Welcome to the FVOA’s 2013 Mini-Conference page! Whether you are a volunteer, vendor, member, or attendee, we hope this page will help you find what you are looking for. The 2013 conference will be held at the Village of Carpentersville Public Works garage.

August 15, 2013

Conference Video 2012

Schedule

6:30 am

Vendor registration

7:30 am

Guest Registration

8:00 am

Conference Welcome

Technical Sessions

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Room A: Laboratory / Bio-Monitoring (Speaker: TBD)

Room B: Maintenance/Collections / Pressure/Temperature Instrumentation (Speaker: Mike Phelps, Kodiak Controls)

Room C: Operations / Influent Station Flooding, A Case Study (Ed Brown, Village of Algonquin)

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Room A: Laboratory / BOD/CBOD (Speaker: TBD)

Room B: Maintenance/Collections / Lift Station Maintenance (Speaker: TBD)

Room C: Operations / Gems & Nuggets, Stories from the Field (Russ Martin, Wastewater Troubleshooter)

10:30 am – 11:15 am

Room A: Laboratory / Microscope – Indicator Organisms (Speaker: Toni Glymph)

Room B: Maintenance/Collections / Pump Seals; The Ins & Outs (Speaker: William Burke, Chesterton Seals)

Room C: Operations / Aerobic Digester Operation & Control (Troy Larson, Strand & Associates)

11:30 am – 12:30 am

Buffet Lunch in vendor area

Hands On – Workshops 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm (20-25 minutes running concurrently)

Station #1: Microscope – Indicator Organisms; (Tony Glymph)

Station #2: Soldering Copper Pipe; Eric Langlo, Building Superintendent, Village of Carpentersville

Station #3: Solvent Welding/PVC Pipe; Joshua Lazar, Harrington Plastics

Station #4: Fire Extinguisher Training, TBD

Station #5: Basic Electrical Troubleshooting, TBD

Station #6: Bearing Removal/Installation, TBD

Station #7: Sludge Measurements, TBD

Station #8: Settleability Testing, Russ Martin

Station #9: Lift Station Maintenance, TBD

**** Demo times are at 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm & 2:00 pm ****

2:30 pm

Vendor and Large Ticket Raffles

2:45 pm

End of Conference

Guest Registration

Guest Registration opening soon

Vendor Information

Vendor Registration now available on the FVOA homepage

Volunteer Information

Volunteers are always needed. If you are interested in getting involved please contact Dan Langguth at foxvalleyoa2@gmail.com or Luke Markko at foxvalleyoa@gmail.com