Midwest Assistance Program (MAP) has been helping communities and tribal nations find solutions to their infrastructure and development needs through information, resource management, expertise, and technical assistance since 1979. MAP provides solutions to rural communities and tribal nations each year in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Communities are revitalized through help from MAP which then strengthens the future and vitality of rural America.

New Resources for Water & Wastewater Operators!

Water and wastewater operators can now access thousands of tools and resources tailored to small community needs at WaterOperator.org. Originally launched in 2010 under the name SmallWaterSupply.org, the mobile-friendly web portal includes technical documents, links to training opportunities, information on tribal assistance providers and certification program resources.

New Private Wells Program Available

The Individual Well Program (IWP) is funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency on a national scale to develop and utilize a new assessment tool and host educational workshops on how to identify potential well issues, including contamination threats. MAP will provide assistance and essential tools needed to  protect and improve the water quality of wells in unregulated well owner communities. For more information about private wells, Click Here.

How Do We Get Clean, Safe Water?

Despite using and benefitting from drinking water and wastewater systems multiple times every day, most of us don't even think about or know how these systems work. It takes a lot, in terms of natural, human, financial and other resources, as well as physical, chemical and biological processes, to bring clean, safe drinking water to your home or to deal with the waste you produce from a toilet or washing machine. RCAP has created animated diagrams with short videos to explain some of what is required in treating water. The videos are meant to make non-operators more comfortable with the vocabulary and terms that a plant's operator uses and to help a utility's decision makers understand what is required to operate a dependable and sustainable water utility. Here is a link to RCAP's video channel on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/134849908

On-Site Wastewater Systems - Be Prepared for Winter.
By: RJ Inskeep

To people living in colder climates and people new to rural living, on-site wastewater treatment systems can be a bit of a mystery. Most of the time the systems are not visible, and as long as the toilet flushes, everything is fine. On-site wastewater systems can freeze, partially and entirely, causing malfunctions.
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The new 2017 SOURCE Spring Magazine is out! Please click here to view it.

Upcoming Trainings

Small System Operators Training - 9/20/17
Sunrise Beach, MO - For more information, contact Kristina at 417-631-2226.

​Water Operator Training - 9/21/17
​Norfolk, NE - For more information, contact Marty at 402-389-0900.

Tribal Basic Operator Math - 9/25-26/17
​New Town, ND - For more information, click here. Contact Karen Thomas at 701-595-3696.

ERP & VA Training - 9/28/17
Lisbon, ND - For more information, contact click here.

Backflow Training - 10/5/17
Columbus, NE - For more information, contact Marty at 402-389-0900.

Water Compliance Training - 10/10/17
Deadwood, SD - For more information, contact Jim at 605-214-6231.

​Clerk and Board Training - 10/11/17
Jackson, MT - For more information, click here.

​Wastewater Training - 10/11/17
​Hinckley, MN - For more information, contact Tim at 605-941-6516.

Onsite Systems Training - 10/12/17
​Wannaska, MN - For more information, contact Jascha at 218-639-7837.

ERP and VA Training - 10/16/17
​Fargo, ND - For more information, click here.

Clerk Training - 10/18/17
​Wall, SD - For more information, contact LeAnn at 605-690-5085.

​Water and WW Compliance - 10/23-24/17
​Deadwood, SD - For more information, contact Jim at 605-214-6231.

Clerk and Board Training - 10/25/17
​Marshall, MN - For more information, contact Emma at 507-531-0063.

​Backflow Training - 10/25-26/17
Gretna, NE - For more information, contact Marty at 402-389-0900.

​Clerk and Board Training - 10/24/17
​Watertown, SD - For more information, contact LeAnn at 605-690-5085.

​Clerk and Board Training - 10/26/17
Mitchell, SD - For more information, contact LeAnn at 605-690-5085.

Small Systems Training - 10/30/17
Pierre, SD - For more information, contact Jim at 605-214-6231.

Surface Water Treatment Rule

One of our staff, Brian Day, was featured in the newest addition of A Drop of Knowledge RCAP Publication talking about the Surface Water Treatment Rule. To read more, please click here.

Information on Becoming an Operator

Find out how to become a water/wastewater operator in your state. Click here to view the brochures.