EPA Tribal O&M Training Flyer For June through October

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EPA’s Office of Wastewater Management is scheduling a series of in-person training workshops for tribes and Alaskan Native Villages to help increase participants’ skills and knowledge in the operation of wastewater and drinking water treatment systems. The objective of this three-day workshop series is to instruct tribal staff and leaders on how best to operate, troubleshoot, and maintain small wastewater and drinking water systems. Training sessions will be held around the country in June - October 2011 and will be open to members of all federally recognized tribes, Alaskan Native Villages, and territories. The training is intended for water system operators, wastewater system operators, tribal utility managers, tribal council members and leaders involved with water utility management.
There is no registration fee for the workshops. There is a cap of 50 participants at each session. Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages that received 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds will be given priority. Travel, hotel, and per diem costs for attendees from tribal reservations may be covered by a participant’s local Indian Health Service Area office.
A list of training dates and locations is provided below:
•    June 21-23, 2011, Seattle, Washington
•    July 26-28, 2011, Billings, Montana
•    August 9-11, 2011, St. Paul, Minnesota
•    September 13-15, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona
•    September 27-29, 2011, Kansas City, Kansas
•    October 25-27, 2011, Anchorage, Alaska
Please see the attached pamphlet. A web page with training information and a link to register for the event is available on the Office of Water’s Tribal Training web site at: http://water.epa.gov/learn/training/tri ... 7_2011.cfm. A copy of the training flier and agenda, also available on the web page above, are attached below.
For questions or additional information about the training, please contact Leon Latino, EPA/OWM, by e-mail at: latino.leon@epa.gov or by phone at: 202-564-1997; or Matthew Richardson, EPA/OWM, by e-mail at: richardson.matthew@epa.gov or by phone at: 202-564-2947.
Thank you
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Loretta Vanegas
Clean Water Tribal Office (WTR-10)
U.S. EPA, Pacific Southwest Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 972-3433
vanegas.loretta@epa.gov