The federal regulatory requirements for maintaining a “trace” or a “detectable” residual date back to the 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR). Like all existing regulations, the SWTR is under review by the Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as part of its third Six-Year Review that’s scheduled to be published in 2016. Concerns with maintaining an appropriate disinfectant residual in the distribution syst...

Leaders in the drinking water profession must balance a number of constantly-evolving demands. This seminar offers useful tools for the new or upcoming utility leader, focusing on how leadership plays a major role in promoting public health as it ensures a utility’s regulatory compliance. Key discussions will cover: ensuring public health and regulatory compliance communicating regulatory developments understanding new contaminants the r...

This one-day training program presented by American Water Works Association is aimed at providing useful water industry basics for the customer service representative, admin personnel, utility board member, city council member, or newcomer to the drinking water field. Key discussions will cover: supply sources treatment and distribution regulations the real-value versus the cost of drinking water droughts the future reality of drinking water,...

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recognizes the increasing use of residential fire sprinkler systems and encourages that they be designed by licensed or accredited professionals and installed by licensed fire sprinkler contractors or properly trained personnel. The design of a system requires communication with the utility so that available water pressures and flow to the residential fire system can be determined and the design can...

As treatment plants and conveyance systems continue to age, many utilities struggle to implement programs to maintain operational reliability. Operational reliability is dependent on good design, proper assessment management practices, and proper operations. In this webinar, commonsense approaches to address these components will be discussed to help any utility achieve better operational reliability. The webinar will highlight both water and...

Traditional pipe renewal strategies often involve desktop studies based on pipe age, break frequency, maintenance history, or water quality issues. Recent advances in condition-assessment technologies and analytical software now offer better data upon which renewal strategies can be developed using actual pipe condition information. This webinar will examine innovative renewal strategies that employ technologies that provide more accurate cond...

This webinar will provide an overview of current research activities and future research needs regarding use of membrane technologies for beneficial wastewater reuse. It will tap the expertise of Membrane Technology Research Committee members to provide an in-depth look at how membranes have been and are being used to reclaim wastewater. The webinar will cover basic terminology and fundamental concepts related to membranes and will recount the...

The Lead and Copper Rule will be revised. In 2015 USEPA received a number of recommendations on how to improve the current rule from the National Drinking Water Advisory Committee. In the wake of Flint, Michigan, state regulators are anxious about the adequacy of treatment for corrosion control. The webinar will provide insights into what is changing in our understanding of lead in drinking water and corrosion control. It will also cover quest...

This seminar focuses on how leadership plays a major role in promoting public health as it ensures a utility’s regulatory compliance. There is a constant increase in the number of variables involved to provide potable drinking water, which a new and upcoming leader in the drinking water profession must learn.Attendees will learn: Useful leadership skills and tools to enhance their leadership ability How leadership and regulations combine...

As underground infrastructure rapidly deteriorates, water and wastewater utilities struggle to develop comprehensive, defensible rehabilitation programs that address the most critical infrastructure first. Although millions of dollars are annually spent under asset management/capital improvement programs, little is achieved to lower total system risk because the programs focus on infrastructure that may not be hydraulically significant to syst...