The VA AWWA Customer Service Committee will hold its 30th Annual Customer Service Workshop on October 7-10, 2008 at the Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740 Town Center Drive; Newport News, Virginia.

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The VA AWWA Plant Operations Committee will hold its 2008 Senior Operators Forum
on October 14th, 2008 at the Doubletree Hotel 900 Hilton Heights Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

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The VA AWWA Research Committee announces its Fall Seminar on October 20th, 2008 at the Jepson Alumni Center, University of Richmond; Richmond, Virginia.

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The VA AWWA / VWEA Accident Prevention Practice Committee will hold the Accident Prevention/Safety Seminar, to be held in Verona, Virginia on October 29th, 2008 at the Augusta County Service Authority. Registration is limited, so sign up today! Use the online registration link below or mail in the brochure. Advanced Registration Fees are good until October 15th.

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The 2009 AWWA Water Resources Symposium : "Managing in Times of Change and Uncertainty" to be held in Portland, Oregon on January 25-27, 2009. Abstract Submission Deadline: June 2, 2008. For more information, please contact Linda Moody at lmoody@awwa.org.

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2008 JAM in Virginia Beach

The Time Has Come, The Time Is Now, So GO, GO, GO, and This Is How…

Register on-line with a credit card for this years’ Joint Annual Meeting for the Virginia Section American Water Works Association and the Virginia Water Environment Association to be held in Virginia Beach September 7th-11th. All registrations received prior to August 20th will receive a reduced fee.

In addition, an electronic copy of the 2008 Joint Annual Meeting – Registration & Conference Planner is available in a PDF file that can be downloaded and includes summary of the conference events as well as a registration form that can be faxed or mailed in. Also provided is information for our Exhibitors: Prospectus, Technical Program and Hall Layout.

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The VA AWWA / VWEA Laboratory Practice Committee announces the 14th Annual Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Conference, to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 4-5, 2008 at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel. This conference is designed to provide the latest information of major issues such as analytical method updates and development, laboratory accreditation, regulatory updates, particularly those impacting laboratory staff and utilities; and emerging technologies and analytical instrumentation. This is a great opportunity to present new information related to water and wastewater issues. Workshops will be held on the 4th and the technical presentations will be given on the 5th.

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The VA AWWA Plant Operations Committee proudly announces the 2008 Plant Operations Conference to be held May 14-16, 2008 in Virginia Beach, VA. This is the VA AWWA conference created for operators, by operators. The program will begin with a troubleshooting roundtable on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, followed by two days of technical sessions on a variety of topics of interest to operators, from turbidity standards to chlorine safety.

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The VA AWWA Distribution Systems Committee proudly announces the 19th Annual Water Distribution Seminar and Utility Rodeo to be held May 5-7, 2008 in Newport News, Virginia. This traditional "hands-on" seminar provides distribution system personnel with practical information on job-related subjects. Continuing Education Credits are available. The ever popular Utility Rodeo provides utility-related competitive events in which participants compete against fellow utility personnel in a demonstration of skills, speed and safety.

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For information on VA AWWA's Regional seminars and activities, visit the Regional Activities page.

AWWA is holding several seminars and conferences in the coming months. Consider attending one of the following:

•  Utility Management Conference (February 24-27, 2008; Tampa, FL)
•  Customer Service & IMTech (March 30-April 2, 2008, Detroit, MI)

For more information on other upcoming AWWA programs, visit AWWA's website.