Welcome to
Montana Rural Water Systems
OR
KEEP RURAL AMERICA STRONG!
Today’s Congressional policies and funding decisions are jeopardizing the ability of every community in rural America to keep water and wastewater services affordable. Budget cuts will leave USDA WEP unable to accomplish its mission. WEP is instrumental in helping rural America maintain affordable and sustainable water access for all rural people.
Visit https://www.ruralwaterstrong.org/ for more info!
Upcoming Events!
TRAINING CALENDAR
Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers Course
A series of lectures followed by guided exercises in a wet lab will provide understanding of field-testing methods on 4 backflow prevention assemblies: pressure vacuum breakers, spill resistant vacuum breakers, reduced pressure principle assemblies, and double check assemblies. Students will gain knowledge in hydraulics, backflow and back siphonage, types of cross connections, and degrees of hazard and state and federal regulations. Friday afternoon participants can take a written exam and on Saturday morning can take a practical exam administered by the American Backflow Prevention Association (ABPA). Passing scores on both the exams will result in certification by ABPA as a backflow prevention assembly tester. For more information on ABPA see the back of this training announcement or go to their website www.abpa.com
Click here for more information and how to register
Click here to register for exam through ABPA
Wastewater math is essential to ensure wastewater plants and processes are running properly. Along with a strong understanding of proper process characteristics, understanding and being able to perform wastewater calculations allows operators to optimize and make proper adjustments to their wastewater processes. This training is designed to provide strategies and practice for wastewater math most often found in operator certification exams. Operators and other wastewater workers will develop the skills they need to perform the required math portions of their certification tests, as well as in their everyday duties.
Training Objectives:
Introduce common wastewater math concepts
Provide walkthroughs to select wastewater math problems
Provide wastewater math practice problems and provide guidance as needed
Recommend further practice and study resources as needed
Trainers: Tucker Colvin, Research Engineer, Southwest Environmental Finance Center
CECs: This training has been approved for 0.5 CECs (5 hours of wastewater credit) by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
To Register visit : https://efcnetwork.org/event/mt-training-wastewater-math-for-montana-wastewater-systems/
Water and Wastewater Safety Course
0.20 Dual CEC’s
Presented by John Scwartz from USA Blue Book
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Course description: Whether biological, chemical or physical, hazards are abundant in wastewater operations—which has more hazards than most other professions. This course covers those potential hazards, confined spaces, mitigating hazards, personal protection equipment and more, to help make your workplace a safer place to be.
$30.00 for nonmembers and $20.00 Members. Use discount code MRWS2025 at checkout.
To register visit https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8972031822114782815
Sampling and Monitoring for Water and Wastewater Systems
Polson, MT – June 24, 2025
0.600 Dual CECs Available
9:00-10:00am Digital Liquid Analysis in Water/Wastewater
(Chris Helliwell, Endress + Hauser) [0.100 Dual CECs]
10:00-11:00am Testing and Verifying Instrumentation into your SCADA System
(Dennis Burgard, MET Automation) [0.100 Dual CECs]
11:00-12:00pm Monitoring Schedules and Sampling
(Jon Cuthbertson, ME Labs)
12:00 – 1:00pm — >>>>>> Lunch on Your Own <<<<<<
1:00-4:00pm Monitoring Schedules and Sampling (cont.)
(Jon Cuthbertson, ME Labs) [0.400 Dual CECs]
Water and Wastewater Operator Training
Stevensville, MT – June 26, 2025
0.600 Dual CECs Available
9:00-10:00am Digital Liquid Analysis in Water/Wastewater
(Chris Helliwell, Endress + Hauser) [0.100 Dual CECs]
10:00-11:00am Testing and Verifying Instrumentation into your SCADA System (Dennis Burgard, MET Automation) [0.100 Dual CECs]
11:00-12:00pm Hydrants and Valves- Hands-on Demonstration
(Leo Malinak, MRWS) [0.100 Dual CECs]
12:00 – 1:00pm — >>>>>> Lunch on Your Own <<<<<<
1:00-2:00pm Sampling Procedures for Water & Wastewater
(Lynora Rogstad, MRWS) [0.100 Dual CECs]
2:00-4:00pm System Monitoring Equipment
(Mike Uthe, Mueller) [0.200 Dual CECs]
Training & Where We Go!
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Our Mission
At MRWS, our mission is to provide quality training and technical assistance to Drinking Water, Waste Water, and Tribal systems — to enable them to produce the best product with their available resources!
“Every man owes a part of his time and money to the business of industry to which he is engaged. No man has the moral right to withhold his support from an organization that is striving to improve conditions within his sphere.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
Need funding to attend training?
The MWEA (Montana Water Environment Association) Board has set aside funds in the current operating budget for assisting Montana operators to attend continuing education/training events. They want to help you get the training you need!
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