How to Survive and Alien Invasion on your Water System

Attend the Intermountain Section AWWA’s Educational Extravaganza Midyear Conference on April 6th to find out how to survive an alien attack on your water system. The news about the Flint, MI crisis is in virtually every major newscast and on the news and editorial pages of media outlets in North America and beyond.  Redox and lead in drinking water are just two of the “Aliens” that water operators fight every day in the quest to protect public health and provide safe and affordable water service to their customers.  We will explore ways to prepare you against invaders, methods to reduce the risk of an alien invasion, the right things to do and where to get assistance during an attack, and means to clean up the mess following an apocalyptic event!

There are many things, both large and small, that operators do each day, that generally go unnoticed, in the battle to fight foreign invaders to our water, infrastructure, operations and maintenance procedures. Other foreign invaders that can attack water systems are:

• Cyano Toxins

• Earthquakes and other natural disasters

• Lead and other metals

• Personal Care Products and Pharmaceuticals

• Corrosion in pipelines and other water facilities

• Bacteria

• Quagga Mussels

• Aging Infrastructure

• Taste & Odor

• Waterborne Pathogens

By applying lessons learned from Flint and other events the Educational Extravaganza will help operators be personally better prepared for alien invasions on the water systems they operate.

Conference Overview

Earn 0.6 CEUs with your attendance in the technical sessions.

Fluoride Safety Training: Both 3-hour and 6-hour training will be provided.  6-hour training will include off-site training. Transportation will be provided. If you are going to take the 6-hour training, you will have to designate that during registration.

Disaster Training:  Come explore issues concerning preparing for, responding to, and recovering from incidents affecting water and/or wastewater facilities. The various natural and man-made (accidental or intentional) hazards to which water and wastewater systems may be vulnerable and the potential effects the hazards may induced will be discussed.

Exhibit Hall where you will find many suppliers from pipes to pumps, meters to hydrants, membrane filtration systems to safety equipment.

Meter Madness Competition: Meter Madness is a fast-paced competition where contestants assemble a specified water meter from a bucket of parts. The winner of the Section’s competition will go to ACE16 in Chicago in June 2016 to compete.

Pricing

There are many great benefits with being a member.  One of them is great price reductions for conferences and trainings. Save $50 on registration if you are a member.  All nonmembers receive a FREE AWWA Membership.