Status of Regulations

The schedule and timing of individual presentations within a session is subject to change based on the actual length of each presentation. Contact hours are awarded for attendance at the session and will be given for the actual length of the session.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

Sponsored By:

Practice Area: All

Moderator(s)

Stephen Jepsen

Executive Director
Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Works
Encinitas, California

Speaker(s)

Annalisa Kihara

Supervising Water Resource Control Engineer
California Water Resources Control Board
Sacramento, California
Wendy Linck

Senior Engineering Geologist
State Water Resources Control Board

Slides

PFAS the “forever chemical” is in clothing, cookware, cosmetics, sunscreen, upholstery, carpet, and pizza boxes. This workshop includes the award winning researcher Arlene Blum PhD., a State Board representative, attorney, lab specialists and engineers and a public relations specialist. We will cover PFAS management including legislative, legal, lab, and treatment.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the background, sources and impacts of PFAS in the water/wastewater sector.
Implement a strategy for their organization to address upcoming PFAS related challenges.
Brief upper management and elected officials on the issues associated with PFAS.