This training module is designed for a trainer or community leader who can deliver a training session using a PowerPoint show. This presentation is meant to be delivered to community leaders, such as the town council or the governing body of a drinking water or wastewater system. Staff of a city or existing water system would benefit from it as well.
This PowerPoint presentation introduces communities to best management practices - what they are and how to implement them. The best management practices it discusses are:
- written operation & maintenance (O&M) manuals
- standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- benchmarking programs
- plans for operator training, retention, and recruitment
- tools to assure financial sustainability, including asset management, viable rates, and integrated planning and budgeting
This PowerPoint file:
- is provided in editable form, so the trainer can edit and adapt it to fit particular situations
- comes with speaker notes for some slides. The notes can be used a bit as a "script" and provide some more information to be delivered verbally on slides with more detail. The speaker/trainer should review the entire file before delivering the presentation and print out the notes pages as a guide for delivering the presentation.
Download the file [1] (6.46 MB)
Optional handout [2]for participants in the presentation that the presenter can photocopy:
Where to get resources mentioned in the presentation - a listing of URLs and other contact information for the outside and additional resources that are mentioned in the presentation on the PowerPoint slides. This will enable participants to find these resources later on their own.