Description: This webinar covers water quality parameters used to predict corrosive properties of raw and treated drinking water that can result in lead leaching into drinking water from customer plumbing.  The webinar also covers water treatment and water quality adjustments that can mitigate corrosion of water system piping and assist systems with meeting the requirements of the USEPA Lead & Copper Rule.  Attendees will walk through the factors and steps that lead to the Flint drinking water disaster which resulted in the public being exposed to high levels of dissolved lead. Regulatory Training Covers: Federal Regulations: USEPA: 1972 Surface Water Treatment Rule Arsenic Rule Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Groundwater Rule Interim Enhanced Surface Water Rule Lead & Copper Rule Disinfection Byproduct Rule(s) Long Term 1 Long Term 2 Public Notification Rule Stage 2 Total Coliform Rule California Regulations: Total Coliform Rule This webinar is 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm on January 20 and January 21. Earn up to 8 contact hours. Instructor: Henry Palechek Registration for webinars is a 2-step process.  Once you have registered, please look for an email titled "Your Webinar Registration is Almost Complete" for the link to complete the registration process. Member $150 / Non-member $175 […]

This course, Surface Water Treatment Rule is offered two times on the same day attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. It’s been raining for three straight days and your effluent turbidity has just spiked at your water treatment plant. What monitoring and reporting procedures do you follow? What do these new regulations say? Is your treatment method still acceptable? What do you need to report and when? This workshop is designed to help you understand surface water treatment and monitoring regulations by reviewing the basis for current and future regulations. Participants will learn: The Surface Water Treatment Rule Long-Term 1 and Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules Existing and future water quality monitoring requirements Basic treatment methods and technologies Regulatory reporting requirements

This course, Surface Water Treatment Rule is offered two times on the same day attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. It’s been raining for three straight days and your effluent turbidity has just spiked at your water treatment plant. What monitoring and reporting procedures do you follow? What do these new regulations say? Is your treatment method still acceptable? What do you need to report and when? This workshop is designed to help you understand surface water treatment and monitoring regulations by reviewing the basis for current and future regulations. Participants will learn: The Surface Water Treatment Rule Long-Term 1 and Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules Existing and future water quality monitoring requirements Basic treatment methods and technologies Regulatory reporting requirements

This course Understanding Bacteriological Quality Standards is offered two times on the same day, attendees ONLY need to register once to take this course. Providing safe and affordable drinking water to customers is the primary objective of any drinking water system. Routine monitoring for bacterial contamination is one of the most effective indicators of a potentially hazardous condition in your system. Although waterborne disease outbreaks are relatively uncommon in the United States, the threat can be deadly. Missed routine and repeat samples are costly in many ways including time, lab fees, penalties and consumer confidence, not to mention the health risk to the public. Join us to learn or review the bacteriological standards required by both California State Total Coliform Rule (TCR) and Federal Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR). This workshop will address public water system standards for ensuring bacteriological quality through monitoring and reporting. Participants will learn: The importance of total coliform as an indicator of water quality Compliance with California state and federal bacteriological quality monitoring and reporting regulations Public Notification requirements Triggers and follow-up for Level 1 and Level 2 assessments

This course is now offered as an online training. It is recommended to take both parts on the same day.  Part 1 will take place from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Part 2 will take place from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Please follow the links below to register for each part separately.  If you are a board member, manager, or operator, it is important to understand the budgeting process and what it means for you. Budgets impact our daily work and understanding how to build them, analyze them, and use them to plan can shape our systems. Understanding the budget allows us to maximize resources and justify our rates, especially when an increase in rates is necessary. Participants will learn: Evaluate budget and financial indicators Develop a prioritized capital improvement plan Create a budget to sustain that CIP Use these tools to determine revenue needs Set rates in California

This course is now offered as an online training. It is recommended to take both parts on the same day.  Part 1 will take place from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Part 2 will take place from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Please follow the links below to register for each part separately.  If you are a board member, manager, or operator, it is important to understand the budgeting process and what it means for you. Budgets impact our daily work and understanding how to build them, analyze them, and use them to plan can shape our systems. Understanding the budget allows us to maximize resources and justify our rates, especially when an increase in rates is necessary. Participants will learn: Evaluate budget and financial indicators Develop a prioritized capital improvement plan Create a budget to sustain that CIP Use these tools to determine revenue needs Set rates in California

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 is now offered as an online training. It is recommended to take both parts on the same day.  Part 1will take place from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Part 2 will take place from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Please follow the links below to register for each part separately.  Your only licensed operator has just left town due to a family emergency and handed you the phone number of a certified operator in the next town. Will the substitute operator know how your system works and what needs to be done daily to keep it safe and in compliance? A properly prepared Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan is one of a water purveyor’s most important documents. The O&M Plan is a “living” document that explains how a public water system is to be operated and maintained on a day-to-day basis to ensure public health, safety, and compliance with applicable regulations. In addition to being an important training tool for new staff, the O&M manual serves as a practical handbook by which a qualified substitute operator can operate and maintain the system in a safe and reliable manner in absence of the system’s primary operator. Participants will learn: The vital elements that comprise an O&M […]

This course is now offered as an online training. It is recommended to take both parts on the same day.  Part 1will take place from 10:00am to 12:00pm and Part 2 will take place from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Please follow the links below to register for each part separately.  Your only licensed operator has just left town due to a family emergency and handed you the phone number of a certified operator in the next town. Will the substitute operator know how your system works and what needs to be done daily to keep it safe and in compliance? A properly prepared Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan is one of a water purveyor’s most important documents. The O&M Plan is a “living” document that explains how a public water system is to be operated and maintained on a day-to-day basis to ensure public health, safety, and compliance with applicable regulations. In addition to being an important training tool for new staff, the O&M manual serves as a practical handbook by which a qualified substitute operator can operate and maintain the system in a safe and reliable manner in absence of the system’s primary operator. Participants will learn: The vital elements that comprise an O&M […]