The Board and Staff
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Florida Rural Water Association
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The Florida Rural Water Association office will be closed for Veteran's Day on Friday, November 11th, 2022.
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Thinking Outside the Box
for Leak Detection
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Fred Handy, FRWA NE Water Circuit Rider |
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After several recent opportunities to assist water systems with leak detection, I have determined that in many instances, taking an alternative approach can often yield dividends. A standard leak detection device can be a very valuable tool in locating and pinpointing the exact location of leaks in the distribution system. Listening to hydrants, valves, blow-offs and other fixtures in the distribution system assist operators with leak detection, and ground penetrating radar is another tool in the box that can find pipe voids and water percolation areas in sandy soils.
But I have learned recently that I cannot head out to assist a system with finding a major leak without taking another valuable tool…my portable drinking water lab.
Major leaks are an emergency situation. Often systems cannot keep up with demand when they are simultaneously losing large quantities of water to a major leak. It is vitally important to locate and address big leaks as soon as possible and there are times when traditional leak detection techniques don’t provide results desired. This is when you need to think outside of the box… more
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Tropical Storm Nicole Update |
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• At 10:00 AM EST Wednesday, the center of Tropical Storm Nicole was located approximately 210 miles east of Delray Beach, Florida, and moving west near 12 mph.
• Maximum sustained winds remain at 70 mph. Some strengthening is expected today, and Nicole is forecast to become a hurricane near the Bahamas and remain a hurricane when it reaches the East Coast of Florida tonight into early Thursday morning.
• On the forecast track, Nicole is expected to turn toward the west-northwest as it moves onshore Florida’s East Coast within the hurricane warning area tonight into early Thursday morning.
• Nicole’s center is then expected to move across Central and North Florida into southern Georgia Thursday and Thursday night.
• While Nicole is expected to weaken while moving across Florida, it will remain a large tropical storm as it progresses across Florida.
• Even if the center of Nicole emerges for a time over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, significant re-intensification is not expected. more
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New Apprenticeship Training Soon |
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The Florida Rural Water Association apprenticeship program for Water/Wastewater will be starting new programs early next year! Our apprenticeship program provides a prosperous future for operators in your community. New hires and current employees are eligible for the program. The apprentices will learn Related Technical Instructions (RTI) and On the Job Training (OJT) twice a month for two years. The apprentices will be ready for the Class C license in the first year and we prepare them for the Class B in the following as well as providing them with management courses. Our goal is to set the operators up for a successful future in this career. If you would like more information on the program, click here.
If you are interested in signing up your employee or have any questions, please contact our Apprenticeship Coordinator, Jodi Pearson at 352.460.9401 or email her at Jodi.Pearson@frwa.net.
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$16,000
100kW Caterpillar MEP007B Military Generator with 1098 hours run time. Military Serial Number Rz00394. 3306 Cat Engine on an Olive Drab green military trailer in good shape, the trailer has a pintle hook connections for towing the generator. The generator has a 91-gallon fuel, belly tank and 50” of 1 (one) awg conductor wire attached.
For more information, click on the links below:
For further information please email frwa@frwa.net or call 850.668.2746.
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$16,000
100kW Caterpillar MEP007B Military Generator with 1181 hours run time. Libby Co (serial number RZ01408). Brand new tandem axle trailer with 3500-pound axle and 2” ball. The generator is bolted down to the trailer with a 91-gallon fuel tank on the trailer as a belly tank below the generator.
For more information click on the links below:
For further information please email frwa@frwa.net or call 850.668.2746.
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NATIONAL NEWS
EPA moving to expand Safe Drinking Water Act The U.S. EPA published a new list of chemicals last week that could be subject to Safe Drinking Water Act regulations in the next five years, including a “substantial expansion” to cover numerous PFAS chemicals. more
How To Lower BOD In Wastewater Reducing biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in wastewater is a key challenge for treatment facilities, but some solutions can help. BOD is a crucial factor in monitoring water quality and safety, and achieving a low BOD is one of the top goals of any plant. more
How To Keep Inflation From Ruining Wastewater Projects For months, the U.S. and other nations have been severely impacted by record inflation. Raw material costs are up as much as 44% or more in some industries. more
President Biden Recognizes November as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month This week, President Biden recognized November as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. The President recommitted to improving the Nation’s critical infrastructure to withstand both natural and manmade disasters, strengthening cybersecurity, enhancing the resilience of supply chains, and addressing the influence of climate change on water sources. more
EPA Announces NDWAC Meeting to Discuss Lead and Copper Rule Improvements EPA announced in a Federal Register notice that the full National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) will hold virtual meeting November 30, 2022, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET primarily to discuss the Agency’s work on the Lead and Copper Rule Improvement. Additional topics for discussion will be provided in the meeting agenda, which will be posted on EPA’s NDWAC website. more
EPA Publishes Final Fifth Contaminant Candidate List for Potential Drinking Water Regulations EPA has published the Final Fifth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5). EPA will use the CCL 5 to consider whether to develop regulations over the next five-year cycle under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Final CCL 5 includes 66 individually listed chemicals, a grouping of PFAS compounds, groups of cyanotoxins and disinfection byproducts (DBPs), and 12 microbes. more
What's Going On with Wastewater Surveillance? During the COVID-19 pandemic, public attention soared toward the use of wastewater data for public health information. Now, at the national level, research projects and institutions continue working to enhance the practice for communities. more
Celebrating 50 Years Of (Mostly) Clean Water October 18, 1972, the day the Clean Water Act became law, was undeniably a pivotal moment for the state of water quality in America. From where we stand now, 50 years later, it’s hard to imagine a time when polluters were dumping contaminants freely into environmental waters — enough to set a river on fire! more
STATE NEWS
Florida was still picking up the pieces from Ian. Now, Nicole is threatening more livelihoods | WDSU Nicole is a very large storm, and it will impact most of Florida in some way. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 460 miles! more
Nicole Update 11.10.22 A turn toward the northwest and north-northwest is expected later
today and tonight, followed by an acceleration toward the north and northeast on Friday. more
In Seminole County, fears about more flooding as Nicole nears | WMFE In Seminole County, officials are bracing for more flooding as Subtropical Storm Nicole nears. The area already was hard-hit by high waters after Hurricane Ian. more
Residents in Eatonville “feeling vulnerable” as lost of water services continue | WFTV People in Eatonville are experiencing a new normal with a loss of water happening twice in the past month. more
Save the Date: 2022 Northwest District's Annual Open House Save the date to attend the Annual Open House for the Northwest District (NWD) of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Visit us anytime between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to meet our team and learn about our different programs. more
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This Week in Water History |
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Underground Tanks in New York Leaking |
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November 11, 1990 New York Times headline–State Is Taking Action On Underground Tanks. “Through one of the strictest programs of its type in the country, the State Department of Environmental Protection has forced the replacement of 12,000 underground gasoline tanks that were leaking or were so old that they were in danger of leaking. Now the state is going after the 350 to 400 old tanks it estimates are still in use, including some of its own.
‘In the last three years, more tanks have been replaced at gasoline stations in Connecticut than in the previous 30,’ said Charles S. Isenberg, executive vice president of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association.
Unearthing the tanks has shown that more were leaking than the state anticipated — as many as 80 percent, compared with the expected one-third — said G. Scott Deshefy of the environmental agency’s underground-tank program.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s coordinator for Connecticut, Jonathan M. Walker, said the program has become a model for other states. Even in cases where the tanks are in good shape, he said, the inspections are revealing leaks from pipes.”
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