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Fluoride In Your Drinking Water

Public works professionals play a crucial role in keeping our water systems not just safe, but healthy, through the public health practice of community water fluoridation.  Communities have improved their residents’ health by fluoridating their water supplies for almost 70 years, but unfortunately, many people don’t know the benefits they receive from fluoridated water or what they would lose if it’s removed.  

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Electromagnetic Frictionless Brakes = A Safer Money Saving Idea

Frictionless brakes reduce truck stopping distances by 30 percent and thus reduce break wear. Fleet managers will enjoy this overview how electromagnetic braking systems function. 

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Porous and Pervious Pavements in Public Works

Sponsored by APWA’s Engineering & Technology Committee Examine the conventional and new uses for porous and pervious paving materials. You’ll learn about new research and best practices for different types of materials. Questions will be taken from the audience and we’ll use polling technology to tailor the discussion to issues relevant to you. 

 

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Alternate Project Delivery Methods – Best Management Practices and Lessons Learned

The City of Phoenix, Arizona evaluates each project and selects the appropriate delivery system based on the highest probability for success. In the last 12 years, they have complete 366 projects using Construction Manager at Risk; 76 projects using Design-Build; and 6000 projects using Job Order Contracting. 

 

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Community Bike Share Systems – Lessons Learned and the Future

With the number of community bike-share systems established throughout North America’s largest cities and many more in the planning stage for both large and medium sized urban areas, mode-shift, congestion reduction, and health benefits are being realized. Review the lessons-learned from some of the pioneering systems. 

 

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Putting WOW Power in Your Salt! Salt Pre-wetting Agents

Few agencies are maximizing the performance of their salt. Discover how pre-wetting agents work and why the performance of these products differs so widely. Even though some of the better performing pre-wetting agents cost more initially, the end result is a cost savings because good performance means less product is needed. 

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Paperless Options for Municipalities

Sponsored by APWA’s Small Cities/Rural Communities Committee Many public works agencies still operate within a maze of print-outs, reports, and files. Discover how one community tamed the paper jungle by moving to a system of digital plans, reports, and documents.

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Sharpen Your Executive Soft Skills

Ever get stuck answering a question for a reporter? What about when communicating with an elected official? Have you ever written a technical paper and after presenting it, your audience was still not able to comprehend the message you were trying to deliver? These are all issues that many of us in public works occasionally struggle with.

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The Evolution of Cast Iron Watermain Rehabilitation

The City of Cambridge, Ontario studied two options to rehabilitate its aging and failing cast iron watermains: Cured In-Place Pipe (CIPP) and Spray In-Place Liner (SIPL). Examine their findings and the reasons behind their decision to go with CIPP. 

 

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More on Things That Go Bump In the Pipe: Implementing Municipal Storm Sewer Pipe Condition Rating Sy

Discover how public agencies are using asset condition rating systems to gauge the “health” of their stormwater conveyance systems. Take advantage of the lessons-learned on how these rating systems can be effectively utilized for system condition and capital improvement program planning. 

 

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