This year’s Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International education program offers 84 seminars given by industry experts covering a full range of topics for environmental service professionals.
The lineup includes instruction on industry-specific in-field techniques as well as sound business and management practices of interest to any business owner. Once again, the lineup for Education Day (Wednesday, March 2) is broken into tracks hosted by leading industry associations.
Seminars on Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4, provide more learning opportunities and include an expanded lineup of sessions presented in Spanish. Here is a brief look at the education program. For more information on seminar times, locations and speakers, visit www.pumpershow.com.
EDUCATION DAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
National Association of Wastewater Transporters
NAWT presents six sessions dedicated to professionals in septic system pumping, operations and maintenance, grease pumping, waste treatment, and system installation. Seminars include:
• So You Think You Want to Own a Waste Treatment Facility
• Grease as a Resource
• Resource Recovery: Methane and Septage
• O & M Problems on Drip Distribution Systems
• O & M Problems We Have Seen
• O & M Problems with Media Filters
Portable Sanitation Association International
Two sessions in this track highlight keys to profitable operations in the portable restroom industry. Seminars include:
• Understanding Your True Cost Per Service for Special Events
• Understanding Your True Cost: PSAI panel of experts
Leaders Resource Network
This series of seminars emphasizing business skills attracts large crowds every year. Sessions include:
• Profile of a Successful Business
• Successful Business Best Practice Discussion
• Successful Business Profile sessions
• Panel discussion with couples in business together
These seminars dispense general business knowledge but have a special focus on portable restroom and septic system service companies.
Southern Section Collections Systems Committee
These sessions are of special interest to sewer service contractors and municipal managers in charge of collection systems. Sessions include:
• Sewer Collection System History and the Evaluation of Pipeline Materials and Problems
• Combo Vacuuming: A Forgotten Art
• Keeping your Standard CCTV Inspection Program Relevant
• Growing Your Business by Building Your Company Image
• Pump Station and Lift Station Fundamentals and How to Achieve Maximum Service and Reliability
• Making Sense out of Nozzle Nonsense
NASSCO
This track provides insights on the finer points of pipeline inspection, evaluation, and rehabilitation, especially with trenchless technologies. Seminars include:
• Grout: Its Use and Application for the Total Collection System
• Look Ma, No Hands: Using Automated Controls in Temporary Bypass Pumping Applications
• Pipe Bursting Tools for Everyday Utility Installations
• How Will You Know if You Need to do a Sewer System Evaluation Survey (SSES)?
• Laser Profiling Applications for Documenting Piping System Conditions
• Advancements in UV Technology for Curing CIPP
National Environmental Health Association
This series covers a broad range of topics of interest to professionals who install, inspect and service onsite wastewater treatment systems. Seminars include:
• The Qualified O & M Service Provider: An Opportunity to Do Well While Doing Good
• Effluent Screens and Filters for Onsite Applications
• Develop Champions for Your Decentralized Wastewater Projects by Harnessing the Smart Growth Concept
• The Business of Management
• Developing O & M Inspection Actions in Partnership to Improve the Quality of O & M
• Building a Successful O & M Program: Working with Regulators, Regulations and Industry
National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association
This track covers more topics related to the design, installation and management of onsite systems. Seminars include:
• Pumps: A Basic Understanding
• Selling the System to the Site Conditions
• Effluent Dispersal and Water Management Around Soil Absorption and Treatment Systems
• Troubleshooting Our Modern Waste Stream
• System Remediation: Why, What, When, Where and How
• Sampling Sewage Treatment Systems
WaterJet Technology Association
These sessions cover topics of interest to professionals in the high-pressure cleaning and industrial vacuum sectors. Seminars include:
• Estimating the Vacuum Job for Fun and Profit
• How to Maximize the Power of Your Waterjetter Through Tip and Hose Selection
• Waterjetting: Financial Startup Considerations and Real World Application
Safety Management Systems
A single session is offered: Avoiding Violation Fines and Tickets with DOT Safety Compliance Required.
Scott Hunter
Here is a special series of five seminars on building leadership skills and establishing a strong and prosperous business, given by motivational speaker and business coach Scott Hunter. Seminars are:
• The Mindset of Leadership, Part One
• The Mindset of Leadership, Part Two
• The Mindset of Leadership, Part Three
• Creating an Outrageously Successful Organization, Part One
• Creating an Outrageously Successful Organization, Part Two
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
Liquid Waste Track
• The Evolution of Effluent Filters
• Life Cycle: From Waste to Windfall
• Take Confined Space Seriously: A Matter of Life and Death
Business Track
• 45 Marketing Tips in 45 Minutes
• The Benefits of Vehicle Routing Software in Today’s Economy
• Unleashing the Power to Profit and Freedom
New Business Opportunity Track
• Centripipe (Centrifugally Cast Concrete Pipe)
• Valve Exercising and Fire Flow Testing for a Reliable Water Distribution System
• The Basics of Buying and Selling a Septic or Sewer Business Company
Municipal Track
• Think Like Grout: For Better Point Repair of Below Grade Structures
• CCTV Inspections Evolve to Unparalleled Heights
• Manhole Chimney Section Rebuilds
Installer Track
• Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Technology for Decentralized Wastewater Systems
• Shallow Pressurized Drainfields for Soil-Based Effluent Dispersal
• Onsite System Solutions for Shallow Installations
Spanish Track
• Técnicas Corrientes de Limpieza de Tuberías (Current Pipeline Cleaning Technologies)
• Avances en la Evaluación de Tuberías y Tecnologías sin Zanja para Rehabilitación de Tuberías (Latest Advances in Pipeline Assessment, Pipeline Rehabilitation and Trenchless Technologies)
• La Elección de Boquillas en la Limpieza de Drenajes (The Selection of Nozzles for Sewer Cleaning)
Advanced Installer Course
• Introduction and Site Evaluation
• System Sizing and Basic Design Principles
• Pumping to Systems
• Installations of ATUs
• Installing for Management
• Troubleshooting Systems
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
Liquid Waste/Installer Track
• Grease Interceptor 101
• Datalogging for On-Site Septic System Diagnosis
• Belt Press Performance Optimization
Portable Restroom Track
• Routing Efficiency and Analysis
• Give Me Three Reasons Why I Should Advertise My Portable Restroom Company
• Abriendo Caminos – Pathways
Business Track
• Save Money – Go Paperless
• Marketing Your Septic/Drain Service Business
• Evolving Your Business With Digital Solutions
Spanish Track
• Abriendo Caminos – Pathways
• Efficient Clean-Up Operations of Any Latin American Sewer Network
• Rodding Equipment and Simple Tools for Sewer Cleaning
Sewer & Drain Cleaning Track
• Inline Cutting Tools – Taking Science to the Sewer
• Waterjetting: Impact on Drain Cleaning
• Jetters: Don’t Underestimate Your Cable Machines
Municipal Track
• Large Pipe Inspection
• Chemical Grouts and Grouting Methods
• Sectional CIPP Repairs Per ASTM F2599
