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2023 MGWA Annual Education Conference and Fundamentals Training

Start
February 09, 2023
7:30 AM
End
February 10, 2023
5:00 PM
Location
JW Marriott, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Registration

Exhibitor — free or paid with booth order
Exhibitor (additional booth staff) – $55.00
Fundamentals training — 2 days — DEQ – $200.00
Fundamentals training — 2 days — LHD – $200.00
Fundamentals training — 2 days — MGWA member – $200.00
Fundamentals training — 2 days — nonmember – $375.00
Fundamentals training — Friday only — MGWA member – $100.00
Fundamentals training — Friday only — nonmember – $200.00
Fundamentals training — Thursday only — MGWA member – $100.00
Fundamentals training — Thursday only — nonmember – $200.00
MGWA professional training — Friday only — MGWA member – $50.00
MGWA professional training — full conference — MGWA member – $185.00
MGWA professional training — MGWA honorary/lifetime member
MGWA professional training — Thursday only — MGWA member – $100.00

Registration is closed

Dear 2023 MGWA Education Event Attendees:

February 2023 will see the MGWA in Grand Rapids again at the JW Marriott. We hope that you will join us and continue your professional development with us! We will have dedicated time for you to visit with vendors representing our professional groundwater industry, and we hope that you will join us at our Annual Meeting as we move forward!

A Message from the President

To all attendees:

As we enter into our third year with this new format, we will continue to utilize the expertise of our manufacturers and suppliers for our education courses, as well as participate with the DEGLE once again. We will once again have a dedicated time to view tabletop displays from our supporting manufacturer and supplier members, a banquet, and Annual Meeting to conduct our association business. On behalf of the MGWA Board of Directors and the Conference Committee, I want to thank you for your patience as we continue to move in this new direction, and them for their hard work in getting this show put together. We are “Better Together” and we continue to show this as members of MGWA.

Thank you for your support, and I look forward to seeing you in Grand Rapids.

Sincerely,
Charles “Buddy” Sebastian — President, MGWA

Click here to download the brochure for full details.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

(subject to change)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Fundamentals

7:45 a.m. — Registration
8:00-8:45 a.m. — Drilling Methods in Michigan
8:45-9:30 a.m. — Well Plugging, Grouting Code (Techniques and Conditions)
9:30-9:45 a.m. — Break
9:45-10:30 a.m. — Well Chlorination/Disinfection
10:30-11:15 a.m. — Well Classification, Wellhead Completion, Isolation
11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Coordinate, Cooperate, Communicate (EGLE, MGWA, Health Departments)
12:00 p.m. — Lunch
1:00 p.m. — Well Records
2:00 p.m. — Commonly Misinterpreted Rules
2:30-2:45 p.m. — Break
2:45-3:15 p.m. — Well Drillers and Pump Installers Exam — Qualifications and Application Process
3:15-6:00 p.m. — Vendor Tabletop Exhibits
6:00 p.m. — Exhibits close
6:00-8:00 p.m. — Reception and Banquet

MGWA Education Offerings

7:45 a.m. — Registration
8:00 a.m. — MDOT — Avoid a Negative Inspection
9:00 a.m. — What Is Your Advertising Footprint?
10:00 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m. — Hydraulics in the Industry
11:00 a.m. — Look Up and Live
12:00 p.m. — Lunch
1:00 p.m. — Dual Tube Flooded Reverse Drilling
1:30 p.m. — Mental Wellbeing
2:00 p.m. — Break
3:00-6:00 p.m. — Vendor Tabletop Exhibits
6:00 p.m. — Exhibits close
6:00-8:00 p.m. — Reception and Banquet

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Fundamentals

7:45 a.m. — Registration
8:00 a.m. — Water System Sizing and Design
9:00 a.m. — Pump Principles, Design and Application
10:00 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m. — Pressure Tank Principles, Sizing, and Installation
11:00 a.m. — VFD Principles and Installation
12:00 p.m. — Lunch
1:00 p.m. — Sample Identification (2-hour presentation)
2:00 p.m. — Michigan Geological Survey
3:00 p.m. — Break
3:15 p.m. — Electrical Test Instruments and Procedures
3:45 p.m. — Electrical Equipment Testing with Meters
5:00 p.m. — End of Day

MGWA Education Offerings

7:45 a.m. — Registration
8:00 a.m. — Annual Meeting
9:00 a.m. — Annual Meeting
10:00 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m. — EGLE and Industry Meeting
11:00 a.m. — 2023 McEllhiney Lecturer
12:00 p.m. — Lunch
1:00 p.m. — Correction Notices
2:00 p.m. — Gen X and Boomers — Working Together
3:00 p.m. — Break
3:15 p.m. — Miss Dig Updates
3:45 p.m. — MiOSHA Panel — Workplace Safety

RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM TODAY!

JW Marriott Grand Rapids
235 Louis Street NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503

Reservations: Room rates are $194 a night and reservations can be made at (877) 901-6632. In order to obtain the best rate, call and reserve your room before January 20, 2023. After this date, you will not receive the group rate!

Contact Us
Office: (855) 225-6492
Fax: (614) 898-7786
Email: info@michigangroundwater.com

Address:
PO Box 12089
Lansing, MI 48901

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