Director’s Message Scott Paxman, Section Director

ACE16 was in Chicago. Attendance was great, especially from the Intermountain Section. Thanks for all your support. There was an overwhelming emphasis on Lead in the drinking water, and a push for utilities to get a handle on identifying their lead service connections and having a plan and schedule to have these services replaced. If not done properly, the work of service replacement may create even more of a health issue and needs to be done as a total service replacement, not just the READ MORE

Summer 2016 Newsletter

Thank You to Our Sponsors

August 31 Free Drinking Water Workshop September 14-16 Annual Conference October 13 FREE Water Audit Workshop November 8 Idaho Operator Training—Surge Analysis & Control November 17 Administrative Professionals Luncheon Training

Upcoming Events

Section Chair’s Message Pamela Gill, Section Chair

It has been a fun and eventful summer packed with a variety of training and activities held for our Section members. Events included System/Operator training, Leadership Forum training, Administrative Professionals training, work-shops, webinars, participation in community events, and last but not least, ACE 16. All of these kept our committees and staff very busy. This fall and winter there will be several more upcoming events. You can find them on our website at ww.ims-awwa.org. A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who make these events possi-ble. We could not do them without your help and support.

A number of Section members attended ACE 16 in Chicago, IL. The ses-sions were excellent and provided timely infor-mation on many issues in the water industry. The Exhibit Hall served as a great resource to visit with vendors and find out about new products.

At ACE, our members and the Section received awards and participated in the Meter Madness competition.

* Mark Stanley, O & M Superintendent, Salt Lake City Public Utilities, was awarded the Fuller Award for his many contributions to the water industry.

* Central Utah Water Conservancy District re-ceived the AWWA Exemplary Source Water Protection Award.

* The Member Engagement Committee was awarded the AWWA Club 7 Award READ MORE

This year’s AWWA Summer Workshop training for staff and board members was well worth the time and effort to attend. Several staff and board members were in attendance. The purpose of the workshop was to help sections understand how they fit into the larger picture of AWWA.

The workshop kicked off with a great presentation by Melanie Goete. If you have not read her AWWA Journal articles and read her book Communicating Water’s Value: Talking Points, Tips and Strategies login to AWWA and download her articles right now. She discussed how to communicate to the pubic during a crisis. Her best advice is to have a crisis plan now, before you need it. Make certain that you have the correct phone numbers to contact the correct people in a crisis. She also suggested that fostering relationships with the media and other agencies before a crisis is the best way to survive an actual crisis.

Our own Alane Boyd gave a wonderful presentation on Total Water READ MORE

AWWA Summer Workshop Monica Hoyt, Advocacy & Outreach Council Chair

ACE16 Highlights Alane Boyd, Section Executive Director

I had a very busy, but also enjoyable time at ACE16 in Chicago. Nicole Baser also accompanied me. On Sunday morning Nicole and I met some other Section Staff for breakfast and picked up our registra-tion. Sunday afternoon there was a meeting for Section Staff. I presented on the status of AWWA2020 Branding Program for the Section Staff. 41 out of 43 Sections adopted one of three AWWA Section brands. This outcome was accomplished more quickly and smoother than expected. Nicole and I learned about other new and ongoing programs for Sections. We attended the Opening General Session (OGS) on Monday morning. And, boy was there a big crowd. Nicole and I had to get there bright and early so that we could hold the Intermountain Section sign for our members to sit with us. The Section had about 75 members attend ACE. This is a fantastic turnout. I would suggest that any of you who have not gone to ACE, find a time in the coming years to attend. Next year it is in Philadelphia, PA on June 11-14, 2017. After the OGS I attended a Women’s Networking Event with Pam Gill, our Section Chair. We got to meet some other wonderful women from around the world. Then, I attended an awards ceremony where Cen-tral Water Conservancy District received the 2016 AWWA Exemplary Source Water Protection Award for a large source water system.

On Monday afternoon I attended my last Member Engage-ment Committee (MEDC) meeting. I have served two terms on this committee. The MEDC is trying to figure out ways to measure engagement. I volunteered for the Section to use our database to look at member engagement. I will be going off of the MEDC, but Lisa Anderson was voted to be a mem-ber of the MEDC. This is a great opportunity for Lisa and for the Section. Much information on membership is planned and implemented through the MEDC. Also, a great perk for the Section is that, she will get her travel reimbursed to attend the Membership Summit each year that she is on the Committee. On Tuesday morning I attended the Water Loss Committee meeting. This committee developed the Water Audit Soft-ware. Will Jernigan with Cavanaugh Solutions is the chair of the committee. I was able to meet Jeff Oxenfort with RCAP in

Golden, CO. He would like to see how READ MORE

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Leadership Forum Concludes Another Successful Year Clint Jensen, Management Development Committee Chair

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The 2015-16 Leadership Forum has completed another successful year. Congratulations to the following for successfully completing the program and will be recognized at an awards luncheon in August: * Jeff Grimsdell – Salt Lake City Public Utilities * David Beratto – Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District * Jonathan Hilbert – Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District * Jeffrey Small – Jordan Valley water Conservancy District * Brad Jeppson – Granger-Hunter Improvement District * Doug Bradfield – Granger-Hunter Improvement District * Shawn Ellis – Granger-Hunter Improvement District * Kim Coleman – Granger-Hunter Improvement District * Dan McDougal – Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District READ MORE

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Welcome to our New Members April—June 2016

Trevor Andra Carol Cohen Debbie Gregory Mark Larson Ruston Monson

Madeline Bickmore Ron Dawson Benjamin Hodge Robert Lutz Kerri Russell

Dustin Brusch Frank deJong Jeremy Jensen Ron McGhin Chip Shortreed

Travis Christensen Gregory Eager Jesse Koelliker Daniel McRae Ryan Spanton

Jay Clark Robert Glass Dustin Langston Gordon Miner Val Teeples

ACE16

Several Section members attended ACE16 in Chicago this past June. Section members re-ceived awards, networked and sharpen their skills through technical sessions. Here are a few highlights:

ACE Online—A Benefit of Membership! Couldn’t attend ACE this year? You can access more than 30 hours of pro-fessional session content by going to www.awwa.org/aceonline. Use the subscription code ACE16MEM.

Nate Rogers

Fresh Ideas Poster

Contest Representative When I was selected to represent the

Intermountain Section at the ACE16

Fresh Ideas Poster Session I initially felt

intimidated by the size and scale of the

national AWWA conference to be held

in Chicago. However, once arriving in

Chicago and meeting with my confer-

ence mentor, Jon Eaton of the Minne-

sota Section, that READ MORE Section Chair Pamela Gill receives the Club 7 Award for our Section’s Membership Growth

Section Utility Member Central Utah Water Conservancy District with a Safety Award

Mark Stanley received the Fuller Award!

Stetson Bassett

Scholarship Winner The first thing I noticed when I came to attend the ACE16 conference was how massive the event was. I had never been to a big city like Chicago and I had never been to a conference of that magnitude. I admit I was a little over-whelmed when I first got there. Luckily for me the conference was READ

Eva Nieminski

Section Member As a regular attendee of the Annual AWWA conferences and exhibitions for many years, I established high expecta-tions for the quality of presentations, variety of the products, and profession-al and social interactions with peers in the drinking water industry. The 2016 Conference, held in beautiful Chicago in perfect weather, READ MORE

2016 Annual Conference — go here to register now. You won’t want to miss this awesome event!