Idaho Rural Water Association

Idaho Rural Water Association is excited to hold its 2025 Fall Conference in Moscow, Idaho on October 1st and 2nd. IRWA is grateful for the professionals who volunteer to teach at our conferences and ask for your participation once again. Since we have repeat conference attendance from our Operation Specialists, we are especially looking for NEW and UPDATED presentations.  Our Operation Specialists also like hands-on training opportunities. We ask that you teach the principle and not provide a commercial for a specific product (no sales presentations).

In order to qualify for continuing education units (CEUs) from the Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses all training must be relevant to the job. Criteria used to determine if the subject matter offered in a training class is relevant and are based on the Associated Boards of Certification (ABC) "Needs to Know Criteria". Relevant training is instruction or education that:

• Is pertinent to or consistent with what an operator needs to understand to successfully perform a job in the drinking water or wastewater field and
• Includes instruction that familiarizes operators with public health issues and source water protection issues; and
• Is identifiable as only that information an operator "needs to know", which does not include information superfluous to the drinking water or wastewater aspect of the job

Among the subject matter eligible for professional growth training are: Because operators' length of service ranges from entry level to decades spent at the same licensed class, similarly classified individuals can have very different training needs. Training providers are encouraged to consider progressive levels of training for the various types and classes of operator licenses.

• Operation and maintenance of water/wastewater treatment systems and associated equipment
• Operation and maintenance of water/wastewater transport systems (distribution and collection) and associated equipment;
• Electrical systems
• Hydraulics
• Chemical treatment
• Chlorine handling and dosing
• Sampling/testing requirements, biological, chemical and radionuclide;
• Disinfection
• Water/wastewater public health issues;
• Mathematics  
• Drinking water source water protection
• Operator safety
• Land Application
• PFAS regulatons and removal
• Algae Control
• Wastewater Laboratory 
• Proper fitting and pipe storage
• Case studies of improvements to systems
• Homeowner Association Management and Governing
• Asset Management
• Funding Sources for Utilities
• Hydrant Installation and Repairs
• Pipe Repair & Safety
• Sampling Procedures
• Entry level training

Please select SUBMIT NEW PRESENTATION to submit your information. Edit your abstracts and bios so they are ready for marketing purposes. The deadline is May 16, 2025. Presenters will be notified before June 1st if their presentation is selected. If you have given your presentation at an IRWA conference before, please submit again.

Idaho Rural Water Association does not compensate or reimburse for any of your salary, travel, lodging, conference registration, or speaking expenses. If you have any questions, please contact Tondee Clark, IRWA Training Coordinator at (208) 343-7001 or tclark@idrwa.org (new email address).

Thank you for supporting IRWA with its training mission.