Office of Water Programs

Save the Date! Don’t miss the next Water Seminar on November 20, 2020, at noon. Ellen Wehr, general counsel for the Grassland Water District, will present The Water Policy of Managed Wetlands in the Central Valley. Check back in a few days for more information on the topic and for registration links.

California Water Professionals Appreciation Week (October 311, 2020) is a great time to discover more about the career opportunities in the water and wastewater fields. Visit www.cawaterjobs.org/career-paths to find out about jobs in the water industry and how you can become part of this important part of protecting the public and the environment.

California Water Professionals Appreciation Week (October 311, 2020) is the perfect time to meet water professionals and learn about the work they do to protect their communities and the environment at www.cwea.org/news/category/members-in-the-news/

OWP is pleased to announce that the Water Seminar Series is back! Join us via Zoom on Friday, October 2, from 12 pm1 pm for a Water Seminar featuring speaker Kamyar Guivetchi. His seminar is titled "Flood-Mar: Harnessing Flood Waters for Aquifer Replenishment." For more information and to register for the event, please visit our website. https://www.owp.csus.edu/water-seminars/flood-MAR.php This seminar was originally scheduled for March 13, 2020.

The CA Department of Water Resources is offering distance learning resources for teachers, students, and parents to learn about how water directly impacts people’s everyday lives. DWR scientist are sharing about various aspects of water in California and the work they do during Water Wednesdays videos. Other offerings include workbooks, posters, and guides for hands-on activities. Find everything here: https://water.ca.gov//DWR-Water-Education-Resources-for-Di

Our new 7th edition of Water Treatment Plant Operation, Volume 2, is now available. To purchase, please visit our website at www.owp.csus.edu or call our customer service representatives at 916-278-6142. A preview of the updated content is at: https://www.owp.csus.edu//water-treatment-plant-operation-

Join us Friday, March 13th from 12 pm - 1 pm for a Water Seminar featuring speaker Kamyar Guivetchi. His seminar is titled "Flood-Mar: Harnessing Flood Waters for Aquifer Replenishment" For more information and to register for the event, please visit our website. https://www.owp.csus.edu/water-seminars/flood-MAR.php

A precocious pooch is successfully detecting water leaks for Central Arkansas Water (CAW), a first for North American water utilities after similar paws-itive experiences in Great Britain and Australia. Read more about him here! https://www.awwa.org//utm_camp/43819/source_2/connections

An upcoming webinar series will provide a framework for developing a Water Workforce Readiness Credential to prepare high-school students for work in the water industry. The second part of the series will outline steps to build a pathway to apprenticeship through a skills-based pre-apprenticeship program. Learn more about these webinars on our website https://www.owp.csus.edu/upcoming-events/index.php

Thank you to Alvar Escriva-Bou, research fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center, for an informative talk on "Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley." Please join us for the next seminar in the series on November 15, 2019. John Yarbrough will discuss "Oroville Spillways Recovery Project Overview."

The new full-color "Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Volume 1" 8th Edition is here! E-book access is included with purchase.https://www.owp.csus.edu/courses/wastewater.php

Upcoming Event! Join us for the latest water seminar, "Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley" with Alvar Escriva-Bou, research fellow at the PPIC Water Policy Center. Friday, September 27, 2019, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. at the University Union, Green and Gold Room (3201), 3rd floor http://www.owp.csus.edu/upcoming-events/index.php

Federal requirements that drinking water treatment operators be licensed became law on August 6, 1996, as part of the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Now all US states have EPA-approved operator certification programs for water systems. For more on the 1996 amendments, visit https://www.epa.gov//fi/2015-04/documents/epa816f04030.pdf