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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.