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What’s New?
A Note From John Camden
MRWS Annual Conference Postponed to May 19-21, 2021
WaterISAC Advisory on Current Egregor Ransomware Incident at Large Metropolitan Water Utility – Read More Here
Covid-19 and Our Business: Some Things You Should Know
Click the links below for the latest information:
- Planning and Responding to a Pandemic – EPA’s checklist for utilities
- EPA’s Coronavirus and Drinking Water and Wastewater Website
- Pandemic Incident Action Checklist
- WHAT SHOULD YOU PUT DOWN YOUR SEWER
- EPA Announces Enforcement Discretion Policy for COVID
- PWS Operator Updates
- COVID-19 & Drinking Water – A note from DEQ & MRWS
- NRWA – A Message From the CEO
- Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce
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Upcoming Events
November is Infrastructure Security Month
MRWS ANNUAL CONFERENCE May 19-21, 2021
TRAINING CALENDAR
Montana Fall Water School
December 9 and 10, 2020
On-line Training and Continuing Education
For Montana’s Water and Wastewater Operators
The Fall Water School offered this year by the MW2OI continues the long tradition of operator training at Montana State University. Due to the restrictions and uncertainties caused by COVID 19, this year’s Water School will be offered virtual over two day allowing operators around the state to participate in training and meet their system obligations. The theme for this year’s Fall Water School is “Optimization and Resiliency”. Leading speakers from around the state and the nation will provide operators with important training to improve the operation of Montana’s water and wastewater systems.
More information here.
Montana Fall Water School Website
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) and Montana Rural Water Systems (MRWS) are sponsoring a free one-day virtual workshop to assist community (drinking) water systems (CWSs) with developing or updating Emergency Response Plans (ERPs) in accordance with America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) Section 2013(b).
Click Here for more information and the registration link.
Montana Fall Water School
December 9 and 10, 2020
On-line Training and Continuing Education
For Montana’s Water and Wastewater Operators
The Fall Water School offered this year by the MW2OI continues the long tradition of operator training at Montana State University. Due to the restrictions and uncertainties caused by COVID 19, this year’s Water School will be offered virtual over two day allowing operators around the state to participate in training and meet their system obligations. The theme for this year’s Fall Water School is “Optimization and Resiliency”. Leading speakers from around the state and the nation will provide operators with important training to improve the operation of Montana’s water and wastewater systems.
More information here.
Montana Fall Water School Website
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!
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