City Receives Safe Drinking Water Training

The Texas A&M Engineering and Extension Service (TEEX) set up shop in San Angelo for a two-and-a-half day Expo.

TEEX trains municipalities in various safety trainings. For San Angelo, it was a part of the EPA Safe Drinking Water Act Training, a five-hour course that meets the requirements for licensing by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

“We concentrate on different areas of the state, and bring in a variety of classes of what the folks need,” explained James Fisher a Certified Water Professional for TEEX.

This year, TEEX received additional funding from the government, allowing them to offer discounted courses to municipalities.

“It’s an advantage for any utility,” Fisher said, “especially smaller utilities.”

The program is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliant, and the five courses offered in San Angelo this week are Basic Water, Wastewater, Wastewater Collection, Water Distribution, and Confined Space Entry.

TEEX even brought a trailer for hands-on training for the Confined Space Entry course.

Some 58 people turned out to San Angelo’s Expo, some from as far away as Amarillo and Terlingua.

In case employees of the city or any water utility didn’t make it to the San Angelo Expo, there will be another one in College Station on October 28-30.