Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association

“Pncwa has no employees and has delegated control over certain administrative duties to a third party management agent pursuant to an administrative services agreement. This third party management agent acts as the top management official of the organization and has ultimate responsibility for implementing the decisions of the organization's governing body, administration, and operations of pncwa.”

“Pncwa is organized as a nonprofit association with members.”

“Four regional directors are elected on the regional level by the sections and sit on the pncwa board of directors. The members elect the other members of the board of directors.”

“Regions have been formed in the following areas: idaho region; oregon region; western washington region; and eastern washington region. Each region has a regional director and an executive committee. Each region's constitution and bylaws are reviewed and adopted by pncwa's board of directors. Sections may be operated under the region's constitution. Sections include regional affiliations of individuals representing wastewater treatment or collection systems, industrial waste facilities, or organizations whose objectives are in harmony with pncwa. Sections have their own bylaws which must be approved by the region executive committee and pncwa's board of directors and must be in accordance with article 3 of the constitution of pncwa. Any section may be excluded from pncwa by a majority vote of pncwa's board of directors for any change in its bylaws or objectives that may bring it into conflict with the constitution or general objectives of pncwa. The regions and sections are separate legal entities under state law, independent of pncwa.”

“Prior to filing the form 990, a draft in pdf format is sent to treasurer for review.”

“In addition to requiring board members, staff, and regular contractors to proactively notify the full board of any conflicts, all board members, staff, and regular contractors must sign an annual form which a) affirms that they have received a copy of the policy; b) read and understood it; c) agreed to comply with the policy; d) understood that pncwa is a charitable organization and must engage in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes; and e) list all relationships with pncwa vendors, service recipients, funders, employees and contractors. All potential conflicts are reviewed by the board of directors without the presence of the interested party.”

“The executive committee reviews and approves the top management official's annual contract with no participation by the top management official or other interested persons. The top management official's compensation is established using comparable data for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similar nonprofits; consideration of roles and responsibilities of the top management official; and cost of living data. Comparable market data is obtained from salary surveys and form 990s filed by comparable not-for-profit organizations. Discussions and decisions regarding the compensation are documented in executive committee meeting minutes. The top management official's annual contract was reviewed and approved by the executive committee for 2021. The top management official also receives reimbursements for routine, reasonable, and documented expenses incurred during the year under an accountable plan. The top management official travels throughout our service area. Pncwa has a travel policy that caps reimbursement levels and requires low-budget travel.”

“Pncwa does not have any employees. Pncwa does not compensate other officers.”

“We consider requests on a case-by-case basis.”

“Pacific northwest clean water association”

“Pacific northwest clean water association (pncwa) is dedicated to protecting and enhancing water resources in the states of idaho, oregon, and washington. To achieve this, we promote the professional development of our members, the dissemination of information to the public and policy makers, and the advancement of science and technology needed to protect human health and the environment.”

“The 12-member board meets monthly and serves as the guiding body of the organization with executive committee members working closely with management to guarantee program support and fiscal compliance. Other volunteers engage in the creation of technical training including a diverse industry-specific educational program offered at the annual conference and other workshops done both in-person and by webinar. Non-technical committees support program services such as public education and scholarship fundraising, and a range of volunteers contribute to the quarterly newsletter. Pncwa is made up of 1,450 members with 24 committees as well as an all- volunteer board of directors. All 24 committees are made up of volunteer pncwa members. The roles of the volunteers on each committee vary based on the nature of the committee; all serve to promote the mission of pncwa. In all there are approximately 200 volunteers. The committees include: --awards --collections systems --communication and outreach --constitution and bylaws --construction --emerging technologies --futures --government affairs --leadership development --manufacturers and reps --member services --odor and air quality --operations challenge --plant operations and maintenance --racial and social justice (subcommittee to member services) --residuals and biosolids --resource recovery --scholarship --select society of sanitary sludge shovelers (5s) --stormwater --students and young professionals --sustainability --utility management --water for people”

“Conferences and workshops: --annual conference and workshops provide water/wastewater and other public health, municipal, and regulatory professionals with water pollution control education including the latest issues, technology, and research pertaining to management of wastewater facilities, energy conservation, and environmental protection. Wastewater professionals are tasked with huge responsibilities for maintaining service, safety, and cost efficiency while protecting the public from potential health hazards from inadequately treated wastewater. Pncwa training provides the skills and knowledge to reduce both risks and expenditures. 2021 continued to leave us with uncertainty on how to best plan for a conference with the covid-19 pandemic still present. In the first quarter of the year, we decided to plan for a hybrid-style conference. This allowed those who were unable to travel access to the highly sought-after educational content and educational / professional development credits (ceus and pdhs). In addition, it provided a backup plan if the event could not be held in person. The hybrid approach taken included six in-person simultaneous session, an awards ceremony, an opening session address with two keynote speakers. Three of the six sessions were livestreamed through a platform called pheedloop which allows for tracking of attendance and audience engagement through chat windows. Presenters were encouraged to be in-person for a live audience even when their presentations were being streamed virtually. The opening session, committee meetings, two board meetings, a post conference meeting, and the awards ceremony were all available as well for virtual participation. Registration for the conference was priced as follows: --440 member technical pass --599 member complete pass --540 non-member technical pass --725 non-member complete pass --299 virtual member --399 virtual non-member --150 to add the virtual pass to the in-person pass member/250 virtual add-on non-member --one day pass 275 member/ 375 non-member --virtual pre-conference workshop 70 member / 85 non member track topics for the conference included: --sustainability --leadership --social equity --wastewater process --resource and recovery --stormwater --facility operations --workforce development --regulatory challenges --utility planning --planning --construction and alternative delivery --collection and conveyance --industrial pre-treatment --innovation and technology --risk assessment --utility and asset management --a partnership with water reuse we had 394 in-person conference attendees and 217 virtual attendees. Historically, multiple pre-conference workshops were held, but in 2021, there was less interest in the workshops and only one was held. In future years, we look to host the workshops post-conference as feedback indicated that people no longer are interested in spending time on a sunday to take workshops. --summit series in 2020, due to covid-19 related uncertainties, pncwa hosted a virtual offering of half-day learning sessions that provided educational and networking opportunities for our membership to support continued professional development. The first four summits were held in 2020; the last two were held in january and february of 2021 on the topics of construction and women of water. Member pricing was 85/summit and non- member pricing was 105/summit. --lunch and learns in response to the high demand for continuing education units (ceus), pncwa launched a semi-monthly continuing education series, which began in february 2021 and concluded june 23, 2022. These lunch-and-learn style seminars offer the pncwa community access to earn ceus / pdhs through one- hour technical presentations hosted by water industry manufacturers and vendors. Presentations were free for pncwa members and 25 for non- members.”

“Membership services: --in addition to the training opportunities provided to its approximately 1,500 members that help build professional excellence for established professionals, pncwa focuses on the issue of workforce sustainability (having a trained workforce to take the lead as retirements increase in the field). Leadership training and different areas of support for students and young professionals are part of this effort as well as a scholarship fund to encourage education in the water quality field. --in 2021, a total of 7,500 was awarded in scholarships with 5 recipients receiving 1,500 each to help cover costs in their educational pursuits regarding water quality. The scholarship committee raised a total of 9,425 in year-round contributions in 2021 through fundraising activities. --pncwa supported inflow (introducing future leaders to opportunities in water), an initiative that strives to identify promising students and young professionals from underrepresented groups who are interested in careers in the water industry by supporting attendance and housing for five at the pncwa 2021 conference in boise, idaho, where they were also recognized for their achievements. --typically, two pncwa young professionals (yps) are supported in attending the wef/awwa (water environment association/american water works association) young professionals summit. Pncwa also provides partial support to pncwa yps to attend weftec, the water environment federation's annual technical exhibition and conference, that annually draws about 25,000 water professionals from around the globe; however, due to the pandemic, this didn't take place. --the pncwa students and young professionals committee were not able to support the pncwa student design competition winning team to attend and present at the wef student design competition national event at weftec due to the complications caused by covid-19 restrictions. The wef student design competition promotes "real world" design experience for students interested in pursuing an education and/or career in water/wastewater engineering and sciences. It tasks individuals or teams of students within a university setting to prepare a design to help solve a local water quality issue. Teams evaluate alternative ideas, perform calculations, and recommend the best solution based on experience, economics, and feasibility in the form of an engineering report and final presentation to industry. The pncwa team that competed in weftec is also ordinarily supported in attending and presenting at the annual conference. This did not occur in 2021 due to the impacts of covid-19; however, we hope to re-engage in 2022.”

“Public education: --provide judging volunteers for the international science and engineering fairs (isef) in oregon and washington used for stockholm junior water prize (sjwp) selections. Present 100 award to each state winner in our three- state region that participates in the certified isef program. Select and support state winners to attend the national stockholm junior water prize (sjwp) competition. Due to the constraints put upon us by the pandemic, we were not able to engage in doing this in 2021. We hope to have more involvement in this in 2022. --adopt-a-school grants: fund 4th-12th grade science-based wastewater/stormwater curriculums / projects in exchange for providing a classroom presentation from a water professional and/or treatment facility tour. The goal is to be able to provide winners with water source book activities and wastewater utility partners and encourage awareness of the resources available on the wef (water environment federation) website. These water resource materials are targeted to the general public (water service consumers), educators, and k-12 students, college students, and water quality professionals. Unfortunately, due to pandemic-related complications with schools, we were not able to provide as many of the schools with resources in 2021. We did provide 251 to five oaks middle school in beaverton, oregon in april of 2021 to help support these materials. We are currently working to ensure we can provide more grants in 2022.”

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