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
New in 2026 — Registration Now Open!
Water Infrastructure Forum
Join us on Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 for an important discussion on the future of Maine’s water infrastructure.
The Water Infrastructure Forum brings together utility trustees, managers, operators, municipal leaders, regulators, consultants, and other industry stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with replacing and maintaining aging infrastructure. As buried infrastructure continues to age, sustainable and consistent investment has never been more important.
This forum is an excellent opportunity for trustees and utility leadership to gain valuable insight into infrastructure planning, funding, and long-term asset management while connecting with industry experts and peers from across the state.
- Wednesday, October 28, at The Governor Hill Mansion, 136 State Street, Augusta.
- Doors open at 7:45am. Official program begins at 8:15am, with the program expected to close by 12:30pm. Refreshments served.
- Target Audience: All trustees, board members, managers, and utility professionals are encouraged to attend.
- The event is free, but space is limited.
- Approved for 4 TCHs (Code: 242M-2026).
- Questions? Reach out to Ed@MWUA.org.
Register here! | View the flyer | Event details
Training Planning Summit
- Thursday, November 5, 9am-1pm, at E.J. Prescott – Third Floor, 32 Prescott Street, Gardiner.
- An interactive session where committee members and beyond will help shape our future program and event offerings. Light breakfast and lunch included.
- Target Audience: Anyone interested in contributing to or providing feedback on MWUA’s training & education programs and related efforts.
Register here! | View the flyer | Event details & agenda
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 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
Contact Info:Maine Water Utilities Association
15 University Dr
Augusta ME 04330
(207) 623 – 9511
Program@MWUA.org
