Quarterly CEU Training 02/05/2015 Instructor - Alexandrova/Chambers/Bearden 1 Continuing Education for Water Operators Mariana Islands Water Operator Association February 5, 2015 Pacific Islands Club, Saipan 1 Today’s Agenda About Continuing Education Current Events: Main Events: Disease Transmission and Prevention Association Business 2 Continuing Education for Water Operators 3 Is THIS training required? NO 4 Why have continuing education? DEQ Regulations require certified operators to have 10 contact hours of continuing education per year (30 contact hours in 3 years) to maintain certification. DEQ is not required to offer training (and no longer offers training – no $$$) Where would operators get training? 5 Other training options Professional training provided by your employer (safety, pump maintenance, lab procedures, etc.) College classes Conferences or workshops by professional organizations or agencies Correspondence courses On-line opportunities 6
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Quarterly CEU Training 02/05/2015
Instructor -Alexandrova/Chambers/Bearden 1
Continuing Education for Water Operators
Mariana Islands Water Operator Association
February 5, 2015Pacific Islands Club, Saipan
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Today’s Agenda
About Continuing EducationCurrent Events: Main Events: Disease Transmission and
Prevention Association Business
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Continuing Education for Water Operators
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Is THIS training required?
NO
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Why have continuing education?
DEQ Regulations require certified operators to have 10 contact hours of continuing education per year (30 contact hours in 3 years) to maintain certification.
DEQ is not required to offer training (and no longer offers training – no $$$)
Where would operators get training?
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Other training options
Professional training provided by your employer (safety, pump maintenance, lab procedures, etc.)
College classes
Conferences or workshops by professional organizations or agencies
Correspondence courses
On-line opportunities
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NOT continuing education
Meetings with DEQ or EPA
Surveys or inspections by DEQ or EPA
Reading journal articles or textbooks by yourself
Googling water operator stuff on the internet
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When should training be offered?
DEQ surveyed all certified operators
Results One 3 hour session every 3 months
In morning
On a Wednesday
First session September 6, 2006
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2006 – 2008 (DEQ)
September 6, 2006: Chlorination November 8, 2006: Using a Pump Curve February 7, 2007: Cross Connection May 9, 2007: Regulations - CCR, PNR August 8, 2007: Sizing Pressure Tanks November 26, 2007: PWS workshop February 20, 2008: Fluoridation May 2008: Process Controls (Robert Brokate) August 2008: Slow Sand Filters November 12, 2008: TCR and Control Valves
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2009 MIWOA
March 25, 2009: Security and Filters
May 13, 2009: Alt. Energy, CCR, Compliance
August 5, 2009: Geology of Saipan, GWR
October 9, 2009: GWR Workshop
December 2, 2009: Valves, Spills, Walkerton
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2010 MIWOA
February 3, 2010: Safety, Haz Materials
May 5, 2010: BEH & DEQ, Cross Connections
August 11, 2010: Waste Water Collection/Treatment
November 3, 2010: Response to disease outbreak
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2011 MIWOA
February 2011: Chemical Injection Pumps (HRWA)
May 2011: Radiation, Radionuclide Rule
July 2011: Utility Policies & Procedures; Standard Operating Procedures (HRWA)
November 2011: Leak detection
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2012 MIWOA
February 2012: Bottled Water; Reverse Osmosis; Bottle Sanitation
May 2, 2012: Inspecting Tanks, Water Meters
August 8, 2012: Wastewater membrane filtration (Lau Lau Golf Hotel)
November 2012: Metering and measuring flow
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2013 MIWOA
February: Corrosion Control for Pb & Cu
May: Pipe for Water & Sewer
September: Grease Traps
December: Cook Islands Water System / Military RO / Calcium Hypochlorite
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2014 MIWOA
February: West Virginia Chemical Spill
May: TEEX Small Water System
August: Public Relations by HRWA
September: TEEX Small Water System
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2015 MIWOA
February: Disease Trans/Prevention
May:
August:
September:
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THIS TRAINING IS FOR YOU!
We’ll do what we can to make it what YOU want it to be!
Mariana Islands Water Operator Association
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Suggestions for training
Possible topics for upcoming sessions: Backflow prevention
device testing
Rainwater
Local Water System
How Reverse Osmosis Works
Energy efficiency
Storm water and erosion control
Introduction to waste water treatment
Field trip
Cleaning and handling bottles
Leak detection
Ice pigging
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Announcements
Certificates from the September 2014 –TEEX classes are posted on the website.
Sample word problems with video solutions are posted on the website.
www.MarianasOperators.org
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www.MarianasOperators.org
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www.MarianasOperators.org
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CE Credit
Make sure to sign-in and pay to get credit for class
Certificates made from sign in list (and receipt book).
Name – as it appears on sign-in sheet
Note e-mail address change on sign-in sheet
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Current Events
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
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Winnipeg
Tue Jan 27, 2015
Winnipeg under precautionary boil water advisory after bacteria detected (6/39)
City is hoping the results are false positives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGlaFBVYs7c
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Winnipeg
Wed Jan 28, 2015
Precautionary boil wager advisory stays in effect, even after results from today were negative for bacteria
Chlorine residuals were good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIjvRWbSQSo
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Winnipeg
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Thur Jan 29, 2015
Precautionary boil water advisory lifted after second round of negative test results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wie6jqZKhYs
Winnipeg
City posts its water quality monitoring reports on the web
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Current Events
Bill Gates Drinks Poo Water
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Janicki Omniprocessor
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End Current Events
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Main Event
Disease Transmission and Prevention
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Break - 10 minutes
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Case Studies in Disinfection
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Case Studies
Walkerton, Ontario – E. Coli: May 2000
Saipan – E. Coli: October 2004
Milwaukee – Cryptosporidium: 1993
Corpus Christi, TX – E. Coli: 2007
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May 8 – 22, 2000
Walkerton, Ontario (Canada) 37
May 8 – 22, 2000
People in town started getting sick
Public health department asked water operator if the water was OK
He replied it was OK
He had falsified chlorine residual readings, and reported fake bacteria results
Lab finally reported that the water was positive for E Coli after about 1 week
Walkerton, Ontario (Canada) 38
May 8 – 22, 2000
Unable to use the water supply for 8 months
2,300 sick
7 people died
Huge enquiry – operators found guilty
Walkerton, Ontario (Canada) 39
2004
Summer 2004 – former CUC lab manager on trial for falsifying coliform data
CUC has new lab manager
Nov 2004 – submits monthly results for October
6 (+) E. Coli – lots of TC (+)
Chaos
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Why all the TC/EC (+)
Tried to figure out what was going on
Made a map of all E Coli (+)
All over the island
Entered all the results for October in a spreadsheet
Largest waterborne disease outbreak in documented U.S. history.
403,000 became ill (of 880,000 served)
104 deaths
Did not result in an enquiry (like Walkerton)
Did result in many rule changes
57Milwaukee, WI
Corpus Christi, TX
Other PowerPoint Presentation
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Recurring Themes
Multiple Barriers
Operators must be capable and responsive
Drinking water professionals (providers, regulators, health officials) must be accountable
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Quote
“Unfortunately, the massive documentation available on outbreaks and their causes also makes depressing reading because the same kinds of mistakes continue to be made.”
Hrudey, Safe Drinking Water, Lessons from recent outbreaks in Affluent Nations
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Quote
“If every drinking water professional who reads this literature decides that these types of failures will not happen with his or her system, outbreaks that would otherwise happen can be prevented.”
Hrudey, Safe Drinking Water, Lessons from recent outbreaks in Affluent Nations
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End Training
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Association Business
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Contact Information
Mariana Islands Water Operator AssociationP.O. Box 502512
