AC21 -Sanitary Sewer System Waste Discharge Requirements (SSS WDR): Are You Up-To-Date?
Recorded On: 06/09/2021
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CWEA Contact Hours: 1.8 contact hours towards CWEA's Collection System Maintenance and Environmental Compliance Inspector certifications.
Hear directly from Jim Fischer and other sewer system compliance expert, on what regulatory compliance looks like for your system. Speakers will share information applicable to all regulated sewer systems - big and small, and discuss hot topics that the Water Board will consider when adopting an updated statewide Order.

Diana Messina, MS
Regulatory Permitting Chief
State Water Board

James Fischer, Jr.
Co-Owner
Fischer Compliance, LLC
Jim worked over 31 years as a professional engineer in the public sector and retired in June 2020 with the State of California after an extensive tenure with the State Water Resources Control Board which began in 2008. Jim formerly managed the Division of Water Quality's Sanitary Sewer Overflow Reduction (SSO) program and also worked in the Office of Enforcement since 2010 as statewide SSO lead providing technical assistance, training and coaching to regional boards prioritizing SSO inspections, compliance audits, and enforcement. To continue his water quality passion, Jim started his own company, Fischer Compliance, LLC in September 2020 to provide effective regulatory best practices to agencies striving to optimize operations and reduce their risks for violations, enforcement and undesirable public attention. Jim obtained a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from CSU Sacramento in 1988.

Michael Flores
Practice Area Lead for Collection System Operation
HDR
Michael Flores is the Practice Lead for Collection System Operations at HDR. He has over 24 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry with a primary focus on collection system asset management, operations and maintenance. He enjoys partnering with collection system agencies to implement process improvements to improve performance and make smart capital investment decisions. He is currently serving as the Chair of CWEA’s SSS-WDR Training Task Force and in this role is organizing technical training to improve WDR compliance in partnership with State Water Resources Control Board staff and the CWEA collection system community.

Sam Rose
Retired
South Placer Municipal Utility District
Sam retired in May 2020 after spending 34 years in the Wastewater Collection System industry, all at South Placer Municipal Utility District. Sam began as a temporary laborer and progressed to a full-time maintenance worker, new construction Inspector and Construction Manager. He spent 5 years managing the engineering department until he moved back to operations as the District Superintendent. Sam has a BA in Sociology from Sacramento State and holds a Collection System Maintenance Grade IV.
Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) 1.8 contact hours towards CWEA's Collection System Maintenance and Environmental Compliance Inspector certifications.
To receive your contact hours for viewing the live webinar, please note the one (1) attention check code that will be displayed during the webinar in the top left or right corner of the presentation for approximately 90 seconds. Please enter this code in the Attention Check Code component under the "Contents" tab.
Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions. It is not possible to receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.
Once you have entered the correct attendance check code, you will be able to create and download an electronic "Certificate of Completion" under the "Contents" tab.
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