MRWA Training Calendar

MRWA sponsored, accredited training sessions are held geographically across the state of Minnesota. Training sessions provide training in water operations, wastewater operations, nonmunicipal system operations, noncommunity nontransient system operations, management, wellhead protection, financial stability, board member development, security, and much more. Most sessions are offered free of charge. Certification credits are awarded.

To register for any MRWA class on-line: click on the date of the class.

CH = Contact Hours Awarded. = MDH Exam Offered = MPCA Exam Offered
Renewal Hours needed per License: Class A - 32, Class B - 24, Class C - 16, Class D - 8, and Class E - 4.
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In an effort to make it easier for operators and administrators to find training in a one-stop location, simply browse our calendar listed below or click on the bookmarked hyperlinks. We have attempted to provide links to other pertinent training opportunities through other agencies; however, MRWA cannot be held responsible for changes to other agencies training sessions.

MRWA Training:
 MRWA Water Training | MRWA Wastewater Training | MRWA Class D Small System Training (Non-Municipal & Nontransient Noncommunity) |
MRWA Class E Training (Nontransient Noncommunity & Non-Municipal) | Board Training - System Planning & Mgmt |

Other Training Opportunities: Administrative/Management Training |  APWA Fall Workshops
 MDH/AWWA Water Training  |  MPCA Wastewater Training  | MWOA Wastewater Training  | AceOps Training  | Other Training 

MRWA Water Training
Date	Location	Topic	Add Event to Your Calendar	Credit Hours	Direct OR     Related Hours Water  /  WW
April 8, 2020 - CANCELLED	Ranier	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance	EVENT CANCELLED	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
April 15, 2020 - RESCHEDULED TO JULY 16	Elbow Lake	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance	RESCHEDULED TO JULY 16	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
April 16, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	St. Cloud	Resilience Planning & Adaptation Training for Water & Wastewater Utilities - Build Resilience to Extreme Weather Events	EVENT CANCELLED	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Direct
May 5, 2020 - RESCHEDULED to August 18, 2020	Plymouth	Setting Up a Cross Connection Program Workshop	RESCHEDULED to August 18, 2020	6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
May 6, 2020 - RESCHEDULED TO JULY 14	Spicer	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance	RESCHEDULED TO JULY 14	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
May 7, 2020	St. Charles	Sustainable Utility Management		6 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
May 13, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	Sauk Rapids	Engineering for Non-Engineers	EVENT CANCELLED	6 CH - Fee	Related	Related
May 14, 2020 - RESCHEDULED from April 14	Grand Rapids	Sustainable Utility Management	RESCHEDULED from April 14th	6 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
May 20, 2020	Elk River	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
June 3, 2020	Remer	Hydrant Repair Training		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
June 9, 2020	Hugo	Hydrant Repair Training		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
June 25, 2020	Wahkon	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
June 30, 2020	Baxter	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
July 14, 2020 - RESCHEDULED from May 6	Spicer	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance	RESCHEDULED from May 6	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 16, 2020 - RESCHEDULED from April 15	Elbow Lake	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance	RESCHEDULED from April 15	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 8, 2020	Rushford	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 21, 2020	Elbow Lake	Specialized Distribution & Collection Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 22, 2020	Cologne	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
July 23, 2020	Annandale	Specialized Distribution & Collection Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 28, 2020	Stewartville	Hydrant Repair Training		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
August 11, 2020	St. James	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
August 13, 2020	Cologne	Hydrant Repair Training		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
August 18, 2020	Plymouth	Setting Up a Cross Connection Program Workshop	RESCHEDULED from May 5th	6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
August 19, 2020	Lake Benton	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
August 27, 2020	Faribault	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
September 1, 2020	Thief River Falls	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
September 30, 2020	Waconia	12th Annual Operator EXPO		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
October 7-9, 2020	St. Cloud	Water & Wastewater Certification Refresher & Exam		12 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
October 13, 2020	St. Cloud	Financing Your Community Projects		6 CH - Fee	Related	Related
October 14, 2020	Zumbrota	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
October 20, 2020	St. Cloud	Cross Connection & Backflow Prevention		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
October 29, 2020	St. Cloud	Winterizing Your Water System		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
November 4, 2020	Clarks Grove	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
November 18, 2020	Mountain Iron	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
December 9, 2020	Park Rapids	Water O&M - SDWA Compliance		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
March 2-4, 2021	St. Cloud	37th Annual Water & Wastewater Technical Conference		16 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
MRWA Wastewater Training
Date	Location	Topic	Add Event to Your Calendar	Credit Hours	Direct OR     Related Hours WW    /Water
April 7, 2020  - Rescheduled to Nov 4th	Ranier	Wastewater O&M Training	RESCHEDULED to November 4th	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
April 14, 2020  - TBD reschedule	Grand Rapids	Sustainable Utility Management	EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	6 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
April 16, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	St. Cloud	Resilience Planning & Adaptation Training for Water & Wastewater Utilities - Build Resilience to Extreme Weather Events	EVENT CANCELLED	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Direct
May 7, 2020	St. Charles	Sustainable Utility Management		6 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
May 13, 2020	Sauk Rapids	Engineering for Non-Engineers	EVENT CANCELLED	6 CH - Fee	Related	Related
May 14, 2020	Grand Rapids	Sustainable Utility Management	RESCHEDULED from April 14th	6 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
May 20, 2020	Pipestone	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
May 27, 2020	Detroit Lakes	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
June 10, 2020	Shakopee Mdewakanton	Wastewater Collection		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Related
June 24, 2020	Wahkon	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
June 30, 2020	Baxter	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
July 7, 2020	Two Harbors	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 9, 2020	Rushford	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
July 22, 2020	Cologne	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
August 5, 2020	McGregor	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
August 25, 2020	Blackduck	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
August 26, 2020	Dodge Center	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
August 27, 2020	Faribault	Line Tracing		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
September 2, 2020	Thief River Falls	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
September 9, 2020	Annandale	pH & DO Meter Calibration		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
September 30, 2020	Waconia	12th Annual Operator EXPO		6 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
October 7-9, 2020	St. Cloud	Water & Wastewater Certification Refresher & Exam		12 CH - Fee	Direct	Direct
October 21, 2020	Ortonville	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
October 28, 2020	Roseau	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
November 4, 2020	Ranier	Wastewater O&M Training	RESCHEDULED from April 7th	6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
December 2, 2020	Nashwauk	Wastewater O&M Training		6 CH - No Fee	Direct	Related
MRWA Board Training - System Planning & Management Sessions
TBD	TBD	System Planning & Management		4 CH - No Fee	Related	Related
MRWA Class D Training (Non-Municipal and Nontransient Noncommunity)
April 7, 2020 - EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	North Branch	Class D Small Public Water Systems	EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	8 CH - No Fee
MRWA Class E Training (Nontransient Noncommunity and Non-Municipal )
April 21, 2020 - EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	Willmar	Class E Small Public Water Systems	EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	4 CH - No Fee
April 30, 2020 - EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	Park Rapids	Class E Small Public Water Systems	EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	4 CH - No Fee
May 5, 2020 - EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	Scandia	Class E Small Public Water Systems	EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED	4 CH - No Fee
Other Training Opportunities
MDH/AWWA Water Training
Minnesota Department of Health Training Schedule * AWWA Training Page
March 31-April 2, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	Earle Brown Conference Center - Brooklyn Center	Metro Water Operators School	EVENT CANCELLED	Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
April 15, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	Community Center - Redwood Falls	Southwest Water Operators School	EVENT CANCELLED	Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
April 22-24, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	Timberlake Lodge - Grand Rapids	Northeast Water Operators School	EVENT CANCELLED	Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
August 26, 2020	MERIT Center - Marshall	Southwest Water Operators School		Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
October 21-23, 2020	Courtyard by Marriott - Moorhead	Northwest Water Operators School		Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
September 22-25, 2020	Duluth - Duluth Entertainment Convention Center	Minnesota American Water Works Association Annual Conference		Contact Rob Isabel, 651-252-3716 for more information
March 30 - April 2, 2021	Earle Brown Conference Center - Brooklyn Center	Metro Water Operators School		Contact Jeanette Boothe, 651-201-4697 or Stew Thornley, 651-201-4655 for more information
Various Dates	Various Locations	Well Management Courses Link		Contact: Tom Alvarez, 651-201-4581
AceOps Training in Northern Iowa
Various in 2019	Locations in Iowa	TBD		Register at: www.aceops.org
MPCA Wastewater Training
April 14-16, 2020	Mankato, Courtyard by Marriott	Type IV Basic (Land Application of Biosolids)		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
May 12-14, 2020	New Ulm, Best Western Plus	Stabilization Pond Seminar		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
May 28, 2020	Brainerd, Craguns Conference Center	Type IV Refresher (Land Application of Biosolids)		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
June 16-18, 2020	Owatonna, Holiday Inn & Suites	Type V Basic (Spray Irrigation)		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
June 17, 2020	Vadnais Heights, General Repair	Pump Workshop		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
July 15, 2020	St. Cloud, Holiday Inn & Suites	Biological Nutrient Removal		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
August 11-13, 2020	New Ulm, Best Western Plus	Wastewater Treatment Basic		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
September 15-17, 2020	St. Cloud, Best Western Plus, Kelly Inn	Type IV Basic (Land Application of Biosolids)		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
September 29-October 1, 2020	Nisswa, Grandview Lodge	Stabilization Pond Seminar		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
October 14, 2020	New Prague, Quality Flow	Pump Workshop		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
October 21, 2020	Lakeville, Holiday Inn & Suites	Type IV Refresher (Land Application of Biosolids)		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
November 17-19, 2020	Brooklyn Park, Marriott Northwest	Collection System Basic		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
December 15-17, 2020	Brooklyn Park, Marriott Northwest	Wastewater Treatment Basic		Registration and exam information: Annaliza Heesch at annaliza.heesch@state.mn.us  or 651-757-2591 or 800-657-3864
MWOA Wastewater Training
April 14, 2020 - EVENT CANCELLED	St. Cloud	MWOA Section Meeting - Central	EVENT CANCELLED	Visit www.mwoa.net for details
August 4-5, 2020	Green Bay, WI	2 Day Wastewater MicroBiology Hands on Seminar		Visit www.mwoa.net for details
Other Related Training Opportunities
2020	Various	Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association		Visit: www.mmua.org
Distance Learning	Various	Office of Water Programs, California State University, Sacramento		Visit: www.owp.csus.edu
Administrative/Management Training Opportunities

= MDH Exam Offered at Session  
To register to take the MDH Water Exam, you must complete an MDH Exam Application and submit to Noel Hansen at the MDH Office (address on exam form). Exam application must be submitted to MDH at least 15 days prior to the exam.

= MPCA Exam Offered at Session
To register to take the MPCA Wastewater Exam, you must complete an MPCA Exam Application and submit to Tracy Finch at the MPCA Office (address on exam form). Exam application must be submitted to MPCA at least 15 days prior to the exam.