Worth Noting - June 2020

People/Awards; Calendar

PEOPLE/AWARDS

 Wayne Everhart was hired as the streets and stormwater director for the city of Plant City (Florida).

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine won the Charles G. Munger Award — one of the Society for Protective Coatings’ Structure Awards — for the Mesa Del Sol 2 million-gallon composite elevated tank in Albuquerque, New Mexico. >span class="s1"> coatings project demonstrating longevity of the original coating.

Steve King was hired as the Public Works director for the city of Port Townsend (Washington).

James Chisholm announced he will retire as city manager for the city of Daytona Beach (Florida) in March 2021 after having served in that capacity since August 2004. Among his many achievements were creating parks to collect additional stormwater to alleviate neighborhood flooding and initiating the Bennett Swamp Rehydration and Conservation Project, which redirects and disperses up to 6 million gpd of reclaimed water.

The city of Deerfield Beach (Florida) received the American Public Works Association’s Stormwater Project of the Year award for the Kingfisher Canal Outfall Treatment Structure Project.

Dave Angel of Elevated Mountain Distilling in Maggie Valley (North Carolina) received the Big Creek Award for Partner of the Year from the Haywood Waterways Association. He donated 10 asphalt parking spaces adjacent to Elevated Park to be removed so a stormwater collection and treatment device could be built. 


CALENDAR

July 12-15

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Visit www.asabe.org.

Aug. 3-5

Florida Rural Water Association Annual Conference, Hilton Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida. Visit www.frwa.net.

Aug. 9-12

American Society of Civil Engineers Pipelines Conference, San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio. Visit www.asce.org.

Aug. 10-13

National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies Annual Meeting, Stein Eriksen Lodge Deer Valley, Park City, Utah. Visit www.nafsma.org.

Aug. 17-19

StormCon, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle. Visit www.stormcon.com.

Aug. 30-Sept. 2

American Public Works Association Public Works Expo (PWX 2020), Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Visit www.apwa.net.

Sept. 14-16

National Rural Water Association WaterPro Conference, Phoenix. Visit www.nrwa.org.

Sept. 30-Oct. 1

Southern Nevada Water Authority WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, South Point Hotel and Conference Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.watersmartinnovations.com.

Oct. 3-7

Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. Visit www.weftec.org.

Oct. 20-22

New Jersey Water Association Management and Technical Conference, Golden Nugget Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Visit www.njwater.org.

Oct. 28-31

American Society of Civil Engineers Annual Convention, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California. Visit www.asce.org.

Nov. 9-12

American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista South, Kissimmee, Florida. Visit www.awra.org.


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