Presenter: Jennifer Egan, Program Manager, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Manufactured housing community (MHC) management companies
• Owners or operators of individual and shared septic systems, especially at MHCs
• Community-based organizations serving rural areas

Partners:

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Register for Part 2 here: Creating a Communications Campaign to Influence Your Audience

Presenters: Sarah Diefendorf, Director and Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Senior Associate, The Capacity Collaborative

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Register for Part One here: Developing a Persona to Reach Your Audience

Presenters: Sarah Diefendorf, Director and Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Senior Associate, The Capacity Collaborative

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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What is the extent of this threat currently, and how will risks to septic systems shift in the future? What options exist for rural communities that face increasing septic failures? What are the costs and benefits of different solutions, and how can future conditions be factored into these decisions? Join us for this 1-hour webinar as we delve into challenges and solutions surrounding decentralized wastewater systems in a changing climate.

Presenter: Margaret Walls, Senior Fellow; Director, Climate Risks and Resilience Program; Director, Environmental Justice Initiative, Resources for the Future

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Local government officials, staff, planners, state agencies, community-based organizations
• Small wastewater system operators, public health and water quality-focused entities

Partners:

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Learning Objectives:

• Goals and characteristics of onsite wastewater management
• Factors affecting onsite system design and installation
• Effects of poorly functioning onsite systems on groundwater
• Percolation test significance and treatment effectiveness
• Contrasts between onsite and centralized treatment
• Regulations and standards for onsite systems

Presenter: Gregory Pearson, Water & Wastewater Trainer, Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center at Michigan Technological University

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Wastewater and water operators, public works employees, utility board members, tribal government officials, city officials, and engineers involved in onsite wastewater permitting, design, installation, operation, maintenance, and program management.
• Individual homeowners with onsite wastewater systems may also benefit from the concepts covered in this presentation.

Partners: 

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Please Note: This session requires a working microphone and a willingness to engage in conversation and share questions and concerns.

Description: Are you seeking resources or guidance for private septic tanks or on-lot wastewater systems? Join our peer exchange session designed for practitioners, municipalities, county officials, SWCDs, and others overseeing local septic programs and decentralized systems. Connect with peers, share challenges, and discover valuable resources. It’s your chance to network, voice your needs, and collaborate with others in the field. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SWEFC) invites you to join us for this interactive peer-to-peer session on Thursday, May 30th, 2024—don’t miss out, register now and be part of the discussion!

Certificate: This peer exchange session has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Owners or managers of septic tanks or on-lot wastewater systems
• Municipalities and county officials overseeing local septic programs and decentralized wastewater systems
• Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) professionals
• Professionals working in the field of wastewater management, including engineers, planners, and environmental consultants
• Anyone seeking resources, guidance, or networking opportunities related to decentralized wastewater systems and septic tank management

Partners:

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Please Note: This session requires a working microphone and a willingness to engage in conversation and share questions and concerns.

Description: Are you seeking resources or guidance for private septic tanks or on-lot wastewater systems? Join our peer exchange session designed for practitioners, municipalities, county officials, SWCDs, and others overseeing local septic programs and decentralized systems. Connect with peers, share challenges, and discover valuable resources. It’s your chance to network, voice your needs, and collaborate with others in the field. The Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SWEFC) invites you to join us for this interactive peer-to-peer session on Thursday, May 30th, 2024—don’t miss out, register now and be part of the discussion!

Certificate: This peer exchange session has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Owners or managers of septic tanks or on-lot wastewater systems
• Municipalities and county officials overseeing local septic programs and decentralized wastewater systems
• Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) professionals
• Professionals working in the field of wastewater management, including engineers, planners, and environmental consultants
• Anyone seeking resources, guidance, or networking opportunities related to decentralized wastewater systems and septic tank management

Partners:

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Description: With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your wastewater system is vital. What information will be useful to you? How should you track your system assets? How does your aging infrastructure impact your service and expenses? Which asset(s) should you replace given limited funds, and how should you prioritize replacement? How do you know how much money you might need? Asset management provides a framework to help you solve these problems and more.

This training begins by covering Asset Management’s core components and the overall Asset Management thought-process, before focusing more specifically on the practical application of asset management concepts for data-informed decision-making using real-world examples.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding how the practical implementation of asset management core components benefits wastewater systems dealing with aging infrastructure
• Understand how data can be used to define and track a utility’s mission and goals
• Discuss techniques, tools, and examples for developing asset inventories and what information should be included in them for robust decision making
• Know how to develop condition assessment scales and calculate asset criticality
• Understand how to effectively manage assets by tracking associated costs and activities

Trainers: Shannon Pepper, Research Scientist and James Markham, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

Cost: Free

Please Note: Lunch will not be provided and is the responsibility of attendees.

CECs: This training is approved for 5.5 hours of continuing education credits for Municipal Waterworks and Wastewater by the WI Department of Natural Resources. 

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems

Partners:

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Description: With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your wastewater system is vital. What information will be useful to you? How should you track your system assets? How does your aging infrastructure impact your service and expenses? Which asset(s) should you replace given limited funds, and how should you prioritize replacement? How do you know how much money you might need? Asset management provides a framework to help you solve these problems and more.

This training begins by covering Asset Management’s core components and the overall Asset Management thought-process, before focusing more specifically on the practical application of asset management concepts for data-informed decision-making using real-world examples.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding how the practical implementation of asset management core components benefits wastewater systems dealing with aging infrastructure
• Understand how data can be used to define and track a utility’s mission and goals
• Discuss techniques, tools, and examples for developing asset inventories and what information should be included in them for robust decision making
• Know how to develop condition assessment scales and calculate asset criticality
• Understand how to effectively manage assets by tracking associated costs and activities

Trainers: Shannon Pepper, Research Scientist and James Markham, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

Cost: Free

Please Note: Lunch will not be provided and is the responsibility of attendees.

CECS: This training is approved for 5.5 hours of continuing education credits for Municipal Waterworks and Wastewater by the WI Department of Natural Resources. 

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems

Partners:

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• Use F:M ratios and MCRTs to evaluate plant performance
• Calculate Mean Cell Residence Times (MRCTs) given plant information
• Calculate F:M ratios given plant information
• Describe the path of wastewater as it flows through the treatment process and the fate of wastewater solids
• Calculate basin volumes, flow rates, and concentrations
• Explain how BOD is converted to microorganisms and inert materials in the wastewater treatment process

Presenter: Gregory Pearson, Water & Wastewater Trainer, Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center at Michigan Technological University

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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