Continuing Education

Alabama — Approved
Alaska — Approved (Core)
Arizona — Approved (AZ PDHs)
Arkansas — Approved
California —  Approved (WR Control Board)
Colorado — Approved (CCWP Course ID# 25-11099)
Connecticut — Pending
Delaware — Pending May 1 State Review Meeting
Florida — Approved (Contact FL Section to process)
Hawaii — Approved
Idaho — Approved (Course #1568469)
Illinois — Approved (IEPA #21682)
Indiana — Approved (IDEM PWT 25-9189)
Iowa — Approved
Kansas — Pending
Louisiana — Approved (#68522)
Maine — Pending
Maryland — Pending
Massachusetts — Approved (#DWT-2025-37)
Michigan — Pending
Minnesota — Approved
Mississippi — Approved (blanket)
Missouri — Approved
Montana — Approved (ATP #41)
Nebraska — Approved (submit certs to NDEE)
Nevada — Approved
New Hampshire — Approved
New Jersey — Approved
New Mexico — Approved
New York — Approved (DOH ATC #20-10326-23648)
North Carolina — Approved
North Dakota — Approved (maximum 12 CECs)
Ohio — Post-event only. Contact AWWA within 14 days post.
Oklahoma — Approved (ID# 20861)
Oregon — Approved (OESAC ID# 6443)
South Dakota — Approved (blanket)
Tennessee — Approved (Max 12 hours, Activity #25141)
Texas — Pending
Utah — Approved
Vermont — Approved
Virginia – VA licensees can take any training within the acceptable subject areas.
Washington — Post-event only. Contact WA/Green River.
West Virginia — Pending
Wisconsin — Approved (Training Approval ID #bhgd-97gh)
Wyoming — Approved (Course #2025.0064)

If you are a licensed water operator in a state or province not listed, first check directly with your state agency — they may not require or not have a pre-approval process. Then feel free to email educationservices@awwa.org and we will be happy to investigate feasibility in your location.

Alberta — Pending April 26 CAC review meeting
British Columbia — Pending
Ontario — Approved – OWWCO Course Code: AMER 5184, Course ID: 17656

If you are a licensed water operator in a province not listed, first check directly with your agency — they may not require or not have a pre-approval process. Then feel free to email educationservices@awwa.org and we will be happy to investigate feasibility in your location.

States and Provinces use all sorts of different abbreviations and nomenclature to address continuing education for water sector professionals. The unit will vary for each state, each profession, and every agency. Please become familiar with your own unique situation.

Here are some of the most common ways to represent “1 Hour”:

ONE HOUR = 

1 PDH – Professional Development Hour

0.1 CEU – Continuing Education Unit*

1 CEH – Continuing Education Hour

1 CEC – Continuing Education Credit

0.1 TU – Training Unit

1 TCH – Training Contact Hour

1 TC – Training Credit

1 TH – Training Hour

*AWWA Certificates of Completion will be represented in CEU.

If you sit in every possible session period, including a paid pre-conference workshop, it is possible to achieve up to 23.0 hours. Most attendees earn between 1-15 hours — it just depends on you! Some state operator agencies set a lower maximum that can be earned at any one single event – these cases are noted in the list of states above.