NDWC Publications
The National Drinking Water Clearinghouse published the following information:
• Tech Brief: Valve Exercising
• Tech Brief: Line Pigging
• Tech Brief: Development of Low-Cost Treatment Options for Arsenic Removal in Water Treatment Facilities
• Tech Brief: Simultaneous Compliance with Drinking Water Regulations
• How to Begin a Fire Hydrant Operation and Maintenance Program
• How to Operate and Maintain Manganese Greensand Treatment Units
Call 800/624-8301 or e-mail info@mail.nesc.wvu.edu.
Author Presents Short Course
Gary Minton, Ph.D., P.E., is offering a short course based on his book Stormwater Treatment: Biological Chemical and Engineering Principles. CEU credits apply. The course will be offered:
• Jan. 23-24 – Offices of Contech Stormwater Solution, Portland, Ore.
• Feb. 6-7 – Country Inn and Suites, Bothell, Wash.
• Feb. 12-13 – Olympia, Wash.
• April 8-9 – Alden Labs (Holden), Worcester, Mass.
Visit www.stormwaterbook.com.
UW-Madison Engineering Course
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:
• Jan. 7-8 – Improving Public Works Construction Inspection Skills (J223)
• Jan. 7-11 – Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Prevention (J916)
• Jan. 23-24 – Soil Engineering for Non-Soils Engineers and Technicians (J603), Sunnyvale, Calif.
• Feb. 4-5 – Improving Public Works Construction Inspection Skills (J371), Orlando, Fla.
• March 11-April 4 – Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Prevention (J117)
• March 25-26 – Mastering the Fundamentals of Culvert Hydraulic Design (J758), Las Vegas, Nev.
• March 27-28 – Drainage Engineering Fundamentals for Non-Engineers (J761), Las Vegas, Nev.
• March 31-April 4 – Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Prevention (J117)
• 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 24-25 – Soil Engineering for Non-Soils Engineers and Technicians (J718), Philadelphia, Pa.
• 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
The organization has the following courses. They are offered as web-based broadcasts unless indicated otherwise.
• Jan. 10 – Trenchless Technology
• Jan. 16-17 – Advanced Construction Inspection Workshop, San Rafael, Calif.
• Jan. 31 – Target Emergency Preparedness #2: During the Disaster – Resource Management
• Feb. 20-22 – Public Fleet Management Workshop, San Jose, Calif.
• Feb. 21 – Water – A Precious Resource in Diminished Supply
• March 6 – Mastering the Media: Telling the Public Works Story Your Way!
• March 10-12 – Construction Inspection: A Review, Atlanta, Ga.
• March 20 – Target Emergency Preparedness #3: After the Disaster – Reimbursement
• April 17 – Innovative Funding – Getting to the End of the Rainbow
Call Carrie Merker at (816) 472-6100, ext: 5213 or visit www.apwa.net.
American Water Works Association
The organization is offering the following CEU/PDH seminars:
• Jan. 27-29 – Inorganic Contaminants Workshop, Albuquerque, N.M.
• Feb. 7-8 – Time to Renew Your Aging System: What’s in Your Tool Box?, Philadelphia, Pa.
• March 6-7 – Compensation Strategies to Strengthen Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Motivation, Las Vegas, Nev.
• April 16-18 – Financial Management: Cost of Service Rate-Making, Boston, Mass.
Call 800/926-7337 or visit www.awwa.org.
New England
The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) Training has the following courses.
• Jan. 4-8 – Preparing for Your Grade I and II Operator Certification Exam (with math), Hartford, Conn.
• Jan. 8-10 – O&M of Wastewater Collection Systems, Old Lyme, Conn.
• Jan. 16 – O&M of Wastewater Pump Stations, Middletown, N.Y.
• Jan. 17 – Sampling Procedures for WWTP Operators, Cobleskill, N.Y.
For more information, call 866/824-9656 or visit www.neiwpcc.org/ training/schedule.asp.
Wright-Pierce Training Services is offering these classes in Maine.
• Jan. 8-10 – Collection System: Operation and Maintenance & NEWEA Collection System Voluntary Certification Grades I-IV Exam, Portland
• Jan. 17 – Developing Written Safety Programs, Vassalboro
• Jan. 24 – Developing Written Safety Programs, Mexico
Visit www.wright-pierce.com.
North Carolina
The North Carolina State University Soil Science Department has a Sediment & Erosion Control: Latest Information with Hands-On Demonstrations seminar on April 2 at the Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory in Raleigh. Call Joni at 919/513-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu/training.
