Shyam S. Mohanka, Ph. D., P.E., BCEE
Civil & Environmental Engineer
Established in 1914, New York Section AWWA provides a forum for water supply professionals to assure the delivery of drinking water of the highest quality and sufficient quantity. 2008-09 happens to be our 95th year of service. Throughout the last 94 years, past section chairs, volunteers and staff have done a great job in keeping up with challenges facing the water industry. Our efforts were further streamlined and improved after the establishment of the section office in 1994.
We sponsor educational programs and professional activities to promote the protection and conservation of our drinking water, and to educate about changing technologies. The members of the New York Section are all members of the AWWA and receive all benefits offered by AWWA. In addition, the New York Section offers member discounts to all section events (Annual Conference – New York’s Water Event, Annual Water Supply Symposium and over 50 Training Seminars). The Section also provides scholarships to college students, a DVD/VIDEO library (members can borrow videos at no cost), an up-to-date and comprehensive section website (http://www.nysawwa.org/), and a Section newsletter (Aquarius) three times per year. The Section also coordinates the statewide Best Tasting Water Contest.
My goals & objectives for the term 2008-09 will be to undertake several new initiatives (Establish NYSAWWA Education Fund, Establish NYSAWWA Outstanding Water Utility & Engineering Design Awards, Develop NYSAWWA Centennial Celebration Plans and Calendar and Recognition of Section Leaders and Volunteers) in support of section’s Long Term Goals adopted during the 2005 summer workshop. In the next several monthly issues of the E-Newsletter, I will try to identify critical issues facing the water industry including my own new initiatives proposed for the term 2008-09. As always, I am looking for your comments. Please feel free to E-Mail me your suggestions.
We sponsor educational programs and professional activities to promote the protection and conservation of our drinking water, and to educate about changing technologies. The members of the New York Section are all members of the AWWA and receive all benefits offered by AWWA. In addition, the New York Section offers member discounts to all section events (Annual Conference – New York’s Water Event, Annual Water Supply Symposium and over 50 Training Seminars). The Section also provides scholarships to college students, a DVD/VIDEO library (members can borrow videos at no cost), an up-to-date and comprehensive section website (http://www.nysawwa.org/), and a Section newsletter (Aquarius) three times per year. The Section also coordinates the statewide Best Tasting Water Contest.
My goals & objectives for the term 2008-09 will be to undertake several new initiatives (Establish NYSAWWA Education Fund, Establish NYSAWWA Outstanding Water Utility & Engineering Design Awards, Develop NYSAWWA Centennial Celebration Plans and Calendar and Recognition of Section Leaders and Volunteers) in support of section’s Long Term Goals adopted during the 2005 summer workshop. In the next several monthly issues of the E-Newsletter, I will try to identify critical issues facing the water industry including my own new initiatives proposed for the term 2008-09. As always, I am looking for your comments. Please feel free to E-Mail me your suggestions.
WATER FACTS, NEWS, IQ & TIPS
EPA tests plans to protect water from terrorists – Water utilities would get warning of viruses, bacteria or chemicals that could be introduced into drinking water systems by terrorists under a test monitoring program set for expansion beyond Cincinnati. For more details visit EPA website at http://www.epa.gov/watersecurity
Water Conservation Tips - On average, a family of four flushes the toilet more than 7,000 times a year. By replacing an older model toilet with a high-efficiency toilet, a family of four could reduce the water use from the toilet alone by 50 to 60 percent.
AWWA & NYSAWWA MILESTONES (1890-99)
1891 - John M. Diven was elected AWWA President from New York.
1892 –AWWA Conference was held in New York City, New York.
1893 – George Warren Fuller becomes Allen Hazen’s successor at the Lawrence Experimental
Station
1894 – Chemists Percy & Grace Frankland conducted bacteriological studies; then co-authored “Micro-organisms in Water”
1897 – Winnipeg, Canada, installs the first municipal softening plant in North America
1898 – AWWA Annual Conference was held in Buffalo, New York. Central States Water Works Association formed. Included OH, IN, KY, WV, Western PA
EVENTS CALENDAR
July 16 – AWWA Web Cast (Nano Technology in our Water World)
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Terry Babcock (Adams Center Water District), Jim Besha (Albany Engineering Corp.), Kevin John Coe, Michael DeMartino & John Field (Fort Drum), Christopher Garrow (Town of Jay), Kristen Gobbo (Pall Corporation), David A. Goff (Adirondack Educational Center), Richard Gunnerson (Shady Lane Park Inc), Ron Haskins & Frederick R. Holley (Village of Webster), Mark W. Keller (Bee & Jay Plumbing & Heating Corp.), Charles LaBrake (North Franklin Educational Center), Timothy S. Lawler & Michael L. Levy (Garden City Park Water District), Anthony Martinez, Tom Pasquel, David W. Quinta & Peter Savino (Village of Ossining-Water Department), Paul Miklos (Erie County Water Authority), Mark J. Moran (Eastman Kodak Co. R/W Dept.), Carl W. Stone & Arno Talesnik (Meadowlake Realty LLC), Louise Velasco (OAOC) and Richard Wright (Colton Water & Sewer District)
“I FIND THE GREAT THING IN THIS WORLD IS, NOT WHERE WE STAND, BUT IN WHAT DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING.” Oliver Wendell Holmes
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