Highways HDOT Virtually Delivers 2020 Protect Our Water Conference
By: Rodney Gerard
The Highucts and service ways, Harofferings. bors, and Finally, to encourAirports age engaging with Divisions’ speakers and venStorm Water dors on the virtual Management platform, HDOT Programs gamified the expecollaborated rience by allocating to host the points to certain 2020 Protect actions including Our Water attending sessions, Conference chatting with venon Wednesdors, and downday, Novemloading vendor Director Jade Butay issues a welcome message to the ber 18, 2020. documents. Prizes attendees of the 2020 Protect Our Water Conference. The Protect are awarded to Our Water top point earners, Conference is held annuincluding our very own, ally to provide instruction Kevin Pang, from HWY-O! on best management practices and how to Mahalo to all of the speakminimize pollution in ers, vendors, and particstorm water runoff from ipants who made this virtuconstruction related actival conference a success. If ities. In consideration of you missed the conference current restrictions due to or would like to revisit any COVID-19, this year the of the sessions, recordings conference moved online, The 2020 Protect Our Water Conference of the presentations can be virtually bringing togeth- was held using a virtual format to found at www.stormwaterer the construction indus- protect attendees from the ongoing hawaii.com from December try for a full day of storm COVID-19 pandemic. 18, 2020. water training. For more information on The conference welcomed approximately 500 the 2020 Protect Our Water Conference, please attendees, including state and federal employvisit https://protectourwater2020.vfairs.com/. ees, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and other municipal separate storm sewer system We look forward to hosting everyone again next permittees. In addition to the 14 offered training year! sessions, attendees were also able to engage with 20 vendors to learn more about their prodPAGE 13
