2026 Education Schedule at a Glance

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Keynote - From Discipline to Destiny: 7 Practices of Great Leaders with Justin Maust

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU01 - Safety Steps: Your Path to Lowering Insurance Premiums in Your Business

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU07 - Making Every Minute Count: Strategies to Improve Our Time, Relationships, Business, and Success in the Wastewater Industry

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU14 - Hit by a Truck Theory

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU21 - Building Your Online Presence: Social Media, SEO, and PR for the Trades

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU02 - Leading a Culture of Change

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU08 - Game On: Boosting the Impact of Technician Training through Gamification

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU09 - Improv that Works: Engage, Build, Innovate

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU15 - WWETT Young Professionals Award Winners Panel: Opportunities for the Next Generation of Wastewater Pros

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU03 - Septic System Savvy: Empowering Onsite Wastewater Professionals with Homeowner Education and Record-Keeping Tools

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU10 - Professional Standards for Septic Inspections in Real Estate Transactions: Building a Defensible, Professional Inspection Process

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU16 - Equal Distribution: It's Time to Raise the Bar

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU22 - The Perfect Pump Chamber

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU04 - Top 4 Trends in Plumbing & Wastewater: Expert Discussion and Q&A

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU17 - Sewer Camera Lateral Inspections: The Keys to Success

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU23 - How to Win in Trenchless Today: Independent Trenchless Q&A Panel

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU11 - Smarter Equipment, Smarter Business: The Technology That Changes Everything for PROs

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU18 - The 2025 Portable Sanitation Benchmark Report

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU12 - Nozzles: Physics of Step Cleaning and the Inherent Dangers During their Use

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

• TU19 - Evaluation and Comparison of Recycling Combination Sewer Cleaning Trucks

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU24 - Engineering Civilized Society: A Journey of Human History Through the Sewer, Part One

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU25 - How to Get the Most Out of Your Hydrovac

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU05 - America’s Septic Disposal Crisis: A Roundtable Discussion on Challenges and Solutions

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU26 - Grease 4 Profit

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

• TU06 - From Insight to Impact: Advancing Women in Wastewater

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

• TU13 - Making Room for Yourself at the Table: Finding Your Voice and Confidence

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• TU27 - The Secret Weapon in Sales? Women

*Additional Fee Required*

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• NAWT Vacuum Truck Technician Training Course

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM

• MKTG - Dominate Your Local Market: A Hands-On Workshop for Local Business Success

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

• Public Sector Reception

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

• Welcome Party

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

• WE02 - Preserving Casper's Critical Infrastructure: A Successful Large-Diameter Pipeline Trenchless Renewal Project

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• WE08 - NASSCO PACP: How Can Your Municipality or Business Benefit?

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• WE14 - Intelligent Public Works Management: Naperville’s Transformation of Condition Assessment

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

• WE03 - Leveraging Advanced Locating Equipment to Map Underground Infrastructure

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• WE15 - Let's Make a Dirty Movie! Embracing Video to Train Wastewater Professionals

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

• WE28 - Remote Process Monitoring: A Data-Driven Approach to Proactive Maintenance

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

• WE04 - Troubleshooting Septic Systems and Standard Practice for New Installations

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• WE09 - Factors of Safety: In the Field and in Design

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• WE21 - Sampling Onsite Systems and Understanding Lab Reports

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• WE10 - Essential PPE for Safe Plumbing and Pipe Repair Practices

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• WE22 - Sump, Sewage and Effluent Pump Sizing

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

• WE29 - Trenchless Technology for Single Family Residential/Laterals, Building Sewers, Building Drains, and Water Services

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

• WE05 - The Big Hole in Confined Space Training: Gas Monitor Training

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• WE16 - Are Your Mechanics Safe? Combination Machine Safety

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• WE23 - Styrene: Health Impacts and Regulatory Developments

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• WE11 - Artificial Intelligence in Sewer Infrastructure: A New Standard for Condition Assessment

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• WE17 - Sales Training for the Drain Cleaning Professional

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

• WE18 - How Five Trenchless Rehab Projects Saved Failing Large Diameter Combined Sewer Structures in Albany, NY

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• WE24 - Setting Public Policy vs. Reacting to Public Policy: Should We Lead or Follow in the CIPP Industry?

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

• WE30 - Subway Sewer System and University Dorm Building Pipeline: 2 Case Studies in Rehab and Renovation

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

• WE12 - Breaking Ground: Fundamentals of Hydro Excavation

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

• WE31 - Vacuum Truck Operations: Managing the Lead Service Line Crisis

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

• WE06 - From Crisis to Compliance: Achieving Operational Excellence in Industrial Wastewater Management

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

• WE25 - Buck the Traditional and Jump into the Cloud: Modern Monitoring Solutions (like Cloud-based SCADA) are the Future

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

• WE32 - Utilizing Packed Bed Filter Technology for Onsite Wastewater Treatment

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• TH01 - Specifying Engineers Gain Wisdom from Contractor Experience

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

• TH04 - Rebranding a Publicly Owned Utility

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• TH07 - From Sewers to Safety: Harnessing Molecular Biology and AI for Positive Public-Health Outcomes

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

• TH02 - How to Train and Inspire Drain Cleaners for Long-Term Success

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• TH03 - Injecting Life Into Infrastructure

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

• TH05 - Maintenance Agreements: The Pathway to a Better Budget

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• TH08 - Expand-in-Place Integration Technology: The "Forever" Rehabilitation Solution

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

• TH06 - The Role of Membrane Technologies in Wastewater Recovery and Reuse

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

• TH09 - Biomat: What is it and How Does it Work?

*Additional Fee Required*

9:15 AM - 11:30 AM

• TT01 - Carmel Wastewater Treatment Plant