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2021: The FWPCOA Year in Review Kenneth Enlow
President, FWPCOA
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reetings everyone. I hope you all are doing well. It’s December—I can’t believe another year has passed. This has been another one of those years that has challenged us in the same way as 2020 did, dealing with COVID–19, and also the Delta variant. That being said, once again we have demonstrated our resilience and have experienced a successful year. In this C Factor I would like cover some of the highlights of the year for FWPCOA and discuss some of the upcoming challenges moving forward as utility professionals.
The Year in FWPCOA Training: Short Schools The FWPCOA held two successful state short schools in 2021. The spring short school was held March 15-19 at the Indian River State College in Ft. Pierce with 225 students, and the summer short school
was held August 9-13 at the Indian River State College with 250 students attending. The students spent the week studying and preparing for their certification exams. Besides the state short schools, many of the 13 FWPCOA regions also held their own short schools or training. The FWPCOA Online institute had another successful year providing a verity of noncontact online training throughout the year as well.
Florida Water Resources Conference Board Members From FWPCOA The FWPCOA members of the Florida Water Resources Conference (FWRC) board for 2021 are: S Ken Enlow S Patrick Murphy S Rim Bishop S Al Monteleone S Athena Tipaldos S Mike Darrow S Glen Whitcomb The FWPCOA members trustees of FWRC for 2021 are: S Ken Enlow S Patrick Murphy S Athena Tipaldos
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The FWPCOA worked with FSAWWA and FWEA to re-establish the structure of FWRC following the resignation of President Scott Kelley and Executive Director Holly Hanson. Tim Madhanagopal was elected the new president of FWRC. Tim has had over 18 years of experience as vice president of technical programs for the conference. Michelle (Mish) Clark was hired as the executive manager of FWRC to replace Holly. Mish has an extensive background organizing events and owns her own company. The FWRC is scheduled to be held April 24-27, 2022, at the Volusia County Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you there, and don’t forget to visit FWPCOA at booth number 405 in the exhibit hall.
FWPCOA Training Manual Development and Publication As an organization of utility professionals, FWPCOA wants to provide training manuals that are specific to Florida and incorporate the latest methods, rules, and regulations related to our industry. To this goal we have completed the following manuals: S B ackflow Prevention Repair S B ackflow Prevention Tester S C ustomer Relations S S tormwater Management C and B S W astewater Collection C and B S U tility Maintenance Level III The following manuals are in production now and are to be released in the near future: S U tility Maintenance II (in final review) S R eclaimed Water Field Site Inspector S W ater Distribution S S upervision I want to thank Darin Bishop and Tom King for their efforts working with ProEdit in the production of the training manuals, and a special thanks to all of the FWPCOA professionals who have dedicated many hours of work providing material, graphics, slide presentations, test questions, and manual reviews, making this very important project a success now and in the future.
40 December 2021 • Florida Water Resources Journal
