IAMU currently has a career opening for anyone looking to join our talented staff.  For more information and to apply, click the link or submit cover letter, resume and references to:

Dawn Hyler, Business Manager
Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities
1735 NE 70th Ave.
Ankeny, IA  50021-9353
(515) 289-1999 or recruiter@iamu.org

Electric Services Coordinator

The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU) is seeking a knowledgeable professional to provide training, support, education and serve as a resource to its 136 municipal electric utility members.

IAMU Safety Specialists hear about work-related injuries and near misses all the time. Often, injuries could have been or were avoided by following specific safety procedures and/or having the proper equipment.

To help share these teachable moments, IAMU Safety Specialist Margret Meade has created a new publication called “Lessons Learned.” The goal is to provide real-life examples of what can happen and what should happen when it comes to workplace safety.

The “Lessons Learned” highlight sheets will be available as downloadable PDFs. Feel free to print and post the highlight sheets in employee gathering areas, hand them out during employee meetings, and/ or distribute them electronically to others.

If you ever have any questions about the highlight sheets or have lessons to share for publication, you may contact Margret at mmeade@iamu.org or 515.289.1999. All individual and organization names will be removed before distribution.

View and download the latest "Lessons Learned" - Ground Rod Driver

IAMU Associate Member Clow Valve Co. invites you to a training and sales presentation for the Clow iHydrant pressure and temperature monitoring system developed by sister company Nighthawk.

This fun and educational class will take place on Thursday, June 20th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the new Ames Water Plant, 1800 E. 13th Street, Ames, IA 50010.

The iHydrant system provides real time data for your distribution system without affecting the normal operation of the fire hydrant.  This can either be retrofitted to existing Clow Medallion fire hydrants in a matter of minutes, or purchased for new installation.

Benefits of the iHydrant system include:

• Optimizing pressure
• Reducing energy costs
• Assist in leak detection
• Reduce non-revenue water
• Identifying actual water temperature

Please pass along and bring any interested colleagues to this class.  Snacks and refreshments will be provided.  Please RSVP to Andy Kohler at andy.kohler@clowvalve.com.
 
Questions?  Contact Andy at Clow Valve.

If you have rigging hardware that has not passed inspection, please contact Safety Specialist Margret Meade. She would like to use it in training classes as an example of what not to use. You may contact Margret at mmeade@iamu.org or at 515.289.5229.

IAMU Safety Services will be holding a Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar. This webinar will address the following:

• The effects of drugs and alcohol on the body
• Recognize the signs, symptoms, and indicators of substance abuse at the workplace
• Comply with federal DOT regulations requiring 2-hour reasonable suspicion training for supervisors

60 minutes will be spent on symptoms of alcohol abuse; 60 minutes will be spent on the symptoms of drug/controlled substance abuse.

*A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to participants upon confirmation of participant’s full attendance to webinar.

Who Should Attend?
Employees and supervisors involved with CDLs and/or gas operations.
 
Webinar Time and Length:
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 – 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 – 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
 
Cost:
$45 per IAMU Member participant
$70 per Non-IAMU Member participant
 
Questions?
Contact Paul Kittelson at pkittelson@iamu.org, or (800) 810-4268.

Registration is open.  For additional information and online registration, please click HERE.

*Webinar information will be sent upon registration.*

The Safety Group Insurance newsletters are designed to raise awareness about important exposures that you face every day. Jester Insurance Services also hope that they provide you with insight to the insurance and risk management solutions available through the IAMU Safety Group Insurance Program. The spring newsletter focuses on Employment Practices Liability. As you will see in the newsletter, this exposure is on the rise for safety group members. Please share this with others in your municipality/utility who may also find it beneficial. Feel free to contact Jester Insurance Services or your local agent with any feedback and/or questions.

Thank you for your continued support of the IAMU Safety Group Insurance Program.

The Consumer Confidence Report is required to be distributed by July 1st by all community public water supply systems (CWS).  Even if a system uses the template sent by DNR in March, a copy of what was actually distributed to the consumers must be submitted to DNR by July 1st.  There are still about 529 reports (almost 50%) not submitted with a week to go before the deadline.

Send a copy of the report to DNR by July 1st.  The certification must be sent to DNR after you’ve completed the distribution, no later than October 1, 2019, as directed in the letter sent to each CWS in March 2019. Many systems submit the copy of the report and the certification at the same time to DNR, before July 1st.

If a CWS needs an electronic copy of the CCR and/or Certification Form, please send your request to CCR@dnr.iowa.gov.  This is an email address that all of our environmental specialists can receive.

To submit the copy of the distributed CCR and certification by .pdf, send it to the CCR@dnr.iowa.gov email address.

To submit the copy of the distributed CCR and certification by fax, send it to this number 515/725-8202, to the attention of Water Supply Operations.

Any questions, contact the person listed in your operation permit.

IAMU will hold its 25th Annual Water and Wastewater Operator’s Training Workshop on November 19-21, 2019. As we prepare for this yearly training that brings together municipal water and wastewater operators from around Iowa, we are asking for presentation proposals. The presentations must provide educational content and must not be sales pitches for specific products or services because members will be receiving continuing education credit for their time at the workshop.

If you are interested in presenting, download, complete, and return the Call for Presentations Form to smarsh@iamu.org.

If you have any questions about the Call for Presentations Form or the workshop, please contact Steve Marsh at 515.289.1999 or by email at smarsh@iamu.org.

IAMU is once again offering the Electric Utility System Operation Short Course (EUSO) presented by Skip Collier of Professional Training Systems, Inc.
 
Skip is highly regarded and has an extensive background in electric utility design, construction, maintenance and operation.
 
EUSO Short Course:  July 23 – 25
The EUSO Short Course is designed for any employee whose job performance will benefit from a basic understanding of the operations side of the business.  This includes those from legal, rates, engineering, purchasing, computer application, marketing, customer service, inventory control, finance, accounting, safety, risk analysis as well as those from generating plants.  One goal for this class is to have students leave with the ability to easily identify all of the electrical equipment they see in a substation as they walk by, along with all the equipment found on the poles in a residential area.  Non-electrical engineers are often at a disadvantage in the electric utility environment due to a lack of familiarity with technical issues.  The better you understand the utility’s product – electrical energy – and how it is created and distributed, the better you can serve the utility and your customers.  This course assumes no electrical background, and builds on the basics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the equipment and operations.
 
*Line Maintainer apprentices will receive 21 Basic OJT hours for taking the EUSO Course.*

Registration fees for the course are below.
 
(*If you are planning on sending more than one participant from your organization, please make sure to share this with multiple departments so that you qualify for the reduced cost with the initial registration.)

• EUSO Course - $950 for a single registrant OR $850 each for two or more participants from the same utility/organization

For additional information and to register, please click HERE.

Trench safety is important – no make that crucial. Commit to protecting all workers in trenches – not just next week, but every week
 
To prevent trench collapses and save lives:

• Slope or bench trench walls,
  
• Shore trench walls with supports,
  
• Shield trench walls with trench boxes
  

 
For more on trench safety, visit. www.osha.gov/trenching
 
To download a poster promoting trench safety, click here.
 
#slope.shield.shore.alive  #safetrenches