The National Association of Wastewater Technicians will present a slate of Education Day seminars at the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show Feb. 23, 2015, at the Indiana Convention Center. The NAWT Education Committee has worked very hard to provide stimulating, informative and educational sessions for attendees.

The morning session will be presented by Joe Zito. Zito has over 25 years of law enforcement experience. He is currently sergeant of a commercial vehicle unit with a major metropolitan police department with jurisdiction in two states. He offers 15 years of roadside experience inspecting commercial vehicles and specializing in motor carrier safety and hazardous materials compliance. His session will be separated into three presentations.

The first presentation will cover the federal regulation requirements regarding pre-trip and post-trip inspections of vehicles and drivers or operators of commercial vehicles. The second presentation will be an overview regarding hours of service (HOS). This presentation will outline the HOS regulations that are intended to ensure that CMV drivers take adequate periods of rest or periods off-duty in order to drive safely. Zito’s final presentation will discuss roadside inspections.

The first afternoon session will be a presentation of the Water Quality Association (www.wqa.org) research on the impact of water softeners on septic tanks. The presenter is Eric Yeggy. He is the director of technical affairs for the Water Quality Association. Yeggy began his career in the environmental testing industry managing quality systems for the testing of drinking water, wastewater, soil and various types of consumer and industrial products.

The final afternoon NAWT Education Day topic will focus on research the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) (www.precast.org) has completed regarding septic tank deterioration. This session will be presented by Claude Gouguen. Gouguen is NPCA’s director of sustainability and technical education. He has more than 20 years of experience in the precast concrete and construction industry. Gouguen holds a degree in civil engineering and is a licensed P.E. in Indiana and Canada.

The final hour of Education Day will consist of a question-and-answer period involving all presenters.

We are certain that NAWT’s pre-WWETT workshops on Feb. 21-22 (covered in the November NAWT News) and Education Day classes will be stimulating and enlightening sessions presented by some of the most knowledgeable speakers in their field. Attendees will walk away with a world of knowledge that could only have been shared in Indianapolis.

SEPTAGE TREATMENT BASICS

The day after Education Day, Feb. 24, presenters will discuss septage treatment facility basics. Dave Gustafson will speak on Septage Processing Introduction: Working with an Engineer. This will be followed by a session presented by Tom Frank of Tim Frank Septic Services. He will present Analyzing Your Resources: What is Going On Around You is Important. The final session will be presented by Tom Ferrero of Elkhart Environmental Processing Corporation. His topic will be Introduction to Odor Control.