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The Mason City Field Office #2 has two retirements to announce:
Jeff Vansteenburg, Supervisor, and Glenn Carper, Senior Environmental
Specialist, will both be retiring effective June 28th. They both started with the department when it
was called the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management (IDWAWM).
Jeff started as a limnologist with the State Hygienic Lab in 1981, and
moved to DNR in the Mason City office as an environmental specialist in
1985. He’s spent much of his career in
the water quality area, specifically in drinking water. In 2004, he was promoted from senior
environmental specialist to the field office supervisor. In retirement, Jeff and Heidi will move to
the family’s lake home in Minnesota, and plan on engaging in a lot of outdoor
activity and seeing their daughters more frequently.
Glenn started with the department in 1983 as an environmental specialist. He’s worked in every program area, including
drinking water. Glenn and Nancy will be
adding the ISU away games to their activity roster, and plan to travel to the
National Parks in their mini-travel trailer.
They’ll also be spending more time with their four grandchildren.
We wish them well in their new endeavors!
The Consumer Confidence Report is required to be distributed by July 1st
by all community public water supply systems (CWS). Even if a system uses the
template sent by DNR in March, a copy of what was actually distributed to the
consumers must be submitted to DNR by July 1st. There are still
about 550 reports still not submitted with a week to go before the deadline.
Send a copy of the report to DNR by July 1st, and the
Certification to DNR after you’ve completed the distribution, no later than
October 1, 2018, as directed in the letter sent to each CWS in March 2018. Many
systems submit the copy of the report and the certification at the same time to
DNR, before July 1st.
If a CWS needs an electronic copy of the CCR and/or Certification Form,
please send your request to CCR@dnr.iowa.gov.
- To submit the copy of the distributed CCR and certification by .pdf,
send it to the CCR@dnr.iowa.gov
email address.
- To submit the copy of the distributed CCR and certification by fax, send
it to this number 515/725-8202, to the attention of WSO.
The Iowa
Environmental Protection Commission approved the Clean Water SRF and
Drinking Water SRF Intended Use Plans for fiscal year 2019, which
begins July 1, 2018. The Commission took the action on June 19, 2018,
at their meeting at the Iowa State Capitol.
View the approved IUPs:
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund
For more
information, please contact Theresa Enright, SRF Coordinator, Iowa Department
of Natural Resources, 515-725-0498 or theresa.enright@dnr.iowa.gov.
Public water
supply systems with questions about the Water Excise Tax (WET), which becomes
effective July 1, 2018, should contact the Iowa Department of Revenue Taxpayer Services with any
questions. Their contact information is
as follows:
- Phone: 515-281-3114 / 800-367-3388
- Email: IDR@Iowa.gov
- Website: https://tax.iowa.gov/WET
- Requests for
Guidance: https://tax.iowa.gov/webform/request-tax-guidance
Iowa
DNR staff in the water supply program areas are scheduled to speak at the
following events. The date, sponsor and
event, location, subject, and contact for more information are listed.
- July 9-10,
2018, Ankeny Annual Water Conference, Ankeny on the 9th, Ames Water
Plant on the 10th. “IDNR
Update; Chloramination.” Registration
and brochure.
- September 27,
2018, SHL Laboratory Symposium, Coralville.
For other
professional development opportunities, see the “Training Calendar” at programs.iowadnr.gov/opcertweb/.
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