Pump Workshop & Tour 

0.6 Water & Wastewater CEUs now Approved!

• Thursday October 23rd, 2014

Workshop starts at 8 AM PDT

(doors open at 7:40 for registration and coffee) 

Workshop location is the Brightwater Environmental Education and Community Center in Woodinville, WA.

A six-hour workshop on the basics of centrifugal pumps and motors.  Topics include presentations on:

• Basic centrifugal pump operation
• Pump performance curves
• Pump affinity laws
• Function and operation of a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
• Variable speed pumps - how to select, trouble shoot and maintain
• Single phase and three phase power basics

The workshop will conclude with a tour of the Brightwater Influent Pump Station a 135 mgd, high head (285 feet TDH), facility with six 2-stage centrifugal pumps.

 Primary presenters will be:

• Joe Evans, PumpTech, Inc
• Ron Kohler, King County WTD

0.6 Continuing Education Units 

(Water & Wastewater CEUs approved!!)

Registration fee is $65 ($75 after October 17th)

Lunch and refreshments are included. 

This workshop is sponsored by:

• The Engineering Committee PNWS-AWWA
• The Northwest Washington Subsection PNWS-AWWA
• King County Wastewater Treatment Division

Scholarships for small utilities and students - To encourage participation from small utilities (<500 connections) two scholarships for small system operators are available. To receive the small system scholarship, please register and pay the registration fee.  Indicate on the form the name of your utility and number of connections.  If your utility is one of the first two received, your registration fee wil lbe refunded following completion of the workshop.  First Come - First Served.

 To encourage students attending college, university and techniocal programs that are majoring in a water related field, scholarships will be made available to all student attendees.  To be eligible for a student scholarship please name your institution, click "Pay by check" and phone or email the contact in the left column.

Cancellation Policy - If a registrant is unable to attend the workshop and a substitute within the organization can attend, please contact Jeff Lundt at jeff.lundt@kingcounty.gov to update the information.  If unable to attend or send a substitute contact the above at least one week before the workshop for a refund (minus a $10 processing fee).  Refunds after that time will not be given. 

If the workshop is cancelled due to lack of registration or another reason, full refunds will be given.

Please note that the on-line registration system requires a unique email address for each registrant.  If you do not have a work or home email call Jeff Lundt (206/477-5582) for a work-around.

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