Welcome to the Southwest Idaho Operators Section (SWIOS) website!
UPDATES:
*Membership forms are due by Feb 1st, 2012, look under the membership tab for more information
*SWIOS is currently looking for a new Board member to join the SWIOS Board. If interested, please email lball@meridiancity.org.
*SWIOS is offering two scholarships to cover the registration costs for the Idaho Operators Conference held in Idaho Falls, May 20th-23rd 2012. For more information please download the scholarship application by clicking on the link below. Applications are due by March 1st, 2012.
| swios_scholarship_2012.docx |
IBOL Licencing Rule Changes
The proposed IBOL licencing rule changes have passed through the Idaho Sentate and House. The changes should go into effect in July.
Click below to download a copy of the rule changes. All the rule changes will go through as written in the document, except the rule requiring 50% mandatory education will be removed.
Notable changes include:
*The stair step system is removed from treatment exam progression (meaning you don’t have to hold a class three for four years before you can take a class 4 as long as you meet the education and experience requirements).
*Experience can be substituted at a 1:1 ratio for education rather than the old 2:1 ratio.
*Responsible charge is removed from the lab exam requirements.
*Lab experience can count for 50% of treatment experience and vice versa just like all the other experience for experience substitutions.
Click below to download a copy of the rule changes. All the rule changes will go through as written in the document, except the rule requiring 50% mandatory education will be removed.
Notable changes include:
*The stair step system is removed from treatment exam progression (meaning you don’t have to hold a class three for four years before you can take a class 4 as long as you meet the education and experience requirements).
*Experience can be substituted at a 1:1 ratio for education rather than the old 2:1 ratio.
*Responsible charge is removed from the lab exam requirements.
*Lab experience can count for 50% of treatment experience and vice versa just like all the other experience for experience substitutions.
| updated_ibol_proposed_rule_changes.pdf |
Our Mission:
The object of this organization is to provide regular and frequent meetings for all persons actively working in the fields of water and wastewater treatment for the advancement of the fundamental and practical knowledge concerning: (1) the nature, obtainment, treatment and distribution of potable water; (2) the nature, collection, treatment and disposal of municipal and industrial wastewater; and (3) the design, construction, operation and the management of water and wastewater works through the interchange between members of the Section and members of the Association and others of knowledge, experience, and information.
Our Members:
This Section shall focus its membership base from those water and wastewater works located in southwestern Idaho specifically in the counties of Ada, Canyon, Elmore and Owyhee, Adams, Boise, Gem, Payette, Valley and Washington.
The object of this organization is to provide regular and frequent meetings for all persons actively working in the fields of water and wastewater treatment for the advancement of the fundamental and practical knowledge concerning: (1) the nature, obtainment, treatment and distribution of potable water; (2) the nature, collection, treatment and disposal of municipal and industrial wastewater; and (3) the design, construction, operation and the management of water and wastewater works through the interchange between members of the Section and members of the Association and others of knowledge, experience, and information.
Our Members:
This Section shall focus its membership base from those water and wastewater works located in southwestern Idaho specifically in the counties of Ada, Canyon, Elmore and Owyhee, Adams, Boise, Gem, Payette, Valley and Washington.
Contact us:
Laurelei Ball, SWIOS President, lball@meridiancity.org, 208-888-2191
