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Live Blogging from the California Nevada Section Conference 2012 – Top Ops Begins!

Like a rapid fire machine gun, Joe Guistino rattled off one question after another as the Section’s Top Operators fired back answers with a high degree of accuracy.  It was impressive to witness the wealth of knowledge on display.  On the rare occasion that the operators were “stumped”, the audience was allowed to take a […]

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Live Blogging from the California Nevada Section Conference 2012 – Operators Division Meeting

Wow! Talk about energy.  I attended the Operators Division meeting chaired by Bill Cardinal as an observer, and came away having committed to help him move the Division forward.  It is clear that Bill takes his chairmanship seriously and loves what he is doing.  His enthusiasm is contagious. The various committees that make up the […]

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Live Blogging from the California Nevada Section Conference 2012 – Distribution System Water Quality Committee Meeting

The meeting was chaired by Kathy Lawson of Golden State Water.  The first item discussed was the work being done to update the section’s Distribution System Flushing Manual.  It has not been updated in more than 30 years.  Joe Guistino, the Superintendent of Operations with Coastside County Water District is heading up this project and […]

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Live Blogging from the California Nevada Section Conference 2012 – Arrival

I have arrived in Santa Clara for the CA-NV AWWA Spring Conference, Turning Vision Into Action. I am planning to attend committee meetings tomorrow, and will be live blogging throughout the duration of the conference. Check back tomorrow for an update. For now, Joe Kerschner President American Water College

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Presentation at CA-NV Spring Conference

American Water College President Joe Kerschner will be speaking at the CA-NV section AWWA spring conference!  Mr. Kerschner will be presenting the findings of Palmdale Water District’s research on Activated Carbon, used to comply with the Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule.  He will be co-presenting with Calgon Carbon’s William Zavora Wednesday morning during the technical […]

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Pass Your Certification Exam – Developing a Winning Plan

In my previous posts, we talked about Preparing to Pass, and the Seven Laws of Learning.  In this post, we’re going to take the principles that we learned and use them to Develop a Winning Plan as you approach your certification exams. There are 4 steps to developing a winning plan: Step 1: Identify required […]

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The Seven Laws of Learning

The Seven Laws of Learning Now that we’re preparing for success on our certification exam, let’s take a look at the Seven Laws of Learning.  These laws will be your guide as you study for your certification exam. Law #1: If you think you can’t learn, you’re right Law #2: If you don’t want to […]

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Come look for us at the CA-NV Section AWWA Spring Conference!

American Water College is pleased to announce our participation in the “Turning Vision Into Action” themed California Nevada Section conference. Check out our booth (number 303), enter our drawing, sign up for our monthly newsletter, or just stop by and meet our representatives. We’d love to see you there!

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