September 2008-Presentation summary:

Last month, Mr. Paul Knight the director of global sales and marketing at Armstrong hot water group was the technical speaker at out our meeting. He discussed a complete system solution to institutional mixed water temperature control across the entire hot water distribution network. His presentation included the Legionella Guideline Compliance, User Safety, and System Solutions.

His presentation was interesting and educational. It is very difficult to brief his presentation in few lines. You may access his complete presentation on the ASPE OC website www.aspeoc.com.

The Orange County Chapter of ASPE thanks Mr. Knight for his informative presentation and his support of our chapter.

October 2008: Technical Speaker:

This month we invited Mr. David Crawford, a strong advocate of water conservation and management. In 2001 Mr. David Crawford and his brother Ed lobbied the Virginia House and Senate for passage of the first “rainwater harvesting” legislation in the United States. The following year he worked with the Virginia Sate Health Department to rewrite Grey water laws. Mr. Crawford has also worked to revise state and municipal plumbing codes for rainwater harvesting. Recently, he worked with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation to develop credits for nitrate and phosphate reduction when utilizing rainwater harvesting systems through the Senate Bill 386.

Mr. Crawford received his BS in Economics and Accounting from Mars Hill College in 1976. He has been invited as an expert speaker in the field of rainwater harvesting at over 100 conferences including the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association and the ASPE. He also has extensive experience in teaching the design and installation of rainwater systems. As a strong advocate of water conservation and management, he has published numerous articles on water conservation and water sustainability issues and practices in such local and national publications as Laundry Today, Consulting-Specifying Engineer, Mother Earth News, Virginia Business Journal, The Roanoke Times, Farm Bureau Monthly, and Southern Farmer. As President of the Cabell Brand Center for International Poverty, David assisted in developing the Virginia Rainwater Harvesting Manual, which has assisted localities throughout the US to develop rainwater harvesting codes that is now utilized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers as a study guide for certification in High-Performance Building Design

In 2000, David Crawford put his 22 years experience in healthcare consulting, marketing, sales, and residential/commercial construction into the company now known as Rainwater Management Solutions to provide design, consulting, and engineering solutions for rainwater and storm water management to commercial and residential developers, engineering and architectural firms, and professionals in the agricultural field.

Join us at our usual location after ASPE Convention to learn more about the topic from the EXPERT IN RAINWATER HARVESTING.

Announcements:

Contest Announcement: Four copies of the “Plumbing Engineering at Design Handbook of Tables“ published and priced at $250.00 by ASPE are waiting for the four early-bird engineers/designers who bring a new member (completed application and membership fees are required) to ASPE OC chapter. There is more, the new member and the engineer/designer will receive a complimentary dinner at ASPE OC technical meeting ($28.00 for each).

Exceptional raffle prize: One copy of the “Plumbing Engineering at Design Handbook of Tables“ will be the prize of the raffles at October of 2008, January and February of 2009 technical meetings.

Attend our meetings to increase your knowledge about the topic; Bring an engineer/designer ready to be added to our members’ list to increase your chance to win the “Plumbing Engineering at Design Handbook of Tables“, and the ASPE OC Chapter complimentary dinner for you and the new member at our technical meetings.

Submitted by Felor Rezayat, Vice President Technical ASPE OC Chapter