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About the Forum

The CVCWA discussion forum is a communications tool available to CVCWA members only.  The forum is a place for our members to discuss current regulatory topics and related subjects in the wastewater industry.  The forum is a powerful tool that allows registered members to create new topics, reply to posts, and take polls.  We hope it will become a very active and useful part of this website.

Registration Procedure

The registration process is simple!  Here are the instructions:

1. Click this link to go to the forum home page (opens in a separate window).
    

2. At the top center of the page are two rows of buttons.  Click the "Register" button.
    

3. Review the Forum Rules and Policies and, if you agree to comply with them, Click the "Accept" button.
    

4. Fill out the registration form.  At a minimum, fill in the required fields which are marked with an asterisk (*).
    

5. Your username should consist of your first initial and last name.
    

6. You are required to enter an email address. This address will be used by CVCWA to verify that you are a member before activating your account.  One of the following must be true:

   • The email address must match one that you provided to CVCWA when you became a member.
      

   • The "domain" part of the email address (for example: saccounty.net) must match a member agency or affiliate domain name on record.
      

7. You must enter the special security code shown in the image.  This is a protective measure against hackers.  If you can't read the code, click the link to load a new code.
    

8. Please also enter your real name and occupation / agency name so that other members know who you are.  Feel free to create a signature as well, which will show up at the bottom of all your posts.
    

9. Make sure to set your email preferences at the bottom of the registration forum.  You may either designate that your receive an email notification every time someone replies to a post you've made, or you may select "no" here and then manually activate email notification on a post-by-post basis.  You can change this at any time.
    

10. Click "Register".  This will notify the Outreach Committee Chairperson that you are requesting a forum account.  If the chairperson can verify your membership, he will activate your account.  If he cannot, he will contact you by email.  This will usually occur in 1 to 2 business days.
     

11. Enjoy the forum!

Policies and Guidelines

When registering for forum access, you will be required to accept and comply with the following conditions of use:

When you register you are required to give a small amount of information, much of which is optional, anything you do give must be considered as becoming public information.

The forum is available to employees of member agencies and affiliates and CVCWA officers only. Guests are not authorized to use or view the contents of the forum. CVCWA will make every effort to protect the forum against unauthorized access, but cannot guarantee that unauthorized access to the forum and/or distribution of forum contents will not occur. Therefore, members are strongly cautioned to avoid posting information that is considered confidential or proprietary, and avoid stating opinions that you would not want to become public information.

You agree not to use this forum to post any material which is vulgar, defamatory, inaccurate, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws. You also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of these forums. You agree not to create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.

You agree not to post advertisements for products or services except in topics specifically designated for that purpose, and in that case, only those products or services relevant to the wastewater industry.

CVCWA reserves the right to revoke member access privileges at any time at its sole discretion, and will do so in response to abuse of this forum and violation of these policies.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum and their agents with respect to any claim based upon any post you may make. We also reserve the right to reveal whatever information we know about you in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by yourself.

The opinions expressed in the CVCWA forum are those of our members and may not reflect the opinions of CVCWA or any of its member agencies or affiliates. CVCWA assumes no responsibility or liability whatsoever arising from the use or content of the forum. CVCWA reserves the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. If you do find any posts are objectionable then please contact the forum by e-mail.

The Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) requires that Web Sites are to obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. If you are below 13 then you can NOT use this forum. Do NOT register if you are below the age of 13.

By registering to use this forum you meet the above criteria and agree to abide by all of the above rules and policies.

Questions?

Questions regarding the forum should be directed to the Outreach Committee Chairperson.