Enlow Re-Elected as FWPCOA

changes. Some of these changes will significantly impact how you operate your facilities and conduct your business.

The FWPCOA is planning an onsite meeting for the board of directors to be held in Plant City on Jan. 23, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. This will be our first onsite meeting since January 2020.

The FWPCOA Short School Committee and training office are planning a spring short school at Indian River State College to be held March 15-19, 2021. The board meeting will be held on March 14, 2021, if all goes as planned.

We are also looking to continue to build our library of FWPCOA training manuals and to offer continued training through our Onsite Institute.

We are still looking for additional venues that can and will accommodate our training classes. Since school has resumed, we do have some venues opening up, but we still need to follow social distancing and classroom limits.

We will continue following the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for conducting training and are willing to follow any guidelines required by the facility, including off-hours, like nights and weekends.

The training office is in need of proctors for online courses in all regions. If you are available to be a proctor, please contact the training office at 321-383-9690.

In the meantime, and as always, our Online Institute is up and running. You can access our online training by going to the FWPCOA website at www.fwpcoa.org and selecting the “Online Institute” button at the upper righthand area of the home page to open the login page. You then scroll down to the bottom of this screen and click on “View Catalog” to open the catalog of the many training programs offered. Select your preferred training program and register online to take the course.

This is a good way to get those needed CEUs for your license renewal, which is due by April 30, 2021, but time is getting short.

For more information, contact the Online Institute program manager at OnlineTraining@ fwpcoa.org or the FWPCOA training office at training@fwpcoa.org.

That’s all I have for this C Factor. Everyone take care, and as usual, keep up the good work! S

Kenneth Enlow was re-elected president of FWPCOA at the association’s October 2020 meeting. His term starts this month.

Enlow is a graduate of Lebanon High School in Lebanon, Mo., and served in the U.S. Air Force from October 1970 until April 1974 (active duty) and served his inactive duty with the Air Force Reserves until October 1976. He also served in the U.S. Navy Reserves from August 1980 through July 1986.

He attended Hillsborough Community College and obtained two associates degrees, in preliberal arts and occupational safety and health, which he earned utilizing his military veteran benefits.

Enlow was project manager for the Tampa Bay Water Surface Water Treatment Plant, with 48 years of service in the water industry.

He began his career in water treatment when he entered the Air Force in October 1970 and first stepped foot in a water treatment plant in December 1970 as a water and wastewater purification maintenance technician. He was discharged from the Air Force on April 10, 1974, and began working for the City of Tampa Water Department on April 20 of that year at what is now the David L. Tippin Water Treatment Plant. Besides plant operations, his duties there included operating the raw and finished water pumps, utilizing steam-driven turbines for both high- and low-service pumping. To qualify for operating the steam power plant, he became a firstclass stationary steam engineer and used this experienced later on to join the Navy Reserves as a boiler technician.

He obtained his Class A drinking water license during his 18-year tenure with City of Tampa and moved on to work for the City of St. Petersburg’s Cosme Water Treatment Plant as the chief operator in 1992. In 2002, he left City of St. Petersburg and become the operations manager for Veolia North America (formally U.S. Filter Operating Services) at the Tampa Bay Water Surface Water Treatment Plant. There he was promoted to assistant project manager when the plant was expanded from 66 million gallons per day (mgd) to 120 mgd in 2010, and promoted to the position of project manager in July 2017.

He retired from Veolia North America in October 2020.

Enlow is a life member of FWPCOA and a member of the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association. He served FWPCOA as a trustee and officer in both Region 4 and Region 12, and served on and chaired the state Education Committee. He’s taught short school classes in the regions and at state short schools, and is still active as an instructor.

He is married to his wife, Rose, and they celebrated their 47th anniversary on Aug. 5, 2019. They have two children and three grandchildren.

When he’s not working, Enlow likes to ride his motorcycle and play video games. S