2021 Section Conference Is Now Quarterly Virtual Trainings Sponsored By Stantec
Training Opportunities
Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems
Free
Presented by the United States Department of Homeland Security
For Washington State Utilities
Virtual
Northwest Oregon Subsection Waterworks School
2.0 CEUs
$250 member price for all 5 days
Online
3rd Quarter Virtual Training Sponsored by Stantec: Bull Run and Willamette Projects
Up to 0.6 CEUs
Half Day and Full Day Pricing - Member and Non-member
Online
Northwest Oregon Subsection Waterworks School
2.0 CEUs
$250 member price for all 5 days
Online
Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems
Free
Presented by the United States Department of Homeland Security
For Washington State Utilities
Virtual
Abstracts Due July 30th.
The 2022 Section Conference
in Tacoma, Washington April 27-29
Abstract Deadline is July 30, 2021
Community Engineer Corps
Featured Project
Southwest Washington Elementary School Project
As founding members of the Community Engineering Corps, AWWA members volunteer their time and expertise to assist communities that do not have the resources to access engineering services for vital infrastructure projects. This year, the Pacific Northwest Section of the AWWA is working with a Southwest Washington Elementary School to improve the water system one of their elementary schools.
The school’s drinking water showed issues with lead and copper, so the district hired a firm to study the situation and propose solutions. Their recommendations required significant cost and technical expertise. As a very small school with limited technical and financial resources, this was a huge issue. While the school and district leadership were extremely concerned with the problem and cared deeply for students and faculty, water operations were not their core competency. The Community Engineering Corps is working toward a simpler and/or lower cost solution to help ensure that the drinking water is safe and reliable.
Professional Operators
“A university degree is accepted widely because everybody knows what goes into it and how hard it is to get one of those. We don’t have university degree programs for professional operators, but we do have the ABC Professional Operator certification, and it’s an equivalent. By the time somebody gets to Class IV, they have the equivalent amount of classroom time, they have nearly a decade of experience, and they’ve passed several very difficult examinations that get increasingly harder as you go up. And by maintaining the certificate, they’ve made a commitment to continuing education.”
Cheryl Capron, PO, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA
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