Registration is now open for the Practical Considerations for Pipeline Design and Construction training hosted by PUG! The training is scheduled for Thursday November 13th from 8 am to 5 pm, and will take the place of this month’s regular meeting. The training will take place at Central Contra Costa Sanitary District’s Training Room, 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553. The training is a single-day seminar and will cover several aspects of pipeline design and construction, from data collection, installation methods, standards and specifications, to project management, inspection and contract administration. The training will be followed by a social/networking event at Headlands Brewing in Walnut Creek. Informational flyer, and registration links can all be found here. 

Our October monthly meeting will be held 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, October 14th, 2025. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

Presentation will cover HOBAS FRP Pipe and offerings for solutions in applications across the water and wastewater industry. The discussion will focus on HOBAS’s capabilities in pressure pipe, specifically for water applications, and cover the broad history and use of FRP in wastewater, jacking pipe and slip lining, and other unique applications utilizing corrosion resistant and sustainable FRP pipe.

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Our September monthly meeting will be held 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, September 9, 2025. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

The presentation is titled Overview of Pressure Pipe Rehabilitation and will be provided by Adam Brown (BKF). Gravity pipe rehabilitation has been widely adopted for decades, but pressure pipe rehabilitation continues to be an area of uncertainty for many asset owners. With different products and processes available to engineers and owners, it can be hard to know which ones may be suitable for a given situation. This presentation will cover a high-level overview of pressure pipe rehabilitation methods such as spray-on lining, sliplining (including FFRP), CIPP, pipe bursting, spray-in-place pipe, and close tolerance pipe slurification. Pressure Pipe Overview

Our August monthly meeting will be held 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, July 8th, 2025. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.

The presentation is titled West County Wastewater’s Progressive Design Build Treatment Plant Project, and will be provided by Guyton Durnin (HDR). Guyton will be presenting on West County Wastewater’s (WCW) 60-year-old 12.5 MGD wastewater treatment plant being upgraded using a progressive design-build (PDB) contract. This project aims to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions, improve operational safety and efficiency, and improve the quality of the biosolids produced. Consistent with the vision and strategic goals, this project will result in the development of sustainability upgrades that support WCW’s strategic initiatives to adopt infrastructure maintenance and modernization strategies that maximize performance, reduce risk, and ensure reliable service in collaboration with local, regional, and national partners to further the mission of WCW. This will allow WCW to be an environmental steward in our community through a commitment to reducing carbon emissions, maximizing resource recovery, minimizing our ecological footprint and making significant strides toward becoming a carbon-neutral enterprise. The presentation will include some lessons learned in regards to working at a 70 year old facility with as builts that don’t always tell the truth on what is abandoned pipe and what is something that can lead to 20,000 gallons of sludge in your excavation. Presentation can be downloaded here.

The Pipe Users Group of Northern California invites abstracts for presentation at its 34th annual Sharing Technologies Seminar to be held in Concord, CA on Thursday, February 19th, 2026. Please visit our Annual Seminar Event Page for more information on abstract submission and deadlines.