PFAS - How Big of a Deal is it Really? 7 Habits of Effective PFAS Sources Tracker - Live Webinar
Recorded On: 04/04/2024
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Non-Member fee: $53.00
1.8 Contact Hours towards CWEA Certifications: ECI
7Habits of Effective Source Tracking
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are ubiquitous, including detectable amounts typically in the parts per trillion (ppt) range in wastewater effluent and parts per billion (ppb) range in solids. The US EPA plans to publish ambient water quality human-health-based criteria for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) by Fall 2024. The EPA also plans to finalize their risk assessment for PFOA and PFOS in biosolids by Winter 2024.
Tracking down and mitigating these sources would be the first step in proactively minimizing or eliminating these chemicals and complying with upcoming regulatory provisions. Source control would be more cost-effective and environmentally just approach than treatment. This talk will discuss the risks to treatment plants in having to mitigate and comply with PFAS standards and outlines guidance that was developed as part of the Water Research Foundation (WRF) Project #5082: Investigation of Alternative Management Strategies to Prevent PFAS from Entering Drinking Water Supplies and Wastewater to help utilities track PFAS sources.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the following:
Identify appropriate lab methods for PFAS sampling.
Build a PFAS monitoring and source control plan for their wastewater utility.
Mary Kate Forkan
Professional Scientist
Carollo
Mary Kate Forkan is a pretreatment service lead at Carollo Engineers, member of the NACWA Pretreatment Pollution & Prevention Committee, and the CA-NV AWWA PFAS workgroup. Her area of expertise is in pretreatment, potable reuse, and permitting. Mary Kate received her BS in geosciences from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX and her MS in hydrogeology at the University of Nevada Reno. She is registered as a Geologist in Training (GIT) in the state of California.
John Shaffer
CEO/Principal
EEC Environmental
John Shaffer is the CEO and Principal Chemist for EEC Environmental (EEC). John has been providing pretreatment consulting services to POTWs and industries for over 30 years, with a particular emphasis on emerging pollutants. He specializes in all things related to industrial wastewater such as pretreatment program development, pretreatment system design, and local limits development. EEC is working on multiple PFAS wastewater and drinking water projects including treatment and sampling studies. John presented on PFAS at the 2024 CWEA P3S Workshop and the 2023 NACWA Pretreatment Workshop.
Kyle Thompson, PhD, PE
Reuse Lead Technologist / National PFAS Lead
Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Kyle Thompson is National PFAS Lead and a Reuse Lead Technologist at Carollo Engineers. His areas of expertise include PFAS, potable reuse, and machine learning. Kyle received his BS in environmental engineering in 2013 from Missouri University of Science & Technology as valedictorian and with honors. He received a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Kyle previously worked as postdoctoral researcher at the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Kyle is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Nevada.
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