon us!) and are enjoying the seasonable weather that has
Dorian, our schedule got a bit
to get things rescheduled – much appreciation to those involved with
routine. Due to the timing of this
and photos from the rescheduled District meeting and golf tournament will not appear until the next issue, so stay tuned for those.
golf tournament on its originally scheduled date and were able to
to the District scholarship fund from the registrations and sponsorships (MBD Consulting Engineers, PubliQ, and Weston & Sampson) for that
his efforts in putting the tournament together. We were a small but merry band of players, we had a lot of fun,
foundation to build upon for future
and those who joined us not so much to play, but to support the cause.
productive Executive Committee meeting on October 17th, hosted and sponsored by Alliance Consulting Engineers. For those of you wondering who the Executive Committee is and what we do, the Executive Committee consists of our
and committee members, and we meet every other month (between full District meeting months) to plan and discuss District meetings, events, activities, budgets, and the
level at a manageable level.
meeting will be held on November
of Cayce and West Columbia, with additional sponsors being American Engineering Consultants, Water Systems, Inc., and American Cast
Iron Pipe Company. The meeting will have a nice lineup of technical sessions, a delicious meal of
the recognition of our scholarship
Lastly, the deadline for District award nominations is December 16th. Please, please nominate some
forms on the Capital District page of the scwaters.org website.
will be delivered after the holidays, so I wish all of you a safe and happy
coming up, I just want to say that
to serve as your chair, and for our Executive Committee, our volunteers, our sponsors, our members, and everyone else that
great organization that it is.
Rick
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Columbia, SC 803 779-2078
Greenville, SC 864 284-1740
Charlotte, NC 704 527-4474
Bluffton, SC 843 757-5959
Charleston, SC 843 901-1074
Capital District Newsletter | Nov. 2019 | Page 2
P & S Construction Co., Inc.
(803) 359-9334Since 1972
127 Ridge Point Dr.Gaston, SC 29053803-608-4948 [email protected]
Contract OperationsMaintenance
Backflow testing and RepairLLHG Sampling
James LeRoyChief Wastewater Supervisor
Laboratory ServicesUTILITY
Meeting / Sponsor
District Meeting City of West Columbia & City of Cayce
EC Meeting @Weston & Sampson
District Meeting @JMWSC & Town of Lexington
EC Meeting @AECOM
District Meeting @Batesburg-Leesville & Gilbert-Summit Rural Water District @ T&S Farms
EC Meeting @CDM Smith
2019Nov 21
Dec 5
2020Jan 16
Feb 20
Mar 26
April 16
WEASC Capital District Schedule and Sponsors 2019
ContributorsClearWater, Inc.
Golf Tournament Lunch Sponsors AECOMInfoSense, Inc.
Beverage Cart SponsorsGenerator Services, Inc.Evoqua Water Technologies
Major ContributorsAECOM,
Access Analytical, Inc.Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.
American Engineering Consultants, Inc.
CDM Smith
Godwin Pumps a Xylem Brand
M.B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc. McClam & Associates, Inc.
P&S Construction Co., Inc./PASCONS&G Associates, Inc.
Secretary – Liz CarnesaleTreasurer – Donna West
with the Capital District Rules posted on the website atwww.scwaters.org/group/capital
Capital District Newsletter | November 2019 | Page 3
Meal: Heyward Incorporated Grand Prize: Pete Duty & Associates, Inc.
Social Hour: Carotek, Inc.
A special thanks to our 2019 Capital District Pine Island Meeting Sponsors...
Golf Hole Sponsors AECOM Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc.American Engineering Consultants, Inc.
CDM SmithCivil Engineering Consulting Services, Inc. M.B. Kahn Construction Co., Inc.
Disc Golf Sponsors MBD Consulting Engineers, PA PubliQ Weston & Sampson
Agenda:
2:00 – 2:15 pm Registration
2:15 – 3:05 pm Sampler and Flow Meter Basics Rodney Edwards
3:05 – 3:15 pm
3:15 – 4:05 pm T.I.E.’s: The Clue to Toxicity Sarah Holt - Water Systems, Inc.
4:05 – 4:15 pm
4:15 – 5:05 pm Centrifugal Pumps Running on VFDs Joe Desroches and Chris Caldwell - Pete Duty & Associates
5:05 – 6:00 pm Social Time
6:00 – 7:00 pm
7:00 pm District Business Meeting
Directions:
(Gaston/Cayce).
21 / 176 / 321 (Gaston/Swansea).
then the next right onto D Epting Lane.
of the road.
Meal: Venue/Meal Sponsors: City of Cayce; City of West Columbia;
American Engineering Consultants, Inc.; American Cast Iron Pipe Company; Water Systems, Inc.
Social Hour Sponsor: Water Systems, Inc.Grand Prize Sponsor: American Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Capital District Newsletter | November 2019 | Page 4
November 2019 Capital District MeetingDate: Thursday, November 21, 2019Location:
Visit www.scwaters.org/group/capital
colleagues today!
Questions?? Contact Jason Fell:(864) 377-5820 Send forms to: [email protected]
Capital District Newsletter | November 2019 | Page 5
Adam Otten; Corey Anderson; Steven RandallKelly Whitlock John Miano / ASUS, Inc.
Stephen Taylor Soneika Santiago / City of Columbia
/ City of Columbia/ ServoSouth
/ City of Columbia Canal WTPRachel Uetrecht / WSE, Inc.
Corey Jarels Tyler Masters
Arron Olson / Transworld, Inc.
New Members!
District Awards Nomination Forms Now Available Online!! DEADLINE DEC. 16TH
Capital District Rules Proposed AmendmentApproved by Capital District
Executive Committee on 6/20/19
redblue, explanation for change in green)
Dues SectionActive members, except “Lifetime Members” and “Students”, shall pay annual dues in the amount currently in effect for the membership. (Dues for Lifetime Members and Students are $0.) Duration of Membership Section
of the Executive Committee for reasons expressed in Article IV, Section 3, of the Constitution Section 9.0, Admission and Expulsion of the Association’s Bylaws.(WEASC Bylaws revision approved in March 2019 and actual verbiage can be found in Section 9.0, Admission and Expulsion of the Bylaws.)
Nominating Committee SectionThe Nominating Committee shall be elected by the membership at the annual a business meeting one year in advance of the time that they are to bring recommendations for
(Nominating Committee selected by District Members at the March Business Meeting.)
JOSHUA YOUNG
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E-mail: Office: Fax: Mobile:
Capital District Newsletter | November 2019 | Page 6
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WEASC Capital District Committee Assignments 2019-2020
At Large Member At Large Member At Large Member At Large Member ArrangementsArrangements Support
AwardsBudget & Audit Membership Golf Support Team
NominatingPrograms PublicationsRules ScholarshipWebsite
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[email protected]@gmail.com
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[email protected]@gmail.com
[email protected]@hiepc.com
[email protected]@lcjmwsc.com
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Congratulations to our very own Lisa Muzekari (Thomas & Hutton) for being named one of MEMBERS
IN THE NEWS!
The Capital District of the Water Environment Association of South Carolina (WEASC) held their October Meeting at Pine Island in Columbia, SC. The total number in attendance for the meeting was 113 people.
The delicious meal from Shealy’s BBQ was sponsored
Committee members Bill Davis and Kevin Anderson,
The motion carried.
founded Water Systems, Inc. more than 30 years ago.
plaque to Milton Quattlebaum and Dominion Energy for providing use of the Pine Island facility. Chair
sponsors for the October Capital District meeting and the upcoming Golf Tournament. Clint recognized and called all sponsors forward for a photo.
about awards. As the outgoing Awards Committee
that the tournament was a success. There are 13 more WEASC discs for sale and if all sell, we will have raised
the sponsors for the Disc Golf Tournament and presented an award for 2019 Disc Golf Champion
in Myrtle Beach, the Capital District Scholarship Golf Tournament on November 7th at Cobblestone in
on November 12th at Saluda Shoals, Distribution
Leadership Academy on December 6th, and Industrial
District meeting is on November 21st at a new venue:
up to 784 members.
With no further business to discuss, a motion to adjourn
Bill Davis, and carried to conclude the October 2019 Capital District Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,Elizabeth CarnesaleWEASC Capital District (District 3)
WEASC Capital District (District 3) Capital District Meeting October 23, 2019
Capital District Newsletter | November 2019 | Page 7
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