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Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON

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

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Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON

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  1. Northwestern Ontario Municipal Water Association Annual General Meeting, Marathon, ON Doug Parker, Executive Director Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA) April 22, 2010

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Annual meeting, regional meetings, special events Meet and get to know our 190 members Understand the day to day challenges our members face Come to our Events!

  5. 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.

  6. 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. What OMWA has learnedabout Northern Ontario

  7. 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 OMWA Activities

  8. 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 OMWA Activities

  9. 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 OMWA Activities

  10. Bursaries for college students OMWA Activities (cont’d)

  11. Please Contact Us! Our Website: www.omwa.org Email: dparker@omwa.org Tel: 1-888-231-1115 Fax: 613-966-3024 Address: 43 Chelsea Crescent Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5

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