Annual Meeting [CLOSED] - Oklahoma Rural Water Association

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Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center

Schedule

Wednesday, April 19

Time	Event	Location
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Event: Registration
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Event: Vendor Booth Setup	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 10:00 AM	Event: ORWAAG Annual Business Meeting	Location: Madrid II-III
Time: 12:00- 1:30 PM	Event: Delegate Lunch	Location: Madrid I
Time: 1:30 PM	Event: ORWA Annual Business Meeting	Location: Madrid II-III
Time: 3:00 PM	Event: Water Taste Test Preliminary	Location: Madrid I
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM	Event: Vendor Social	Location: Salon Ballroom

Thursday, April 20

Time	Event	Location
Time: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Event: Registration
Time: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Time: Vendor Hall	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM	Time: Continental Breakfast	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM	Event: Welcome & Alliance Announcement Special Speaker Sec. Ken McQueen – Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM	Event Speaker: Michael Bowling – Crowe and Dunlevy Topic: Professionalism in the Workplace	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM	Event Speaker: Adria Berry – Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Topic: The Wild West of Weed? A Regulator’s Perspective	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM	Event: Break
Time: 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM	Event Speaker: Tonya White – Oklahoma Water Resources Board Topic: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding through OWRB	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM	Event: Vendor Lunch / Training Demo / Water Taste Test Finals Event Speaker: Candy Thompson – P.E. Department of Environmental Quality Topic: Lead Service Line Inventory Training Event Speaker: Travis Archer – P.E. Parkhill Topic: PFAS: The Next Frontier	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM	Event Speaker: Pat Credeur – Louisiana Rural Water Association Topic: Emergency Response: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM	Event Speaker: Al Wayne – A.J. Wayne and Associates Topic: Cyber Security and You	Location: Seville Ballroom
Time: 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM	Event: Break
Time: 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM	Event Speaker: Samantha McPheter – Elynx Technologies Topic: SCADA Does NOT Have to be Complicated or Expensive
Time: 5:30 PM	Event: Awards Dinner Reception	Location: Madrid Ballroom
Time: 6:30 PM	Event: Awards Dinner	Location: Madrid Ballroom
Time: 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM	Event Performer: Paul Bogart Concert 🎶🏟👩‍🎤👨‍🎤🎇🎤🎸🎛💃🕺🎵	Location: Seville Ballroom

Friday, April 21

Time	Event	Location
Time: 7:15 AM – 12:00 PM	Event: Registration
Time: 7:15 AM – 12:00 PM	Event: Vendor Hall	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM	Event: Breakfast Buffet	Location: Salon Ballroom
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM	Event Speaker: Billy Hix / Water120 – Cherokee Nation Topic: Cherokee Nation Lead Service Line Inventories Pilot Project	Location: Seville I (Track 1)
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM	Event: Sandra Stevenson – ORWA Topic: Apprenticeship: Building Professional Careers	Location: Seville II (Track 2)
Time: 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM	Event Speaker: Craig Hannah – Johnson Controls Topic: Best Practices for Large Water Meter Management	Event: Seville I (Track 1)
Time: 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM	Event: Stacy Williams – CompSource Mutual Topic: Elements of an Effective Safety Program	Event: Seville II (Track 2)
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM	Event: Break
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM	Event Speaker: Dr. Vora – Oklahoma State University / Jeff Jones – ORWA Topic: Water Energy Efficiency & Water Meter Testing	Location: Seville I (Track 1)
Time: 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM	Event Speaker: Lindsay Roland – ORWA Topic: Rural Infrastructure Investment for the Sustainability and Resilience of Rural Oklahoma	Location: Seville II (Track 2)
Time: 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM	Event Speaker: Cason LeBlanc – Cherokee Nation / Eric Trerotola – Asterra Topic: Satellite Based Leak Detection – High Performance, High Value, and Low Impact: A Case Study for the Cherokee Nation	Location: Seville I (Track 1)
Time: 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM	Event: Richey Kirkpatrick – ORWA Topic: Basic Safety for Small Water and Wastewater Systems	Location: Seville II (Track 2)
Time: 12:00 PM	Event: Vendor Booth Breakdown	Location: Salon Ballroom

Rooms / Lodging

Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center

Booking Code:

Attendees: ORW

Government: GVT

Conf Dates: April 19-21, 2023

Address: 6808 S 107th E Ave, Tulsa, OK 74133
Reservations: (918) 307-2600

Directions Book Online

Abstracts

Preferred Topics

AI / Machine Learning
Board Leadership
Codes, Policies, Rates, and Fees
Drought Management
Emerging Contaminants
Employment Law
Lead Service Line Inventory
Legalities of Water and Wastewater
System Operations
Legislative Updates

Regulatory Outlook
Social Media Management
Sustainability and Resilience
System Efficiency
Technology and Innovation
Tribal Water / Wastewater Issues
Utility Management
Water / Energy Nexus
Water Reuse
Workforce Development

17th Annual Drinking Water Taste Contest

The Oklahoma Rural Water Association intends to find out who has the best-tasting water in the state. We’ve heard many boasts – now it’s time to see. The winning system will receive one free full registration to next year’s Annual Conference as well as an entry in the National Rural Water Association’s Great American Water Taste Test in Washington D.C., in 2024. This contest is only open to current ORWA members.