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Kickstart your clean water career with CWEA’s popular on-demand Collection System Maintenance Grade 1 cert prep class. Train online, anytime.

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UPCOMING EDUCATION EVENTS

CWEA NSJ Section – Collection System Maintenance Certification Training

Course Includes: Training specific to Collection System Certifications Grades 2 and 3 System Operations, Inspections and Maintenance Records, Documentation and Mapping

Contact Hours: 7.0, Nov 13, 2025 8:00am-3:30pm
CWEA RES – Tour of Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District Plant and Dinner Meeting

Welcome to our tour of the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District Plant! Come enjoy the tour and have dinner with us! See you soon.

Contact Hours: 1.0, Nov 13, 2025 4:00-6:30pm
CWEA SFBS November Dinner Meeting – The Real Progress of I&I

Real Progress on I&I: Practical Lessons from Two Dozen I&I studies. A new approach to locating and prioritizing sources of I&I provides alternatives to increasing plant capacity and storage

Contact Hours: 1.0, Nov 20, 2025 6:00-8:00pm
CWEA NSJS Laboratory Committee – Lunch with a IDEXX Lab Leader – Shawn Dubois on Water Testing Excellence

Come sit down and have lunch with Shawn Dubois from IDEXX. Shawn has been with IDEXX for over 20 years working in research and development and now managing the product support group for North America. He has a BA in biology and a BS in environmental science.

Contact Hours: 1.5, Nov 20, 2025 1:00-3:15pm

“Certification helped me set my career on a strong trajectory. It gave me a huge boost and served me well professionally.”

Tyree Jackson, CSM4

Operations Manager, City of Oakland

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