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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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

Trainer: Nicholas Willis, Program Manager, Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center

CEUs:This training is approved for 5.0 Renewal Training Hours for Water Treatment, Distribution, and Wastewater. Attendees must attend the entire training in order to receiving 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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Location: Syracuse Center of Excellence, Room 203, 727 E Washington St., Syracuse, NY 13210

Description: Join the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (SU-EFC) to find out how to make your funding applications stronger to support your municipal clients. In this hybrid event, in-depth discussions with state and federal funding agencies will provide information about environmental reviews (e.g. NEPA and SEQR), preliminary engineering reports, dos and don’ts for successful applications, and a primer on the “co-funding” process. SU-EFC, in partnership with the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), is excited to host municipal engineers and representatives from private consulting firms for our roundtable event. We encourage project managers and grant writers from engineering firms consulting with local governments, municipal town planners, engineers, and water infrastructure managers to attend. Lunch will be provided.

Virtual attendance is full but we are still accepting in-person registration and attendees.

Presenters will include representatives from:

• New York State Homes and Community Renewal
• New York State Departments of State, Health, & Environmental Conservation
• New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
• US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Who Should Attend:

Engineers, Consulting Firms, Project Managers, Grant Writers, Municipal Town Planners, and all others interested in clean and safe water for New York communities!

Partners: 

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Description: Don’t get lost in the FOG! Join the EFC Network for this training on Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) prevention. FOG is a major problem in sewer systems today and must be addressed with a multi-pronged approach to protect your sewer system, public health, and the environment. This training is designed to help communities develop a FOG prevention program, grow their current programs, and develop outreach materials to the community to minimize the impact of excessive FOG on the sewer system.

Training Objectives:

• Learn the basic of what FOG is and how it impacts the sewer system
• Understand the components of a successful FOG prevention program
• Understanding FOG regulations
• Learn how to develop a FOG ordinance with the SWEFC’s FOG ordinance template and writing guide
• Learn how to assess your community’s capacity for a FOG program
• Provide training on how to provide monitoring for and enforce FOG prevention programs
• Learn about the impact for domestic FOG producers, and requirements for food service establishments (FSE) and grease interceptor cleaners
• Learn about FOG prevention outreach

Trainers: James Markham, Research Engineer, and AJ Barney, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

CECs: This training is approved for 4.0 hours of Continuing Education Credit for Wastewater Operators by Oklahoma DEQ.

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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Location: Howard G Sackett Technical Center, Conference Rooms A and B in the back building; Glenfield campus of Jefferson-Lewis BOCES, 5836 State Highway 12, Glenfield, NY 13343

Note: Please check your spam folder if you have not received registration confirmation in a timely manner. If you have issues registering, please contact the event organizers listed below.

Description: Are you interested in learning more about funding and financing municipal infrastructure in your town or village? Join the Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center (SU-EFC), the NYS Tug Hill Commission, Lewis County, and the River Area Council of Governments (RACOG) to learn about funding opportunities for safe and clean water management and other community investments from state and federal agency representatives. Lunch will be provided.

Presenters will include representatives from:

• New York State Homes and Community Renewal
• New York State Departments of State, Health, & Environmental Conservation
• New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
• US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Following lunch, individual consultations with funders will be available to address your specific project funding questions and needs. Additionally, attendees will get a first look at a new quick guide for town boards on special district formation developed in partnership with the NYS Tug Hill Commission. We hope to see you there!

Who Should Attend:

Consulting engineers
Fiscal advisors
Water utility managers
Municipal board members
Elected officials
And others interested in clean and safe water for New York communities!

Please Note: CEUs will NOT be offered, but those who attend for the entire session will receive a certificate of attendance for their personal record.

Partners: 

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Note: This is not the city of Maize’s WWTP; please ensure you use the correct address.

Description: Activated Sludge is the heart of most mechanical treatment plants in Kansas.

This course will include:

• An introduction to the conversion and separation processes for removing the following pollutants:
  • Ammonia
  • Biochemical Oxygen Demand
  • Total Suspended Solids
• An overview of basic nutrient removal processes
• Resources for pinpointing causes of non-compliance
• A tour of the City of Wichita’s Cowskin Creek Biological Nutrient Removal facility

Registration is free, but seating is limited!

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

CEUs: This training is pre-approved for 5 Wastewater CEUs by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. 

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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Description: Managing the physical infrastructure of a wastewater utility is a daunting task. A Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) can help bridge the gap between the planning process and the budget process for wastewater utilities. The purpose of a CIP is to identify and prioritize necessary capital improvement projects, develop detailed cost estimates, and identify and forecast funding sources. This workshop will provide an introduction to CIPs for small wastewater utilities and provide resources for initiating your own CIP process.

You will learn how to:

• Review principles of environmental finance and assessing utility financial condition
• Understand the role of CIPs
• Provide guidance for initiating a CIP process and working with CIP consultants
• Review sample CIPs

Trainer: Kristen Downs, PhD, Project Director, UNC Environmental Finance Center 

Certificate:  We will provide a certificate of attendance to all eligible attendees. To be eligible for a certificate, you must attend the entire training and register and attend using your real name and unique email address. It is the attendee’s responsibility to self-submit for Continuing Professional Contact Hours (CPE’s).

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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Description: The combination of the free and easy to use SCAP asset management tool and an asset management program are excellent ways to leave a lasting mark for your wastewater utility. This workshop focuses on learning the basics of asset management while also starting a basic asset inventory of your system using the SCAP asset management tool. The workshop will help jumpstart your legacy with your wastewater utility and improve its long-term management.

The workshop includes a 2-hour discussion on the basics of asset management followed up with a 3-hour session inputting information from your water system into the SCAP tool. Participants must bring basic information on 5-10 components of their wastewater utility to the workshop. Attendees will learn how to enter this information into the SCAP tool and start a basic asset inventory/asset assessment for their system. Participants will receive a free copy of the SCAP asset management tool and supporting documents.

Trainer: Brian Bohnsack, Program Manager, Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center

CEUs: This training is pre-approved for 5 Wastewater and Drinking Water CEUs by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. 

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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Location: University of North Georgia, Professional & Continuing Education Room #101; 25 Schultz Avenue, Dahlonega, GA 30533

Description: Running a small system can be challenging. Along with meeting regulatory obligations and satisfying customer expectations, you may have issues with aging infrastructure, lack of personnel, and limited financial resources. Furthermore, small systems often cost more to operate per capita than large systems because of economy of scale. In this workshop you will learn financial management and rate setting strategies to help improve your financial sustainability. There will also be a session of funding and financing opportunities in the state of Georgia.

You will learn how to:

• Use financial benchmarks to evaluate your system’s financial performance and plan for financial sustainability
• Understand asset management concepts and techniques for long-term financial performance
• Rate-setting strategies and concepts for zero cost recovery
• Understand how financial sustainability influences access to grant and funding opportunities

Trainers: Melanie Sanchez, Project Director; and Emma Copenhaver, Project Analyst, UNC Environmental Finance Center 

CEs: This course is approved for 6 Management and Safety (MS) points by the Georgia State Board of Examiners for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators and Laboratory Analysts.

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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