FREE- AWWA/EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Operator Training - Lacey, Washington 

All water sytems but especially small systems (10,000 connections or less) face day-to-day challenges providing reliable, safe drinking water to their customers while avoiding costly violations. AWWA is offering a FREE one-day workshop to help water systems learn about compliance with drinking water regulations and steps to avoid costly violations. Workshop modules will also cover how to prevent microbial contaminants, and how to maintain optimal water quality including ways to optimize your system and reduce DBP's. This workshop is made possible by funding through the USEPA and AWWA’s partner, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership.

Continuing Education Credits - AWWA is pleased to offer CE Credits for workshop attendance. Individual registration is required. 0.7 CUE's have been approved.

Audience: Operators, Managers, or Governing body of a small system

What topics will be covered at the workshop?

• Regulatory Review
• Total Coliform Rule
• Revised Total Coliform Rule
• Groundwater Rule
• Surface Water Treatment Rule
• Stage 2 Disinfectants/ Disinfection Byproducts Rule
• Lead and Copper Rule
• Microbial Contaminants
• Distribution System Operation and Maintenance
• Disinfection Byproducts Formation and Control

Attend this workshop, and you will be able to:

• Achieve and maintain compliance with drinking water regulations and avoid costly violations;
• Apply a multiple barrier approach for prevention of microbial contamination of your water;
• Disinfect your water appropriately and inactivate microbial contaminants;
• Manage distribution system infrastructure and disinfectant residuals to prevent microbial contamination;
• Collect microbiological samples (and corresponding chlorine residual samples) without contaminating the samples;
• Optimize treatment plant and distribution system operations to minimize DBP formation;
• Evaluate the most appropriate in-plant or distribution system treatment alternative that helps minimize DBP formation; and
• Describe the importance of the distribution system in maintaining water quality.