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WATER WORKS NEWSLETTER
May 2011
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2011 PWNA Convention/
Fall Technical Seminar
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
October 20-22
A Great Continuing Education Event
The PWNA is pleased to announce that this year's annual convention will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, October 20-22, 2011. We are also excited to announce that Hydro Tek has donated a free skid unit to be given away to one lucky attendee (must be present to win).
We have a great schedule of classes designed to improve your business:
Pre-Conference: October 20
· Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
(1:00-4:30 PM) - Pre-Conference
Fee: $69 for members and $99 for
non-members
· Fleet Washing Certification
(1:00-4:30 PM) - Certification Fee:
$249 for members and $449 for
non-members
· Wood Restoration Certification
(8:00-5:00 PM) - Certification Fee:
$395 for members and $595 for
non-members
Conference: October 21-22
Courses include three tracks: beginner, advanced, and certification:
Beginner courses include:
· Power Washing 101
· Environmental
· Taking your Business into
the Millions (Panel)
Advanced courses include:
· Website Design, Search
Engine Optimization, and
Social Media
· Advanced Marketing
· Dry Ice Blasting
Certification courses include:
· Paving Stone Certification
· House Washing Certification
· Roof Cleaning Certification
· Environmental Certification
This year's events include:
· Vendor booths on our
Tradeshow floor
· Outdoor demonstrations
· Vendors will be auctioning off
some of their equipment
· Cocktail Reception sponsored by
Facilitec-USA and Scotts
Pressure Wash
· Hydro Tek skid giveaway
· Two Snack & Chat Round Tables
· Door prizes, Best Rig Contest,
Best Advertising, and Best
Website
· Contractor Member Fees: $249 for PWNA members ($149 for additional company
reps). Price includes $99.00 toward a
certification course of your choice.
· Contractor Non-Member Fees: $349
($249 for additional company reps).
*Register before September 1 and receive $50.00 off your registration fee. Register before October 1 and receive $25.00 off your registration fee.
Accommodations at:
The Hotel Preston
733 Briley Parkway
Nashville, TN 37217
Rooms are available for a discounted price of $99.00/night, plus sales tax. Reserve your room by September 20, 2011 for this special rate by calling 1-866-986-8089 or go to
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_reservation.cfm?groupID=587096&hotelID=6836
REGISTER TODAY AT:
http://www.thepwna.org/annualconvention2011.php
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
The PWNA certification program kicked off with great success with the Wood Restoration Certification which was held March 19.
Congratulations to Mike Thomas and Patrick Wooten of Mikes Pressure Washing & Gutter Service, Jeff Thompson of Plymouth Pro Wash, and Drew Anderson of Olympic Power Wash Services who completed this course. The next Wood Restoration Certification class is this Saturday, May 14, 2011 in Linden, Michigan. It's not too late to register. Please contact PWNA headquarters at 800-393-7962 or register online at
http://www.thepwna.org/woodrestoration.register.php. The cost for this course is $395 for PWNA members and $595 for non-members.
Besides those certified in Wood Restoration, the following companies have completed the House Washing Certification:
· Tony Szabo of Midwest
Mobile Washers
· Neal Forest of Nelfor
Pressure Works, LLC
· David W. Hines of DWH
Power Washing, LLC
· John Burdine, Jr. of
Pressure Point Cleaners
· Brad L. Frost of Sud N
Clean Power Washing
· Patrick McMahon of All Star
Property Services
· Bill Davies & Javier
Rodriguez of Bill's Mobile
Wash
In addition, Tony Szabo has completed the Roof Cleaning Certification. The Board of Directors' congratulate all of you on a job well done!
Other certification courses available include Fleet Washing, Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning, and Environmental. All certification courses will be available at this year's convention.
CLEAN WATER ACT
In September 2010, the EPA issued its 2011 - 2015 Strategic Plan. The plan has 2 goals, one, to protect human health and second, to protect and restore watershed and aquatic ecosystems. The EPA points to the following statistics for the urgency of their work:
· The rate at which waters are
being listed for impairment
exceeds the rate at which they are being restored
· Human health measures for
contaminants are exceeded in
one fifth of stream samples,
and one third of groundwater
wells
· Mercury and PCBs were
detected in all fish tissue
samples and nearly 50% of the nation's lakes have mercury
fish tissue concentrations
above EPA recommended limits
· PCBs exceeded EPA
recommended limits in 71% of
lakes
· The amount of nitrogen and
phosphorous pollution entering our waters has escalated
dramatically
· Nitrate drinking water
violations have doubled in
eight years
· Algae blooms are steadily on
the rise
· 37% of native freshwater
aquatic species, including fish
and insensitive invertebrates,
are now at risk of extinction
Power washing and preventing the wastewater from entering storm drains is the solution to the problem and it is how the power washing industry is instrumental in protecting our lakes, rivers, streams and oceans. The PWNA will soon have educational training and certification to help every power washing contractor have the knowledge and confidence to visit their local Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) to educate them on how we are here to make their jobs easier. The power washing industry is here to help keep our waters clean for generations to come.
It is important every power wash contractor be involved in educating their local community on the necessity of power washing to keep our nations waters clean. Attend the PWNA's Environmental Training course where we will train contractors to do just that at our annual convention being held in Nashville, TN this October 20th through the 22nd.
Much of the information and content of this article came from EPAs "Coming Together for Clean Water" available online at
https://blog.epa.gov/waterforum/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ComingTogether-for-Clean-Water-FINAL.pdf
ROUND TABLES
We have attended several round table events already in 2011. Round Table events we've already attended include:
· ACR Products which was
held in Easton,
Pennsylvania
· Delux Cleaning Supply's in Fort
Worth, Texas
· NOLA Networking event in New
Orleans, Louisiana
· Sirocco Performance Vacuums in San Diego, California
We will also be attending the Tampa Round Table July 28-30, which is being hosted by K&J Pressure Cleaning and the National Cleaning Expo. We will be offering our Wood Restoration Certification at this event. You can register for this course by calling 1-800-393-7962 or online at
http://www.thepwna.org/roundtables-tampa.php. The cost for this course is $395 for PWNA members and $595 for non-members.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PWNA
One of the things we hear about frequently is how our members want communication from the PWNA on what is going on. Here are the methods in which we do that:
· This monthly newsletter
· Frequent posts on the Grime
Scene bulletin board -
www.thegrimescene.com
· Our daily blog on the PWNA
website
· Our posting of the monthly
Board of Directors' meeting
on our website
· Our posting of the Minutes
of the monthly Board of
Directors' meeting
· Constant Contact
· Facebook and Twitter
· New members receive a
welcome phone call from a
board member
· New members receive emails regarding their membership
3, 6, and 9 months after their membership begins
· Cleaner Times monthly
article which includes a
featured PWNA member
Sincerely,
PWNA Headquarters
Power Washers of North America
1410 Energy Park Drive, Suite 6
Saint Paul, MN 55108
800-393-7932 phone
651-699-6709 fax
info@pwna.org
www.pwna.org
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