Agenda

Technical
Session

Brian is Vice President of Water Control Corporation and works with new product and market development. Brian has a B.A. from Kalamazoo College in Economics and is close to completing his MBA at the University of Minnesota. He has held his current position for 6 years and has over 16 years experience in the construction and installation of commercial water treatment systems. For over 35 years, Water Control has been an active player in the water treatment and conditioning industry, specializing in packaged water treatment systems for commercial, institutional, and industrial applications. In recent years, Water Control has become a pioneer in the growing market for pre-packaged water reclamation systems. Engineers in the company’s staff have over 20 years experience in vehicle wash water, rainwater, backwash, condensate, gray water, and other wastewater reclamation systems. Brian has designed many systems for many different, custom applications and regularly conducts system design seminars for mechanical engineers (often in conjunction with associations like ASHRAE, ASPE, and ASSE).

Brian’s presentation will focus on state-of-the-art and applicable technology for water reclamation, and reuse; with the following subjects to be discussed and analyzed: How big of a cistern to use when harvesting rainwater, what are the other sources of reclaimable water, what are applications for water reclaimed from these sources. Where can you use gray water and how do these systems differ and what are the benefits and payback. How to collect, store and sanitize/disinfect the water, and the best way to deliver the water to fixtures. What system options are available in the market and code compliance issues.

Main
Speaker(s)

Lori Steere, Community Affairs Representative
Office of Water Recycling East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD); Oakland, CA

Lori Steere promotes the use of recycled water on behalf of the East Bay Municipal Utility District, where she has been working as a Community Affairs Representative since December 1999. EBMUD recognized Lori with an Outstanding Performer Award in 2006 and a Team Achievement Award in 2004. Lori serves as the developer and manager for EBMUD’s recycled water irrigation customer-training project, which included producing two videos, in addition to a comprehensive customer training manual. This training program has won four awards at the local, state, and national levels. Lori also originated EBMUD’s national-award-winning horticultural site evaluation program for recycled water irrigation customers. Lori played an important role in getting EBMUD’s Recycled Water Truck Program into service in August 2008, a few months after the District declared a water shortage emergency in response to the drought in California.

Lori is an honors graduate of Scripps College in Claremont, California, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Main
Presentation

The Growing Global Importance of Recycled Water
Some say that in the 21st Century, water will replace oil as that vital fluid over which wars will be waged. Our limited water supplies are challenged by many wild cards: climate change and global warming, diminished snow pack, and unchecked population growth, among others. The East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Lori Steere, who promotes its recycled water program, will touch on these issues and others as she speaks at the March 4, 2010 joint meeting of the Golden Gate and Redwood Empire ASHRAE and the San Francisco ASPE about the increasing importance of recycled water in stretching our water supplies.