Central District
The three day Central District training session will be held on June 11 - 13, 2008 at Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge in Deerwood, MN.
Agenda
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Morning
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:45 a.m. Welcome
9:00 a.m. Rushford Flooding Recover Efforts - Jeff Dale, MN Rural Water Association
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. MN Water and Wastewater Response Network (MN WARN) - Pete Moulton, St. Peter Public Works
11:15 a.m. Rushford Floods: An MDH Perspective - Mark Sweers, MN Department of Health
12:00 p.m. Lunch
or
9:00 a.m. Exam Prep - Math
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Afternoon
1:00 p.m. Gopher State One Call Review - Jon Eisele, Gopher State One Call
2:00 p.m. Water Distribution System Modeling - Tom Welle, Ulteig Engineering
3:00 p.m. Watkins Water and Sewer Reconstruction Project - John Graupman, Bolton & Menk
or
1:00 p.m. Exam Prep - Operations
5:30 p.m. Dinner
Thursday, June 12 , 2008
Morning
8:00 a.m. MDH Update - Lih-in Rezania, MN Department of Health
8:45 a.m. Large Meter Calibration and Rebuilding - Bob Poston, Munitech, Inc.
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. IDSE - Initial Distribution System Evaluation: What it Means & What it Means to You - Andrew Marsh, Howard R. Green Co.
10:30 a.m. Competitive Bidding: A Case Study - Lisa Vollbrecht, St. Cloud Public Utilities
11:00 a.m. Water for People
11:30 a.m. MN AWWA Central District Business Meeting & Election of Vice Chair - Lisa Vollbrecht, Central District Chair
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Afternoon
1:00 p.m. On-site Chorine Generation - Grant Meyer, Advanced Engineering & Environmental Services (AE2S)
2:00 p.m. Meter Madness - Chris Glassing, American Ductile Iron Pipe Company
2:45 p.m. Operator Interface
6:00 p.m. Dinner and Awards
Friday, June 13, 2008
Morning
8:00 a.m. Direction of AWWA - Karla Peterson, MN AWWA Section Chair
8:15 a.m. New Plant Startups: Baxter - Grant Meyer, AE2S; St. Joseph - Greg Johnson, SEH; Albany - Mark Wallace, Bonestroo.
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Legislative Updates - Craig Johnson, League of MN Cities
11:00 a.m. Structural Lining of Water Mains - Bernie Bullert, TKDA
11:45 a.m. Closing Remarks and Drawings
or
9:00 a.m. Exams
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Full American Package
Two-Night Rate (includes 6.5 percent Minnesota state tax), covers lunch on Wednesday through lunch on Friday
$266.26 double occupancy per person;
$353.58 single occupancy per person;
$119.28 spouse rate per night (when staying with attendee at single rate)
Early Arrival on Tuesday (includes Wednesday breakfast):
$107.56 per person; $59.64 spouse rate per night (when staying with attendee at single rate)
Registration Fees:
$60 if staying at Ruttger’s; $130 if not staying at Ruttger’s; $10 extra for both if paying at the door
We have included the hyperlinks to the conference and hotel for your convenience:
2008 Conference Registration Form or the Hotel Registration Form.
Contact Lisa Vollbrecht for more information.