Learn how to plan and execute a program to assess and address aging water distribution infrastructure. This topic will provide you with useful information for dealing with an aging water infrastructure. The water problems in Flint, Michigan brought national attention to problems caused by aging water pipes. Agencies are discovering that water engineering design is a specialty field. Most civil engineers learn highway and traffic engineering as...

Learn about the emerging issues with eminent domain and understand how it affects your clients and your practice. This topic will provide updates and analysis on eminent domain topics relevant to business owners, property owners, public agencies and their attorneys. We will discuss legislation at the Federal and state levels -- such as the use of alternative project delivery methods -- that has impacted the acquisition of private property for...

Steps to an Emergency Action Plan "Active shooter" incidents remain in the news and a source of anxiety for us all. "It will never happen here," is not a strategy. An average of 900 workplace homicides occur in the United States every year. But there is something you can do to prepare yourself and your co-workers for the unthinkable. Corporate security consultant and distinguished retired FBI special agent Rob Haley will walk you through the f...

The IPSA's web-workshop about suicide in public safety is for anyone in government or the private sector. The course syllabus includes: Section 1: Suicide PreventionContributing risk factors Recognizing signs Mental health related to suicide Section 2: Suicide InterventionKnowing when to step in Listening skills Resources and getting help Section 3: Suicide PostventionFirst response impact Postevention = Prevention Resilience and resources Rec...

Full lead service line replacement is not easily achieved. This webinar will review the key elements of a replacement program, the tools successful water systems are using, and an update on information and policy gaps associated with full lead service line replacement

This webcast will provide all first responders with the knowledge, tactics and confidence necessary to work quickly with available resources to locate and neutralize an active shooter while simultaneously providing rapid medical care and a mass casualty response. To date, Ventura County has conducted over 300 classes and trained 2900+ law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS crews and dispatchers. Instruction will be provided by J. Scott Qu...

The IPSA's web-workshop about project management fundamentals is relevant to aspiring, new and seasoned project managers. This event is at 12pm AZ time (2pm EST) Section 1: OverviewCore Concepts Why Project Management is Important Short term and long term projects Section 2: Project Plans and SchedulesScope Statements Deliverables, Milestones and Timeline Budgets Risks and Risk Mitigation Section 3: Successful ManagementManaging a Project Team...

This webinar will cover the results of the 2016 elections, at both the presidential and congressional levels. It will present an analysis of the members of Congress leaving office and of new, incoming congressional members. Additionally, the makeup of the congressional committees relevant to the drinking water sector will be reviewed. A preview of the new administration, its goals, and the likely policy issues relevant to the drinking water se...

The consequences of changing water sources has been receiving widespread media attention because of recent Flint, Mich., events. Although the events that led to the Flint situation were unique, unintended consequences in distribution systems because of water chemistry changes resulting from source or treatment changes have occurred before. This webinar helps shed light on the complexity of water chemistry in distribution systems and highlight...