Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON
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Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON Doug Parker, Executive Director Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) April 22, 2010
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Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON Doug Parker, Executive Director Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) April 22, 2010. Who Are We?. 190 Municipal Members serving over 7 million Ontarians 20% of OMWA members are from Northern Ontario - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON
Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water AssociationAnnual General Meeting, Marathon, ON
Doug Parker, Executive DirectorOntario Municipal Water Association (OMWA)
April 22, 2010
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Who Are We?
190 Municipal Members serving over 7 million Ontarians
20% of OMWA members are from Northern Ontario
OMWA Board includes 14 directors, 3 from Northern Ontario
Peter Veltheer of Greater Napanee, President
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Our Northern Ontario Board Members
Dryden Mayor Anne Krassilowsky, Vice President
Nick Benkovich, Great Sudbury, President 2009
Mark Howson, Sault Ste Marie, President 1998
Neil Howson, Sault Ste Marie, President, 1979
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Come to our Events!
Annual meeting, regional meetings, special events
Meet and get to know our 190 members
Understand the day to day challenges our members face
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Serving our Northern Ontario members
Attend and participate in key conferences and meetings in your area
– Participation in NOMA– Northwestern Ontario Water Wastewater Conference
in Thunder Bay– Northeastern Water & Wastewater Conference.
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What OMWA has learnedabout Northern Ontario
The North’s natural beauty and enthusiasm of the people!
Great distances between communities, cost and difficulties of travel
Hardships faced by the closure of pulp & paper mills and related industries
Good understanding of how OMWA can serve you better.
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OMWA Activities
Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS
Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237
Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care
Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems
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OMWA Activities
Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS
Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237
Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care
Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems
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OMWA Activities
Called on Province to establish fund to assist small remote municipalities to comply with the DWQMS
Letter to Premier McGuinty regarding Bill 237
Training for local elected officials, re. Section 19 of the SDWA Standard of Care
Recruitment of staff to manage and operate municipal water systems
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OMWA Activities (cont’d)
Bursaries for college students
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Please Contact Us!
Our Website: www.omwa.org
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 1-888-231-1115
Fax: 613-966-3024
Address: 43 Chelsea Crescent
Belleville, ON
K8N 4Z5
