May Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!

Hello PUG Members,

Our May monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on May 9th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

The presentation will be provided by Travis Bohan from Mark Thomas and is titled, “Survey Applications for Pipeline Projects”. Surveyors provide a variety of services for linear projects including base mapping and right of way services. This presentation will discuss some of the different applications and service options in support of the design of linear projects. Project examples will highlight these services. 

Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, May 9th at noon

May Meeting RSVP Link

May Agenda

April Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!

Hello PUG Members,

Our April monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is, 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on April 11th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

The presentation will be provided by Alan Goodman from Hammerhead Trenchless and is titled, “Maintaining Critical Infrastructure Proactively & Efficiently”. This presentation takes a proactive approach to address our aging infrastructure.  Some of the topics to be addressed are structural point repair, pipe bursting, & CIPP.  Recent advancements in light curing technology have resulted in contractors becoming more efficient and limiting the risk on each jobsite.  Municipalities are starting to take a more holistic approach to address both main and laterals within their system.

Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, April 10th at noon

April Meeting RSVP Link

April Agenda

Bluelight LED CIPP

March Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!

Hello PUG Members,

Our March monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is, 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on March 14th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

The presentation will be provided by Tania Treis from Panorama Environmental and is titled, “Environmental Review and Considerations in Pipeline Replacement Planning”. The presentation will discuss some key environmental processes and considerations that can impact pipeline replacement projects undertaken by public entities, and will discuss the environmental review process of an example project, the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Alameda to Bay Farm Islands Pipeline Crossings Project. The project included three pipeline segments crossing through urban areas in Oakland and Alameda, and included in-bay work that triggered a range of permits to address land uses and in-bay marine resources

Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, March 13th at noon

March Meeting RSVP Link

March Agenda

Alameda North Bay Farm Island Pipelin Crossings Map

2023 Annual PUG Seminar – Last Day to Register is Friday February 10th.

Good evening PUG,

We are very excited to announce that our amazing speaker list is set! Registration for the 2023 annual Sharing Technologies Seminar is open, but will be closing February 10th! 

The seminar will be held at the Hilton in Concord on February 16th, 2023. The seminar will be an in-person only event. 

The objective of the seminar is to make connections and share information and lessons learned by agencies and industry professionals. 

More information, including registration details, speaker lists, payment links, and vendor registration information can be found on the seminar webpage, found here, as well as in the seminar flyer

Looking forward to seeing you there!

January Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!

Hello PUG Members,

Our January monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is, 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan 10th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor. 

The presentation will be provided by past PUG Board Member (and Interim General Manager at Oro Loma Sanitary District), Jimmy Dang, following his fact-finding trip to Denmark and will focus on the ways the Danish operate and their efforts to move to a “Green Economy” by utilizing reusable resources. It will explore how they made this shift and the paradigm they operate in. This will showcase how changes are made starting at the EPA level down to the treatment plants. It will also touch on policies, reasons for change, and comparisons between Denmark and the United States.

Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, Jan 9th at noon. 

Jan Meeting RSVP Link

Jan Agenda

The Marselisborg wastewater treatment plant in Denmark generates over 50 percent more energy than it needs.