SDARWS | CALL FOR PAPERS

SDARWS' ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

The South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems is looking for presentations for our

2022 Annual Technical Conference in Pierre, SD January 11-13.

Please CLICK HERE to submit your abstract for the 2022 ATC.

Presentation themes may include, but are not limited to the following:

Drinking water security strategies and tools
How Water Storage Can Impact Water Quality
Fair Labor Standards Act
Hands-on sessions:
- Control valve repair kits
- Hydrant maintenance and repair
- Solution pump repairs (diaphragm and peristaltic)
- Repair couplers, saddles, wet tapping
The importance of Cross Connection Control
Water Rights for public systems
Ice Pigging to clean water and sewer pipelines
Source water protection and sustainability of water supplies
Climate change, water and energy efficiency, and conservation
Clean Water Act/SDWA connections, nutrient pollution, and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
Emerging drinking water treatment technologies and optimization of current technology

State revolving loan fund tools and techniques/green infrastructure strategies
Small systems: TMF, sustainability strategies, technologies, and compliance
Trench Safety
Data management
Workforce, operator certification, and/or technical assistance initiatives
Distribution system issues
Emerging contaminants in drinking water, both chemical and microbial
Drinking water research
Sanitation and wastewater management
Risk assessment, risk communication and consumer outreach
Implementation of regulations – challenges and successes

If you would like to make a presentation, please CLICK HERE to submit your abstract with the proposed presentation title, and the name, title, affiliation, and contact information

All submissions must comply with the following guidelines:

1. Deadline for submissions is September 25, 2021

2. Abstract submissions are limited to text only.

3. The conference planning committee will select submitted abstracts for sessions.

4. Please include a five sentence biography along with a 500 word abstract or description of your presentation.

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT