Water Quality - Resources
RESOURCES
Funding Possibilities
Cook Inlet Keeper: trains citizens to monitor water quality at various sites in the Cook Inlet watershed.
- sites established around Kenai, Homer, and Anchor Point
- List of sites visited: www.inletkeeper.org/2005/Monitoring/cemp/ site_number_and_name_table.htm
- Keeper’s Citizens’ Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP)
- Joel Cooper, Monitoring Coordinator
P.O. Box 3269/3734 Ben Walters
Lane
Homer AK 99603
Phone: (907)235-4068
Fax: (907)235-4069
Email: joel@inletkeeper.org
- Anchorage Office
308 G St., Suite 219
Anchorage AK 99501
Phone: (907)929-9371
Fax: (907)929-1562
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation - Village Safe Water Program
- Works with rural communities to develop sustainable sanitation facilities. Communities apply each year to VSW for grants for sanitation projects, grants are then awarded for the highest ranking projects. Technical and financial support is than provided to design and construct water and wastewater systems. After construction the local governing body takes ownership of the system and is responsible for its ongoing operation and management. Local residents are also trained with the skills needed to properly operate and manage the systems.
- Types of systems built with VSW program assistance:
- ‘washeterias’ – centrally located community buildings with flush toilets, drinking water to haul home, and laundry and shower facilities.
- Septic tanks and wells
- Piped systems (above and underground)
- Tank haul systems
- Greg Magee, Program Manager
Phone: (907)269-7613
UAF Cooperative Extension Service- Water Quality Program
- Anchorage Office
2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd,
Suite 118
Anchorage AK 99508
Phone: (907)786-6300
Fax: (907)786-6312
Website: www.uaf.edu/ces/water/index.html
- Fred Sorensen, Water Quality Program Coordinator
2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd.
Suite 118
Anchorage AK 99508
Phone: (907)786-6311
Fax: (907)786-6312
Email:dffes@uaa.alaska.edu
- Daniel White, Environmental Programs Manager, Fairbanks
Phone: (907)474-6222
Email: ffdmw@uaf.edu
- Malcolm Ford, Rural Drinking Water and Small Systems, Anchorage
Email: fnmrf1@aurora.uaf.edui
ITEP – Institute for Tribal Environmental
Professionals – Water Quality Program
Justin Ramsey, Project Director
Phone: (928)523-2150
Email:Justin.Ramsey@nau.edu
Alaska Rural Water Association
ARWA provides numerous services that may be of interest to you and your community. If you access their website online you will find a calendar of trainings they offer, most for free. Speak with your local water system operator and see if any of these trainings might be of interest. ARWA also has a Technical Assistance Training Program where they are willing to travel to your community and provide on-site technical assistance to your local water system operator and utility personnel through classroom training free of charge. There is also a Source Water Protection Program where their specialist is willing to come to your community and hold an informational/educational session to those interested in learning more about creating drinking water protection areas. There is a Drinking Water Circuit Rider Program where specialists provide on-site technical assistance to water and wastewater operators in small utilities. To find out more information access their website online where there is a full list of their programs, if you feel your community is in need of a service that is not listed on their website call them anyways they may be able to help.
- Tom Stratton, Executive Director
11723 Old Glenn Highway
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: (907)694-6792
Fax: (907)694-6793
Email: aa@arwa.org
Website: www.arwa.org
- Carrie Godden, Source Water Protection Program Specialist
Palmer Office
Phone: (907)746-6794
Email: cgodden@arwa.org
- Laren Kowallis, Circuit Rider Program Specialist
North Pole Office
Phone: (907)460-4707
Email: laren@arwa.org
- James Elam, Technical Assistance Training Program Specialist
Eagle River Office
Phone: (907)694-6792
Email:james@arwa.org
Alaska Training/Technical Assistance Center (ATTAC)
ATTAC’s services are similar to those of ARWA, but their training opportunities are held in a larger variety of communities and they tend to charge for these trainings. Get into contact with ATTAC and see how they can meet your needs, they also have a great website full of useful tools that might apply to your community.
- University of Alaska SE
1332 Seward Ave.
Sitka, AK 99835
Phone: (907)747-3823
Fax: (907)747-7753
Email: attac@uas.alaska.edu
Website: www.uas.alaska.edu
- Tim Anderson, Director/Trainer
Phone: (907)747-7755
Email:tim.anderson@uas.alaska.edu
- Nicole Duclos, Program Coordinator
Phone: (907)747-7756
Email:nicole.duclos@uas.alaska.edu
- Jim McCauley, PE, Trainer
Phone (907)747-9413
Email: jim.mccauley@uas.alaska.edu
Rural Utility Business Advisor (RUBA) Program
RUBA provides management assistance and financial training related to water and wastewater utilities to cities and villages. For more information about their services visit their website: www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/ruba/ruba.htm or contact:
Elizabeth Manfred
Division of Community Advocacy
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
550 West 7th Ave. Suite 1640
Anchorage AK 99501
Phone: (907)269-4556
Fax: (907)269-4563
Email: Elizabeth_Manfred@commerce.state.ak.us
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
ANTHC has a Sustained Operations Services Program for water and sewer system operation and maintenance assistance as well as facility construction and operations training. They also have a Regional and Health Facilities program that offers sanitation facility construction and renovation among other things.
Division of Environmental Health and Engineering
1901 Bragaw Street, Suite 200
Anchorage AK 99508-3440
Phone: (907)729-1900
Fax: (907)729-1901
Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council
YRITWC has a water quality program along with many other programs, contact them for further details.
YRITWC's Anchorage Office
725 Christensen Drive, Suite 3
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 258-3337
Food Grade Plastic Barrels Providers
Baytec
Containers
4761 Hwy 146, Suite 200
PO Box 838
Bacliff, TX 77518
Toll Free Fax Order (866)204-6230
Info Line (281)559-2334
Order Online: (800)560-2334
Email: sales@ebaytec.com
Website: www.bayteccontainers.com/waterbarrels.html
Best
Containers
2976 E. State St.
Suite 120 PMB #1
Eagle, ID 83616
Phone: (815)464-7307
Fax: (866)869-5109
Website: www.bestcontainers.com/foandwastpr.html
Water Quality Testing Kits
Baytec
Containers
2976 E. State St.
Suite 120 PMB #1
Eagle, ID 83616
Phone: (815)464-7307
Fax: (866)869-5109
Website: www.bayteccontainers.com/testkits.html
LaMotte
www.flinnsci.com
www.forestry-suppliers.com
Hach
www.hach.com
Backpack Lab – Hanna Instruments
Supplies water and soil quality education kits.
TTT Environmental
401 W. International Airport Rd, #35
Anchorage, AK 99518
Tel: (907)770-9041
Fax: (907)770-9046
Email: tttenviro@gci.net
Website: www.tttenviro.com
Books
- “Plain Talk About Drinking Water: Questions and Answers About the Water You Drink” by Dr. James Symons
Other Helpful Information
- EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline: 1-800-426-4791
Available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time (6 a.m. to 12 p.m. Alaska Time) - Alaska Water/Wastewater Management Association (AWWMA)
Website: www.awwma.org - Environmental Protection Agency Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water Website: www.epa.gov/safewater
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