Description: This is an opportunity for you to speak with and hear from your peers. Are you facing water losses at your utility? Are you thinking of developing or expanding a water loss control program, but aren’t sure where to start? Would you like an opportunity for more interactive group discussions? If the answer to any of these questions is “Yes,” then this Interactive Water Loss Discussion for Small Water Systems is designed for you!

Join us for an interactive opportunity to engage with your peers who are also dealing with water loss control issues. Ask questions, tout your successes, find out what has and hasn’t worked for other utilities.

This virtual hour and a half session is an opportunity for small drinking water systems to share their particular water loss control challenges and gain insight from other attendees regarding these issues. The session is a chance to learn from each other in an interactive, peer-exchange format. This session offers system operators, managers, and decision-makers the chance to:

• Dive deeply into water loss control issues
• Interact with a group of their peers tackling similar challenges
• Meet water professionals from outside their organization

Moderators:

• James Markham, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center
• Frank Roth, Research Scholar, Southwest Environmental Finance Center
• Charles Heltzer, Research Engineer, Environmental Finance Center at Sacramento State

Certificate: 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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Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding how to reduce water and financial losses and with knowledge of resources for addressing water loss in their utilities.

Trainer: Nick Willis, Senior Program Manager, Environmental Finance Center at Wichita State University

CEUs: This training has been approved for 1.0 Credit for Water Operators.

Partners: 

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

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Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Water Loss Control and Asset Management go hand-in-hand; data is the common element. This session will cover how basic asset and event data collection and map visualization techniques can support your water loss control efforts, build a better picture of your infrastructure condition, and provide actionable information to guide maintenance efforts and future capital improvement projects.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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Thursday, April 14, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

**For information on other webinars in this series, view our flyer below.

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Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Session 5 will focus on taking action to address real water loss identified in the audit. In this session, we will discuss the resources and tools available to reduce real losses.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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Thursday, March 31, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

**For information on other webinars in this series, view our flyer below.

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Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Session 4 will focus on taking action to address apparent water loss identified in the audit. In this session, we will discuss the resources and tools available to reduce apparent losses.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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Session 1 | Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Session 2 | Tuesday, March 1, 2022

10:00am – 12:00pm EST
Register Online via GoToTraining

*Register once for both sessions

Description: The State of Tennessee wants to ensure that water systems applying for infrastructure project grant money have a plan to use it wisely. The EFCN is offering this no-cost 2-part training to help you prepare to select infrastructure projects that will most benefit your system while improving maintenance to delay the need for new infrastructure by reducing high levels of real water loss. This training will walk through the basics of Asset Management, identifying its five core components. It will focus on elements of the construction planning phase that allow for best project selection, including maintenance planning specifically focused on water loss reduction.

When it comes to spending money wisely, you can make the biggest impact during the planning and design phase of your project. Doing so requires the right team and asking the right questions. Therefore, we will walk through developing your planning team and having a framework for developing the right questions to ask your engineers.

Trainers: Dawn Nall, Research Engineer; James Markham, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico

Cost: Complimentary.

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

If you require a certificate: Each viewer must register and attend both sessions individually, participate for the entire duration of the workshop. We cannot provide certificates to individuals watching the webinar as a group.

Partners:

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Session 1 | Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Session 2 | Tuesday, March 1, 2022

10:00am – 12:00pm EST
Register Online via GoToTraining

*Register once for both sessions

Description: The State of Tennessee wants to ensure that water systems applying for infrastructure project grant money have a plan to use it wisely. The EFCN is offering this no-cost 2-part training to help you prepare to select infrastructure projects that will most benefit your system while improving maintenance to delay the need for new infrastructure by reducing high levels of real water loss. This training will walk through the basics of Asset Management, identifying its five core components. It will focus on elements of the construction planning phase that allow for best project selection, including maintenance planning specifically focused on water loss reduction.

When it comes to spending money wisely, you can make the biggest impact during the planning and design phase of your project. Doing so requires the right team and asking the right questions. Therefore, we will walk through developing your planning team and having a framework for developing the right questions to ask your engineers.

Trainers: Dawn Nall, Research Engineer; James Markham, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico

Cost: Complimentary.

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

If you require a certificate: Each viewer must register and attend both sessions individually, participate for the entire duration of the workshop. We cannot provide certificates to individuals watching the webinar as a group.

Partners:

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Register Online via GoToWebinar

**For information on other webinars in this series, view our flyer below.

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Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Water Loss Control and Asset Management go hand-in-hand; data is the common element. This final session will cover how basic asset and event data collection and map visualization techniques can support your water loss control efforts, build a better picture of your infrastructure condition, and provide actionable information to guide maintenance efforts and future capital improvement projects.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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Thursday, April 14, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Register Online via GoToWebinar

**For information on other webinars in this series, view our flyer below.

View/Download | Flyer

Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Session 5 of this webinar series will focus on taking action to address real water loss identified in the audit. In this session, we will discuss the resources and tools available to reduce real losses.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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Thursday, March 31, 2022

1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Register Online via GoToWebinar

**For information on other webinars in this series, view our flyer below.

View/Download | Flyer

Description: Join experts from the Southwest Environmental Finance Center for a no-cost webinar series on Water Loss. This series will show small water systems why and how to complete a water audit, and will provide guidance on using the audit results to further water loss control within their utilities. Those interested must register for each session individually and are welcome to attend any number of the sessions.

Session 4 of this webinar series will focus on taking action to address apparent water loss identified in the audit. In this session, we will discuss the resources and tools available to reduce apparent losses.

Cost: Complimentary.

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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