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Everyone agrees that public works employees know what they’re doing and they do it well for the most part. Knowing what you do is one thing. Backing up that knowledge with documentation is the difference between just doing your job and gaining respect for what you do.
This program will give you an overview of the components and steps involved in becoming Accredited.
Stormwater management, specifically becoming an MS4 under NPDES Phase 2, tops the list as the biggest challenge facing small communities. In effort to inform and equip communities with lessons learned and some of the “how-to’s” to address this challenge, the Water Resources Management.
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes conducted its own infrastructure report based on the framework of ASCE's Infrastructure Report Card. This led to the formation of a community infrastructure management advisory committee, the creation of a comprehensive infrastructure management plan and an intuitive, web-based infrastructure planning tool to try "what if" scenarios based on priorities, economics, and community factors such as quality-of-life.
The City of Peoria, Arizona, decided it needed to grow its own water/wastewater professionals instead of relying on the ability to attract trained personnel from other municipalities. The City's Apprenticeship Program successfully partners with a local community college to train future certified water utility workers.
Don't miss this thought-provoking examination of various alternative fuels and the pros and cons of each. One speaker will discuss the benefits of bio-methanol and bio-dimethyl. Another will examine the impacts of current biodiesel mandates and offer tips for modifying biodiesel blend requirements to lower fuel and maintenance costs. A third speaker will discuss the options available for best utilizing biogas resources from landfills, wastewater treatment plants and the policy-driven benefit options for RINs for transportation fuels.
Sponsored and hosted by APWA's Water Resources Management Committee Aging systems and volatile storms and weather patterns have increasingly turned the focus of public works professionals to renewing and strengthening infrastructure using sustainable and green infrastructure tactics.
The City of Hamilton, Ontario, can't afford to site a new landfill for solid waste. To encourage waste diversion they came up with a Purple Cow (something that stands out in a crowd). To reward and recognize those residents that are successfully participating in recycling and waste diversion, gold boxes were issued that signified to all that they were making an important contribution to the community.
The City of Norman, Oklahoma developed one of the largest alternative vehicle fleets among similar sized Midwest cities and built a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facility. In the first 18 months of operation, fuel savings have exceeded expectations and sales of CNG fuel to the general public has doubled expectations.
In the wake of recent disasters, recovery and rebuilding efforts are increasingly focused on the link between disaster resiliency and sustainability including robust building standards, infrastructure risk and vulnerability assessments, and economic vitality through secure infrastructure.
Sponsored by APWA’s Young Professionals Group Explore how young professionals are acting as change agents and program champions in public works agencies. They will discuss navigating organizational change, demographic trends, and the importance of tapping into the institutional knowledge base of veteran colleagues to improve overall processes.