Transcript CALIFORNIA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OPERATIONS CHALLENGE

OPERATIONS
CHALLENGE
PURPOSE
• To recognize Wastewater personnel for
their excellence in Wastewater Operations.
Operators make pollution control happen.
• The competition is entertaining and
educational for spectators and competitors
alike.
• The competition serves as an opportunity
to promote “clean water” activities.
The Competition
• Each team consists of four members
• Teams compete in the following five
events.
– Process Control
– Laboratory Techniques
– Pump Maintenance
– Collection Systems
– Safety
Process Control
Involves the solving of process control math
problems.
– Preliminary Treatment
– Odor Control
– Primary, Secondary, & Advanced Treatment
– Solids Stabilization Methods
– Dewatering
– Disinfection
Laboratory Techniques
Examples of Laboratory Techniques include:
• Titration
• Preparation of a standard solution from a
stock solution
• Total residual chlorine sample analysis
• Identification of microscopic organisms,
bacteria, algae or other activated sludge
Pump Maintenance
The Pump Maintenance event involves
testing the skills of a maintenance and
operations team in responding to a lift
station pumping outage.
Collection Systems
In the Collection Systems event teams will
perform a repair on an eight inch gravity
PVC sewer pipe. They also install a flow
meter transducer and obtain flow
readings.
Safety
• The Safety event involves the rescue of an
unconscious co-worker from the bottom of
a maintenance hole.
• The co-worker is suspected of being
overcome with an unknown chemical gas
or lack of oxygen.
Awards
• First place trophy for each event.
• Second place trophy for each event.
• Third place trophy for each event.
• Overall trophy for the best team.
• “The Perpetual Trophy” is also awarded to
the overall best team.
Eligibility & Qualifications
• Teams must be CWEA Members.
• Teams must be composed of four
members.
• Teams must be composed of the same
four individuals for all five events.
• Members of a team may come from the
same employer or from multiple
employers.
Eligibility & Qualifications
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• Individual team members will be actively
employed by a responsible operating
wastewater entity or agent.
(The intent is that team members will be
those actually involved in wastewater
collection, operations, laboratories,
industrial pretreatment, or maintenance
functions).
Competition Registration
• Team entry applications will be accepted
along with the Conference registration.
• A total registration fee of $200.00 per
team and coach.
• All team members must attend the PreCompetition meeting at the conference.
Judging
• Each team will be judged and scored separately in
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each event according to established criteria.
There will be one or more judges per event, with a
separate head judge for each event.
The scoring is assessed by time, and modified by
added time for penalties.
Judges are volunteers.
Judges cannot compete or assist teams.
Judges from the same employer will abstain from
judging their “home” team.
Judging
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• Teams compete concurrently in each event.
• Team captains will be asked to initial their
raw score at the conclusion of each event.
• Team captains will be informed of any
penalties their team incurs. Judges will notify
them of the overall penalty time only.
• The scores of all events will be totaled and
the teams ranked accordingly.
Judging
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• Disagreement with a judge’s ruling will be
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resolved by the team captain, event coordinator
and the chair.
Attempts will be made to settle the protest as
soon as practical. It is requested that throughout
this process courtesy and professionalism be
extended to all parties involved. Failure to
render courtesy to judges and event staff can
result in an additional penalty being assessed to
the offending team.
Equipment and Supplies
• The Operations Challenge Chair is
responsible for obtaining all equipment
and supplies required for the competition.
• The teams will supply safety shoes,
gloves, glasses, hard hats, calculators,
tape measures and personal items.
Schedule for the Competition
• Wednesday afternoon of the conference a
pre-competition team meeting is held. The
process control event follows.
• Thursday afternoon of the conference the
laboratory, pump maintenance, collection
and safety event continues.
Competition Support
• The Water Environment Federation
provide the rules and regulations for the
competition.
• Vendors and other Agencies support the
competition by providing equipment,
supplies, and expertise.
Study/Reference Materials
• Go to the Water Environment Federation
website at www.wef.org. or call
1.703.684.2400.
• [email protected]
Contacts
• Don Rojo, CSD-1 at 916.875.6424 or email [email protected]
• CWEA web-site at www.cwea.org
Thank You
Questions??