Supporting California’s Collection System Workforce
Collection Systems professionals are on the front lines—maintaining pipe networks, preventing sewer overflows, updating legacy infrastructure, and keeping communities safe. AC26 offers a wide range of technical, operational, and leadership content designed to support the Collections workforce.
Who should attend:
Collection System Operators
Supervisors & Managers
Engineers & Project Leads
Field Technicians
Planners & Inspectors
Emerging Professionals entering Collections
Collections Programming at AC26 in Sacramento
Frontline
Practical field-focused sessions covering cleaning, inspection, monitoring, GIS, trenchless technology, WDR compliance, and hands-on Expo workshops — all designed to help frontline crews stay sharp with today’s tools and real-world practices.
→ See programs at ac.cwea.org
Leadership
From force mains and tunnel rehabilitation to planning, condition assessment, and data-driven asset management, these sessions focus on building resilient, future-ready collection systems.
→ Find these sessions in the Collections: Frontline and Leadership programs at ac.cwea.org
Professional Growth, Leadership & Community
Supervisor training, career development, and community-building opportunities — plus the Collections Awards Lunch celebrating the professionals advancing California’s wastewater industry.
→ View events at ac.cwea.org
New* Inside the Expo — Hands-on Skills Building Workshop
Get hands-on with the latest Collections equipment and field technologies inside the Expo hall.
Thursday | April 9 | 9:10 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. : RSVP for Mechanical or Collections Track
Participants will be assigned to a group and will rotate through three hands-on demonstrations for their selected track. Groups to be selected by CWEA staff.
Demos Include:
*Collections Track
- Best Practices When Operating a Vac-Con Combination Machine Adam Horch, MME
- KAISER Recycler Technology: Reliable, High Productive Solution for Pipe Cleaning Eric Montgomery, Kaiser Premier
- Pipeline Inspection and System Management Alan Freeman, JDC
- Using New Collection System Technologies – A Hands-on, Brain-on Experience Kwin Peterson, RH Borden
*Mechanical Track
- Beyond the Basics of Gas Monitors Jason Call, TINOSI
- Reliability First: Motor Testing & Inspection for Uptime Josh Iris, Ace Electric Motor & Pump
- Submersible Pump and Lift Station Preventative Maintenance John Wallace, MuniQuip
- Chemical Pumps Cody Robinson, CSM1, MT1 MISCO
- Working on AWWA Valves Kris Wall, B&K Valves & Equipment
$25 Refundable ‘Hold My Place’ Ticket – to be refunded after the conference.
Must commit to attending all sessions, for the entire duration, to earn full number of contact hours.
Limited to 50 attendees for Mechanical and 40 for Collections.
RSVP when registering.
Trusted by California’s Wastewater Professionals
Hear directly from the members and leaders shaping our industry.
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“AC is a wonderful opportunity to gain perspective—while this is a vast industry, it is also a small, tight-knit community. We share many of the same challenges, and AC provides a chance for us to see how others are addressing them head-on.”
Edward Makowski
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
CWEA Collection Systems Committee Chair
“AC offers a great opportunity to meet new industry professionals, re-connect with old ones, and learn what others have done (or are doing) to advance wastewater collection system operation, state-wide. I always leave AC inspired to get better at my job – and to help other industry peers get better, too!”
Tyree Jackson
City of Oakland
CWEA Collection System Committee Vice Chair
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