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The
PA-AWWA Spotlight is on...
The Nation's Leader...
Pennsylvania's Partnership for Safe Water Program
REGISTER NOW!!!
The National Conference on Water System Optimization
"Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Partnership for Safe
Water Program"
Hershey Lodge in Hershey, PA.
October 18-20,
2010
The Conference is approved for 4 PA DEP Contact Hours
CEU
form for states outside of Pennsylvania
Technical Program
Schedule
Registration
and Sponsorship Form
Please fax forms to: 717-774-0288
Room Reservations:
Hershey Lodge
West Chocolate Ave. & University Drive
Hershey, PA 17033
Reservations: 717-533-3311
Fax: 717-534-8666
Ask for the "Partnership 15th" Room Block
American Water Works Association
Rate: $169.00 (does not include taxes)
Flying into Hershey for the conference please
go to:
Harrisburg International
Airport
We Thanks Our
Sponsors
Gold:
Gannett Fleming
GHD Inc.
HDR Engineering
Penn State Harrisburg's Environmental Training Center & Small
Public Water Systems Technology Assistance Center
Silver:
CH2MHILL
Pennsylvania American Water
Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP
Bronze:
Black & Veatch
NEW!!!
The Charles "Chick" Roberts Scholarship
for Penn State University students seeking a Graduate Degree
Click here for
more information
DEADLINE:AUGUST 16, 2010
This scholarship will be presented for the first time at the
National Conference on Water System Optimization
Attention Presenters
for National Conference on Water System Optimization:
Abstract Electronic Submissions due by
September 1, 2010
Send pdf or Powerpoint to
donhershey@paawwa.org
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRESENTERS
116 Partnership for Safe Water Program Members and Growing!!!
Congratulations to Pennsylvania American Water's 18 Plants
for receiving the Directors Award for 10 Years in the PfSW
Program!!!
Pennsylvania American Water
has received national awards at 18 of its plants for
maintaining the Directors Award of recognition from the
Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer initiative
developed by EPA and other water organizations. These
represent water suppliers striving to provide their
communities with...
drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal
standards.
The Directors Award is presented to water systems who have
completed a successful review in the Partnership’s
Self-Assessment and Peer Review phase, a phase in which
utilities examine the capabilities
of their treatment plant operation and administration and
then create a plan for implementing improvements. Eighteen
of our facilities have maintained the Directors Award for
ten years, an honor achieved by only 32 water utilities
across the country.
Aldrich Plant
Ellwood City Plant
Hays Mine Plant
Indiana Plant
Kittanning Plant
Special Thanks to: Jo Posti, PA. American Water
Just in: Partnership for Safe Water
Program
AWWA ACE 2010 Awardees:
Pennsylvania American Water
Easton Suburban Water Authority
Schuylkill County Municipal Authority
Click here
for the award listing
2010 PA-AWWA Annual Conference
Congratulations to Easton Suburban Water Authority for attaining
Phase III Status
Congratulations to Williamstown Borough Authority for joining the
Partnership for Safe Water
The North
East Borough Water Department Water Treatment Plant joins the
Partnership for Safe Water
The North East Borough Water
Plant, located in Erie County, recently became the newest member of
the Partnership for Safe Water program, a voluntary effort to
provide safe drinking water. Presently, the water system provides
drinking water service to approximately 9,200 people. The North
East Borough Water Plant is currently the only plant in Erie County
to be a member of the national program.
The Partnership for Safe Water
is made up of DEP, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Pennsylvania Section American Water Works Association (PA-AWWA) and
other drinking water organizations. Its goal is to implement
preventative measures that are based on optimizing treatment plant
performance.
The program is specifically
geared toward identifying weaknesses in plant operation, design and
administration that could lead to a breakthrough of waterborne
disease-causing organisms into the finished water that is
distributed to consumers. Correcting these weaknesses helps prevent
waterborne disease outbreaks from pathogenic organisms like
Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
By participating in the program,
the North East Borough Water Department is working to provide an
additional measure of protection to drinking water consumers.
Currently, 114 surface water
treatment plants serving more than six million people are now
involved in Pennsylvania's Partnership program.
For more information, contact
Kevin Anderson at 717-783-9764 or e-mail
keanderson@state.pa.us . Information is also available on DEP's
Web site,
Keyword: filtration.
Source:
DEP Daily Update, 4/6/2010
Attention Operators:
ON-LINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITy!!!
Partnership FOR SAFE WATER
Partnership
Online Course
Provides CEU’s for Operators
The long-awaited Partnership training course is
now available. The course is entitled Optimizing Performance
Using Turbidity Data. The course content
closely follows the procedures used in the Phase
III self-assessment. Therefore, operators from
participating Partnership plants should find
taking the course very familiar.
The course is part of the AWWA Online Institute.
Operators that are associated with
Partnership member plants can take the course
for only $25 (regular member charge is $60).
Click here for more information:
http://www.awwa.org/learnonline
ATTENTION OPERATORS!!!...GET 20 CONTACT HOURS!!!
Partnership
for Safe Water Information Phase III Contact Hours
If you are currently
working on the Phase III self-assessment, you may be eligible for 20
contact hours upon receiving a Phase III award. Please read through
the frequently asked questions for additional information -
Click Here
The Partnership for
Safe Water course has been approved under the Pennsylvania water and
wastewater operator training program for 20 contract hours.
The Operator Training Zone:
"The One-Stop Shop for
PA Operator Education"
check out training and operator exam
opportunities for 2010
2010 Training
Calendar
PA DEP Operator Exams in
August 2010
PA-AWWA in partnership with
PRWA
All sessions are sold out!!!...we will update you on the next possible
round of testing.
August 24: Clarion
August 25: State College
August 30: Reading
August 31: Washington
http://www.prwa.com/v2/onepage/2010/2010-08-01-CertExams/index.asp
Water and Wastewater Operators Certification Examinations
The Pennsylvania Section of the American Water Works Association
(PA-AWWA) and Pennsylvania Rural Water Association (PRWA) are partnering
with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to
present the Operators Certification Examinations. To reach
the ultimate goal of increased drinking water and wastewater system
compliance with the requirement to have a qualified certified operator,
DEP requires testing in order to obtain a license to operate a water and
wastewater plant in Pennsylvania.
If you have additional questions please contact PA-AWWA at
717-774-8870 or PRWA at 800-653-7792.
COURSE LIST
PA DEP Contact
Hours available at "The PA-AWWA On-Line Training Zone"
$30 AWWA Members - $40 Non-members per course!!!
On-line training for
Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators available here...
Don't miss out on this exciting and easy training opportunity!!!
1 PA DEP Contact Hour each
On-line training
is available for all Drinking Water Operators, whether they are
association members or non-members.
Click here for a complete list
of courses that will be offered. Read the
documentation on DEP course approval. Each on-line course is
worth 1 PA DEP Contact Hour each.
To start the registration
process, contact the Section Office at 717-774-8870 to register and to
get a password. After you receive your
password, you may go directly to the
On-line Training Zone that is
on the left navigation bar. If you are interested in participating in "The PA-AWWA On-Line Training
Zone", please contact Don Hershey at 717-774-8870 or
donhershey@paawwa.org
NEW!!!
DEP's "PN Handbook for Community Water Systems"
(3800-BK-DEP4253) is now available in eLibrary for your use. I have
included the link to the PN webpage where this handbook is posted
under the "More Information about PN" section.
This 117 page handbook addresses the
public notice requirements including the PN revisions that were
published in the PA Bulletin on May 9, 2009. Please
share this e-mail with other water industry groups.
Reduced prices for 2010!!!
PA-AWWA Offers Website
Sponsorship Opportunities
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company name and website linked from the PA-AWWA website! PA-AWWA
is offering sponsorship opportunities for a 12 month period of
time on the front page and secondary pages of our website. As an
added value, the sponsor will also be listed in the quarterly Water News
Source Newsletter.
PAAWWA.org currently
averages over 130,000 hits a month. The PA-AWWA website offers a great opportunity to reach
the entire water utility industry. We can’t think of a better
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is a leader in the water industry! Click here
for more info.
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