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.
The New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) and the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA) will be hosting a joint online webinar on Tuesday, November 9th from 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM PST (11:30 AM - 2:30 PM EST).  This special event focuses on Infiltration and Inflow (I&I) impacts, comparing and contrasting how this problem affects communities in both regions and sharing lessons learned.   Sponsorship Opportunities are also available.

The purpose of this event is to:  
  • To share collections systems knowledge across regions of the United States.   
  • To better understand what I&I problems are common and what I&I problems are unique to each region.  
  • To discuss lessons learned to support other I&I reduction programs.
View Program >>  CEUS/TCHs are pending approval for participating states.   TCHs approved for CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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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:
 
  • 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 |  
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2021 Oregon Operators Conference
November 16th-18th 2021
Douglas County Fairgrounds
 
Registration for attendees is now OPEN
To register or for more information click here!
For more information on the 2021 Oregon Operators Conference:
www.umpqua.edu/cwt-conferences

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.
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LUNCH & LEARN OPPORTUNITIES WITH PNCWA:

https://www.pncwa.org/lunch-learn
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 . 

  • 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.
 If you can't take advantage of the Training Sessions, perhaps others can.  Please forward this email on or bring up the opportunity at the next team meeting.  If you know of a  Environmental Professional  or Entry Level Operators/Engineers-- outside of your organization who could benefit ....-  Please forward this email.
 
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/
Stay up to date with news and updates by visiting the PNCWA Newsfeed
​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
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:

New WEF operator training manuals:

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
For Information regarding Operator Certification:  
https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx