Minnesota Leads the Way
in CCR Compliance
Underway in Virginia
The first Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) were due
on October 19, and the Minnesota Department of Health
(MDH) by that date had received a report from more than 875
of the 957 community water systems in the state. Although it’s
not 100 percent, we believe it is as good as any. The MDH is
continuing its efforts to get reports from the remaining
systems. Systems that don’t turn in a report will be issued a
Notice of Violation and reported to the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Information System.
Overall, the reports were done well although a few reports
contained portions that were not done correctly. However,
unless the errors and omissions were blatant, MDH chose not
to reject the reports this year. The MDH will be contacting
these systems and letting them know of the corrections that
will need to be made on next year’s report.
There were some problems that were common to
several reports. For example, some systems listed the table
of detected contaminants along with all the contaminants
that were not detected. This is not allowed. Nondetections
can be listed, but they must be in a separate table from the
detections.
A common problem with distribution dealt with the systems
that had the option of publishing the report in the newspaper
rather than individually distributing it. If this option is used,
the entire report must be published along with a notice that a
copy of the report is available to anyone who requests it. Some
systems published only a summary of the report with the
notice of its availability. This does not satisfy the requirement.
(Note: systems serving populations of 500 or fewer do have
the option of merely publicizing the availability of the report;
however, systems serving a population between 500 and 10,000
must publish the report in its entirety if they choose to follow
this option in lieu of individual distribution.)
After the report has been distributed, a water system must
send a copy of the report along with the completed
certification form to MDH. Some systems sent only one or the
other. Both are needed before the system is in compliance.
Work proceeds on a new filtration building for the water
treatment plant in Virginia, Minnesota, part of a $6-million
project to upgrade the city’s water system. See the full story
on page 4.
Upcoming Certification
Exam Dates
March 9, St. Cloud
March 30, Rochester
April 7, Bloomington
April 20, New Ulm
May 12, Two Harbors
June 16, Deerwood
See calendar on back page
for more information
Consumer Confidence Reports—Continued on page 6
Winter 1999-2000
Volume Seven/3
Inside:
News on the Drinking Water Academy
Contact Hours Primer
Drinking Water Message Center
School News
Radium
Over $75 Million in DWRF Projects
Awarded to Date
Where Are We Now?
By Karla Peterson
By John Schnickel
I’m sure most of you have heard the history behind
On July 17, 1998 the city of Fulda was awarded the first
compliance with the radium rule (old hat). So here’s the
drinking water revolving fund (DWRF) loan. It was for a
latest on the supplies that are currently working to comply
new well and the replacement of loop existing watermains.
with the maximum contaminant level (MCL).
Now over $75 million in loans have been awarded to
As of October 1999, 12 public water supplies have
approximately 45 water suppliers. Additional loans are
exceeded the MCL for combined Radium 226 and 228. These
being awarded each month.
supplies will remain on quarterly monitoring until the
Initial proposals were evenly distributed among water
combined Radium 226 and 228 is consistently and reliably
supply, treatment, storage, and distribution projects.
below the MCL. This means the supplies will need to optiTreatment plants, however, are being constructed at a
mize existing treatment, develop new treatment, or disconsignificantly higher rate than other projects. Distribution
tinue use of the well(s) that caused the exceedance.
projects, on the other hand, are being constructed at a lower
The 12 supplies are similar in that all are located in eastrate.
central Minnesota; aquifers with exceedances include the
The very good news is that 71 percent of the high priority
Mt. Simon, Hinckley, Dresbach, Jordan, and Sioux Quartzite.
projects initially submitted to MDH are either in the
If your supply fits the above criteria for suspect wells,
construction stage or have been completed. Not all of these
you should learn about the proposed revision to the
projects are receiving DWRF funding, but the fact that so
Radionuclides Rule and how it may affect you. The
many major problems are being addressed, whatever the
proposed Radionuclides Rule is not available yet, but here
funding source, is comforting.
are a few significant changes that the U. S. Environmental
The most expensive project funded through the
Protection Agency may include:
DWRF was a $16.5-million St. Paul chemical handling and
storage facility. The smallest project was for Lynd’s
1. The distribution sampling point may change to an
entry point sampling point. As a result, many more
$28,976 emergency electrical generator. No loans have
supplies will exceed the MCL. Those supplies that have
been made to private water systems. Most have been made
benefitted from blending within the distribution system,
to municipalities and some to utilities and water system boards.
knowingly or unknowingly, will no longer be able to do so.
Future DWRF loans will be scaled back to $20 to 25
You’ll want to keep this in mind when constructing a new
million per year to match the more limited money that will
well or when building or rehabilitating a treatment plant.
become available. Lending criteria will be much more
Uranium
may
be
added
to
the
list
as
a
contaminant.
selective, but water suppliers are still encouraged to submit
2.
It won’t be known what the MCL may be until December
proposals for the project priority list. Other lending agencies
2000, but keep in mind that the deeper aquifers are
sometimes use the list to help determine their priorities.
suspect. When considering treatment options, realize that
some of the options used for the removal of radium will
Research Needs
not remove uranium.
and MDH Support
Several treatment options are available to supplies.
Fortunately for those supplies that currently have iron/
Public water supplies that are interested in conducting
manganese filtration, it may merely be a matter of
research may contact the Minnesota Department of Health
optimizing existing treatment. In fact, some iron/manganese
for assistance with sampling analysis needs. The research
filtration plants are removing 19 to 63 percent of Radium 226
must be of interest to MDH and applicable to other public
and 23 to 82 percent of Radium 228 (and that’s without
water supplies in Minnesota.
optimization).
The proposals, which should be submitted by the water
If a supply chooses to optimize iron/manganese filtration
system, will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Funding
to remove radium, it has several different options. These
is limited and should be taken into consideration. The
include improving pre-oxidation with aeration or chemical research results will be submitted to MDH in a format that is
addition, feeding manganese sulphate or hydrous manganese
useful to other water systems (such as a short summary of
oxides, increasing detention time for potassium
results, a paper, or a poster). For more information, contact
permanganate, and using a different filter media to improve
Lih-in Rezania at 651/215-0763 or Karla Peterson at 651/
removal efficiencies.
215-0761.
In addition, other treatment alternatives
include lime softening, ion exchange,
Waterline
membrane filtration, and electrodialysis
Published quarterly by the Drinking Water Protection Section
reversal.
of the Minnesota Department of Health
If you have any questions about
Editor: Stew Thornley
radium removal or if you would like to
To request this document in another format, call 651/215-0700;
obtain a manual on treatment
TDD 651/215-0707 or toll-free through the Minnesota Relay Service,
technologies, please contact me at 651/
1/800/627-3529 (ask for 651/215-0700).
215-0761.
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Contact Hours Primer
Fun at the Fair
By Cindy Cook
Are you confused about your certificate renewal hours?
You’re not alone. We’ve been getting many calls from
operators who aren’t sure how to renew their water or
wastewater certificate. To put it simply, if you want to keep
your operator certificate, you need to earn renewal contact
hours.
One of your responsibilities as a certified operator is to
demonstrate professional growth by attending approved
water and wastewater industry-related training to acquire
contact hours within a three-year period. Your certificate
expires three years from the date of issue. About a month
before your certificate expires, you will receive a renewal
notice in the mail. You must fill in the name and the date of
the course(s) you attended during the past three years. It is
also your responsibility to make sure you receive and return
the renewal to the certification office, along with a $23
renewal fee.
At least 50 percent of renewal contact hours for your water
certificate must be direct water operations training, and at
least 50 percent of the renewal contact hours for your
wastewater certificate must be direct wastewater training.
The other training hours may be indirect hours from
disciplines closely related to the profession such as safety
training, laboratory courses, and pre-approved vendor
training programs.
For example, if you have a Class D water certificate, you
will need 8 total hours to renew your water certificate. You
must have at least 4 hours from direct water training to
renew your water certificate, but the other 4 hours may be
from indirect hours such as safety or wastewater courses.
If you have a Class D wastewater certificate, you will need
8 total hours to renew your wastewater certificate. You must
have at least 4 hours of direct wastewater training to renew
your wastewater certificate, but the other 4 hours may be
from indirect hours such as safety or water courses.
Operators cannot use the same contact hours to renew
both their water and wastewater certificate. For example, if
you have a Class D water and a Class D wastewater
certificate, you will need 8 hours to renew your water
certificate and 8 hours to renew your wastewater certificate,
or a total of 16 hours to renew both.
Renewal hours required for each water and
wastewater operator certificate:
The Minnesota Section of the American Water Works
Association was again on hand at the Minnesota State Fair,
offering free water to fairgoers as well as information on
drinking water. The fountain was a hit as fairgoers sucked up
more than 11,000 gallons of water. In addition to the drinking
fountain, the AWWA booth had a couple of posters showing
water towers from around Minnesota.
Drinking Water Academy Takes Off
Amendments made to the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 1996 created
many new opportunities. Along with those
opportunities, however, came new
responsibilities for states and the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In
response to the issues that will require attention because of
the new provisions within the SDWA, the EPA’s Office of
Ground Water and Drinking Water created the Drinking Water
Academy (DWA), a long-term training initiative intended
to expand EPA’s capability to support states and other
organizations as they implement the 1996 amendments to
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
The Drinking Water Academy will assist the EPA, states,
and tribes to build the capability within their programs to carry
out the SDWA, which will, in turn, promote increased
program compliance and greater public health protection.
The Academy will use a curriculum to meet the training
needs of the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS),
Underground Injection Control (UIC), and Source Water
Protection programs. The Academy is initially focusing on
EPA staff. After the training program has been developed,
the training audience will be expanded to include states, tribes,
and industry.
The Academy consists of three major components:
• Training courses, developed by regulatory implementation teams to be under the stewardship of the DWA
• Training materials, including a DWA reference handbook
• A web site, an electronic clearinghouse for SDWArelated training resources
The DWA has developed and pilot-tested courses on the
Safe Drinking Water Act and Source Water Protection as
well as introductions to the UIC and PWSS programs. The
courses are modular in structure and may be used together
or as stand-alone courses.
For more information, check the Academy’s web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwa.html.
Class A—32 contact hours
Class B—24 contact hours
Class C—16 contact hours
Class D—8 contact hours
The American Water Works Association (AWWA),
Minnesota Rural Water Association (MRWA), and the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) have
developed training courses that are offered several times a
year throughout the state. For more information about
training sessions or renewal hours, call the appropriate
certification office. Wastewater operators may contact
Dianne Navratil at the MPCA at 651/296-9269. Water
operators may contact me at 651/215-0751.
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Virginia Gets an Upgrade
Although its water system, including
the treatment plant, has characteristics
of a groundwater system, the city of
Virginia—in the heart of Minnesota’s
Mesabi Iron Range—gets its supply from
a surface source. Like many other
Range cities, Virginia draws its water
from an abandoned mine pit.
Originally, the surface-water source
came from the dewatering process when
the mine was in operation; in the ensuing years, as the mine stands dormant
and mine pumping has stopped, the level
of the water in the pit has risen
significantly. Instead of a standard
intake to draw the water, the city has
drilled vertical wells and a horizontal
shaft within the taconite bluffs to reach
the water. In essence, wells are used to
take the water from the surface source.
“I look at it as exposed groundwater,”
says Mike Appelwick, the executive vice
president of Northeast Technical
Services of Virginia, which operates the
city’s water system on a contract basis.
As for the plant, which has pressure
filters, it was designed for groundwater.
That’s changing now as major upgrades
are underway that include the
replacement of the pressure filters with
gravity filters.
Two 12-Inch Supply Lines
to Water Treatment Plant
New Pumphouse
Elevation: 1,416’
New
Drilled
Wells
Virginia gets its water from the Missabe Mountain Pit
History of Virginia Water Supply
A series of wells served the
community in the early part of the 20th
century. When the wells started to lose
productivity in the mid-1920s, the city
made a connection to the Oliver Iron
Mining Company’s drainage pumps in
the Missabe Mountain Mine at the east
end of the city. Although the mine
water was intended to be used only for
emergency purposes, by 1931
approximately 90 percent of the
municipal water was being supplied
from the Missabe Mountain pit.
The Oliver Mining Company
discontinued mining in the Missabe pit
in 1942, and the Virginia Department of
Public Utilities (DPU) was allowed to
continue using the pit pumps. Two years
later, the DPU purchased the pump
station from the mining company. At
an elevation of 1,145 feet, the pump
station was located near the edge of the
lake that had developed inside the pit and
over a 12 x 14 foot vertical shaft. A
horizontal drift shaft, approximately 140
feet below the pump station, connected
the vertical shaft to the water. The
entrance to the horizontal shaft was
covered by a thin overburden of unsorted
iron ore, bearing rock, gravel, and clay
till to filter the water before it entered
the vertical shaft. The pump station
housed two deep-well vertical turbine
pumps. From the pump station, the raw
water was then pumped up the west wall
of the pit to the water treatment plant,
which was approximately threequarters of a mile away and at an
elevation of 1,440 feet.
By this time, the water was being
filtered, the result of a pair of horizontal
pressure filters that were added to the
treatment process in 1938. Hydraulic
flocculators, sedimentation basins,
and a filter pump building were added
in 1949 and a 1-million gallon elevated
reservoir constructed in 1956.
Demand for water increased during
this period, bringing about a need for
greater storage and filter capacity. In
1963, the DPU added a standpipe as
well as four pairs of piggy-back filters
(one on top of another).
Old Missabe Mountain Pump Station
Removed December 1990
Missabe Mountain
Mine Pit
Water Level in 1990
Elevation: 1,146’
Old Pump Station
Elevation: 1,147’
New Drift
The level of water in the Missabe Mountain Mine Pit has risen another 90 feet
since the new pump station was constructed in 1990.
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Old Drift
Virginia now has pressure
filters in its treatment
system. The vertical piggyback filters are shown in the
photo to the left. The upgrade
to the water system will
include gravity filters that will
replace the pressure filters.
viruses, and an ultrafiltration system that
would filter particles as small as .001
microns. The membrane filtration
performed well, but cost considerations
caused the DPU to instead decide to go
with gravity filters.
The project encompasses the removal
of the existing pressure filters and highservice pumps as well as the portion of
the building that housed this equipment.
A new filtration building is being
constructed across the street to the south
of the existing building. The new
building will house four sand-and-anthracite gravity filters, three high-service
pumps, and a filter backwash retention
tank. It will be connected by pipes to
the existing plant and clearwell.
The work will also include the
renovation of the existing treatment plant
building and the replacement of existing
piping, valves, and filter pumps as well
as the installation of new chemical feed
equipment and controls. The existing
flocculator, sedimentation basin, and
clearwell will be renovated and cleaned.
Work began last July with the
demolition of a boiler building to make
way for the new filtration building, which
is expected to be on-line by next July.
Concrete work was completed by the
end of October, in time for masons to
get the structure enclosed so
construction can continue through the
winter.
A period of interim treatment is
planned after the new filtration building
is completed and while the old filters are
being demolished and the remaining
portion of the existing plant is being
renovated. The utility will be performing direct filtration during this time.
Completion of the entire project is
anticipated by November of 2000.
The $6-million project, which will
allow the city to maintain compliance
with drinking water regulations, is being
funded in part by the IRRRB with the
bulk of the money coming from a
below-market-rate loan from the
Minnesota drinking water revolving
loan fund.
Silver
Lake
Power
Plant
Power
Plant
Renovation of
Demolition Existing Water
of Filter
Treatment Plant
Room
DPU
Garage
1-millon
gallon
Clearwell
6th Avenue West
Existing Water
Treatment Plant
DPU
Garage
2nd Street South
DPU
Office
No. 2
Power
Plant
(Boiler)
Bldg.
Malone
Hall
6th Avenue West
Silver
Lake
Filter Building
By the mid-1980s, problems
associated with the supply and the pit
pumps started to emerge. The exposed
(and uninsulated) raw-water supply lines
extending up the west face of the pit
were susceptible to both rock slides and
extreme temperatures. To guard against
freezing during the winter, the utility had
to continuously pump water, resulting in
an excess of water (sometimes as much
as 40 percent of the total amount
pumped) being routed to a storm sewer.
In addition, the water level in the pit had
risen more than 50 feet between 1977
and the late 1980s, threatening the
existence of the pump station.
After investigating several options to
deal with the problem, the utility decided
to construct a new pump station on the
upper perimeter of the pit rim and to drill
two vertical wells and a horizontal drift
shaft to connect the wells to the lake.
With help from the Iron Range Resources
and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB), the
city was able to complete the $940,000
project in the summer of 1989. In
addition to the new pumphouse, the work
included the installation of a 7 x 8 x 300
foot horizontal drift, the drilling of two
24-inch wells to intersect the drift, and
the installation of two 225-horsepower,
2,000 gallon-per-minute submersible
pumps.
This solved the problems related to the
source and supply, but the need for an
upgrade in the treatment process
continued to be an issue. The pressure
filtration system in place was nearing the
end of its useful life, and replacement
with a similar system was not an option
since the Minnesota Department of
Health was no longer approving
pressure systems for the treatment of
surface water.
In 1994, the DPU contracted with
Bonestroo Rosene Anderlik &
Associates of St. Paul to perform a plant
evaluation and feasibility study. From
this came a recommendation to
overhaul the entire treatment system and
to explore the possibility of
incorporating membrane filtration in the
treatment process while still considering
a more conventional gravity sand
filtration system.
In 1998, the city pilot tested two types
of membrane systems: a microfiltration
system that could filter particles as small
as .10 microns, which would include
Giardia and Cryptosporidium but not
1-millon
gallon
Clearwell
2nd Street South
DPU
Office
Construction of New
Filtration Building
Malone
Hall
Demolition of
No. 2 Power
Plant (Boiler) Bldg.
The before-and-after layout of the Virginia Water Treatment Plant.
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Y2K Update
Drinking Water Message Center
The survey conducted by the Minnesota Department of
Health to determine if public water supplies are prepared for
potential Year 2000 (Y2K) problems has been completed,
and a report of the findings is being prepared for the
legislature and the Division of Emergency Management of
the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
Preliminary results show that responses were received
from 91 percent of the water systems that were required by
state law to complete the survey. As expected, the survey
indicated that large systems were likely to be taking steps to
determine if they would be affected by Y2K and correcting
problems to minimize disruptions. Small systems, for the most
part, were not as concerned about the Y2K problem because
computer-related technology was not integral to their
operation. The biggest concern of small systems was the
loss of electrical power. Some small systems have access to
generators, but for those that do not, the cost of obtaining one
is prohibitive, especially given the apparent low risk that there
will be a power failure.
The following table summarizes the responses to the
survey as it applies to 3 phases of a Y2K readiness program.
The meaning of the phases is:
Assessment—determining if there is a problem.
Remediation—fixing the problem.
Testing—testing the fixes made.
The responses in the table are broken down by total
systems, large systems (serving a population of greater than
3,300), and small systems (serving a population of 3,300 or
fewer).
Phase
System
Size
75%100%
complete
< 75%
complete
No response,
blank, or no
Y2K
involvement
Assessment
Total
Large
Small
Total
Large
Small
64%
97%
59%
46%
82%
41%
4%
1%
5%
9%
7%
9%
32%
1%
36%
45%
11%
50%
Remediation
The MDH drinking water program has established a
voice-mail message center. Utilities may leave
messages to indicate a need for or questions about such
things as consumer confidence reports, sample bottles,
lab sheets, and certification information.
Twin Cities Metro Area: 651/215-1324
Toll-free: 1/800/818-9318
Public Information Committee
to Produce Calender
The Minnesota Section—AWWA Public Information
Committee would like to issue a calendar featuring pictures
of Minnesota water towers starting in 2001. If your system
has a tower you would like considered for inclusion in the
calendar, please send a photo of it to the committee in care of
Ewald Consulting Group, 26 E. Exchange Street, 5th floor,
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.
Consumer Confidence Reports—Continued from page 1
A few other reminders:
If lead and/or copper need to be listed, the table must
contain both the 90th percentile level and the number of sites
over the action level. Since the columns for lead and copper
will have headings different from most of the other
contaminants, it might not be a bad idea to separate this table
from the other table; the same is true with turbidity for
systems that have to report it since the headings are
“Highest single measurement” and “Lowest monthly
percentage.”
Regardless of the type of distribution that was done on the
report, systems must maintain a supply of the complete
report and be ready to send it to any resident who requests a
copy.
Many of the reports contained additional information and
graphics, which help to promote understanding about
drinking water to their customers. A number of cities—
including Cambridge, Richfield, and Woodbury—inserted a
checkmark by the listing of each detected contaminants to
indicate that it met the standard. Cambridge included a
history of its utility with some “Did You Know?” items.
Richfield listed a number of secondary contaminants and other
water characteristics. Richfield listed the levels from both
raw and finished water, which gives their customers an idea
of the effectiveness of the treatment.
Systems that submitted a report on time are having their
reports automatically entered into a contest. Following an
initial screening, the reports will be evaluated by a citizens’
committee and a plaque awarded to the best report in each
of the six AWWA districts in the Minnesota Section with a
grand prize for the best report in the entire state.
In 2000, MDH will again be providing water systems with
a ready-made report. The reports will not be mailed until
late March or early April (the same time they went out this
year), although the deadline for systems to distribute their
reports will be July 1 (three-and-a-half months earlier than in
1999). Systems will have to plan ahead to make sure they
can get their reports distributed by the July 1 deadline.
Testing
Total
43%
11%
46%
77%
10%
13%
Large
38%
11%
51%
Small
Survey results for individual systems are available on the
Minnesota Department of Health web site at:
www.health.state.mn.us/y2k/.
The Division of Emergency Management will be setting
up a 24-hour Y2K emergency center from December 30,
1999 to January 4, 2000, to assist systems that encounter
problems. The phone number for the hotline, along with other
pertinent Y2K information, will be released through the news
media shortly before the end of the year.
The Minnesota Rural Water Association (MRWA) will also
have a 24-hour hotline to provide assistance to systems. The
MRWA hotline number is 1/800/367-6792 and will be staffed
over the New Year’s holiday weekend.
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Spring 2000 Schools
The 2000 Metro Waterworks Operators’ School will be held from Wednesday, April 5 through Friday, April 7 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. Competent Person training will again be offered. It will consist of classroom
training on Thursday morning and on-site training on Thursday afternoon. There will be an additional $30 registration fee
required for those taking the Competent Person training, and attendance will be limited to the first 50 people to register. The
registration for the school (without the Competent Person training) will be $100 ($130 after March 20 or at the door).
Other spring schools:
Southeast School, March 28-30, Best Western Apache, Rochester
Southwest School, April 20, New Ulm
Northeast School, May 10-12, Superior Shores Resort, Two Harbors
Central School, June 14-16, Ruttger’s Bay Lodge, Deerwood
Below is a registration form for the Metro and Southwest schools. The Spring 2000 Waterline will have the entire Metro
School agenda with another registration form that will include the other three-day spring schools.
MRWA Conference
2000 Teleconferences
The 2000 Minnesota Rural Water
Association (MRWA) Technical
Conference will be held at the St. Cloud
Civic Center from Tuesday, March 7
through Thursday, March 9. For more
information, contact the MRWA office
at 218/685-5197 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
The American Water Works Association has set the dates for its 2000 teleconferences. Taste and Odor: Basics and Beyond will be the topic of the teleconference on Thursday, March 9. The other teleconference, with no topic yet assigned, will be on Thursday, November 2. The downlink locations serving the
Minnesota Section will be at the Earle Brown Continuing Education Center in St.
Paul and Memorial Union Hall on the campus of the University of North Dakota in
Grand Forks. All AWWA members will receive registration information in the
mail. A registration form for the March 9 teleconference is below.
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. Questions regarding certification, contact Cindy Cook at 651/215-0751. Questions regarding
registration, contact Jeanette Boothe at 651/215-0755.
AWWA Teleconference: Taste and Odor: Basics and Beyond, March 9, 2000, $60 ($80 after March 1 or at the door).
Check location you wish to attend:
____ Earle Brown Continuing Education Center, St. Paul
____ Memorial Union Hall, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Southeast School, March 28-30, 2000. Best Western Apache, Rochester. Fee: $75 ($90 at the door)
Metro School, April 5-7, 2000, Thunderbird Hotel, Bloomington. Fee: $100 ($130 after March 20 or at the door)
Check here if you want to attend the Competent Person Training (must include an additional $30).
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.
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 28-30, Southeast Waterworks
Operators’ School, Best Western
Apache, Rochester, Contact Paul
Halvorson, 507/292-5193
*April 5-7, Metro Waterworks
Operators’ School, Thunderbird Hotel,
Bloomington, Contact Stew Thornley,
651/215-0771
*April 20, Southwest Waterworks
Operators’ School, New Ulm, Contact
Mark Sweers, 507/389-2501
*May 10-12, Northeast Waterworks
Operators’ School, Superior Shores
Resort, Two Harbors, Contact Stew
Thornley, 651/215-0771
*June 14-16, Central Waterworks
Operators’ School, Ruttger’s Bay Lodge,
Deerwood, Contact Dick Nagy, 320/
587-5151
Minnesota Rural Water Association
Contact Kyle Kedrowski, 1/800/3676792
*March 7-9, Technical Conference,
St. Cloud
April 12, Operation & Maintenance,
Elbow Lake
April 26, Operation & Maintenance,
Pequot Lakes
AWWA Teleconference
March 9, Taste and Odor: Basics
and Beyond, St. Paul and Grand Forks,
Contact Stew Thornley, 651/215-0771
Basic Water Operations
11-week courses on Monday and
Thursday nights starting in January, Twin
Cities locations, Contact John Thom,
612/861-9168
Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency
(Wastewater Operator Training)
Contact Emily Armistead, 651/296-7251
December 15-17, Wastewater
Treatment Technology Seminar,
Maplewood Inn
January 19-21, Annual Collection
System Operators Conference,
Thunderbird Hotel, Bloomington
February 17-18, Land Application of
Biosolids, Residuals, and Effluents Conference, Thunderbird Hotel, Bloomington
March 22-24, Annual Wastewater
Operators Conference, Thunderbird
Hotel, Bloomington
April 5-7, Land Application of
Biosolids—Basic, Holiday Inn, St. Cloud
April 11-13, Stabilization Pond
Seminar, Americinn, Marshall
April 25-27, Stabilization Pond
Seminar, Northern Inn, Bemidji
*Schools/meetings marked with an asterisk include a certification exam
To be eligible to take a certification exam,
applicants must have hands-on operations experience at a drinking water system.
Minnesota Department of Health
121 E. 7th Place Suite 220
P. O. Box 64975
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975
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