Action Item: If employees are using hand sanitizers, hand cleaner of any type, and/or insect repellent, determine whether the product has a petroleum base. If it does, employees need to thoroughly wash their hands and arms prior to using high voltage rubber gloves and sleeves. Discontinuing use of these products would be encouraged if possible.
Warning for Electric Members: Rubber Gloves/Sleeves and the Use of Petroleum-Based Products7/8/2019 During a recent conversation with the Skarshaug Testing Laboratory, staff shared a concern about the increasing number of high voltage rubber gloves and sleeves that are failing due to being exposed to some type of petroleum-based product(s). The laboratory team is still trying to determine the origin but suspects it’s being caused by people using hand sanitizers and/or insect repellent that have a petroleum base. Rubber gloves and sleeves that have been exposed to these products will become sticky to the touch. When this is discovered, do not continue using the gloves and/or sleeves.
Action Item: If employees are using hand sanitizers, hand cleaner of any type, and/or insect repellent, determine whether the product has a petroleum base. If it does, employees need to thoroughly wash their hands and arms prior to using high voltage rubber gloves and sleeves. Discontinuing use of these products would be encouraged if possible.
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Under the 1996 reauthorized Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the State of Iowa is required to publish an annual report of the status of its public drinking water program. The 2018 report is available electronically at the following address: http://www.iowadnr.gov/WS-Annual-Compliance-Report.
The report was compiled by the staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' Water Supply Engineering and Operations Sections, using data collected in 2018 from all active public water supplies in the state. The report contains a summary of the program, a description of the requirements that systems must meet, the year’s violation statistics, and the list of the systems with each health-based standard or major monitoring or reporting violation incurred during the year. The photographs in the report are from Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund projects, primarily those that were completed during the year. The maps depict the public water supply system universe in Iowa and the locations of the systems that incurred the health-based standards and major monitoring and reporting violations. The maps are also separately listed on the website. Iowa had 1,838 active public water supply systems in 2018. Of those systems, 95.2% complied with all health-based drinking water standards, and 82.1% complied with all major monitoring and reporting requirements. There were no waterborne disease outbreaks or deaths attributed to the drinking water at any active public water supply in Iowa during the year. If you have any questions about the report, please contact Diane Moles, Executive Officer 2, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 515-725-0281, diane.moles@dnr.iowa.gov. IAMU Safety Services will be holding a Drug & Alcohol Employee/Supervisor Training Webinar. This webinar will address the following:
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 American Public Power Association is holding a Midwest Regional Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Summit on July 24 and 25 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The summit will provide education on the tools, technologies, and resources available to municipal utilities to establish and maintain a successful cybersecurity program, no matter what the size of your utility.
For more information about the summit or to register, go to: https://www.publicpower.org/event/2019-midwest-regional-municipal-utility-cybersecurity-summit The workshop, sponsored by CIT Sewer Solutions, will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 6 at IAMU. The hands-on training qualifies for 0.5 CEUs for wastewater.
Topics covered included:
In addition, there will be live demonstrations on:
For more information or to register for the workshop, click here. Recently, IAMU received reports of high voltage rubber gloves not passing visual inspections. In some instances, the gloves that failed these inspections had never been worn.
The Skarshaug Testing Laboratory in Ames was contacted and shared the following information:
Action Item: Inspect all high voltage rubber gloves to determine if you have any of this style of gloves with the larger label that fails the visual inspection. If so, consider exchanging them as soon as practical. Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed Kayla Lyon as the first female director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Lyon will take over as the eighth director of the agency on July 8 and replace Bruce Trautman who has served as acting director since May 2018. “As my legislative liaison and lead policy advisor on agriculture and natural resources, Kayla oversaw DNR operations including regulatory permitting, conservation efforts, and wildlife issues,” Reynolds said. “She also played an instrumental role in the 2018 comprehensive water quality funding bill. As DNR Director, Kayla will serve a key role in helping our state continue to grow.” “I am honored to lead the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and appreciate the governor for providing me a new opportunity to serve Iowans,” Lyon said. “In this role, I will continue the DNR’s mission to protect our natural resources, state parks, landscapes, and improve the quality of life in Iowa for generations to come.” Prior to joining the Governor’s office, Kayla spent her career in government affairs working on agriculture, renewable fuels, water quality, and environmental policy while representing farmers and agribusiness. Lyon is a native of Decorah and currently lives in Ames with her husband and two daughters. |
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