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February 24 - 28, 2025 | 1835 Convention Center Drive, St George, UT
Monday, February 24
12:00 pm Registration Opens (Certification Classes Only)
1:00 – 5:00 pm Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Certification Classes
Tuesday, February 25
7:00 – 5:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up
7:30 am Registration Opens
7:30 – 8:30 am Light Breakfast (North Lobby)
8:30 – 3:00 pm Golf Scramble (Sunbrook Golf Course)
8:30 – 11:45 am Regular Conference In-Depth Training Sessions
8:30 – 11:45 am Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Certification Classes
11:45 – 1:00 pm Lunch (Garden Room, Ballroom E)
1:00 – Dusk Skeet Shoot (Purgatory Clay Sports, Hurricane)
1:00 – 4:15 pm Regular Conference In-Depth Training Sessions
1:00 – 4:15 pm Cross Connection Certification Classes
1:00 – 5:00 pm Water and Wastewater Certification Classes
Wednesday, February 26
7:30 am Registration Opens
7:30 am Exhibit Hall OPENS
7:30 – 9:00 am Light Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
8:00 – 11:30 am Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Certification Classes
9:00 – 11:30 am Regular Conference Training Sessions
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (Exhibit Hall)
1:00 – 2:15 pm Keynote Session (Garden Room)
2:30 – 3:30 pm Cross Connection Certification Classes
2:30 – 4:30 pm Water, Wastewater Certification Classes
2:30 — 6:00 pm Women Working in Water (Sunbrook C & Smash Labs)
Thursday, February 27
7:30 am Registration Opens
7:30 am Exhibit Hall OPENS
7:30 – 9:00 am Light Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)
9:00 Drinking Water Board Meeting (Garden Room)
9:00 – 11:30 am Regular Conference Training Sessions
9:00 – 11:30 am Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Certification Classes
11:30 – 1:00 pm Lunch (Exhibit Hall)
1:00 pm Exhibit Hall CLOSED / Exhibitor breakdown
1:00 – 2:00 pm Regular Conference Training Sessions
1:00 – 2:00 pm Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Certification Classes
2:15 – 3:45 pm Voting Membership and Awards Meeting (Garden Room)
Friday, February 28
7:30 am Registration Opens
7:30 – 8:30 am Light Breakfast (North Lobby)
8:30 – 12:00 pm EXAMS—Water, Wastewater, Cross Connection Control
8:30 – 12:00 pm Regular Conference Training Sessions
12:00 pm Dart Throw Prize Drawings (Garden Room)
- Water (W) or Wastewater (WW) Operator Certification: 1.75 W or WW CEUs
- Cross Connection Control Program Admin Certification (CCCPAC): 1.5 Water CEUs
- Regular Conference+ (Tues - Fri): 1.6 W & WW CEUs
- Regular Conference (Weds - Fri): 1.0 W & WW CEUs
- Tuesday (In-Depth Training): 0.6 W & WW CEUs
- Tuesday Cross Connection CEU Training: 0.6 Water & Cross Connection CEUs
- Wednesday Training: 0.5 W & WW CEUs
- Thursday Training: 0.5 W & WW CEUs
- Friday Training: 0.3 W & WW CEUs
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 8:30 am
Sunbrook Golf Club
8:30 am Shotgun Start, 4-Person Scramble. Registration fee is $110 per golfer.
Registration includes: Tee Time, Cart, Lunch, Giveaways, and Skill Prizes.
Winners awarded prizes immediately following tournament. Hole-in-One prize on every par 3!
Email Janell Braithwaite (janell.braithwaite@rwau.net) with team preferences or for sponsorship opportunities. If you are a single golfer, you will be assigned a team.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 1:00 pm
Purgatory Clay Sports
Skeet Shoot will be held TUESDAY, February 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm, continues until dark
PLEASE NOTE: The Skeet Shoot will begin at 1:00 pm, but Tuesday conference attendees and speakers must complete their regular conference sessions to receive the corresponding CEU’s. There will be plenty of time to finish class and still shoot after class ends.
(Vendors and attendees who are not registered for Tuesday conference sessions may begin at 1:00 pm)
$40 per shooter for the first round, $10 for each additional round. You must bring your OWN Gun & Shells (Limited amounts of 12 & 20 gauge shot guns are available for rent for $10 onsite, first-come, first-served. Ammunition can also be purchased on site if needed.)
Registration includes: Safety glasses, Ear protection, 50 targets of either sporting clays, 5-stand, trap, or skeet, Prizes.
Email Phil Harold (phil.harold@rwau.net) with questions or for sponsorship opportunities.
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 2:30 pm
Dixie Convention Center, Sunbrook C (and Smash Labs, St. George)
Join us on Wednesday for a special session on being your best self, living up to your potential, and supporting others in the water and wastewater industries. All attendees are welcome to join the presentation free of charge. Refreshments and door prizes will be given at the special session.
Optional axe throwing event immediately to follow presentation, onsite registration is accepted.
Axe Throwing will begin at approximately 4:30 pm on Wednesday. $20 per person registration required for axe throwing.
Email Emilie Duersch (emilie.duersch@rwau.net) with questions or sponsorship opportunities
Lunch tickets (wristbands) are available for spouses or partners of conference attendees by selecting the "extra lunch" add-on at registration. After a lunch wristbands is purchased, the wristband(s) will be placed in the attendee packet for pick-up at conference check-in. The correct wristband for the correct day (Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday) must be worn for entrance to the exhibit hall and access to the lunch. Name badges will not be printed for add-on lunch tickets.
Spouses or partners who are not registered for the conference will not be allowed in training sessions.
All hotel reservations are handled directly with the hotel. There are many hotels to choose from in the St. George area. The hotels listed here have offered our attendees a discounted rate. Unless otherwise noted, when making your reservations with these hotels, mention you are with the Rural Water conference to get the specialty rate. Remember, hotels fill up quickly down there and most discounted rates expire a month before the conference; so make your reservations early!
Hilton Garden Inn (GREAT LOCATION)..................................... 435-634-4100
Holiday Inn.............................................................................. 435-628-8007
Hyatt Place.............................................................................. 435-656-8686
Fairfield Inn by Marriott.......................................................... 435-673-6066
Clarion Suites (GREAT VALUE).................................................. 435-673-7000
Comfort Inn (GREAT VALUE).................................................... 435-628-8544
Hampton Inn and Suites Sunriver......................................... 435-652-1200
Red Roof Inn (GREAT VALUE)................................................... 435-688-8383
Holiday Inn Express & Suites................................................... 435-986-1313
Tru by Hilton............................................................................ 435-634-7768
St. George Inn and Suites........................................................ 435-673-6661
Holiday Inn Express & Suites................................................... 435-986-1313
Wingate by Wyndham............................................................. 435-673-9608
Best Western Plus Abbey Inn...............................................435-652-1234
LaQuinta Inn and Suites........................................................435-674-2664
- ^ Regardless of how many days you register for, as per State rule, total CEUs earned for a non-certification attendee cannot exceed 1.6 Water & WW CEUs for Tuesday – Friday, or 1.0 CEUs for Weds – Friday.
- ^ Rural Water is not in any way a party to hotel rates or accommodations. We have simply asked these hotels to give our attendees a discounted rate and they have agreed to do so. All hotel arrangements, rates and policies are at the discretion of the hotels themselves, and reservations, rates and agreements are between the hotel and the guest staying with them.