Labor Resources for Utility Managers
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WWEMA Window: The New Face Of Manufacturing
5/25/2021
Like many of you, I have recently been listening to and participating in many webinars and reading articles about the current challenges facing the manufacturing community — supply chain disruptions, material price escalations, workforce safety issues, market uncertainties and volatility, etc. One of the more difficult challenges focuses on worker shortages and the inability to find the right people with the right skills.
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Getting Serious About Gaming For Water Stakeholders
5/11/2021
Gaming has always been an integral part of human culture. One of the oldest forms of social interaction and communication, games have enabled civilisations to bond and thrive as communities.
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Water Professionals Deserve Your Appreciation
5/6/2021
History records that comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s most famous line was “I don’t get no respect. No respect at all.”
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Addressing The Utility Workforce Challenge With A Pipeline Of Opportunities For Youth
5/3/2021
With training and development as a high priority for top talent, one nonprofit partners with a utility leader to uplift the next-generation workforce.
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Creating A Successful Fleet Operation Means Investing In Employees
4/9/2021
Coconino County has enhanced its Public Works fleet operations by focusing on employee development and establishing new business practices. Located in northern Arizona with its seat in the City of Flagstaff, Coconino County is the second-largest county by land area in the United States, requiring a varied and extensive fleet. In the last five years, Public Works leadership have taken many actions to build a sustainable future.
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Those Behind The Water: Protecting The People Who Make The Process Possible
3/24/2021
Nothing may be more universal than the power of water. It is at the center of ecosystems. The foundation of societies. The core of human beings. A single molecule of water carries two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. It is easy to think that something so sustaining should be more complex. And yet it is not, giving validity to the idea that power truly lies in simplicity.
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Pride And Joy: Water Leadership Defined
3/8/2021
Despite overseeing our most precious resource, water professionals often go unnoticed, and hence unappreciated. To that end, it’s my pleasure to highlight the efforts, accomplishments, and insights of industry leaders such as Joy Eldredge, chair of the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association.
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Seeq For Operators - Find Production Settings
1/20/2021
How Seeq allows navigation to past production runs to find past production settings and visibility into the relationship between the production settings and key process KPIs, like quality or production rate.
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The Hidden Workforce Transition Underway
1/13/2021
As water system owners contemplate retirement, they should also ponder the fate of their businesses and the options available for the transition of assets.
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The Retirement Wave Is Coming: How Will Your Utility Manage?
1/13/2021
Digital transformation, but also diversity and inclusion, will be essential for recruiting the next generation of utility workers.