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Monday,
August 6 and Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Assessing
Wastewater Options for Small Communities:
A
train-the-trainer course
8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
This course prepares trainers and technical assistants to deliver
both state and geographically specific training in a group or one-on-one
and provide technical assistance and resources specific to small
communities. Numerous options from conventional septic systems to
small wastewater treatment packages are covered. Adult learning
theories and delivery strategies will be discussed throughout the
session. Topics include introduction to wastewater, facility development,
working with consulting engineers, regulatory requirements, wastewater
technologies, financing options and project commitment. Wastewater
facility tours on Wednesday will complement the course.
Instructors
are Chris King, MS, CET, and Director of the Center for Environmental
Education and Training at Saint Louis University School of Public
Health, St. Louis, Missouri and Lorene Lindsay, MS, PE, Silver Springs
Environmental Services, Lake Ozark, Missouri.
Monday, August
6, 2001
Training
Adults in Remote Classrooms: Demystifying Distance Delivery*
*To be confirmed 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Participants will examine principles of adult learning
in a highly interactive videoconferencing environment. The session
will be held in one electronic classroom and broadcast simultaneously
to a remote classroom. Using state-of-the-art equipment, the course
will cover how to adapt training materials and visual aids to the
videoconference format, how to use strategies applicable to this
setting, and how to engage learners at a distance. An additional
fee of $139 applies to this course.
Assessing
Wastewater Options for Small Communities:
A
Videoconference Course for Local Officials
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
This course is delivered via state-of-the-art 2-way videoconference
and will assist local decision-makers in the assessment, selection,
and actions related to wastewater options in communities with less
than10,000 residents. Topics include an introduction to wastewater,
the facility development process, assessing community needs and
resources, and wastewater technologies.
The instructors will present the course at a site in Morgantown,
WV, while broadcasting to a remote classroom. Participants in both
classrooms will be able to see the instructors, interact with instructors
and other local officials, and participate actively throughout the
session.
Instructors are Christopher C. King, MS, CET, and Director of
the Center for Environmental Education and Training at Saint Louis
University School of Public Health, St. Louis, Missouri and Lorene
Lindsay, MS, PE, Silver Springs Environmental Services, Lake Ozark,
Missouri.
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Tuesday,
August 7, 2001
Training Strategies
for Achieving Results
A
train-the-trainer course
8:30
a.m. to noon
This train-the-trainer course offers instructional strategies for
delivering the course Managing a Small Drinking Water System: A
Short Course for Local Officials to local decision-makers. Topics
include determining desired training results; using performance
objectives, effective learning activities, questioning techniques,
and coping with varying experience levels in the classrooms.
Trainers to be announced.
Capital Improvements Planning and Long Term Water
and Sewer Capacity
A Course of the Environmental Finance Center
for Region 3
1:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This session presents an overview of preparing a capital improvements
plan (CIP) and how the CIP relates to the water and/or sewage system’s
sustainability and the capacity development provisions of the 1996
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. Also emphasized is why a CIP
is important, even for a small community, how to prepare a CIP for
the first time, and how to build public support for the plan.
The instructor is Jean S. Holloway, Training Manager, Environmental
Finance Center for Region 3, Newark, Maryland.
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Wednesday,
August 8, 2001
Managing
a Small Drinking Water System: Responsibilities, Regulations, and
Technical Capacity
8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
This session covers local official’s responsibilities
and liabilities for providing safe drinking water to their communities.
A brief history of drinking water regulations, a review of current
and future requirements, and technical capacity provisions of the
1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments also are included. Technical
issues to be covered are the basics of a drinking water system—source
water, source water protection issues, treatment and distribution
processes—and key operation and maintenance (O&M) issues,
including treatment and distribution system O&M, sampling/testing,
operator training, recordkeeping, and system evaluations and assessments.
The instructors are Jean S. Holloway, Training Manager, Environmental
Finance Center for Region 3, Newark, Maryland and Philip Walsack,
Rural Development Specialist-Environmental Rural Community Assistance
Corporation, Carson City, Nevada.
Facility
tours
Wednesday, August 8
Tours to a small, centralized wastewater treatment
plant, the National Onsite Demonstration Project site, and solid
waste recycling processing facility are planned.
Onsite
Wastewater Management—Luncheon Panel Discussion
Noon.
to 2 p.m
The panel discussion, addressing core concepts, principles,
policies, practices, and procedures of onsite wastewater management
will be led by Graham Knowles, who directs onsite management efforts
within the National Onsite Demonstration Program at the National
Environmental Services Center. He has gathered experts representing
a diverse range of onsite perspectives and experiences who will
share key insights into effective onsite management initiatives.
What on Earth is GASB 34 and Why Should You Care?
Co-sponsored by the National
Drinking Water Clearinghouse (NDWC) and NETCSC
2
p.m. to 5 p.m.
A panel of experts will discuss the Government Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 34 (GASB 34), which sets new financial
accounting and reporting standards for state and local governments.
Panel members will answer questions and explain the meaning of GASB
34, how it will impact small water and wastewater systems and other
utilities, and what types of resources are available to help small
communities meet the requirements.
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Thursday,
August 9, 2001
Managing a Small
Drinking Water System: Financial Capacity
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m
This session focuses on basic financial management issues and practices
that will help local officials run their small systems like a business
and achieve financial capacity. Financial management topics include
budgets, accounting options, rate structures, the process of setting
and changing rates, building customer support for rate increases,
cost recovery techniques, and annual audits. Also included are how
to identify and choose different types of financing options for system
projects or upgrades, and the funding application process.
Bill Jarocki, Director, U.S. EPA Region 10 Environmental Finance
Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho is the instructor.
Thursday,
August 9 and Friday, August 10, 2001
Solid
Waste Management Options for Small Communities
8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
This overview course helps local decision-makers make informed decisions
about the design and implementation of solid waste services. Topics
include recycling, composting, landfills, combustion, waste stream
characterization, collection sites and routes, transfer stations,
litter prevention, and source reduction.
The course is structured to allow for the participation of both
decision-makers who are interested in the course content and trainers
who are interested in presenting the course. Separate breakout sessions
will allow local decision-makers to discuss the content in greater
detail or provide prospective trainers with guidance on offering
the course. The solid waste facility tour on Wednesday will complement
the course.
Trainers are Rhonda Sherman-Huntoon, M.A., Solid Waste Extension
Specialist, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
and Gerald Doekson, Ph.D., Regents Professor and Extension Economist,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Thursday,
August 9, 2001
Capital Improvements Planning and Long term Water
and Sewer Capacity*
A Course of the Environmental Finance Center
for Region 3
8:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m.
*Also
offered Tuesday afternoon.
This session
presents an overview of preparing a Capital Improvements Plan (CIP)
and how the CIP relates to the water and/or sewage system’s
sustainability and the capacity development provisions of the 1996
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. Also emphasized is why a CIP
is important, even for a small community, how to prepare a CIP for
the first time, and how to build public support for the plan.
The instructor is Jean S. Holloway, Training Manager, Environmental
Finance Center for Region 3, Newark, Maryland.
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Friday,
August 10, 2001
Managing a Small Drinking Water System: Managerial
Capacity
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m
This course
covers key administrative and management practices that will help
local officials achieve and maintain managerial capacity. Topics
include business plans, capital improvement plans and restructuring,
managing people, key elements of communicating with the public,
including public communication methods, keeping community members
informed about water issues, and responding to community concerns.
Instructor is Tommy Ricks, Development/Management Specialist,
Community Resource Group—Southern Rural Community Assistance
Program, Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
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