Description: This webinar will introduce basic concepts for long-term financial resiliency and asset management. After a brief overview of financial analysis tools, this webinar will focus on long-term investment strategies and concepts including asset management, life-cycle costing, long-term asset planning, and rates analysis. Information will be shared in lecture format, through interactive exercises, sharing of case examples, and by soliciting and answering participant system-specific questions. Learning Objectives: Understand Financial Metrics for Long-Term Planning Understand Concepts of Asset Criticality Understand the Relationship Between Life-Cycle Costing and Long-Term Asset Planning Presenter: Andrew Waters, Project Director, Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina Register Here Who Should Attend:  Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons Decision-makers for 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 wastewater systems

Description: How many times has this happened to you? You discover that one of your pumps is not performing like you think it should, or it will not run at all. What are your next steps? When should you call in an expert? These questions and more will be answered in the Pumps & Motors Troubleshooting workshop. This will be an extensive course in the most common pumping and electrical system issues that could leave you out of water. Participants will learn: · Electric motor troubleshooting and common issues · Basic types of centrifugal pumps and their characteristics · How to calculate TDH in fluid pumping system · How to calculate friction loss · How to read pump curves · Centrifugal pump performance testing and troubleshooting techniques Operator Basics Series: The recommended audience includes system operators, technicians and managers.

BAYWORK will be hosting a free three-day, virtual training of a variety of trainings via Zoom, Nov 8th, 9th, & 10th from 10am to 3pm PST. Session range from diversity, equity, and inclusion topics to water chemistry. To view all the session topics and times, visit the event page here: https://www.baywork.org/baywork-virtual-training-buffet-2022/.  

Description: Throughout the country, small water system staff adhere to regulations to provide safe drinking water for their customers. The drinking water system staff follow direction from the state or county health department but may not realize that these regulations began at a federal level. This workshop will teach operators, managers, and board members how and why these regulations exist. Participants will learn: · The basis for SDWA and the related U.S. code and federal regulations · How drinking water events correspond with amendments to the SDWA · How to look-up drinking water regulations under development and review Recommended audience: Managers, board members and operators.

Description: Throughout the country, small water system staff adhere to regulations to provide safe drinking water for their customers. The drinking water system staff follow direction from the state or county health department but may not realize that these regulations began at a federal level. This workshop will teach operators, managers, and board members how and why these regulations exist. Participants will learn: · The basis for SDWA and the related U.S. code and federal regulations · How drinking water events correspond with amendments to the SDWA · How to look-up drinking water regulations under development and review Recommended audience: Managers, board members and operators.

BAYWORK will be hosting a free three-day, virtual training of a variety of trainings via Zoom, Nov 8th, 9th, & 10th from 10am to 3pm PST. Session range from diversity, equity, and inclusion topics to water chemistry. To view all the session topics and times, visit the event page here: https://www.baywork.org/baywork-virtual-training-buffet-2022/.

Description: Your water system can easily and effectively spread waterborne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and E. coli. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention documents more than 22 waterborne disease outbreaks annually in U.S. public water supplies. These outbreaks cause over 10,000 cases of illness. Protecting your water system from these microbial contaminants is a fundamental goal of every water system. In this workshop, we will trace the origins of a water system operators’ battle with bad bugs, from Dr. Snow removing the handle on the Broad Street Pump in London to stop the 1854 cholera epidemic, to modern sanitary surveys and disinfection methods. The goal of this workshop is to make the water system operator aware of the pathways of microbial contamination and to provide low-cost strategies to prevent contamination of their system. Participants will learn: · The five most common routes of microbial contamination of a water system · How to conduct a simple but effective Sanitary Survey on your water system · The importance of chlorine residual as a low-cost and rapid method of detecting microbial contamination · How to use operational records to identify water quality problems Recommended audience: All water system operators, managers, and […]

Description: Think about the water system operators and board members you know, how close are they to retirement? Chances are many will be retiring in the next five to 10 years if not sooner. In rural places, younger operators may be difficult to retain. As their skills improve, the salary and benefits offered by larger systems may become increasingly attractive. Join us for a discussion about how to develop the workforce that keeps your system running sustainably. Participants will learn: · What legacy planning looks like · How to meet the needs of their system now AND for the future · If water operators are a dying breed · What other projects and programs doing to support the industry · What the future looks like for water operators Recommended audience: Managers, board members and operators interested in the future of water operator careers.

Description: Think about the water system operators and board members you know, how close are they to retirement? Chances are many will be retiring in the next five to 10 years if not sooner. In rural places, younger operators may be difficult to retain. As their skills improve, the salary and benefits offered by larger systems may become increasingly attractive. Join us for a discussion about how to develop the workforce that keeps your system running sustainably. Participants will learn: · What legacy planning looks like · How to meet the needs of their system now AND for the future · If water operators are a dying breed · What other projects and programs doing to support the industry · What the future looks like for water operators Recommended audience: Managers, board members and operators interested in the future of water operator careers.