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Harmful Algal Blooms, or HABs, occur in water bodies across the United States and can result in negative impacts to drinking water, local business, and community recreation opportunities. In this webinar, you will learn how to recognize a harmful algal bloom and the underlying causes, as well as receive a brief overview of watershed management strategies aimed at preventing HABs. Additionally, you will hear lessons learned from New York State experts in HABs monitoring and key takeaways for local governments and drinking water utilities. Presenters: Nick Willis, Program Manager, Wichita State University EFC and Aimee Clinkhammer, Watershed Coordinator, Finger Lakes Water Hub, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is offering a free webinar as part of their small systems monthly series.  A certificate of attendance will be offered for this webinar as well.  The toxins released by wildfires can make their way into the water system, and in light of the current environment the information is more useful than ever.  There will be an optional Q&A session from 3:00 to 3:30. You can register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2152789201095229455 Detritus material in forest watersheds is the major terrestrial source of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors in water bodies used as drinking water sources and is also a fuel that can ignite wildfires. In these watersheds, hot temperatures and dry conditions increase the likelihood of high-severity wildfires.  To help reduce this risk, low-severity prescribed burning is used as a forest management practice to reduce fuel loads from forest floor detritus material. In either high- or low-severity fires, DOM exported to source waters from managed watersheds is likely to have different characteristics and treatability compared to DOM exported from unburned watersheds. These potential source water quality changes may require that drinking water utilities adapt their treatment processes to account for these changes. Modeling […]

This webinar will look at the technology, operation and maintenance of water systems that create new or expanded water for a community.  By nature, these sources tend to be locally controlled.  In the case of ground water, it can have contaminants such as iron or manganese, nitrate, or water that is brackish that make it unsuitable for drinking water unless some advanced treatment technology is used.  We will also look at re-purifying waste water being treated for purple pipe, ground water recharge, and lake augmentation.  We will look at the example of the world's largest water re-purification system:  Orange County Ground Water Recharge System (GWRS).  This webinar will look at the advanced treatment choices and show the GWRS as a model for other projects. This webinar is 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm on September 29 and September 30. Earn up to 6 contact hours. Instructor: Henry Palechek Member $80 / Non-member $100 Online registration for this webinar closes on September 27.

This webinar will look at the technology, operation and maintenance of water systems that create new or expanded water for a community.  By nature, these sources tend to be locally controlled.  In the case of ground water, it can have contaminants such as iron or manganese, nitrate, or water that is brackish that make it unsuitable for drinking water unless some advanced treatment technology is used.  We will also look at re-purifying waste water being treated for purple pipe, ground water recharge, and lake augmentation.  We will look at the example of the world’s largest water re-purification system:  Orange County Ground Water Recharge System (GWRS).  This webinar will look at the advanced treatment choices and show the GWRS as a model for other projects. This webinar is 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm on September 29 and September 30. Earn up to 6 contact hours. Instructor: Henry Palechek Member $80 / Non-member $100 Online registration for this webinar closes on September 27.  

The EPA's Office of Research and Development invites you to a free webinar! As part of their water research webinar series the US EPA invites you join them for a discussion of SARS CoV-2 in Wastewater Monitoring: Linking Research and Application to Meet Immediate Needs. Widespread studies conducted national and globally indicate that genes specific to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus that causes COVID-19) can be detected in wastewater. The ability to collectively sample both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals has lead dozens of states, cities, and universities to actively monitor wastewater to inform public health decisions. The clarity of the reflection of community prevalence of infection within the mirror of wastewater can be distorted by several factors, including variation in analytical detection methods, decay and dilution of viral genes during wastewater transport, and imprecision in relating the wastewater signal to other imperfect measures of community infection rates. This webinar will focus on the following collaborative efforts of EPA's SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring research team to reduce uncertainties: • Method development within the lab. • Application in sewersheds with distinctive levels of industrial and stormwater impacts–in coordination with the Cincinnati Metropolitan Sewer District. • Development of a wastewater surveillance systems in Ohio–in support of the […]

For National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, EPA will be hosting a 90-minute webinar featuring experts from EPA’s Water Security Division (WSD), the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA). Experts will discuss their roles in supporting and furthering the security and resilience of the drinking water and wastewater sector. The webinar will feature the following experts: Nelson Mix (Environmental Engineer, EPA), Chuck Egli (Lead Analyst, WaterISAC), Jennifer Lyn Walker (Cyber Threat Analyst, WaterISAC), and Mikko McFeely (Manager of Federal Relations, AMWA). The webinar will cover the importance of water quality surveillance and response systems (SRS) and communications; balancing valuable technology needs, such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), with cybersecurity performance measures; malicious threats in the cyber domain that threaten the sector; and the challenges that disinformation can pose to utilities. This webinar also offers free continuing education units (CEUs).  You can register for the webinar here:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3911834082279759374

Join this webinar to hear a unique case study of the West Basin Municipal Water District’s experience managing their primary facility assets. Margaret Moggia, Executive Manager of Finance for the West Basin Municipal Water District, will share how the District leveraged their Operations Department’s efforts in asset management.  This allowed the District to improve their financial reporting of capital assets by developing a way to componentize its existing water facility assets with the appropriate useful life, and remove certain duplicate assets.  In addition, you will learn best practices related to asset management developed by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and how to use asset management practices to boost partnership and regionalization efforts. Learn how an organization separates assets Understand ways to collaborate outside of your department Understand ways to leverage inter-connective opportunities Gain an understanding of GFOAenvironm best practices related to asset management

Join this webinar to hear a unique case study of the West Basin Municipal Water District’s experience managing their primary facility assets. Margaret Moggia, Executive Manager of Finance for the West Basin Municipal Water District, will share how the District leveraged their Operations Department’s efforts in asset management.  This allowed the District to improve their financial reporting of capital assets by developing a way to componentize its existing water facility assets with the appropriate useful life, and remove certain duplicate assets.  In addition, you will learn best practices related to asset management developed by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), and how to use asset management practices to boost partnership and regionalization efforts. Learn how an organization separates assets Understand ways to collaborate outside of your department Understand ways to leverage inter-connective opportunities Gain an understanding of GFOA best practices related to asset management Presenters:  Margaret Moggia, Executive Manager of Finance for West Basin Municipal Water District, Current GFOA Board Member , Past President for California Society of Municipal Water District (CSMFO)  Khristopher A Dodson, Associate Director, Syracuse University Environmental Finance Center Eva Olsaker, Senior Manager, GFOA