Calendar of Events - Colorado Rural Water Association

The Colorado Rural Water Association, in partnership with CDPHE, is offering a FREE one-day Webinar training in your region that includes:

Half-day Clean Water Training & Half-day Drinking Water Training

Designed for operators, this training provides valuable certification prep, Training Units (TUs) for renewal, and up-to-date guidance on regulations and best practices.

Learn why OSHA spent 7-years investigating confined space accidents under the old 1910 General Industry Confined Space Standard and introduced the new 1926 Sub Part AA Confined Space for Construction in 2016. We'll learn what practices and procedures municipalities need to follow to protect employees and your legal responsibilities when you have a general contractor or sub-contractor doing work for your district.

This course integrates foundational concepts with hands-on math practice to support entry-level operators. It demonstrates a variety of problem-solving techniques and strategies used on the job and during certification exams, helping learners gain confidence in applying math to real-world scenarios. Through step-by-step instruction, participants will develop essential math skills, including analyzing word problems, selecting appropriate formulas, applying the order of operations and unit conversions, and performing basic algebraic manipulations. The course also covers key topics such as powers and scientific notation, dimensional analysis, rounding and estimating, solving for unknown values, ratios and proportions, averages, and working with percents and decimals.

Operators will receive a well rounded presentation on the fundamentals of distribution systems with the purpose of preparing them to become certified.

In this course, fundamental aspects of distribution systems are addressed, including:
-Operator Certifications
-Distribution Network Components
-Distribution Hydraulics
-System Performance
-Distribution Storage
-Distribution Water Quality Issues
-Disinfection in Distribution Systems
-Monitoring Distribution Water Quality
-Practices to Enhance Water Quality
Each topic listed will be covered for 30 minutes.

This comprehensive training course provides an in-depth look at the microscopic pillars of the activated sludge treatment process which are the indicators of the age & health of the biomass, and when properly balanced, are the essential residents of your sludge basin that can produce an excellent quality effluent. This thorough training can be separated into 3 sections individually or provided as a whole.