FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 25, 2014
DEP HOSTS DOMESTIC WASTEWATER TRAINING WORKSHOPS
~DEP informs plant operators on department
wastewater regulations~
PENSACOLA
– Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Northwest
District, in partnership with Florida Rural Water, hosted a domestic wastewater training workshop designed to educate
plant operators on the department's wastewater rules. Today’s event was the
first in a series of wastewater workshops scheduled across Northwest Florida and is part of the district’s ongoing education and outreach efforts.
“Today’s workshop allowed us to interact directly with the
people operating our wastewater facilities and talk about the issues we hope to
help them avoid,” said Northwest District Director Shawn Hamilton. “Through education and outreach to the
citizens and businesses that the department regulates, noncompliance and
environmental harm can be avoided."
The workshop provided
more than a dozen professional wastewater operators with an overview of the department’s
regulations and expectations associated with wastewater management. The free workshop
also provided continuing education credits to certified wastewater
operators.
In
addition to the wastewater workshops, the department is also providing help
sessions to assist wastewater facilities with the transition to the department's
new electronic data reporting system, EzDMR. Each EzDMR help session is offered by appointment and provides hands-on
assistance to operators to enable facilities to submit required
data electronically as part of the department's efforts to improve efficiency
and go paperless.
Additional
workshops are scheduled in Panama City on Sept. 30, and Tallahassee on Oct. 16.
WHAT: Wastewater Training Workshop
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 30
9 a.m. to noon
WHERE: Gulf Coast State College
5230 US 98
Gibson Lecture Hall
Panama City, FL 32401
WHAT:
Wastewater Training Workshop
WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 16
12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
3800 Commonwealth Blvd
Room 160D
Tallahassee, FL 32399
For more information, or to signup for the upcoming workshops please click here.
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