May 5, 2010

Wednesday May 5, 2010

Time: 8:00 am Registration; 8:30 am - 11:30 am training; General membership meeting 11:30 am - noon
Place: Pacific Islands Club, Napu Room

Agenda
How to start your own cross connection control program
speaker: Derek Chambers
Derek Chambers provided an introduction to the concepts of "back-flow" and "back-siphonage," showed examples of backflow prevention devices, and explained how to start your own cross connection control program for your public water system. A pdf version of EPA's Cross Connection Control Manual can be downloaded by clicking here.

How the roles of BEH and DEQ differ in regulating bottled water companies
speaker: Joe Kaipat,DEQ; Lily Kapileo, BEH
Joe Kaipat of DEQ and Lily Kapileo of BEH explained the differences in how BEH and DEQ regulate bottled water companies. DEQ considers bottled water companies as "public water systems" and expects the companies to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Regulations. BEH considers the bottled water companies as food manufacturing establishments and expects the companies to adhere to the sanitary requirements of the environmental health regulations. An example of the difference is that BEH may shut down a facility if it has a positive E Coli results, whereas DEQ would only take action if the positive E Coli result was followed up with a second positive results.

Current Events: 2 million Massachusetts residents affected by boil water notice
speaker: Derek Chambers
Derek Chambers outlined the events that occurred in the Boston, MA suburbs over the previous weekend (May 1 - 4, 2010) where a 10 foot diameter treated water pipe burst, resulting in a Boil Water Notice being issued that affected 2 million people. The pipe was repaired within a day, and the bacteriological analysis confirmed no bacteria in the distribution system by Tuesday May 4.

photo: 10-foot diameter water main leak in Massachusetts in May 2010.

Instructors' Bios

Derek Chambers

Jose Kaipat - coming soon
Lily Kapileo - coming soon

PowerPoint Presentations

None to share at this time for this class

Certified operators attending this training earned 3 hours of continuing education towards thri certification renewal requirements.

Immediately after the training session, there was a general membership meeting of the Association and an election for two Board member positions. The results of the election will be posted as soon as the members that were elected have been notified, and have accepted their position as board members.