This three-hour webinar will discuss four important topics that will help public water systems navigate the PFAS issue. In this webinar the following presentations will be given: 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM MOUNTAIN TIME: Topic #1: "Examining PFAS as “Hazardous Substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)." This presentation will discuss advocacy being done in Washington D.C. to protect water and wastewater systems from CERCLA liability for PFAS releases.Instructor: Michael Preston, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Rural Water Association.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM MOUNTAIN TIME:Topic#2: "PFAS Litigation Settlement and Deadlines; Working to Fight Contamination" – This session will provide an overview of PFAS, impending regulatory requirements and the current 13.6-billion-dollar settlement with 3M and Dupont. The session will stress the deadlines for utilities with PFAS detections and how to access these funds. The session will explain the details of the settlements and why systems with non-detections or that have not tested, should register to ensure access these funds if detections materialize in the future. The session will also provide a brief outlook for impending litigation as it relates to wastewater utilities. Instructors: Hank Naughton, Managing Partner, and Sam Wade, Water Consultant, at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM MOUNTAIN TIME BREAK
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM MOUNTAIN TIME :Topic #3: "Removing PFAS from Drinking Water and Managing the Residual Streams" - Dr. Thomas Speth, Environmental Protection Agency, will discuss the technologies used to remove PFAS from drinking water and a broad discussion of the costs of those treatments. Specifically, he will cover granular activated carbon, anion exchange resin, and high-pressure membranes. The second part of the presentation will cover the management of the residuals from these processes. Instructor: Dr. Thomas Speth, Environmental Protection Agency
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM - Break
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM Topic #4: “How to Successfully Communicate About the EPA’s PFAS Actions with the Press and the Public” – Before the EPA announced its PFAS health advisories and proposed maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), water utilities, industry organizations, and state regulators were already struggling with how to publicly communicate new findings in drinking water, wastewater discharges, and biosolids. Now, with the EPA adding levels of uncertainty to the mix, water providers across the industry must get ahead of the issue and publicly communicate about PFAS. This presentation will provide attendees with the latest PFAS developments – including a breakdown of the EPA’s PFOA and PFOS health advisories and proposed MCLs, as well as UCMR 5 – and outline the successful public communication strategies to use to handle their potential impacts on public confidence in drinking water. We will detail what to say – and what not to say – when it comes to explaining PFAS to the press and the public, based on years of successfully managing PFAS discoveries all over the country. Instructor: Mike McGill, WaterPIO
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is sponsored by Mountainland Supply Company
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
This class was originally scheduled for Ammon, but has now been changed to Shelley.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
This webinar will provide summaries of new and pending laws from the 2024 Idaho Legislative Session and discuss how such laws may affect water system operators. Attendees will also learn and/or receive a refresher on the Idaho legislative process and how to track pending water legislation on the Idaho Legislature's website.
Instructor: Caitlin Skulan, Schroeder Law Offices CEUs: 0.1 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: Free to IRWA Members / $40 Non-Members Location: Online using Zoom
Webinar Wednesday! Understanding Online Water Quality Analyzers - Online
Selecting water quality analyzers can be a challenging process involving key decision makers, manufacturers, resellers, agencies, integrators, and consultants. Understanding the what, why, and where of the parameter you are measuring, can narrow down the selection of technologies. However, understanding operating expenses, risks associated with certain technologies, and sensor life expectancy can turn a simple request into a costly endeavor. In this presentation, we will identify key monitoring areas with the highest likely return on investment (ROI), compliance and/or environmental impacts. Within these applications, we will categorize the online water analyzers that are appropriate, their operating principles, pros and cons of each, and best installation practices. The goal of this presentation is to educate end users, integrators, decision makers, and consultants on the ever-growing market of water quality analyzers and provide some key questions to ask during the selection process.
Instructor: Brittany Baker, ABB Inc. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Available: 0.1 DW/WW Cost: Free to IRWA Members / $40 Non-Members
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
This hands-on class will cover the following: Introduction to instrumentation including temperature, level, pressure, flow, and analytical. You will learn how to understand instrumentation diagrams and prints as well learn how to connect a transmitter, tune a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller or PID loop, and use a meter to test and troubleshoot an instrument loop. This is the same teacher who taught the popular hands-on Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drive Systems class last year.
Instructor: Mike McAfee, Idaho Controls and Automation Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
Register today for Backflow Assembly Tester (BAT) Recertification Training. This will be hands-on training! Students will have the opportunity to practice on all four assembly types, troubleshoot scenarios, and ask the instructor about common challenges encountered in the field. If you pass the tests, you will earn the needed 0.8 CEUs to keep your BAT license current. The class will be held at Idaho Rural Water Association's Technical Training Center in Boise.
Instructor: Stacy Stuart, Stuart's Backflow Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.8 BAT Cost: $200
Lunch is on your own.
Very Small Water Treatment and Disinfection - Online
This 6-hour class is part of the IRWA apprenticeship program with an open invitation for others operating a Very Small Drinking Water System or needing continuing education units (CEUs) to attend. This course will be taught online using Zoom. The course covers the following:
• Drinking water treatment systems and operation including, slow sand filtration, multi-media filtration, membrane filtrations and other systems.
• Disinfection of drinking water primarily using chlorine with a brief introduction to other alternatives like ultraviolet light, ozone, etc.
NOTE: A very small operation specialist will be completing all the Idaho educational requirements for licensing by taking both the Very Small Drinking Water Treatment and Disinfection class and the Very Small Drinking Water Distribution class. (Does not include the work experience requirements as per IDAPA rules).
Instructor: Eric Seyb, Idaho Rural Water Association Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Earned: 0.6 Drinking Water and Treatment Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Mountain Time or 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time Location: Online using Zoom
Manual: The California Rural Water Association sells the "Introduction to Small Water Systems - Student Manual" for $60. This manual is not required, but would be a great resource as you take the class and work on your system. Please note if you click on the image of the book, it is taking you to the Wastewater manual. The ACR website is being difficult, so just click on the "BOOKS" menu item and then scroll down and find this manual. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Course Description: This 6-hour online class is part of the Idaho Rural Water Association Apprenticeship Program with an open invitation for others operating a Very Small Drinking Water System or needing continuing education units to attend. This course covers drinking water distribution systems and operation and maintenance of pipes, valves, storage tanks, meters, pressure reduction valves, air relief valves and more.
NOTE: A very small operation specialist will be completing all the Idaho educational requirements for licensure by taking both the Very Small Drinking Water Treatment and Disinfection class and the Very Small Drinking Water Distribution class. (Does not include the work experience requirements as per IDAPA rules).
Instructor: Eric Seyb, Idaho Rural Water Association Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Drinking Water and Distribution Cost: $120 IRWA Members/ $210 Non-Members Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Mountain Time or 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Pacific Time Location: Online using Zoom
Manual: The California Rural Water Association sells the "Introduction to Small Water Systems - Student Manual" for $60. This manual is not required, but would be a great resource as you take the class and work on your system. more info...
Every utility can benefit from an enhanced safety program. Operators face new scenarios each day, including mechanical and excavation dangers, confined space hazards, toxic gas, and more. Learn how to identify these dangers and react appropriately. Learn how to minimize risks for yourself and for your coworkers. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to bolster your utility's safety program and convince your supervisors that safety equipment is a must.
Instructor: Craig Sturman, Idaho Rural Water Association Continuing Education Units (CEUs) Available: 0.6 Water/Wastewater Cost: $120 IRWA Members / $210 Non-Members
Lunch is on your own.
