Seminar Title:
Pumps, Valves and Hydraulics for Water and Wastewater Applications
Location:
The Seminar will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at:
Middlesex County Fire Academy
1001 Fire Academy Drive
Sayreville, NJ 08872
Who Should Attend?
Superintendents, Managers, operators, environmental engineers, and anyone interested in valve and pump selection, operations and maintenance. Don’t miss out!
Registration Fee:
$45.00 per person for AWWA members, $55.00 for nonmembers, and is free for full-time, university-matriculated students. Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch and any handouts or proceedings.
Summary:
This one-day seminar will present a comprehensive overview of the application of different pumps and valves as well as the operations and maintenance. Upon the completion of this seminar, participants will:
- Have a general understanding of the application of pumps and valves in water and wastewater applications.
- Understand the value and benefits of proper selection of pumps and valves.
- Implement operations and maintenance procedures of pumps and valves to maintain performance and efficiency.
Each attendee will be provided with a handbook that will include detailed information on course material.
Continuing Education Credits:
This course is requested to be approved for 6.0 TCH’s for water and wastewater licenses and 6.0 Professional Development Hours for New York PE License.
Proposed Outline and Speakers:
| 8:00 am | Registration & Breakfast (provided) |
| 8:30 am | General Valve Selection and Application SPEAKER: Mike Altland, HMM |
| 9:30 am | Motorized Valves, Air Valves and Check Valves SPEAKER: Kevin Anderson, MLK Associates |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Surge Protection and Automatic Control Valve Operation and Maintenance SPEAKER: Joseph H. Lipari, Cla-Val Company |
| 11:45 am | Lunch (provided) |
| 12:45 pm | General Pump Selection and Hydraulics SPEAKER: John N. Rogers, P.E., BCEE, CDM |
| 1:45 pm | Variable Speed Pumping SPEAKER: Jim Vukich, ITT Water & Wastewater Corp |
| 2:45 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Operation and Maintenance of Water and Wastewater Pumps SPEAKER: Gus Schultes, A.C. Schultes |
| 4:00 pm | Wrap-up and Adjourn |
