Training Events & Webinars

​Upcoming Training Events & Webinars

Minnesota Water Utilities Resilience Planning & Adaptation Training – July 18, 2019 – St. Could, Minnesota – register here

• The Minnesota Rural Water Association, the Minnesota Department of Health, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are hosting a free training for drinking-water, storm-water, and waste-water utilities on resilience planning and adapting to current and future extreme weather threats. This workshop will share information about how environmental conditions and extreme weather events like drought and flooding could impact drinking-water, storm-water, and waste-water utilites in Minnesota. It will also investigate adaptation strategies for building utility long-term resilience and will make a business case to invest in resilience. And, the workshop will provide an opportunity to share stories of successful resilience planning efforts and adaptation activities. Attendees will be introduced to the EPA's Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) resources and tools as well as resources available for financing resilience and adaptation. Topics are timely for drinking-water, storm-water, and waste-water utility staff and management involved in planning, operations, sustainability, and risk management; technical assistance providers; local, state, federal, and tribal government officials; watershed planners; and water-sector associations. Attendees are eligible for 6.0 contact hours for certified water operators and certified waste-water operators. For more information, view the event flyer or contact Alfredo Lagos.

Stay tuned! More events coming soon!

Registering for a Training Event

Please note that GLEIC event registration is handled by the Center for Technology & Training at Michigan Technological University; you will be forwarded to their event registration page when clicking on more information or registration links. If you have a question about your registration, you can contact the GLEIC at gleic-support@mtu.edu or (906) 487-2102 or you can contact the Center for Technology & Training at ctt@mtu.edu or (906) 487-2102.

Past Training Events & Webinars

• How to Start Your Needed Infrastructure Project Webinar – April 23, 2019 – slides
  
  • Infrastructure upgrades and improvements are a necessary part of operating a small water or wastewater system, but they can often be difficult to get started. In this webinar, the GLEIC's John Sullivian will explain where to look for sources of infrastructure funding, including USDA Rural Development programs and State Revolving Fund programs, and how to assemble and select a team of professionals. He will also detail the services and contributions of financial, legal, and technical project partners; the quality-based selection process for technical engineering services; and the services that engineers provide during the preliminary, design, and construction phases of the project. This event is sponsored by Smart Management for Small Water Systems.
• Great Lakes Commission des Grands Lacs Integrated Water Asset Management Webinar Series (1: What is Integrated Water Asset Management; 2: Water Infrastructure Financing and IWAM; 3: Technology and IWAM; 4: IWAM Policy and Program Implementation – February-May 2019 – Recordings of all IAMM webinars can be found here
• 2019 EPA Region 5 Water Forum & Pre-forum EFC Network Asset Management for Water Systems Workshop – February 19 & 20 – Mount Pleasant, Michigan 
• 2018 EPA Region 5 Water Finance Forum – June 7– Findlay, Ohio (presentations from the forum)
• 2018 Infrastructure Finance Basics Workshop – May 23 – St. Cloud, Minnesota 
• 2017 Infrastructure Finance Basics Workshop—Mt. Pleasant, MI (July 26)
• 2017 Strategic Land-Use Planning Webinar (July 25)
• 2017 Infrastructure Finance Basics Workshop—Wausau, WI