Welcome to the website for the Academy, which supports the development of all Water Board staff, regardless of their classification and/or work assignment. Occasionally we open up our classes for persons not employed by the Water Boards, but unless otherwise indicated, all the events listed on this site are open only to our staff.

• News and Announcements
• Registration
• Course Materials

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
( updated 12/4/08 )

None at this time.

ONLINE REGISTRATION SYSTEM

The online registration system is up and running. All Academy classes will rely solely on the roster from this online system (to access it click on "SCHEDULE" on the left bar). Staff are responsible for registering for and canceling from Academy classes. We have prepared online instructions (given along the way with the system) and written procedures to assist staff in the registration process. We also have prepared a document outlining our policies for the Academy. In addition, most of the Training Liaisons are familiar with the system and can help you register. Finally, feel free to call us anytime - we are here to help you use this powerful system.

• Written Procedures for Online Registration
• Registration Policie

UPDATED TRAINING REQUEST FORM (required by your organization)

COURSE MATERIALS
(updated 12/4/08 )

• Eco-Friendly Landscaping
  
  
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operation (four-day class)
  
  
• Water Quality Chemistry – Field Sampling and Laboratory Analysis (two-day class)
  
  
• Stormwater Enforcement Agenda (11/21/08)
  
  
• Economic Benefit for Attorneys “BEN” (½ day computer class)
  
  
• Economic Benefit for Attorneys “ABEL for Attorneys” (½ day class)
  
  
• Economic Benefit for Attorneys “BEN for Attorneys” (½ day class)
  
  
• Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems
  • Agenda & Materials
  • Glossary of Terms
    
    
• SWAMP Advisor
  • Agenda
  • SWAMP Advisor User's Manual
  • Instructions for Appending & Formatting QAPP Files to a Master QAPP Document
    
    
• California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup - 15th Annual Meeting
  
  
• Communication Skills for Large Internal Group Projects: Focus CIWQS
  • Agenda
    
    
• Streams Naturalization Agenda & Materials
  • Agenda and Materials
    
    
• Water Quality Standards Academy
  • Agenda
  • Reference Material
    
    
• California State Employee Geologic Symposium 2008
  • Agenda
  • GeoSym 2008 Abstracts
    
    
• MS4 Program Evaluation Guidance Training
  • Agenda
  • Program Guidance
  • Program Evaluation Worksheets
    
    
• CEQA for Certified Regulatory Programs
  • Agenda
  • Complete Powerpoint Presentation
  • CEQA Statutes and Guidelines
    
    
• Land From Grading and Soil Ecology
• Dr. Elaine R. Ingham, Ph.D., Sustainable Studies Institute - Soil Biology and Soil Water PowerPoint
• Additional Riverfriendly Landscape Resources
  
  
• Understanding the Environmental Effects of Once Through Cooling: Research Results Symposium Program
  
  
• 2007 California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup
  • Agenda
    
    
• Acid Generation Prediction Tests: An Overview
  • Class Presentations
    • Acid Generation Theory
      
    • Mine Wastes
    • Static Tests
    • Kinetic Tests
    • Mitigation Measures
      
      
  • Supporting Material
    • Discussion Links
    • Kinetic
      • Kinetic Test Procedures
      • Kinetic Test Interpretation
    • Static Tests
      • Acid-Base Accounting Procedures by Canadian Chris Mills
      • Static Test Discussion by Chris Mills
      • Static Test Variants Discussion by Canmet 
        
  • Proposed Framework Formanaging Acid Sulfate Soils
  • Pyrite Oxidation Rates From Humidity Cell Testing Of Greenstone Rock
  • Predicting Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
  • Predicting Water Quality at Hardrock Mines - Methods and Models, Uncertainties, and State-of-the-Art
  • Table C-1. Summary of Commonly Used Static Test Methods
  • Appendix C - Characterization Of Ore, Waste Rock, And Tailings
  • Acid-Base Accounting
  • A Simple Field Leach Test for Rapid Screening and Qualitative Characterization of Mine Waste Dump Material on Abandoned Mine Lands
    
    
• Bioassessment Site Analysis Course
  • Agenda
  • Bioassessment Site Analysis Course Flyer
    
    
• Project Assessment and Evaluation Plan (PAEP) Training for Grant Managers and Grantees
  
  
• Understanding Algal Blooms
  • Flyer
  • Agenda and Presentations
  • Maps - U.C. Santa Cruz
    
    
• Water Rights 101
  • Powerpoint Presentation
  • Handout - Beneficial Uses
    
    
• Coastal Power Plants