People/Awards
The West Slope (Ore.) Water District received an Excellence in Financial Reporting Award from the Government Financial Officers Association of Oregon.
The American Water Resources Association announced these award recipients:
• Dustin Garrick, University of Arizona; Katharine Jacobs, Arizona Water Institute; and Gregg Garfin, University of Arizona, William R. Boggess Award.
• Michael E. Campana, Oregon State University, Icko Iben Award.
• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Sandor C. Csallany Institutional Award for Exemplary Contributions to Water Resource Management.
• Faye Anderson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, President’s Award for Outstanding Service.
• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Outstanding Student Chapter Award.
• Alaska State Section, Outstanding State Section Award.
Learning Opportunities
American Water Works Association
AWWA announced the publication of a new edition of The Water Dictionary, a desk reference providing definitions for more than 15,000 water- and wastewater-related words and phrases. It is available online at www.awwa.org/bookstore.
Kansas Water Environment Association
The KWEA is offering these courses:
• March 2 – Applied Math for Operators, Hays
• March 4-5 – Water Treatment, Phillipsburg
• March 9 – Basics of Water Operations, WaKeeney
• March 9-12 – Cros Connection Control and Backflow Prevention, Kansas City
• March 10-11 – Treatment, Fort Scott
• March 25 – Small Water Systems, Kinsley
• April 6-7 – Distribution, Russell or Hays
• April 13 – Safety, Kinsley
• April 13-14 – Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention, Wichita
• April 15-16 – Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention, Wichita
• April 21-22 – Utilities Management, Fort Scott
Visit www.kwea.net.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The Wisconsin DNR has these courses:
• March 9-11 – Water Supply, Sun Prairie
• March 16-18 – Water Supply, Sun Prairie
• March 30-31 – Water Supply, Fond du Lac
• April 13-14 – Iron, Zeolite & VOC, NWTC-Green Bay
• April 14 – Distribution Seminar, Green Bay
• April 14 – System Operations O&M, Ashland
• April 15 – Distribution Seminar, Wisconsin Dells
• April 15 – System Operations O&M, River Falls
• April 20-22 – Surface Water, FVTC-Appleton
Visit www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/opcert/training.htm.
Calendar
March 1-3
Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention and Stormwater Conference 2010, Long Beach, Calif. Visit www.cwea.org.
March 7-10
Cities of the Future 2010, Boston Marriott Cambridge, Boston, Mass. Visit www.wef.org.
March 29-31
2010 American Water Resources Association Spring Specialty Conference: GIS & Water Resources VI, Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Orlando, Fla. Visit www.awra.org.
April 11-14
American Water Works Association Sustainable Water Sources Conference, Albuquerque (N.M.) Convention Center. Visit www.awwa.org.
