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Course Description: This course reviews the basic elements
of water system technical, managerial, and financial capacity
and provides methods for assessing the technical capacity of water
systems. The course provides tools to solve technical capacity
issues for water systems.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff, technical
assistance providers and water system personnel who are implementing
or overseeing the implementation of capacity development programs.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Peter Shanaghan at (202)
564-3848, shanaghan.peter@epa.gov.
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Course Description: This module examines issues related
to the management structure of a water system. This course covers
ownership accountability, staffing and organization, and effective
linkages to customers and regulatory agencies.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff, technical
assistance providers and water system personnel who are implementing
or overseeing the implementation of capacity development programs.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Peter Shanaghan at (202)
564-3848, shanaghan.peter@epa.gov.
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Course Description: This course describes the role of
finances in water system capacity development; reviews the basic
elements of water system technical, managerial, and financial
capacity; highlights the importance of rate revenues in building
the capacity of water systems; and provides methods for assessing
the financial capacity of water systems.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff, technical
assistance providers and water system personnel who are implementing
or overseeing the implementation of capacity development programs.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Peter Shanaghan at (202)
564-3848, shanaghan.peter@epa.gov.
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Course Description: This course focuses on ratemaking
issues related to capacity development. It addresses the role
of rates; the ratemaking process; types of rate structures; and
rates and affordability.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff, technical
assistance providers and water system personnel who are implementing
or overseeing the implementation of capacity development programs.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Peter Shanaghan at (202)
564-3848, shanaghan.peter@epa.gov.
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Course Description: States and local governments that
are conducting comprehensive sanitary surveys are probably already
addressing many of the issues covered by capacity development.
The course reviews the eight elements of a sanitary survey and
discusses the relevant capacity development issues in each.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State, Tribal and EPA Regional staff, technical
assistance providers and water system personnel who are implementing
or overseeing the implementation of capacity development programs.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Peter Shanaghan at (202)
564-3848, shanaghan.peter@epa.gov.
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Course Description: This course offers approaches designed
to assist small systems in understanding the full range of challenges
and opportunities they face in the very near future. Acknowledging
the increasing regulatory burden to be faced by small systems,
the workshops will cover issues such as source water supply and
protection; existing infrastructure repair and replacement; system
organizational structures; new regulations; technologies for compliance;
and financial issues. Specific tools and techniques to assist
systems in identifying and prioritizing strategic issues and identifying
optimum solutions are also presented.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C.
Intended for: System managers and decision makers; consulting
engineers; technical assistance providers; State drinking water
agency personnel; public utility commission staff; State utility
consumer advocate staff; State and Federal financial assistance
providers; and contract service providers.
Attendance Restrictions: Only for small systems.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Deborah McCray at (202)
564-3843, mccray.deborah@epa.gov.
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Course Description: A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation
(CPE) is an evaluation of a surface water plant to determine whether
it is operating at optimum capacity and maintaining compliance
with applicable drinking water regulations. This training raises
awareness and lays a foundation for understanding the importance
of CPEs. This fundamentals course is the first step in building
capacity and familiarizing States with the concept of a CPE, and
can help States determine whether they will conduct CPEs or provide
oversight to a third party that conducts them. Note that this
course is not intended to train students to conduct a CPE. This
basic training course addresses the following questions:
- What is a CPE?
- How does a CPE work?
- How do CPEs fit into the bigger picture (e.g., Area Wide Optimization
Program)?
- Why is a CPE beneficial to the State and the water system?
States deciding to conduct their own CPEs would progress to CPE
201 and CPE 301, whereas States deciding to have a third party
conduct the CPEs would progress to CPE 202.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: EPA Regional and State staff, technical
assistance providers and consulting engineers. (Training for EPA
Regional and State staff would be conducted separately from other
stakeholder training.)
Duration: Two to two and a half days. The format of CPE
101 is envisioned to include classroom training (1 to 1.5 days)
with a small field component (0.5 day) to expose students to a
surface water treatment plant.
For More Information, Contact: Nicole Foley at (202) 564-3833,
foley.nicole@epa.gov.
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Course Description: The concepts behind conducting CPEs
at surface water treatment plants are introduced through a series
of classroom presentations, workshops and a three and a half day
field exercise at a surface water treatment plant. After the course,
a full CPE report is produced based on the findings of the field
exercise. Trainees are guided through the process by experienced
instructors. The trainees help the instructors with the investigation
at the surface water plant and present some of the group’s findings
to the plant staff at an exit meeting at the end of the course.
The course is structured to have one day of classroom training
followed by the three and a half days of field exercise.
Sponsored by: EPA Region 6, Source Water Protection Branch,
Dallas, Texas.
Intended for: Field staff responsible for evaluating the
operations of a surface water plant to ensure optimal operation
and to maintain compliance with applicable drinking water regulations.
The course is also useful to State or Regional staff who will
be reviewing CPE reports as required under the Interim Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule.
Attendance Restriction: Attendance for the classroom portion
of the training is unrestricted. The field exercise will be limited
to ten people.
Status: The course is offered as requested by States or
Regions. While the course is free, the requesting Region or State
will need to cover travel and per diem costs of two trainers.
Duration: Four and a half days.
For More Information, Contact: Bill Davis, EPA Region
6, at (214) 665-7536, davis.williamh@epa.gov.
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Course Description: This course covers the components
of a CPE in more detail, helps students establish a procedure
to approve third parties, and trains students to understand what
to look for in reviewing a CPE report. This course is structured
to have one day of classroom training followed by two and a half
days of field exercise.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D. C.
Intended for: State staff responsible for establishing
and overseeing a third party program.
Attendance Restriction: Attendance for the classroom portion
of the training is unrestricted. The field exercise will be limited
to ten people.
Duration: Three and a half days.
For More Information, Contact: Nicole Foley at (202) 564-3833,
foley.nicole@epa.gov.
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Course Description: As a follow-up to the Introduction
to CPEs training course, up to six trainees are facilitated through
two additional drinking water system CPEs. After completion of
these additional CPEs, in addition to the one CPE performed in
the Introduction to CPEs training, the trainee will independently
be able to conduct a CPE. Each session consists of three and a
half days of field work at a drinking water system and one report.
In these evaluations, the trainees conduct the entire exit meeting
and write a report following the evaluations. With each CPE, the
trainee will progressively take on more of the responsibility
of conducting the CPE. Instructors are on hand to facilitate,
guide, answer questions and keep the process on track.
Sponsored by: EPA Region 6, Source Water Protection Branch,
Dallas, Texas.
Intended for: The Progressive CPE Training course is designed
for field staff who will be conducting Comprehensive Performance
Evaluations. It is also useful to State or Regional staff who
will be reviewing CPE reports as required under the Interim Enhanced
Surface Water Treatment Rule.
Attendance Restriction: Restricted to individuals who
have taken the CPE 201 - Introduction to Comprehensive Performance
Evaluations. Attendance is limited to six to 12 people.
Status: The course is offered as requested by States or
Regions. While the course is free, the requesting Region or State
will need to cover travel and per diem costs of two trainers (three
if there are more than six students).
Duration: Three and a half days.
For More Information, Contact: Bill Davis, EPA Region
6, at (214) 665-7536, davis.williamh@epa.gov.
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Course Description: EPA Region 4 has regularly conducted
the Drinking Water System Treatment Workshop since 1995. The Workshop
is designed to build experience, and to enhance investigative
and problem solving skills. This program is centered around the
hands-on drinking water regulator who is called on to assist and
help resolve drinking water problems for public water systems.
The Workshop has been tailored to build these skills based on
specific requests from States to provide training that will allow
in-depth professional development in the area of drinking water
treatment troubleshooting and plant optimization. The Workshop
is conducted by a mix of regulatory and operations experts.
Sponsored by: EPA Region 4.
Intended for: State drinking water program representatives
who regulate drinking water facilities and EPA Regional personnel
who oversee State drinking water programs.
Duration: Four and one-half days.
For More Information, Contact: David Parker at EPA Region
4 at (404) 562-9460, parker.david@epa.gov.
EPA Region 4 is willing to travel to other EPA Regions or States
in order to conduct this course.
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Course Description: The Environmental Finance Center at
Boise State University has developed a proprietary software tool,
CapFinance, to help water systems analyze funding options for
renewal and replacement of assets. The output from this easy-to-use,
icon-driven software program can be integrated into financial
planning and rate-setting as the water supply system strives to
meet customer demands, maintain quality of service, maintain compliance
with SDWA, and secure the financial resources necessary to fund
these efforts. Boise State University has a one-day workshop to
introduce water system staff to CapFinance.
Sponsored by: Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C., and the Environmental Finance Center
at Boise State University.
Intended for: System managers and decision makers; technical
assistance providers; State drinking water agency personnel; public
utility commission staff; State utility consumer advocate staff;
State and Federal financial assistance providers; and contract
service providers.
Duration: One day.
For More Information, Contact: Jamie Bourne at (202)
564-4095 or bourne.james@epa.gov;
or visit the Boise State University Environmental Finance Center
site at http://sspa.boisestate.edu/efc/services.htm.
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