Association News - November 2013

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ALABAMA

Alabama regroups
Declining membership attendance and the potential loss of attendance by the Alabama Department of Public Health forced the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association to cancel the 2014 Auburn Conference. To compensate, executive director David Roll and staff will focus on expanding AOWA’s 2014 Trade Show on June 19-20 in Pelham. Last year, attendance fell to about 300. “The board is committed to increasing the number of exhibitors, engineers and licensees,” says Roll. “We’ll also have two full days of continuing education classes.” Members with thoughts on how to improve the show should email Roll at droll@aowa.org or call 334/396-3434.

KANSAS

Winning streak
For the third consecutive year, Joe Seiwert won the 5th Annual Kansas Small Flows Association Pete’s Puddle Equipment Show and Roe-D-Hoe to qualify for the state Roe-D-Hoe finals held during the annual KSFA conference on Feb. 5-7, 2014. Seiwert received $200 from KSFA and a prize provided by Sellers Equipment. Other vendors donated prizes to the second and third place winners.

Treasurer Charlene Weiss succeeded Elma Ball as KSFA executive director. Ball resigned to pursue a different career.

TRAINING & EDUCATION

Alabama

The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association and University of West Alabama have a Continuing Education course on Dec. 5-6 at UWA Livingston campus. The first day is for installers and the second day is for pumpers and portable restroom operators. Call the training center at 205/652-3803 or visit http://aowatc.uwa.edu.

Delaware

The Delaware Technical Community College-Owens Campus has these courses:

  • Online: Pumps, Motors and Controls – enrollment until Dec. 13.
  • Dec. 4 – Onsite 101
  • Dec. 5 – Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Process Control
  • Dec. 12 – Soils
  • Dec. 18 – Tracking Water Movement Through Doppler and Transit Time Flowmeters

Call Hilary Valentine at 302/259-6384.

Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program has these classes:

  • Dec. 9-11 – Introduction to Onsite Systems, Mankato
  • Dec. 12-13 – Installing Onsite Systems, Mankato
  • Dec. 16-17 – General Continuing Education, Brainerd
  • Dec. 18-19 – Installer Continuing Education, Mankato
  • Dec. 19 – Pipelayer Certification, Mankato

Call Nick Haig at 800/322-8642 (612/625-9797) or visit http://septic.umn.edu.

Missouri

The Missouri Smallflows Organization has these CEU courses:

  • Dec. 11 – Drip Irrigation, Camdenton
  • Dec. 12 – Pumps, Panels, and Electrical, Camdenton

Call Tammy Trantham at 417/739-4100 or visit www.mosmallflows.org.

Nebraska

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has these state-approved courses:

  • Dec. 10-11 – Mound Systems, Norfolk
  • Dec. 12-13 – Mound Systems, Ithaca

Call 402/472-9390.

New England

The New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston has these courses:

  • Dec. 5 – Nitrogen in the Environment and Onsite Wastewater Systems
  • Dec. 12 – Designing Nitrogen Removal Technologies

Call 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq. For soil courses, call Mark Stolt at 401/874-2915 or email mstolt@uri.edu.

North Carolina

The North Carolina Pumper Group and Portable Toilet Group have an educational seminar on septage management and land application on Dec. 14 in Raleigh. Call Joe McClees at 252/249-1097 or visit www.ncpumpergroup.org or www.ncportabletoiletgroup.org.

Pumper invites your state association to post notices and news items in this column. Send contributions to editor@pumper.com.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Nov. 12-13  California Onsite Wastewater Association Conference, LEJ Eco Center, San Francisco. 530/513-6658; www.cowa.org.

Nov. 12-13  Trenchless Technology Road Show, Holiday Inn, Boxborough, Mass. http://trenchlessroadshows.com.

Nov. 17-20  National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association Technical & Education Conference and Trade Show, Millennium Maxwell House Hotel, Nashville, Tenn. 800/966-2942; www.nowra.org.



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