Christal Wade WATERS Lab Microbiology Programs Manager Bowling Green Community College Adjunct Faculty Proposed Training & Outreach Coordinator

 Andrew Ernest  KY Division of Water Steering Committee  KY Wastewater Operator Certification Board  Environmental Quality Commission  Board of Directors Southeast Watershed Forum  KY Watershed Steering Committee  BRADD Water Management Council  Mammoth Cave Biosphere Planning Council  AWWA/WEA Joint Scholarship Program Committee

 Jana Fattic  KY DOW Regulations Subcommittee  KY DOW Capacity Development Subcommittee  Gretchen Grover  KY DOW Compliance Subcommittee  Jonathan Oglesby  KY DOW Cross-Connections Subcommittee

 Alanna Storey  KY MS4 Workgroup Steering Committee  Karla Andrew  Board of Directors – Barren River Imaginative Museum of Science (BRIMS)  Advisor to KY WARN Steering Committee

 KY GIS Conference  KY/TN Water Professionals Conference  TN Association of Utility Districts Annual Meeting  Southeast Watershed Conference  KRWA Technical Conference & Exhibition  National Rural Water Association Conference  Governor’s Conference on the Environment  Association of State Drinking Water Administrators Conference  Kentucky Onsite Wastewater Association Conference  KRWA Management Conference  KY Water & Wastewater Research Institute Symposium  KWWOA Annual Conference  Annual EPA Planning Meeting

 National Science Foundation Meeting  TN Water & Wastewater Operators Certification Board Meeting  Hardin County Wastewater Board Meeting  River Basin Team Meetings  EPA Region 4 Collaboration  Governor’s Energy Briefing  TACNet Annual Planning Meeting  Panel Discussion on KY Streams and Wetlands  KSEF SBIR Workshop

 KRWA Technical Conference & Exhibition  Kentucky Onsite Wastewater Association Conference  KWWOA Annual Conference  Western KWWOA Regional Conference  N & E KWWOA Regional Conference  KRWA Operator’s Expo  WKU Freshman Academy  Bowling Green Housing Authority Education & Job Fair

 Survey of Selected Potential Waterborne Pathogens  LT2 Rule Overview and System Requirements  Wastewater Laboratory Procedures  KY WARN Training  Total Coliform Rule Requirements & Sampling

 Currently 3 Divisions:  Field Operations and Outreach  Environmental Informatics and Information Technology  Water Analysis, Training, Education, and Research Services (WATERS) Laboratory

 Training and Outreach  To include the Workforce & Capacity Development Programs:  Municipal & Urban Stormwater Science  Watershed Science  Environment & Sustainability Science  Water & Wastewater Technician Training Institute (WTTI)  Water Infrastructure Management Science (WIMS)

 Initiated by CWRS in 2006  Response to operator shortage  Steering Committee  Utilities, municipalities, districts  State primacy agencies (KY/TN) ‏  Technical assistance providers (CWRS) ‏  Trade associations (KRWA, TAUD, KWWOA) ‏  Partnership: CWRS - BGCC

 Portable operator license via reciprocity  Local demand  KY needs ~50 new operators a year  National demand  50% of operators retiring in next 5-7 years  jobs becoming available in next 10 years  International demand for qualified operators  Water for People

 Associate Degree Program (3 tracks) ‏  Water Operations  Wastewater Operations  Utility Management  66 Academic Credit Hours  24 General Education Hours  21 Business Hours  21 Track Specific Hours  Operator Continuing Education Hours  Transition to Bachelor’s & Master’s programs

 21 Hours  Introduction to Computer Systems  Business Accounting I  Business Accounting II  Principles of Marketing  Business Communication  Business Seminary  Supervisory Management

 Common Classes  Water Supply & Wastewater Control  Water Distribution & Wastewater Collection  Water Chemistry  Water & Wastewater Instrumentation & Control  Water/Wastewater Track Classes  Intro to Water/Wastewater Treatment  Advanced Water/Wastewater Treatment  Calculations & Hydraulics for Water/Wastewater

 Basic Utility Management  Utility Organization, Regulations, & Law  Utility Finance & Administration  Utility Human Resource Management  Utility Management & Human Relations  Modern Technology & Utility Management

 Equally as rigorous as face-to-face classes  Unparalleled flexibility  Learn from anywhere  No set class schedule  No travel time  Advantages in professional development  Exposed to technology used in workforce  Learn to manage deadlines  Play key role in learning process

 MOODLE = Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment  Open source Course Management System  Relatively easy to use  Offers many learning tools  Lesson structures  Discussion forums  Testing options  Used for all WTTI specific classes

 Generating interest in the program  Recruiting  Enrollment  Funding  Outreach  Navigating university curriculum structure  All WTTI base courses approved

 Develop elective courses for WTTI  Develop certificate program  Franchise Model  Curriculum content package franchised to other institutes of higher learning  Develop similar programs for other utilities  Municipal and Urban Stormwater Training (MUST) ‏  Sustainability Studies Programs  Energy  Communications