Upcoming Training & Event Opportunities
Please find below updated information regarding our upcoming training and events.
Emergency Preparedness
What If Your Screens Went Dark?
Practice the Unthinkable. Protect Your Customers.
Building Resiliency in Maine: Manual Operations Prep Series
Description: Join us for two bookend workshops that will help your utility plan and run a manual operations exercise. This exercise can be customized to meet your utility’s needs from a single process to an entire plant. In an age of cybersecurity threats and climate change-fueled storms, this series is appropriate for any size water utility and will help you prepare to support service continuity for your consumers!
Cost: FREE!
Wednesday, September 30 – Launch / Workshop 1
- 8:30am – 12:30pm
- Remote via Zoom
In-House Exercise (self-directed)
- Date & Time up to you, held anytime between Workshops 1 & 2
- At Your Utility
Tuesday, November 10 – After Action Review (Workshop 2)
- 8:30am – 12:30pm
- Remote via Zoom
Coffee & Tea with the PUC
Tuesday, September 22
9:00 – 9:45am
Remote via Zoom
Operator Certification Courses
Class I Water Treatment & Distribution – Basic Course
NOTE: Sometimes referred to as “Very Small Water Systems.” Content is appropriate for foundational skills for all scale/manner of water utility.
- September 29 & October 1, 6, 8, 13 from 8am-3:30pm
- Address: 32 Prescott St, 1st Fl. – E.J. Prescott, Inc., in the Training Room
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Class II Water Treatment Operator Certification Preparatory Course
- October 15, 20, 22, 27 from 8am-3:30pm
- Address: 32 Prescott St, Gardiner 3rd Fl. – E.J. Prescott, Inc.
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Class II Water Distribution Operator Certification Preparatory Course
- October 29 & November 3, 5, 12 from 8am-3:30pm
- Address: 15 University Drive, Augusta – MWUA Office
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Class III & IV Water Treatment Operator Certification Preparatory Course
- November 17, 19 & December 1, 3 from 8am-3:30pm
- Address: 32 Prescott St, 1st Fl. – E.J. Prescott, Inc., in the Training Room
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Class III & IV Water Distribution Operator Certification Preparatory Course
- December 11, 15, 17, 22 from 8am-3:30pm
- Address: 225 Douglass Street, Portland – Portland Water District
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Virtual Training Sessions
Our most affordable trainings! Get your TCH’s before the end of the year!
Virtual Training Session | Keeping Your Head Above Water: Flooding Resiliency
- Friday, October 23, 2026, 8-10am
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Virtual Training Session | The Find and Fix It Approach: Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026, 8-10am
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Virtual Training Session | Water Distribution: Interactive Knowledge Review
- Wednesday, December 2, 2026, 8-10am
- Zoom link to be provided directly to registrants
Save the Dates — More Information Coming Soon!
NEW in 2026! Water Infrastructure Forum
- Wednesday, October 28, at The Governor Hill Mansion, Augusta.
- Doors open at 8am. Official program begins at 8:15am, with the program expected to close by 12:30pm.
- Target Audience: Boards of Trustees Members, Water System Managers, and similar water industry stakeholders.
- More information coming very soon. Reach out to Ed@MWUA.org for more information in the meantime.
NEW in 2026! Training Planning Summit
- Thursday, November 5.
- More details to follow.
- Target Audience: Anyone interested in contributing to or providing feedback on MWUA’s training & education programs and related efforts.
Contact Info:Maine Water Utilities Association
15 University Dr
Augusta ME 04330
(207) 623 – 9511
Program@MWUA.org
