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5 National Public Works Week 17 First Utility District Wins TAUD Region 2
Best Tasting Water Contest
6 MTAS Has You Covered
TAUD will conduct the Best Tasting Water in Tennessee Contest
Public Works frontline and management personnel are heavily in each of the Association’s 11 regions in upcoming months. The
involved in successful compliance efforts. MTAS is involved in winner of each region will participate in a statewide competition and
supporting these personnel. then the statewide winner will then represent Tennessee in the Great
American Taste Test held in conjunction with the National Rural Water
8 Water and Wastewater System Energy Savings Association Rally in Washington, D.C.
Electrical savings of tens of thousands of dollars, sometimes up to 30 18 Advice from Industry Professionals
percent, have been achieved through simple operational changes at
wastewater plants. For Tennessee water and wastewater utilities there With the hope that these words of wisdom will benefit Young
are several options for assistance in evaluating water and wastewater Professionals, 34 industry professionals from across the state share
energy usage. what they have learned along the way during their professional
careers in Public Works. Quotes were gathered via a survey at the
10 Protect Honey Bees in Tennessee 2016 TCAPWA/SWANA Conference in Memphis.
The annual survey provided by the Bee Informed Partnership 20 APWA Strategic Goals and Activities
revealed that colony-loss numbers in Tennessee actually have shown
steady improvement in recent years, despite national numbers The 2017-2020 Strategic Goals and Activities include defining the
continuing to trend upward. value of Public Works, acting as the voice to government leaders
and media, ensuring excellence in education and credentialing and
12 TPWI 2017 Class Schedule and Registration Form creating a dynamic membership and chapter model.
The Tennessee Public Works Institute has released their class 21 TCAPWA Events and Highlights
schedule for 2017. Topics this year are: Maintenance Technologies for • Annual Conference Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration Form
Public Works; Public Works Supervision; and Construction Inspection. • Nominations Requested for TCAPWA Awards
Registration is now open. • West Branch Meets in Collierville
• Upper East Branch Meets in Sevierville
14 Council of Chapters and Chapter Leaders Training • 2017 Application Form for TCAPWA Scholarship
As the TCAPWA Chapter Delegate, Ronnie Hammonds attended the 27 Contributors to this Issue
Council of Chapters portion of the training, and Phillip Jones, Vice
President TCAPWA, and Cody Osborne, Middle Branch Director 30 Local Government Buyers’ Guide
TCAPWA, attended the Chapter Leaders Training.
Cover: TCAPWA Delegation receives the Public Works Week
16 TN JT&S Public Works Program Proclamation from Governor Haslam. Front row left to right: Herbie
King, Manny Belen, Governor Bill Haslam, Rodney Keeton, and
The Tennessee Job Training & Safety program is investigating interest Sharon Rollins. Back row left to right: Nicholas Bradshaw, Brian
and possibilities for the formation of a separate and parallel program Baker, Cody Osborne, Phillip Jones, and John Anderson
to provide safety and craft training for Public Works departments
around the state.
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