The Pennsylvania Rural Water Association will hold its annual conference March 27-30 at the Penn Stater Conference Center, State College.

There are up to 15 Department of Environmental Protection contact hours available this year for eligible certified operators. In addition to contact hours, the conference features industry vender exhibits and social events.

Attendees can register online at the PRWA website or fax in a registration form to 814-353-9341. Registrations received after February 16 will be charged an administrative fee.

PRWA also announced the completion of its 2007 salary and rate survey.

“We all share the same goal of wanting to set rates as low as we can for our customers and at the same time maintain our systems and be prepared for future needs,” PRWA Program Administrator Jeff Martin said. “Salaries are in the same category. We need to pay our staff a fair compensation, high enough to retain them and yet still be responsible stewards of public funds. We are pleased that the large number of survey participants permitted us to provide you with accurate results.”

A copy of the salary and rate survey is also available through the PRWA website.

1/12/2007