Operators Workshops

2010

Plan to attend the 2010 Operators Workshop which will be held at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife, NT on Monday, November 22, 2010. The list of topics have not been chosen yet, but as is usual at NTWWA's Operators Workshops, topics will be chosen with the day-to-day challenges operators face in mind.

2009

2009 Workshop Agenda
Monday, October 19 at the Community Hall in Cambridge Bay, NU
The Operators Workshop is a popular part of the conference proceedings. This year there were 12 operators in attendance and about the same number of non-operators who were also interested. All operators who attended will be receiving a CEU (Continuing Education Unit) certificate.

2008

2008 Workshop Agenda
The Operators Workshop in Norman Wells included hands-on presentations on water chlorination and testing, health aspects of water management, the video "Life Source" and other training of value to operators and others involved with the provision of water and waste management. The workshop took place on Monday, November 3.

2007

2007 Workshop Agenda
The Operators Workshop in Iqaluit was attended 19 operators who had some rather rushed training before the flights left Iqaluit. Still, they had a chance for useful and informative tours of the Iqaluit water and wastewater treatment plants and other valuable training.

2006

2006 Workshop Agenda
Twenty-one operators attended the 2006 Operators Workshop and had an opportunity for some hands-on training. They also toured the Rae Water Treatment Plant and Midnight Sun Energy in Yellowknife.

2009 Great Northern
Drinking Water Challenge

Click on the goblet to see details of this year's
Drinking Water Challenge.

2009 Great Northern Drinking Water Challenge

Four communities competed for the Drinking Water trophy this year: Pangnirtung, Kugluktuk, Norman Wells and of course our host community Cambridge Bay. It was a close competition, said the judges, and the winner was Norman Wells. Congratulations to Aaron Randall, a new member of the NTWWWA board of directors and Water Works supervisor in Norman Wells, and his crew. This is the second time Norman Wells has won the trophy. However, the judges also said Pangnirtung was a very close second. Aaron Randall with the 2009 Drinking Water Challenge Trophy.

2008 Great Northern Drinking Water Challenge

As usual, there were several contenders for the Drinking Water Challenge trophy in 2008, which went to the Town of Fort Smith.

See a picture of the Waterworks Supervisor Jean Soucy (right) with other proud members of the waterworks staff (left to right) Mike Peterson (plant operator), Donald Beaulieu (water delivery operator) holding the trophy and Matonabee Paulette, also a plant operator. Missing from this photo is plant operator Tom Berikoff.

2007 Great Northern Drinking Water Challenge

Eleven communities competed in the Challenge in 2007, and the winner was the Town of Norman Wells. Sean Austman-Kunkel, Utilities Manager for the Town, received the cup on behalf of his crew.