Due to COVID-19 and the guidance that gatherings be postponed UBOS has decided to cancel UBOS meetings until the Governor's order has been lifted.
NEXT MEETING:
MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE 3RD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT DIFFERENT VENUES AROUND DOUGLAS COUNTY.
NEXT MEETING:
MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE 3RD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT DIFFERENT VENUES AROUND DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Due to the uptick in the number of infections related to the highly contagious Delta variant, and the likelihood of additional measures from local and state governments, including the uncertainty from regional pretreatment programs regarding the implementation of travel restrictions, the PNPW Planning Committee has made the difficult decision of changing this year’s Pacific Northwest Pretreatment Workshop (PNPW) from an in-person event to a virtual one. This decision was not made lightly, but after much debate, and with national and local news regarding the unfortunate trajectory of the variant, we believe we had no choice but make the switch to a virtual workshop. For everyone’s protection and safety, we discussed the situation with the Heathman Lodge, and we are relieved that they agreed to move this year’s in-person event to next year, following a pattern of the same dates and the same month as this year (September 12-15, 2022).
Therefore, the PNPW plans to do the following:
Day 1
Nov 2 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 2
Nov 3 (Wednesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 3
Nov 9 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 4
Nov 10 (Wednesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 5
Nov 16 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
*Note: All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
For individuals who have already registered and have made reservations at the Heathman Lodge:
Once again, the PNPW Planning Committee regrets having to make this decision, and we hope you understand.
For this year’s PNPW Virtual Workshop, stay tuned for more information. We have to make significant modifications to this event and coordinate with speakers about the new dates. Attached you will find the latest draft of the workshop agenda.
Until then, stay safe and healthy, good people. You’ll be hearing from us soon. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Best Wishes,
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez | Executive Director
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
Western States Alliance
Pacific Northwest Pretreatment Workshop
13751 Lake City Way NE, Suite 305, Seattle, WA 98125
T 206.352.2050 ext. 101| C 253.376.6263 |
Therefore, the PNPW plans to do the following:
- Make the workshop 100% virtual
- Design the workshop to consist of five 4-hour blocks, with a total of 20 hours:
Day 1
Nov 2 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 2
Nov 3 (Wednesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 3
Nov 9 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 4
Nov 10 (Wednesday)
9am – 1pm
Day 5
Nov 16 (Tuesday)
9am – 1pm
*Note: All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
- Establish the cost of the full workshop at $300
- Provide registrants the opportunity to receive 2.0 CEUs
For individuals who have already registered and have made reservations at the Heathman Lodge:
- We will be contacting you to discuss options
- Please call the Heathman Lodge to cancel your hotel reservation
Once again, the PNPW Planning Committee regrets having to make this decision, and we hope you understand.
For this year’s PNPW Virtual Workshop, stay tuned for more information. We have to make significant modifications to this event and coordinate with speakers about the new dates. Attached you will find the latest draft of the workshop agenda.
Until then, stay safe and healthy, good people. You’ll be hearing from us soon. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Best Wishes,
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez | Executive Director
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
Western States Alliance
Pacific Northwest Pretreatment Workshop
13751 Lake City Way NE, Suite 305, Seattle, WA 98125
T 206.352.2050 ext. 101| C 253.376.6263 |
| 2021_virtual_pacific_northwest_pretreatment_workshop_draft_agenda.pdf |
In case you missed it, don’t forget to register for our upcoming annual Biofest Conference – virtual this year on the mornings of Sept 15 – 16, 20-21!
Attached is the registration flyer and schedule for this year.
Alternatively, you can find these items on our website here:
https://www.nwbiofest.org
All sessions will be in the morning from 9AM – 1PM.
Attached is the registration flyer and schedule for this year.
Alternatively, you can find these items on our website here:
https://www.nwbiofest.org
All sessions will be in the morning from 9AM – 1PM.
| 2021_biofest_schedule.pdf |
Please use this link https://whova.com/web/asoss_202110/ to learn more information and register for the Southern Oregon water and Wastewater virtual conference.
https://www.wef.org/skillsbuilder/
Welcome to the WEF Skills Builder. These quizzes incorporate math, safety, and a variety of other topics to help you test, maintain, and advance your wastewater knowledge.
Each quiz contains 10 multiple choice questions randomly selected from our question bank according to the skill level and topic you select below. You will have two chances to answer correctly and each question includes a reference link for more information.
Welcome to the WEF Skills Builder. These quizzes incorporate math, safety, and a variety of other topics to help you test, maintain, and advance your wastewater knowledge.
Each quiz contains 10 multiple choice questions randomly selected from our question bank according to the skill level and topic you select below. You will have two chances to answer correctly and each question includes a reference link for more information.
Ten 1-hour training sessions at NO COST with both CEUs and PDHs available.
This current Pandemic has adversely affected all of us. One of the effects has been that many have missed out on quality Wastewater Related Training. To address this issue ten FREE one-hour (1 hr) training sessions are being made available as depicted in the snapshots below. The session descriptions can be viewed in-full by going online at https://www.consultjrh.com/learning-center .
Stay safe and thank you for considering the above.
John R. Harrison
Consulting Engineer
cell: 971-563-7471
email: wwixjohn@gmail.com
website: www.consultJRH.com
This current Pandemic has adversely affected all of us. One of the effects has been that many have missed out on quality Wastewater Related Training. To address this issue ten FREE one-hour (1 hr) training sessions are being made available as depicted in the snapshots below. The session descriptions can be viewed in-full by going online at https://www.consultjrh.com/learning-center .
- Attached is a pdf describing Session 1:"Wastewater Treatment Basics" scheduled: Wed 10 Feb 2021 at 11 am PST.
- A second pdf is attached entitled "Zoom Training Sessions" which contains pdf descriptions for all 10-Sessions.
Stay safe and thank you for considering the above.
John R. Harrison
Consulting Engineer
cell: 971-563-7471
email: wwixjohn@gmail.com
website: www.consultJRH.com
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WEF 2021 Collection System Virtual Event - https://www.wef.org/collectionsystems/
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Good afternoon,
Due to Covid-19, the ORWARN Board has determined that we need to cancel our October 2020 conference. We will, however, be back in Newport, OR next October for a 2021 ORWARN Conference. Please save October 20- 22, 2021 on your calendars.
Visit the ORWARN Website for future conference updates and more information on ORWARN.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Penselin, ORWARN
Due to Covid-19, the ORWARN Board has determined that we need to cancel our October 2020 conference. We will, however, be back in Newport, OR next October for a 2021 ORWARN Conference. Please save October 20- 22, 2021 on your calendars.
Visit the ORWARN Website for future conference updates and more information on ORWARN.
Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Penselin, ORWARN
If you need CEU's, you can find some online courses and verify eligibility of courses on OESAC's revamped website, the new link for the courses is: https://www.oesac.org/Courses
Some options:
Some options:
- https://www.ceuplan.com/States.aspx
- https://www.awwa.org/Events-Education/Webinars
- https://www.aypotech.com/oregon-water-operator-continuing-education
- https://webinars.orenco.com/desktop/#!/catalog/courses?sort=order – This is a Roseburg local company that has online training approved through OESAC and a lot of them are free as well.
New WEF operator training manuals:
https://www.wef.org/wwtf
https://www.wef.org/wwtf
Here's a link to the presentations from the Oregon Operators Conference:
https://www.rusa-or.org/2018-08-14-2018-oregon-operators-conference
https://www.rusa-or.org/2018-08-14-2018-oregon-operators-conference
For Information regarding Operator Certification:
https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx
https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx
