It’s time for the National Association of Wastewater Technicians (NAWT) pre-WWETT workshops and Education Day sessions. Please join us for workshops preceding the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show, Feb. 21-22, 2015, at the Indiana Convention Center and Camp Camby. We’ll preview the pre-WWETT workshops this month and give an overview of NAWT’s WWETT Education Day seminars next month. The NAWT Education Committee has worked very hard to provide stimulating, informative and educational sessions for attendees. Register today.

NAWT Pre-WWETT Workshops

NAWT will offer its two-day basic troubleshooting and inspection workshop presented by Bob Wright and Kimberly Seipp. Wright was formerly the co-owner of an engineering firm and is currently with Weld County Colorado Environmental Health. Seipp and her husband, Jeff, own High Plains Sanitation near Denver. The first day covers flow and soil treatment, an introduction to tanks, pumps and alternative onsite wastewater treatment systems. As in recent years, the second day will take place at nearby Camp Camby, consisting of field work, an inspection protocol and a NAWT inspection exam.

Running concurrently with the basic troubleshooting and inspection workshop, NAWT will offer an Operation and Maintenance: Part 1 workshop presented by Dave Gustafson and Jim Anderson. Gustafson is an extension educator in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Anderson is a professor emeritus in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate, also at the University of Minnesota. Anderson is also the education coordinator for NAWT. The first day covers septic tank operation and maintenance, gravity soil treatment system operation and maintenance, along with the operation and maintenance of pumping systems, low-pressure pipes, and controls and timers. The second day consists of the operation and maintenance of aerobic treatment units, media filters, drip and irrigation systems, and a NAWT operation and maintenance exam.

2015 NAWT Hapchuck Scholarship deadline approaching

Materials for the 2015 NAWT Hapchuck Scholarship must be received or postmarked by Jan. 1, 2015, to be considered for the award. For more details regarding the Hapchuk Scholarship please visit the NAWT website, www.nawt.org. If you have questions regarding NAWT please feel free to contact us at 800/236-6298 or email us at info@nawt.org.

Membership has its rewards

NAWT was founded to unify the voice of the onsite wastewater management industry, increase its professionalism and public image through education of the industry and the public, develop and nationally represent members and partners, and encourage the industry to share ideas and concerns for the betterment of the environment and human health.

As a member of NAWT, you receive a complimentary registration for WWETT. So if you are not a member of NAWT, this benefit alone will pay for your membership and provide you with the knowledge you require to be a better wastewater technician. Join today! NAWT will help you now and in the future.