May 17-19, 2022
Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort
11212 Front Beach Road
Panama City Beach, FL 32407
Attendees from Alabama, register here (through ARWA).
1 - Complete and send your Attendee Registration Form (pdf).
2 - Pay online or send a check
to ARWA (Address at page botom).
Attendees from Florida and
All Exhibitors
Register at the
Florida Rural Water Association website at
frwa.net
FL/AL Joint Technical Training Conference
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
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
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Alabama Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization representing water and wastewater systems serving rural communities and towns and commercial firms which support these systems.
We provide assistance to comply with State and Federal regulations, to help with management and operational problems, and to stimulate training initiatives.
GET IN TOUCH
Alabama Rural Water Association2576 Bell Road
Montgomery AL 36117
Phone: (334) 396-5511
Fax: (334) 396-7090
Email: arwa@alruralwater.com
Website: www.alruralwater.com