Emergency exercises are an important step to ensure water utilities are prepared to deal with emergencies that threaten their missions. They are the most practical, efficient, and cost-effective way to prepare and to improve emergency response plans. A significant benefit from emergency exercises is the opportunity for people to work together practicing their roles and responsibilities and gaining emergency response proficiency. Join Mass Rural Water Association (MassRWA) as they facilitate a tabletop exercise to test communications and responses by the attending water systems.
Who Should Attend?
Public water utilities, public safety, public works, local-county and state emergency management, state health and environmental departments, and others.
Registration is on a first come first served basis, with a preference to small water systems. Once the seating capacity is reached, the following registrations will be placed on the Wait List. Should a current participant cancel their registration, we will access the Wait List in order in which they were received. Class will be held In Person.
To sign up for this class, REGISTER ONLINE, or contact Erica Burns
Date & Location:
November 9, 2026 (#2026-29)
Bourne Police Station- Training Room
35 Armory Rd
Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
Time:
Attendance: 7:45AM – 8:00AM
Class: 8:00AM – 3:30PM (includes breaks)
Morning Refreshments will be provided! Lunch: TBD
County: Barnstable
Agency Approval: 7.0 TCH’s for Drinking Water & Wastewater Operators
Instructor:
Tom Bahun II, Tom’s Water Solutions LLC
BIO: Tom Bahun is a Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT), with over 30 years of experience and expertise in developing, designing, and delivering water and wastewater safety, emergency response and operator certification training. He is well known for his fun and energetic training classes drawing upon what his students already know. Tom’s focus is to lead his students through socially supported interactions to enhance learning and construct new understandings. In addition to Tom’s vast training experience and abilities, he has a long history of helping water and wastewater systems with his technical and managerial knowledge and understanding. In addition to Tom’s training and consulting services provided through Tom’s Water Solutions LLC, he is a full-time Water Systems Operator overseeing drinking water treatment and distribution at Maine’s largest water and wastewater utility. He holds a State of Maine Class IV Water Treatment and Distribution Operator license, and a Grade 5 Wastewater Treatment Operator license.
Cancellation Policy:
Individuals registered for one of our training classes, seminars, and/or conferences will be charged the class fee if we have not received notice of cancellation at least 48 hours prior to the beginning of class. Anyone contacting MassRWA to cancel enrollment in a training session will receive a cancellation number. In the event of an emergency, which would prevent attendance, please contact MassRWA as soon as possible with the details.
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Registration and attendance at, or participation in, MassRWA’s meetings, trainings, and other seminars constitutes an agreement byu the attendee to MassRWA’s use and distrbution (both now and in the future) of the attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videos/videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audi files.tapes of such events and activities. This include permission to record sessions and streaming events.