Past Events
Hover your mouse pointer over the links at the left (under Training Calendar > Paste Events) and select a date to see descriptions and photos of each of the past continuing education events hosted by the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association, or click on a link below.
2023-2024
2019 - 2020
To see the list of DEQ Sponsored Workshops prior to 2009 (when the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association was formed) click on the link at the left (Training Calendar > Past Events > DEQ Events) or click here.
2023-2024
- March 20-24, 2023: RCAC Water Utility Training
- Tuesday September 20, 2022: Guest speakers: Halle McManus, Travis Spaeth, Derek Chambers
- Monday May 2, 2022: Guest speakers: Travis Spaeth, Weston Knudsen & Ally Reyes; Heather Himmelberger
- Wednesday February 2, 2022: Guest speakers Mariano Igelsias, Travis Spaeth, and Barry Pollack
- Wednesday February 17, 2021: Guest speakers Mark Nelson & Bryan Massa from Horsely Witten
2019 - 2020
- Wednesday December 16, 2020: Guest speaker Kaity Mattos, Phd candidate, Alaska water/wastewater systems
- Wednesday December 9, 2020: Guest speaker, Rick Zimmer from Eurofins
- Wednesday November 18, 2020: RCAC Circuit Rider Stories from the field
- Wednesday October 21, 2020: Texas Disasters in 2020 (including a brain eating amoeba in a public water system); testing wastewater form COVID-19 to detect community spread
- Wednesday February 12, 2020: COVID-19 myths busted; Corpus Christi water mains; Agingan WWTP, Operator Issues
- Wednesday December 11, 2019: DFS/T Galleria new reverse osmosis and other equipment, EPA Region 9 Karl Banks explains new BECQ sampling summaries, Stories from Alaska Water Systems.
- Wednesday November 6, 2019: Report from the Pacific Island Environmental Conference; CHC's new reverse osmosis treatment system; Operational improvements to Agingan WWTP; Current Events
- Wednesday June 5, 2019: Recent groundwater conditions on Saipan, Kanoa Resort's used oil burner, CUC's new chlorine storage building, CUC water division response to typhoon Yutu
- Thursday February 7, 2019: CNMI Sustainability Manual, Cocos Island Water System, Eurofins Update, Microbiological Contamination, Storage Tank Disinfection, Well Disinfection
- Wednesday May 16, 2018: Raw Water Trend; New CUC Tank and Booster Pump Station; Calculating MRDLs; Pagan Trip; Hawaii Volcano Emergency.
- Tuesday March 13, 2018: Environmental Finance Center Utility Management Training
- Wednesday December 13, 2017: Elevated Nitrates in Saipan Groundwater, Public Health Engineering in Emergencies; 2017 Hurricane Season; American Samoa Water Systems
- Monday August 28 - Friday September 1, 2017: Sanitary Survey Training - Guam
- Tuesday July 25, 2017: Eurofins Rick Zimmer
- Tuesday July 11 & Tuesday July 18: Water Loss Control and Effective Water Management
- Monday June 12, 2017: Western Pacific Section AWWA conference on Saipan.
- Wednesday March 15, 2017: Environmental Finance Center - Water Utility Training for Operators and Managers.
- Tuesday February 7, 2017: USEPA Region 9 Current Events; Installing chlorine equipment in Palau; North Dakota Tribal Water Systems; Corpus Christi, TX Water Problems; Kagman Public Notice.
- Wednesday August 17, 2016: How groundwater impacts biological communities in Saipan's lagoon; How to conduct a Level 1 Assessment to comply with the RTCR; EPA's new health advisory on PFOA and PFOA and what that means for Saipan.
- Wednesday April 13, 2016: Erofins Lab. How to Collect Samples and Interpret Results.
- Tuesday March 15, 2016: Environmental Finance Center. Water Utility Management
- Tuesday January 26, 2016: Public Water System Workshop - focus on Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Wednesday October 28, 2015: Stories from Soudelor.
- Monday July 20, 2015: Environmental Finance Center. Water Utility Management
- Thursday May 7, 2015: Saipan Shaft wells Assessment and Rehabilitation; Mapping Groundwater Contaminants on Saipan, Typhoon Damage Assessment on Chuuk.
- Wednesday February 5, 2015: Disease Transmission and Prevention.
- September 22-25, 2014: Small Water System Technical Training and Assistance by Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).
- Thursday September 25, 2014: Utility Calculations, Distribution, Backflow Prevention
- Wednesday September 24, 2014: Basic Math, Disinfection, Microbials & DBPs, Total Coliform Rule
- Tuesday September 23, 2014: Groundwater Production, Groundwater Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Monday September 22, 2014: SDWA Overview, Basic Water Quality, Consumer Confidence Report, Chemical Contaminants Rule
- Tuesday August 12, 2014: Topics: Current Events: Drought in California, Sunset Blvd, Los Angelas, CA Water Main Break, Toledo Ohio Water Contamination, Super El-Nino 2014; Public Relations for Utility Workers by HRWA Gary Byrd.
- May 15, 16 & 17 (Rota) and May 21, 22, 23 (Saipan): Small Water System Technical Training and Assistance by Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). The Association did not host a continuing education class in May 2014 since TEEX was in CNMI that month and provided 18 hours of continuing education.
- Wednesday February 5, 2014: Topics: Wastewater Filtration by Ric Saavedra from CUC; West Virginia Chemical Spill - Derek Chambers & Brian Bearden.
- Wednesday December 11, 2013: Current Events: Typhoon Yolanda hits Philippines; Main Events: Cook Islands Water System & Water Demand Issues by Larry Manacop; Military Reverse Osmosis on Tinian by GYSGT Anderson; Calcium Hypochlorite by Lonza.
- Wednesday September 25, 2013: Current Events: New aquifer discovered in Kenya, Marshall Islands Drought of 2013, CDC releases waterborne disease outbreaks 2009 - 2010 report, Crypto Outbreak in Baker City, OR,, Chalan Galaide turbid water; Main Event: Grease Traps.
- August 26-30 2013:
- Wednesday May 8, 2013: Current Events: Three articles out of the May 2013 issue of OpFlow maagazine 1) Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant recovery after hurricane Sandy, 2) Philadelphia City Water uses GIS and hydraulic model to revise coliform sampling plan, 3) 10 tips on how to select a control valve, Main Event: Pipe for Water and Sewer Systems; CUC Sewer Camera Videos.
- Wednesday February 6, 2013: Current Events: DEQ's investigation of water that smelled like diesel, update on revised total coliform rule; Main Event: Lead and Copper Rule refresher (video), Corrosion control in new plumbing webcast.
- Wednesday November 14, 2012: Current events: Hurricane Sandy, and water/wastewater issues. Main events: Gary Byrd from Hawaii Rural Water Association presents information on "Meter Types, Installation, and Flow Measurement for Water and Wastewater".
- Wednesday August 8, 2012: Current events: Lau Lau Bay Drive Low Water Crossings, CUC GWUDI Study; Main events: Manny Borja of DEQ explains in-ground wastewater disposal systems; MBR webcast; Managaha MBR; Lao Lao Bay Golf Resort MBR.
- Wednesday May 2, 2012: Current events was the main event this session: Garapan Emergency Sewer Line Repair; also webcast on inspection of water tanks.
- Wednesday February 29, 2012: Current events (Haiti cholera slowing down, Norovirus outbreak on Tinian); Bottled water companies in CNMI and how they are regulated; How reverse osmosis works; Using membrane filtration for pathogen removal.
- Wednesday November 9, 2011: Current events (Radionuclide rule sampling reminder, Haiti cholera continues, CDC release report on waterborne disease outbreaks in 2007-2008, Dengue fever outbreak in Marshall Islands), and guest speaker Travis Spaeth, PE of CUC on Leak Detections Practices and Experience from the Field.
- Wednesday July 13, 2011: Our Guest speaker this quarter was Gary Byrd from the Hawai'i Rural Water Association. The topic for this session was on Utility Policies and Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Wednesday May 11, 2011: Current events (Haiti final report on source of cholera outbreak, DEQ monitoring for radiation from Japan); Understanding Radiation; Radionuclides Rule; Radon.
- Wednesday February 2, 2011: Current events (Haiti cholera outbreak, reduced recommended fluoride levels in drinking water); Chemical applications and Chemical injection pumps - by Hawaii Rural Water Association; Energy Efficiency, T & T Electric, Hilo, HI.
- Wednesday November 3, 2010: Intro to Hawaii Rural Water Association; Responding to a waterborne disease outbreak; Current Events: Cholera outbreak in Haiti
- Wednesday August 11, 2010: Introduction to wastewater collection and treatment; tour of a wastewater treatment plant.
- Wednesday May 5, 2010: How to Start Your Own Cross Connection Control Program; How the Roles of BEH and DEQ Differ in Regulating Bottled Water Companies; 10 foot diameter water main break and boil water notice for 2 million people in Massachusetts
- Wednesday February 3, 2010: Safety in the Work Place, Handling Hazardous Materials
- Wednesday December 2, 2009: Water Hammer, Groundwater Contamination, Walkerton E Coli
- Friday October 9, 2009: Ground Water Rule Workshop with DEQ
- Wednesday August 5, 2009: Geology of Saipan & Well Construction; Ground Water Rule
- Wednesday May 13, 2009: Alternative Energy Options for Water Systems; Consumer Confidence Reports; Safe Drinking Water Compliance; Mariana Islands Water Operator Association Annual Membership Meeting
- Wednesday March 25, 2009: How to Comply with the Homeland Security Act of 2002; How filters work (and how to comply with the surface water treatment rule)
To see the list of DEQ Sponsored Workshops prior to 2009 (when the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association was formed) click on the link at the left (Training Calendar > Past Events > DEQ Events) or click here.
Last modified: 3/18/2023