Presenter: Will Shaffer, PE, Project Engineer, EEC Environmental 

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Register for Part 2 here: Creating a Communications Campaign to Influence Your Audience

Presenters: Sarah Diefendorf, Director and Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Senior Associate, The Capacity Collaborative

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Register for Part One here: Developing a Persona to Reach Your Audience

Presenters: Sarah Diefendorf, Director and Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Senior Associate, The Capacity Collaborative

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Learning Objectives:

• Goals and characteristics of onsite wastewater management
• Factors affecting onsite system design and installation
• Effects of poorly functioning onsite systems on groundwater
• Percolation test significance and treatment effectiveness
• Contrasts between onsite and centralized treatment
• Regulations and standards for onsite systems

Presenter: Gregory Pearson, Water & Wastewater Trainer, Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center at Michigan Technological University

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Wastewater and water operators, public works employees, utility board members, tribal government officials, city officials, and engineers involved in onsite wastewater permitting, design, installation, operation, maintenance, and program management.
• Individual homeowners with onsite wastewater systems may also benefit from the concepts covered in this presentation.

Partners: 

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• Use F:M ratios and MCRTs to evaluate plant performance
• Calculate Mean Cell Residence Times (MRCTs) given plant information
• Calculate F:M ratios given plant information
• Describe the path of wastewater as it flows through the treatment process and the fate of wastewater solids
• Calculate basin volumes, flow rates, and concentrations
• Explain how BOD is converted to microorganisms and inert materials in the wastewater treatment process

Presenter: Gregory Pearson, Water & Wastewater Trainer, Great Lakes Environmental Infrastructure Center at Michigan Technological University

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Join us for this 10-part webinar series focused on the financial, managerial, and technical aspects of green infrastructure. Experienced practitioners, policy and funding experts, as well as academics, will discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the implementation of green infrastructure. These informative sessions will be offered quarterly, from 2024 to 2026, with dates still being determined

Series Host: Shannon Pepper, Research Scientist, Southwest Environmental Finance Center

April 18, 2024 | Session 1 | Green Infrastructure 101

Description: Green Infrastructure (GI) is critical to addressing urgent and interrelated water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure challenges. GI has not, however, been widely adapted in U.S. municipalities — particularly in small, rural, and tribal communities — due to political barriers, misconceptions, and lack of knowledge or resources to successfully implement GI. In this introductory webinar, we will kick off our 10-part series with an overview of basic GI concepts, terminology, and funding sources; as well as challenges and opportunities facing communities and practitioners in the field of GI.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a basic understanding of what Green Infrastructure is and what it does for water quality and public health; particularly in rural, small, and tribal communities.
• Understand what the Green Infrastructure Webinar Series can offer: resources, deep dives into topics concerning GI and its implementation, a forum for cross-disciplinary discussion and partnerships.
• Identify some basic challenges and opportunities currently facing practitioners in the implementation of GI.

Guest Speakers: Sarah Hurteau, Principal Ecologist, Integrated Biological Solutions & Co-Founder, Arid LID Coalition; and Amy Bell, PLA, ASLA, Principal Landscape Architect, Groundwork Studio

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

We invite rural, small, and tribal wastewater personnel, as well as planners, landscape architects, architects, consultants, engineers, designers, managers and board members, elected officials, policy experts, citizens, and community groups to join us for this series. We hope to build a community of systems, municipalities, and individuals interested in participating in a wide-ranging conversation about green infrastructure.

Partners: 

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Description: Treatment, treatment, treatment!  In our PFAS Today, Tomorrow, and Forever webinar series, we’ve been exploring the upcoming PFAS regulations and sampling methods. Now it’s time to talk about treatment. Luckily, mature and robust treatment technologies are available to remove PFAS from water and wastewater. But which option is right for you? In this webinar, we will explore the various options for PFAS treatment in water and wastewater systems, the pros and cons of each, and a look into how to manage residuals. Join us for another session in our PFAS Today, Tomorrow, and Forever series followed by a half an hour for Q&A.

Presenter: Will Shaffer, PE, Project Engineer, EEC Environmental 

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems

Partners: 

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Description: PFAS regulations are coming fast and furious. So which regulations apply to me and why should I care? In this webinar, we’ll explore where PFAS is found in the environment (water, wastewater), the current analytical methods to detect PFAS, how to plan for sampling or characterization programs, and what to do if you detect PFAS in your water and/or wastewater systems. We’ll discuss the current and future regulations that may apply, and how to prepare for complying with those regulations. A particular focus will be given to small and large wastewater collection and treatment systems. Join us for another session in our PFAS Today, Tomorrow, and Forever series followed by a half an hour for Q&A.

Presenter: Will Shaffer, PE, Project Engineer, EEC Environmental 

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people, or wastewater systems with an average daily flow of less than 1 million gallons
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water and wastewater systems

Partners: 

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In this webinar, we will discuss the approach of asset management and reliability. Focusing on a basic level of understanding of concepts and how they apply to water utilities, this webinar will demonstrate the value potential of approaching maintenance differently.

It is possible to improve your strategy, mitigate risk, improve safety, lower costs, and improve the quality of life of operators and maintainers simultaneously. The implementation of asset management, maintenance, and reliability best practices results in a more reliable operation.

Presenter: George Williams, Founder and CEO, ReliabilityX

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems, both large and small
• Decision-makers for water and wastewater utilities, including mayors, finance officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Operations and maintenance staff responsible for the reliable operation of the utility

Partners: 

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Description: The EPA expects to finalize PFAS MCLs in “early 2024”. That could be any day now! Join us for an in-depth exploration into the EPA’s proposed PFAS MCLs for six PFAS constituents. We’ll analyze UCMR5 testing results, shedding light on the potential impact on small and large public water systems (PWS) across the United States. Lastly, we will explore the regulatory timeline and requirements that PWS will face once the MCLs are finalized, and discuss how to prepare for the additional requirements and challenges that systems will face.

Presenter: Will Shaffer, PE, Project Engineer, EEC Environmental 

Certificate: This webinar has NOT been submitted for continuing education credit approval. We can provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

Who Should Attend:

• Managers, owners, and operators of water systems serving less than 10,000 people
• Decision-makers for water utilities, including mayors, financial officers, utility managers, public works directors, city councilors, board members, tribal council members, and clerks
• Consultants and technical assistance providers serving water systems

Partners: 

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