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Train the Trainer Sessions:
Security Improvements for Small Water Systems

Small community water utilities face many of the same financial, technical, and managerial issues as larger cities. However, they may encounter greater challenges in finding appropriate assistance.

In the past two years, the threat of terrorism has made us more aware of the importance of security and emergency response planning. Last year's amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act require that each drinking water system serving between 3,300 and 50,000 residents conduct a vulnerability assessment (VA) by June 30, 2004, and complete an emergency response plan (ERP) within six months of finishing their VA.

To help small water systems meet this challenge, the National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities (NETCSC) and the National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (NDWC) are partnering with national and local programs across the country to present a series of train the trainer sessions: "Security Improvements for Small Water Systems."

These free sessions, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will teach participants how to conduct a VA, take steps to improve system security, and develop and update ERPs. Participants will also receive materials and training designed to help them educate others on these subjects. Class size for each location is limited. Register soon for this important training.

The course materials for these 2003 sessions will be drawn from NETCSC's Preparing for the Unexpected: Security for Small Water Systems and NDWC's Small Drinking Water System Security.

Sessions will be presented in cooperation with St. Louis University School of Public Health-Center for Environmental Education and Training, National Tribal Environmental Council, National Environmental Health Association, California Department of Health Services, EPA Region VII, Florida Rural Water Association, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

For more information about the Small Community and Tribal Train the Trainer sessions:

Dates and locations of Small Community Training Sessions:

August 20–21, 2003 Denver, Colorado
September 9–10 San Diego, California
September 17-18 Kansas City, Missouri
September 30–October 1 Anchorage, Alaska
October 15–16 Tallahassee, Florida
November 4–5 Manchester, New Hampshire

Click here to download a pdf of the brochure.

Click here for Registration form pdf.

Click here for dates and locations of Tribal Training Sessions.
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_ntectraining.htm