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Compliance Monitoring & Reporting

This is a FREE Workshop for Small Public Water Systems, Community and Non-Community Water Systems serving a population of 10,000 persons or fewer Only.

Description:
To assume the safety of the water delivered to their customers, all water systems must sample the quality of the water supplied.  Because the exact number and frequency of water quality samples required for each system is unique, it’s impossible to have a one-size-fits-all sampling plan.  Each system must develop and follow its own distinctive plan.

Water quality sampling is:

·         Complex – there are over 100 different compounds and parameters that must be sampled;

·         Time sensitive – typically sampling must take place within exact schedules;

·         System specific – the number and type of samples required is dependent on the systems size, complexity, population served, source water type, and number of water sources.

 

All these factors lead to uncertainty, confusion, and ultimately, errors in sampling and reporting.  In 2021, about 882 violations of California-specific drinking water standards were incurred by public water systems, with 429 violations for failing to meet an MCL/TT, 272 violations for failing to meet a monitoring or reporting requirement, and 181 violations of other California SDWA requirements.  Clearly there is a need for training in sampling and reporting procedures and techniques.

 

Participants of this training will learn the fundamental water quality monitoring framework and the specific sampling and reporting requirements for their water system.  Participants will:

 

1.      Identify system type, system size/complexity, population served, source type, and number of water sources as the parameters that determine required water quality sampling for each public water system

2.      Describe the types of contaminants standards (MCLs, SMCLs, NLs, MRDLs and TTs)

3.      Use SDWIS to look up their water system’s monitoring schedule

4.      Describe the basic requirements of ten types of sampling

5.      Correctly fill out a chain-of-custody form

 

The training is conducted in a hand-on participant-centered format.  It is a must attend event for all operators, managers or board members who take water sample or report water quality monitoring results.

This class is 8:30 am - 3:30 pm on June 1.
Contact hours will not be issued until your PWSID number is submitted on the registration form.

Instructor: Jim McVeigh
When
6/1/2023
Where
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Imperial County Admin Offices 940 W. Main Street El Centro, CA 92243
Online registration not available.

Refund Policy

Requests for refunds and transfers must be made in writing and are subject to the following conditions: Full refund of fee paid (minus 25% handling fee) will be issued for cancellations received more than 15 days prior to class start date. All fees are non-refundable thereafter. Transfers are based on availability. No transfer requests will be authorized if they are not received more than 15 days prior to class start date. A 100% refund or credit of your registration fee will be issued if a class is canceled by the Section.

Transfer Policy

Requests for transfers must be made in writing and are subject to the following conditions: Transfers are based on availability.  No transfer requests will be authorized if they are not received more than 15 days prior to class start date.