Event Calendar

Name: Membrane Equipment and Product Manufacturer’s Tour, Oct. 8, 2015
Rating: 5
Author: Gina Dorrington

SWMOA provides membrane operators a forum to exchange information, share experiences and knowledge, obtain training and acquire continuing education credits necessary for Operator Certification requirements.

September 18, 2018

I had a great time on the SWMOA Membrane Tour last week, Thursday, October 8th, 2015. Our Facility is running a pilot for potable reuse and it was great to get insight on how the membranes are made and how they can be tested and examined. It gave me great information to pass on to not only my operators, but the public on the technology behind the process. The cut away of the RO membrane from Toray is a great prop for our tours! I hope there are more opportunities for tours and workshops like this one so I can send my operators and they can see how these facilities are run and how the membranes are constructed. SWMOA staff was excellent in providing food and transportation and keeping us hydrated. Thank you so much!

Gina Dorrington
Wastewater Utility Manager, Ventura Water
October 15, 2015

The SWMOA Membrane Equipment and Product Manufacturer’s Tour was well worth the time. It was well organized, and it included a good variety of products (membranes, pressure vessel to testing/lab) that are pertinent to advanced water treatment. The size of the tours were small enough, to get to listen to and ask questions to the tour guides. The length of each tour was good, filled with a well balance of information on the company as well as real-time show-and-tell portion of the manufacturing process that most engineers and operators don’t get to see in their jobs. The tours provide perspectives in what go on behind each products that as end users would not normally associated with. I highly recommend for anyone that has not been to similar tours like this to attend.

Susanna Li, P.E.
Operations Analyst, West Basin Municipal Water District
October 14, 2015