Summer 2013 - Public Documents - NC AWWA-WEA

Committee SpotlightsFinance & ManagementThe Finance and Management Committeeis always looking for new membersinterested in promoting optimal financialmanagement to assure the future viabilityof water and wastewater utilitiesin North Carolina. “Several new committeemembers have recently come onboard, including utility representatives,”notes Elaine Conti. “Part of our enjoymentinvolves sharing case studies with peers, toenhance their ability to do their jobs.”Manager at Raftelis Financial Consultants’Charlotte office, Conti joined thecommittee seven years ago and becamechair in 2011. “We have had many successfulactivities and seminars,” she notes,adding that this past year, the committeeconsolidated its two annual workshops intoone in-person workshop, while adding anumber of webinars. “This works better, asa number of utilities have been cutting theirtravel budgets.”The committee meets quarterly, inperson and via conference call, to identifyfinancial and other management issuesthat are important to the NC AWWA-WEAmembership. Members then work togetherto develop technical sessions, seminars,and workshops on financial and other managementissues facing water and wastewaterutilities in North Carolina. Along withpromoting its resources to all utilities in thestate, the committee also strives to createawareness of issues (i.e., aging infrastructure)that will impact financial management.IndustrialThe NC AWWA-WEA created the IndustrialCommittee in 2001 in response to a desireof the Association to increase the industrialmembership and active participationof industrial professionals in its activities.“What we do is pretty unique within theAssociation,” says Katie Jones, who joinedthe committee in 2004 and later served fouryears as vice-chair before becoming chairthis year. Representing the interests of theAssociation’s industrial membership, thecommittee’s mission is to provide educationalopportunities within the NC AWWA-WEA for industrial environmental professionals.Members come from major industrialgroups in NC, including Novozymes,Mallinckrodt, Grifols, Coca-Cola, SmithfieldFoods, Butterball, Momentive SpecialtyChemicals, Sara Lee and Ajinomoto.The Industrial Committee also workswith other NC AWWA-WEA committees toenhance and maintain industrial membershipopportunities within the Association.“We reach out a fair bit to the YoungProfessionals (YP) Committee,” says Jones.“We always invite the YPC to facility tours.”In spring 2012, the committee toured theSmithfield Foods facility in Tar Heel, NC.As part of the tour, members were givenaccess to the water treatment facility, whichis co-located with the pork processing plantand provides high-quality water to the plant.Recalls Jones, “We also toured the onsiteindustrial wastewater treatment plant whichincludes physical chemical treatment forsolids, fats, oils and grease removal, as wellas an activated sludge facility designed fornutrient removal.”In the fall of that year, the committeetoured the Novozymes facility in Franklinton,NC. Novozymes also treats industrial wastewateronsite prior to discharge. The Novozymesfacility includes primary clarification,an extended aeration activated sludge plant,and tertiary chemical phosphorous removal.Novozymes discharges treated effluenteither to 900 acres via land application or tothe Franklin County Publicly Owned TreatmentWorks (POTW). Jones adds that thefirst facility tour of 2013, held in April at theA quality pre-packagedpump station solution preengineeredfor your needs.TurnkeyPackageStockedComponentswww.onelift.com888-965-3227Preassembledin factoryClick Hereto return to Table of Contentswww.ncsafewater.org 21