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2021 NRWA Announcements/Events
2021 NRWA Announcements/Events
"Energy Efficiency Program: Where the Rubber Meets the Road"
March 4, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Dennis Brown | Georgia Rural Water Association
Energy represents the largest controllable cost of providing water or wastewater services to the public, accounting for 20 – 60% of a city’s total electric bill. Most facilities were designed and built when energy costs were not a major concern. Enhanced knowledge of wastewater biology coupled with equipment innovations in the last 20 years has resulted in energy conservation opportunities cities can easily implement, often with zero or very low capital investment, and almost always pay for themselves in a very short time. The Energy Efficiency Technician provides hands-on assistance to the utility in the first steps of developing and implementing a systematic energy management program. The short-term goal is to educate management on how energy is used and billed, identify areas of major energy usage in the facility and develop strategies to reduce that usage. The ultimate goal is to provide a framework for implementing these strategies and provided continued assistance in developing an energy conservation culture.
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"Building Your Water Quality Surveillance and Response System"
February 25, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Zachary Barkjohn | Sensus
Water quality is always top of mind for utilities, but typically efforts have been focused at the treatment plant and not throughout the distribution system. To go beyond treatment, ensuring high quality at the end-user, a robust surveillance and response system needs to be put in place, which is often easier to implement than one would expect.
In recent years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a framework that provides beneficial guidance to water utilities on adaption strategies for building a system and organization that proactively responds to contamination events.
In this webinar, you will learn how the EPA framework could apply to your system and what technology you may already have in place that can further these efforts. A smart utility network is closer than you think and can make the difference in the health and safety of your community.
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"Non-Revenue Water: Matching the Right Tool to the Right Job"
February 4, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Zachary Barkjohn, Joseph Dryer | Sensus
In today's marketplace there are many resources available to water utilities for mitigating real loss, but it can difficult to discern where and when to use the various tools and techniques. The water audit provides a high-level quantification of real losses but doesn’t inform on exactly where the losses are occurring. Ground mics, correlators, or inline tools are effective tools for pinpointing loss; but are labor-intensive and costly. Monitoring systems can focus on these more expensive or labor-intensive tools where they are most likely to be successful and alert utilities of new problems. Just like the hammer and the screwdriver have a place in the toolbox, so do the different water loss tools. By focusing on the tools application, strengths, and weakness through the use of case studies, this presentation presents an overview of monitoring technologies and how they can guide more effective water loss control plans.
Register Now!
March 4, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Dennis Brown | Georgia Rural Water Association
Energy represents the largest controllable cost of providing water or wastewater services to the public, accounting for 20 – 60% of a city’s total electric bill. Most facilities were designed and built when energy costs were not a major concern. Enhanced knowledge of wastewater biology coupled with equipment innovations in the last 20 years has resulted in energy conservation opportunities cities can easily implement, often with zero or very low capital investment, and almost always pay for themselves in a very short time. The Energy Efficiency Technician provides hands-on assistance to the utility in the first steps of developing and implementing a systematic energy management program. The short-term goal is to educate management on how energy is used and billed, identify areas of major energy usage in the facility and develop strategies to reduce that usage. The ultimate goal is to provide a framework for implementing these strategies and provided continued assistance in developing an energy conservation culture.
Register Now!
"Building Your Water Quality Surveillance and Response System"
February 25, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Zachary Barkjohn | Sensus
Water quality is always top of mind for utilities, but typically efforts have been focused at the treatment plant and not throughout the distribution system. To go beyond treatment, ensuring high quality at the end-user, a robust surveillance and response system needs to be put in place, which is often easier to implement than one would expect.
In recent years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a framework that provides beneficial guidance to water utilities on adaption strategies for building a system and organization that proactively responds to contamination events.
In this webinar, you will learn how the EPA framework could apply to your system and what technology you may already have in place that can further these efforts. A smart utility network is closer than you think and can make the difference in the health and safety of your community.
Register Now!
"Non-Revenue Water: Matching the Right Tool to the Right Job"
February 4, 2021 | 2:00 pm CST
Speakers: Zachary Barkjohn, Joseph Dryer | Sensus
In today's marketplace there are many resources available to water utilities for mitigating real loss, but it can difficult to discern where and when to use the various tools and techniques. The water audit provides a high-level quantification of real losses but doesn’t inform on exactly where the losses are occurring. Ground mics, correlators, or inline tools are effective tools for pinpointing loss; but are labor-intensive and costly. Monitoring systems can focus on these more expensive or labor-intensive tools where they are most likely to be successful and alert utilities of new problems. Just like the hammer and the screwdriver have a place in the toolbox, so do the different water loss tools. By focusing on the tools application, strengths, and weakness through the use of case studies, this presentation presents an overview of monitoring technologies and how they can guide more effective water loss control plans.
Register Now!