EPA's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water as part of their Small Systems Research Webinar Series presents a free webinar on Lead Service Lines. The first part of the webinar will offers a qualitative comparison of method cost, accuracy, disturbance, and other impacts to lead service lines, as well as an example stepwise approach to identify unknown service line materials.The second part provides an overview of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, explains DWSRF eligibilities related to lead service lines, and discusses opportunities for lead service replacement under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Who should attend: State primacy agencies, Tribes, community planners, technical assistance providers, academia, and water systems interested in issues facing community water systems and solutions to help solve them. Register Here. A certificate of attendance will be offered for this webinar.

May 25, 2022 | Presentations: 9:00AM - 12:30 PM & Virtual Booths: 12:30PM - 2:00PM Registration and Zoom link: TBA The funding fair will provide the opportunity to learn more about available grant, loan, and bond financing options for infrastructure projects from federal, state, and local agencies. Representatives from water industry professionals, public works, local governments, and California Native American Tribes should attend. This includes city managers and planners, economic development and engineering professionals, officials from privately owned facilities, water and irrigation district managers, financial advisors, and project consultants. We look forward to your attendance at the virtual funding fair. For more information about CFCCC, please visit the website at www.cfcc.ca.gov. 

Presented by the Environmental Finance Network Center: The last session of this series will focus on billing system data typically used to complete a water audit. Accurate billing data is critical to developing an accurate picture of a utility’s loss volumes and associated values. It is, therefore, important that billing staff supporting utility water auditing have a clear picture of the data they may have to provide. This session will provide an overview of the water auditing process, audit data that billing staff are typically called upon to provide, and common errors and misconceptions that lead to inaccurate audit results.  Register Here 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 To watch recordings for previous webinars in this series, check out the Water Loss Series Playlist!

The Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) presents session three of their Community Affordability: A Series of Conversations webinar series: Affordability Considerations for Utility Rate Deign and Policies.  How can a utility’s rate design and policies around collections promote affordability? In this 1-hour webinar, join EFCN experts to learn about how different rate structures impact customers, how to set rate structures equitably, and how utility policies can help customers who have a hard time paying bills. 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 Register Here Session 4 of this series, Implementing a Bill Payment Assistance Program, will be held July 12. See the CalMutuals' calendar for further information.

Presentation 1: Power Resilience for Small Systems Presented by Lauren Wisniewski Presentation 2. Utilizing System Partnerships to Secure Water Treatment Chemicals Presented by Gabrielle Minton and Dallas Shattuck Jun 28, 2022 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Session four of the Environmental Finance Center Network's Community Affordability: A Series of Conversations, Implementing a Bill Payment Assistance Program, will be held July 12. In this 1-hour webinar, EFCN at UNC will share an overview of different types of bill assistance programs and provide considerations for how to set up, fund, and market your program. The webinar will include information about COVID-related assistance as well.  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 Register Here

Disaster Recovery Assistance from SRFs and FEMA for Communities - Disaster Response II: Tuesday, July 19 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Dealing with the aftermath of a disaster can be more difficult than the actual disaster itself. Learn how you can work with the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to expedite financial assistance for water and wastewater utilities in the aftermath of a Presidential-declared disaster using Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between EPA and FEMA. Hear first-hand experience from SRF managers who used the MOU to help communities in their state recover from catastrophic natural disasters. Ask FEMA first responders and EPA water professionals for their insight on how to utilize this unique federal partnership to get the assistance you need when a disaster strikes.  Hear from communities, states, and federal agency representatives about their experiences. For more information, visit https://www.cifanet.org/online-learning. To register, visit https://cifa.webex.com/cifa/j.php?RGID=raf8c15b3f353c95caa52af124d834231

Maintaining Distribution Water Quality Using: System Maps, Valves & Flushing: July 21, 2022 | 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM | Four Points by Sheraton Bakersfield Date & Time: July 21, 2022 | 8:30AM-3:30PM Accreditation: 6 California Drinking Water Contact Hours awarded. Contact hours have been approved for the Registered Environmental Health Specialist Program. Certificate will be awarded. Description: To be effective in their job of providing safe drinking water to their customers, certified water system operators need to possess a wide range of knowledge on many different subjects. This in person workshop will test the participant’s understanding of a range of drinking water topics. The instructors will provide a detailed explanation of many of these topics. Participants will learn: How to use, test and update water system maps and their effect in maintaining water quality We will look at valve types and there uses in the system The need for a valve turning program How to create and execute system wide flushing program and dead-end program Who should attend?: The recommended audience includes distribution system operators. Location: This training will be hosted at the following address: Four Points by Sheraton Bakersfield 5101 California Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93309 Parking is complimentary 

Date & Time: July 26, 2022 | 10:00AM-12:00PM Description: A public water system manager and operator have a lot of irons in the fire. They answer to their customers, local government (board of directors), state and county primacy agencies, other state/county/federal agencies and various businesses/industry. Where does one begin? It all begins with operations, and the managers/operators need to ensure that safe water is consistently delivered to the customers; this water is under sufficient pressure; all required water testing is performed promptly and with proper testing techniques; and that all records are documented accurately and as required. This workshop will utilize the trainer’s experiences, as well as the experience of participants in the workshop, to explore these topics and others as encountered by the experienced managers/operators that will be attending this training. This is a free training. Participants will learn:  About doing “the rounds” Record keeping and reporting Daily/weekly/monthly tasks Their responsibility to the public About dealing with the board of directors or other local government Recommended Audience: Local government board of directors, managers and operators.   Location: This training will be hosted online on GoToTraining. Registration: https://www.events.rcac.org/assnfe/Cart.asp?Mode=SAVENEWCRS&mlUtil_EventID=3229&mlUtil_FeeID=3064&PID= Accreditation: 2 California Drinking Water Contact Hours units awarded