Summer 2013 - Public Documents - NC AWWA-WEA

Committee Spotlightsand social issues. We in the water industryhave been promoting sustainable practices fordecades, providing safe water while protectingwater resources to make them available forgenerations to come.That said, many issues facing our state,country and planet have resulted in sensitivityto sustainability issues, making it one oftoday’s hottest topics. The primary objectivesof this committee are to promote memberinvolvement in developing concepts and bestpractices for issues that affect sustainabilityin our industry; to provide education andtraining on sustainability topics, and enhancepublic awareness of successful industrysustainability models as they evolve and areimplemented. All industry members are encouragedto submit articles to NC Currentsfor the ongoing sustainability feature.Presently, the committee is involvedin four main activities aimed at meetingthese goals. During the past few years, theSustainability Committee has organized orhelped organize an annual standalone onedayseminar on sustainability. With plans tohold the next event during the first or secondquarter of next year, the committee is activelyseeking joint sponsorship with a university orother party. Another activity involves developingan educational brochure for use by bothindividual and institutional members.The committee has also begun regroupinginformation and articles for use by themembership at large. Lastly, discussions areunderway to develop an educational visit formembers to a North Carolina industry withprogressive sustainable practices that couldbe applied to the water and wastewaterindustry. The results of a sustainability surveyof NC AWWA-WEA membership, developedby the committee, will guide future activity.Currently chaired by Randy Foulke, thecommittee meets a minimum of one time ayear by conference call and in-person at theAnnual Conference.CommunicationThrough the NC AWWA-WEA variouspublications and website, the CommunicationCommittee makes information andresources available to Association membersand nonmembers. The CommunicationCommittee is principally responsible for ensuringarticles and the information publishedin the quarterly NC Currents magazine isrelevant, editorially correct and complete. Toproduce the NC Currents magazine, an EditorialSubcommittee establishes a schedule,and topic outline for each magazine, andprovides editorial review in coordination withthe newly appointed Editorial Coordinatorand Association staff. The CommunicationCommittee activities also include reviewing/preparingpress releases and reviewingother information sent out by the© 2012 McKim & Creed, Inc.WOULDA.COULDA.SHOULDA.Renewal & Replacement ServicesAssociation to the membership.For each issue, relevant themes areselected that reflect the interests of the Association’smembership; volunteer ThemeLeaders contact various authors to seekout articles and features for the publication.Tom Bach, who has been on the committeesince 2009 and is serving his secondyear as chair notes, “We hope to increasethe number of Theme Leaders to three orfour per issue. Our goal is to get everyoneOur renewal and replacement (R&R) specialists can attend to allyour aging infrastructure issues—from the most critical areasto a full-system approach that addresses capacity, structuralintegrity and systems efficiency.Among our R&R services:• Inflow/Infiltration Analysis• Flow Monitoring• Hydraulic Modeling• Trenchless Designwww.mckimcreed.com• SSES Sewer System Evaluation Surveys• CCTV Pipeline Inspection• GPS Surveys• Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)Click Hereto return to Table of Contents112218 mckim R&R ad-ncc.indd 1 9/26/12 4:26 PMwww.ncsafewater.org 23