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Sandi Miller, Executive Director (Editor) Teri Denney, Assistant Executive Director

MWWC MAIN LINES Training News and Information of the Missouri Water &

Wastewater Conference and Its Six Regional Sections

ISSUE 108 POST SECTION/PRE-ANNUAL MEETING EDITION JUNE 2019 No. 2

Annual Meeting August 1 & 2, 2019 Capitol Plaza Hotel

415 W. McCarty Street Jefferson City, MO 65101

For more information, see pages 5-12 of this newsletter

or visit our webpage, www.mwwc.net

Post Section Meeting Reports

East Central Section

The 2019 East Central Section Meeting was held in St. Peters on Thursday, April 4 . One

hundred-twenty operators and twenty-seven vendor reps attended the event. Incoming officers

are Chair Taylor Flynn Elhoffer, MAWC Chesterfield; Vice Chair Shelley Lane, MAWC

Chesterfield; Secretary Marshall Suddarth, AWR -- Winfield; Treasurer Tony Davis, MAWC

Chesterfield; Training Chair Jessi Pashia, PWSD #2 -- St. Charles County; and Section Board

Rep Don Rea, St. Louis. Next year’s meeting will be held on April 8 in St. Peters.

Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference 3230 Emerald Lane, Suite 500 Jefferson City, MO 65109-4761 Telephone: 573.761.0376 Fax: 573.761.5544

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Midwest Section

2019 - 2020 Midwest Section Officers are Chair Scott Hern, Columbia Water and Light;

Secretary/Treasurer Dean Bryant, Columbia Water and Light; Assistant Secretary/Treasurer

Mark Wild, AWR -- Boonville; Section Board Rep I Kyle Wirts, City of California; and Section

Board Rep II Russell Gerling, City of Alliance Water Resources -- Ashland.

The Midwest Section Meeting will be back in 2020!

Northeast Section

The Northeast Section Meeting was held at the Macon County Park Expo Center on Tuesday,

April 9, 2019. One hundred twenty-five people, including speakers and vendor reps, attended the

event. Section officers for the coming year are Chairman LaDon Atkinson -- AWR Bowling

Green, Vice Chairman John C. Gibson (retired), Secretary/Treasurer Ginny Ismay -- (retired),

and Section Board Rep Matt Everts -- City of Moberly. The section’s Wastewater Plant

Operator of the Year is Rick Dunker -- City of Mexico. Philip Woodward, City of Laclede, is the

section's Kramer Awardee recipient. The City of Princeton is the section's Wastewater

Treatment Plant of the Year. Retirees Don Epperson, John C. Gibson, and Michael Thompson

and outgoing chairman, Brent Orbin -- City of Macon, were also recognized. The next meeting

of MWWC Northeast Section will be held on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at the Macon County Park

Expo Center.

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Northwest Section

The 2019 Northwest Section Meeting was held, at the Stoney Creek

Inn, in St. Joseph, on Thursday, April 4. One hundred thirty-seven

individual registrants plus speakers, vendor reps, spouses and

guests, attended the event. Section officers for the coming year

are: Chair Trudi Burton (retired), Vice Chair Richard Allwood –

Chillicothe; Secretary/Treasurer Michele Allwood --- City of

Maysville, and Section Board Rep. Curtis Hedrick -- Tarkio. Lisa

Adams, MAWC St. Joseph, is this year's Kramer Award Recipient.

Outstanding Water Operator of the Year is David Scott, KCMO

Water Services. An appreciation award was presented to Trudi

Burton for her service as the section's 2018 - 2019 Chair. Bernard

Meyer, who is retired from MAWC St. Joseph, received the David

L. Williams Award. Next year’s Northwest Section Meeting will be

held in St. Joe on Thursday, April 2.

Elmer L. Wright, City of Archie, passed away on Friday, May 10,

2019. Elmer was a member of the MWWC through the Northwest

Section. In April of 2018, Elmer was named the section's

outstanding operator of the year. Elmer, then shared the honor of State Operator of the Year,

with the East Central Section's Operator of the Year, Erick Kehoe.

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Southeast Section

The Southeast Section held its 2019 Annual

Meeting at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau,

on Wednesday, April 17. Incoming officers are

Chairman Allen Taylor -- City of Cape Girardeau,

Vice Chairman Jon Ridings -- City of Cape

Girardeau, Secretary/Treasurer Todd Fulton --

City of Cape Girardeau, Training Chairman

Jeremy Meyer -- City of Perryville, and Section

Board Representative William Kosky, Jr. -- City

of New Madrid. Jeremy Wellington – City of

Clarkton, is the section’s Kramer Award

Recipient. Brad Bayless – City of Farmington is

the Wastewater Operator of the Year, and Jason Burge -- City of Malden, is the Water oOperator

of the Year, and the Water Distribution Operator of the Year is David McElfresh, PWSD #1

Mississippi County. The 2020 Southeast Section Meeting will be held at the Drury Convention

Center, in Cape Girardeau, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Southwest Section

One hundred fifty-five people attended MWWC’s

2019 Southwest Section Meeting. The event was

held at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds & Event

Center in Springfield, on Tuesday, May 8.

Incoming officers are: Chairman Darren Chitwood

– Webb City; Vice Chairman Chad Copher –

Joplin; Training Chairman Scott Hall –

Springfield; Secretary/Treasurer -- Carthage and

Board Rep Keith Pratt – Springfield. The section's

2019 Kramer Awardee is Richard (Mike) Smith --

Carthage Water & Electric Plant. The date and

location of the 2020 Southwest Section Meeting

will be announced at a later date.

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Annual Meeting Activities & Features

Pre-con events (Wednesday, July 31) Golf Tournament: (see pages 11 & 12) Board Meeting: 4:00 p.m. in the Carnegie Room Vendor Booth Set Up: 5 – 10 p.m.

Pre-con events on Wednesday, July 31 (see above paragraph)

Technical Program #1903595 (see page 9 & 10)

Operator Renewal Credit Hours: 10.0 water treatment, 8.5 distribution, 9.0 wastewater

Meet & Greet Social from 5:00 - 6:30 on Thursday evening, August 1

50/50 Raffle

Cash Door Prizes

Vendor Displays and Give-a-ways

MWWC Provides Link to Technical Assistance Do you have technical questions regarding your water, wastewater, or distribution system? If so, contact Sandi Miller at sandi.miller@mwwc.net or at 573.761.0376, to be put in touch with someone who can help you.

Annual Meeting Door Prizes Visit with our vendors in the exhibit hall and fill out door

prize slips for chances to win. Vendors will draw for their

door prize(s) and will post the name(s) of winners at their

booth. Find your name and claim your prize!

Cash door prizes, an electric smoker, and an HD

TV will also be awarded. You will receive a new

door prize ticket upon entering each technical session.

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Thursday Evening Meet & Greet Social The annual meet and greet social will be held inside the exhibit hall from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Hot food and cold drinks will be served.

50/50 Raffle Raffle tickets will be available for purchase. 50% of the pot will be awarded to the holder of the winning ticket.

Vendor Registration for Annual Vendor Show

Vendor packets for the Annual Vendor Show, August 1 & 2, 2019, have been distributed. The information is also posted on our website, www.mwwc.net. Vendor reps, if you have not received yours and are interested in exhibiting, please contact the central office at 573.761.0376 or email teri@mwwc.net.

Hotel Reservations

To register by phone, call 1-800-338-8088 or 1/573-635-1234 and press one (1) for the reservation department.

Greg Patton Instituform Technologies USA, LLC

580 Goddard Avenue Chesterfield, MO 63005 636/898-5094

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2019 Technical Program & Vendor Show Individual Registration Form

Capitol Plaza Hotel 415 W. McCarty St.

Jefferson City, MO 65101

For Hotel Reservations call 1-800-338-8088 or 1/573-635-1234, press one (1), and ask for a

sleeping room in Missouri Water and Wastewater's Room Block

Thursday, August 1 & Friday, August 2, 2019 Thursday: #1903595 Water 6.5 Distribution 5.0 Wastewater 6.5

Friday: #1903596 Water 3.5 Distribution 3.5 Wastewater 2.5 Full Registration (Both Days) use course #1903595: Water 10.0 Distribution 8.5 Wastewater 9.0

Name as you would like it to appear on your name badge: _______________________________________

Name of employer as you would like it to appear on your name badge: _____________________________

Telephone _____________________________ Email _____________________________________________

Please place a in the box in front of the option for which you are registering.

2-day Member $190

2-day Non-member $265

1-day Member Thursday Friday $145 $125

1-day Non-member Thursday Friday $185

Retired Life MWWC FREE

Day 1 Guest breakfast, 2 breaks, lunch buffet, social hour $70

Day 2 Guest breakfast & morning break $35

Two Day Registrants, please use course #1903596 when paying with blue vouchers.

Name of company/individual for MWWC to invoice for payment:_____________________________________ Billing Address:_____________________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code: ________________________________________________________________________ Fax (area code & number):____________________________________________________________________ Email address of billing contact person:__________________________________________________________ Telephone (area code & number):______________________________________________________________

Method of Payment: ___ Check Enclosed ___ Send Invoice to Address Above ___ Drinking Water Blue Vouchers Enclosed

Please complete this form and return it to MWWC, 3230 Emerald Lane, Suite 500, Jefferson City, MO 65109, by fax to 573/761-5544, or by email to teri@mwwc.net

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MWWC Annual Meeting

Joint Technical Session (Truman Room)

Thursday, August 1

07:45 – 08:00 Program Introduction & Overview

Chairman Devear Redden

08:00 – 08:30 Business Meeting & Awards

Chairman Devear Redden

08:30 – 09:15 DNR Updates

Darleen Groner, P.E., MDNR/Drinking Water Protection Program

…Water and Wastewater Funding Opportunities

Judy Morrison, MDNR/Operator Certification Section

…Operator Certification Regulation Updates

09:15 – 10:15 Basic Theory of Utility

Locating

Tony Caldarella, Rep com

International

10:15 – 10:45 Break with Vendors

10:45 – 11:45 Pumps & Pump Stations

Chris Dickason & Mark

Mayer, Enviro-line

11:45 – 12:30 Dirty Power Problems

Mark Price, Electric Controls Co.

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MWWC Annual Meeting

Split Technical Sessions (Truman & Lincoln Rooms)

Thursday, August 1 Water Session -- Truman Room

Robert S. Miller Memorial Operator Workshop DNR Compliance Inspection and Water Quality

By John Betz

01:30 – 02:00 Introduction to Maintaining Water Quality in Community Systems

02:00 – 02:30 Developing a Cross Connection Control Program

02:30 – 03:00 Developing and Implementing a Distribution System Flushing Program

03:00 – 03:30 Break with Exhibitors

03:30 – 04:15 Elevated Storage Tanks, Reservoirs, and Water Quality

04:15 – 05:00 Preparing for DNR Sanitary Survey and Compliance Inspection in Your

Water System

Wastewater Session – Lincoln Room

01:30 – 02:15 Biological Nutrient

Removal

Mark Mayer & Chris

Dickason, Enviro-line Co.,

Inc.

02:15 – 03:00 Cured In Place Manhole

Liners

Barry Howell, Visu-Sewer,

Inc.

03:00 – 03:30 Break with Exhibitors

03:30 – 04:15 Servicing Your Equipment: VFD's, Electric Control Panels, and More

Eric Byrne, Zeller Technologies

04:15 -- 05:00 Wastewater System Upgrade at Bennett Springs State Park

Tom Gredell, P.E., Gredell Engineering Resources, Inc.

Please sign the DNR Roster, at the end of each day, whether or not you are a certified operator

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Joint Session (Truman Room)

Friday, August 2

08:00 – 09:00 Pipe Cleaning Technology

Lisa Douglas, ACE

Pipecleaning

09:00 - 10:00 Missouri Water Resources

Danny Flynn, Flynn Drilling

Company, Inc.

Danny Flynn

10:00 - 10:30 Break with Exhibitors

10:30 - 11:30 The Maintainers: A Dying Occupation

Phil Walsack, Burns and McDonnell

11:30 - 12:00 Open Forum Discussion: Maintenance Philosophies: preventive and

predictive maintenance, energy savings, OSHA safety regulations --

cities are not exempt, ...

Eric Byrne, Zeller Technologies, Inc.

Mark Peden, Alliance Pump

Phil Walsack, Burns and McDonnell

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Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference Golf Tournament

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

$40.00 per player

Oak Hills Golf Center

932 Ellis Blvd. Jefferson City, MO 65101

9:30 a.m. check in Tournament begins at 10:00 a.m.

Four person scramble

Shot gun start

Lunch (hotdog, chips, soda)

Cash prizes

Directions to the Course:

From the Capitol Plaza Hotel, head toward Missouri Blvd on W. McCarty St. 314 ft. Turn left onto Missouri Boulevard .4 miles. Turn left and take ramp onto US-54 W toward Lake of the Ozarks for 1.8 miles. Take the MO/C/Ellis Blvd/Southwest Blvd exit toward Ellis Blvd. for 2 miles. Turn left onto Ellis Blvd (MO-C) for 1 mile. Oak Hills Golf Center, 932 Ellis Blvd. is on the right.

Registration Requested

Before Wednesday, July 24

For information about TEAM ASSIGNMENTS, contact Ed Fisher at james.fisher@como.gov 573.239-4168 OR 573/817-5083

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Golf Tournament Registration

Name of Company: ____________________________________________________________

Name of Individual Completing Form: ____________________________________________

Cell Phone Number: ___________/___________-__________________

Email Address: ____________________________@ ___________________________._____

1. Name:______________________________________________

Company Represented: _______________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________

Area Code & Cell Phone: ______________________________

2. Name:______________________________________________

Company Represented: _______________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________

Area Code & Cell Phone: ______________________________

3. Name:______________________________________________

Company Represented: _______________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________

Area Code & Cell Phone: ______________________________

4. Name:______________________________________________

Company Represented: _______________________________

Mailing Address: _____________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: _________________________________

Area Code & Cell Phone: ______________________________

Please make checks or money orders payable to the MWWC and mail to 3230 Emerald Lane, Suite 500, Jefferson City, MO 65109

If faxing or emailing this form or not enclosing payment, choose one of the following options:

Bill Me for Payment in Full Bill My Employer for Payment in Full

Number of Players ____ @ $40.00 = $_________

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Upcoming Training June 18 Cuba Trenching & Spaces: Down in the Ditch June 19 Cameron Preventative Plant Maintenance July 11 Bowling Green Excavate Safely July 17 Moberly Plant Safety & Emergency Planning July 18 Fredericktown Math July 18 Fredericktown Lift Stations July 24 Carterville Asset Management August 21 Hillsboro Water Quality + DNR Compliance Inspection August 29 Lebanon Excavate Safely September 4 Lake Ozark Excavate Safely For more information about these and other MWWC sponsored training events, visit the training program link of our website, www.mwwc.net.

If you would like to receive announcements, of upcoming MWWC sponsored training events, by email or fax, contact Sandi Miller at sandi.miller@mwwc.net or 573/761-0376

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Sandi Miller, Executive Director (Editor) Teri Denney, Assistant Executive Director

MWWC MAIN LINES Training News and Information of the Missouri Water &

Wastewater Conference and Its Six Regional Sections

ISSUE 108 POST SECTION/PRE-ANNUAL MEETING EDITION JUNE 2019 No. 2

Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference 3230 Emerald Lane, Suite 500 Jefferson City, MO 65109-4761 Telephone: 573.761.0376 Fax: 573.761.5544