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Monday, May 12, 2008

Raffle Winner

Tim Johnson is Rifle Winner

Tim Johnson from the City of Lewiston was the lucky winner of the rifle drawing. A limited number of tickets were sold at the 2008 Annual Technical Conference for a Thompson Centre Encore Rifle, hard case and scope. The proceeds of the raffle drawing will go towards the Idaho Rural Water Association's scholarship program.

Legislative Issues

Legislative Monitoring

The legislative committee of the Association works diligently year around to follow the legislative process at both the Federal and State level. It provides updates on various bills that deal with water or wastewater issues.

IRWA Scholarship Fund

2008 Scholarship Winner

Katelyn Sullivan

Idaho Rural Water Association is proud to announce that Katelyn Sullivan is the winner of the 2008 IRWA Scholarship! Ms. Sullivan was a 2006 graduate of Bonneville High School and is currently a sophomore enrolled at Idaho State University in Pocatello and majoring in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. She works for the Childrens Center and also volunteers with the Head Start Program. Her mother is Amy Sullivan, City Clerk for the City of Ucon.

Click Here to get your application now!

Idaho Rural Water Association

The Idaho Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization that provides training and technical assistance to water and wastewater communities and systems throughout Idaho.

IRWA STAFF:

Bill Hays, Shelly Hammons, Tony Elfering,

Virgil Leedy, Melinda Harper, Diane Sauer,

Kevin McLeod, Barbi Burke and Darrel Clapp.

Idaho Senator Larry Craig

Senator Larry Craig

and IRWA Board President Butch Anderson.

Senator Craig

received the

"Friend of Rural Water"

Award from

National Rural Water

Association in 2006.

2008 IRWA Annual Technical Conference

2008 IRWA

Annual

Technical Conference

Idaho Rural Water Association's (IRWA) 2008 Annual Technical Conference was March 19-21, 2008, at The Boise Centre on the Grove. The conference is a 2-1/2 day training event for drinking water and wastewater professionals in the state of Idaho to receive their continuing education credits for the year.

A training workshop at the IRWA Conference.

This year 211 drinking water and wastewater operators, clerks, mayors and council members from around the state of Idaho attended the IRWA Annual Technical Conference and there were 47 vendors displaying the latest technology in the water and wastewater industry. We would like to thank our Sapphire Sponsor Sherwin-Williams Industrial and Marine Coatings.

Governor Butch Otter, IRWA Board President Butch Anderson,

IRWA's General Manager, Virgil Leedy and

Lance Nielson, DEQ's Safe Drinking Water Manager.

The opening session for the conference was Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The ROTC Color Guard opened the ceremony and Governor Butch Otter was the Official Guest Speaker. Governor Otter spoke about the need for updated infrastructure in water and wastewater systems throughout the state of Idaho. The Governor also reviewed key issues that the Idaho's Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) are working on for the state of Idaho. Lance Nielsen, Safe Drinking Water Manager, from IDEQ also spoke to the attendees at the IRWA's opening session.

National Rural Water Association's

Board of Director President, Rodney Tart.

The Annual Meeting for IRWA members was Thursday, March 20, 2008. Rodney Tart, President of National Rural Water Association's Board of Director, gave a heartfelt and powerful speech to the IRWA members in attendance. The IRWA Board of Directors presented their Annual Report to the members and Shelly Roberts, CPA, from Pulliam and Associates read the financial statements for 2007-2008. The members voted to retain the current board members that were up for reelection.

Judges: Dave Flesher, USDA, RD; Russ Donoghue, NRWA

and Don Acheson, Riedesel & Associates, Inc.

Following the Annual Meeting on Thursday, IRWA had its Drinking Water Contest for the best tasting water in the state of Idaho. This year there were 11 entries for the contest from systems all over Idaho. The contest was narrowed down to three final entries. There were three people who were the judges of the drinking water contest and they were: Dave Flesher, USDA, Rural Development; Don Acheson, Riedesel & Associates and Russ Donoghue, NRWA. The winner of the Drinking Water Contest was Hulen Meadows with a tie for second place going to the City of St. Maries and the City of Hailey. Click here to see the photos of the drinking water contest winner.

Senator Larry Craig, Butch Anderson, Bob Culver,

Walt Appell, Robert Dial,

Mike Haight, Rob Wright and Dan Waldo.

The Closing Ceremony for the IRWA Annual Technical Conference was Friday, March 21, 2008, Senator Larry Craig spoke to the 104 members that were in attendance that day. The Awards Committee presented the awards to the winners of the Awards for Excellence and the winners of the raffle drawings were announced.

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IRWA Training and E-Learning

E-Learning

IRWA also offers web-based operator certification and license renewal training providing employers and their employees the flexibility to take training courses at their own pace without the hassle and cost of attending live classes.

Click Here to learn more about E-Learning.

IRWA Board of Directors

2008

Board Election

Results

Region I - Dan Waldo retained his seat in an uncontested race.

Region IV - Robert Dial retained his seat in an uncontested race.

At-Large - Rob Wright retained his seat in an uncontested race.

Click Here to see a list of current board members and regions.

Award Winners

"Awards

for

Excellence"

Each year at our Annual Technical Conference, IRWA presents awards to Member Systems and employees of Member Systems that have done an outstanding job in the water and wastewater field.

At this year's 2008 Annual Technical Conference which was March 19-21, 2008, at The Boise Centre on the Grove in Boise, IRWA was proud to announce the following winners of each category for the "Awards for Excellence".

WATER OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

Mark Reynolds,

City of St. Maries

WASTEWATER OPERATOR

OF THE YEAR

Fred Argelan,

City of St. Maries

ROOKIE OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

J.L. Staley,

City of Fairfield

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

Janice Bicandi,

City of Marsing

WATER SYSTEM OF THE YEAR

City of Hailey,

Bob Schulz,

Superintendent

FRIEND OF IRWA

John Bokor,

Twin Falls, DEQ

Idaho Rural Water Association would like to offer our congratulations to the winners of each category. These individuals go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that their systems operate according to the rules and regulations issued to them to ensure public health and safety.

Click on the categories above to see the photos of the winners.

Pdaddyphotos

Conference pictures compliments of Roger Parker and Pdaddy Photos.

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