New England EFC Source Water Protection Webinar Next Week

On Thursday, October 25th from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (eastern), the New England Environmental Finance Center (EFC) is hosting a webinar entitled “Working Together to Protect Your Drinking Water Source. During the webinar, participants will hear about a model for collaboration that the EFC has been developing based on lessons learned from water utilities working with land conservation groups to protect source waters. Then, a panel of experts from the Portland Water District will share their stories about the benefits of collaboration as well as how they overcame some challenges along the way. Register for the webinar here.

 

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Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program Webinars – Today and October 25th

October 2^nd Webinar on Oregon Project: Today, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (eastern), the Healthy Watershed Consortium (HWC) Grant Program will host a webinar with The Freshwater Trust to discuss the results of their project in the John Day Basin of Oregon. The webinar is entitled, “Investing in Sustainable Agriculture for Watershed Protection,” and will share information about their efforts to build a scalable framework to target, acquire and sustainably manage agricultural lands using resources from private investors. Register for the webinar here.

October 25^th Webinar on Request for Proposals: This informational webinar on the 2019 HWC Request for Proposals is scheduled for Thursday, October 25^th from 2:00 – 3:15 pm (eastern). Up to $1.2 million is available for grants and proposals are due by February 4, 2019. The webinar will be recorded and posted to view at your convenience on the HWC website. Register for the webinar here.

EFCN Webinar on Working Together to Protect Your Drinking Water Source

On Thursday, October 25, 2018, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm (eastern), the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) will host a webinar entitled, “Working Together to Protect Your Drinking Water Source.” The webinar is part of the Smart Management for Small Water Systems program that includes a variety of partners. During the webinar, panelists will share both the successes and lessons learned from getting outside their comfort zones and forging new collaborations between water utilities, land conservation agencies and land trusts, and municipalities and counties to protect drinking water sources facing development pressure. Register for the webinar here.

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.

SWC Webinar with TPL on Decision Support Tools for Source Water Protection

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (eastern), the Source Water Collaborative (SWC) will host a free webinar with The Trust for Public Land (TPL) entitled, “Multi-Purpose Decision Support Systems for Source Water Protection Strategies.” The purpose of this webinar is to demonstrate the use of decision support tools and multi-purpose landscape analysis systems that can strengthen the ability of water suppliers to develop land protection strategies that address threats to drinking water sources. During the webinar, Fred Gifford will demonstrate various GIS-based tools that TPL has developed, explain their data layers, and describe specific applications of this information. State, interstate, tribal, and federal water programs, municipalities, water utilities, land use advocates, and technical assistance providers are encouraged to participate, along with anyone else who would like to attend. For more information and to register, GO HERE.

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.

RFP Now Open for Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program

The 2019 Request for Proposals (RFP) is now open for the Healthy Watersheds Consortium (HWC) Grant Program. The HWC is a partnership between the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, EPA, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Up to $1.2 million is available for projects that accelerate strategic protection of healthy, freshwater ecosystems and their watersheds (including drinking water watersheds) across the nation. The primary focus for proposals should be on the protection and stewardship of land in the watershed, rather than just water quality improvements. The due date for proposals is February 4, 2019. For more information, view the Request for Proposals for eligibility criteria; visit the HWC Grant Program website; and register for the informational webinar session on Wednesday, October 24, at 2:00 pm (eastern).

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 […]

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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.

EPA Webinar on Source Water Protection

On Tuesday, June 26, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm (eastern), EPA’s Office of Research and Development and Office of Water will hold a free webinar on Source Water Protection as part of the Small Systems Monthly Webinar Series. Presentations during the webinar will include:

• Source Water Protection 101 and Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS): This presentation by Kara Goodwin and Bo Williams of EPA will provide basic information about source water protection (from source water assessments to implementation and partnership building) and will showcase EPA’s DWMAPS tool, which can be used to update source water assessments and protection plans, prepare utilities for emergency situations, and support partnerships efforts.
• Collaborating for Source Water Protection: This presentation by Kim Swan of the Clackamas River Water Providers (CRWP) in Oregon will discuss how the CRWP was formed, its mission and source water protection goals, current program efforts, and the benefits of working together to jointly fund projects and studies that would otherwise be too costly to fund individually.

State primacy agencies, tribes, community planners, technical assistance providers, academia, and water systems are encouraged to attend. For more information about EPA’s Monthly Small System Webinar Series and this webinar, visit the EPA website. Register for the webinar here.