Focused goals and long-term commitments have helped wastewater departments throughout California experience success. Their achievements relate directly to knowledge and the ability to disseminate it, mostly through training.A group in Southern California has helped foster quality collection system training over the past 17 years. This group, the Southern Sections Collection Systems Committee (SSCSC) of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA), provides an example for other state and regional industry associations to follow.In 1991, a group of collection managers from around Southern California met to discuss their training needs. The exchange addressed inequities in training between large, medium and small agencies.
