Wildfire Impacts on Water Infrastructure

Virtual

This 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.

U.S. Hydropower Supply Chain: Gaps and Potential Remedies

Virtual

Join Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and experts from the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), other government agencies, and the hydropower industry to explore gaps facing the U.S. hydropower supply chain along with potential remedies.

Water Week 2024

Virtual

World Water Week 2024 is centered on water cooperation, for peace and security in its broadest sense.

U.S. Hydropower Supply Chain: Gaps and Potential Remedies

Virtual

Join Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and experts from the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), other government agencies, and the hydropower industry to explore gaps facing the U.S. hydropower supply chain along with potential remedies.

Climate Change: Nutrient & Sediment Impacts

Virtual

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.

PFAS in “Real World” Samples

Virtual

The 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.

Clean Water Access During Emergencies

Virtual

This 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.