 Apply for the 2021 Iowa Water Industry Leadership Institute!The American Water Works Association - Iowa Section is pleased to announce the seventh session of the Iowa Water Industry Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute is strategically crafted to provide a forum for new and emerging water industry leaders to build their personal leadership skills by offering a balanced blend of discussion-oriented presentations and experience-based, hands-on skill-building. What makes the Iowa Water Industry Leadership Institute distinctive is that the curriculum has been customized to the unique leadership demands of Iowa’s water professions.For more information on the Iowa Water Industry Leadership Institute and to download application materials, visit the Leadership Institute page.Applications must be received by Friday, May 28, 2021. Posted: 5/7/2021 It's Drinking Water Week!
Whether it’s an engineer designing a capital project, an operator ensuring the safety and quality of drinking water or a member of a distribution crew maintaining the infrastructure in our community, water professionals work around the clock to ensure tap water is there when you need it. The Iowa Section AWWA would like to say THANK YOU to all our drinking water professionals! About Drinking Water Week REMINDER - Call for Abstracts due MAY 7! The Iowa Section of the American Water Works Association is extending an invitation to submit an abstract for presentations at the AWWA-IA Annual Meeting on October 26-28, 2021 in Cedar Rapids, IA. Abstracts will be used to develop the program tracks for the annual meeting. The tracks considered are: general interest/all attendees, management, treatment, and distribution. If necessary, preference will be given to those presentations eligible for multiple CEU categories and information pertinent to Iowa utilities and members. All submissions must comply with the following guidelines. Failure to observe these requirements may result in submission errors or rejection of the abstract during the review process.
CLICK HERE to submit an abstract online. Free Online Workshop - Small System Cybersecurity Training This workshop is being held May 18-19, 2021 from 9 am to Noon each day. This workshop is part of a special workshop series made possible through the collaboration of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Partnership for Safe Water. Participants will learn how to recognize cybersecurity threats, how to complete the self-assessment questionnaire, and utilize the AWWA cybersecurity controls for small systems. Based on the cybersecurity self assessment and cybersecurity controls for small utilities, participants learn how to identify at-risk areas and how to apply that with USDA to get the funding started. All participants receive dedicated, follow-up technical assistance and helpful documents from AWWA. What does the workshop cover? Session 1 - Cybersecurity (3 hours of professional credit available) CLICK HERE to register for this event. Iowa Project AWARE River Cleanup Comes to Raccoon River in 2021 Iowa Project AWARE, the annual canoe-based volunteer river cleanup, will convene in central Iowa this year. The cleanup has been set for July 11-16 on the Middle and South Raccoon Rivers in Carroll, Guthrie, and Dallas Counties. A group from the Iowa Section of the American Water Works Association and the Iowa Water Environment Association (IAWEA) is being organized by Taylor Hopper (contact information below). The AWWA/IAWEA group will participate in two to three days on the river, starting July 12. (Sunday, July 11 will consist of a meet & greet and camping.) AWWA/IAWEA members and friends are welcome to participate for all or part of the group outing or even stay longer if desired. Sign up soon for the lowest cost; the pre-sale discount expires April 15. Additional discounts are available for young professional and student members of the Iowa Section AWWA and IAWEA. For more information visit www.iowaprojectaware.org or contact Taylor at 515.233.0000 or [email protected]
Caption: A canoe-maran is utilized to haul a deep freeze found in the river during Iowa Project AWARE Posted: 4/8/2021 ACE21 is All Virtual! AWWA has announced it is transforming the 2021 AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE21) into an all-virtual event. Registration information for the ACE21 All Virtual event and details on refunds, hotel and airline cancellations, exhibit and sponsor questions are available on the ACE website. AWWA Water Equation Recaps 2020 Impact |
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