First Consumer Confidence Reports Due in 1999
The Consumer Confidence Reports
Rule—part of the 1996 amendments to
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA)—has been finalized, and all
community water systems will be
delivering their first reports by October
of 1999. The rule requires systems to
produce and distribute a water quality
report to their customers each year. The
report will include information about the
system’s source of water and the results
of monitoring done during the previous
calendar year.
No additional
monitoring is required as a result of
this rule; the report will contain
information only on the monitoring
that is already being done.
The goal of the Consumer Confidence
Reports is to advance consumers’
understanding of drinking water, heighten
awareness of the need to protect water
resources, and enhance the image of the
professionals in the drinking water
community. Preparation and distribution
of the report are not optional; all
community systems must prepare a
Consumer Confidence Report.
The final rule, which came out in
August, is slightly different from the draft
rule: Additional information is required
for nitrate, arsenic, and lead if the
detected levels are at or above 50
percent of the Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL) or Action Level (but not
actually exceeding the MCL or Action
Level). If a source water assessment
has been completed for a water system,
the report must give a brief summary of
the system’s susceptibility to potential
(MDH) is planning to send out the
necessary monitoring information to all
community water systems in the state in
March of each year. This will allow
systems enough time to complete the
report and perform the necessary
distribution to their customers.
Distribution
Systems serving 10,000 or more must
mail or directly deliver one copy of the
Information will be on tap for customers report to each customer. The rule says
of community water systems starting in the system must make a good-faith
1999.
effort to reach consumers who do not
sources of contamination and also make get water bills (normally renters or
it known how consumers can obtain a workers), using means recommended by
copy of the assessment. For detections the primacy agency. This means that it
of regulated or unregulated is okay to send the report out with a
contaminants, the range of detections water bill as long as additional efforts
must be listed in addition to the highest are made to get it to those who don’t get
detected level or the highest average if water bills or make them aware of the
compliance is determined on a running availability of the report. These efforts
average. In terms of distribution, can include publicizing the availability of
systems serving 100,000 or more people the report in the news media or posting
must post the report on a web site in a notice of the report in public places;
addition to the other distribution the system can also deliver multiple
copies for distribution by single-biller
requirements.
The first reports will be due by customers such as apartment buildings
October 19, 1999. In subsequent years, or large private employers. Another
the due date will be July 1. The distribution option is to have the report
Continued on page 4
Minnesota Department of Health
Winter 1998-99
Inside:
Volume Six/3
Upcoming Certification Exam Dates
March 25, Rochester
April 23, Bloomington
April 15, Southwest Minnesota
May 7, Two Harbors
June 18, Deerwood
See calendar on back page for more information
Drinking Water Revolving Fund Update
Distribution Certification Survey Results
Arsenic Removal in Hector
Operator School and Training News
Area Code Reminder
Water Voyage
The area code for Ramsey County, which includes the
MDH Metro Office, changed to 651 last summer. Callers
were given a six-month grace period in which they could use
either the old or the new area code. Beginning on January
10, 1999, only the new area code will work.
Quiz
1. The difference between the static groundwater level
and the pumping level is the:
a. radius of influence
b. drawdown
c. cone of depression
d. watershed
2. Which of the following well types is most protected
from surface contamination?
a. artesian well
b. infiltration gallery
c. rock well
d. shallow well
Water dominates the landscape of Voyageurs National Park
in northern Minnesota with 30 glacier-carved lakes covering
nearly half of the 219,000-acre park. However, the same
challenges are present here as elsewhere in providing safe
drinking water to the park’s employees and visitors. The park
has several certified operators, including Bill Johnson, the
facility manager.
Although the Minnesota Department of Health is the primacy
agency, the park adheres to federal guidelines with National
Park Service (NPS) 83 regulations that Johnson says, in many
ways, are more stringent than those imposed by the primacy
agency. Under NPS-83, Voyageurs National Park is classified
as a public non-community system and is required to disinfect.
The park conducts bacteriological as well as chemical
monitoring on the 17 separate water systems within its
boundaries, including one at the Kettle Falls Hotel, an historic
lodge approximately 35 miles from the Rainy Lake Visitor Center
outside of International Falls.
Johnson says they have to deal with hard water, high in iron
content, from most of the wells in the park. “With some of the
real bad water, we shoot chlorine in to precipitate the iron,”
explains Johnson. After the precipitate is removed in an iron
filter, chlorine is injected again to provide a residual. At the
Rainy Lake Visitor Center, the water then goes into a pair of
storage tanks, the second of which is pressurized, and, upon
demand, passes through a sand filter as the final stage of
treatment. Below is the iron filter and chlorine feed at the Rainy
Lake Visitor Center.
3. One gallon per minute equals ____ gallons per day.
a. 24
b. 60
c. 550
d. 1,440
BONUS QUESTION:
Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores
without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders
John a hebetudinous fellow.
Answers on page 4
Minnesota Section Education
There have been leadership changes in training and
education for the Minnesota Section of American Water
Works (AWWA). After a long tenure as Chair of the
Education Committee, John Hill has ascended to the
Training Council Chair that oversees several committees,
including education. Stew Thornley of MDH is the new Chair
of the Education Committee, which has 19 members and
includes representatives of all six AWWA districts within the
Minnesota Section.
The committee met in September to discuss goals and the
what the function of the committee should be. The consensus was that this committee should serve as a resource to
the districts within the Minnesota Section, offering ideas and
assistance in the planning and implementation of their training programs and operator schools. Toward that end, the
Minnesota Section Education Committee is exploring the
possibility of compiling a model curriculum for three-day
schools that would be available for each of the districts to
adopt. The curriculum would cover a three-year period and
could be staggered among the various districts to provide
options for operators in making their choices of which school
to attend. Anyone who would like to become involved in the
Section Education Committee may contact Thornley at 651215-0771 or via e-mail at [email protected].
(Note: In a role separate from his duties on the Minnesota
Section Education Committee, Thornley will continue to serve
as the Health Department liaison for the three-day operator
schools in the various districts and provide central
coordination for these schools.)
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Survey Shows Little Support for
Separate Distribution Certificate
Changes in Fluoride
Compliance Procedures
The Minnesota Advisory Council on Water Supply Systems
To ensure that all municipal water systems are
and Wastewater Treatment Facilities—considering a proposal
complying with fluoridation requirements as well as to
to create a distribution system operator certificate—recently
promote the oral health of people served by these
conducted a survey of licensed water operators in Minnesota
systems, the Minnesota Department of Health will begin
that indicated overwhelming opposition to the plan.
implementing new compliance procedures for its
The Council was studying the viability of a distribution
fluoride program in 1999. Program requirements will
certificate in response to U. S. Environmental Protection
remain the same but new compliance procedures will
Agency guidelines that recommend that certification exams be
include the issuance of reminder letters, warning
based on a job analysis and related to classification of the
letters, and/or notices of violations to suppliers who
system or facility. The Council’s proposal was to add a
fail to submit their monthly reports or quarterly samples.
separate distribution system operator certificate for operators
Additional enforcement actions, including fines, may
who work only in distribution while keeping the existing “combe used to deal with systems that repeatedly fail to
bination” water supply system operator certificate in which all
submit reports or samples. In mid-November,
aspects of treatment and distribution are included.
superintendents of all municipal water supplies were
Distribution operators would not be required to get a separate
sent their 1999 calendar for submission of samples and
certificate and would still be eligible to obtain the combination
reports.
certificate; however, they would not be certified as qualified to
Anyone with questions may contact Connie Fu of
handle some aspects of the water system such as chemical
MDH at 651/215-0788.
feed or treatment.
Of the nearly 4,000 operators who received surveys, 708 (17.7%) responded. Some of the results:
• Would you be interested in obtaining a distribution certificate?
Yes—29%
No—71%
• Do you think separate distribution certification is a good idea?
Yes—39%
No—61%
The Council will consider the results of the survey and have an open discussion on the matter at its January 1999 meeting
before making any recommendations to the Minnesota Department of Health.
Minnesota Section—AWWA Conference
Images from the 1998 Minnesota Section—
American Water Works Association
Conference in Rochester.
Left: Bernie Bullert received the Leonard N.
Thompson Award. Right: Doug Mandy was the
recipient of the George Warren Fuller Award.
Below left: Bill Spain, at right, received an award
for recruiting the most members (the second
year in a row Spain has received the award).
Below right: Jim Sadler, at left, receives the
Gimmicks & Gadgets Award from Dave
Scheerer. Below: Sadler was one of the hits of
Sami Dare’s hypnosis performance. Sadler,
flanked by Wayne Enney and Terry Reisch,
thinks he’s driving a Porsche.
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Consumer Confidence Reports—Continued from page 1
Answers to Quiz
2. a 3. d
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy .
Risk Management Rule
The Risk Management Program Rule, which was
promulgated last July, requires all owners/operators of
stationary sources of hazardous chemicals (such as
chlorine and ammonia) to develop and implement a
program ensuring these chemicals are handled and stored
safely and that the potential for accidents is minimized.
As part of the federal Clean Air Act, this rule will be
administered by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
rather than MDH.
Utilities that have threshhold quantities of hazardous
chemicals are subject to the rules requirements. The
chemicals and thresholds of most concern to Minnesota
water utilities are chlorine at 2,500 pounds, ammonia
(anhydrous) at 10,000 pounds, and ammonia (aqueous) at
20,000 pounds.
Facilities that are affected by the rule must submit a
risk management plan to the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency by June 21, 1999. Elements of the
plan include hazard assessment, prevention and
emergency response program, and the facility’s
management system. More information on risk
management programs is available from the EPA
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/swercepp/.
Y2K Resources
There are several web sites available to help utilities
deal with the Year 2000 (Y2K) issue.
http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/ This web site
contains a compendium of information on the Y2K issue
specific to Microsoft product users.
http://www.epa.gov/year2000 This includes the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan for dealing
with the issue as well as a guidance document.
http://www.amwa-water.or g/ The Association of
Metropolitan Water Agencies includes a model action plan
for dealing with the issue, a discussion forum for posting
questions, and links to other Y2K information.
New Water Plan Assessment Released
Minnesota’s water resources benefitted in the 1990s from new efforts
aimed at promoting conservation, protecting wetlands, preventing pollution
from on-site wastewater treatment systems, and correcting problems from
leaking tanks and unsealed wells. Soundings: A Minnesota Water Plan
Assessement has just been released by the Environmental Quality Board and
reports progress in carrying out 14 objectives related to integrating water
management, protecting and conserving water resources, and focusing on
lakes, wetlands, rivers, and groundwater contained in the 1991 Minnesota
Water Plan.
Soundings also identifies state water needs and recommends directions.
Soundings will be used by the Environmental Quality Board Water Resources
Committee and those interested in water management in Minnesota to shape
the next water plan, which is due in September of 2000.
Soundings is available by calling 651/296-3985as well as on the internet
at www.mnplan.state.mn.us.
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sent to all postal customers within a specified area through the
use of a “simplified mailing address” (information on this is
available from the post office).
MDH will allow systems serving fewer than 10,000 people
the option of individually distributing the report or satisfying the
distribution requirement by getting it published in one or more
local newspapers along with the explanation that the report is
not being distributed to all customers but is available upon
request.
Systems serving 500 or fewer people may satisfy the
distribution requirement if they provide notice at least once per
year to their customers by mail, door-to-door delivery, or by
posting in an appropriate location that the report is available upon
request.
In addition to distributing the report to its customers, the
system must mail a copy of the report to MDH along with a
certification form that says that the information on the report is
correct and consistent with the compliance monitoring data
previously submitted and that the necessary distribution of the
report was done. Failure to prepare and distribute a report as
required will result in a violation of SDWA rules, which can lead
to enforcement actions, including the issuance of fines.
The information provided by MDH to each system should
contain most of what is required in the report, including the
system’s source of water and the standard language that is
mandated for all reports. At a minimum, each system will have
to fill in a phone number for customers to call with questions. If
there has been a violation during the year, the system will have
to indicate the actions it took to address the violation. Turbidity
information will have to be provided by the system (and passed
on to consecutive systems that sell their water to other utilities).
Systems are encouraged to add other information to the
report, such as an explanation of its treatment process and any
upgrades that are being done or planned for the system. A
number of resources are available to help systems in completing
their reports. Some are available for a fee and some are free.
At least three organizations—Minnesota Rural Water
Association, Midwest Assistance Program, American Water
Works Association—will have templates that can be used to put
together the report. In addition, some consulting firms are
offering services to customize reports for individual systems.
Waterline
Published quarterly by the
Drinking Water Protection Section of the
Minnesota Department of Health
Editor: Stew Thornley
Waterline staff: Dick Clark, Marilyn
Krause, Bonnie Shafer, Doug Mandy
To request this document in another
format, call 651/215-0700;
TDD 651/215-0707 or toll-free through
the Minnesota Relay Service,
1/800/627-3529 (ask for
651/215-0700).
Removing Arsenic in Hector
Arsenic is naturally occurring and also the result of human
activity. In the latter category, arsenic has been used through
the ages as a drug and as a poison. This century, arsenical
compounds have been used as active ingredients in
pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, cattle and sheep dips,
desiccants, wood preservatives, and dyestuff.
In the 1930s, arsenic was used in a grasshopper control
program conducted by the federal government. Outside of
the central Minnesota town of Hector was a mixing station in
which arsenic was combined with grain and corn to bait fields
to combat the grasshopper infestation. Hector is also in an
area where measurable results of naturally occurring arsenic
are not unusual. Perhaps it was no surprise that analyses
done by the Minnesota Department of Health between
February 1978 and October 1982 showed elevated levels of
arsenic with the highest concentrations in a well adjacent to
the site of the former mixing station.
Hector ’s source of raw water is a glacial drift 240 feet
deep that acts as a “bowl” for wells to capture and hold the
infiltrated water. However, it is a difficult area to locate a
productive well, according to Jerome Schueller, the city’s
water and wastewater superintendent. “It’s not like we’re
on top of the Jordan aquifer. Water is precious out here. If
there’s a problem, we have to deal with it. We don’t have
options in terms of finding another source.” (In addition to
challenges with arsenic, one of the city wells had methane
gas. It has since been taken out of service and now serves
as a backup for emergency purposes only.)
The city of Hector dealt with the problem by constructing
the state’s first arsenic removal plant in the early 1990s. The
plant significantly reduced the levels of arsenic in the
finished water—and none too soon. Shortly after the plant
went on-line in 1992, a new study was released that
indicated a cancer risk from arsenic in drinking water along
the lines of cancer risks from indoor radon and tobacco smoke.
New technology also allowed for the detection of very small
amounts of arsenic. The findings of these studies resulted in
a court order for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to revise its arsenic regulation. All indications are
that by the turn of the century, the maximum contaminant
level for arsenic in drinking water will be much more
stringent than its current standard of 50 parts per billion (ppb).
The removal is achieved by the conversion of trivalent
arsenic (As+3 ) to the pentavalent state (As+5 ) through
aeration and the addition of potassium permanganate and ferric
chloride. The aerator and the potassium permanganate
oxidize the As+3 (arsenite) to As+5 (arsenate). The arsenate
then adsorbs onto the floc created by the ferric chloride while
in a 40,000-gallon detention tank for the next four to 12 hours.
The precipitated floc then moves on to the filter, where the
process continues.
“If it doesn’t happen in the detention tank,” explains
Schueller, “we feed enough potassium permanganate to carry
that magnesium dioxide into the filter itself and we get some
removal in there, too. It bonds inside the filter, also.” The
filter consists of 10 inches of anthracite, 20 inches of
Iron-man media (charged sand), and 16 inches of support
gravel on top of an 18½ -inch filter underdrain.
The process was effective in bringing the level of arsenic
in the distribution system down to around 18 ppb, even though
the levels remained high in the raw water. (The arsenic level
in Well 3, the one nearest the site of the mixing station,
averages around 83 ppb. Well 4 averages approximately 24
ppb. Well 4 is the city’s main well with Well 3 used mainly
for backwashing.)
Even though the finished-water levels were well below
the current maximum contaminant level for arsenic, Schueller
was concerned that the city might still not be able to meet the
stricter standards set in the new rule. (Indications are that
the MCL for arsenic will be between 2 and 20 ppb. * ) Shortly
after taking over the Hector plant in 1993, Schueller began
working with Carus Chemical Company of Ottawa, Illinois,
to explore the possibility of further reduction. The study
concluded that altering the feed rate of the potassium
permanganate could achieve that result.
Raising the potassium permanganate feed from 1.9 milligrams per liter to 3 milligrams per liter brought arsenic levels
in the distribution system to only 4 parts per billion. Schueller
adds that in addition to the effect it had on the arsenic, the
adjustments helped with the manganese and iron, as well.
“Residents no longer even have to use softeners,” he says.
An additional challenge posed by the arsenic removal is
contaminated sludge. Much of the problem is alleviated by
the recycling of most of the backwash water with only about
20 percent entering the sanitary sewer. Lime is then used to
dilute the arsenic levels at the wastewater plant.
*
Hector is not the only city in Minnesota with concerns
regarding arsenic levels. Sampling done by MDH in the
1990s indicates that as many as 150 systems may have
trouble complying with the MCL for arsenic if it is
lowered to 5 ppb.
The area behind wellhouse 3 was used as a mixing station in
which arsenic was used for a grasshopper infestation in the
1930s.
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In the News
Drinking water—for better or worse—has been
in the news lately; fortunately, most of it has been
for the better.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press on Sunday,
September 27, 1998 had a series of articles dealing
with the city of St. Paul’s efforts to address the
issue of lead in water. In its campaign to replace lead service lines,
city officials have been meeting with neighborhood groups and
finding ways to provide financial relief to residents who replace lead
pipes running from their property line into the house. The Pioneer
Press stories revealed the benefits of public-private partnerships and
how they can work at the community level. One St. Paul resident is
quoted as saying, “When people talk about whether government is
doing us good, the city has been wonderful.” The main article in the
series pointed out that initial tap sampling performed by St. Paul in
1992 showed that half the households sampled exceeded the federal
action level for lead in water—the worst rating of a major water
utility in Minnesota. “But instead of created a crisis,” the story
continued, “the findings were a watershed event for the utility that
led to enhanced water quality for all users, replacement of old city
pipes, and better relations with St. Paul customers.”
An Associated Press article that appeared in the September 15,
1998 Minneapolis StarTribune cited a National Research Council
report that drinking water that contains radon poses a lesser health
threat than radon that is inhaled. The council estimated lower health
risks from drinking water with radon in it than the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) arrived at in previous research. In turn,
the report attributed more deaths to inhaling radon emitted from household water supplies than the EPA had. An EPA spokesperson said
that the council’s “updated date will provide valuable information
both for determining maximum radon levels in drinking water and
indoor air radon control measures,” adding that information from
the study will “provide more flexibility to get greater risk reduction.”
“What’s in the Water?”—the cover story on the August 30, 1998
New York Times Magazine—is an indictment of Americans’
proclivity for bottled water and a testimony for tap water. “People
think they can buy safety in a tightly capped bottle,” opines the
article’s author, Corby Kummer. “Water is presumably transported
in shiny new pipes instead of rusty old ones, although just how it gets
from the idyllic landscape into the bottle is rarely hinted at . . . . It’s
easy to forget that the building of America’s municipal water system
was one of history’s public-health triumphs. Barely more than a
century ago, impure drinking water caused massive outbreaks of
cholers (1 of 20 Chicago residents died in the 1854 cholera epidemic);
huge sections of cities around the world were razed and rebuilt to
replace contaminated water-transport systems. The search for fresh
water literally drew the map of the civilized world. At the turn of the
century, the creation of New York City’s reservoir system
determined the development of much of the state. Safe, plentiful
water on demand is a very recent assumption. Should people be
questioning it again so soon?”
Finally, water contamination problems in Sydney, Australia—site
of the 2000 Summer Olympics—are causing concern among International Olympic Committee members, according to The Sporting
News of September 28, 1998. Discovery of two parasites in tap
water samples resulted in three boil orders in 1998. Asked what
they will do if water problems persist during the Games, an IOC
official replied, “We’ll all have to drink whiskey, I guess.”
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A Great Time for Drinking Water
Revolving Fund Loans!
By John Schnickel
This is the best time to take advantage of a revolving fund loan for public water supply infrastructure
improvements. Why? There are at least two
reasons.
First, more projects are in the funding range now
than will likely be in this range again. Like other states,
Minnesota was able to obtain three years of
capitalization (loan) money within a two-year period
of time. This occurred because federal money was
available before the states could get programs started.
Once started, programs were eligible to collect money
retroactively.
Minnesota requested its first federal capitalization
grant in October 1997. Communities with top-rated
projects became eligible to receive loans. In May 1998
the legislature approved additional matching funds.
The state applied to the federal government for the
second capitalization grant, and communities with
middle ranking projects became eligible for money.
In October the state applied for the new federal fiscal
year’s capitalization grant, allowing even lower ranking projects to become eligible. In total, approximately
$72 million of federal grant and state match have
become available and half remains unobligated.
Although approximately $36 million remains
available to loan, $85 million in projects have been
declared eligible for funding. Leveraging—a process
of using bond proceeds to provide more loans—will
be done if necessary to meet all loan obligations. Some
projects will drop out, so the amount of necessary
leveraging is unknown.
A year from now the amount of new loan money
will drop to $16.8 million . That money can and likely
will be leveraged. In any case, there will be less money
than is currently available.
The second reason this is a good time for an eligible community to obtain a loan is because rates are
exceptionally low. The current maximum rate for the
most financially secure communities is 4.31 percent.
A typical loan would be between 2 and 3 percent.
Unfortunately, only communities with projects on
the current intended use plan are now eligible for
financing. New proposals for 2000 financing can be
submitted beginning in March. Expect a letter from
MDH announcing details at that time. Also, several
two-to-three-hour informational sessions will be held.
The sessions are valuable for people who are new to
the process, want to learn about the fund, and want to
learn how to submit an effective proposal.
Basic Water Operations
John Thom will conduct a pair of 11-week schools
on basic water operations, one in Richfield and the
other in Becker, starting in January. Contact John
at 612/861-9168 for more information.
1999 Metro School to Include Competent Person Training
The 1999 Metro Waterworks Operators’ School will be held from Wednesday, April 21 through Friday, April 23 at the
Thunderbird Hotel in Bloomington. The certification exams will be offered on Friday afternoon. Participants in the school
will receive 16 credit hours for their attendance. Registration for the school is $85 ($110 after April 5 or at the door).
The school will feature hands-on workshops on Wednesday afternoon and a pair of Compentent Person training sessions
on Thursday. Space will be limited for the Competent Person training and the hands-on sessions; participants will be able to
sign up on a first-come, first-served basis during check-in on the first day of the school.
There will not be a separate Exam Prep held in advance of the Metro School; instead, the Metro School will include two
preparation sessions, one on general operations and the other on math.
Other three-day spring schools:
Southeast School, March 23-25, Best Western Apache, Rochester
Northeast School, May 5-7, Superior Shores Resort, Two Harbors
Central School, June 16-18, Brainerd Lakes Area
Below is a registration form for the Metro and Southeast schools. The Spring 1999 Waterline will have the entire Metro
School agenda with another registration form that will include the other three-day spring schools.
Teleconference News
MRWA Conference
Fifty-eight people attended last October’s American Water Works
Association (AWWA) teleconference on the Risk Management Program Rule
at the Earle Brown Center in St. Paul and the Northwest Technical College in
East Grand Forks. AWWA has two teleconferences planned for 1999:
March 11—Tools and Technologies to Protect Water Quality in the
Distribution System
October 21—Technologies to Comply with the D/DBP Rule Cluster
The 1999 Minnesota Rural Water
Association (MRWA) Technical Conference
will be held at the St. Cloud Civic Center
from Tuesday, March 2 through Thursday,
March 4. For more information, contact the
MRWA office at 218/685-5197 or via e-mail
at [email protected].
REGISTRATION FORM
You may combine multiple fees on one check if more than one person is attending a school; however, please make a copy
of this form for each person. For questions regarding certification, contact Cindy Cook at 651/215-0751. For questions
regarding registration, contact Bonnie Shafer at 651/215-1311.
AWWA Teleconference: Tools and Technologies to Protect Water Quality in the Distribution System, March 11,
1999, $60 ($80 after March 1 or at the door).
Check location you wish to attend:
____ Earle Brown Center, St. Paul
____ Northwest Technical College, East Grand Forks.
Southeast School, March 23-25, 1999, Best Western Apache, Rochester. Fee: $60 ($80 at the door).
Metro School, April 21-23, 1999, Thunderbird Hotel, Bloomington. Fee: $85 ($110 after April 5 or at the door).
Check here if you would like to receive an exam application. (Applications must be submitted at least 15 days
prior to the exam.)
Check here if you would like to receive a study guide.
If you have any special dietary needs, please indicate them here:
Please print:
Name
Address
City
Zip
Day Phone
Employer
Please enclose the appropriate fee. Make check payable to Minnesota Department of Health. Mail this form and
fee to Public Water Supply Unit, Minnesota Department of Health, 121 East Seventh Place, Suite 220, P. O. Box 64975, St.
Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975.
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CALENDAR
Minnesota Section, American
Water Works Association
*March 23-25, Southeast Waterworks
Operators’ School, Best Western
Apache, Rochester, Contact Paul
Halvorson, 507/292-5193
*April 15, Southwest Waterworks
Operators’ School, Contact Mark
Sweers, 507-389-2501
*April 21-23, Metro Waterworks
Operators’ School, Thunderbird Hotel,
Bloomington, Contact Stew Thornley,
651/215-0771
*May 5-7, Northeast Waterworks
Operators’ School, Superior Shores
Resort, Two Harbors, Contact Terry
Jackson, 218/365-2695 or Stew Thornley,
651/215-0771
*June 16-18, Central Waterworks
Operators School, Ruttger’s Bay Lodge,
Deerwood, Contact Dave Schultz, 320/
255-4216
Minnesota Rural Water Association
Contact Kyle Kedrowski, 218/685-5197
December 10, Winterizing Your
Water System, Eveleth
December 15, Securing Financing for
Small Systems, Duluth
December 16, Securing Financing for
Small Systems, Belle Plaine
March 2-4, Technical Conference, St.
Cloud
April 14, Operations and Maintenance, Elbow Lake
Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency
(Wastewater Operator Training)
Contact Emily Armistead, 651/296-7251
January 20-22, Annual Collection
System Seminar, Thunderbird Hotel,
Bloomington
February 18-19, Land Application of
Biosolids Seminar, Thunderbird Hotel,
Bloomington
February 23, Innovative Seminar, St.
Cloud
March 17-19, Annual Wastewater
AWWA Teleconference
Operations Seminar, Thunderbird Hotel,
March 11, Tools and Technologies
Bloomington
to Protect Water Quality in the
April 6-8, Land Application of
Distribution System, St. Paul and East
Biosolids, Holiday Inn, St. Cloud
Grand Forks, Contact Stew Thornley,
April 13-15, Pond Seminar, Holiday
651/215-0771
Inn, New Ulm
April 27-29, Pond Seminar, Holiday
*Basic Water Operations
Inn, Detroit Lakes
Contact John Thom, 612/861-9168
May 4-6, Spray Seminar, Holiday Inn
11-week courses starting January 4
South, Rochester
in Richfield and January 7 in Becker
*Schools/meetings marked with an
asterisk include a certification exam
Minnesota Department of Health
121 E. 7th Place Suite 220
P. O. Box 64975
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975
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