Description: In light of increasing development and ever-changing future conditions, increasingly stressed infrastructure, and growing financial pressures, integrating hazard mitigation and water quality-focused resource management is becoming more and more important to the success of water systems and other public-serving entities. While finance and budgeting are often considered a last step in developing a project or program, incorporating a financing strategy early on in any planning process can help ensure long-term project success. In this webinar, we will provide strategies for incorporating funding and financial strategies into integrated plans and explore various solutions for how local communities can pay for water resource projects. Learning Objectives: Understanding current and future issues related to decentralized wastewater treatment systems Increasing knowledge of funding and financing strategies that are likely to apply to most jurisdictions, big or small, and move communities from planning to implementation. Understand how to develop a balanced funding and financing strategy that incorporates cost reducers and varied revenue streams. Learn from case stories of other communities that have adopted these strategies to protect source water, mitigate flooding, and tackle a number of other local issues.  Presenter: Natalia Sanchez, Program Manager, University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can […]

Join EFCN for this webinar series designed to help small wastewater system operators pass their certification exams. The series starts with a 1-hour overview of study tips and test preparation techniques. Each subsequent 1-hour webinar will focus on a single topic typically found in Level 1 and Level 2 exams including, but not limited to: Collection Systems, Treatment Overviews, Disinfection and Solids Handling Basics, NPDES Regulations, Wastewater Math, Safety, Sampling and Reporting and other general wastewater topics. Each session will include sample questions and a short Q and A period. While this series is primarily focused on helping new operators achieve their Level 1 and 2 certifications, currently certified operators looking to pass higher level tests can also benefit from attendance as higher-level certification tests are cumulative and typically cover basic as well as advanced treatment topics. Session 8: This session will focus on the math and concepts needed to understand proper chlorine dosing, other math concepts utilized in disinfection processes, and the concept of breakpoint chlorination. We will discuss the equations needed to calculate chlorine concentration, dosage, demand, and residual, and how to use them. We will address the type of equations that operators need to understand other disinfection processes, […]

Description: In this 1-hour webinar, experts from the Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center (GLEIC) will discuss drinking water distribution system quality operations and management, including: How water detention times affect water age and quality How to prevent nitrification in storage tanks How to calculate detention time and CT values for chlorine disinfection What factors lead to corrosion in water distribution systems and ways to prevent and mitigate it And more! Presenter: Gregory Pearson, Water & Wastewater Trainer, Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center at Michigan Technological University Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements. Who Should Attend:  Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, financial officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

ASDWA is pleased to announce our free webinar series: Implementation Tools and Best Practices for Lead Service Line Inventories and Replacements. This webinar series is intended for those in the water industry who are working to #gettheleadout, starting with the identification of lead service lines and the completion of EPA's lead service line inventory requirement. The last session of this webinar series will include a regulatory roundtable. Webinar details will be updated as speakers are finalized.

This 1-hour webinar will cover basic septic tank operations, aerobic treatment, and how lagoons work. It will also cover disinfection and basic math skills needed to ensure the process is operating efficiently. Learn More

Description: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) has been called “the most important legislation in California in 100 years.” SGMA mandates the sustainable use of California groundwater. Given the fact that many groundwater basins are in overdraft, implementation of sustainable practices will likely have a significant impact on small water systems that use groundwater from these basins. SGMA applies to the 127 high and medium priority groundwater basins, which account for approximately 96 percent of groundwater use in California. It is therefore very likely that a significant number of California small water systems will be impacted by the implementation of sustainable practices mandated by this law. Given that both Water Rights and Adequacy of Supply are Division of Drinking Water (DDW) Technical, Managerial and Financial (TMF) elements and that SGMA is very likely to have a significant impact on both these elements for a large number of California small water systems, it is very important that these systems have adequate training into SGMA’s process and requirements. Participants will learn:  The basics of groundwater hydrology, including: The Water Cycle and types of aquifers The provisions of SGMA, including: The goal of sustainable water extractions from a basin What the […]