December 2021 E-Newsletter

Issue #137

IN THIS ISSUE In-Person Section Conference in 2022 Section Election Is Open Excellence In Engineering Awards Training Job Postings  In-Person Section Conference in 2022-Registration Opens January 3  Registration opens Monday, January 3 for our first in-person Section Conference in two years! Join your fellow water professionals in Tacoma, April 27-29 as we gather once again for the premier training and networking event in the Pacific Northwest. Check out our website for all the conference information including technical program, vendor sponsor information, networking events including golf and more! Vendors/Sponsors - Sponsorship opportunities and vendor booth selection are all on a first come first serve basis. Don't delay register early for the best opportunities.

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Section Election Is Open AWWA Members Encouraged To Vote For Your Section Board

All AWWA members were sent an email invitation to vote via electronic ballot in this years Section election. If you did not receive this email please check your spam filter or click the link below to access the voting booth. To vote members will be asked to enter their email and last name which will be verified against the AWWA member database. You will only be allowed to vote once.  Candidates for office this year are: Chair Elect Doug Schlepp Dan Sleeth AWWA Directior James Dean Lacey Goeres-Priest Alex Mofidi Oregon/Idaho Trustee Joel Cary Erika Murphy Washington Trustee Pat Everham Tonya Reiss Trustee At Large Libby Barg Bakke DeEtta Fosbury Michelle Johnson Polls close on December 31.

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2022 Excellence in Engineering Awards Call for Entries!

Submit your entry for the 2022 Excellence in Engineering Awards. These awards recognize excellence in engineering for water supply, treatment, or conveyance projects. Persons, agencies, consultants, contractors, and water utilities who have recently or will be completing a water supply, treatment, or conveyance project for a water supply utility or agency in Idaho, Oregon or Washington may apply. To be considered for the 2022 Awards, the Committee will be looking for outstanding water related engineering projects which have shown: Incorporation of innovative technologies or approaches Difficulty of the challenges overcome Inclusion of sustainability elements (includes resource sustainability or cost effectiveness) Considerations for system or project resiliency (seismic, flood, system redundancy, etc.)  Please feel free to nominate one of your Projects or someone else's that you feel is deserving of an Award. Entry deadline is January 14.

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Training and More Training Online December 2 - Asset Management/Reliability Workshop December 8 - Lower Columbia Subsection December Workshop and Holiday Party January 27 - Financial and Workforce Sustainability Training

Job Postings

Electrician/Mechanical Technician Project Engineer Control System Technician Utility Worker I or II Customer Service Supervisor Project Engineer Senior Water Distribution Operator General Manager Engineer Electrician Design Engineer General Manager Utility Worker Staff Engineer Accounting Specialist Client Service Leader - Water Services Engineer Chief Financial Officer Senior Water Treatment Operator Development Engineering Permit Specialist Utilities Construction Engineer

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That's it for this month! Please send your news or information for inclusion in the January edition to the Section office. Have a wonderful holiday season with your family and friends. Sincerely,

Kyle Kihs Executive Director