Sponsored by:
Montana Environmental Training Center
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Montana Rural Water Systems
TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017
7:30 AM REGISTRATION
Location
Room 139 (Moderator - Greg Butts)
8:00 AM Welcome to the 23rd Annual Kalispell Spring Water School
0.025 Dual CECs
Greg Butts, DEQ, Pete Boettcher, DEQ and Barb Coffman, METC
8:15 AM Safety Compliance Inspections of Water & Wastewater Facilities & New Direction of the Montana DLI Safety & Health Bureau
Jerry Laughery, MT DLI Safety & Health Bureau
0.150 Dual CECs
BREAK (0.025 Dual CECs must attend classes for CECs right before and after break to receive credit)
9:45 AM
Wastewater
Room 204
(Moderator: Reta Therriault)
10:00 AM Troubleshooting Lagoons
Water & Wastewater
Water
Room 139 (Mod: Greg Butts)
Room 205 (Mod: Melissa Lanza)
Operation Lifesaver
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
Clark Wheeler, MTOLI
0.100 WW CECs
Nutrient Removal Using Lagoons
Room 202
Welcome and How to Take An ABC Exam
Jen VandenBos, DEQ
Diane Jordan, DEQ
0.100 Dual CECs
Sustainability of Water &
Wastewater Systems
11:00 AM
Sampling & Monitoring for
Chemical & Radiological
Compliance
Certification Review
No CECs
0.100 Water CECs
Water
Room 202
Wastewater
Room 203
LT2 Rule - 2nd Round Sample SDWA & General Wastewater Basics
Infomration
Water Terms
Lisa Kaufman, DEQ
0.050 Water CECs
OPEN
Ground Water Flow to Wells
& Source Water Protection
11:30 AM
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
Coralyn Revis, HDR
Jeffry Herrick, DEQ
0.100 Dual CECs
0.100 WW CECs
Cert Review
Room 208
0.100 Water CECs
Julie Allen, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
No CECs
No CECs
LUNCH (ON YOUR OWN)
12:00 PM
Wastewater
Room 204 (Mod: Jen VandenBos)
Water & Wastewater
Room 139 (Mod: Mike Kropp)
Domestic Sewage Lagoons 1:00 PM Upcoming Discharge
Requirements
Emergency for Water &
Wastewater Systems
Water
Room 205 (Mod: Melissa Lanza)
Water
Wastewater
Room 202
Room 203
Navigating DEQ's Website for Water Definitions Mechanical &
Source Water Protection
Lagoon Systems
Cert. Review
Room 207
OPEN
Jeffrey Herrick, DEQ
0.050 Water CECs
Source Water Protection
Reports: What is in Them &
How to Use Them
1:30 PM
Christine Weaver, DEQ
2:00 PM Wastewater Pretreatment
0.100 Dual CECs
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
0.075 WW CECs
2:45 PM
Septic System Construction,
Operation & Maintenance
0.050 Water CECs
Zebra Mussel Invassion - Challenges with Treating the
Potential Affects to Water Milk River
& Wastewater Systems
Dell Phipps, City of Kalispell WWTP
3:00 PM
Jeffrey Herrick, DEQ
Lisa-Kay Keen, DEQ
0.100 WW CECs
0.075 Dual CECs
Jeff Ashley, Morrison-Maierle
0.075 Water CECs
BREAK (0.025 Dual CECs must attend classes for CECs right before and after break to receive credit)
DEQ Water Quality
City of Whitefish Water Plant Safety for Small Wastewater
Division: Overview of
Tour
Systems
Microbiology
Products & Services
Kari Smith, DEQ
Mod: Mike Kropp
Jeffrey Herrick, DEQ
Mod: Pete Boettcher
5:00 PM
Nick Clos, MRWS
No CECs
0.100 Dual CECs
Current Terms, Trends &
Technology in Leak
Detection
4:00 PM
Nick Clos, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
No CECs
No CECs
Disinfection
Nick Clos, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
Cory Simonson, Utility Service Assoc. Dee Benbrook, City of Whitefish
0.200 WW CECs Mod: Mike Kropp
0.100 Dual CECs Mod: Tammy Filliater 0.200 Water CECs
No CECs
N0 CECs
ADJOURN
OPEN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
Wastewater
Location
Room 204 (Mod: Pete Boettcher)
8:00 AM What to Expect During an
Water & Wastewater
Room 139 (Mod: Greg Butts)
Room 205 (Mod: John Price)
Cert. Review - Water
Cert. Review - WW
Room 202
Room 203
NetDMR Beyond the Basics
UV Disinfection for
Groundwater Systems
Formula Sheet
Question & Answer
Session
Formula Sheet
Question &
Answer Session
Gina Self, DEQ
Libby Henrikson, DEQ
John Camden, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
Operation & Maintenance
Lagoon Inspection
Mike Abrahamson, DEQ
Water
0.100 WW CECs
0.100 Dual CECs
9:00 AM Basics of Wastewater Lab
0.100 Water CECs
Public Notice Refresher & Math Review 1 Update to Auto Notification Basics
System
Wastewater Math
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
Lisa Kaufman, DEQ
Roger Skogen, MRWS
0.075 WW CECs
0.075 Dual CECs
John Camden, MRWS
0.075 Water CECs
Room 208
OPEN
No CECs
No CECs
Ambient Water Quality
Analysis & Pumps & Valves Monitoring & Equipment
Fernandes & Hezel, DEQ
Cert. Review
No CECs
No CECs
No CECs
BREAK (0.025 Dual CECs must attend classes for CECs right before and after break to receive credit)
9:45 AM
Wastewater (Mod: Jen VandenBos)
Water & Wastewater
Water (Mod: Melissa Lanza)
Cert. Review - Water
Cert. Review - WW
Cert. Review
(Mod: Tammy Filliater)
10:00 AM What is a Wastewater CPE
Don't Jeopardize the Water
(Comprehensive
Performance Evaluation)?
Understanding the Mystery Math Review 2 of Your Drinking Water Well Hydraulics
(A Tabletop Exercise)
John Camden, MRWS
No CECs
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
0.100 WW CECs
11:00 AM Industrial Storm Water
11:30 AM
Systems
Diane Jordan & Lisa Kaufman, DEQ
0.150 Dual CECs
Operation &
Maintenance
Save Your Self From Drowning
Barb Coffman, METC
Lisa-Kay Keen, DEQ
Wastewater Math OPEN
Continued
0.100 WW CECs
0.050 Dual CECs
John Camden, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
Mike Kropp & Greg Butts, DEQ
0.200 Water CECs
No CECs
No CECs
LUNCH (On Your Own)
12:00 PM
Wastewater
(Mod: Pete Boettcher)
Water & Wastewater (Mod: Scott Patterson)
1:00 PM City of Kalispell Wastewater Real Time Online Water Quality
Water (Mod: Mike Kropp)
Lead & Copper Rule &
Sample Site Plans
Plant Tour
Monitoring
Be at the Wastewater Plant by 1pm.
2001 Airport Road
Jacob McGough, Pipestone Equipment
John Price, DEQ
0.100 Dual CECs
Transients in Pipelines
2:00 PM
Cert. Review - Water
Cert. Review - WW
Groundwater - Basic Practice Exam
Chemistry
Julie Allen, MRWS
No CECs
0.100 Water CECs
How to Conduct a RTCR
Level 1 Assessment
Groundwater Treatment
Cert. Review - SWT
Surface Water
Basics - Source
Water Issues &
Conventional
Treatment
Dell Phipps, City of Kalispell
Jacob McGough, Pipestone Equipment
Libby Henrikson, DEQ
Julie Allen, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
John Camden, MRWS
0.175 WW CECs
No CECs
0.075 Dual CECs
No CECs
No CECs
0.075 Water CECs
2:45 PM
3:00 PM Sampling for Compliance &
Process Control
Lisa-Kay Keen, DEQ
Mod: Reta Therriault
BREAK (0.025 Dual CECs must attend classes for CECs right before and after break to receive credit)
Confined Spaces - Are you
What to Expect During a
Distribution System Wastewater
Entering the Twilight Zone?
RTCR Level 2 Assessment Basics
Regulations,
Disinfection &
Sludge Disposal
Melissa Lanza, DEQ
0.100 WW CECs
Mod: Mike Kropp
4:00 PM Understanding DEQ's
DEQ Review Process for
Water Projects
Compliance Process
Lisa-Kay Keen, DEQ
Mod: Reta Therriault
5:00 PM
0.100 Water CECs
Diane Jordan, DEQ
0.100 WW CECs Mod: Libby Henrikson
SWT - Techniques
& Log Inactivation
John Camden, MRWS
No CECs
SWT - Monitoring
Requirements
Mike Kropp, DEQ
Julie Allen, MRWS
Roger Skogen, MRWS
John Camden, MRWS
No CECs
No CECs
No CECs
0.200 Dual CECs Mod: Melissa Lanza 0.100 Water CECs
ADJOURN
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017
Location
8:00 AM
Wastewater
Water & Wastewater
Water
Cert. Review - Water
Cert. Review - WW
Room 204 (Mod: Reta Therriault)
Room 139 (Mod: Greg Butts)
Room 205 (Mod: Barb Coffman)
Room 202
Room 203
Collection System & Lift Station
Operation & Maintenance
pH Meters & Chemcial
Terminology
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
Jon Cuthbertson, ME Labs
0.100 WW CECs
9:00 AM
Wastewater Safety
No CECs
Math Review Requested Problems
0.100 Dual CECs
Water - Room 204
Water & WW - Room 139
Wastewater - Room 205
(Mod: Pete Boettcher)
(Mod: Melissa Lanza)
(Mod: Barb Coffman)
Nitrates & Nitrites in Drinking
Water
Excavation Safety
Wastewater Microbiology
Scott Patterson, DEQ
JP Gordon, Northwestern Energy
Barb Coffman, METC & Tammy Filiater, DEQ
11:00 AM
General Review &
Questions for Surface
Water & Groundwater
0.175 Dual CECs
Julie Allen, MRWS
0.175 Dual CECs
22nd ANNUAL KALISPELL SPRING WATER SCHOOL ADJOURNED
METC & MRWS Thank You for Attending the 23rd Kalispell Spring Water School and Your Support!!
Please Travel Safely!!
1:00 - 5:00
Roger Skogen, MRWS
No CECs
No CECs
General Review &
Questions Continued
John Camden, MRWS
0.175 WW CECs
12:00 PM
John Camden, MRWS
0.200 Dual CECS
BREAK (0.025 Dual CECs must attend classes for CECs right before and after break to receive credit)
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
John Camden, MRWS
Tammy Filliater, DEQ & Barb Coffman
Robert Marsden, EPA
0.100 WW CECs
Math Review 3 - Dosage General Review &
Calculations
Questions
0.100 Dual CECs
Water & Wastewater
Criminal Enforcement Case
Statutes & Case Studies
Pete Boettcher, DEQ
Location
Drinking Water Microbiology
Certification Examinations
Location: Flathead Valley Community College Room 139
Registration: 12:30 PM with Exams Administered from 1:00 - 5:00 PM
Roger Skogen, MRWS
No CECs
No CECs