39th Annual Water Systems EXPO & Conference

January 21 - 23, 2025

Bismarck Event Center

 

Tuesday - January 21

8:00 am                Registration Opens

• USDA-Rural Development: Engineering and Environmental Updates
• ND Dept. of Water Resources: Basic Asset Inventories and More
• ND Information Technology: Cybersecurity for Water Utilities

2:00 pm               NDRWSA Annual Board Meeting, History of Rural Water, and EXPO Opening Session (Prairie Rose 105)

3:00 pm               Exhibit Hall Opens (Hall D)

4:00 pm               Meter Change-Out Competition: Preliminary Round - Exhibit Hall

5:00 pm               Exhibitor Appreciation Social - Exhibit Hall

6:00 pm               Exhibit Hall Closes for the Evening

Wednesday - January 22

8:00 am              Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall/Exhibit Hall Opens

9:00 am              Concurrent Sessions

• Board of Director/Manager Track: Roundtable Discussions (Prairie Rose 105)
• Operation & Maintenance Track: Exhibitor Demonstrations (Exhibit Hall)

9:00 am             Water Taste Contest - Exhibit Hall

11:00 am            Meter Change-Out Competition: Final Round - Exhibit Hall

11:15 am             Exhibit Hall Prize Drawings/Exhibit Hall Closes

11:30 am            Awards Luncheon Buffet (Hall C)

• Awards Luncheon - Honoring the Best in the Business
• Corporate Elite & Diamond Sponsor Recognition
• 2025 Water Taste Contest Final Judging

1:30 pm               Concurrent Sessions

Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105) 

1:30 pm               The Attorney General’s Office: ND Open Records & Open Meetings Laws

2:40 pm               ND Office of the State Auditor: Water System Financial Audits 101

Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)

1:30 pm               Jasper Engineering: Confined Space/Gas Detection Training

2:05 pm               Moore Engineering, Inc: Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Best Practices and Tools

2:40 pm               Stenner Pump: Service Repair, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)

1:30 pm               KLM Engineering: Spring Checklist; Preparing Your Water Storage Tanks

2:05 pm               Dakota Supply Group: Catch Leaks Before They Catch You

2:40 pm               Liquidtek, LLC: Solving the Pond Puzzle    

3:15 pm               Coffee Break

3:30 pm               Concurrent Sessions continue

Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105)

3:30 pm               Rural Water Impact & Municipal Impact: Websites - The Ultimate Communication Tool

4:05 pm               HDR, Inc: Collaborating on Collaborative Delivery - Construction Manager at Risk

Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)

3:30 pm               Hach: Proper Measurement and Calibration of Dissolved Oxygen and pH

4:05 pm               TEAM Laboratory Chemical: Bio-Augmentation and Aquatic Plant Management     

Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)

3:30 pm               Core &Main: History of Water Metering

4:05 pm               Central Plains Water District & Apex Engineering: Hydraulic Modeling for System Expansion                     

5:00 pm               Social, Scholarship Live Auction, and Cash Drawings

Thursday - January 23

7:30 am               Breakfast Buffet 

8:30 am               Concurrent Sessions

Board, Management & Administrative Track (Prairie Rose 105)

8:30 am                TrainND Southwest: Effective Meetings, Overcoming Meeting Challenges, Robert’s Rules of Order, and the Top 5 Tips of

                               Strategic Planning

Operation & Maintenance Track I (Prairie Rose 101)

8:30 am                Bartlett & West: Artificial Intelligence in Rural Water

9:05 am                In Control, Inc: SCADA - A Force Multiplier for Operations

Operation & Maintenance Track II (Prairie Rose 103)

8:30 am                AE2S: Regulations for Control System Cybersecurity in the Water Sector

9:05 am                Tonka Water, a Kurita Brand: Filter and Softener Refurbishment 101