Southern Colorado PWO
February 28, 2023 from 9am-4pm.
Join us for the Southern Colorado Professional Wastewater Operators seminar. This seminar is one day filled with presentations by a local utility and industry experts covering topics from lift stations and collections system to direct potable reuse and nutrients. Come learn from and meet other operators from your area.
Registration and doors open at 9am. Access to the building will not be available before 9am
Draft Schedule
Check-in for operators will not start until 9am
9:00-9:10 Registration (will continue during the first break)
9:10-9:50 Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Pilot Introduction - Colorado Springs Utilities
9:50-10:30 DPR - A Deeper Dive - Colorado Springs Utilities
10:30-10:40 Break (Continued Registration)
10:40-11:30 Nutrient Removal - Keeping Bugs Happy - Patrick Radabaugh - Dewberry
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:00-12:45 Lift Station Bonanza - Colorado Springs Utilities
12:45-1:30 Collections - It Flows Downhill, Sometimes - Colorado Springs Utilities
1:30-2:15 PFAS in Wastewater - Stephanie Schwenke - RESPEC
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:10 Electrical FAQ and Operator Questions- Travis Moore - HDR
3:10-4:00 Wastewater System Coatings - Jason Fincham - Sherwin-Williams
End of Day
Lunch will be catered from Panera. If you have any dietary restrictions please email mark.valentine@merrick.com after you have registered.