The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Safe Drinking Water Program is hosting a Water Operator Certification Exam Preparation class specifically for water operators attempting to take the Water Treatment Grade 2 or 3 certification exams.  This class will take place during the second two weeks of September 2025, for three hours a day (8 – 11 am) five days a week, for a total of 30 hours of instruction.  This class is FREE but is limited to 20 participants. The class will be a hybrid (in person live attendance for participants on Saipan, and virtual on-line attendance for participants off-island) style class. The class is open to anyone working in the drinking water industry (public or private) or anyone wishing to become certified as a water treatment plant operator.  Priority will be given to existing CNMI water operators that are certified at Grade 1 and are attempting higher certification.  Participants will earn up to 30 hours (depending on their attendance) of continuing education towards maintaining their existing certifications.

Class details:
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Date: Monday September 8 – Friday September 12, 2025 and
Monday September 14 – Friday September 19, 2025

Time: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
[3 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 weeks = 30 hours total]

Location: BECQ / DEQ Conference Room
Gualo Rai Center, 3rd Floor
Chalan Pale Arnold (Middle Road)
Saipan, MP

Cost: FREE

Instructors: Derek Chambers (Lau Lau Consulting) & Gary Byrd (TCB Services)

Materials: A copy of Water System Operations (WSO) Water Treatment, Grade 2; AWWA; 2016, OR a copy of Water System Operations (WSO) Water Treatment, Grade 3 & 4; AWWA; 2016 will be provided to each participant. There are 10 copies of each book available for this class.  We will do our best to distribute the most appropriate text to each attendee.

To register for this class, please complete the form below and click the submit button.  The final list of attendees will be announced around September 1st, 2025.  The BECQ DEQ Safe Drinking Water Program will contact each person to confirm their commitment to attend to class.

Registration is now closed for the September 2025 Water Treatment Exam Prep Class

Attendees (on-line and in-person), including BECQ staff were:

• Edito Acosa
• Anthony Agulto
• Glenn Arriolla  BECQ
• Loy Atalig  BECQ
• Marlon Banaag
• Anthony Barcinas ROTA
• Amy Cabrera
• Geoffrey Cabrera TINIAN
• Diony Camacho
• Patrick Celis
• Victor Concepcion
• Arnel Cruz
• Glenn Dikito
• Hironobu Eda
• Austin Flores  BECQ
• Rosanna Gamier
• Joel Hoepner
• Jarlestin Kukkun 
• Carson Madrangchar 
• Jaime Magboo
• Paul Manglona
• Larry Pangilinan
• Raymond Roquelara
• Benny Santos
• Galelynn Saures
• Donald Seidler
• Oscar Setefano
• Edwin Simbulan  PHILIPPINES
• Travis Spaeth  BECQ
• Peter Taitano  ROTA
• Michael Tan  BECQ
• Lloyd Tarope

to download copies of your certificates of attendance visit the Mariana Islands Water Operator Association website at:

https://www.marianasoperators.org/m-f-sep-8-19-2025.html

last updated on 9/19/2025