Seven Habits of Highly Effective PFAS Source-Trackers - Live Webinar

Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 06/21/2023 at 11:00 AM (PDT)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous and recalcitrant. Best available technologies for PFAS (ion exchange, activated carbon, and reverse osmosis) are expensive and separate PFAS but do not destroy it, leading to disposal concerns. Therefore, it is highly beneficial to characterize PFAS sources and minimize PFAS contamination of water resources in the first place. For a WRF-funded project, we reviewed PFAS source databases, surveyed utilities about their PFAS source control efforts, and conducted thorough PFAS mass balances in both watersheds and sewersheds, The data and insights from these efforts then informed a guidebook for how utilities across the One Water Spectrum can track down and eliminate PFAS sources.

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1.2 Contact Hours towards CWEA Certifications: ECI & LAB

Introduction
This presentation will share results of The Water Research Foundation’s (WRF’s) Project #5082: Investigation of Alternative Management Strategies to Prevent PFAS from Entering Drinking Water Supplies and Wastewater.
PFAS are a class of chemicals notorious for their persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity. Two well-known PFAS are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorosulfonic acid (PFOS). Based on finished water samples collected for the third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR3), 66 water systems serving an estimated six million US residents had PFOA and PFOS above the EPA’s 2016 health advisory level (HAL) of 70 ng/L combined. Twelve systems in Florida had PFAS detections in UCMR3.

More systems will likely have detectable PFOA or PFOS in the upcoming UCMR5 (2023-2025), which will use more precise methods. Any detectable PFOA or PFOS would be above these compounds’ new EPA health advisory levels (HALs): 0.004 ng/L and 0.02 ng/L, respectively. The EPA is planning PFOA & PFOS MCLs as well as HALs for more PFAS. Utilities are bracing for these upcoming developments.
The technologies granular activated carbon, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis are effective for PFAS removal, but expensive. So, more research and policy emphasis are needed on preventing PFAS from entering water in the first place.

Project Description
The goal of this project was to develop actionable strategies that would lead to effective management of PFAS sources for utilities. This project included surveys about utilities’ experiences in monitoring, tracking, and mitigating PFAS. It filled data gaps about the relative importance of different PFAS sources across wastewater, surface water, and groundwater. This included thorough investigations of two watersheds to calibrate a nationwide PFAS model based on point sources and de facto reuse. The information collected during the study culminated in a guidance document about how utilities can best identify and eliminate PFAS sources.

Findings
A key lesson learned from utility case studies include the importance of collaboration among utilities, universities, and state governments when working to find PFAS sources. State databases were mined for statistics on PFAS occurrence and sources in groundwater. Landfills were the most frequent source of PFAS to groundwater in multiple databases. In surface water, the presence of even less than one percent wastewater effluent could cause PFOA to exceed its new HAL. However, it would take over 90% wastewater effluent or a major industrial source to exceed any enforceable state MCLs. The guidance developed through this project recognizes that source identification and mitigation are utilities’ “first line of defense” against PFAS. It provides specific and actionable recommendations to support this approach.

Kyle Thompson, PhD, PE

Reuse Lead Technologist / National PFAS Lead

Carollo Engineers, Inc.

Registrants who view the live webinar to see the slides and hear the audio and then enter the correct attention check code (directions below) will receive 1.2 contact hours towards CWEA's certifications: ECI & LAB

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Laboratory TNI Training: Data Integrity and Ethics - Live Webinar

Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 04/10/2023 at 10:00 AM (PDT)

Presented by the Monterey Bay Section of CWEA

Member: $50.00
Non-Member: $70.00

CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA Certifications: LAB

Join William (Bill) Ray as he presents Data Integrity training with discussion of ethics as required by ELAP. Topics will include a review of data integrity procedures, which can be used to develop your procedures under 2016 TNI standards; and some examples of where data integrity can be lost and how one might regain or limit the times this happens.

William R. Ray

President/Owner

William Ray Consulting, LLC

William (Bill) Ray with William Ray Consulting, LLC holds a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from UC Irvine and a Master’s in Chemistry from Cal Poly Pomona. He has over 48 years of experience which includes over 16 years’ experience in both commercial and government laboratories, over 15 years’ experience in data quality assessment, and over 15 years’ experience in assessing laboratories. His laboratory and assessment experiences include all chemistry and radiochemistry analyses. He is currently the Owner/President of William Ray Consulting, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in technical and compliance assistance to the environmental laboratory community. He has developed training tools; conducted training; laboratory assessment; and has helped in reviewing regulatory compliance from the laboratory perspective. He is currently working on developing self-paced training programs for small laboratories. WRC has provided training including: “TNI 2016 Standards and their Application in the Small Utility Laboratory”; “TNI required Data Integrity Training”; and “Adopting Laboratory Methods for the Field”.

Registrants who view the full recording to see the slides and hear the audio will receive 2.4 contact hours towards CWEA's certifications LAB. It is not possible receive contact hours for both attending the live webinar and viewing the recording.

Please note, all user activity of CWEA certification holders on the Online Wastewater Education Network is subject to the CWEA Code of Ethics standards for professional conduct and ethics. Certification holders should receive credit for a training only once within the same contact hour period. Any attempt to undermine the certification process may be subject to ethics procedures and possible sanctions.

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AWTO Training: Advanced Disinfection and Chemical Reduction Technologies: Part 5 - On Demand

Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 02/24/2023

These are the fourth and fifth webinars that describe Advanced Water Treatment processes associated with water reuse. These are two-day presentations on January 10 and 13.

Member: $50.00
Non-Member: $70.00

Webinar Timing: 2Hrs.

CWEA Contact Hours: 2.4 towards CWEA AWTO, EIT Certifications

Granular Activated Carbon and Ultraviolet Advanced Oxidation Process

This webinar will cover granular activated carbon (GAC) ultraviolet advanced oxidation (UV AOP) processes that are used in the advanced treatment of reclaimed water. The webinar will highlight the individual technologies and the combined use of these two technologies. It will include treatment components, monitoring strategies, process parameters, instrumentation, and critical control points.

This webinar, along with experience and additional training, may prepare you for the Advanced Water Treatment Operator® Grade 3 certification exam.

rs, you should be able to:

After completing the webinar, you should be able to:

Understand the impact of feed water quality on performance efficiency
Describe the GAC and UV AOP processes
Identify critical control points
Compare and contrast instrumentation and control systems
Define performance parameters such as dose, UV transmittance, and empty bed contact time

ABOUT AWTO® CERTIFICATION

Drinking water, wastewater or water reuse operators working at facilities using advanced water treatment technologies and related control processes may be interested in earning the new, voluntary AWT Operator (AWTO®) Certification.

AWT Operators protect public health by ensuring a supply of safe and high-quality drinking water from advanced water reuse facilities.

Operators who currently hold a Grade 3 certification for Wastewater Treatment Operator or Water Treatment Operator in California or Nevada are eligible to apply for the AWT3 exam. Be sure to download and read the candidate handbook at AWTOperator.org.

John Rowe (Moderator)

Process Engineer

Office of Water Programs at Sacramento State

John Rowe is a Process Engineer in the Office of Water Programs at California State University at Sacramento. He was a tenured professor of water resources at a colleges in Florida an Georgia, and has taught microbiology, environmental science, biology, and water resource treatment technology. He has a PhD in environmental sustainability and a PhD in biological sciences, and an A level water and wastewater treatment operator license in Florida. John has worked as a project manager for CH2MHill, and as a technical assistance provider and trainer for the Rural Water Association.

Eva Steinle-Darling

Vice President

Carollo Engineers

Eva Steinle-Darling is a Vice President and Principal Technologist with Carollo Engineers. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where she studied the removal of PFAS using nanofiltration membranes. Her work with Carollo focuses on advanced water treatment and reuse, including research, planning, feasibility studies, and design. Eva is leading Carollo's efforts to address clients' needs in responding to PFAS contamination in drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water. She also is working on several of Carollo’s Water Research Foundation projects in which she is looking at, among many other things, the removal of PFAS through advanced treatment.

Alan Domonoske

Vice President

Carollo Engineers

Alan has 29 years of environmental consulting experience focused primarily on municipal drinking water treatment design, construction and operations. He manages Carollo’s Salt Lake City office and is one of Carollo’s ozone process leads. Alan has ozone design and operations experience at drinking water facilities, full scale potable reuse facilities, and DPR demonstration facilities, and has lead AWT training session for ozone. Alan is a licensed engineer and former Certified Grade IV Water Treatment Plant Operator in Utah.

Jennifer Nyfennegger

Associate Vice President

Associate Vice President, Carollo Engineers

Jennifer has 15 years of environmental consulting experience in water and wastewater treatment. She is a principal technologist and one of Carollo’s biofiltration leads focused on reuse and drinking water applications. Jennifer has experience with applied research, design, and operational monitoring of biofilters including direct potable reuse demonstration studies. She is a licensed engineer in Florida.

Andy Salveson