37th Annual Water Systems EXPO & Conference

January 31 - February 2, 2023

Bismarck Event Center

 

Tuesday - January 31

8:00 am Registration Opens (Exhibit Hall Lobby)

9:00 am - Noon Pre-Conference Session (Prairie Rose 101)

• ND SRF Programs: Do you know BIL?
• USDA-RD: Program and Engineering Review
• NDRWSA: Apprenticeship Program

2:30 pm NDRWSA Annual Board Meeting & EXPO Opening Session (Prairie Rose 105)

3:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opens (Hall D)

4:00 pm Meter Change-Out Competition: Preliminary Round - Exhibit Hall

5:00 pm Exhibitor Appreciation Social - Exhibit Hall

6:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes for Evening

Wednesday - February 1

8:00 am Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall/Exhibit Hall Opens

9:00 am Concurrent Sessions

• Board of Directors Track: Roundtable Discussions (Prairie Rose 105)
• Office Manager & Auditor Track: Roundtable Discussions and BSC: Crucial Conversations (Prairie Rose 101)
• Operation & Maintenance Track: Exhibitor Demonstrations

9:00 am Water Taste Contest - Exhibit Hall

10:45 am Meter Change-Out Competition: Final Round - Exhibit Hall

11:00 am Exhibit Hall Prize Drawings/Exhibit Hall Closes

11:30 am - 1:30 pm  Awards Luncheon Buffet (Hall C)

• Awards Luncheon - Honoring the Best in the Business
• Corporate Elite & Diamond Sponsor Recognition
• 2023 Water Taste Contest Final Judging
• Scholarship Bucket Raffle - Must Be Present to Win

1:30 pm Concurrent Sessions

• Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105)
  • Attorney General's Office: ND Open Records & Open Meeting Laws
  • Dept. of Water Resources: Water Policy, Cost-Share & Funding Updates
• Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)
  • ISCO Industries: Using HDPE Pipe in Rural Water & Municipal Systems
  • HDR Engineering, Inc: Centrifugal Pump Critical Frequency & Vibration Woes
  • Visu-Sewer, Inc: New Technologies in Wastewater Structure Coatings
• Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)
  • Metron Farnier: Utilizing Metering Technology to Manage Your Water System
  • KLM Engineering, Inc: The Cost of Doing Nothing
  • Ferguson Waterworks: Today's Metering Technology is Constantly Evolving

3:15 pm Coffee Break

3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions continue

• Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105)
  • Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC): Future of Energy in ND
  • NDSU Extension: Effective Meetings
• Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)
  • McWane Ductile: Ductile 101
  • Backflow Prevention Services, LLC: Improving Your Backflow Program During Lead Service Inventories
• Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)
  • HK Solutions Group: No Dig Manhole Rehabilitation
  • AE2S: Panel Discussion-Use of Fusible Pipe in Rural Distribution Systems

5:00 pm End of the Day

Thursday - February 2

7:30 am Breakfast Buffet (Upper Lobby)

8:30 am Concurrent Sessions

• Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105)
  • Turtle Mountain Community College: Cybersecurity Awareness in the Utility Industry
  • Bartlett & West: Preparing for Future Staffing Needs, Cost of Service Analysis & Asset Management
• Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)
  • Fisher, Harris & Associates-Water Service Line Alternatives to Copper & HDPE
  • LRE Water: Mapping Aquifers without Drilling - Using AEM Data to ID Groundwater Sources
  • Apex Engineering Group: Lead & Copper Rule is Driving Systems to Evaluate their Water Main Replacement Plans to Include Lead Service Line Replacement
• Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)
  • HDR Engineering, INC: Lead & Copper Communications - Encouraging Strength & Trust
  • Apex Engineering Group: Optimization of Iron & Manganese Removal Plants
  • AE2S: Taking the Next Step with Your Rural Water GIS to Replace Paper Maps