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Newsletter #10 for July/August 2013

RCAC Central California NAWMA Meeting

August 14 | Lemoore, CA
Hosted by RCAC
he purpose of these meetings is to provide a forum to discuss evolving drinking water and wastewater technologies, regulations, safety, and issues facing tribal water and wastewater utilities as well as tribal environmental departments. The meetings also supports local tribal water and wastewater operators by providing contact hours needed to maintain drinking water certification. Additionally the meetings will allow for networking with local operators and environmental staff. This “Operator Safety Essentials” training will be open to anyone who would like to attend: tribal or non tribal. Topics covered include confined space entry, chemical safety, lock out/tag out, and hand protection.

ITCA Tribal Operator Workgroup Meeting

August 28 | Camp Verde, AZ
Hosted by ITCA
This event is a forum for Tribal water and wastewater operators to exchange ideas and contribute directly to the continuing development and planning of the Tribal Operator Certification Program. Operators are encouraged to participate in the roundtable sharing and networking session. Presenters will provide short seminars for Training Contact Hours that may be accepted as PDH credit. Tribal W/WW operators, staff and managers of Tribal Utilities/Tribal Environmental Programs are encouraged to attend.

Some tribal communities have individuals served both by the public water system and by private wells. The team behind SmallWaterSupply.org has also developed a free online resource to educate private well owners about proper well care, water quality testing, and more.

The basis of PrivateWellClass.org is a free email class that shares bite-sized lessons one at a time over 10 weeks. More than 2300 private well owners, sanitarians and others who help well owners have signed up for the course.

We also provide a series of webinar trainings to supplement the email and serve as an opportunity for Q&A. The next series of three events starts next week! Learn more at PrivateWellClass.org.

Arizona Drinking Water Plant Honored with Water Project of the Year Award - The Ak-Chin Indian Community’s surface water treatment plant, the first for this community, was recently honored with the 2013 Water Project of the Year Award from the AZ Water Association.

Providing Water for Cattle on the Navajo Nation - Two chapters of the Navajo Nation in Utah are getting new livestock wells, thanks to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

In Other News

Texas Town Gets out the Arsenic - Aided by financial assistance from the USDA Water and Environmental Program, the City of Freer, TX has completed a two-phase approach to meeting the district’s water supply and public safety needs.

New federal partnership to reduce wildfire threat to drinking water - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced a joint collaboration aimed at reducing wildfire risks across the country, which will also reduce the threat to the nation's water supply.

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