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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE American Water College www.americanwatercollege.org [email protected] 661-940-1133    American Water College Becomes Authorized Provider of IACET CEUs Prestigious Accreditation Demonstrates Commitment to High-Quality Lifelong Learning   October 1, 2012 –The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded American Water College the prestigious Authorized Provider accreditation. IACET Authorized Providers are the only […]

I spent the morning sitting in on classes presented by the Water Quality Division of the CA-NV Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).  The Water Treatment Committee, chaired by Joy Eldridge of Napa, coordinated a series of presentations that focused on removing organic contaminants from water sources in an effort to reduce the […]

The Top Ops Final round was played out during the Rock Star Lunch.  The teams making it to the finals were the Smooth Operators from Alameda County Water District, the Ace Apprentices from San Francisco, and the Water Dogs, which was a combined team of Jeff Page from Montara Water and Sanitary District &  Steve […]

Due to limitations in the state budget, Cindy Forbes with CDPH was not able to attend the conference and give her customarily entertaining regulatory update.  Bruce Burton did a wonderful job standing in for Cindy.  He quickly covered five areas.  These include Waterworks Standards,  Stage 2 D/DBP regs, LT1 and LT2 regs, Groundwater Recharge regs, […]

Section Chair Steve Dennis opened the conference by introducing Jamie Williams, Mayor of Santa Clara.  The Mayor welcomed the American Water Works Association to his city and spoke about the important role each of the attendees played in delivering safe water to their customers.  He also bragged about the 49er’s future move to a Stadium […]