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Rayne Civic Center
112 Frog Festival Drive
Rayne, LA

LDH has approved this training for 4 hours of CEUs in both Water & Wastewater. (Course Approval #57175)

4:30pm-5:00pm – Registration
5:00pm to 5:10pm — Introductions and Course Purpose
5:10pm to 5:30pm – USDA/EPA Sustainable Managed Utility, Ten Key Management Areas Identified
5:30pm to 5:50pm – Product Quality Review
5:50pm to 6:10pm — Employee Leadership Development Review
6:10pm to 6:30PM — Operational Optimization Review
6:30pm to 6:45PM— Break/Supper sponsored by:  Dove Environmental, Inc
6:45pm to 7:15pm — Financial Viability Review
7:15pm to 7:35pm — Infrastructure Stability Review
7:35pm to 7:55pm — Operational Stability Review
7:55pm to 8:15pm — Stakeholder Understanding & Support Review
8:15pm to 8:45pm – Rating Your System – Self Evaluation
8:45pm to 9:15pm – Review and Discuss the Results of the Self Evaluations

Note: There will be follow up on-site visits offered to attendees to meet with other key system personnel to discuss Sustainable Management Utility Practices for the individual system. 

All agenda items topics and discussions will be presented or moderated by Ken Terry, LRWA/USDA Wastewater Technician and Trainer and/or Rusty Reeves, LRWA Deputy Director/Training Specialist

*Management Training – As outlined in LAC 48: Part V. 7707-7719

“As a part of meeting the managerial capacity requirements, all appropriate staff of existing public water systems shall attend a training session provided by the state, its contractors or the state recognized trainers for board members, council members/mayors/owners, etc. Management training for all board members/council members/mayors/owners of existing public water systems will be based on whether their water system has been issued an administrative order, and/or is on the significant non-complier’s list and/or has had primary MCL violations during the past three years. The department will continue to encourage attendance on a voluntary basis at management training sessions by board members/council members/mayors/owners of other public water systems. Training sessions shall be provided periodically and appropriate parties as noted above will have the opportunity to attend one of the scheduled sessions within six months after the system has been notified that is it being evaluated for technical, managerial, and financial capacity.”