FRWA Recognized by the State of Mississippi |
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Pictured above on the right is Ben Lewis, FRWA Deputy Executive Director, accepting the award from Randy Turnage, Deputy Executive Director of Mississippi Rural Water. |
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Recently Randy Turnage, Deputy Executive Director of Mississippi Rural Water, visited Florida Rural Water and presented an award in recognition of FRWA's assistance during the water crisis in the City of Jackson Mississippi. The award was presented by the Senate of the State of Mississippi to the Mississippi Rural Water Association. The award also noted that "Out-of-state assistance came from the Florida Rural Water Association". Randy thanked FRWA for its quick response, expertise and help in restoring service to the City of Jackson.
Systems helping systems, that's what it's all about!
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ALABAMA/FLORIDA JOINT CONFERENCE |
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May 24-25, 2023
Perdido Beach Resort
27200 Perdido Beach Blvd.
Orange Beach, AL 36561
Time is running out to register for this year's Alabama/Florida Joint Conference. Don't forget to register to join us as we stroll through the Exhibit Hall and see the latest in industry information available from our over sixty exhibitors. The topics covered in our training sessions will bring you up to date on the pressing issues in the water and wastewater field. Of course, as with any Rural Water event, there will be plenty of food! Please plan to join us for fun, food, and a wealth of information!
Registration for both member and non member attendees is $125.00. This registration includes class attendance, CEUs/PDHs, and all meals and social activities. If you bring a guest, you can purchase extra meals for $50.00.
We apologize, the Perdido Beach Resort is sold out. For places to stay, click on the links below:
If you would like to pay by check, payment can be mailed to Florida Rural Water Association, 2970 Wellington Circle, Tallahassee FL 32309.
For an agenda with classes offered and timeline, click here. For complete information and to register, click here.
See you in Perdido Beach!
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The 2022 CCR Report Template is posted on our website. To access the information, click here. Please contact the water circuit rider in your area if you need additional assistance by calling FRWA at 850.668.2746.
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NATIONAL NEWS
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CISA Releases White Paper on Research, Development, and Innovation for Enhancing Resilience of Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructure: Needs and Strategic Actions The paper defines three major gaps that will require a more integrated, empirical, and user-informed approach to research and development, especially if research is to address national social justice and climate change priorities in the face of multiple risks and stressors. more
Federal appeals court orders EPA to regulate perchlorate A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate perchlorate, reversing a Trump-era rollback on a drinking water contaminant linked to brain damage in infants. more
NOAA: US has seen 7 billion-dollar disasters in 2023 The tally of billion-dollar weather disasters in the United States so far in 2023 has already reached seven, according to a new government report. more
Lawmakers plan to address PFAS in products, support for impacted communities and more A group of lawmakers and advocates gathered in Lansing Tuesday to announce the anticipated rollout of a large set of bills targeting toxic “forever chemicals,” which have long plagued Michigan’s drinking water, soil and air. more
EPA must regulate rocket fuel chemical in drinking water after Trump, Biden declined: court A federal court on Tuesday tossed out a decision from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to regulate a chemical used in rocket fuel in drinking water. more
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Battle over Waters of the US unlikely end with SCOTUS The United States Supreme Court began its new term last October with the now famous wetlands case of Sackett v. U.S. EPA. more
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STATE NEWS
Florida Department of Environmental Protection releases pollution notice for area in Wakulla County According to the notice released Tuesday morning, on Monday evening around 5 p.m. a contractor working on a 12 inch FM repair hit an unknown 2 inch service line. The incident led to the release of 5,000 gallons of SSO. more
Here's where your Tampa Bay drinking water comes from - YouTube The utility company Tampa Bay Water is the provider for most of the region, but the municipalities and counties have different treatment processes. more
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New proposed budget for environmental projects in Florida | WINK Environmentalists hope Governor Ron DeSantis will give the green light on the state budget. The proposed budget is more than $11,000,000,000 in projects that would benefit agriculture and the environment. more
A new law aims to strengthen rural water systems (March 21, 2023) Anita LaRan has sat on the board of her water system in Mora County that connects dozens of homes to clean water since 2008. more
New water tower to help with clean drinking water | News | daytonatimes.com There is a new structure towering over the skyline and scenery at 700 Heineman in Daytona Beach, right in the back of Suburbia Park. more
Legislature Approves $1.257 Million To Replace Century’s Freedom Road Bridge; $628K Toward Failed Prison Water Well | North Escambia The Florida Legislature has approved a state budget that includes replacement of the Freedom Road Bridge in Century and half the money needed to replace a failed town water well serving the Century Correctional Institution. more
Bill movement: Biosolid improvement legislation passes - Florida Politics 'A lot of times, we have the privilege, once we flush the toilet, we don’t think about it again.' more
ECUA Holds Groundbreaking For Elvin McCorvey Memorial Well | North Escambia ECUA marked the development of a new water supply point Thursday with a groundbreaking and renaming ceremony, which will honor past ECUA Board member, Elvin McCorvey. more
A Duke Energy contractor hit a pipe. 45,000 gallons of treated wastewater dumped into Boca Ciega Bay | WUSF More than 1,000 residents and businesses on Treasure Island were without reclaimed water for nearly a week, according to a Pinellas County official. more
Alum treatment to reduce phosphorus in water from C-43 reservoir | Okeechobee News The reservoir will store water from the Caloosahatchee River during the wet season and release water back to the Caloosahatchee River in the dry season. Use of the reservoir will help reduce extreme highs and extreme lows in the flow to the estuary. more
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This Week in Water History |
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Cleaning Catch Basins in Louisville |
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We apologize for the quality of the photo below but we thought it interesting to see the machine in action. |
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May 10, 1917 Municipal Journal article. Cleaning Catch Basins in Louisville. “Louisville, Ky., is cleaning its catch-basins with a machine designed especially for this purpose, at one-fifth the cost of doing the work by the ordinary shovel and bucket method. There are a few more than 7,000 catch basins in the city, and previous to 1917 these had been cleaned by hand, as is the practice in most cities….
Since January 17th this method of cleaning has been discontinued and an appliance known as the Otterson eductor has been used….Briefly, it consists of a steel body on a motor chassis, and a sand ejector at the base of a pipe that is lowered into a catch basin and discharges into the tank; the ejector being operated by water from a centrifugal pump mounted on the truck, which uses the same water over again after the solid matter has settled out from it in the tank. Before beginning the day’s work the tank is filled about one-third full of water drawn from a fire hydrant or pumped up from any stream or other source.
In using this appliance in Louisville, the truck is driven alongside the basin to be cleaned, the manhole cover removed, the vertical steel pipe is swung out over the opening so uncovered and lowered into it until it reaches the bottom, and the engine started forcing water through the ejector. If the deposit in the basin is bard, it is softened by water injected through a stirring pipe; this water being drawn by the pump from that in the tank. After the basin is emptied, a flash light reveals any objects too large to be removed by the pump, and these are taken out by hand tools. If there was water in the basin already, about the same amount is run back into it from the tank after the basin has been cleaned, both because only a certain amount is desired in the tanks and also to seal the basin outlet.
Reference: “Cleaning Catch Basins in Louisville.” Municipal Journal. 42:19(May 10, 1917): 661-2.
Commentary: Not much has changed in 96 years of cleaning catch basins. We use vacuum cleaning trucks but the principle is the same.
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