Annual Conference

Feb. 28 - March 4, 2022 |  The Dixie Center (1835 Convention Center Drive, St. George, UT)

Attendee Registration 

Attendee Registration for the RWAU 2022 Annual Conference
will go live on December 1, 2021. 

EARLYBIRD registration will take place from

December 1, 2021 - February 18th, 2022.

After Februrary 18th registration fees will increase by $25 to normal prices. 

Exhibit Hall 

View the 2022 exhibit hall map and contact our vendors online now! 

2022 Exhibit Hall

2022 Annual Conference CEU Counts

Water or WW Operator Certification: 2.0 Water or WW CEUs

Cross Connection Control Certification: 1.5 Water CEUs

Full Conference (Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri): 1.6 Water & WW CEUs

Tuesday (In-Depth Training): 0.6 Water & WW CEUs

Tuesday (Cross Connection CEU Training): 0.6 Water & Cross Connection 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.)

2022 Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

Monday, February 28

12:00 pm                  Operator Certification & CCCPAC Registration Opens

1:00 – 5:00 pm        Water & Wastewater Operator & CCCPAC Certification Classes BEGIN

Tuesday, March 1

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 / Cross Connection CEU / Operator Certification / CCCPAC

8:30 –   4:00 pm      Golf Scramble (Sunbrook Golf Course)

10:15 – 11:45 am     In-Depth Training / Cross Connection CEU / Operator Certification / CCCPAC

11:45 –   1:00 pm     Lunch (North Lobby & Garden Room)

1:00 –   2:30 pm       In-Depth Training / Cross Connection CEU / Operator Certification / CCCPAC

2:45 –   4:15 pm       In-Depth Training / Cross Connection CEU / Operator Certification / CCCPAC

3:30 – Dusk              Skeet Shoot (Hurricane)

 

Wednesday, March 2

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 (Ballroom)

2:15 – 2:30 pm         Break

2:30 – 4:30 pm         Special Sessions / Operator Certification / CCCPAC

 

Thursday, March 3

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 4

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

Skeet Shoot (Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | 3:30 pm)

Purgatory Clay Sports, Hurricane (Near Fairgrounds in Hurricane)

  • 3:30 pm start, continues until dark
    • The Skeet shoot WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE 3:30 start time
    • You can come after 3:30 if you have a class to attend or teach
  • $30 per shooter for the first round, $9 for each additional round (select "Skeet Shoot" add-on at registration)
  • You must bring your OWN Gun & Shells 
  • Entry Fee includes safety glasses, ear protection & 50 targets of either: sporting clays, 5-stand, trap or skeet
  • Prizes will be given ONSITE after the event ends
  • Email Phil Harold (phil.harold@rwau.net) with questions

Golf Scramble (Tuesday, March 1, 2022 | 8:30 am)

Sunbrook Golf Course (2366 West Sunbrook Drive, St. George)

  • 8:30 am Shotgun Start
  • Entry fee is $100 per golfer (select "Golf Scramble" add-on at registration)
  • 4-Person Scramble (if you are a single golfer you will be placed on a team)
  • Entry Fee includes: tee time, cart, lunch, giveaways, prizes
  • Hole-in-One prize on every par 3, including a 4-wheeler!
  • Prizes will be given ONSITE after the event ends
  • Email Janell Braithwaite (janell.braithwaite@rwau.net) with questions

Lunch Tickets for Spouse or Partner

Lunch tickets (wristbands) are available for spouses or partners of conference attendees by selectiong the "extra lunch" add-on at registration. After a lunch wristbands is purchased, the wristband(s) will be placed in the attendee packet for pick-up at conference check-in. The correct wristband for the correct day (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) must be worn for entrance to the exhibit hall and access to the lunch. Name badges will not be printed for add-on lunch tickets.

Spouses or partners who are not registered for the conference will not be allowed in training sessions. 

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!

 PLEASE NOTE: Rural Water is not in any way a party to hotel rates or accommodations. We have simply asked these hotels to give our attendees a discounted rate and they have agreed to do so. All hotel arrangements, rates and policies are at the discretion of the hotels themselves, and reservations, rates and agreements are between the hotel and the guest staying with them.

*Hilton Garden Inn (GREAT VALUE & LOCATION)................... 435-634-4100

Holiday Inn....................................................................................... 435-673-6066

Hyatt Place....................................................................................... 435-656-8686

Fairfield Inn by Marriott.................................................................. 435-673-6066

Best Western Coral Hills................................................................. 435-673-4844

Clarion Suites................................................................................... 435-673-7000

Comfort Inn...................................................................................... 435-628-8544

Hampton Inn.................................................................................... 435-652-1200

La Quinta.......................................................................................... 435-674-2664

Ramada by Wyndham St. George................................................. 435-628-2828

Red Roof Inn..................................................................................... 435-688-8383

Tru by Hilton..................................................................................... 435-634-7768

Consumer Confidence Reports 

The Division of Drinking Water will be conducting a workshop (by appointment) at the Annual Conference to help you learn how to complete your own Consumer Confidence Reports. Call Brandi Smith at the Division of Drinking Water (385-515-1650).

Submit to Present Next Year:

The deadline to submit to present at the 2022 Annual Conference has now PASSED. 

Submission Deadline for 2023 Annual Conference: July 1, 2022

SUBMIT TO PRESENT AT 2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ST. GEORGE)

2021 Annual Conference

 March 1 - 5, 2021 - The Dixie Center

Thank you for coming and making it a great year! This was a challenging and interesting year and we are so glad to have had a safe and successful 2021 Rural Water Annual Conference. Thank you for your support. If you weren’t able to join us this year we hope to see you at future events and conferences!

A BIG THANK YOU to our sponsors this year- we appreciate you! 

2021 Conference Agenda