Attendee Registration and Information

Going on now!
May 17-19, 2022

Attendee Registration Form (pdf)

- REGISTRATION DEADLINE -
Alabama Water and Wastewater Utility Attendees, please submit your registration form to the ARWA by
May 6, 2022.

Below

• Schedule of Events
• Hotel Information
• Seafood Boil
• CEH Information
• Exhibit Hall Information

The Alabama/Florida Joint Training Conference is fast approaching. FRWA is hosting the 2022 Joint Technical Training Conference on May 17-19, 2022 in Panama City, Florida at the beautiful Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort.

We expect approximately 500 fellow water and wastewater professionals to attend and to have a full Exhibit Hall. Come and see the latest in technology for the water and wastewater industry. We hope that you can join us!

Read below for additional information.

Schedule of Events

The dates and planned events are as follows ( easy print agenda ):

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Time	Event
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Exhibitor Set-Up - Exhibitors, who want to participate, should visit the Florida Rural Water Association website at frwa.net .
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Registration

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Time	Event
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	REGISTRATION/EXHIBIT HALL OPEN Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Welcome - Florida Rural Water Association Gary Williams, Executive Director, FRWA
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Welcome - Alabama Rural Water Association Rob White IV, Executive Director, ARWA
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	FDEP Update Leo Garcia/Jamie Shakar, Florida Department of Environmental Management
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	ADEM Update Ross Caton, Alabama Department of Environmental Management
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Rural Development Update Christine Goddard/Allen Bowen, Florida USDA/Alabama USDA
12:00 PM-1:00 PM	Strolling Lunch Exhibit Hall

CONCURRENT SESSIONS	WATER	WASTEWATER
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Emerging Contaminants, Water Regulations and Issues Sterling Carroll, FRWA	Lift Station Rehab Brent Robinson, Jim House and Associates
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	PFOS & PFOA in the Environment and Drinking Water Gang Chen PhD, PE - FAMU/FSU College of Engineering	Lift Station Rehab (Cont.) Brent Robinson, Jim House and Associates
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	PFOS & PFOA Water Treatment Using Plasma Reactors Bruce R. Locke et,al - FAMU/FSU College of Engineering	I&I Reduction/SSO/Asset Management Eric McRoberts, USSI
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	BREAK - Exhibit Hall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Project Funding Mike Chase/Shanin Speas - Frost/FDEP/SRF	Collections Rule Jamie Hope, FRWA
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Case Study - Florida State Fire College Sterling Carroll, FRWA	Collections / Asset Management Jamie Hope/Ron Nalley, FRWA
6:00 PM	SEAFOOD BOIL More info below.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Time	Event
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast Exhibit Hall

CONCURRENT SESSIONS	WATER	WASTEWATER
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Chemical Feed Pumps Chad Kloft, ProMinent Fluid Controls	Effluent Disposal Issues / Capacity Analysis Reports / Renewals Dale Long and Phil Phillips - Municipal Engineering Services
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM	Dark Territory, Extending Your Metering System Beyond Billing Into Operations Patrick Williamson - Badger Meter	Blowers/Energy Efficiency/Right Sizing Paul Wachter/Ray Fiechter - TSC - Jacobs North/Universal Blower Pac
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	BREAK - Exhibit Hall
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Bring Your System Back Online After an Emergency Event Alicia Keeter, South Walton University	Temporary Panels/Gardening/Mitigation Jamie Hope and Jim McClaugherty, FRWA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Lead and Copper Rule/Lead in Schools and Childcares Leo Garcia/Gary Williams - FDEP/FRWA	Sewer Study/Model Dale Long and Phil Phillips - Municipal Engineering Services
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	STROLLING LUNCH - Exhibit Hall
CLOSING SESSIONS
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	How to prepare for a Sanitary Survey Earl (Joey) Whibbs, NW FDEP
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Life after the Storm Greg Kidwell, City of Lynn Haven/Bobby Gibbs, Bay County
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Pipe Condition Analysis/When to Replace Ron Nalley and Ben Lewis, FRWA
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Apprenticeship Chris Muesing, FRWA/Katie Hill, ARWA

Hotel Information

Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort
11212 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, FL 32407
Get Directions

You may make reservations by calling 800.874.8686.

Use Code 1179q6

Seafood Boil

At the end of the day on Wednesday, come and relax with your friends and family at the Annual Seafood Boil. Please join us for a wonderful evening...

CEH Information

Register Early!
10 CEH’s will be offered hour per hour of instruction time for Alabama Certified Water and Wastewater Operators subject to ADEM Approval at the time of renewal.

Exhibit Hall Information

All Exhibitors
Register at the
Florida Rural Water Association website at
frwa.net