PA-AWWA Supporters: Are you looking for an effective way to put your company’s products or services in front of the key decision-makers in Pennsylvania’s water industry? Advertising space is now being reserved for the Summer issue of the new-look PA-AWWA magazine – The Water News Source – and we encourage you to take full advantage of its potential to […]
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FEMA Administrator April 15, 2020 Letter to Emergency Managers The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a letter on April 15, 2020 to the Nation’s Emergency Managers, which outlines lessons learned from the first 30 days of FEMA leading the “Whole-of-America” response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This letter expressed the need for […]
READ MORE »PA DEP: Important Information for Operators: Regarding Maintaining Continuing Education for Water and Wastewater Operators PA DEP has posted applicable information in two locations…here, which is the Bureau of Safe Drinking COVID-19 webpage which contains guidance for public water systems and labs: https://www.dep.pa.gov/Business/Water/BureauSafeDrinkingWater/Pages/Coronavirus.aspx Specific to your questions on continuing education, please scroll down and select […]
READ MORE »PA DEP Issues New Guidance On Inspections, Permit Enforcement, Waivers Of Permit, Regulatory Provisions During COVID-19 Pandemic The Department of Environmental Protection posted new guidance on its website outlining a series of actions it is taking during the COVID-19 pandemic related to inspections, permits enforcement and considering enforcement waivers. Inspections/Responding To Complaints To limit exposure […]
READ MORE »Building Water Flushing Guidance Recently AWWA published a document which is much better than those listed on this PAAWWA page. https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/Government/20201001FrameworkforBuildingManagersFINALDistCopy.pdf For building facilities personnel and contractors I believe my document is the most useful. https://legionellae.org/wp-content/uploads/Chapter-3-Developing-a-Building-Potable-Water-System-Flushing-Program-5-18.pdf CDC Building Water Flushing Guidance Given that you as a water supplier may receive questions regarding this information about […]
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