• July - September Activities
• What's New
• Operator Training Reimbursement
• Upcoming Events (Free DBP and Microbial Rules Training!)
• Lending Library
• Remove From Email List

Throughout the summer, ATTAC performed sanitary surveys and instructed one Intro to Small Water Systems Workshop.

ATTAC continues to coordinate efforts to revise the Introduction to Small Water Systems Manual. Anyone interested in the project, is asked to contact ATTAC.

Jim McCauley, ATTAC trainer, resigned in August and returned to Washington state. Jim continues to teach a few online courses for the ENVT program.
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The University of Alaska SE Sitka Campus' Environmental Technology Program was featured in the August 2007 edition of Journal AWWA. Nicole Duclos coauthored "Distance Learning Helps Alleviate Workforce Issues in Alaska," published in Journal AWWA, Vol. 99, No. 8 (August 2007), by the American Water Works Association. Reprinted from Journal AWWA, Vol. 99 No. 8 (August 2007), by permission. Copyright © 2007, American Water Works Association.
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If you are interested in ATTAC services for workshops during the next calendar period, please submit your requests soon. Our calendar is beginning to fill up! Email requests or inquiries to Nicole.

The Operator Certification Program, in cooperation with EPA, has funds available to reimburse water operators for costs associated with continuing education.

Who is eligible for reimbursement?
Certified and non-certified water operators of eligible water systems: Verification of employment as a water operator at an eligible water system is required. Click here to view the list of eligible water systems. Reimbursement is only available for courses that make the operator eligible to take the certification exam. All Reimbursement Forms, Taxpayer ID forms, course completion certificates, and receipts must be submitted (postmarked) by May 15, 2008. Requests for reimbursement postmarked after May 15, 2008 will not be honored.

For more information on this program, eligibility, and how to apply, please visit the Operator Certification web site.

• Nov 13-15: Disinfection Byproducts and Microbial Rules Training Workshop; Anchorage, Alaska - Contact Dan Weber
  Free to participants, but you must register by November 2 to guarantee a seat and training materials. Download the workshop information here.
• Dec 3-7: Intro to Small Wastewater Systems Provisional Level; Kotzebue, Alaska - Contact Maniilaq Association
• View all July - December 2007 statewide calendar listings

• Check out books and videos online
• Study for certification exams
• Review topics
• Learn something new

ATTAC maintains a lending library of books and videos in a variety of water and wastewater subjects (certification study guides too!). If you live in Alaska and are interested in receiving a book or video please check them out using our online form found on the web page. Items may be borrowed for 45 days.

Regs and Compliance...

Fact Sheets for LT2 Rule:
Systems serving at least 10,000
Systems serving less than 10,000

Fact Sheets for Stage 2 DBP Rule:
IDSE Standard Monitoring

Guidance on the Ground Water Rule

Manuals to Help Small Systems Comply With DW Regs: LT2ESWTR and Stage 2 DBPR

Simultaneous Compliance Guidance Manual for Stage 2 Rules

Of Interest...

Online courses for operators

Check out the EPA Q & A Database for Answers on Arsenic to Water Utility Compliance Issues

EPA Best Practices Guides

EPA's Interactive Sampling Guide for Drinking Water System Operators

Small Systems Information and Guidance

Water/Wastewater Occupational Endorsements

Workshops