Don’t Forget to Register for the ASDWA – USGS Webinar on Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (eastern), ASDWA will host a webinar with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) entitled, “Understanding Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water:  Raw, Treated, and Tap Water.” The webinar will be presented in three segments to address key issues and questions of drinking water quality. The segments include:

• The USGS groundwater quality assessments in 11 principal drinking water aquifers across the US.
• The EPA and USGS collaborative effort to provide a more robust dataset on a wide range of chemical and microbial contaminants present in source and treated waters, along with a case example from a participating water utility in Massachusetts.
• The USGS partnership effort to quantify tap water exposure pathways in public and private water supplies.

For more information and to register for the webinar, visit ASDWA’s website.

ASDWA – USGS Webinar on Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water

On September 5, 2018, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (eastern), ASDWA will host a webinar with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) entitled, “Understanding Chemical and Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water:  Raw, Treated, and Tap Water.” The webinar will be presented in three segments to address key issues and questions of drinking water quality. The segments include:

1. The USGS groundwater quality assessments in 11 principal drinking water aquifers across the US.
2. The EPA and USGS collaborative effort to provide a more robust dataset on a wide range of chemical and microbial contaminants present in source and treated waters, along with a case example from a participating water utility in Massachusetts.
3. The USGS partnership effort to quantify tap water exposure pathways in public and private water supplies.

For more information and to register for the webinar, visit ASDWA’s website.

Updated USGS Ground Water Quality Mapper

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Program has updated its interactive web tool that maps decadal changes in groundwater quality across the nation. The web tool, Decadal Change in Groundwater Quality, now includes more groundwater well networks and data analyzed over a longer time span. In the update, groundwater quality data were added for an additional 218 wells in 6 well networks, increasing the number of wells to 1,718 and the number of well networks to 73.  Additionally, data for 14 well networks resampled during 2012–14 were incorporated, allowing the user to visualize changes across three roughly decadal sampling events for those networks since the 1990s.

Users of the web tool can easily visualize changes in both inorganic and organic constituent concentrations in groundwater, including chloride, nitrate, several pesticides, and some drinking-water disinfection byproducts. The website also includes a description of the methods used to evaluate changes in groundwater quality and a link to the complete set of data. For additional information on the groundwater-quality web tool, or for data and methods used, contact Bruce Lindsey (blindsey@usgs.gov).

EPA WSD Water Quality Data Analysis Webinar — ASDWA’s Security Notes

Our colleagues in EPA’s Water Security Division (WSD) are hosting a webinar – Analysis of Online Water Quality Data – next month. DATE: August 14, 2018 TIME: 1:00-2:00PM (eastern) REGISTER: Click here The first half of this webinar will describe methods for conducting an exploratory analysis of historical water quality data collected from a water […]

via EPA WSD Water Quality Data Analysis Webinar — ASDWA’s Security Notes

July 2nd ASDWA Webinar with USGS on Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water

On Monday, July 2nd from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (eastern), ASDWA will host its second free webinar in our series with USGS scientists entitled, “Cyanotoxins – Advancing Drinking Water Science to Protect Human Health.” This webinar will focus on cyanotoxin occurrence and potential exposures in the Nation’s surface water resources. Tools that are being developed and used to quantify changing water quality conditions that may affect drinking water treatment processes and potential for cyanotoxin exposure also will be described. Information will be presented from the perspective of USGS scientists and the Ohio EPA to demonstrate how converging lines of evidence can be used to better understand and be prepared for cyanobacteria-related events. State drinking water program personnel are encouraged to attend, along with anyone else who is interested and would like to participate. For more information and to register, GO HERE.

Don’t Forget to Register for Next Week’s ASDWA Webinar on 1,4-Dioxane

ASDWA is pleased to announce a free webinar on Tuesday, June 5th from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (eastern) entitled, “State Efforts to Assess and Address 1,4-Dioxane through Drinking Water, Ground Water, and Clean Water Programs.” The purpose of the webinar is to share information about state efforts to assess and address 1,4-dioxane, an unregulated contaminant that is causing states and water utilities to become increasingly concerned about potential health impacts from elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane in both groundwater and surface water drinking water sources. The webinar presenters are Brandon Kernen from the State of New Hampshire and Rebecca Sadosky from the State of North Carolina. This webinar also builds on the efforts of ASDWA, the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA), the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), and EPA to share and promote Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act (CWA-SDWA) coordination activities across state and EPA water programs. State, interstate, tribal, and federal water programs, water utilities, and technical assistance providers are encouraged to attend, along with anyone else who would like to participate. REGISTER HERE.

EPA Nonpoint Source Measures Report for Hypoxia Task Force States

EPA has published its “Progress Report on Coordination for Nonpoint Source Measures in Hypoxia Task Force States” that provides a summary of nutrient reduction measures among member states. The report was developed by the Hypoxia Task Force Nonpoint Source Workgroup and focuses on the coordinated effort to account for nonpoint source (NPS) changes, primarily agricultural, that influence nutrient loading from a variety of methods. This effort provides additional critical metrics for tracking and informing progress towards reducing nutrients to the Gulf of Mexico that complements other historical aspects of tracking nutrient loading, including Mississippi River and tributary water quality monitoring and tracking point source metrics. For more information and to read the report, visit the website.

ASDWA Webinar on 1,4-Dioxane for State Drinking Water, Ground Water, and Clean Water Programs

ASDWA is pleased to announce a free webinar on Tuesday, June 5th from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (eastern) entitled, “State Efforts to Assess and Address 1,4-Dioxane through Drinking Water, Ground Water, and Clean Water Programs.” The purpose of the webinar is to share information about state efforts to assess and address 1,4-dioxane, an unregulated contaminant that is causing states and water utilities to become increasingly concerned about potential health impacts from elevated levels of 1,4-dioxane in both groundwater and surface water drinking water sources. The webinar presenters are Brandon Kernen from the State of New Hampshire and Rebecca Sadosky from the State of North Carolina. This webinar also builds on the efforts of ASDWA, the Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA), the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), and EPA to share and promote Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act (CWA-SDWA) coordination activities across state and EPA water programs. State, interstate, tribal, and federal water programs, water utilities, and technical assistance providers are encouraged to attend, along with anyone else who would like to participate. REGISTER HERE.

Submit Your Abstracts for ASDWA’s Annual Conference!

Please submit your abstract for ASDWA’s 2018 Annual Conference.  This year’s conference will be held October 22-25, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa.  Approximately 250 participants from state and territorial drinking water programs, EPA and other Federal agencies, drinking water associations, consulting firms, and industry groups are expected to attend.  Presentation themes may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Source water protection and sustainability
• Clean Water Act/SDWA connections, nutrient pollution, and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
• Emerging contaminants – PFAS & 1,4-dioxane
• Drinking water emergency preparedness, resiliency, and cybersecurity strategies and tools
• SDWA implementation approaches and strategies including collaborations and partnerships
• DW SRF tools and techniques
• Small systems: TMF, sustainability strategies, technologies, and compliance
• Workforce, operator certification, and/or technical assistance initiatives
• Data management, electronic reporting, and SDWIS Prime
• Lead service line replacement; lead testing in schools
• Distribution system water quality
• Emerging drinking water treatment technologies and optimization
• Drinking water research
• Risk assessment, risk communication, and consumer outreach

When reviewing proposals, ASDWA will give priority to those received from state drinking water program administrators and their staff.

Instructions for Submissions

You may submit an abstract online using ASDWA’s Call for Papers Submission Form.

Alternatively, you may submit a one-page abstract with the proposed presentation title, and the name, title, affiliation, and contact information for the speaker to Deirdre Mason of ASDWA at dmason@asdwa.org.

The deadline for submissions is June 8, 2018.

Next Week! – ASDWA Webinar on USGS Drinking Water-Related Research, Data, and Tools

ASDWA will host a free webinar on Tuesday, April 24^th from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (eastern) entitled, “USGS Drinking Water-Related Research, Data, and Tools.” This is the first in a series of ASDWA webinars where USGS scientists will share data and information relevant to state drinking water programs and stakeholders. This first webinar will provide a broad overview of high-visibility efforts related to monitoring, data, modeling, tools, and products from the USGS National Water Quality Program and the Toxic Substances Hydrology and Contaminant Biology Programs. Subsequent webinars will dig deeper into specific drinking water-related topics. State drinking water program personnel are encouraged to attend, along with anyone else who is interested and would like to participate. For more information and to register, GO HERE.