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SUMMARY:Mapping Potential Wetland Areas for Landscape and Nutrient Management Across Conterminous United States
DESCRIPTION:Advancements in Mapping Potential Wetland Areas Across the Conterminous United States – Lauren Krohmer\, EPA Office of Research and Development\n\nIncreased availability and accessibility to 10-m landcover\, topographic\, and environmental data alongside tools and computers to process these data at the continental scale support large-scale landcover modeling. EnviroAtlas researchers harnessed 17 datasets at 10-m resolution and the Random Forest algorithm to identify locations across the conterminous United States that are likely to support a wetland ecosystem based on biophysical characteristics. The associated suite of products from this research provides opportunities to highlight locations for wetland construction\, conservation\, and restoration to contribute targeted ecosystem services related to nearby threats\, including pollution from agricultural runoff and flooding. \n\nInterception of Agricultural Surface Runoff by Wetlands Across CONUS – Scott Alford\, EPA Office of Research and Development\n\nWetlands are widely valued for their effectiveness in reducing nutrient loads in surface waters\, but there is growing need for targeted wetland conservation and construction to maximize impacts on water quality management while efficiently investing resources in wetland projects. This presentation will describe efforts to identify existing and potential wetland areas that intercept agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the form of surface runoff as a means of nutrient management across the conterminous United States (CONUS). This framework represents the initial steps in developing a CONUS scale wetland prioritization tool to be used for water quality management.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/mapping-potential-wetland-areas-for-landscape-and-nutrient-management-across-conterminous-united-states/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Lead Chemistry\, Communication\, and Local Engagement
DESCRIPTION:This special extended webinar event includes talks given at the 21st Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop on September 17-19\, 2024. Presentations will include overviews of lead corrosion and release basics\, research on pipe scale sampling and analysis\, best practices for starting and maintaining corrosion control treatment\, Ohio’s lead strategy and engagement toolkit\, and the impact of Michigan’s Safe Drinking Water Act on compliance lead service line sampling and system and customer communication
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/lead-chemistry-communication-and-local-engagement/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Local Partnerships: Developing Solutions for Rapid Needs
DESCRIPTION:Working collaboratively with a variety of partners\, including EPA regions\, states\, and Tribes\, is a vital feature of ORD research and its goal to address high priority near-term community needs. Directly working with partners provides a valuable opportunity to strengthen relationships between researchers and communities. Researchers collaborated with local partners in EPA Region 6 to better understand Naegleria fowleri\, also known as brain-eating amoeba\, and its potential to contaminate splash pads. \nOver the past several years in EPA Region 6\, splash pads connected to disinfected drinking water have been at risk of contamination. Presenters will discuss their investigation into this issue\, identify best management practices\, and provide risk mitigation tools for prevention and detection of various waterborne disease outbreaks.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/local-partnerships-developing-solutions-for-rapid-needs/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:EPA Tools & Resources Webinar - Better Together: Participatory Science Resources & Opportunities at EPA
DESCRIPTION:Participatory science uses the collective strength and knowledge of the public to collect\, analyze\, and use data to answer environmental and public health questions. Participatory science is the involvement of the public in scientific research and includes a broad and inclusive array of activities. Projects answer wide ranging questions\, can engage the public in any or all steps of the scientific process\, and operate using diverse models ranging from community-led to institutionally driven. These efforts facilitate community engagement and an increase in place-based connections\, environmental stewardship\, and scientific literacy. EPA has a long history of engaging data collected by the public. In recent years\, the agency has collaborated with Tribal Nations\, state agencies\, academia\, technical support providers\, and volunteer scientists to explore effective collaborations and approaches to implementation. This webinar will explore three areas of participatory science focus at EPA: role of participatory science at EPA\, key considerations and resources available when starting a project\, and lessons learned and project spotlights.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-tools-resources-webinar-better-together-participatory-science-resources-opportunities-at-epa-date-timedec-11-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar: ECOTOX Knowledgebase and PFAS Updates
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will demonstrate EPA’s Ecotoxicology Knowledgebase (ECOTOX) tool\, which gives quick access to reliable and up-to-date information about how chemicals potentially affect ecologically relevant species. ECOTOX is a comprehensive\, publicly available knowledgebase providing single chemical environmental toxicity data for over 12\,000 chemicals and species\, including aquatic life\, terrestrial plants\, and wildlife. ECOTOX provides robust curated toxicity data for aquatic and terrestrial organisms to support ecological risk assessments\, site assessments\, criteria/benchmark development\, and other research. The knowledgebase is additionally used to aid the prioritization and assessment of chemicals. By leveraging this knowledge\, EPA remains committed to providing clear\, actionable\, and accessible information about PFAS to the public\, researchers\, and risk assessors. This presentation will include information on updates to ECOTOX data for PFAS to support hazard evaluation and development of ecological risk assessment screening values. The ECOTOX Knowledgebase Resource Hub can be accessed here.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-tools-resources-training-webinar-ecotox-knowledgebase-and-pfas-updates/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Lead Reduction Updates and Lead Service Line Identification and Replacement
DESCRIPTION:This special extended webinar event includes talks given at the EPA 21st Annual Drinking Water Workshop on September 17-19\, 2024. Presentations will include an overview of EPA regulations and programs designed to reduce lead in drinking water and current efforts to provide technical assistance for lead service line identification; a review of new technologies\, methods\, and predictive modeling tools for identifying service line materials; and an overview of sampling methods for identifying lead service lines. Q&A sessions will follow each presentation. \nInformation on the annual drinking water workshop: [epa.gov/water-research/21st-annual-epa-drinking-water-workshop-small-system-challenges-and-solutions]epa.gov/water-research/21st-annual-epa-drinking-water-workshop-small-system-challenges-and-solutions.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/lead-reduction-updates-and-lead-service-line-identification-and-replacement/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:EPA Tools & Resources Webinar: 5th National Climate Assessment - Resources and Interactive Atlas
DESCRIPTION:Released in November 2023\, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts\, risks and responses. Led by the U.S. Global Research Program (USGCRP) and its 14 member agencies\, including the US EPA\, NCA5 draws on the expertise of nearly 500 authors and 250 contributors from every state\, as well as Guam\, Puerto Rico\, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. EPA contributed to chapters on air quality\, energy\, forests\, coasts\, ecosystems\, social systems and justice\, economics\, as well as regional and response chapters and the overview. \nThis webinar will provide an introduction and overview of the 5th National Climate Assessment. It will walk through the major findings presented in the Overview chapter and provide a demonstration of how to navigate the online report and resources. It will also highlight some of the new features of NCA5\, such as Art × Climate\, which is the first art gallery to be featured in the NCA. It will guide users to resources including podcasts\, recorded webinars\, and Spanish translations of the NCA5 chapters. The webinar will also specifically highlight and demo the NCA Interactive Atlas\, which provides access to the data compiled for NCA5 and enables users to do custom analysis and mapping.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-tools-resources-webinar-5th-national-climate-assessment-resources-and-interactive-atlas/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241009T123000
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SUMMARY:EPA’s Water Security Test Bed: Critical Infrastructure Research
DESCRIPTION:Maintaining water distribution system operability during a security threat and after disasters is vital for community resilience. With 84% of the U.S. population receiving water from over 160\,000 public drinking water systems; it is imperative that emergency responders return a water system back to operation quickly and with confidence that the water is safe to drink. This presentation will discuss EPA’s first-of-its-scale Water Security Test Bed (WSTB)\, which replicates a section of a typical municipal drinking water piping system to better understand the behavior of water systems under real-world conditions. \nEPA researchers are evaluating infrastructure and premise plumbing decontamination technologies\, mobile emergency water treatment systems and research focused on radionuclides. The future vision for the WSTB focuses on prevention\, mitigation\, and quick return-to-service of distribution system operational technology hardware and software compromised by cyber attacks. Presenters will provide an overview of site capabilities\, work that has been conducted at the WSTB over the last 10 years\, and the future research vision for the next decade.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epas-water-security-test-bed-critical-infrastructure-research/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T120000
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SUMMARY:EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar: Equitable Resilience Builder
DESCRIPTION:This training webinar will demonstrate the EPA’s Equitable Resilience Builder (ERB) tool\, which incorporates local knowledge and experience into the development of a resilience\, hazard mitigation\, or climate adaptation plan. ERB is a downloadable application that supports communities in strengthening resilience to disasters and climate change. It contains a series of collaborative activities users can select from to include local voices in resilience planning via storytelling\, trauma-informed engagement\, participatory mapping\, and indicator prioritization. Presenters will guide participants through each step of applying ERB to inclusive resilience planning.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-tools-resources-training-webinar-equitable-resilience-builder/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240924T140000
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SUMMARY:PFAS: National Primary Drinking Water Regulation\, Occurrence\, Analytics\, and Risk Communications Webinar
DESCRIPTION:This special extended webinar event includes talks given at the EPA 21st Annual Drinking Water Workshop on September 17-19\, 2024. Presentations will focus on the initial monitoring requirement and analytical methods to be used under the regulation\, the use of grant funding for small and disadvantaged community treatment programs\, characterization\, and risk communication and community engagement. Q&A sessions will follow each presentation. \nInformation on the annual drinking water workshop: [epa.gov/water-research/21st-annual-epa-drinking-water-workshop-small-system-challenges-and-solutions]epa.gov/water-research/21st-annual-epa-drinking-water-workshop-small-system-challenges-and-solutions
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/pfas-national-primary-drinking-water-regulation-occurrence-analytics-and-risk-communications-webinar/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Wildfire Impacts on Water Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Over 56\,000 wildfires were reported in 2023 according to the Department of Interior’s National Interagency Fire Center. Many of these fires have destroyed countless acres of land as well as any structure on them. In August 2023\, a wildfire in Maui\, Hawai’i impacted over 2\,000 structures and is considered the deadliest United States wildfire in at least the past 100 years. Contamination of drinking water systems and premise plumbing from wildfires is an emergency concern\, especially in the Western United States. Much about wildfire-associated contamination from benzene and other hazardous materials is not well understood. Knowledge gaps complicate response and recovery actions and efforts to build water systems resilience against future wildfires. \nThis presentation will discuss EPA’s emergency response efforts to the Maui wildfires and ongoing research to further understand contamination of water infrastructure. Research topics include uptake and release of contaminants in hot and cold pipes commonly used in premise plumbing and the effects of hot gasses and smoke on drinking water pipes.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/wildfire-impacts-on-water-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T130000
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SUMMARY:Coastal Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics and A Brief Introduction to the Hypoxia Task Force
DESCRIPTION:Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force: Advancing Nutrient Reductions – Jake Greif and Whitney King\, EPA Office of Water\n\nThe Hypoxia Task Force (HTF) is a collaborative partnership of federal agencies\, states\, and Tribes in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin with the shared goal of reducing the size and extent of the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This presentation will introduce the HTF\, including its history\, Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan\, and goals. It will also describe the Gulf Hypoxia Program (GHP)\, which provides significant funding from BIL to support the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan and the actions GHP recipients are taking to engage stakeholders\, expand capacity\, and improve water quality. \n\nUSGS Long-term Monitoring: Measuring Progress Toward Nutrient Reduction Goals Set by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force – Gretchen Oelsner\, U.S. Geological Survey\n\nSince the early 2000s\, USGS has supported NOAA and the Interagency Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force collective efforts to track long-term changes in nutrient inputs to the Gulf. This presentation will focus on the long-term trends in nitrogen and phosphorus loads in rivers throughout the Mississippi-Atchafalaya watershed and to the Gulf of Mexico as a measure of progress towards the nutrient reduction targets and to describe how hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico might be linked to nutrients coming from throughout the watershed. \n\nMeasuring and Modeling Oxygen Dynamics in Coastal Ecosystems: Application of ORD’s Coastal Generalized Ecosystem Model (CGEM) – Brandon Jarvis\, EPA Office of Research and Development\n\nThe Coastal Generalized Ecosystem Model (CGEM) is a biogeochemical model designed to address eutrophication\, dissolved oxygen\, and acidification dynamics in coastal and freshwater ecosystems. This presentation will highlight CGEM’s application to the northern Gulf of Mexico\, which has demonstrated new ecological theories on hypoxia\, informed water quality governance\, and guided decision making via ensemble modeling approaches. It will also cover the development and application of a multimedia modeling framework to more effectively evaluate climate change impacts.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/coastal-dissolved-oxygen-dynamics-and-a-brief-introduction-to-the-hypoxia-task-force/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T130000
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SUMMARY:Assessing Community Vulnerabilities to Potential Contaminant Releases from Extreme Events
DESCRIPTION:Extreme events (e.g.\, excessive heat\, droughts\, floods\, wildfires) are projected to be more frequent and intense under future climate scenarios. During extreme events\, contaminated sites and waste management facilities have the potential to release contaminants and impact nearby communities. Understanding the risks to communities from potential exposures to water- and airborne contaminants underlies preparedness\, emergency response\, and mitigation planning. To better understand and communicate what is known and unknown about such risks\, EPA ORD developed indicators of environmental\, public health\, socioeconomic\, or other conditions to assess community vulnerabilities to potential contaminant releases from extreme events. The Handbook on Indicators of Community Vulnerability to Extreme Events: Considering Sites and Waste Management Facilities provides the conceptual framework and indicators approach. Join the webinar to learn more about the handbook and how to use the approach.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/assessing-community-vulnerabilities-to-potential-contaminant-releases-from-extreme-events/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240827T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240827T153000
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SUMMARY:Consolidation\, Partnerships\, and Regionalization
DESCRIPTION:Mapping the Nation’s Community Water Systems: Linking Drinking Water Data to Consumers\n\nEPA recently released a national geospatial dataset of community water system service areas. This dataset allows for the accurate linkage between drinking water providers and their associated consumers\, opening a wide range of potential applications. This presentation will cover the development of the datasetꟷincluding data collection\, machine learning methods\, and evaluationꟷand will demonstrate how to access the data and how it can be integrated into other areas of research\, such as environmental justice and health. Plans for updating this dataset going forward and strategies to improve drinking water research will also be discussed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Murray\, EPA’s Office of Research and Development \nAndrew is a geographer with EPA’s Office of Research and Development\, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response. He holds a doctorate in geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research centers around drinking water and hydrological processes with specific attention to contamination\, supply and environmental justice. Andrew conducts his research using geostatistics\, spatial analysis and machine learning\, principally using R computing language. \n\nDrinking Water Consolidation and Partnerships in California: Evolving Solutions to Achieve the Human Right to Water\n\nThe California State Water Board\, through the Safe and Affordable Funding or Equity and Resilience (SAFER) program\, harnesses a set of tools\, funding sources\, and regulatory authorities to help struggling water systems sustainably and affordably provide safe drinking water. The SAFER program uses data to identify need and guide decision making on sustainable drinking water solutions\, while direct engagement and partnership ensure solutions best meet the needs of each unique community. This presentation will discuss how data\, direct engagement\, and a breadth of experience create feasible consolidation solutions that offer the highest levels of water system sustainability and resilience. Where physical consolidation is impractical\, increased creativity is needed to include managerial consolidation\, regionally governed water districts\, formal partnerships\, and more. \n\nChad Fischer\, California State Water Resources Control Board \nChad is a supervising engineer at California’s State Water Resources Control Board\, Division of Drinking Water\, where he leads the effort on SAFER (Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience). SAFER provides resources to and partners with communities and schools struggling to provide a reliable source of safe and affordable drinking water. Chad holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a California Professional Chemical Engineer license. In his spare time\, Chad enjoys hiking and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountain range\, especially when he can convince his two teenage boys to join him.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/consolidation-partnerships-and-regionalization/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240731T120000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change: Nutrient & Sediment Impacts
DESCRIPTION:Role of Climate and Nutrient Inputs in Influencing Riverine and Coastal Nutrient Loads – Robert Sabo\, EPA Office of Research and Development\n\nLeveraging some of the best-available empirical nitrogen and phosphorus input-output budget information and environmental and climate datasets\, researchers at EPA and their collaborators are developing powerful deep learning models to explain the spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution to waterways across the U.S. This presentation will cover the development of this modeling work\, including how these models will help identify likely drivers of water quality improvement and degradation since the 1990s and highlight what local factors (e.g.\, soil characteristics\, climate) enhance or diminish the loss of nutrients to waterways. In addition\, these predictive models will be used to evaluate the sensitivity of watershed nutrient loss to shifts in precipitation and increases in temperature due to projected changes in climate in the coming decades. \n  \n\nAssessment of Chesapeake Climate Change Using A Suite of Atmospheric\, Land Use\, Watershed\, and Estuarine\, Models – Lewis Linker\, EPA Region 3 Chesapeake Bay Program Office\n\nThis presentation will cover a comprehensive analysis of climate change in the Chesapeake watershed and tidal waters using an integrated suite of land use\, airshed\, watershed\, and estuarine models.  The analysis supports the historic 2010 Chesapeake Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)\, the largest and most complex in the nation\, in offsetting current and future climate impacts by quantifying its impairments.  The analysis looked at 23 separable elements of climate change\, such as changes in atmospheric deposition of nitrogen\, nutrient speciation\, tidal wetland loss to sea level rise\, and others\, with a quantification of the impact of change climate conditions on many of the separate elements.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/climate-change-nutrient-sediment-impacts/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240725T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240725T090000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240703T155412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240703T155412Z
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SUMMARY:PFAS in “Real World” Samples
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Marina Evich and Anna Robuck\, EPA ORD Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling \nThe complexity of environmental exposures can be difficult to adequately capture in laboratory settings\, necessitating the analysis of ‘real world’ samples for many contaminants including legacy and novel PFAS. Following large scale historic contamination spanning decades in New Jersey\, multiple environmental media\, including soil\, sediment\, water\, and biota\, were collected and analyzed using high resolution mass spectrometry\, providing a more accurate understanding of the occurrence and behavior of novel\, understudied\, and legacy PFAS in interconnected environmental matrices.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/pfas-in-real-world-samples/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240710T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240710T120000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240701T204340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T204340Z
UID:10000060-1720609200-1720612800@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Clean Water Access During Emergencies
DESCRIPTION:Following an emergency event\, communities need access to clean water for drinking\, cooking\, cleaning\, showering\, laundry\, and medical triage. EPA partnered with WaterStep to develop a modular\, mobile water treatment system known as Water on Wheels – Emergency Mobile Water Treatment System (WOW Cart). The WOW Cart has deployed in response to hurricanes\, tornadoes\, multi-county flooding\, and decontamination of dam and levee pressure relief wells. Additionally\, WOW Carts were sent to Ukraine\, multiple state prisons to improve sustainability\, ruggedized for military specifications including arctic conditions\, and provide remote monitoring data transmission. \nThis webinar will present proposed capability expansion of WOW Cart to address the removal of heavy metals\, brackish water\, and pre-treat extremely poor raw water sources. It will discuss future deployments to integrate the WOW Cart into a packaged greywater reuse system and for use at fire fighting camps. Dave Carney\, with Kentucky’s Healthcare Coalitions\, will discuss the integration of the WOW Cart into their Emergency Response Plan and the use of the ‘Lily Pad Concept’ to pre-deploy multiple WOW Carts across the State.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/clean-water-access-during-emergencies/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240717T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240717T133000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240627T184620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240627T184620Z
UID:10000059-1721217600-1721223000@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Temperature\, Precipitation\, & More: Datasets for Comprehensive Analysis of Local Climate Change Impacts
DESCRIPTION:EPA’s Dynamically Downscaled Ensemble (EDDE) is a collection of complex 3D physics-based models reflecting the potential changes over time to weather\, extreme events\, and regional climate across much of North America out to the year 2100. EDDE includes data that are driven by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios and global-scale models. The regional datasets within EDDE are created using state-of-the-science numerical models that consider the physical interactions of the atmosphere\, soil\, and water. The output in EDDE is archived at the regional model’s spatial scale and at hourly increments over historical and future periods that span multiple decades. These data were prepared by EPA to support assessment\, adaptation\, and resilience activities to protect human health and the environment. This webinar will discuss EDDE Version 1 data availability\, as well as the design and release timeline of EDDE Version 2.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/temperature-precipitation-more-datasets-for-comprehensive-analysis-of-local-climate-change-impacts/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240716T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240716T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240611T181204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T181204Z
UID:10000053-1721131200-1721134800@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Understanding Extreme Weather Events: Impacts of Extreme Precipitation and the Urban Heat Island
DESCRIPTION:EPA ORD Air\, Climate\, & Energy Research Webinar – Understanding Extreme Weather Events: Impacts of Extreme Precipitation and the Urban Heat Island. Moderator: Sherri Hunt\, EPA’s Office of Research and Development.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/understanding-extreme-weather-events-impacts-of-extreme-precipitation-and-the-urban-heat-island/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240625T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240625T123000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240611T180701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T180701Z
UID:10000052-1719313200-1719318600@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Small Drinking Water Systems: Inorganics Treatment: Arsenic and Nitrate
DESCRIPTION:1. Biological Nitrate Treatment: Innovations and Challenges\nThis presentation will focus on a biological nitrate treatment pilot study conducted at a water treatment plant. The study used an innovative denitrification system and nitrogen gas sparging to lower dissolved oxygen concentration\, and it sometimes achieved complete denitrification. This discussion will also focus on the challenges of matching the acetic acid feed to a variable influent nitrate concentration and addressing clogging by bacterial flocs. The treatment approach showed promise; however\, reactor design enhancements are needed to bring this technology to small systems. Asher Keithley\, EPA Office of Research and Development. \n2. Arsenic Refresher\nThis presentation will provide an overview of arsenic chemistry and treatment considerations. Arsenic accumulation in the distribution system and potential release back to the water will also be discussed\, based on retrospective data analysis from EPA’s arsenic demonstration program. Simoni Triantafyllidou\, EPA Office of Research and Development \n3. An Arsenic Case Study in California: Oasis Mobile Home Park\nThis presentation will provide an overview of EPA Region 9’s enforcement case with Oasis Mobile Home Park for violation of the Arsenic Rule. Key topics will include environmental justice\, enforcement\, technical conditions\, and community and stakeholder engagement. The unique challenges and successes of trying to bring a small public water system back into compliance will also be discussed. Maria Alberty\, EPA Region 9 \nPresenter Bios
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/small-drinking-water-systems-inorganics-treatment-arsenic-and-nitrate/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240611T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240603T190128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T190128Z
UID:10000050-1718107200-1718110800@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Cumulative Impacts: How Potential Flood Exposures\, Resource Access\, and Social Vulnerability Affect Resilience Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will cover geospatial model development and model applications in cumulative impacts research. The presentation will discuss the basic concepts and data that drive the models\, as well as case studies that illustrate their utility in decision-making\, goal setting and goal tracking. The research is grounded in environmental justice and resilience frameworks and is meant to connect local disparities to broader resilience outcomes\, with a focus on delivering information at multiple geographic scales. ​
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/cumulative-impacts-how-potential-flood-exposures-resource-access-and-social-vulnerability-affect-resilience-outcomes/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240429T175602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240429T175602Z
UID:10000047-1715774400-1715778000@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Prescribed Burning and Smoke Management Planning
DESCRIPTION:Prescribed burning is the deliberate and careful control of fires to help prevent more destructive fires or to kill off unwanted plants that compete with commercial species for plant nutrients. This webinar will focus on a prescribed burning case study in Flint Hills\, Kansas. This ecoregion is an economically and ecologically important area encompassing the largest tallgrass prairie ecosystem in North America. Prescribed fires are used annually to control invasive woody species and improve forage production for the multi-billion-dollar beef-cattle industry. However\, burning releases harmful pollutants that can contribute to air quality problems for communities across a multi-state area near the burning site. \nEPA ORD\, EPA Region 7\, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment\, and Kansas State University collaborated to use EPA’s VELMA model to synthesize long-term experimental data to describe the combined effects of climate\, fire\, grazing\, topography\, and soil moisture and nutrients on tallgrass prairie productivity and fuel loads. VELMA\, the Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments Model\, is a tool designed to model effective decisions for a wide array of environmental issues. It is a spatially explicit ecohydrological watershed model that planners can use to visualize the effects of their decisions. \nResults provide (1) timely air quality and “to burn or not to burn” advisories during the Flint Hills prescribed burning season\, and (2) technical support for exploring tallgrass prairie management options for balancing air quality\, tallgrass prairie sustainability\, and associated economic and health benefits for Flint Hills and downwind communities. This work is just one example of VELMA’s applicability for informing prescribed fire best practices across ecoregions – another is EPA’s 2021 publication describing a multi-model effort to compare environmental and health impacts of prescribed fire versus wildfire in western US forest lands.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/prescribed-burning-and-smoke-management-planning/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T170000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240429T175341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240429T175341Z
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SUMMARY:Contaminant Fate in Wastewater Systems/Treatment Plants and Aerosolization
DESCRIPTION:EPA’s Office of Research and Development hosts this webinar series to share current research activities and results. This webinar series covers the latest information on research supporting EPA’s response to chemical\, biological\, and radiological incidents\, as well as natural disasters. This forum allows EPA to communicate directly with partners and stakeholders to foster collaboration and dissemination of information.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/contaminant-fate-in-wastewater-systems-treatment-plants-and-aerosolization/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T123000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240410T195147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T195147Z
UID:10000043-1714474800-1714480200@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:EPA Small Drinking Water Systems Webinar: PFAS Drinking Water Regulation and Treatment Methods
DESCRIPTION:1. Overview of EPA’s Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation\nThis presentation will provide an overview of the final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation\, including the key regulatory requirements and timing for water systems and drinking water primacy agencies to comply with these requirements\, background on the regulation development\, and funding information to support rule implementation. Presenter: Ashley Greene\, EPA’s Office of Water \n2. Removal of PFAS Compounds from Drinking Water: Fundamentals and Applications\nThis presentation will focus on the three treatment processes designated as best available technologies for PFAS removal from drinking water: granular activated carbon (GAC)\, ion exchange (IX)\, and membranes (NF/RO). There will be a brief discussion on the fundamentals of each process followed by basic considerations of process selection\, process design\, and costing. Presenter: Nicholas Dugan\, EPA’s Office of Research and Development
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-small-drinking-water-systems-webinar-pfas-drinking-water-regulation-and-treatment-methods/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240423T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240423T123000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240410T194912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T194912Z
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SUMMARY:Drinking Water Professional Community Webinar on EPA's Final PFAS NPDWR
DESCRIPTION:EPA is hosting an informational webinar specifically for the drinking water professional community on April 23\, 2024 about EPA’s recently finalized Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR). During the webinar\, EPA will provide information and an overview of the final PFAS NPDWR\, including the regulation’s requirements and implementation timeline. \nThe webinar will be informational only. To view the final NPDWR and for more supporting information\, please see EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas. \nRegistration for the webinar is required. Translations and disability access support can be requested during webinar registration. If you are unable to attend the webinar\, a recording and the presentation material will be made available following the webinar on EPA’s PFAS drinking water rule website at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas. For webinar registration issues\, logistical questions\, or if you experience any technical difficulties during the public webinar\, please contact pfasmeetingsupport@cadmusgroup.com. For all other questions\, related to the public webinar\, please contact PFASNPDWR@epa.gov. \nPlease note that EPA is hosting two other similar informational webinars on the final PFAS NPDWR. One is intended for communities on April 16th\, 2024\, and the other is on April 30\, 2024\, and intended for small drinking water systems as part of EPA’s Small Systems Webinar Series \n(https://www.epa.gov/water-research/small-drinking-water-systems-webinar-series). As much of the webinar presentation information will be similar and due to capacity limitations\, EPA requests that registrants only register for one of the three webinars. The webinar recordings and presentation materials will be made available following the webinars on EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website. For registration information on all the webinars please see EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website. \nBackground Information: \nIn 2021\, EPA released the PFAS Strategic Roadmap (https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024) laying out an approach to addressing PFAS across the Agency. Establishing an NPDWR for PFAS is a key action in the Roadmap. More information about the final PFAS drinking water regulation is available at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/drinking-water-professional-community-webinar-on-epas-final-pfas-npdwr/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240416T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240416T120000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240410T194722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T194722Z
UID:10000041-1713265200-1713268800@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:General Public Webinar on EPA's Final PFAS NPDWR
DESCRIPTION:EPA is hosting an informational webinar for communities on April 16\, 2024 about EPA’s recently finalized Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR). During the webinar\, EPA will provide information and an overview of the final PFAS NPDWR\, including the regulation’s requirements and implementation timeline. \nThe webinar will be informational only. To view the final NPDWR and for more supporting information\, please see EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas. \nRegistration for the webinar is required. Translations and disability access support can be requested during webinar registration. If you are unable to attend the webinar\, a recording and the presentation material will be made available following the webinar on EPA’s PFAS drinking water rule website at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas. For webinar registration issues\, logistical questions\, or if you experience any technical difficulties during the public webinar\, please contact pfasmeetingsupport@cadmusgroup.com. For all other questions\, related to the public webinar\, please contact PFASNPDWR@epa.gov. \nPlease note that EPA is hosting two other similar informational webinars on the final PFAS NPDWR. One is intended for the drinking water professional community on April 23\, 2024\, and the other is on April 30\, 2024\, and intended for small drinking water systems as part of EPA’s Small System \nWebinar Series (https://www.epa.gov/water-research/small-drinking-water-systems-webinar-series). As much of the webinar presentation information will be similar and due to capacity limitations\, EPA requests that registrants only register for one of the three webinars. The webinar recordings and presentation materials will be made available following the webinars on EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website. For registration information on all three webinars please see EPA’s PFAS NPDWR website. \nBackground Information: \nIn 2021\, EPA released the PFAS Strategic Roadmap (https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024) laying out an approach to addressing PFAS across the Agency. Establishing an NPDWR for PFAS is a key action in the Roadmap. More information about the final PFAS drinking water regulation is available at: https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/general-public-webinar-on-epas-final-pfas-npdwr/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240213T153000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240213T221340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T221340Z
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SUMMARY:Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance
DESCRIPTION:1: EPA Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance\nMelanie Bolden and Holly Young\, EPA Office of Water \nDeveloping a lead service line (LSL) inventory and identifying the location of LSLs is the first step for beginning LSL replacement and protecting public health. The purpose of this presentation is to walk through the EPA’s Guidance for Developing and Maintaining a Lead Service Line Inventory. The guidance provides support for the service line inventory requirements according to the 2021 Lead & Copper Rule Revisions\, referred to as LCRR. \n2: Colorado Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance\nMelanie Criswell and Haley Orahood\, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment \nThis presentation will cover Colorado’s initial service line inventory guidance policy\, which builds on EPA’s LSL inventories guidance document. Colorado water systems requested a policy to formalize requirements and expectations related to issues such as calling galvanized lines non-lead\, statistical modeling\, and non-lead cutoff dates. Colorado will discuss some of state specific policy decisions on the initial service line inventory and potential Lead and Copper Rule Improvements impacts.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/lead-service-line-inventory-guidance/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240220T160000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100435
CREATED:20240213T221203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T221203Z
UID:10000034-1708441200-1708444800@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires: Phase II Challenge Winners
DESCRIPTION:Exposure to PM2.5\, an air pollutant from wildfire smoke and other sources\, can be harmful to lung and heart health\, especially for those with pre-existing health conditions. Recommended responses to reduce smoke exposure during wildfires include staying indoors with tightly sealed doors and windows and utilizing air filtration systems. \nGiven that current indoor air filtration technologies have limitations that prevent widespread use\, EPA and its federal\, state\, local\, and tribal partners held a Challenge to encourage the development of prototypes for novel\, effective\, low-cost technologies to reduce indoor PM2.5 concentrations and protect public health during wildfire smoke events.​ \nWinners will share their innovative prototypes for low-cost solutions that safely reduce indoor fine particulate matter during periods when outdoor PM2.5 concentrations are high. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions during a fifteen-minute Q&A session following presentations.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/cleaner-indoor-air-during-wildfires-phase-ii-challenge-winners/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T160000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100436
CREATED:20240213T221020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T221020Z
UID:10000033-1710255600-1710259200@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:Social Systems and Justice in the Fifth National Climate Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Climate change impacts our health\, environment\, and economy\, with differentiated effects on communities and peoples around the United States and the globe. Human activities have been the dominant driver of climate change and it is inextricably tied to a history of human development and decision-making from individuals to organizations to entire societies. For these reasons\, we cannot fully understand or respond to current or future changes in climate without understanding the history of human organization – that is\, without understanding the social systems that influence these climactic changes. \nThis webinar shares findings from the Fifth National Climate Assessment’s Social Systems and Justice chapter. This is the first-ever chapter to address whether and how the actions taken to create\, mitigate\, or adapt to climate change are expected to produce just or unjust outcomes. This webinar will review the chapter’s three key messages: social systems are changing the climate and distributing its impacts inequitably; social systems structure how people perceive and communicate about climate change; and climate justice is possible if processes like migration and energy transitions are equitable. It will also discuss related materials from the report’s sectoral and regional chapters.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/social-systems-and-justice-in-the-fifth-national-climate-assessment/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T130000
DTSTAMP:20260608T100436
CREATED:20231011T003305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T003551Z
UID:10000022-1697112000-1697115600@waterprogramportal.org
SUMMARY:EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar: Computational Toxicology and Exposure Online Tools
DESCRIPTION:EPA’s Safer Chemicals research produces a variety of computational tools to assist users in decision-making\, researching\, and evaluating chemicals for potential health and environmental effects. These tools offer a wealth of chemistry\, toxicity\, and exposure data that is publicly accessible. This webinar will provide an overview of some of these tools available including the CompTox Chemicals Dashboard\, ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase (ECOTOX KB)\, Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS) and more. \n  \nRegister for the ECOTOX/SeqAPass/Dashboard training webinar.
URL:https://waterprogramportal.org/event/epa-tools-resources-training-webinar-computational-toxicology-and-exposure-online-tools/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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