*MANAGEMENT TRAINING

4:30pm-5:00pm – Registration
5:00pm-6:15pm — Management Practices/Defining Responsibilities: Ken Terry, LRWA/USDA Wastewater Technician & Trainer
6:15pm-6:30pm – Break/Snack sponsored by: Louisiana Insurance, LLC
6:30pm-6:45pm – Insurance Needs: Jason Smith, Louisiana Insurance, LLC
6:45pm-8:00pm — Financial Practices: Rusty Reeves, LRWA Deputy Director
8:00pm-8:45pm — State & Federal Regulations for Public Water Systems: David Ryals, LRWA/USDA Water Circuit Rider
8:45pm-9:15pm — Technical: Rusty Reeves, LRWA Deputy Director

*Management Training – As outlined in LAC 48: Part V. 7707-7719
“Management Training. 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 other 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/owner’ 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.”

7:00am-8:00am – Registration
8:00am-8:15am – Introductions: Rusty Reeves, LRWA/Deputy Director and Training Specialist
8:15am-9:15am – Fluoride: T. Jay Ray, Louisiana Oral Health Program
9:15am-10:00am — Stage 2 Disinfectant/Disinfection Byproducts Rule: Caryn Benjamin or Sean Nolan, LDH Central Office Staff
10:00am-11:00am — Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR);  Level 1 and Level 2 Assessments: Danny Mortimer, District Sanitarian Engineer
11:00am-12:00pm — Sanitary Surveys and Significant Deficiencies: Autumn Permenter/Hannah Beatty – District Engineer/Region 7 Engineer
12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch sponsored by: Water Utility Technologies, Inc
1:00pm-1:30pm — Water Billing/Data Management: Josh Oman & Mike Taylor, Water Utility Technologies, Inc
1:30pm-2:15pm – Enforcement: Silas Corkern, LDH Enforcement Program Administrator
2:15pm-3:00pm — Lead & Copper Rule: Jeremy Harris, LDH Central Office Staff
3:00pm-4:00pm — Cross Connection Control: James Monroe, LDH Region 6
4:00pm-4:45pm — Issuing and Rescinding Boil Advisories: William Charlot/Rachael Bruce, Region 6 Engineer/Sanitarian 4
4:45pm-5:00pm — Questions and Discussion

7:00am-8:00am – Registration
8:00am-8:15am — Introduction and Certification Rule: Ken Terry, LRWA/USDA Wastewater Technician & Trainer
8:15am-9:00am — Asset Management: Ken Terry, LRWA/USDA Wastewater Technician & Trainer
9:00am-10:00am — Water Billing/Data Management: Josh Oman & Michael Taylor, Water Technologies, Inc.
10:00am-11:00am — Activating Your Sludge in Lagoons: Jerry Bidleman, Reliant Water Technologies
11:00am-12:00pm — Eliminating FOG and H2S in Lift Stations: Jerry Bidleman, Reliant Water Technologies
12:00pm-1:00pm – Lunch sponsored by: Reliant Water Technologies
1:00pm-2:00pm — O-zone Water Treatment: City of Winnfield Staff
2:00pm-4:30pm — Tour Winnfield Water O-Zone Treatment Plant and Wastewater Boat Clarifier
4:30pm-5:00pm — Questions and Discussion