Trainings | Green Mountain Water Environment Association

GMWEA offers a variety of trainings and courses throughout the year, presented by top experts in each field. They're intended to provide water quality professionals with up-to-date knowledge and skills -- and the credit hours -- needed for certification or re-certification. Fifteen one-hour classes are offered at our annual conferences, in addition to longer courses, such as the Basic and Advanced Wastewater courses, or the Vermont Stormwater Manual course, typically offered April through September (see below). Course offerings are managed by our Continuing Education Committee, and are selected based on member feedback.

Conference Technical Trainings

The annual Spring Meeting and Training Conference, held in May, includes nine hours of trainings, with topics that vary from year to year. The Fall Tradeshow, held in November, includes six or seven hours of trainings. For more information on those events, and see representative training topics, visit those pages on this site, under Events.

Basic Wastewater Management 2020

Vermont Stormwater Mgt. Manual 2020

This eight-week course is will start on July 14 and run every Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon, by remote format -- access to a computer is required. The course is based on the book Wastewater Treatment Fundamentals 1, Liquid Treatment, by the Water Environment Federation. It is intended to prepare attendees to take the Grade 1 and 2 Domestic Wastewater certification exams. Attendees will learn the basic concepts of wastewater treatment from collection systems to final disposal of effluents and solids.

Instructor: Wayne Graham, wastewater specialist, VRWA

Tuition: $510 (includes textbooks)

To register: Use the button below to register and pay online. Space is very limited.

Questions: Contact Lisa Goodell at lisa.goodell@gmwea.org

Vermont Stormwater Mgt. Manual 2020

This full-day course will be presented in two sessions, from 8:30 a.m. to noon on September 23 and 24, via interactive online format. The sessions will cover the Vermont stormwater regulations and include a strong focus on design of stormwater treatment systems, facilitating compliance with the 2017 Vermont Stormwater Management Manual. A full day's worth of training covering this comprehensive set of topics is a rare and valuable opportunity for Vermont’s stormwater practitioner community. Access to a computer is required.

Instructors: Andres Torizzo, Watershed Consulting Associates, and Dave Marshall, Civil Engineering Associates

Tuition: $95 for GMWEA members, $135 for non-members (includes a GMWEA membership for 2020!)

To register: Contact Lisa Goodell at lisa.goodell@gmwea.org or (802) 262-1958, or use the button below to register and pay online.