Operator Resources

COVID-19 and Emergency Response Resources

• May 7, 2020: NYWARN Alert: FEMA Masks Available

• World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Brief: Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Waste Management for COVID-19

• United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 Index

• United States CDC: Water Transmission and COVID-19

• EPA COVID-19 and Drinking Water and Wastewater

• New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Index

• Water Environment Federation (WEF) COVID-19 Index

• WEF: The Water Professional's Guide to COVID-19

• OSHA COVID-19 Index

• NYWEA COVID-19 Health & Safety

• Cornell Local Roads Program Newsletter: Highway Departments & COVID-19 (March 23, 2020)

• Water and Wastewater Agency Response Networks (WARNs)

• NY WARN Organizations

• NY WARN: COVID-19 Fast Facts

• New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA) Vulnerability Assessment and Emergency Response Plan Templates

• New York State Executive Orders

• Executive Order Number 202.2: Work-From-Home & Workplace Density Reductions (Local Governments)

• Empire State Development Guidance on Essential Businesses

• Link to sign up for DEC Email Notices

Organizations

• http://nywea.org/

• http://www.nyruralwater.org/

• https://www.nystownhwys.org/

• http://www.nycom.org/

• https://www.epa.gov/

• http://www.dec.ny.gov/

Subscriptions

• http://www.tpomag.com/?ref=header

• http://www.waterworld.com/index.html

• http://www.nyruralwater.org/publications/aquafacts

• http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/smallflows.cfm

• http://compactequip.com/

• http://www.mswmag.com/

• http://www.cleaner.com/

• http://www.digdifferent.com/

• https://www.biocycle.net/

• http://www.dec.ny.gov/pubs/conservationist.html

ABC Prep/Certifications

• http://nywea.org/OpCert/

• Certification Manual - http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/wwcertmanual.pdf

• DEC Certification - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8707.html

• http://royceu.com/Public/Default.aspx

• https://americanwatercollege.org/exam-prep/

Regulatory Compliance

• Dig Safely New York - https://www.digsafelynewyork.com/

• EPA Municipal Wastewater - https://www.epa.gov/npdes/municipal-wastewater

• Managing our Lakes Rivers and Coasts - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/290.html

• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8464.html#Municipalities

• NETDMR - https://netdmr.epa.gov/netdmr/public/home.htm

• Enforcement and Compliance History - https://echo.epa.gov/?redirect=echo

• DMR Manual - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8461.html

• Sewage Pollution Right to Know SPRTK - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/90315.html

• Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/95794.html

• Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/48595.html

• NYS Department of Health - https://www.health.ny.gov/

Procurement/classifieds

• https://ogs.ny.gov/procurement

• http://www.auctionsinternational.com/

• https://smile.amazon.com

• http://www.ebay.com/

• http://www.nyruralwater.org/classifieds/classifieds

• https://gsa.gov/portal/content/100851#NewYork

• https://www.usgs.gov/

• https://online.ogs.ny.gov/fedsurplus/property/default.asp

Operations Toolbox

• DEC Toolbox - http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/83360.html

• http://www.environmentalleverage.com/

• http://nyruralwater.org/training/classroom-training.php

• http://www.epa.state.oh.us/Portals/28/documents/opcert/WWformulas.pdf

• Math Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXMWC2uac4

• http://skequipment.com/resources/

• http://nyruralwater.org/links/links

• Water Treatment Chemicals Guide - https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/93502.html

Recycling/composting

• http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/97463.html

Laboratory

• https://www.wadsworth.org/regulatory/elap/certified-labs

Downloads

• http://nyruralwater.org/downloads/downloads-vulnerability-assessment

• http://nyruralwater.org/downloads/downloads-other-materials

Facebook

• Facebook groups (must be a FB member and request group membership)

• Water/Wastewater Plant Operators in the World, Unite!