RCAP/AWWA Workshop - Brattleboro, VT

Your utility faces day-to-day challenges providing reliable, safe drinking water for your customers while avoiding costly violations. The American Water Works Association (AWWA), in conjunction with the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), and the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA) is offering a FREE 1-day workshop to help your utility learn about compliance with drinking water regulations and steps to avoid costly violations. This workshop is made possible by funding through the U.S. EPA and AWWA's partner, RCAP.

Continuing Education Credits: Material has been approved for 6.5 TCHs by Vermont DWGWPD. AWWA is the entity providing the TCHs for this event. Individual registration is required through NEWWA.

Audience: Operators, managers, or governing body of a small system.

Event Schedule:

• 8:00-8:15a.m. – Registration
• 8:15-8:30a.m. – SDWA Workshop Introduction
• 8:30-8:40a.m. – Pre-test
• 8:40-9:40a.m. – Regulatory Overview
• 9:40-9:50a.m. – Break
• 9:50-12:00p.m. – Controlling Lead and Copper in Drinking Water
• 12:00-12:50p.m. – Lunch Sponsored by TiSales
• 12:50-1:30p.m. – Coliform Sample Collection
• 1:30-2:30p.m. – Distribution Water Quality
• 2:30-3:30p.m. – Main Breaks and C651
• 3:30-4:00p.m. – Wrap-up/Post-Test/Adjourn

Thank you to our lunch Sponsor:

Course Presenter:

Paul Riendeau is NEWWA's instructor and education coordinator out of Holliston, MA, and has worked for the association since 1998. He previously worked for 18 years as the water quality supervisor and laboratory director for the Pawtucket Water Supply Board in Rhode Island. He is a certified environmental health and safety trainer, a certified environmental technologist, and holds current full Grade 4 drinking water treatment and distribution operator licenses in Massachusetts. Paul holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Rhode Island College and has taught adults since 1980.