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President Declares Emergency For Oklahoma
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:22:33 -0600

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Craig Fugate today announced that federal aid has been made available to the State of Oklahoma to supplement state and local response efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm beginning on January 28, 2010 and continuing.

ORWA would like to announce the
2010 Video Contest

Ground Water Rule effective DECEMBER 1, 2009
EPA is sponsoring two FREE one-day Ground Water Rule (GWR) training sessions in Oklahoma. These training sessions will be held in Woodward and Midwest City.
Dates and Registration information

Learn more about compliance at:
www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/gwr/compliancehelp.html

NRWA Groundwater Rule Compliance Guide

STIMULUS FUNDING AVAILABLE
The Oklahoma DWSRF Program will receive $31,500,000 from the ARRA to fund construction projects for drinking water systems in Oklahoma

DEQ License Price Change -

Major improvements are being made to your operator license that will streamline the training and renewal hour requirements. Due to unforeseen circumstances the start time for the printing and issuance of the DEQ Operator Licenses will be slightly delayed until July 15th, 2009. Be assured, if you have met all the requirements of the renewal process (fees, affidavit, and training hours) you are a licensed operator for the 2009-2010 year. Thank you for your patience.

Fee Increase Effective July 1, 2009

Effective July 1, 2009, fees for operator certification licensure are as follows:

Exam Application fee $62
Temporary Application fee $62
Non-Certified Helper Application fee $23
Renewal fee $46

ORWA is a proud member of
National Rural Water Association

Are you going to be attending one of our Operator Certification Classes?

DEQ Certification Application

Application must be received by DEQ no less than 3 weeks in advance

Rural Water Background Screening Program

Fleet vehicle Purchase Program

SoonerWarn is a network of utilities helping other utilities to respond to and recover from emergencies. The objective is to provide rapid, short-term deployment of emergency services to restore the critical operations of the affected water/wastewater utility.
For more information on how your system can be part of the SoonerWarn program visit www.soonerwarn.org.

Oklahoma Rural Water Association
P O Box 95349
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73143
PH: 405/672-8925 Fax: 405/672-9898