A Publication of the Hawaii Water Environment Association
Volume 19 Number 1
www.hwea.org
Spring 2006
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By June Nakamura, 2006-2007 HWEA President
WOW, it’s already 3 months into the 2006 -2007 year
and your Board is busy planning and organizing for another great year of activities and functions.
to network, meet some interesting individuals and create
some lasting friendships. As a reminder to all, our organization needs your active involvement to thrive and
meet the goals of this association, as summarized below:
However, before proceeding to tell you about all these
wonderful upcoming events, I would like to take some • provide for the professional needs of our members;
time to personally thank a few people from the 2005- • work to enhance the water quality environment and
2006 Executive Committee. Starting with last year’s
advance the profession;
Conference committee led by Edie Eldeen and Daniel • advance the knowledge of the water environment;
Clark. They did a wonderful job of putting on a really • stimulate public awareness and education to protect
great conference and we had the biggest turnout ever. I
our water resources and the need for pollution prewould also like to sincerely thank President
vention, resource recovery, preservation, conDwight Nakao for leading us through another
servation and reuse of water resources;
great year and being so committed and dedi• share expertise and resources with the
cated to this organization, even when he was
public and policy makers;
changing careers. To our Past President, Kris• working relationships with other organizatie Ching who leaves the Board, but not
tions that support similar objectives;
HWEA as she steps into the new role of Board
• recruit and retain our membership;
Advisory, thanks so much for providing guid• provide forums to exchange technical inance and insight for the upcoming Board, esformation and knowledge; and
June Nakamura
pecially for the completing the Reference
• support WEF in achieving is vision and
Manuals. Lastly and unfortunately, we need
fulfilling its mission.
to bid aloha and much mahalo to Barney Asato, who has
resigned from the Laboratory Committee after many With these HWEA goals and objectives in mind, we are
years. For those of you who have not paid much atten- in the process of tweaking and improving some of our
tion, this committee under Barney’s leadership, has done functions. As a start, we have combined and changed the
much for HWEA and the profession. I hope one day, functions of some of our standing committees and have
Barney will decide to come back.
added new committees. If you haven’t noticed, we have:
As your new president, I am still overwhelmed by the
efficiency and effectiveness of this organization to function and provide so much back to its membership. Our
committees are comprised of really dedicated individuals
who give so much of themselves to make this organization very special.
As we are all busy with our daily
work and routine, we sometimes forget why we joined
this valuable organization and take it for granted that it
will continue to provide us with the technical knowledge
and forums we desire. I was one of those individuals until I was asked to help. Please don’t wait to be asked.
This organization provides a wonder opportunity for you
1) Combined the Newsletter and Website committeesinto a new “Communications” Committee which
Mark Goodrowe has agreed to chair.
2) Took the Constitution and By-Laws Committee and
create the “Board Advisory”: Committee comprised
of Past Presidents to help us make major decisions
for the future of HWEA. Lee Mansfield and Kristie
Ching have agreed to co-chair this committee.
Jimmy Honke has also agreed to serve on this com
mittee. They are currently being tasked with 1) re
viewing our current Board policies, including travel
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GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
FEDERAL FY 2007 FUNDING FOR STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS
Robin Matsunaga, Chair
Ph. 1-808-521-3051, Fax 1-808-524-0246
Walter Billingsley, Vice-Chair
Ph. 1-808-521-5361, Fax 1-808-538-7819
E-mail: [email protected]
The House Appropriations Committee on May 10 approved a nearly $200 million cut to the clean water state
revolving fund (CWSRF) program, accepting the White
House’s proposal to fund the CWSRF at just under $688
million for FY 2007, fulfilling the Administration’s
promise to end federal capitalization of the program in
FY 2011. EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin Grumbles stated earlier this year that the $688 million request is on target to fund the CWSRF to revolve at
$3.4 billion a year by 2011. According to hearing reports,
Grumbles then acknowledged that even though the
CWSRF will revolve at that level, a large funding gap
would continue to exist. The $300 billion financing gap
will likely worsen as the federal government continues to
disinvest in clean water public works projects. The nearly
$200 million budget cut would reduce the nation’s primary infrastructure program for water quality projects
from $886.8 million in the current fiscal year to $687.6
million. Federal funding for the CWSRF has been
slashed nearly 50 percent since the $1.35 billion annual
appropriation it received up until FY 2004. A House
floor vote could come as early as May 17. The Senate
Appropriations Committee has not yet scheduled a
markup of EPA’s FY 2007 budget.
Robin Matusnaga
Walter Billingsley
H.R. 4560 CLEAN WATER TRUST ACT OF 2005
On December 15, 2005, Representative John J. Duncan,
Jr. (R-TN), Chairman of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and
Environment, introduced the Clean Water Trust Act of
2005, H.R. 4560. Hawaii Congressmen Neil Abercrombie and Ed Case recently signed on as co-sponsors of the
H.R. 4560. The bill has been referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
H.R. 4560 creates a dedicated, deficit-neutral Clean Water Trust Fund, similar to those that finance highways
and airports. The trust fund will provide an annual overall funding of $7.5 billion a year for five years to address
clean water infrastructure needs. Highlights of the bill
include the following annual allocations:
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$4.5 billion for High Priority Partnership Grants to
municipalities, via 65%-35% federal-municipal
cost share financing, for projects that address the
most serious water pollution problems and are necessary to ensure compliance with Clean Water Act
requirements.
$1.5 billion annually to municipalities through
state water pollution control revolving funds.
$295 million for research and technology.
$250 million for each of the following programs:
sewer overflows, critical regional waters, and fisheries enhancement.
Written by David Nagamine
In This Issue of the Lua Line
Volume 19, Number 1
pg
President’s Message
1
Governmental Affairs Committee
2
Collections Systems Committee
3
Student Activities Committee
4
PWO News
5
Young Professionals Committee
7
Membership Committee
8
2005 Spring Job Bank
13
HWEA BOD & Specialty Committee Chairs
15
HWEA Specialty Committee Roster
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COLLECTION SYSTEMS
COMMITTEE
Jon Nishimura, Chair
Ph. 1-808-270-7423, Fax 1-808-270-7425
Tina Ono, Vice-Chair
Ph. 1-808-692-5375, Fax 1-808-692-5520
E-mail: [email protected]
The HWEA Collection System Committee includes members with a broad range of experience and interests related
to wastewater collection systems. Among the areas of
interest that the committee is involved in are collection
system operations and maintenance, collection system
planning and design, national and local regulatory policies and requirements, and new technologies for system
construction and rehabilitation. In effort to share information with HWEA’s general membership, the committee
will regularly publish articles in the Lua Line covering
current topics of interest concerning collection systems.
The CSM Family
By Lori Kahikina-Moniz, P.E.
Assistant Chief
City & County of Honolulu
Department of Environmental Services
Division of Collection System Maintenance
There are many aspects to managing the wastewater collection system of the City & County of Honolulu. Technical aspects include
preventive maintenance, inspection
and repairing of 2,100 miles of
sewers to ensure there are no sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Other facets include regulatory and budget constraints, customer relations and administrative issues. The most challenging component,
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however, is personnel matters.
The staff of the Collection System
Maintenance (CSM) Division consists of over 120 employees including administrative personnel, managers, engineers, engineering technicians, foremen, carpenters, mechanics, masons and blue collar
workers. Each employee plays an integral role in the
management of our collection system. We are the first
and last defense for the public and environment when it
pertains to wastewater SSOs.
With so many varying positions and personalities there
are bound to be conflicts and confrontations. Management occasionally clashes with the staff and the union.
The employees at times disagree among themselves.
However, with all of the personnel differences and quarrels,
there is one commonality between all of them . . . protect the
public and environment from any
SSOs. When an emergency occurs, the entire CSM personnel
will do anything to gain control of the situation. All personal problems are put aside and personal needs, including sleep and nourishment, are treated as luxuries until the
emergency is contained. When some kind of control is
obtained, they work together to relieve one another until
the job is complete.
Maybe the personal differences are reinstated and bickering ensues after the emergency is completed, but what
family functions like a well-oiled machine without any
conflicts or confrontations? Whether CSM personnel realize or accept it, they are part of a family and I am proud to
be a member of it.
It is a privilege to be a part of the CSM organization.
3rd BIENNIAL WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS
The 3rd Biennial Collection System Workshop held on
November 17 & 18, 2005 drew 132 participants for the
two day workshop at the Pacific Beach Hotel. Conference participants included personnel from varying occupations such as the operation and maintenance, government enforcement, design consultants and product sales.
With the majority of the participants coming from Oahu,
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE
Kyle Yukumoto, Chair
Ph. 1-808-842-1133, Fax 1-808-842-1937
E-mail: [email protected]
2006 HWEA STUDENT POSTER SESSION
This year there were eight University of Hawaii participants in the Student Poster Session at the 28th Annual
HWEA Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center.
This year’s winners were:
Piyalerg Kongsil (1st
place-$200), MS student in Biosystems Engineering, “Engineering
and Economic Evaluation of Innovative Bioreactor for Milk Parlor
Wastewater Treatment/
Reuse.”
Piyaleng Kongsil
Jia Zhu (2nd place$150), MS student in
Biosystems Engineering,
“Integrated
EMMC-Activated
Sludge for Domestic
Sewage Treatment/
Reuse.”
Jia Zhu
Jing Hu (3rd place$100), MS student in
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
“Pilot-Scale Fine-Pore
Aeration Testing to Determine Alpha Factor.”
This year, as you may
Jing Hu
have noticed, the award
amounts were increased by $50, to keep up with the cost
of gas. Congratulations to these students!
A big thank you to the students, their professors, and
judge’s Lee Mansfield, Peter Ono, and Russell Okita,
who helped to make this year’s student poster session a
success.
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2006 HWEA SCHOLARSHIP
Congratulations to Logan Lee,
this year’s $2000 scholarship recipient. Logan’s father, Douglas, accepted the scholarship at
Friday’s HWEA Conference
luncheon. This fall, Logan will
be entering the Henry Samueli
Kyle Yukumoto
School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of
California at Los Angeles. Logan, a senior at Moanalua
High School, scored a perfect 800 on his Math SAT. In
high school, he was a member of the Varsity soccer
team, an officer in the Interact Club, and served on the
Leo Club, Math Team, and Student Association. As he
continues his education, Logan wants to protect and enhance the environment at a professional level.
Thank you to all of the scholarship applicants and the
HWEA Executive Committee for judging the applicants.
We encourage all HWEA members with eligible dependents, or HWEA student members to submit an application at the end of this year. Look for the applications either in the next Lua Line or online at
www.hwea.org.
Email me at [email protected] if there are any questions.
STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE
The Student Activities Committee and other HWEA
judges were once again involved in selecting a high
school student to represent Hawaii in the National
Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition in
Atlanta, Georgia. The SJWP is the most prestigious international youth award for a high school water science
research project. Its purpose is to increase students’ interest in water-related issues and research. This year’s
State winner (selected from the Maui, Leeward, Windward, HAIS, and the State fairs) is Ms. Shayna Yatsushiro of Kailua High School who’s research project entitled, “A Study of Dissolved Oxygen in Kaelepulu
Pond,” will participate in the national competition.
HWEA will sponsor her and her teacher’s airfare to attend this national competition in Georgia, Atlanta. Ms.
Yatsushiro, if selected at the national level, will receive
$3,000 and have a chance to compete for $5,000 during
World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, August 2026, 2006. Big mahalos to Dwight Nakao, Steve Parabicoli, Jackie Takakura, Roy Asano, Jaime Matsushita, and Greg Perry who helped with this year’s judging. Our congratulations and best of luck to Ms. Yatsushiro in Atlanta, Georgia!
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Each of the teams were subjected to a total of 5 events:
PWO NEWS
Jerry Morgan, PWO Representative
Ph. 1-808-879-6109 x208,Fax 1-808-879-6369
E-mail: [email protected]
At the 2006 Hawaii Water Environment Association Annual Conference, there were a total of 4 teams
entered for the Operations Challenge. This event showcases the
various talents that Professional
Wastewater Operators (PWO) must
have to perform their everyday duJerry Morgan
ties at wastewater treatment facilities and collection systems.
This year, there were 2 teams entered from Maui (West
Maui Warriors and Ainokea), one from Kauai (Kauai
Nitrifiers), and one from Oahu (Schofield). The team
rosters for this year’s entrants were:
West Maui Warriors
Ainokea (Maui)
Robert Rychlinski
Stewart Stant
Virgil Viernes
Bradley Pierce
Joseph Jares
Kelvin Ferguson
Reginald Balidoy
Tim Hall
Kauai Nitrifiers
Schofield (Oahu)
Eric Moriguchi
Jim Camit
Harry Muranaka
Curtis Lee
Herman Santos
Darin Nonaka
Leila Kamakele
Jon Kawamura
1. Laboratory analysis of wastewater
2. Process control test
3. A confined space rescue of an unconscious coworker
4. Operation and maintenance of a portable 4"
Godwin diesel pump in response to a lift station
pump outage
5. Repairing a broken pipe in the collection system.
Teams are graded on the time it takes them to complete
the individual tasks and their ability to follow wastewater
and safety standards.
Congratulations to the overall winner of the 2006 HWEA
Operations Challenge, the West Maui Warriors, who
will be representing Hawaii in the 2006 National Operations Challenge to be held in October at the 79th Annual
WEFTEC in Dallas, Texas.
Maui West Warriors: Joe, Virgil, and Reginald
(missing Robert)
2006 HWEA OPERATIONS CHALLENGE
Overall Results
*All times are in seconds
TEAM
West Maui Warriors
Ainokea
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TIME*
4394
6034
PLACE
1ST
4TH
Kauai Nitrifiers
5321
3RD
Schofield
4612
2ND
(Special note) Due to medical hardship, PWO Representative Jerry Morgan will step aside for the next several
months. During his absence, Kenneth Knapp will be
taking his place on all issues related to HWEA PWO activities such as CEU certification, training and workshops,
and the annual softball tournament. Ken can be reached
at e-mail: [email protected].
Theo Leong will continue to be in charge of the Operations Challenge for the 2006 WEFTEC competition and
serve on the 2007 HWEA Conference Committee as the
Operations Challenge Chair. If you have any questions
regarding the Operations Challenge, Theo can be reached
by email at: [email protected].
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2006 HWEA OPERATIONS CHALLENGE
(Individual Event Times)
PROCESS CONTROL EVENT
TEAM
TIME*
PLACE
West Maui Warriors
1578
1st
Ainokea
1800
4th
Kauai Nitrifiers
1676
2nd
Schofield
1790
3rd
COLLECTION SYSTEM EVENT
TEAM
TIME*
PLACE
West Maui Warriors
234
2nd
Ainokea
245
3rd
Kauai Nitrifiers
263
4th
Schofield
233
1st
Participants in the Safety Event
PUMP MAINTENANCE EVENT
TEAM
TIME*
PLACE
West Maui Warriors
408
2nd
Ainokea
382
1st
Kauai Nitrifiers
635
4th
Schofield
411
3rd
The team from Schofield
LABORATORY EVENT
TEAM
TIME*
PLACE
West Maui Warriors
1699
1st
Ainokea
3171
4th
Kauai Nitrifiers
1959
3rd
Schofield
1773
2nd
SAFETY EVENT
TEAM
TIME*
PLACE
West Maui Warriors
475
3rd
Ainokea
436
2nd
Kauai Nitrifiers
788
4th
Schofield
405
1st
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YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
COMMITTEE
Lianna Chang, Co-Chair
Ph. 1-808-596-7790, Fax 1-808-596-7361
Lauren Ishima, Co-Chair
Ph. 1-808-524-3771, Fax 1-808-538-0445
E-mail: [email protected]
While most engineers were winding down on Aloha Friday, April 28th, the Young Professionals Committee (YP)
was busy investigating and learning about the Kalaheo
Avenue Reconstructed Sewer project in Kailua. The group
of YP’s consisted of engineers from the Limtiaco Consulting Group, Hawaii Pacific Engineers (HPE) , Shimabukuro
Endo and Yoshizaki Engineers (SEY), City Wastewater
Collection System Design (DDC-CSD), Engineering Solutions, and two UH students. Accompanied by the Construction Management team, Jeff Kalani and Reyn
Hashiro of Yogi Kwong Engineers, the YP’s were able to
observe the many ongoing activities including: microtunneling, jet grouting, open-cut trenching, and lateral reconnection.
Since the tunnel boring machine (TBM) happened to be
aboveground, the lucky YP’s were able to talk to the operator, touch the TBM’s metal alloy teeth (several thousand
dollars each tooth!), and glimpse into the TBM’s watertight inner chamber where the laser level is housed. Besides the TBM, the YP’s saw how the contractor, Frank
Coluccio Construction, stabilized the sandy Kalaheo soil
through jet grouting before excavation of the microtunneling pits. The YP’s were also able to observe the wide
range of equipment used onsite including: excavators, vactors (for dewatering and excavating), jet grouters, grout/
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cement hoppers, separators, generators;
and
learn about
the associated space
requirements
for
each.
After touring the site
in the hot sun, the YP’s enjoyed a relaxing picnic lunch
and “talk story” session with Jeff and Reyn at Kailua
Beach Park. Nothing like spam musubi, cookies and cold
drinks on the beach! Many thanks to Jeff and Reyn for
the fun and informative tour and to Frank Coluccio Construction for letting us visit their site. Thanks also to Lauren Ishima, the new YP co-chair, and to everyone who
came.
Upcoming events: Join the YP’s and USi in June for a
stroll through the park…underground with a CCTV camera! Mark Goodrowe and Kim Fernandez of USi will
be showing the YP’s the ins-and-outs of CCTV inspection. If we impress them, they’ll even let us drive the
camera! Location and date TBD.
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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Alma Takahashi, Committee Chair
Ph. 1-808-270-7420, Fax 1-808-270-7425
Yvonne Miyasato, Vice-Chair
Ph. 1-808-270-7419, Fax 1-808-270-7425
E-mail: [email protected]
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CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS ONLINE
Changes to your mailing/e-mail address and phone/fax
number can be done through the WEF website at
www.wef.org:
♦ Enter membership ID - use full membership ID of
8 characters (if it’s a 7 digit ID, please add a leading zero (0) at the beginning)
♦ Enter password - if never logged in before, it will
be the first 15 characters of the last name, or the
first 15 characters of the company name for corporate members
Alma Takahashi
Yvonne Miyasato
The HWEA would like to welcome the following new
members:
Randall Wakumoto
Stancher Mabellos
Edward Tschupp
John Mathews
Stewart Stant
Reginald Balidoy
Gregory Perry
Curtis Tanaka
So-Yiu (Trudy) Hamic
Steve Thallas
Kristen Warren
Raymond Skelton
Nestor Puesta
Don Piepgrass
Richard Naka
Richard Augenstein
Cherif Guirguis
Joseph Jares
Elaine Baclaan
Kevin Takei
David Taylor
William Verburg
Mark Norman
Franco Coluccio
Robert Choate
Charles Maupin
HWEA Membership Summary as of May 4, 2006
Category
Members
Active
202
PWOD
144
Corporate
Half-Life Active/Retired
♦ Update the information and submit the record
Or, you could inform the Membership Committee of any
changes so you can continue to receive local and national
publications and information.
MEMBER SERVICE E-MAIL
[email protected] address changes, membership
inquiries, subscription inquiries, or anything
related to membership
[email protected] order publications, check on
order status, price quotes
[email protected] registration questions and
requests for conference information
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12
Life
7
Student
3
Retired
3
Total
♦ Click on the following:
− Membership & Careers
− Membership Information
− Join WEF
− Join online
− My membership info
− Change address
− Submit
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[email protected] technical questions
[email protected] your comments about
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2005-2006 WEF ARTHUR SIDNEY
BEDELL AWARDEE
The Arthur Sidney Bedell Award was established by
WEF to acknowledge extraordinary personal service to a
member association (i.e., HWEA). Criteria for this
award include organizational leadership, administrative
service, membership activity, stimulation of technical
functions,
or
similar participation.
The 2005-2006
recipient of the
Arthur Sidney
Bedell award is
Edie
Eldeen,
who is employed with the
City & County
Lynn Orphan presenting the Bedell
of Honolulu's
Award to Edie Eldeen
Department
Environmental Services, Regulatory Control Branch.
Edie has been a member of WEF since 1978 and has
served previously as HWEA Membership Chair (1990 to
1996) and as HWEA Conference Co-Chair (2006). Prior
to moving to Hawaii, Edie was also very active in the
Iowa Water Environment Association.
In Iowa, Edie planned and facilitated 6 semi-annual 2day seminars for water and wastewater operators in 1979
to 1988 and actively participated in seminars sponsored
by the Iowa State University and Iowa University. She
was a founding member of the Iowa Wastewater Laboratory certification program and holds certification in both
water and wastewater operations in Iowa.
She is a member of the WEF Membership Committee
and also a member of the WEF Membership Diamond
Club since 1995, sponsoring over 125 new members.
She served on the first national Operations Challenge
team for Iowa. She has also served as a Operations Challenge laboratory event judge at the WEFTEC held in
Kansas City. Edie has also volunteered much of her time
to facilitate and promote HWEA and the wastewater
treatment field in Hawaii.
Edie has an extensive background in wastewater treatment plant operations. Prior to coming to Hawaii in
1988, Edie worked over 10 years at several wastewater
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treatment plants in Iowa in supervisory capacities, including an industrial wastewater treatment facility. At many
of the facilities, she was the direct responsible charge for
the day to day operations of the plants.
Edie has been employed by the City & County of Honolulu since 1988. From 1988 to 1992, she has worked as a
Grade IV Operator at the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant, operating the multiple hearth furnace. From
1992 to 1999, she served as a Supervisor III assigned to
the Wahiawa Wastewater Treatment Plant. There, she was
not only responsible for the Wahiawa WWTP, but also
the Whitmore Village Pretreatment Facility, Mililani Pretreatment Facility and nine employees. Duties included
operations and maintenance of the facilities under a State
of Hawaii Consent Decree. She also assisted in the preconstruction phase of the plant upgrade, perform public
education tours and talks, trained new employees, wrote
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for Board members; 2) separation of the SecretaryTreasurer duties (which will take a by-law change); 3)
identifying usage of the conference committee surplus
funds; 4) identifying ways to keep our “senior”‘ members
involved in HWEA and 5) looking for permanent storage
space for HWEA.
3) The AWWA/HWEA Young Professionals committee
was born late last year and is under the leadership of
Lianna Chang and Lauren Ishima. They have al
ready had announcements out for community service
projects and social events. Please check them out.
4) The formation of the Water Quality Committee, in light
of our recent water quality issues with the heavy rains
and Ala Wai wastewater discharge, is very timely.
Wendy McLain has graciously agreed to co-chair this
committee. She is looking for a co-chair and committee
members. However, the committee has already planned
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its first workshop on June 26 on the Ala Wai Sewage
Spill Briefing.
5) The other technical committee that has emerged is the
Biosolids/Co-Generation Committee, chaired by
Sheldon Hunt. The committee is planning its first
committee meeting later this month and hopes to pro
vide valuable information on the website by the end of
the year.
Please consider joining any of these new committees, as
well as our old standing committees. A complete roster
of our committee and their chairs can be found in the back
of this newsletter.
Lastly, you should also be getting information on our upcoming events, through either e-mail or flyers. However,
please keep checking out our website for more info.
LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING AND SEE ALL
OF YOU AT OUR UPCOMING EVENT!
HWEA/WEF CALENDAR OF EVENTS
EVENT
DATE
Water Quality Workshop
June 26, 2006
HWEA/AWWA/ASCE Water Reuse Conference
November 16 - 17, 2006
29th Annual HWEA Conference and Exposition
February 6-8, 2007
2006 SPRING JOB BANK
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For vacancy announcements for the City and
County of Honolulu, please call the
Department of Human Resources at (808) 5234302.
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For vacancy announcement for the County of
Hawaii, please call the 24-hour Job Hotline at
(808) 934-0185.
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For vacancy announcements for the County of
Kauai, please call the Department of Public
Works at (808) 241-6610.
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For vacancy announcements for the County of
Maui, please call Carol Kurisu of the
Department of Personnel Services at (808) 2707850.
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Thoughts on Being a Professional
in Hawaii’s Wastewater Industry
By John Katahira
Being in the wastewater industry –
treatment plant operator, collection
system operator, equipment vendor,
chemist, engineer, biologist, regulator, or contractor – we should all do
our best to protect our precious environment. In other words, be proJohn Katahira fessionals in our wastewater industry. It was never clearer than on
March 24th, the beginning of the now-infamous Ala
Wai Spill.
Not to sensationalize the event any further (I feel the
media already did a great job of that), but this event
will have an enduring influence much like September
11th did. Granted the damage was far less severe, our
eventful spill threw Hawaii’s wastewater industry into
the spotlight. For better or worse, laypeople and politicians alike, continue to debate our aging infrastructure
and the importance of proper maintenance.
Furthermore and for the first time in recent memory,
our wastewater industry directly impacted Hawaii's
bread-winning industry: tourism.
For years, I’ve heard HWEA members monku
(grumble for those of you who are asking "what word
was that?") about the wastewater industry being under-appreciated. It’s true that we typically receive bad
recognition – when spills occur or residents complain
with foul odors – but in my opinion, the Ala Wai Spill
is truly an opportunity for our industry and all HWEA
members. It's an opportunity for us to remind politicians to stop neglecting our basic-needs infrastructure.
It's an opportunity for us to ask for public support and
understanding when improvements are constructed.
It's an opportunity to educate everyone that what we
do is important not only for our communities, but the
well-being of Hawaii's economy.
As for us wastewater professionals, it’s time for us to
make the most of this occasion, so grab an ear or two
and speak proudly of all the wonderful things we do
for Hawaii's environment and economy. Our industry
certainly deserves it!
BEDELL AWARDEE
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reports, conducted compliance monitoring, sampling,
laboratory testing, procurement of supplies, grounds
maintenance, and plant security. During this span of time,
the plant received operational compliance awards each
year.
Edie is currently the responsible charge of the City’s Liquid Waste Hauler Program. Her current duties include
permitting, enforcement, compliance monitoring discharge sites, sampling, compliance monitoring of hauler
submitted discharge reports, report writing, investigation
work, maintenance of six individual databases, public
education, forms design, hauler discharge billings pretreatment device inspection and enforcement, user permit
program
assistance,
and
procurement.
Edie's contributions to HWEA and the water environment
field have been considerable and she is always willing to
put forth effort to educate people about the field. For
these reasons, we congratulate Edie Eldeen as the 2005 –
2006 recipient of the Arthur Sidney Bedell Award.
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2006-2007 HWEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SPECIALTY COMMITTEE
CHAIRS
President*
June Nakamura
Engineering Solutions, Inc.
98-1268 Kaahumanu Street, Ste C-7
Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
Ph. 488-0477, Fax 488-3776
[email protected]
Collection Systems Chair
Jon Nishimura
Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.
1388 Kapiolani Blvd., 2nd floor
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Ph. 944-1821, Fax 946-9339
[email protected]
Vice-President*
John Katahira
The Limtiaco Consulting Group
650 Iwilei Road, Ste 208
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph. 596-7790, Fax 596-7361
[email protected]
Collection Systems Vice-Chair
Tina Ono
Ph. 523-4067, Fax 523-4642
[email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer*
Lori Kahikina-Moniz
City & County of Honolulu
Dept of Environmental Services
1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 308
Kapolei, HI 96707
Ph. 527-6692, Fax 531-8007
[email protected]
Conference Co-Chair
Dennis Tulang
M&E Pacific
841 Bishop Street, Suite 1900
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Ph. 521-3051, Fax. 524-0246
Conference Co-Chair
Lori “Kaj” Morikami
Ph. 586-4290, Fax 586-4300
Board Advisory/Constitution &
Past President/Nominating Chair* Bylaws Co-Chair
Lee Mansfield
Dwight Nakao
State Department of Transportation Hawaii-American Water Company
PO Box 25010
1 Kahului Airport Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96825
Kahului, HI 96732
Ph. 394-1285, Fax 395-5023
Ph. 872-3407, Fax 872-3829
[email protected]
[email protected]
National Director*
Ivan Nakatsuka
Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.
501 Sumner Street, Suite 521
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph. 533-3646 Fax 526-1267
[email protected]
PWO Representative*
Jerry Morgan
County of Maui
Wastewater Reclamation Division
480 Welakahao Rd
Kihei, HI 96753
Ph. 879-6109 x208, Fax 879-6369
[email protected]
Board Advisory/Constitution &
Bylaws Co-Chair
Kristie Ching
City & County of Honolulu
Dept of Design & Construction
650 South King St, 14th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
Ph. 527-5158, Fax 523-4642
[email protected]
Government Affairs Chair
Robin Matsunaga
Belt Collins Hawaii
2135 N King Street Suite 200
Honolulu, Hawaii 96819
Ph. 521-5361, Fax 538-7819
[email protected]
Government Affairs Vice-Chair
Walter Billingsley
Ph. 521-5361, Fax 538-7819
[email protected]
Laboratory Chair
Anita Fernandez
County of Maui
Wastewater Reclamation Division
480 Welakahao Rd
Kihei, HI 96753
Ph. 879-6109 x213, Fax 879-6369
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Alma Takahashi
County of Maui
Wastewater Reclamation Division
2200 Main Street, Suite 610
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
Ph. 270-7420, Fax 270-7425
[email protected]
Membership Vice-Chair
Yvonne Miyasato
Ph. 270-7419, Fax 270-7425
[email protected]
Pretreatment/On-Site Treatment
Chair
Ken Kawahara
City & County of Honolulu
Dept of Environmental Services
1000 Uluohia Street, Suite 303
Kapolei, HI 96707
Ph. 692-5377, Fax 550-6942
[email protected]
Public Education Chair
Steve Parabicoli
County of Maui
Wastewater Reclamation Division
2200 Main Street, Suite 610
Wailuku, Hawaii 96793
Ph. 270-7420, Fax 270-7425
[email protected]
* Indicates Executive Board Member
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3rd BIENNIAL WORKSHOP
HIGHLIGHTS
(Continued from Page 3)
Public Education Vice-Chair
Lori “Kaj” Morikami
Ph. 586-4290, Fax 586-4300
[email protected]
Research Chair
Roger Babcock, Jr.
University of Hawaii, Manoa
College of Engineering
Dept. of Civil Engineering
2450 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 383
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Ph. 956-7298, Fax 956-5014
[email protected]
Student Activities Chair
Kyle Yukumoto
R.M. Towill Corporation
420 Waiakamilo Road, Suite 411
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Ph. 842-1133, Fax 842-1937
[email protected]
Water Quality Co-Chair
Wendy McLain
SSFM International, Inc.
501 Sumner Street, Suite 620
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph. 531-1308, Fax 521-7348
[email protected]
Water Reuse
Eassie Miller
Brown & Caldwell
119 Merchant Street, Suite 200
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-4413
Ph. 523-8499, Fax 533-0226
[email protected]
Communications Chair
Mark Goodrowe
Underground Services , Inc.
866 Iwilei Road, Unit 215
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph. 545-4890, Fax 545-4908
[email protected]
Communications Vice Chair
Russell Okita
Hawaii Pacific Engineers, Inc.
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 1003
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2830
Ph. 524-3771, Fax 538-0445
[email protected]
Young Professionals Co-Chair
Lianna Chang
The Limtiaco Consulting Group
650 Iwilei Road, Ste 208
Honolulu, HI 96817
Ph. 596-7790, Fax 596-7361
[email protected]
Young Professionals Co-Chair
Lauren Ishima
Hawaii Pacific Engineers, Inc.
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 1003
Honolulu, HI 96813
Ph. 524-3771, Fax 538-0445
[email protected]
Biosolids/Co-Generation Chair
Sheldon Hunt
C H Guernsey & Company
700 Bishop Street, Suite 1902
Honolulu, HI 96813
Ph. 528-5172, Fax 528-3532
[email protected]
they also came from as far as Guam, the
East Coast and the neighbor islands.
There were a total of 20 speakers rom the
City & County of Honolulu, County of
Maui, County of Kauai, Private Consulting Firms, and Vendors.
Some of the workshop highlights included exciting and interesting presentations from the City’s Collection System
Maintenance Staff, experiences from past
major projects, and innovative and new
technology from speakers across the nation. There were also speakers addressing
different topics such as focusing on employer/employee relationships and meteorology and climate in Hawaii. Once
again, the workshop was a success with a
special thanks going to all the collection
system committee members that helped
make it possible.
COLLECTION SYSTEM OPERATOR
CERTIFICATION EXAM RESULTS
The 3rd Collection System Operator Certification Exam was held on July 23, 2005
at Kapolei Hale with 33 candidates taking
the exam. Special thanks to the proctors
for the exam: Walter Chong, Travis
Hylton, Craig Nishimura and Jon Nishimura. The following candidates received
their certification:
Grade 1
Dennis Ahina
David Chock
Paul Kekina
Liana Lee
George Malapit
Aleigh Pearson
Steven Price
Alisna Recarte
Lyle Tabata
Garrett Watanabe
Kim Fernandez-Lopez
Grade 2
Albert Kim
Grade 3
Warren Banao
Scott McAdam
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2006-2007 HWEA SPECIALTY COMMITTEE ROSTER
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Collection Systems
Jon Nishimura (Chair)
Roy Abe
Billy Atiz
James Baginski
Warren Banao
Walter Chong
Tina Ono (Vice-Chair)
John Dai
Mark Goodrowe
Jeff Iwasaki-Higbee
Joy Ho
Travis Hylton
Scott Kunioka
Lance Manabe
Tom Myers
Tim Steinberger
Lyle Tabata
Tracy Takamine
2006 Conference
Dennis Tulang (Co-Chair)
Wynn Miyamoto
Junlie Yamato
Joel Frenzel
Lori “Kaj” Morikami (Co-Chair)
David Nagamine
Linda Uchima
David Heard
Tina Sprague-Sandoval
Freddie Leonor
Andrew Amuro
Grace Moss
Theo Leong
Wayne Salas
Board Advisory
Lee Mansfield (Co-Chair)
Kristie Ching (Co-Chair)
Jimmy Honke
Government Affairs
Robin Matsunaga (Chair)
Denis Lau
Walter Billingsley (Vice-Chair)
David Nagamine
Gayle Takasaki
Laboratory
Anita Fernandez (Co-Chair)
Lytha Conquest
Merlita Empeno
Leila Kamakele
Jacqueline “Snookie” Mello
Robert Rychlinski
Pat Sheppard
Lyle Shizumura
Terrence Tanaka
Lourdes Vazquez
Bruce Zhang
Membership
Alma Takahashi (Chair)
Yvonne Miyasato (Vice-Chair)
Communications
Mark Goodrowe (Chair)
Jennifer Honda
Russell Okita (Vice-Chair)
David Paul
Lauren Ishima
Wendy Chen
Pretreatment
Ken Kawahara (Chair)
Edie Eldeen
Ranold Fujioka
Henry Gabriel
Dwight Nakao
June Nakamura
Public Education
Steve Parabicoli (Chair)
Roy Abe
Kai Andrade
Lori “Kaj” Morikami (Vice-Chair)
Grace Tuang Moss
Ken Windram
Kyle Yukumoto
John Witeck
Tim Steinberger
Research
Roger Babcock (Chair)
Student Activities
Kyle Yukumoto (Chair)
Water Reuse
Eassie Miller (Chair)
Clayton Brown
Elson Gushiken
Michael Street (Co-Chair)
Ken Ishizaki
Victor Moreland
Peter Ono
Steve Parabicoli
Ken Windram
Water Quality
Wendy McClain (Co-Chair)
BioSolids/ CoGeneration
Sheldon Hunt (Chair)
Greg Arakaki
Gayle Takasaki
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