Water Featured Operator: Kevin Snodgrass By Bob Foerster, NvRWA Kevin Snodgrass is the Kevin graduated from Simi Lines Public Works Director Featured Valley High School in for the Fallon Paiute Operator California. He earned Shoshone Tribe. The a Distribution Operator water system spans Grade 2, and more recently, thirteen miles from a Treatment 1 Certification a neighborhood from the Intertribal Council near Fallon to Stillwater. of Arizona. State certification Wastewater collection systems, is encouraged, but voluntary for with two lift stations and aeration operators of tribal systems.

With Kevin in the leadership role, the transition to arsenic treatment Water Lines is the resource has gone smoothly. He has met newsletter and calendar of the the challenges of starting a new Drinking Water and facility without direct experience at Wastewater Training Coalition. operating. Many Nevada systems will have arsenic treatment installed Volume 22 Fall 2006 Issue in the next few years. To get an idea of the level of difficulty, let’s have a look at the processes. Inside this issue.... Two wells, both located in the Spigot Q & A: ...... 3 plant yard, are used alternately to Regulatory Update...... 3 supply water at 320 gpm summer / 220 gpm winter. The raw water New Board Members...... 4 Kevin Snodgrass of the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe arsenic concentration is in the range Featured System: Hacienda...... 4 of 120 micrograms per liter, and Safety Zone...... 5 pond treatment – evaporative pond must be reduced consistently by disposal, serve two subdivisions in the treatment process to less than ....6 the Stillwater area. Others are on 10 micrograms per liter. The pH of Training Calendar for 2006...... 7 individual septic, or connected to the the raw water is 9.2. The process Fallon municipal system. Snodgrass, is liquid phase iron adsorption, along with two employees, Arlen followed by membrane filtration. Spotlight on: Baca and Cody Downs covers a lot As water enters the building, carbon Southern Nevada of the valley. dioxide is injected to decrease the pH to approximately 6.5, and Water Lines is funded by When Kevin came to the system in ferric chloride (FeCl3) is added. 2002, it was served by wells without Arsenic adsorbs efficiently to iron the Nevada Division of treatment. An arsenic treatment at this pH. As in conventional Environmental Protection facility was commissioned in filtration processes, the iron is in a January, 2005. He had worked coagulated state and easily captured at the water and wastewater by filtration. The Pall brand Editor, Brent Farr, P.E. systems in Gabbs for over twelve membrane filters have a pore size years, and before that was in gold of 0.1 micron. Filtered water flows Editor, and Production, Joe Beard Jr.

mining operations near Austin. (Continued on page 2) Featured Operator: Kevin Snodgrass (Continued from page 1) to an air stripping tank where CO2 as opposed to fifteen ppm for then hauled to a landfill. Addition is physically removed, increasing complete removal. of polymer was discontinued when the pH to 8.0, a point where the Finished water is pumped directly it was found to clog felt bin liners, water is non-corrosive. Product to the distribution system, which and not needed for solids separation. water is then chlorinated to maintain includes a two hundred fifty Felt liners are discarded with the a free available residual chlorine thousand gallon concrete storage sludge. The $1.55 million arsenic concentration of 0.6 to 1.1 mg/L, tank on nearby Rattlesnake Hill. facilities were designed by CH2M and pumps equipped with variable Water then gravity flows from the Hill, with funding from EPA and frequency drives (VFD) move it to Rattlesnake tank to the Stillwater Indian Health Services, and project the distribution system. area, filling a one hundred twenty- administration by IHS. Treatment five thousand gallon elevated added a cost per thousand gallons The fifteen filters, each module storage tank. The system currently of $0.701 in 2005. containing 538 square feet of filter has a total of three hundred thirty area, are backwashed automatically connections, and capacity for As part of the arsenic treatment every twenty minutes. Backwash ninety-nine additional residential upgrades, SCADA was added to the water is pumped to a clarifier connections. system. The wells and arsenic plant which is outfitted with lamella operate when the Rattlesnake tank plates. Solids are pumped from reaches low level, and stop when the clarifier to sludge bins for the tank is filled. The SCADA dewatering and drying. Supernatant system enables the monitoring of is returned to mix with well water system conditions, and the operator at the beginning of the treatment can dial up or view screens from train. Water draining from the remote computers. This all helps dewatering bins flows to municipal where the operation is covered 24/7 sewers. The automated membrane by a staff of three. Remarkably, system performs a pressure-drop Kevin and crew also help other integrity test every fifty-five hours departments with their projects. of run time. Further membrane filter maintenance includes manual Clean Snodgrass has met the small and Carbon Dioxide Storage at Fallon In Place (CIP), which is carried out large challenges starting up and every three months or whenever System connections are not learning the facility. All of this, differential pressure (transmembrane metered, and summer demand except hypochlorination was new, pressure) reaches 30 psi. The can easily exceed plant and even that is a different setup. three-hour CIP procedure includes production. Having experienced There was a lot to take in, from addition of citric and hydrochloric approximately five breaks yearly, chemical handling to maintenance acids, soaking and rinsing. the asbestos-concrete portions to disposal. The plant takes more of the system are slated for attention than originally projected, The treatment process can achieve replacement; this upcoming and the work group stations itself arsenic concentrations down to project may include metering. at the plant. non-detect levels, but is now run to The Rattlesnake Hill tank, built in target seven micrograms per liter, 1980, was recently cleaned, and Kevin’s future challenges include, meeting the MCL with a thirty a felt-backed, rubberized liner of course the pipe replacement percent safety margin. As well was installed. and looping work, and continuing as saving on chemical costs and to improve the process. Lessons membrane loading, the difference The dewatered sludge, containing learned from this facility will be in sludge quantities is nearly fifty arsenic strongly adsorbed to applied at the upcoming arsenic percent, as the ferric dose can be the iron, is dried for one or two removal project at Schurz on the maintained around eight ppm, months (depending on season), Walker River Paiute Reservation.

2 The Spigot NDEP - Regulatory Update By Dana B. Pennington , NDEP Q & A: The Safe Drinking Water Public Water twenty-seven applications, when Supervision Program was moved to completed, will be presented to the the Nevada Division of Environmental Commission for approval at a later Focus on Protection in August of 2005. It is now date. Fourteen of the arsenic exemption called the Bureau of Safe Drinking eligible systems have not contacted Electrical Water. The Division Administrator, Leo the Division. The ability to apply for Drozdoff and Deputy Administrator, an exemption will expire on January Tom Porta have provided the guidance 23, 2009. Fundamentals to incorporate the program into the structure of the Division. The program Many public water systems will receive has adjusted well to the change under notices from the Bureau concerning Q 1. Resistance is measured in: the leadership of Bureau Chief Doug lead and copper monitoring this a. Direct current Zimmerman and has “settled in” and is year. Large water systems (>3300 b. Ohms comfortable at NDEP. Responsibility persons served) are not eligible for c. Amperage for adoption of regulations, approval of nine year monitoring frequencies and d. Valence shell variances and exemptions, and hearings must monitor at three year intervals. for appeals now resides with the State Small systems that are eligible for a Q 2. In circuits, E represents: Environmental Commission. nine year monitoring frequency must also meet 90th percentile lead levels a. Resistance The Bureau has been busy since the of five parts per billion. If not, the b. Voltage move. Regulations for Operator three year monitoring frequency is c. Execute Certification and Water Quality/ required. Rising population levels d. Induction Groundwater Treatment, temporarily within some water systems also require adopted by the State Board of Health, more samples to be collected. The Q 3. Three-phase motors: were permanently adopted by the State Bureau will contact your system and a. Cost less than comparable single- Environmental Commission. These establish your specific monitoring phase motors regulations became effective on requirements. b. Require less maintenance than October 31, 2005. These regulations single phase motors adopted the revised arsenic rule, the Monitoring for the Revised c. Will easily start a heavy load. revised radionuclide rule, the filter Radionuclide Rule was implemented d. All of the above backwash rule, the enhanced surface in 2005 and is in the second year of the water treatment rule, the variance three-year monitoring period. Several Q 4. Transformers are used to: and exemption rules and revisions public water systems have encountered a. Diffuse electrical current to the lead and copper rule. Primacy elevated levels of uranium. These b. Equalize voltage flow package drafts for the arsenic rule and systems have initiated corrective c. Step up or step down voltage variances and exemptions rule have actions to comply with the maximum d. Measure the flow of current been submitted to the U. S. EPA Region contaminant level of 30 micrograms IX office for review. The remaining per liter. There are presently two water Q 5. The device that stores primacy drafts will be submitted this systems operating uranium treatment electrical charges is a/an: year. plants in Nevada.

a. Capacitor The Bureau has received and processed The Groundwater Rule should be b. Inductor sixty-three public water system arsenic promulgated in August 2006. It will c. Transformer exemption requests from a total primarily impact systems experiencing d. Float switch of seventy-seven arsenic impacted coliform maximum contaminant level systems. Exemption requests must meet problems, but will also dictate how Crystel Montecinos, Consultant, Tigren specific criteria before the Division systems must disinfect. The Radon Inc., prepares The Spigot. can recommend approval to the Rule has disappeared but may resurface Commission. Thirty-six requests met in the next year or two. The Bureau Study Material: Arasmith, S., Electrical requirements and will be presented by will cover these rules in subsequent Fundamentals for Water and Wastewater, ACR Publications, 1997 the Division to the State Environmental issues of Water Lines. Please check Commission on September 6, 2006. It the Bureau website (some portions

is anticipated that the Commission will under development) at www.ndep. Answers5.A 4.C; to 3.D; Spigot 2.B; 1.B; grant approval of the exemptions for nv.gov for more information. these water systems. The remaining

3 Nevada Training Coalition Elects New Board Members By Joe Beard Jr., Farr West Engineering

At the March meeting of the NTC Trainer/Educator, and Water Treatment the Water/Water Reclamation Field. Board, two new Board members were Problem Solver. elected. These Board members will fill He is the recipient of the George the openings created when the size of Chet is a Registered Environmental A. Elliott Memorial and the George the Board changed from five to seven Health Specialist in California and a Warren Fuller Memorial Awards members. Certified Grade IV Water Treatment of Excellence in the Water Field Operator in Nevada. (California-Nevada Section American The NTC Board decided to increase Water Works Association (AWWA) and their size, in part, to be better able to He holds an A.A. (Physical Science/ International AWWA, respectively). address waste water issues. The new Math), B.S. (Biology/Chemistry), members both have experience in the M.S. (Environmental Engineering), He is Past Chair of the California waste water side of the industry. and is currently pursuing a Masters – Nevada Section AWWA. Chet is a in Business Administration (Expected recent past member of the Board of Chet Auckly completion 2008). Directors, Past Chair of the Conference Management Committee, and Past Chet Auckly is Director of Water Other Post Graduate Studies include: Member of the Administrative and Quality and Environmental Affairs for Advanced Drinking Water and Water Policy Council of the International the California Water Service Company, Reclamation Treatment Processes, AWWA. and President of S.E.E. Company, Leadership Training, Financial LLC. Practices, Advanced Budget Planning, Stephen Long and Environmental Chemistry. He has over 30 years experience as an Stephen Long was born in Sumter, Analytical/Biochemist, Microbiologist, Chet has both published and/or South Carolina in 1962. Stephen was Water Quality Manager, Researcher, presented over 30 technical papers in married in 1983, and has four daughters

Featured System: Hacienda Hotel and Casino By Joe Beard Jr., Farr West Engineering If you are in southern Nevada, and With average daily flows of Also at their disposal are three interested in lake-view gaming, you approximately 50,000 gallons, this rapid infiltration basins (RIBs). The may end up at the Hacienda Hotel and small waste water treatment plant is busy Hacienda is permitted to discharge up Casino. Located on U.S. Highway every day of the year. The Operators to 85,000gpd through their RIBs. The 93 between Boulder City and Hoover manage this activated-sludge process system is checked through the use of Dam, the resort overlooks beautiful plant to provide safe and economical three monitoring wells. Another unique Lake Mead. waste water treatment for the resort. feature of the RIBs is their accessibility to wildlife. Because the basins are not The Hacienda attracts locals, tourists The process starts at any one of the fenced-off, local groups of Big Horn who are recreating at Lake Mead, and drains in the resort’s many guest rooms, Sheep, coyotes, duck and quail have other area visitors. With over 200 rooms, kitchens, or mechanical rooms. From taken to making frequent water-stops the hotel can generate considerable there, the wastewater travels across the there. amounts of wastewater, which is treated street to the WWTP, for collection in on site. the headworks. It then passes through The crew at the Hacienda consists of two aeration basins, a clarifier, and a one Manager, one Operator, and one chlorine contact chamber before being technician. Steve Cottrell has T-4 discharged. certification, and manages several area WWTPs, including the Hacienda. Jacob When it comes to discharge of the Wawers is the day-to-day Operator, and treated effluent, the Operators at have he has T-1 certification. In addition, several choices. One creative solution he has a D-1 certification, and has that they have come up with is the use Pool Operators Licenses from both of effluent for dust control. Through the National body and Clark County the use of a pumper-truck, the Hacienda Health Department. Jacob is currently has been using treated effluent for dust studying for the T-2 exam. A technician control on nearby construction projects helps round out the crew, making sure for many years. that operations are monitored seven WWTP at the Hacienda Hotel and Casino days a week.

4 Nevada Training Coalition Electes New Board Members (Continued from page4) and one grandson. Since 1983, he has operator. Stephen worked at C.V.W.R.F. Springs Community. Stephen served worked in five waste water treatment for about nine months. there for about 18 months. plants in three states. Then, Stephen went to work for the Finally, the Longs moved to the He started in Texas, at Gulf Coast Waste City of Orem, at their 10 MGD WWTP. Reno area in November of 2002. Disposal Authority, where he filled an While working for the City of Orem, Stephen relocated in order to become entry-level Operator position and fell in he worked his way up to Senior Plant the Facility Supervisor for the City love with the field. He acquired a Texas Operator and Maintenance Manager. of Reno-Stead Water Reclamation “B” Wastewater Treatment License He acquired Grade IV Licenses in Facility. Since moving to the area, and worked his way up to Operator II. Treatment and Collection, and started Stephen has acquired a Grade IV There, he would also fill in as Chief on a degree path at Utah Valley State Water Treatment License. He has also Operator when needed. His time in College for Environmental Science received the Nevada WEF William D. Texas lasted almost two years. Degrees. Hatfield Award for Performance and Professionalism. From Texas, Stephen and his family In 1997, Stephen received the Utah moved to Orem, Utah in July of 1995. WEF Operator of the Year Award Stephen is a member of NWEA and There, he worked at a temporary for Facilities Over 5 MGD. Later, the AWWA. His hobbies include cars, position at the Central Valley Water Stephen also ran a 75,000 GPD package street-bikes, and off-roading. Reclamation Facility as an entry level wastewater plant for the Siratoga

Safety Zone: Safe Operation of Utility Vehicles By Stevan Palmer, Rural Community Assistance Corp.

Did you know the number one cause of fatalities in the nation, both on and off the job, is traffic accidents? Most utility workers need to operate motor vehicles to perform their jobs, ranging from small trucks or passenger cars to Class A vehicles. Regardless of what type of vehicle you operate for work, there are many simple, “common sense” things you can do to prevent accidents.

Vehicle condition Regularly inspect any vehicle you operate. Check the fluid levels, including brake fluid, windshield washer fluid, and power steering fluid. Test the turn signals, brake lights, instruments, horn, windshield wipers, brakes and other devices to make sure they are working properly. Before you get in a service vehicle, do a quick “walk-around” and visually check for worn, damaged or under-inflated tires, leaking fluids, or any other visible damage. Make sure any needed repairs are done in a timely manner.

Aggressive driving Many accidents can be avoided by not being in too much of a hurry. Keep within the posted speed limit. Make sure you stop completely at traffic lights and stop signs. Yield the right of way. Be courteous to other drivers. Avoid following other vehicles too closely by observing the “two second” rule. Select a fixed object on the road ahead such as a sign, tree or overpass. When the vehicle ahead of you passes the object, count “one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two”. You should not reach the object before you count to one-thousand-two. If you do, you are following too closely. Most rear-end collisions are caused by the vehicle in back following too closely.

Changing road conditions It will take much longer to safely stop your vehicle if the road is wet or has or snow or ice on the surface. If enough water is standing on the roadway, your vehicle can “hydroplane”, and lose control. Under these conditions, slow down and increase your following time behind other vehicles to a four or five second count. Avoid sudden changes in speed, and don’t ride the brakes. If you do slide, steer in the direction of the skid and slow down until you resume control.

Be prepared to reduce your speed when you encounter high winds or poor visibility conditions like rain/sleet or fog. If you can’t avoid driving in poor visibility conditions, drive slowly with your headlights on the dim setting.

Safety policies Many companies have vehicle safety policies in place that prohibit activities such as eating while driving or talking on cell phones, or require walk-around vehicle inspections, etc. Be aware of your company’s safety policies, and follow them. Be an active participant in your safety program. Look for ways to improve safety practices, and make suggestions at safety meetings. By contributing to your safety program, you will be protecting your employer, yourself, and your future.

5 Las Vegas Springs Preserve New Nevada Operators Certified By Joe Beard Jr., Farr West Engineering

The following material was derived from the Springs Preserve website at www.springspreserve.org.

The Springs Preserve is one hundred and eighty acres of These operators passed water certification exams for historic land located west of downtown Las Vegas. Visitors distribution and treatment grades 1, 2, 3 and 4. Con- will be invited to unravel five thousand years of local history and explore future possibilities through a series of museums, gratulations to all ! gardens, trails, restored structures and more when the site opens in 2007. The Preserve is located near the U. S. Highway 95 and I-15 interchange. Distribution grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 With engaging, state-of-the-art facilities and forward-thinking sustainable living exhibits, the Springs Preserve will offer D-1: Baker, Steve; Besserer, Ronald; Bodenstein, unique attractions to appeal to every visitor’s interest; Barbara; Cozzens, Phil; Gaddy, Dennis; Hauck, Bill; including gardening, sustainability, desert living, and even archaeology. Hynes, Leland; Kay III, James; Kline II, Robert; Lozano, Joseph; Moran, Michael; Mortensen, Shane; A desert wetland, called a Cienega, is being created at the Murphy, Michael; Sinclair, Sean; Thomas, Kevin; Preserve. Springs Preserve biologists have been working to Wawers, Jacob create a grassy wetland that resembles the original springs, which dried up in the late 1960s. The wetland will provide visitors with a glimpse of the old Las Vegas, and the lush D-2: Allen, Raymond; Blazzard, Barry; Brown, Joseph; oasis that inspired Spanish explorers to name the valley “The Burak, Henry; Estep, Brian; Farris, Doug; Gates, Meadows,” Las Vegas in Spanish. Timothy; Gieszl, Karl; Higgins, Daniel; Hiler, Michael; Johnson, Timothy; Knowlton, Ralph; Lauby, Richard; The Springs Preserve is employing sustainability concepts by Patrick, George; Rosso, Bob; Scheffler, Joseph; Stewart, using environmentally-friendly, energy efficient straw bales in the construction of the Desert Living Center. Displays Vern; Tookey, Mark; Woolery, Ed at the center will demonstrate methods to protect the desert environment without compromising the quality of life. The D-3: Bates, Greg; Cole, Erin; Delisle, Maurice; center will be just one of many features that will make the Erickson, Chris; Fridy, Michael; Hulett, John; Johnson, Springs Preserve an attractive destination when it opens in David; Martin, Larry; McIntyre II, Neal; McKinney, 2007. Dana; Melton, Chris; Mills, Richard; Neill, James; The website invites guests to “Enter the Visitor Center and Onorato, Robert; Sautter, Eric become immersed in Las Vegas cultural history.” The Visitor center is home to the Big Springs Theater, where panoramic D-4: Byrom, Jack; Struffert, Chris films prepare visitors for the Springs Preserve experience. Film topics range from the pre-history of the valley to the possibilities for the future. Also featured is the Natural Mojave Gallery, where the geological and biological history of the Treatment grades 1 and 3 Las Vegas valley and the Mojave Desert are explained.

Also within the Visitor Center, visitors will find the City at T-1: Baughman, Joseph; Dagel, Shannon; Delisle, a Crossroads Gallery. Here, the idea of a desert metropolis Maurice; Golliher, Terry; Haupt, Larry; Margetts, Scott; is examined in detail. Exhibit-goers can learn about the Mills, Richard; Moore, Chad; Murphy, Michael; Payne, vast resources and technology required to sustain a city in Scott; Quilici, Eugene; Welch, Dean; Youngblood, the desert, and consider how Las Vegas might prepare for the future. James

Finally, visitors are offered a wide selection of interpretive T-3: Murphy, Michael trails to follow at the Preserve. The Crossroads Trail passes the reconstructed Big Springs Springhouse, which was built to keep people and animals out of the spring, and protect the water supply. (Continued on page 7)

6 Training Calendar for 2006

2006 University of Nevada, Reno Colleges of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Re- sources & Cooperative Extension September 5, 6, 7 - Fallon- NvRWA T1/T2 Operator Certification 2005 Videoconference Training Calendar: www.unce. Training, 18 hr. course, Fallon Water Treatment Plant, 1401 New unr.edu/swp.wkshps.htm River Parkway. See www.nvrwa.org for information. UNR videoconference classes for water system op- September 5,6,7,8 - Reno - AWWA Distribution and Treatment erators and managers are available in most commu- Exam Refreshers. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. nities. To request a workshop in your area, call Crystel Montecinos at 775/240-1396 or e-mail: [email protected]. September 11, 12 - Laughlin- NvRWA Fall Two-Day Training Event. Topics include Submersible and centrifugal pumps; Well Community College of Southern Nevada construction, maintenance and repair; and Arsenic technologies. Wastewater & Water Technology Program See www.nvrwa.org for information. Info: LeAnna Risso, 702/434-6600 ext. 6418. September 13 - State Water Certification Exam. Check NDEP/ BSDW Website for more information. WWET Training in Clark County Training for water treatment plant and distribution system September 15 - Northern Nevada - AWWA Certification Exams operators, wastewater treatment plant and collection for BF/XCCS. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. system operators, and other professionals working within these fields. Info: Jeff Butler 702/258-3296; see www. September 15 - Nevada Training Coalition Meeting. wwet.org for a current training calendar.

September 22- UNR Videoconference- Fire Hydrants. Info: State of Nevada Water Certification Exams Crystel Montecinos at 775/240-1396. All exams will be proctored on the date listed. Ap- October 10, 11, 12 - Tonapah- NvRWA Training, T1/T2 Operator plications are due to the state (Steve Brockway) 45 days Certification Review. See www.nvrwa.org for information. before exam dates. A proctor will contact examinees to schedule testing. Contact Debra Kaye at 775/834-8114 October 14 - Northern Nevada - AWWA Certification Exams for for information about 2006 exam dates. BF/XCCS. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. Wastewater Certification Board Testing October 17 - Dayton- NvRWA Training, CSUS/OWP Small Water System Video Series. See www.nvrwa.org for information. Wastewater certification exams are given in quarterly.

October 19 - Gardnerville Ranchos- NvRWA Training, CSUS/ Info: 775/465-2045 or www.nvwea.org. OWP Small Water System Video Series. See www.nvrwa.org for information. October 20- UNR Videoconference- General Water Chemistry. This symbol designates Nevada Division of Environmental Info: Crystel Montecinos at 775/240-1396. Protection pre-approved training for contact hours. Other training may be eligible for contact hours but is not yet pre-approved. October 24 - - NvRWA Training, CSUS/OWP Small Water Before attending any training, contact NDEP at 775/687-9527 for System Video Series. See www.nvrwa.org for information. approval. Ten hours of approved training equals 1 CEU. A different ratio applies for safety training. October 26 - Lovelock- NvRWA Training, CSUS/OWP Small Water System Video Series. See www.nvrwa.org for information. November 3 - Southern Nevada - AWWA Certification Exams for Las Vegas Springs Preserve BF/XCCS. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. (Continued from page 6) November 15 - Southern Nevada - AWWA Education Extrava- ganza. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. The Cienega Trail offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of wildlife. Enjoy the revived November 16- UNR Videoconference- Update of State and Federal wetlands and take advantage of bird viewing opportunities. Regulations. Info: Crystel Montecinos at 775/240-1396. The Springs Trail offers an archaeological journey into the December 4, 5, 6, 7 - Reno - AWWA Distribution and Treatment past, analyzing historical structures and remnants of the Exam Refreshers. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. people who survived at the springs. December 8- Nevada Training Coalition Meeting. Also offered is The Exploration Trail, where guests are December 8 - UNR Videoconference- Review for Drinking Water encouraged to imagine the Las Vegas of John C. Fremont, Exam. Info: Crystel Montecinos at 775/240-1396. Mormon missionaries and early Native Americans. Learn December 12 - Southern Nevada - AWWA Certification Exams about early water quality efforts at the Little Springs for BF/XCCS. Call CA-NV-AWWA at 909/481-7200 for Info. Springhouse, see the effects of overusing groundwater, December 13 - State of Nevada DHS Testing. and compare the water distribution methods of the 1920s to modern technology.

7 Nevada Drinking Water and Wastewater Training Coalition American Water Works Association Bureau of Safe Drinking Water UNR Natural Resources and California/Nevada Section http://ndep.nv.gov/bsdw/index.htm Environmental Science and www.ca-nv-awwa.org 775/687-9520 Cooperative Extension Nicole Schreuder, Education Mgr., Jim Balderson, SWAP, 687-9517 www.unce.unr.edu/swp 909/291-2101 Steve Brockway, CEU approval, 687-9527 Mark Walker, 775/784-1938 Indian Health Service Dana Pennington, 687-9516 NDEP Board for Financing Water Projects Dominic Wolf, 775/784-5327 Bert Bellows, arsenic, 687-9525 http://ndep.nv.gov/bffwp/index.htm Bureau of Water Pollution Control Nevada Water Environment Association Water/Wastewater Education and Training http://ndep.nv.gov/bwpc/bwpc01.htm www.nvwea.org Consortium of Southern Nevada — WWET Adele Basham, DWSRF, 775/687-9488 775/465-2045 www.wwet.org Michelle Stamates, AB 198 Water Starlin Jones, 775/861-4104 Jeff Butler, 702/258-3296 Grant Program, 775/687-9331 Eric Leveque, 702/792-3711 Farr West Engineering Nevan Kane, Wellhead Protection, Rural Community Assistance Corporation Brent Farr, P.E. 775/851-4788 775/687-9426 www.rcac.org Nevada Rural Water Association 775/323-8882 2006 NTC Board Members www.nvrwa.org Stevan Palmer 775/841-4222 U.S. Environmental Protection Bob Foerster, Chair Bob Foerster, Executive Director Agency, Region 9 [email protected] John Allred www.epa.gov/region09 Curtis Duff Marvin Young, 415/972-3561 Dean Adams [email protected] Teresa Taylor USDA Rural Development Jonn Scovil www.usda.gov/rus/water/index.htm Cameron McKay Andy Andersen Cheryl Couch, 775/887-1222, ext. 22 [email protected] David Willard Kay Vernatter, 775/887-1222 ext. 28 Public Utilities Commission of Nevada University of Nevada, Reno Don Allen www.puc.state.nv.us Dept. of Civil Engineering [email protected] Steve McGoff, P.E., Water Engineer Dean Adams, 775/784-1474 Mark Walker 775/684-6140 Tigren, Inc. [email protected] Mark Clarkson, P.E., Senior Crystel Montecinos, 775/240-1396 Engineering Analyst, 775/684-6132 Chet Auckly [email protected] Articles in Water Lines may be reprinted with permission from Farr West . Reprinted articles must include the acknowledgement that the article originally appeared in Water Lines, the newsletter of the Stephen Long Nevada Drinking Water and Wastewater Training Coalition. For permission, call 775/851-4788. [email protected]

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