Attendee Info - 2021
March 1-5, 2021 | The Dixie Center (1835 Convention Center Drive, St. George, UT)
2021 Rural Water Annual Conference
March 1 - 5, 2021
The Dixie Center, St. George, Utah
Attendee Registration
Attendee Registration will be live on December 1, 2020. At that time you will be able to use the button (coming December 1st) that will be below to register for the conference. You can register at the discounted rate between December 1st and February 19th. (You can still register after February 19th, but the discounted rate will have ended.) See you in St. George!
Attendee Registration
Conference App
Download the FREE Conference App today and get all the conference info and updates at your fingertips! Search your Play or App store for “RWAU” or the “Rural Water Association of Utah” to download the free app!
View the PAst (2020) app online here
Exhibit Hall
We have an exciting and packed Exhibit Hall in store for 2021! View the current exhibit hall and contact our vendors online now!
2021 Exhibit Hall
Conference Schedule At - A - Glance (Draft)
Monday, March 1
12:00 pm Operator Certification Registration Opens
1:00 – 5:00 pm Water & Wastewater Operator Certification Classes
Tuesday, March 2
7:00 am – 7:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up
7:30 am Registration Opens
7:30 – 8:30 am Donut / Juice / Coffee (North Lobby)
8:30 – 10:00 am In-Depth Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
8:30 – 4:00 pm Golf Scramble (Sunbrook Golf Course)
10:15 – 11:45 am In-Depth Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
11:45 – 1:00 pm Lunch (North Lobby & Garden Room)
1:00 – 2:30 pm In-Depth Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
2:45 – 4:15 pm In-Depth Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
3:30 – Dusk Skeet Shoot – NOTE THE NEW DAY!! (Hurricane)
Wednesday, March 3
7:30 – 4:30 pm Registration
7:30 am Exhibit Hall OPENS
7:30 – 9:00 am Donut/Juice/Coffee (Exhibit Hall)
9:00 –10:00 am Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
10:30–11:30 am Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
11:30 –1:00 pm Lunch / Exhibits
1:00 – 2:15 pm Keynote Session (Garden Room)
2:15 – 2:30 pm Break
2:30 – 4:30 pm Special Sessions / OP Cert / CCCPAC
Thursday, March 4
7:30 – 4:00 pm Registration
7:30 am Exhibit Hall OPENS
7:30 – 9:00 am Donut / Juice / Coffee (Exhibit Hall)
9:00 –10:00 am Drinking Water Board Meeting
9:00 –10:00 am Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
10:30 - 11:30 Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch / Exhibits
1:00 pm Exhibit Hall CLOSED / Exhibit Take-down
1:00 – 2:00 pm Training / Operator Certification / CCCPAC
2:15 – 3:45 pm Voting Membership Meeting / Water Taste Test / AWARD PRESENTATIONS / Gun Drawing
Friday, March 5
7:30 – 8:30 am Registration / Donuts / Juice / Coffee (North Lobby)
8:30 – 12:00 pm Water & Wastewater Operator Certification / CCCPAC Exams
8:30 – 9:30 am Training Sessions
9:45 –10:45 am Training Sessions
11:00 –12:00 pm Training Sessions
12:00 pm Evaluation Form & Dart Throw Prize Drawings (Garden Room)
12:45 pm Adjourn
Hotel Accommodations
All hotel reservations are handled directly with the hotel. There are many hotels to choose from in the St. George area. The hotels listed here have offered our attendees a discounted rate. Unless otherwise noted, when making your reservations with these hotels, mention you are with the Rural Water conference to get the specialty rate. And remember, hotels fill up quickly down there and most discounted rates expire a month before the Conference so make your reservations early!
HOTELS/ MOTELS
*Red Roof Inn (GREAT VALUE / LOWEST RATE)..... 435-688-8383
Best Western Coral Hills............................................. 435-673-4844
Clarion Suites.............................................................. 435-673-7000
Comfort Inn................................................................. 435-628-8544
Fairfield Inn by Marriott............................................. 435-673-6066
Hampton Inn............................................................... 435-652-1200
Hilton Garden Inn....................................................... 435-634-4100
Holiday Inn.................................................................. 435-673-6066
Howard Johnson Inn & Suites................................... 435-628-8000
Hyatt Place.................................................................. 435-656-8686
La Quinta..................................................................... 435-674-2664
Ramada by Wyndham St. George............................. 435-628-2828
St. George Inn and Suites.......................................... 435-673-6661
Tru by Hilton................................................................ 435-634-7768
Wingate by Wyndham................................................ 435-673-9608
CEU Counts
Water or WW Operator Certification: 2.0 Water or WW CEUs
Cross Connection Control Certification 1.6 Water CEUs
Full Conference (Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri): 1.6 Water & WW CEUs
Digital Conference (Wed / Thurs / Fri - OFFSITE): 1.0 Water & WW CEUs
In-Depth Training (Tuesday): 0.6 Water & WW CEUs
Wednesday Training: 0.525 Water & WW CEUs
Thursday Training: 0.5 Water & WW CEUs
Friday Training: 0.3 Water & WW CEUs
(PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of how many days you register for, as per State rule, total CEUs earned for a non-certification attendee cannot exceed 1.6 Water & WW CEUs for Tuesday – Friday, or 1.0 CEUs for Weds – Friday.)
Lunch Passes for Spouse or Partner
If you wish a spouse or partner to join you for lunch you will need to purchase a lunch wristband for them for the day(s) they will be joining you. Lunch wristbands can be purchased when you register to attend and will be in your attendee packet when you check-in at the Conference. The proper wristband for the correct day must be worn for entrance to the exhibit hall and access to the lunch. No name badges will be printed for lunch passes.
Skeet Shoot (Tuesday, March 2, 2021 | 3:30 pm)
Purgatory Clay Sports | Hurricane, Utah (Near Fairgrounds in Hurricane)
- 3:30 pm continues until dark
- PLEASE NOTE: The Skeet shoot WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE 3:30 start time. Rural Water staff will NOT be conducting Skeet Shoot check-in before 3:30.
- You can come after 3:30 if you have a class to attend or teach. There is plenty of time to wrap up your final class and still shoot in the skeet shoot if you come out when your session ends.
- $30 per shooter for the first round, $9 for each additional round
- You must bring your OWN Gun & Shells (Limited amounts of 12 & 20 gauge shotguns are available for rent for $10 onsite, first-come, first-served. Ammunition can also be purchased on-site if needed.)
- Entry Fee includes safety glasses, ear protection & 50 targets of either: sporting clays, 5-stand, trap or skeet
- Shooting prizes will be given ONSITE after the event ends
Sign up for the Skeet Shoot when you register for the Conference
- All shooters can purchase additional shooting rounds on-site.
Golf Scramble
- Tuesday, March 2, 2021
- 8:30 am Shotgun Start at the Sunbrook Golf Course
- 4-Person Scramble
- Entry fee is $100 per golfer
- Entry Fee includes
- Tee Time
- Cart
- Lunch
- Giveaways
- Prizes
- Winners awarded prizes immediately following the tournament
- Hole-in-One prize on every par 3, including a 4-wheeler hole!
- Email Vern Steel (steel@rwau.net) with team preferences or for sponsorship opportunities. If you are a single golfer, you will be placed on a team.
Golf Course: The Sunbrook Golf Club (2336 West Sunbrook Drive, St. George, Utah)