Category: Resources

COVID-19, Resources, Training

Approved Training Credit Hours for Upcoming Virtual Training

WIWSA

  No-Cost Webinar Training:Financial Recovery from COVID-19 and Customer Assistance Programs for Small Water Systems in Washington StateSeptember 28 & 29, 2020 | 10:00am-12:30pm PT Register via Zoom Meetings     Webinar 1: September 28, 2020 | 10:00am-11:30am PT This webinar will provide an overview of the competing priorities of the water utility: serve all customers continuously and provide financial sustainability amid this crisis and beyond. We will then discuss alternative approaches to water shut offs and describe various ways that customers can be assisted, from the less direct approaches such as rate structures to the most direct approach of a … Continue reading Approved Training Credit Hours for Upcoming Virtual Training

Resources, Training

DWSRF Upcoming Funding Opportunities and Webinars

WIWSA

Washington State Department of Health Office of Drinking Water Drinking Water State Revolving Fund UpdatesSeptember 2020 We will accept Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Construction Loan applications October 1 to November 30.  We have about $45 million to award, with maximum award per jurisdiction of $5 million. Information on this funding opportunity is posted to our webpage along with the link to a September 22 webinar:                        Doh.wa.gov/DWSRF Based on recent survey responses, we know you need to complete projects and we encourage you to apply this year for DWSRF Construction Loan funding since we don’t know if or when … Continue reading DWSRF Upcoming Funding Opportunities and Webinars

Resources, Training

EPA Drinking Water Workshop

WIWSA

EPA Drinking Water WorkshopThe annual workshop is going online this year and is open to the public. Held September 1 to 3, the workshop brings together academics, federal researchers, state officials, and others involved in drinking water treatment and regulation. There will be sessions on all the big questions of the day: PFAS, lead, pathogens in distribution systems, water access on the Navajo Nation during Covid-19, small system challenges. (Courtesy Circle of Blue) Continue reading EPA Drinking Water Workshop

COVID-19, Press

Message from King Water on contingency plans

WIWSA

“First we are protecting our workers.  We are no longer having morning meetings, cancelling all customer meetings and not allowing anyone into our offices.  I have also instructed all the guys to stay away from all customers, maintain the ten foot distance.  If we become short staffed, we will focus on the chlorinated and filtered systems and, of course,  cancel all projects.  We can actually manage with 3-4 guys, but it is tough, very tough.  We’ve all talked and all know what we have to do, if it gets that bad.  We also have a few other people we can … Continue reading Message from King Water on contingency plans