NEXT MEETING ___________________________________________________

Monday, July 23, 12:00 noon

Cellar Restaurant at Union Square

Downtown, Chattanooga

Topic: Trends in Surface Water Quality Management

Measures are underway to further reduce pollutants flowing into rivers and streams from industrial sources, city streets and private property. That is because EPA and other regulatory bodies are placing stricter requirements on the design, installation and maintenance of water erosion and pollution controls. These new requirements will affect not only the municipal storm water controls of larger cities, but increasingly of smaller cities as well. They will also impose more stringent erosion controls on contractors and developers.

Bill Payne, Storm Water Manager of Chattanooga Department of Public Works, will describe the trends in water quality requirements for surface run-off and the controls that are being implemented at the local, state and national levels. He will also describe how other countries are currently dealing with the quality of surface water run-off.

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ________________________________________

When erosion threatened the Cape Hatteras Light House Complex on the Outer Banks of Coastal North Carolina, the National Park Service sought to rescue the complex by relocating it some 3000 feet to the southwest. The journey of this 5,000-ton structure and the engineering feat associated with lifting and moving it to its new location was the topic of our presentation. Randy Knott, Regional Chief Engineer and Vice President for Atlanta based Law Engineering, the contractor chosen to undertake the project, provided us a fascinating overview of what it took to get the job done and what interesting experiences occurred along the way.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS ______________________________________

July 30: Field Trip - a tour of the printing presses of the Chattanooga News Free Press. Operations Manager, Frank Anthony, will be our tour guide.

August 6: An Award-Winning Fully Automated Storm Water Screening Facility. David Bible ,Project Manager, ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller.

August 13: The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Storage Project

August 20: Water for the People. A global view of a vital but increasingly scarce resource

August 27: Recent Developments in Medical Imaging Technology

September 3: No meeting, in observance of Labor Day

September 10: Genetic Engineering. Advances and Prospects

September 17: Efforts to meet the water requirements of the Sequatchie Valley

September 24: Sewage and Wastewater Treatment. New Requirements, New Technology

NASA Technology Transfers: important technology spin-offs from NASA’s research and development efforts that significantly effect our lives. Marshall Space Flight Center

Chandra X-ray Telescope. This orbiting telescope is changing our perception of the universe. Marshall Space Flight Center

November meetings hosted by ASME to be announced

WHERE WE MEET ___________________________________________

All these meetings will be held at the Cellar Restaurant at Union Square Downtown, Chattanooga from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Free parking is available for this occasion at the Days Inn Motel (on Carter St. and MLK Blvd), courtesy of the Days Inn management. (If you park there, please leave a note on your dashboard indicating you are attending the Engineers Club).