Comprehensive Guide to Water Sampling Date & Time: September 20, 2022 | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Location: Sacramento Double Tree, Redwood Room (2001 Point West Way Sacramento, CA 95819) Description: You are getting customer water quality complaints and don’t remember if you completed all of the state’s monitoring and reporting requirements. How do you know if the water you are delivering is safe to drink? What do you tell your customers? What bottles do you use to collect samples? How do you use best sampling technique? Do you need all of the info in that chain of custody? This workshop will provide water system personnel with the information to collect and record most samples effectively. This is a free training. Participants will learn: Key existing regulations Reporting requirements Hands on sampling technique (volunteers appreciated) Emerging contaminants under the California Safe Drinking Water Act The benefits of a timely water quality monitoring program Who should attend?: The recommended audience includes operators, managers, and anyone responsible for ensuring compliance with sampling regulations. Accreditation: 6 California Drinking Water Contact Hours awarded. Contact hours have been approved for the Registered Environmental Health Specialist Program. Certificates will be available through your profile.

Are you facing challenges related to affordability? Would you like to have a chance to connect with your peers who might also be facing the same issues? Would you like an opportunity for more interactive trainings? If yes, then this Small Systems Affordability Peer-to-Peer Session is designed for you! This virtual hour and a half session is an opportunity for small drinking water systems to share their particular 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 affordability issues Interact with a group of their peers tackling similar challenges Meet water professionals from outside their organization

Description: With limited revenues, aging infrastructure, and regulatory obligations to meet, a comprehensive approach to managing your system is vital. You may not be sure which asset(s) to replace when funds are limited, and need help anticipating costs of future demand. This training will teach you how to: develop an inventory of utility components; identify critical assets for sustained operations; make decisions about how to operate, repair, and replace those assets; and set goals for level of service at a sustainable cost. Trainers: Maureen Kerner, Associate Director; and Ella Ban, Environmental Specialist, Environmental Finance Center at Sacramento State Cost: Complimentary. Continuing Education Units: CEU credits may be available to California drinking water Operators. Who Should Attend: Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people 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