People/Awards

The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District received the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence from the Special District Leadership Foundation for transparency in operations and governance. The district provides drinking water, wastewater treatment, recycled water and biosolids composting services to Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village and neighboring unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.

Christina Galliher was promoted to water treatment plant operator at the Penn Yan Village (N.Y.) Water Treatment plant.

WSO welcomes your contribution to this listing. To recognize members of your team, please send notices of new hires, promotions, service milestones, certifications or achievements to editor@wsomag.com.

Education

AWWA

The American Water Works Association is offering these courses:

• March 10-14 – 2014 Membrane Technology Conference, Las Vegas, Nev.
• March 19 – Part 1: Communicating with Customers about Lead and Lead Service Lines, webinar
• April 7-9 ­– Financial Management Cost of Service Rate-Making Seminar, North Charleston, S.C.
• April 9 – Watershed, Forest, and Source Water Protection, webinar
• April 11 – Water Harvesting Systems and Application, Milwaukee, Wis.
• April 30 – The Impacts of Nutrient Pollution on Drinking Water Quality, webinar

Visit www.awwa.org.

Alabama

The Alabama Rural Water Association is offering an HDPR Pipe Fusion class April 23 in Calera. Visit www.alruralwater.com.

Arkansas

The Arkansas Environmental Training Academy is offering these courses:

• March 12-14 – Basic Water Distribution, Paragould
• March 16-31 – Advanced Water Distribution, Internet
• March 17-20 – Applied Water Math (Night Class), Fort Smith
• March 25 – Basic Water Math, North Little Rock
• March 26 – Applied Water Math, North Little Rock
• March 27 – PWS Compliance, North Little Rock
• April 1-15 – Basic Water Math, online
• April 1-3 – Advanced Water Distribution, North Little Rock
• April 10-11 – ADH Plumbing Inspector School, Camden
• April 16-30 – Applied Water Math, online

Visit www.sautech.edu/aeta/.

The Arkansas Rural Water Association is offering these courses:

• March 12-13 – Water Specialized Training, Clarksville
• March 25-27 – Basic Treatment, Lonoke
• April 15-17 – Advanced Distribution, Lonoke
• April 22-24 – Intermediate Treatment, Lonoke
• April 29-May 1 – Basic Distribution, Clarksville

Visit www.arkansasruralwater.org.

California

The California-Nevada Section of AWWA is offering these courses:

• April 9 – Water Use Efficiency Grade I Workshop, Rancho Cucamonga
• April 24-25 – Two-Day Backflow Refresher, West Sacramento

Visit www.ca-nv-awwa.org.

Colorado

The Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association is offering a Water/Wastewater Workshop on April 3. Visit www.rmwea.org.

Florida

The Florida Section of AWWA is offering these courses:

• March 31 – Florida AWWA eLearning
• April 9 – Disinfection of Distribution Water Mains, Orlando
• April 30 – Florida AWWA eLearning

Visit www.fsawwa.org.

Illinois

The Illinois Section of AWWA is offering these courses:

• March 27 – Chemical Properties, Safety and Security, Channahon
• April 1 – How to Use Hydraulic Tools to Make Your Job Easier, Batavia
• April 10 – Meters A to Z, Rockford
• April 14 – GE Proficy iFix Offers More Than Pretty Pictures and Alarms, webinar
• April 15 – Safety Audit in the Plant, Elgin
• April 22 – Effective Backflow Programs, Downers Grove
• April 24 – ISAWWA Strategic Planning Implementation Workship, Utica
• April 24-May 29 – Utility Management 6-week Night Class, Westmont
• April 25 – Virtual Water Accounting: Framework for Water Management in the Great Lakes, webinar
• April 29 – Illinois Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network Seminar and Tabletop Exercise, Elgin

Visit www.isawwa.org.

The Environmental Resources Training Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is offering these courses:              

• March 28-May 2 – Water Operations Short School, ERTC - Edwardsville
• March 31 – Class B Water Operations 1, Geneva
• April 1 – Class B Water Operations 2, Geneva
• April 2 – Class A Water Operations 1, Geneva
• April 3 – Class A Water Operations 2, Geneva
• April 15-18 – Cross Connection Control, Lake Bluff

Visit www.siue.edu/ertc/.

Michigan

The Michigan Section of AWWA is offering its Limited Treatment Short Course I & II March 25-27 at Higgins Lake. Visit www.mi-water.org.

New Jersey

The New Jersey Agricultural Research Station is offering these courses at New Brunswick:

• March 25-26 – Management Skills for Supervisors
• March 28 – Effective Emergency Commiunications
• April 8-10 – Motor Control Circuits: Wiring to Troubleshooting
• April 11 – Customer Service Skills for Utilities
• April 23 – Microbiology for the Non-Biologist
• April 29 – Water and Wastewater Chemistry: Back to the Basics

Visit www.cpe.rutgers.edu.

New York

The New York Section of AWWA is offering these courses:

• March 19 – Water Storage Tank O&M, Melville
• March 24 – Basic Laboratory Skills, Poughkeepsie
• March 26 – Basic Laboratory Skills, Troy
• April 2 – Process Verification and Calibration, Kingston
• April 4 – Process Verification and Calibration, Wayne County
• April 8 – Concrete Water Tank Construction, Owego
• April 9 – Hands-On Chlorination, Woodbury
• April 9 – Water Storage Tank O&M, Troy
• April 30 – Maintaining Water Quality in the Distribution System, Peekskill
• April 30 – Operator Ethics and Applications, Troy

Visit www.nysawwa.org.

Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Environmental Training Center is offering these courses:

• March 14 – Open Exam Session, Stillwater
• March 18-20 – D Water and Wastewater Operator, Tulsa
• March 31-April 1 – D Water and Wastewater Operator, Midwest City
• March 28 – Renewal Training, Oklahoma City
• April 1-3 – D Water and Wastewater Operator, Stillwater
• April 4 – Open Exam Session, Tulsa
• April 9 – General Refresher for Water Operators, Tulsa
• April 9-10 – C Water Operator, Tulsa
• April 11 – Open Exam Session, Stillwater
• April 14-17 – B Water Operator, Tulsa
• April 21 – General Refresher for Water Lab Operators, Stillwater
• April 21-24 – C Water Laboratory, Stillwater
• April 22-24 – D Water and Wastewater Operator, Tulsa
• April 28-May 1 – A/B Water Laboratory, Stillwater

Visit www.accuratelabs.com.

Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin – Madision Department of Engineering Professional Development is offering a Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Prevention course March 24-28 in Madison. Visit www.epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.

The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee School of Continuing Education is offering a Water Harvesting Systems and Application course April 11. Visit www4.uwm.edu.

The Wisconsin Rural Water Association is offering these courses:

• March 19 – Small Water System Operator Certification Exam Review, Cottage Grove
• March 19 – Regulations Update, Cottage Grove
• April 9 – Wells, Mount Horeb
• April 9 – Distribution System O&M, Mount Horeb
• April 17 – Wells, Green Bay
• April 17 – Distribution System O&M, Green Bay

Visit www.wrwa.org.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is offering these courses:

• April 1 – Groundwater Supply and Distribution, Chippewa Falls
• April 15 – Groundwater Supply and Distribution, Fond du Lac

Visit http://dnr.wi.gov.

Events

March 17-20
WATERCON 2014, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, Ill. Visit www.isawwa.org.

March 23-26
Alabama Rural Water Association 36th Annual Technical Training Conference, Montgomery. Visit www.alruralwater.com.

March 24-27
2014 California-Nevada Section AWWA Spring Conference, Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, Calif. Visit www.ca-nv-awwa.org.

March 25-27
EnergySMART 2014 Conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia. Visit www.energysmartconference.com.

March 25-28
Wisconsin Rural Water Association 2014 Annual Technical Conference, Hyatt/KI Convention Center, Green Bay. Visit www.wrwa.org.

March 26-28
GLOBE 2014 Conference, Vancouver (British Columbia) Convention Centre. Visit www.2014.globeseries.com.

March 30-April 2
Sustainable Water Management Conference, Curtis Hotel, Denver, Colo. Visit www.awwa.org/Sustainable14.

March 30-April 2
Missouri Section 2014 AWWA Annual Conference, Osage Beach. Visit www.awwa-mo.org.

April 6-8
North Carolina AWWA-WEA Spring Conference, Wilmington (N.C.) Convention Center. Visit www.ncsafewater.org.

April 9
The Intermountain Section of AWWA is offering its 2014 Education Extravaganza Midyear Conference at the Karen Gail Miller Conference Center in Sandy, Utah. Visit www.ims-awwa.org.

April 21-24
Alaska Section 2014 AWWA Annual Conference, Anchorage. Visit www.awwma.org.

April 24
Seventh Annual Water Distribution Conference, Addison, Ill. Visit www.isawwa.org.