By law, all mutual water board members are required to have two hours of ethics training within six months of taking office and every six years following. This training is designed to provide system longevity and help ensure that board members meet their legal responsibilities. Required training topics include conflicts of interest, fiduciary responsibilities, Safe Drinking Water Act compliance, long-term management and capital improvement planning. We will also cover the AB240 requirements, which affect mutual water systems as of January 1, 2014. This workshop allows mutual water systems to comply with this new regulation and helps prepare them to better govern their water company. This workshop meets the legal requirement for board members ethics training under AB54. Participants will learn: Requirements of AB54 and AB240 Financial conflicts of interest to avoid About strategic planning Financial responsibilities Capital improvement planning How to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act

This course Compliance Monitoring & Reporting is offered two times on the same day, attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. Public water systems are required to test for a multitude of constituents, both in their water sources and in the distribution system. What if we had just one simple place where we could go to in order to remember what we need to test for and when? Fortunately, the Water Boards have a website called Drinc that allows staff (and the public) to see what samples are due, when they are due and what past sampling results are. Once the results have been determined by the lab there may be state reporting required, as well as possible public notification. Participants will learn: How to navigate the Drinc website to determine your monitoring requirements How to determine the best sampling techniques What to do with the water sample results The responsibilities to the state health department The responsibilities when notifying the public of pollutants or contaminates in your drinking water How to correctly fill out a chain-of-custody form

Description: This webinar will look at the operation of the most common types of water treatment plants.  It will compare and contrast a direct filtration plant with a conventional plant.  The session will also look at choices, issues and options when considering moving to membrane technology.  The webinar will look at basic regulations, operations and best practices.  Finally, it will look at limiting disinfection byproducts and creating water that is suitable to go into the distribution system. This webinar is 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm on March 30 and March 31. Earn up to 8 contact hours. Instructor: Henry Palechek

This course Compliance Monitoring & Reporting is offered two times on the same day, attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. Public water systems are required to test for a multitude of constituents, both in their water sources and in the distribution system. What if we had just one simple place where we could go to in order to remember what we need to test for and when? Fortunately, the Water Boards have a website called Drinc that allows staff (and the public) to see what samples are due, when they are due and what past sampling results are. Once the results have been determined by the lab there may be state reporting required, as well as possible public notification. Participants will learn: How to navigate the Drinc website to determine your monitoring requirements How to determine the best sampling techniques What to do with the water sample results The responsibilities to the state health department The responsibilities when notifying the public of pollutants or contaminates in your drinking water How to correctly fill out a chain-of-custody form

Workforce development is one of the most important reasons given for entering and leaving occupations. As we see an increased demand for qualified operators, are we doing enough to develop our workforce?  Participants will learn: Workforce development and its importance for their system  How to identify one or more tools the system can utilize to form current and future operators How to utilize the system budget to plan to staff development and support  The recommended audience includes managers, operators, and boards. 

Workforce development is one of the most important reasons given for entering and leaving occupations. As we see an increased demand for qualified operators, are we doing enough to develop our workforce?  Participants will learn: Workforce development and its importance for their system  How to identify one or more tools the system can utilize to form current and future operators How to utilize the system budget to plan to staff development and support  The recommended audience includes managers, operators, and boards.

This course Rate Setting for Small Water Systems is offered two times on the same day, attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. Do you really need to increase rates? Improved understanding of financial reports will help you answer this question. The goal of good financial management is to ensure that the utility is operated as a financially sustainable enterprise, while providing safe and reliable water, both in the short- and long-term. In order to remain viable, all public water systems need to acquire and manage sufficient financial resources to achieve and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements. One primary tool to become and remain viable is developing and maintaining a comprehensive budget. This workshop will show board members, managers and operators how to develop a budget, identify revenues and expenses, methods to balance the budget, and how to review a budget comparison report on a regular basis. Participants will learn: How to prepare a budget How to identify revenue and expenses How to identify fiscal policies for assisting in balancing the budget How to review the budget comparison report on a regular basis How to establish a rate structure based on the true cost of producing and […]