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KELLY’S CORNER<br />

Finding the<br />

I recently had a friend buy a house for the first<br />

time, she was very excited at hitting this<br />

milestone as it was a goal she has worked<br />

towards for a while now. When she purchased<br />

the house, she never thought about the fact<br />

that her garage is detached with a small<br />

driveway away from the house. With the first<br />

snow, she had gotten home after a long day at<br />

work and realized as she made the turn to<br />

drive in, that the unsheltered space between<br />

the house and garage was completely drifted<br />

in full of snow. Three hours later and with a lot<br />

of shovelling she was in the garage. The next<br />

day, the first thing she did after work was get<br />

a snow blower. Now four snows later, that<br />

which had been a huge problem after the first<br />

snow, was no longer a problem because she<br />

had the right tools to make the situation less<br />

stressful and less work.<br />

Do you have the proper tools that you need to<br />

do your job? What are some key things that<br />

you need to put in place to make doing your<br />

job less stressful or in some cases less timeconsuming?<br />

How can you do your job<br />

working smarter rather than harder?<br />

For those of you who just attended this last<br />

conference you have been given a lot of tools<br />

to take back and use in your jobs. Tools that<br />

help in the technical aspect and tools that<br />

help in the day to day way you do things as a<br />

worker and as a leader.<br />

Attending the conference and tradeshow is a<br />

huge part of having the tools you need as an<br />

operator to do your job. You get the CEU’s<br />

needed to maintain certification,<br />

opportunities to see technology that can help<br />

you, and a vast network of professional<br />

individuals who either have the answer or can<br />

Right Tools<br />

point you in the right direction for the answer.<br />

Tools help make our job or personal life easier<br />

as long as we have the ones needed for the<br />

different aspects of the job we are looking to<br />

do. As an operator you can check out the<br />

SASKOCB website for certification<br />

information on the tools needed to renew or<br />

qualify. The SaskH20 website has even more<br />

tools available for you to use and the SWWA<br />

website has all the training information<br />

needed to help you maintain your operator<br />

status as well as supplier information to help<br />

you find the part or parts you may need.<br />

One of the tools we gave out this year to all<br />

attendees was a supplier directory; this<br />

directory has information on all the suppliers<br />

who participated in the SWWA 2018<br />

tradeshow. The directory is also available for<br />

download on the supplier portion of the<br />

website. Speaking of the supplier part of the<br />

site, did you know that one of the tools we<br />

have set up is that you can enter what it is you<br />

need in the search bar and it will pull up all<br />

the suppliers who were at the show that can<br />

help you with what you are looking for?<br />

With the proper tools our jobs seem less<br />

daunting and stressful and more manageable.<br />

Have a very merry Christmas and a fantastic<br />

end to 2018 see you in 2019!<br />

Kelly Kish<br />

SWWA Pipeline Editor<br />

SWWA<br />

SWWA EXECUTIVE___________________<br />

TIM COX ~ PRESIDENT<br />

City of Swift Current<br />

Work: 306-778-2725 Fax: 306-778-1634<br />

Email: t.cox@swiftcurrent.ca<br />

KELLY KISH ~ PAST-PRESIDENT<br />

Town of Kipling<br />

Work: 306-736-8805 Fax: 306-736-2396<br />

Email: glokel@sasktel.net<br />

RYNETTE MOORE-GUILLAUME ~ VICE PRESIDENT<br />

SaskWater<br />

Work: 306-694-3941 Fax: 306-694-3207<br />

Email: rynette.moore@saskwater.com<br />

KARLIS VAN CAESEELE~ TREASURER<br />

Town of Langenburg<br />

Work: 306-743-2219 Fax: 306-743-2453<br />

Email: karlisvc@sasktel.net<br />

CORY MCMAHON ~ SECRETARY<br />

Town of Biggar<br />

Work: 306-948-5136 Fax: 306-948-5136<br />

Email: corden@sasktel.net<br />

DIRECTORS_________________________<br />

SUSAN DOBROWNEY<br />

City of Saskatoon<br />

Work: 306-975-2534 Fax: 306-975-7906<br />

Email: susan.dobrowney@saskatoon.ca<br />

OWEN GREEN<br />

Town of Rosthern<br />

Email:publicworks@rosthern.com<br />

LUKE LOCKHART<br />

Town of Outlook<br />

Phone: 306-860-7575<br />

email: townofoutlookwater@hotmail.ca<br />

REPRESENTATIVES________________<br />

GOVERNMENT<br />

KELLY NEUERT<br />

Water Security Agency<br />

Work: 306-787-7911<br />

Email: kelly.neuert@wsask.ca<br />

SUPPLIERS<br />

WADE SHUTKO<br />

ClearTech<br />

Email: wshutko@cleartech.ca<br />

Jordan Webb<br />

Mueller<br />

Email: JWebb@muellerwp.com<br />

SWWA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />

Conference<br />

Wrap-UpSWWA 2018<br />

That seemed to come and go in the<br />

blink of an eye, didn’t it?<br />

It seems like just yesterday we started getting things in order and before you know it,<br />

it’s Friday afternoon and we were closing up the conference for another year. As we<br />

put another conference to bed, the SWWA board would like to thank all the sponsors<br />

who contributed to make this years’ event a success. We were also fortunate to have<br />

a ton of great presenters this year, and we received very positive feedback from many<br />

of our attendees. It certainly gives us a nice pat on the back and lets us know we’re<br />

keeping the ship pointed in the right direction.<br />

The keynote address was delivered by the ‘Water Brothers’, renowned television<br />

celebrities and water activists! The message of global water awareness was a hit with<br />

delegates, and hopefully struck enough of a cord to initiate the action required for our<br />

part in the crisis! In addition, the address reiterated the importance of our Operators,<br />

and that the jobs they do every day are more significant than most people realize or<br />

give credit … well done guys and girls!<br />

This year, more than 460 members were on hand, and the majority left with the<br />

available 1.2 CEU’s for certification. Also, it pays to mention that most of the attendees<br />

signed up online, and despite a few glitches, it seems as though our delegation has<br />

grasped the new method of registration. This certainly eases the stress on the office<br />

during the last two months!!<br />

Make sure to keep your 2019 calendars handy (included in your conference bag), and<br />

use them to update future workshop dates as they become available online at<br />

www.swwa.ca . You’ll also notice an extra booklet in your bag. This contains all of your<br />

suppliers’ information! Use it as a quick reference to contact your reps when parts and<br />

service are required!<br />

I hope everyone took as much out of the conference as I did, it’s always a great<br />

learning experience, and I hope you all had a fun time as well.<br />

Take care, enjoy the winter, and we’ll see you all again next year.<br />

Tim Cox, SWWA President<br />

we want<br />

YOU<br />

Get involved<br />

We are looking for SWWA members who<br />

would like to be involved with various SWWA<br />

events from networking events to the annual<br />

conference.<br />

CONTACT CALLE AT THE SWWA OFFICE,<br />

OFFICE@SWWA.CA FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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