AWWA Webinar- Utility Actions to Sustain Operations during COVID-19
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
Note: Webinar is Friday, March 20, 2020 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time Venue-Online-Denver, CO
This webinar is designed to share practices that utilities have implemented to prepare and respond to COVID-19. This includes a discussion of workforce issues, facility access and supply chain conditions. In addition, a summary of state primacy agency actions with be provided. Templates that a utility might use to support pandemic planning efforts will also be shared.
Current presenters include:
- Sandy A. Smith, DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management, and Joey Witcher, Sinclair Water Authority, will discuss the GAWARN standard operating procedures on sustaining operations during a pandemic. A Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN) is a network of utilities helping other utilities to respond to and recover from emergencies.
- Alan Roberson, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, will provide a summary overview of state actions to support utility operations, including adjustments to sampling/monitoring and operator certifications.
- Dawn Ison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Security Division, will address action items they have developed to support utilities.
- Ray Riordan, City of San Jose’s director of emergency services and chair of CalWARN, on collaboration with emergency management.
- Kevin Morley, AWWA’s federal relations manager, will moderate the discussion.
Among the topics scheduled to be discussed are absenteeism, succession planning, facility access during containment/quarantine, supply chain – treatment chemicals, and building shutdowns/low flow — guidance on post COVID-19 flushing and return to service for shutoffs. Register Now
