Winter Operations
December 9, 2025 ~ DeForest Village Hall, 120 South Stevenson Street, DeForest, WI 53532
(6 Municipal Waterworks/6 Wastewater Credits)

7:30 – 8:00 ~ Registration, coffee, donuts, and a chance to mingle

8:00 – 9:00 ~ Winter Water & Wastewater Operation Considerations ~ Tom Atkinson, ISG (WRWA Corporate Member)

9:00 – 10:00 ~ Winter Operations for Tanks ~ Utilizing circulators and flow control strategies to keep tanks in service during cold weather. ~ Shawn Mulhern- KLM Engineering, Inc. (WRWA Corporate Gold Member)

10:00 – 11:00 ~ Cold Weather Installation and Operation of Ductile Iron Piping Systems ~ Shawn Smith & Jerry Regula McWane Ductile (WRWA Associate Member)

11:00 – 12:00 ~ GIS Mapping & Asset Management in the Winter Months ~ Asset management in the winter months and good maps for bad weather and emergency situations. ~ Jon Schwichtenberg, CBS Squared INC (WRWA Gold Member)

12:00 – 1:00 ~ Lunch (on your own)

1:00 – 2:00 ~ Sustainable Winter Salting ~ Best practices in snow and ice control reduce damage to infrastructure and mitigate salt pollution in freshwater. Allison Madison – Wisconsin Salt Wise

2:00 – 3:00 ~ Seeing Beneath the Snow & Ice ~ Pipe, valve box and manhole locating in all weather conditions. Doug Gries- Ferguson Waterworks (WRWA Corporate Gold Member)

Pre-Registration is required for this class

$110 per Member/$140 Per Non-Member

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Winter Operations (12-9-2025) Deforest