Welcome to the Colorado Water Quality Association!
UPCOMING CONFERENCE

Our 2007 Conference was a smashing success. You can read all the details on our 2007 Conference page.

This year's conference promises to break all records. Set your calendar and make a commitment to attend and support YOUR association by participating, sharing and learning.

Check back here often to see the details of our 2008 Conference in Estes Park!

The schedule is set as follows:

Friday, September 19, 2008

WQA Certification Exam Review Session
8:00 AM - 12 Noon

Anyone pre-registered for or thinking of registering for WQA Certification exams will want to come sample some of the types of questions that appear on all of the WQA certification exams. Joe Harrison CWS-VI, WQA's Technical Director, will be present to walk attendees through sample exam questions regarding the subject matter. Questions discussed will be selected based on exam pre-registration, so don' forget to register early! Don't miss this excellent opportunity to prepare for getting WQA certified or advancing your WQA certification!
Best of all it's FREE!
WQA Certification Testing (Exams)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Good Luck (or shall we say preparation?)

Golf
12:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Estes Park 18 Hole Golf Course
1080 S. St.Vrain Ave.
Estes Park, CO 80517
(one mile south of Holiday Inn on Hwy 7)
970-586-8146

Fee of $95 is in addition to regular registration

Vendor's Exhibition
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sponsoring Vendors (so far):

- Water Quality Association www.wqa.org

- Pentair Water

- Precision Installation Products

- Harrington Plastics

- Quality Wholesale Supply

- Wood Bros. Ind.

- Dewco Pumps

- R-Can Environmental

- Kinetico Incorporated

- Arrow Industries

- Water Conditioning and Purification Magazine

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Seminars & Speakers

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(NOTE: Lunch, which is included in your registration fee, will be between 12:00 Noon and 1:00 P.M.

Dinner
7:00 PM - ? PM
Dunraven Inn, 2470 Hwy 66, Estes Park - 970-586-6409 - www.dunraveninn.com
General registration fee does not include dinner. An additional $50.00 is due for dinner to be pre-paid along with the meeting registration.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Board Of Directors Meeting
(Business Meeting) All members/nonmembers are invited and encouraged to attend. Here's an opportunity to be a part of your Association!
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Open to all members of the CWQA.



AGENDA FOR SATURDAY, September 20th, 2008
Schedule of Speakers
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Welcome to Our Conference!
What the CWQA stands for - our goals and purpose
John Rickert CWS-VI, CSR, CI - President CWQA 2008-2009
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Industry Updates* - Joseph F. Harrison, PE, CWS-VI - Water Quality Association
9:15 AM - 9:30AM Break
9:30 AM -11:00 AM Ethics** - John Rickert and guest - CWQA
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM TBA
12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM Lunch! (included in your registration fee)
Holiday Inn, Estes Park
Lunch Speaker:
Radium and Uranium Issues in Colorado* - Frank DeSilva - Resin Tech
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Salt* - John Konopka - American Salt

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Filtration Basics* - Cyndi Benson - Harmsco Filtration
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Ultrafiltration* - Jack E. Barker - Innovative Water Technologies, Inc.
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Notes
John Rickert - President CWQA 2008-2009

NOTE: * annotation qualifies for 0.1 CEU's (Continuing Education Units), ** qualifies for 0.15 CEU's per session towards WQA certification or re-certification.

Depending on your certification level, you have to earn between 2.0 and 3.0 CEU's over a three year period from the date of your original certification.

Please use the forms on this site to make your CWQA Conference Registration as soon as possible. Also do not forget to make your CWQA Hotel Registration at the same time. The hotel imposes a "late fee" for registrations past their deadline. If you want to take some tests for WQA certification, pre-pay the WQA directly, order books and/or tapes early so you have ample study time.

Thank you in advance for making a commitment to attend YOUR yearly Colorado Water Quality Association Conference and making it a success. We look forward sharing ideas and knowledge with you at this upcoming conference and all the future ones!

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