Description: This workshop is vitally important for all utility managers who want to get started on the path to developing an effectively managed and sustainable utility. Based on the well-established Effective Utility Management (EUM) framework, this workshop shows participants how to use the Ten Attributes of an Effectively Managed Utility” and the “Five Keys to Management Success” to identify both areas of strength and opportunities for improvement and how to get started in making meaningful changes in everyday operations.

Learning Objectives:

• Conduct the EUM Self-Assessment, the results from which participants can use to spark and support further dialog within their utility about areas for potential improvement and further use of the EUM framework
• Equip participants to create an internal team and utilize the EUM framework to assess utility conditions and create a plan for improving
• Create an opportunity to learn from utility peers about their challenges, successes, and plans for improving

Trainer: Frank Roth, Research Scholar, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

CEUs: This training has been approved for 5.5 Training Credits for New Mexico Water and Wastewater Utility Operators by the NMED-Drinking Water Bureau.

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: In light of increasing development and ever-changing future conditions, increasingly stressed infrastructure, and growing financial pressures, integrating hazard mitigation and water quality-focused resource management is becoming more and more important to the success of water systems and other public-serving entities. While finance and budgeting are often considered a last step in developing a project or program, incorporating a financing strategy early on in any planning process can help ensure long-term project success. In this webinar, we will provide strategies for incorporating funding and financial strategies into integrated plans and explore various solutions for how local communities can pay for water resource projects.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding current and future issues related to decentralized wastewater treatment systems
• Increasing knowledge of funding and financing strategies that are likely to apply to most jurisdictions, big or small, and move communities from planning to implementation.
• Understand how to develop a balanced funding and financing strategy that incorporates cost reducers and varied revenue streams.
• Learn from case stories of other communities that have adopted these strategies to protect source water, mitigate flooding, and tackle a number of other local issues. 

Presenter: Natalia Sanchez, Program Manager, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. 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 water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water 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 systems

Partners: 

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New Venue: Hyatt Place State College (Lobby Meeting Room); 219 West Beaver Avenue, State College, PA 16801

Description: This workshop provides attendees with a better understanding of the chlorine disinfection process and how it works, along with operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices. Topics include chlorine disinfection basics, chlorine safety, setting up a chlorine disinfection system, chlorine residual monitoring, disinfecting water mains, chlorine disinfection, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, and disinfection math.

Trainer: Matt Ziegler, Program Director, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

CEUs: This training is approved for 6.0 Contact Hours for Water Operators by PA DEP.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water 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 systems

Partners: 

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Learning Objectives: 

• Analyze revenue and expenses for budget development
• How to effectively develop water and wastewater rates
• Calculate affordability metrics
• Develop annual reserve fund contributions toward future projects and asset management replacement
• Use financial ratios to track financial viability
• Consider workforce and maintenance needs for budget development
• Predict future financial factors that can impact utility costs through provided resources and methods

Presenter: John Sullivan, Senior Research Engineer, 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.

• 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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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.

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, financial officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

Partners: 

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• How water detention times affect water age and quality
• How to prevent nitrification in storage tanks
• How to calculate detention time and CT values for chlorine disinfection
• What factors lead to corrosion in water distribution systems and ways to prevent and mitigate it
• And more!

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.

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, financial officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

Partners: 

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With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your system is vital. You may have problems related to unknown meter, valve, or hydrant locations. You may not be sure of which asset(s) to replace given limited funds. Asset Management can help you solve these problems, and more.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an inventory of utility components
• Identify critical assets for sustained operations
• Make decisions about how to operate, maintain, repair, and replace those assets
• Set goals for level of service at a sustainable cost

CEUs: This training is approved for 5.0 Renewal Training Hours for Water Treatment, Distribution, and Wastewater. Attendees must attend all three training days in order to receive credit.

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: In our asset management workshops, you will learn about how asset management can benefit your system. Not sure where to begin? We will provide you with the tools you need to get started and will walk you through the process.

With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your system is vital. You may have problems related to unknown meter, valve, or hydrant locations. You may not be sure of which asset(s) to replace given limited funds. Asset Management can help you solve these problems, and more.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an inventory of utility components
• Identify critical assets for sustained operations
• Make decisions about how to operate, maintain, repair, and replace those assets
• Set goals for level of service at a sustainable cost

CEUs: This training has been approved for 5.0 Training Credit Hours (TCHs) for IL Water Operators. Attendees must attend all 3 days in order to receive credit.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water or wastewater systems
• 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: Regional Development Organizations (RDOs), known locally as councils of governments, regional planning commissions, economic development districts, and other names, provide various types of assistance to their member communities in a host of service areas. During this 1-hour webinar, learn about the Green River Area Development District’s (GRADD) Hire to Operate (H20) program, a collaboration with state and local partners to address the shortage of certified water and wastewater operators in Western Kentucky through a Registered Apprenticeship Program. The H2O Apprenticeship Program creates a pipeline of highly qualified operators for rural utilities and stable, quality careers for new entrants to the workforce, dislocated workers, and incumbent workers at minimal cost to the apprentices or local utilities.

Presenters:

• Joanna Shake, Green River Area Development District 
• Paula Payne, Green River Area Development District 
• Pete Conrad, Henderson County Water District
• Brett Schwartz, NADO Research Foundation

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.

Partners: 

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Description: This is an opportunity for you to speak with and hear from your peers. Has your water utility experienced emergency disruptions to service continuity? Are you facing long-term shocks to service from changing environmental conditions (drought, rainfall patterns, flooding), human-based threats (cyber attacks), or vulnerabilities (a shrinking workforce)? Do you plan for both emergency preparedness and longer-term resiliency?

We are inviting utility managers, operators, and decision makers to an online, interactive discussion of lessons and questions about resilience broadly defined.

USEPA has developed a substantial toolbox of free aids for risk and resilience planning. We have created a short document that provides a guide to all the tools from EPA and others and which briefly explains the broad resilience management approach we cover in our trainings. We’ll send you the current beta copy of the document and encourage you to review it before this session.

Our virtual 1.5 hour interactive discussion will aim to dive into these initial questions and beyond:

1. What tools and practices have helped you define risks to service continuity (beyond routine asset management and maintenance)? What lessons can other systems benefit from?
2. What are the chief obstacles to using risk-based resilience management tools? What supports can help (besides money)?
3. Where are the opportunities to strengthen resilience and service continuity through your day-to-day “normal” business functions as well as new practices?

Moderator:

• Dr. Jack Kartez, Emeritus Director, New England Environmental Finance Center

Cost: Free

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water 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 systems

Please Note: This Peer2Peer 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.

Partners:

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