Association News
National Public Works Week
The theme for the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) National Public Works Week (May 18-24) is “The Future is Now.” The objective is to raise awareness of public works issues and increase confidence in public works employees.
To help public works agencies achieve these objectives, APWA created the web-based National Public Works Week How-To Guide, available at www. apwa.net.
Roping in Trenchless Technology
The No-Dig Show, “Roping in Trenchless Technology,” in Dallas, Texas, April 27 to May 2, will present more than 100 technical papers. Besides lateral and mainline trenchless discussions, an open forum will address water, sewer, and stormwater issues.
The Common Ground Alliance is sponsoring a Damage Investigation and Claims Resolution Workshop. NASSCO will administer its Pipeline Assessment Certification and Manhole Assessment and Certification programs. The North American Society for Trenchless Technology will offer a Good Practices course on New Installation Methods.
Pre- and post-conference short courses and workshops include An Intro to Trenchless Technology: New Construction Techniques and Rehabilitation Methods, and Horizontal Directional Drilling Good Practices Guidelines. For more information, go to www.nodigshow.com.
Urban Water Management
Urban Water Management, An Integrated Water Quality Conference and Exhibition, is March 31 to April 2 at the Louisville (Ky.) Marriott. It will focus on the integration of stormwater best management practices, Phase II regulations, green infrastructure, and funding of municipal water management programs.
Presentations will cover design, construction, maintenance, and emerging technology for urban water quality. Tom Schueler, director of the Chesapeake Stormwater Network, will give the keynote address. The featured short course is “Stormwater for the Practicing Engineer (and Scientist)” by Gary R. Minton, Ph.D., P.E. For more information, go to http://uwm08.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm.
Feds act on perchlorate and chromium
Release of the Food and Drug Administration study of exposure to perchlorate in food products will help U.S. EPA decide whether to regulate perchlorate in drinking water. The FDA assessment found that even the highest dietary levels of perchlorate among toddlers is less than EPA’s reference dose of 0.7 micrograms/kg/day. A final regulatory determination for perchlorate and other chemicals on the second Contaminant Candidate List is expected later this year.
A provision added in Congress to the fiscal 2008 EPA spending bill would have the agency regulate chromium 6 on its own rather than be covered as it is now under a standard for total chromium. The National Toxicology Program found that while chromium 6 is a human carcinogen when inhaled, the effects of long-term exposure to hexavalent chromium compounds in water supplies are uncertain.
Learning Opportunities
Trenchless Technology Courses
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology has these classes:
• March 25 – Pipe Bursting Good Practices, Las Vegas
• March 26 – HDD Good Practices Guidelines, Las Vegas
• April 27 – May 2, No-Dig Conference & Exhibition, Dallas
• April 27 – An Introduction to Trenchless Technology, Dallas
• April 30-May 1 – New Installation Methods Good Practices, Dallas
• April 30-May 1 – HDD Good Practices Guidelines, Dallas.
Visit www.nastt.org.
UW-Madison Engineering Courses
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Professional Development is offering the following CEU, LU, PDH classes. They are at the Madison campus unless indicated otherwise:
• March 10-12 – Asset Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities (J941)
• March 25-26 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Culvert Hydraulic Design (J758), Las Vegas.
• March 27-28 – Drainage Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers (J761), Las Vegas.
• April 7-8 – Municipal Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers (J491)
• April 14-15 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Culvert Hydraulic Design (J759)
• April 17-18 – Drainage Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers (J762)
• April 28-29 – Pumping Equipment and Systems: Selecting, Operating, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting (J660)
• April 30-May 2 – Preventing Deficiencies in Design and Construction of Water and Wastewater Projects (J797)
Call 608/262-2061 or visit http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/course_ categories.lasso.
American Public Works Association
APWA has these courses as classroom workshops or as audio/Web-based broadcasts:
• March 6 – Mastering the Media: Telling the Public Works Story Your Way (Web).
• March 10-12 – Construction Inspection: A Review, Atlanta, Ga.
• March 20 – Target Emergency Preparedness No. 3: After the Disaster – Reimbursement (Web).
• April 17 – Innovative Funding – Getting to the End of the Rainbow (Web).
• May 7-9 – Public Fleet Management Workshop, Grimsby, Ont.
• May 15 – Delta Force Readiness! Developing Tomorrow’s Elite Corps of Public Works Leaders (Web).
Call Carrie Merker at 816/472-6100; ext: 5213 or visit www.apwa.net.
American Water Works Association
The American Water Works Association offers these CEU/PDH seminars:
• March 6-7 – Compensation Strategies to Strengthen Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Motivation, Las Vegas.
• April 16-18 – Financial Management: Cost of Service Rate-Making, Boston, Mass.
Call 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
North Carolina
The state university at Raleigh is offering these courses:
• April 2 – Sediment and Erosion Control: Latest Information with Hands-On Demonstrations
• March 6 – Introduction to Geographic Information
Call Joni Tanner at 919/515-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu, then Training, Short Courses and Workshops.
Calendar of Events
March 30-April 2
Customer Service Conference and Exposition, sponsored by the American Water Works Association, Detroit, Mich. Call 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
March 30-April 2
Information Management & Technology Conference and Exposition, sponsored by the American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation, Detroit, Mich. Call Paul Olson at 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
March 30-April 3
Ground Water Summit by the National Ground Water Association, Memphis, Tenn. Call 800/551-7379 or visit www.ngwa.org.
March 31-April 2
Urban Water Management Water Quality Conference & Exhibition, Louisville Marriott, Ky. Call Joanie Harrington at 918/832-9305 or visit http://uwm08.events.pennnet.com.
April 6-8
Water Security Congress, sponsored by the American Water Works Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. Call Dana Trujillo at 303/347-6240 or visit www.awwa.org.
April 27-May 2
North American Society for Trenchless Technology No-Dig Show, Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Dallas, Texas. Call 330/467-7588 or visit www.nodigshow.com.
May 4-7
National Clean Water Policy Forum, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C. Call 202/833-2672 or visit www.nacwa.org.
May 18-22
National Monitoring Conference, sponsored by the National Water Quality Monitoring Council, Atlantic City Convention Center, N.J. E-mail Monitoring2008@wef.org or visit www.wef.org.
May 19-21
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference, Progress through Partnerships: Collaborating to Protect Our Watersheds at the Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa, Groton, Conn. Call Laura Chan at 978/323-7929 or visit www.neiwpcc.org.
May 20-23
Customer Service Week Conference, Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, Texas. Call 903/893-3214 or visit www.cisconference.org.
June 1-3
International Water Association-Water Environment Federation Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar, Château Mont-Sainte-Anne, Qué. Call Bruce Johnson at 720/286-5373 or visit www.modeleau. org/WWTmod2008.
June 1-4
PennTec Annual Conference, Penn Stater Conference Center, State College, Pa. Call 717/642-9500 or visit www.pwea.org.
June 8-12
American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. Call 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
June 22-25
National Environmental Health Association Educational Conference and Exhibition, Tucson, Ariz. Call 303/756-9090 or visit www.neha.org
July 15-18
National Association of Clean Water Agencies Summer Conference and Meeting, Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. Call 202/833-2672 or visit www.nacwa.org.
Aug. 3-7
StormCon North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition, Orlando World Center Marriott, Fla. Call 805/682-1300; ext: 129 or visit www.stormcon.com.
Aug. 17-20
American Public Works Association Congress: The Best Show in Public Works, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, La. Call 800/848-2792 or visit www.apwa.net.
Sept. 21-24
Distribution Systems Symposium and Exposition for Distribution, Engineering and Plant Operations Professionals, Austin, Texas. Call Tricia Loughead at 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
