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The Connector is the official publication of the Rural Water Association of Utah, and is published quarterly for distribution to all member rural and municipal water and wastewater systems, individual and associate members, legislators, water-related agencies, and other friends and supporters. In addition, the January issue, which contains information about our February annual conference, is sent to every waterworks person in the state whether a member or not. The Rural Water Association of Utah (RWAU), an affiliate of the National Rural Water Association, is a non-profit trade organization of small water and wastewater utilities.

Table of Contents President’s Message

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Executive Director’s Comments

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Legislative Report

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Letters From Readers

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Rural Water News

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Online Sample Quizzes, Nathan Hall

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Sampling Record Keeping, Terry Smith

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Where in Utah?

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Index of Advertisers / Advertiser.com

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President’s Message Gary Larsen, RWAU President G

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The twists and turns of attempting to secure EPA funding for Rural Water programs is like trying to follow a snake through a grassy marsh. Our Legislative Committee and Association Administration have been heavily involved in trying to obtain continuing support for some of our most important programs. By the time this goes to press there should be an answer one way or another. Accolades should to be given to those that strive so diligently to make our association’s voice and needs heard in the halls of the capitol.

While on the subject of thanks, many need to be directed to retired board member Danny Fleming. Danny served on the board from 1997 until March of 2011. He has provided many years of service and knowledge, including time as President of the Board of Directors. Danny has been a key to the current status and success of the association. We will miss his input and presence on the board and look forward to his continued support and involvement.

I also want to express my sincere thanks to past president Bill Mickelson for the service and guidance he has given during his term as President. He has represented the association diligently and with much integrity. His financial grasp and understanding of the association’s business is of great value. He has set the bar at a height that will be difficult to follow. I know that he will sorely miss his winter trips to DC for the water rally. Words don’t do justice to the thanks I feel for the work that he does.

Along this same vein, we, as an association, extend a hand of welcome to our newest board member from Region 5. Nathan Langston from Monticello has graciously agreed to serve on the Board of Directors until the next election cycle. I personally look forward to welcoming Nathan and know that he will bring valuable insight and input to future Association business.

s I give consideration on what I would like to address in this column, my thoughts return to the annual conference in Saint George. Looking at the attendance numbers and the support of this gathering of such a variety of individuals, I am amazed at the continued success of our association. There are so many different job descriptions that fit attendees to our conferences and training that it is impossible to classify us as a onesize-fits-all operation. A variety of individuals, from ball caps to suits, are represented in this great group. The one common thread that seems to bond us together is the desire and ability to serve our varied customers with a service that is so vital to our everyday living. This diversity of our association members seems to make the whole stronger than the individual pieces.

Water and wastewater, how much more important and basic can any service be than these? This is what we provide on a daily basis. People have come to expect uninterrupted service.

Past experience has shown that if customers turn on a water tap and don’t have clean water instantly, or flush the toilet and whatever is in there doesn’t immediately disappear forever, how fast they are to place a call to have the situation remedied.

On other days, when all is working well, how many calls do we get thanking us for such a reliable convenience? Thanks goes out to all in the water and wastewater business that help in so many ways to make life much easier and comfortable.

Changing focuses to another area: the one that the US Congress has in trying to adopt a new fiscal budget. How does this affect our association? You may or may not know that a considerable amount of RWAU’s budget is funded with EPA money. This money is administered at the discretion of many various political entities. In the past, NRWA, with the assistance of the state associations, has been able to secure this funding from EPA. The model to secure this funding has been defined and refined over the years and has proven effective in securing this vital financial resource. The nature of the political agenda has taken a significant twist this year. It is a whole new game with rules that seem to change daily and may not even be determined upon until the game is over!

Be well.

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Executive Director’s Comments Dale Pierson, RWAU Executive Director

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n April 12, 2011 we were informed that the Continuing Resolution (CR) to be passed by congress to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 (FY11) would not contain funding for rural water’s EPA Training, Technical Assistance and Source Water Protection Programs. The loss of these programs – even if it is only short term – will be a blow to the Rural Water Association of Utah (RWAU) and to those who depend upon the training and assistance provided by them. What is perhaps most frustrating about these programs being eliminated in 2011 is that their elimination results in no reduction to the federal budget – the funds will be placed in the EPA’s coffers with no direction as to their use.

For over 30 years, Rural Water’s training programs have been the heart of the Association’s programs. They have been an effective way of funding federal mandates and helping systems comply with them. Without the federal dollars to provide the training, systems may end up paying from their budgets for training to certify operators and to maintain their operator’s certification.

The loss of these programs, even on a temporary basis, once again points out the need for your rural water association to diversify and to seek and identify new sources of revenue that can supplement and enhance federally funded programs. Even without the loss of a program, federal funding has remained essentially flat for a number of years while the cost of providing programs continues to increase.

As Congress tightens the federal government’s belt, the resulting reduction in funding may be felt in numerous areas.

For example: reduction in funding for the EPA State Revolving Funds and the Rural Development Loan and Grant Program (which are both programs that your rural water association constantly works to see funded) will result in less money for water and wastewater projects, less money available for engineering firms and suppliers, and a lack of infrastructure available for communities’ economic development. We will need to find creative ways to make our case to Congress that these programs are among those that deserve to remain and to find new ways of providing funds for cuts we simply cannot avoid. These are challenges we can face and overcome – but the job won’t be easy.

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Legislative Report Scott Anderson, RWAU Legislative Chair Q Q Q Q Q

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t seems that legislative efforts both nationally and within the state always have needs and concerns to work on.

The State Legislative session closed with some water issues to be discussed during the interim committees (May to November). This is a time when a lot of the actual work is done, so participation at these committees for our water-related issues will have valued importance to us.

Nationally we all heard that for the remainder of 2011 a continuing resolution (CR) was passed. The outcome of the CR was some reduction in the USDA Source Water Program, but the EPA Technical Training & Assistance along with EPA Source Water Protection was specifically not funded. This is concerning to Rural Water in the fact that water systems across the nation will have difficulty in effectively implementing the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and Clean Water Act that has been imposed for over 30 years. RWAU has and will continue to work with our Senators and Congressmen on this issue. The Utah Congressional Delegation sees the need to support these programs that affect all people in the nation.

On April 7, 2011, Congressmen Jim Matheson (UT) and Gregg Harper (MS) introduced HR 1427, legislation to reauthorize the SDWA’s small and rural community technical assistance provision. This bill would direct EPA to fund the programs for a number of years. We are hoping that this bill can gain the support to pass so the vital training and technical assistance can continue in the years to come.

As you have contact with your legislative representatives, continue to let them know the virtual role training and technical assistance is to you, your system and community, but most important is to say, “thanks” for their continued support.

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Letters From Readers Attention: Mr. Pierson Eastland Special Service District would like to express appreciation to Rural Water for the help they have been to us in helping us run our water system. We would like to thank you for helping us with several things: • The CCR Report • Source Protection Plan • Training Sessions • Help to diagnose the problem with the well • Help with an emergency grant to fix the water well • Always willing to advise us when we need a little extra help Thank you for all that you do for us.

Sincerely, Billy J. Richardson Chairman, ESSD

Rural Water Association of Utah: I would like to give appreciation to the Rural Water Association for their help in the training of our employees through Kcris Hunter and the knowledge of her training experts. This training is very helpful to our city.

Thank you.

Robert S. Owens Midway City, Public Works / Risk Management Department

Dear Mr. Pierson, I just wanted to let you know how much Loa Town has appreciated working with Curtis Ludvigson of Rural Water. He has been invaluable in helping us come up with a rate structure that would work for our water company. Not only has he always gone above the call of duty, but he continues to check up with us and make sure we are progressing in the right direction. He has trained the board on many issues pertaining to their positions and helped me with all of my questions.

It is nice to have Rural Water be able to come and provide our small communities with the much needed training and support. Curtis has made a big impact on the way we run our water company and we will always value his attention to all the little details. Anyway, I just felt like he should be recognized for his efforts.

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Rural Water News

RWAU Board Meeting Held May 20, 2011

replaced with what we are sure will be a very beneficial Hands-on training track. The hands-on training will be held in conjunction with the in-class sessions in the Solstice Courtyard of the Conference Center. (All registered conference attendees are automatically eligible to participate in the backhoe obstacle course and the hands-on training.) Both outdoor and indoor exhibits will be available on Wednesday, August 31st.

We are also excited to offer WASTEWATER OPERATOR CERTIFICATION in conjunction with our water operator certification class this year. All Operator Certification classes will begin on Monday, August 29th at 8:30 am. The classroom training will continue through Wednesday, August 31st with the test being held on Thursday, September 1st from 9:00 – 12:00. You will need to register to attend the operator certification review classes using the registration form in the conference booklet or online at www.rwau.net. YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO CONTACT Diana Waite at the Rural Water Office (801-360-6714) to take the Water Certification Exam or Judy Etherington at the Division of Water Quality (801-536-4344) to register to take the wastewater exam. The deadline to register to take the water test is Monday, August 15, 2011. The deadline to register to take the wastewater test is Thursday, August 4, 2011.

We will again have training tracks for Water, Wastewater, Management and Large Systems. Hopefully these tracks will help provide sessions on the agenda that address issues of systems of all sizes. This brief conference overview is just a glimpse at what will be available at this year’s Fall Conference—watch your mailbox for your Fall Conference booklet coming soon (if you haven’t gotten it already) to get more information on the agenda. And, as always, please feel free to call the RWAU office with any questions or concerns (801-756-5123).

We look forward to seeing you in Layton!

The Rural Water Association of Utah (RWAU) Board of Directors held their second quarterly meeting for 2011 on May 20th. The meeting was held at the Timpanogos Special Service District office in American Fork, Utah. Much of the meeting was spent discussing options and plans for dealing with potential funding shortfalls due to the EPA Training and Source Water Programs not being funded by Congress in Fiscal Year 2011. Other programs, both current and potential were also reviewed with an eye toward providing the greatest benefit for Association membership.

In other business the Board: • Approved the FSA Source Water and Fee Based Training Program Plans for the coming year.

• Heard and accepted the 2010 Audit.

• Heard reports on this year’s Annual Conference and planning for the 2011 Fall Conference.

• Revised the Association’s committee system.

• Heard Standing Committee reports.

The next RWAU Board meeting will be held on August 30, 2011 at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah in conjunction with the RWAU Fall Conference.

2011 Rural Water Fall (Northern) Conference We have made a few changes and are eager to bring you a fun-filled agenda for our upcomi n g Fa l l ( No r t h e r n) Conference this year!

The conference will be held Monday, August 29—Thursday, September 1, 2011 at the Davis Convention Center in Layton, Utah. We will again have the Backhoe obstacle course this year and are sure it will be a fun-filled event held in conjunction with the conference sessions on Wed nesday t he 31st.

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Board Member Changes Danny Fleming, a long-time member of the Rural Water Association of Utah Board of Directors announced his retirement from the Board following the 2011 Annual Conference.

Danny has served on the Board since 1007 including serving a term as the RWAU President from 2005 to 2007. He has served as chair of various RWAU Committees throughout his time as a Board Member and we thank him for his many years of service. The Board of Directors has appointed Nathan Langston from Monticello to serve out Danny’s remaining term.

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Online Sample Quizzes Nathan Hall, RWAU Engineer

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started at Rural Water as the ARRA Circuit Rider, helping systems through the process of obtaining funding. Now that the ARRA program has concluded, I have been working on several fee-based programs which expand the services of the Rural Water Association of Utah. One of these programs is an online testing center where, for a small fee, you can see how much you know by taking sample quizzes and tests. They cover the same subjects as the Utah Water Operator Certification Exam, so if you are preparing to take this test they can be used to practice for the exam.

Many states offer the Certification Exam online throughout the year, and the Utah Division of Drinking Water is thinking of moving in that direction. If this occurs, these sample quizzes and tests will also help you become familiar with the online testing atmosphere.

Each sample quiz covers one subject from the certification exam and consists of 15 questions, with a score of at least 70% required to “pass” the quiz. If the quiz is passed, a certificate is generated by the website showing your name, the quiz and the date. For those who want a more comprehensive experience, a 40-question Sample Test for both Treatment and Distribution is also offered that covers all of the subjects from the certification exam.

It is important to remember that sample questions were developed separately from the Certification Test, and therefore none of the sample questions are identical to the actual test. So do not try to memorize specific answers to specific questions. Instead focus on the online testing atmosphere and procedure and your overall knowledge of the subject.

A “hint” link is included above the answers to each question. Clicking this link will give the reference material location used to write the question, which is where you can go to find the answer. This reference information is also listed after completion of the test, so you can look up the answers to any questions you missed.

The following quiz shows examples of the types of questions included in the RWAU question banks that are used to generate the sample quizzes and tests. This quiz includes two questions from each topic – Treatment O&M, Distribution O&M, Math, Rules, Disinfection, Safety/Security and Pumps/Motors.

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Cold water will require a __________________ to provide adequate disinfection? a) Shorter contact time b) Longer contact time c) Different technique d) Special application

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Chlorine can react with organics in the water to: a) Cause the water to freeze at a lower temperature. b) Raise the vapor point, making cavitation more likely. c) Help the water move through the pipe faster. d) Form disinfection by-products.

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What are two types of displacement meters? a) Piston and Nutating-disc meter b) Flow and Velocity meter c) Vacuum and Venturi d) Pressure and Force 13

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A ______________ contains a system in which a water pump is controlled by the air pressure in a tank partially filled with water. a) Storage Reservoir b) Water Tank c) Clear well d) Hydro-pneumatic tank

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How many gallons will it take to fill a volume of 29 cubic feet? a) 296 gallons b) 200 gallons c) 22 gallons d) 217 gallons

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How many 5-gallon containers are required to paint a storage tank inside and outside, all exposed surfaces, which is 20 feet deep and 65 feet in diameter, if each container will cover 500 sq. ft.? a) 18,113 Containers b) 16 Containers c) 37 Containers d) 72 Containers

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Which valve is installed on the suction side of the pump and is used to hold the prime after shutoff? a) Pressure Regulating Valve b) Foot Valve c) Altitude Valve d) Pressure Relief Valve

8.

What is the recommended drip rate for a deep well, turbine, oil lubricated pump during normal operating conditions? a) Approximately one drip a minute per 40 feet of column, but at least five drops per minute regardless of the column length.

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Well, how did you do? If you would like to try taking on online sample quiz or test, go to www.rwau.net and click on the red “take an online sample quiz or test” button and follow the instructions. If you have any questions about the online sample quizzes and tests or have trouble registering or paying for a quiz/test, please contact me at nathan.hall@rwau.net.

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Sampling Record Keeping Terry Smith, RWAU Circuit Rider

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t’s that joyous time of the year – no, I’m not referring to Christmas. While that seems to roll around faster with the passing of the years, the time of year I’m referring to is what I like to call “Christmas time for water systems.” Just as the various stores and their employees get overwhelmed with shoppers around Christmas time, so it goes that water systems get busier than what they can keep up with when the summer months roll around. It seems there’s a lot to do, and not enough time or people to accomplish it all. And with the tighter budgets we’re all dealing with these days, crew sizes and equipment supplies are leaner than ever before.

As a Circuit Rider for Rural Water, my duties include working on site to help systems with a variety of issues.

Automatic control valves, fire hydrants and chlorinators are just a few things I deal with on a regular basis. However, one of the things I find myself helping systems sort out on an increasing basis is their sampling and reporting schedules. Even with just one source, the sampling requirements can sometimes be difficult to understand. Now throw in several sources, with differing samples and sampling frequencies, and it can get somewhat mind boggling in a hurry. Sampling windows, quarterly samples, third quarter samples, it gets more complex as time goes on. One of the issues that bothers me a lot is when water systems do not maintain an orderly file system for the various sampling results.

Rather, some seem to just rely upon the Division of Drinking Water to tell them what’s been done, and what they need to

sample for each year. Then they obediently go out and take the samples. Now I’m not advocating that any water system chose to fight the “system” and refuse to take samples as required, but rather I’m taking about systems taking redundant samples—samples that have already been taken in the previous year or two that are within the current sampling “window.”

While sometimes adding to the complexities of sampling schedule, the structure of having a window in which samples can be taken allows many systems, particularly smaller ones, to spread the cost associated with sa mpl i ng out over several years rather than have the economic burden hit them all in one year. For example, if a system has three or more samples due within a threeyear wi ndow such as pesticides, VOC and inorganics/metals, they can chose to split them up over the three years, perhaps leaving the pesticides, a sample that can run nearly $1,000 per source, for the 15

last year in order to give them time to budget for it. Also, the year in which a sample is taken within a sampling window will not affect its schedule in the future. If a sample is taken in the first year of the window, you will still have another three-year period in which to take it starting two years later. The exception to this rule is lead/copper samples, which now have to be taken every third year, starting from the last time you took them, and in the third quarter of the year.

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All source samples need to be identified by the source number designation that has been assigned to it, or in the case of grouped sources, the grouping number.

system’s budget, money that could be better spent elsewhere. Also, systems should track their sampling results history in order to see trends - particularly in regards to Arsenic and Nitrate. If a system has forewarning that the results are trending up overtime, it will give them an opportunity to be proactive as far as source protection methods or consideration to potential treatment methods and costs. ® Why Aquastore Tanks?

Filing your results in an orderly manNO PAINTING FOR THE LIFE OF THE TANK ner doesn’t have to be complex or expen• Corrosion resistant • Low maintenance sive. In the past I have simply kept the • Over 30 years of proven experience sampling results paper clipped together • NSF approved tank for potable water • The environmentally safe choice by year and kept separated in their own PORCELAIN ENAMEL CHEMICALLY BONDED TO STEEL folder labeled by source name and num• Mechanically and chemically bonded at ber. Which brings up another point that temperatures above 1500˚ F • Graffiti removal does not damage the coating most of your are probably already aware • Tank does not need to be taken out of service of. But for those who aren’t, all source for repainting WARRANTY samples need to be identified by the • 10-year factory extended performance • Total low life cycle cost source number designation that has been assigned to it, or in the case of grouped sources, the grouping number. If you submit them with only the name of the 6706 North Franklin Ave. • Loveland, CO 80538 • Ph: 970-962-9400 • www.eaiwest.com source as an identifier, you run a good chance of not getting the data properly 449807_Engineering.indd 1 10/26/09 6:05:43 PM credited into the Division’s computer system. The number, or numbers, can be found on your monitoring schedule that you receive yearly from the Division.

As always, budgets are tight, and needless sampling should certainly be avoided—tracking your own samples can help you out in this area. If you’d like help in setting up a program—as well as a sampling audit and schedule—don’t hesitate to give us a call. We’d be happy to show up and see what we can do about putting your sampling plan in order.

And remember, if someone tells you you’re all wet, just tell ‘em it’s all part of the job - Terry.

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