Small Drinking Water Systems Webinar Series
About the Webinar Series
EPA's Office of Research and Development and Office of Water host this free webinar series to communicate current research, regulatory information, and solutions for challenges facing small drinking water systems. New to 2024, some webinars in the series are held in partnership with the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA). Webinar topics vary each month and are primarily designed for tribal, state, and territory government agencies responsible for drinking water regulations compliance and treatment technologies permitting. Others may also benefit from the webinars, including water system operators, technical assistance providers, NGOs, local government personnel, academia, and private sector.
The series reaches thousands of people across the globe, and provides information and training needed for assisting small drinking water systems in building capacity and system sustainability, and with providing equitable access to drinking water.
Webinar are typically held on the last Tuesday of the month from 2 to 3 p.m. ET with an optional Q&A session from 3 to 3:30 p.m. ET.
Upcoming Webinar Schedule
Upcoming webinar dates and topics are subject to change. Additional information and registration will be posted closer to the scheduled date and as they become available.
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 12/3/2024 1-4 p.m. ET |
Lead Reduction Updates and Lead Service Line Identification and Replacement (Special extended webinar of talks from the 21st Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop) |
| 1/28/2025 1-4 p.m. ET |
Lead Chemistry, Communication, and Local Engagement (Special extended webinar of talks from the 21st Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop) |
| 2/25/2025 2-3:30 p.m. ET |
Emergency Response: Drinking Water Supply Planning and Treatment Technology Deployment |
| 3/25/2025 2-3:30 p.m. ET |
Disinfection Byproducts: Inorganic Chloramines |
Past Webinar Recordings
Links to closed-captioned recordings of past webinars hosted on EPA's YouTube channel are available below. Certificates cannot be provided for watching the webinar recordings.
Presentations
| Date | Topic | Presentations |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/10/29 | PFAS: Rule Implementation and Treatment Special extended webinar of talks from the 21st Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop |
1. PFAS Treatment Requirements in New Jersey 2. PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Implementation in Kentucky 3. Decision Trees for PFAS Mitigation Selection: What to Do After PFAS Exceedances Detection 4. PFAS Breakthrough and NOM Effects from Pilot-Scale AEX Columns 5. EPA’s Open-Source Treatment Performance Modeling Tools for PFAS Treatment |
| 2024/9/24 | PFAS: National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, Occurrence, Analytics, and Risk Communications Special extended webinar of talks from the 21st Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop |
1. PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation: Initial Monitoring Requirements and EPA-State Implementation Workgroup 2. EPA Drinking Water PFAS Analytical Methods and the PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation 3. Implementing a Proactive PFAS Program Using "Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities" Grant Funding 4. Broad-Spectrum PFAS Study to Characterize the Class of PFAS in California 5. Communicating Risks and Engaging Communities on PFAS |
| 2024/8/27 | Planning and Consolidation, Partnerships, and Regionalization | 1. Mapping the Nations Community Water Systems: Linking Drinking Water Data to Consumers 2. Drinking Water consolidations and Partnerships in California: Evolving Solutions to Achieve the Human Right to Water |
| 2024/7/30 | Drinking Water System Resilience | 1. America's Water Infrastructure Act Section 2013 2. Water Laboratory Alliance’s Resources to Improve Contamination Incident Resilience |
| 2024/6/25 | Inorganics Treatment: Arsenic and Nitrate | 1. Biological Nitrate Treatment: Innovations and Challenges 2. Arsenic Refresher 3. An Arsenic Case Study in California: Oasis Mobile Home Park |
| 2024/5/21 | Technical Assistance for Lead | 1. Lead Service Line Identification, Replacement Planning, Community Engagement, and Funding Technical Assistance Programs 2. Service Line Inventory Technical Assistance for Small Community and Non-Community Water Systems in Wisconsin |
| 2024/4/30 | PFAS Drinking Water Regulation and Treatment Methods | 1. Overview of EPA’s Final PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation 2. Removal of PFAS Compounds from Drinking Water: Fundamentals and Applications |
| 2024/3/26 | Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) | 1. Establishing an Algal Toxin Rule and Regulatory Program in Rhode Island, an Informal Case Study 2. Insights on HABs Dynamics in Urban Lakes and Introduction to Benthic Sample Preparation |
| 2024/2/27 | Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance | 1. EPA Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance 2. Colorado Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance |
| 2024/1/30 | Tools, Training, and Technical Assistance to Increase Water System Resilience | 1. Creating Resilient Water Utilities 2. EPA's Water Network Tool for Resilience (WNTR) |
| 2023/11/28 | Risk, Crisis, and General Communication | 1. Conversations With Customers: What We’ve Learned From Talking With Them 2. Drinking Water Risk Communication Toolkit 3. EPA Flint Water Response: Risk Communication Case Study |
| 2023/10/31 | Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) and a Spotlight Presentation on EPA's Fraud Awareness | 1. Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) Update 2. EPA Fraud Awareness 3. PFAS Drinking Water Methods: Past, Present, and Future |
| 2023/8/29 | Cybersecurity | 1. Tools and Resources to Help Your Small Systems Build Cyber Resilience 2. Water Distribution System Operational Technology Cybersecurity Research at the Water Security Test Bed |
| 2023/7/25 | Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water | 1. Wildfire Implications for Drinking Water Systems 2. Wildfires Can Increase Drinking Water Contamination: Nitrate, Arsenic, and Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) |
| 2023/6/27 | Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | 1. EPA Water Technical Assistance Opportunities 2. Supporting the Selection and Implementation of Technologies to Remove PFAS from Drinking Water and from Treatment Residuals 3. Applied Research and Technical Assistance Project on Lead Service Line Identification Technologies |
| 2023/5/30 | Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Algal Toxins | 1. HAB Technical Assistance in El Salvador 2. Cyanobacterial Blooms Dynamics as Determined by Nucleic Acid Based Techniques |
| 2023/4/25 | Manganese | 1. Manganese Interference with Disinfectant Residual Methods 2. Management of Manganese and Small System Considerations |
| 2023/3/28 | Lead and Copper | 1. EPA's Lead Service Line Inventory Guidance 2. Corrosion Test Methods |
| 2023/2/28 | Pathogens | 1. Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts (MDBP) Rules Revision Update 2. Challenges and Perspectives of Studying Water Storage Tank Ecosystems in Distribution Systems |
| 2022/8/30 | Resilience 19th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. How to Prepare for and Respond to Supply Chain Disruptions 2. An Evaluation of Kentucky’s Operator Workforce Survey and Small Systems Issues in Appalachia 3. Drought Resilience |
| 2022/8/30 | PFAS 19th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Occurrence of PFAS in Ohio 2. The Implementation of State PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) in New Hampshire 3. PFAS Treatment |
| 2022/8/30 | Equity and Environmental Justice 19th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. State (Kentucky) Perspective on Environmental Justice 2. Artificial Intelligence Reduces Lead Exposure and Promotes Environmental Justice in Toledo, Ohio 3. Equitable Program for Lead Service Line Replacement: A Local Perspective |
| 2022/8/30 | Methods and Analytics 19th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. The Achilles' Heel of Water Quality Data: Sample Collection QA/QC 2. Manganese Interference with Chlorine Methods 3. Developing an Ozone Design Standard for Ohio Public Water Systems: Lowering Plan Approval Barriers for Small and Medium Public Water Systems |
| 2022/6/28 | Water Security | 1. Power Resilience for Small Systems 2. Utilizing System Partnerships to Secure Water Treatment Chemicals |
| 2022/5/24 | Lead Service Lines | 1. Tools for Lead Service Line Identification 2. Lead Service Line Replacement Eligibilities Under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law |
| 2022/4/26 | Source Water Protection and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) | 1. Using Molecular Methods to Study Cyanobacterial Blooms 2. Funding Integration Tool for Source Water: Finding a Plan a FITS |
| 2022/2/22 | Very Small Drinking Water Systems | 1. Underground Storage Tanks: How They May Impact Small Drinking Water Systems 2. Low-Cost Solar Powered Control Systems in Non-PRASA Drinking Water Treatment Systems |
| 2021/9/2 | Monitoring and Risk Communication 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Update for UCMR 4 and UCMR 5 2. Using State-Managed Data to Assess UCMR 4’s National Representation of DBP and Manganese Occurrence 3. Simple and Effective Water Communication Strategies? Support for Utilities to Improve the Quality and Accessibility of Consumer Confidence Reports |
| 2021/9/2 | System Oversight 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Sanitary Survey: A Tool to Collate Data and Educate Stakeholders 2. Using Sanitary Survey Findings to Identify Risk Management Challenges 3. California Drinking Water Needs Assessment Experience |
| 2021/9/2 | Implementing Innovative Treatments 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Closing the Digital Divide: Challenges and Solutions for Small Systems 2. Sulfur-Assisted Biological Removal of Nitrate 3. UV-C LED Application in Disinfection of Microbial Pathogens in Water |
| 2021/9/2 | Distribution System Best Practices 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Nitrification in Distribution Systems: Effects, Triggers, Monitoring, and Corrective Methods 2. Help for Solving Your Hydraulic Problems 3. Preventing Pathogen Contamination: Disinfection, Tanks, and Cross Connections |
| 2021/9/1 | Contaminant Removal 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Comparing the Triple Bottom Line of Centralized Water System Improvements to POU/POE 2. Using POU for Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance: The States’ Experience 3. Case Studies of Point-of-Use or Point-of-Entry (POU/POE) for Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance |
| 2021/9/1 | Equity and Underserved Communities 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. All Rise for Safe Water: Study of Drinking Water Violations in Manufactured or Mobile Home Communities 2. Water Equity and Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance: Evidence from California 3. How the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Can Target Funding to Disadvantaged Communities |
| 2021/9/1 | Resiliency and Emergency Response 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Water Infrastructure Strategies to Support Community Resilience 2. Tools to Enhance Water Sector Supply Chain Resilience 3. Capacity Building to Extreme Weather and Climate Events in the Water Sector |
| 2021/9/1 | Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct (DBPs) 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Regulated DBP Formation and Prediction for Long Residence Times 2. DBP Compliance Assistance Training: Lessons Learned from Oklahoma Pilot 3. Changes in HAA Occurrence vs Disinfectant Types and Treatment Processes from DBP Information Collection Request (ICR) to Fourth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 4) |
| 2021/8/31 | Source Water Quality and Quantity 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. DWMAPS: A Tool for Source Water Protection 2. Managing Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Based on Total Maximum Daily Load Models 3. Eyes in the Sky Monitor Cyanobacterial Blooms at Source Waters |
| 2021/8/31 | PFAS 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. PFAS in Minnesota 2. Designing a Small System PFAS Occurrence Study - Lessons Learned 3. Collaborative Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Granular Activate Carbon (GAC) and Ion Exchange Medias for Removal of PFAS from Groundwater |
| 2021/8/31 | Corrosion and Lead 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Childcare Facilities: The Massachusetts Experience 2. Experiences with Michigan’s New Lead and Copper Rule 3. Corrosion Control Evaluation Considerations with Change in Source and Treatment |
| 2021/8/31 | Pathogens 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Prevention and Control of Legionnaires’ Disease in the Aftermath of a Severe Outbreak: Lessons Learned 2. Differences in the Inactivation of Legionella Pneumophila Serogroups Using Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) LED Technology in Drinking Water 3. Using Economic Optimization to Derive Site-Specific Treatment Objectives |
| 2021/7/27 | Drinking Water Microbes 102 | 1. Drinking Water Microbiology 102 Bacteriology 2. Microbes 102: Evaluation and Approval of Methods Used to Analyze Drinking Water |
| 2021/5/25 | Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Algal Toxins | 1. How Cyanobacteria Work: Converting Sunlight Into Usable Energy 2. Cyanotoxins in Oregon: Transitioning to Mandatory Monitoring for Susceptible Sources |
| 2021/4/27 | Very Small Systems | 1. Flood Resilience for Small Water and Wastewater Systems 2. Seasonal Noncommunity Water Systems – Regulatory Challenges, Requirements, and Case Studies from Minnesota |
| 2021/3/30 | Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) Control | 1. Web-Based Applications to Simulate Disinfectant Water Chemistry: Development and Practical Uses 2. Practical Approaches to Assess Distribution System Influent Water Quality: Implications for Residual Maintenance and Disinfection Byproduct (DBP) Formation |
| 2021/2/23 | Lead and Copper | 1. Lead and Copper Rule Revision (LCRR) 2. Chemistry of Lead Corrosion and Release 3. Copper Corrosion: Copper Release to Pitting Attack |
| 2020/11/17 | AWIA and Creating Resilient Water Utilities | 1. AWIA: Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan Requirements for Community Water Systems 2. EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) Initiative |
| 2020/10/27 | Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) | 1. Disinfectant Penetration into Biofilm and Sediment 2. Improving Compliance with the Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) in Oklahoma |
| 2020/9/29 | Wildfires and Resulting Impacts to Water Bodies Used as Drinking Water Sources | 1. Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water Quality 2. Decision Support for Drinking Water Utilities Impacted by Wildfire |
| 2020/9/3 | Methods and Analytics 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Latest on PFAS Methods 2. History of New York State’s Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program Certification for PFOA and PFOS and for PFAS Methods 3. New EPA Method to Determine Monochloramine Concentration in Drinking Water |
| 2020/9/3 | Distribution System Best Practices 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Impacts of Residual Requirements in Pennsylvania 2. Ohio’s Updated Optimal Corrosion Control Treatment (OCCT) Review Process 3. Practical Insights from Theoretical Lead Solubility Modeling |
| 2020/9/3 | Managing Contaminants 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Residuals: Arsenic and Other Contaminants 2. EPA’s Support Tools for Managing Cyanotoxins 3. ASDWA's New Source Water PFAS Toolkit and Guide |
| 2020/9/3 | Implementing Innovative Treatments 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Direct Potable Reuse to Indirect Potable Reuse in North Texas 2. Design and Permitting for Removal of Multiple Metals 3. State Permitting Issues for Innovative Technologies |
| 2020/9/2 | Corrosion and Lead 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Updating Corrosion Control Guidance 2. Lowering Lead Limits on Faucets and Endpoint Devices: Reducing the Q Criteria in NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 3. Lead Service Line Identification and Close Examination of Sequential Profile Data |
| 2020/9/2 | Water Quality Changes 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Planning for Source Water and Treatment Changes 2. Predicting Water Quality in Distribution Systems: Monitoring of Nitrification Using Machine Learning 3. Lead Particulate Release |
| 2020/9/2 | Extremely Small Systems 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. A Framework for Comparing the Sustainability of Centralized vs POU/POE Treatment for Small Systems 2. Actions to Increase Navajo Nation Water Access During COVID-19 Outbreak 3. SAFER Effort |
| 2020/9/2 | Contaminant Removal 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Biological Treatment and Nitrate 2. Consolidated Management of Nitrate Treatment 3. Industry Trends Affecting Drinking Water Treatment Unit Standards |
| 2020/9/1 | Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Evaluating Impacts of Sampling Design on Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Program Outcomes 2. DBP Compliance Assistance Program in Oklahoma 3. Considerations and Challenges for Controlling DBP Risks in Small Systems |
| 2020/9/1 | Pathogens and Disinfection 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Returning Plumbing to Safe Use After Extended Shutdowns or Low Occupancy: Large Buildings, Standards, Considerations, and Gaps (COVID-19) 2. Guidance for Monitoring Legionella pneumophila in Drinking Water Distribution Systems 3. Characterization of Reported Legionellosis Outbreaks in Drinking Water Systems-United States, 2001-2017 |
| 2020/9/1 | PFAS 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. PFAS in the United States: Occurrence, Fate, Transport, and Exposure 2. Be Careful What You Wish for: Finding PFAS in all the Wrong Places 3. Assessment of Full-Scale PFAS Treatment and Design Implications |
| 2020/9/1 | Source Water Quality and Protection 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Virtual Session |
1. Algicide Exposure Affects on Cyanobacterial Responses to Water Treatment 2. Source Water Protection: Leveraging Resources for Planning and Implementation 3. Developing Source Water Protection Plans Case Study and Leveraging with National Water Quality Initiatives |
| 2020/7/28 | AWIA Risk and Resilience Check List and AWIA Lessons Learned | 1. EPA’s Small System Risk and Resilience Assessment Checklist 2. Risk and Resiliency Assessments: One TAP’s Perspective |
| 2020/5/19 | Drinking Water Microbes 101 | 1. Drinking Water Microbiology 101 2. Overview of Federal Drinking Water Regulations That Aim to Control Waterborne Diseases |
| 2020/3/31 | Drinking Water Regulations 101 and Best Practices for Training Utilities | 1. Drinking Water Regulations 101 2. Leveraging Federal Funds to Build Technical Assistance Programs in the Great Lakes Region |
| 2020/2/28 | Drinking Water Tools for Small Systems | 1. EPA's Online Drinking Water Training System 2. Water Operator Hiring and Contracting Guide 3. Consumer Confidence Reports iWriter (CCR iWriter) Tool |
| 2020/1/28 | Legionella Management and Treatment | 1. Public Water System Characteristics That May Affect Legionella Occurrence in Building Water Systems 2. Impact of Chlorine and Chloramine on the Detection and Quantification of Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium Species |
| 2019/11/19 | Risk Assessments, Emergency Response, and Resiliency | 1. New Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plan Requirements and Tools for Water Utilities 2. Community-Based Water Resiliency Resources |
| 2019/10/29 | Funding Opportunities: Farm Bill and Drinking Water Infrastructure Grant Program | 1. Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Highlights and Updates 2. EPA’s Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Drinking Water Grant |
| 2019/9/25 | Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) 16th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. Stage 2 DBPs Rule (DBPR) and Consecutive System In-Depth Analysis 2. Optimization Approaches for Reducing DBPs 3. Identifying Factors Impacting Consecutive System DBPs Compliance |
| 2019/9/24 | Pathogens and Disinfection 16th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. Nitrification Action Plans and Monitoring 2. Disinfectant Penetration into Biofilm and Sediment 3. New York State Water Management Plans |
| 2019/9/24 | Water Quality Changes 16th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. Regional Perspective on Planning Source or Treatment Changes 2. Changing Water Sources 3. Colorado’s Approach to Avoiding Unintended Corrosion Impacts |
| 2019/9/24 | PFAS 16th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. Sources of PFAS 2. Drinking Water Analytical Methods for PFAS 3. PFAS Treatment |
| 2019/8/28 | Increasing Analytical Laboratory Preparedness | 1. Verifying Chlorine Meter Performance 2. Water Sector Analytical Resiliency to Contamination Events |
| 2019/6/25 | Sanitary Surveys | 1. What to Expect at your Next Sanitary Survey 2. Distribution System Infrastructure Deterioration: Potential Links to Water Quality and Public Health |
| 2019/5/21 | Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Algal Toxin Treatment | 1. Treatment Options for HAB Impacted Drinking Source Waters 2. High Frequency Monitoring of Cyanobacterial HABs |
| 2019/4/30 | Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule and Simultaneous Compliance | 1. In-Depth Analysis: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR) and Consecutive Systems Challenge 2. Minimizing DBP Formation and Simultaneous Compliance |
| 2019/3/26 | Lead Management in Homes and Buildings | 1. Destabilization of Lead Pipe Scales in a Long-Term Vacant Home in Cincinnati 2. Lead Scale Observations from the Field: Actual vs. Predicted 3. Consumer Tool for Identifying Point of Use (POU) Filters Certified to Reduce Lead |
| 2019/2/26 | Treatment Technologies for Removing Chemicals of Concern | 1. Treating Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs): PFAS, Cyanotoxins, and Perchlorate 2. Treatment Approaches for 1,4-Dioxane in Reuse and Groundwater |
| 2018/11/27 | Tribal and Very Small Systems | 1. National Tribal Water Center (NTWC) and Partnerships with Tribes 2. Low-Cost Treatment Technologies for Small Rural Water Systems |
| 2018/9/25 | Droughts and Flooding | 1. Flood Resilience 2. Drought Response and Recovery |
| 2018/8/28 | PFAS 15th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. EPA’s Ongoing Efforts to Address PFAS 2. State Perspective on PFAS 3. Treatment Options for PFAS in a Surface Water Treatment Plant |
| 2018/8/28 | Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) Implementation 15th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. RTCR Assessments 2. RTCR Implementation Challenges: Indiana Perspective 3. Seasonal Systems and the RTCR |
| 2018/8/29 | Pathogens and Biofilm 15th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop-Live Broadcast |
1. The Role of Legionella Testing in Preventing Building Associated Legionnaires’ Disease 2. Disinfection of Biofilm Associated Legionella pneumophila 3. Water Reuse/Reclaimed Water |
| 2018/7/31 | Tank Management/Distribution System Optimization | 1. The Properties of Storage Tank Sediment 2. Understanding the Impact of Mesh on Tank Overflow System Capacity |
| 2018/6/26 | Source Water Protection 101 and Collaboration | 1. Source Water Protection 101 and Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters (DWMAPS) 2. Collaborating for Source Water Protection: The Clackamas River Water Providers Experience |
| 2018/6/5 | Conventional Treatment Options for Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) | 1. Conventional drinking water treatment options for surface waters impacted by HABs: Cell Removal via Coagulation and Sedimentation Toxin Removal via Coagulation, Sedimentation, Filtration, and Powdered Activated Carbon; and Toxin Degradation via Free Chlorine |
| 2018/4/24 | Simultaneous Compliance: Considerations for Adjusting Treatment | 1. Simultaneous Compliance Considerations and Best Practices 2. Performance of Full-Scale Treatment Systems for Removal of Co-Occurring Inorganic Contaminants |
| 2018/3/27 | Water Security and Resiliency: Emergency Response | 1. Water Laboratory Alliance for Improving Emergency Response 2. Sampling and Analysis Tools for Water Emergencies |
| 2018/2/27 | Small Systems Funding | 1. Small System Funding via the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund 2. Financing Water and Waste Infrastructure for Small Communities |
| 2018/1/30 | Alternative Disinfection: Dichlor and Trichlor | 1. Chlorinated Cyanurates (Dichlor and Trichlor): Water Chemistry Implications 2. The State of Utah's Perspectives on Handling Dichlor and Trichlor Facilities |
| 2017/12/12 | State Acceptance of UV Disinfection Technologies | 1. State Approval of UV Treatment for Drinking Water: Facing Challenges Through Collaboration 2. EPA UV Testing and Recommendations for Reactor Validation |
| 2017/11/28 | Lead in Schools and Selecting Lead Free Plumbing Products | 1. Testing Drinking Water in Schools and Reducing Lead Levels 2. Identifying Plumbing Products that are Certified as Lead free |
| 2017/9/26 | Decision Support Methodology for Small Systems to Evaluate and Select Treatment Technologies | 1. Decision Support Methodology for Small Systems to Evaluate and Select Treatment Technologies |
| 2017/8/26 | Treatment and Control for Manganese and Iron | 1. Arsenic/Iron Removal from Groundwater in the Presence of Elevated Ammonia and Natural Organic Matter 2. Simultaneous Removal of Arsenic, Iron, Ammonia, and Manganese by Biological Water Treatment |
| 2017/7/25 | Water Loss and Distribution System Infrastructure: Leak Detection and Cost Savings | 1. Water Loss Management to Reduce Non-Revenue Water 2. Rehabilitation Technologies for Small Water System Pipelines |
| 2017/6/27 | Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): Treatment, Risk Communications Toolbox, and Management Plans | 1. Cyanotoxin Risk Management for Drinking Water Systems 2. Cyanobacterial Treatment Options: Focus on Permanganate and Powdered Activated Carbon |
| 2017/5/30 | Water Systems Partnerships | 1. Partnerships and Their Benefits to Small Systems 2. California Consolidation Case Study |
| 2017/4/25 | Water Security and Resiliency: Framework, Models, and Tools | 1. Resiliency Framework and the Route to Resilience Tool 2. Using Hydraulic Modeling to Assess Resilience of Drinking Water Systems to Natural Disasters and Other Hazards |
| 2017/3/28 | Source Water Protection: Resources, Analytical Tools, and Ecological and Economic Modeling | 1. Publicly-Available GIS Applications, Data Resources, and Analytical Tools 2. Ecological and Economic Modeling |
| 2017/2/28 | Removal of Inorganic Contaminants of Interest: Strontium and Nitrates | 1. Removal of Strontium from Drinking Water by Conventional Treatment and Lime Softening 2. Nitrate Treatment Technologies for Drinking Water |
| 2017/1/31 | Disinfection Residuals | 1. Development of a Disinfectant Residual Monitoring Plan 2. Disinfectant Residual: Representative Monitoring and Minimum Residual Implications |
| 2016/12/13 | Approaches to Technology Approval | 1. Analysis of Drinking Water Systems Survey: Developing a Better Understanding of Drinking Water Technology Approval 2. Appropriate Application of Innovative Technologies for Small Drinking Water Systems: the DeRISK Center's Decision Support Methodology |
| 2016/10/25 | Legionella Control in Large Building Water Systems | 1. Technologies for Legionella Control in Premise Plumbing Systems 2. National Toolkit for Legionella Control in Building Water Systems |
| 2016/9/27 | PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances): Analytics, Occurrence, and Treatment | 1. PFOS and PFOA Analytics 2. Evaluating Occurrence and Sources of PFAS to the Environment 3. Removing PFOA and PFOS from Drinking Water |
| 2016/8/30 | Removal of Multiple Contaminants: Biological Treatment and Ion Exchange | 1. Combined Ion Exchange for Removal of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Hardness 2. Capabilities of Biological Treatment for Drinking Water |
| 2016/7/26 | Lead and Copper: Sampling and Water Quality Challenges | 1. Lead and Copper Tap Sampling Requirements and Procedures 2. Flint, Michigan: Water Quality Challenges and Moving Forward |
| 2016/6/14 | Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs): Regulatory Issues and Solutions | 1. Stage 2 DBP Regulatory Review and Implementation Challenges 2. Small Systems DBP Challenges and Solutions in Washington State |
| 2016/5/31 | Responding to Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), Optimization Guidelines, and Sampling for Utilities | 1. Removal Capabilities of Common Treatment Processes and Facility Evaluation Strategies and Performance Improvement 2. Source and Finished Water Monitoring Options and Their Limitations and Benefits |
| 2016/3/26 | Point of Use/Point of Entry (POU/POE) Treatment Devices | 1. Household Water Systems: Tailoring Treatment Alternatives to Contaminants in Groundwater and Distribution Systems 2. Point of Use/Point of Entry Case Studies |
| 2016/2/23 | Consumer Confidence Reports: Electronic Delivery and Best Practices | 1. Consumer Confidence Reports: Electronic Delivery and Best Practices |
| 2016/2/2 | Uranium Standards in Drinking Water and Removal Technologies Research at Small Community Water Systems | 1. Uranium Drinking Water Standard 2. Removal of Uranium from Drinking Water |
| 2015/12/15 | Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water | 1. Metal Release from Copper and Lead Sources 2. Tool for Identifying Drinking Water System and Plumbing Products that Meet the Lead Free Requirement of the Safe Drinking Water Act |
| 2015/11/24 | Treatability Database, Cost Models, and Other Tools for Water Systems | 1. EPA's Drinking Water Treatability Database and Treatment Cost Models 2. Chloramine Chemistry Web-Based Applications |
| 2015/10/27 | Decentralized High-Rate Wastewater Treatment of Peak Wet Weather Flows | 1. Compendium of Performance Data for Facilities that Blend During Wet Weather 2. Evaluation of Decentralized High-Rate Wastewater Treatment Plant for Wet Weather Flows |
| 2015/9/29 | UV Disinfections Systems – Treatment of Groundwater for Small/Medium Sized Water Utilities | 1. UV Disinfection: A Treatment Option for Small and Medium Sized Systems for Safe Drinking Water Act Compliance 2. Evaluation of an Innovative Approach to Validation of UV Reactors for Disinfection in Drinking Water Systems |
| 2015/8/18 | Distribution Operation Options for Small Systems to Address Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) | 1. Operation Strategies for Controlling the Formation of DBPs in Distribution Systems 2. Evaluation of Cost-Effective Aeration Technology Solutions to Address Total Trihalomethane (TTHM) Compliance |
| 2015/7/28 | Corrosion Control for Drinking Water Systems | 1. Lead and Copper Rule Optimized Corrosion Control 2. Treatment, Control, and Assessment Strategies for Lead and Copper Release into Drinking Water |
| 2015/6/30 | Biological and Microbial Aspects of Septic System Pollution | 1. Biological and Microbial Aspects of Septic System Pollution 2. Table Rock Lake Decentralized Demonstration Project |
| 2015/5/26 | Current Water Treatment and Distribution System Optimization for Cyanotoxins | 1. Treatment Strategies to Remove Algal Toxins from Drinking Water 2. Full-Scale and Laboratory Studies for Cyanotoxin Treatment |
| 2015/4/28 | Understanding End Water Quality in Hospitals and Other Large Buildings | 1. Overview of the EPA Draft Document Legionella: Current Knowledge of Treatment Technologies 2. Water Quality in Large Buildings |
| 2015/3/31 | Small Water System Alternatives – Media and Membrane Filtration for Small Communities and Households | 1. Small Water System Compliance Technologies for the Treatment of Regulated Contaminants 2. Filtration Alternatives for Small Communities and Households |
| 2015/2/24 | Innovative Biological Treatment for Small Water Systems: Ammonia, Nitrites, and Nitrates | 1. Biological Treatment Process for the Removal of Ammonia from Small Water Systems 2. Alternative Preventative Method to Reduce Nitrates/Nitrites and Cost |
| 2015/1/27 | Research and Implementation of Arsenic Removal Technologies at Small Community Water Systems | 1. Barriers in Arsenic Compliance for Small Public Water Systems 2. Performance and Cost Effectiveness of Small Arsenic Removal Technologies |
In-Depth Training
The trainings listed in the table below are recorded virtual sessions from the 18th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop (2021) and the 17th Annual EPA Drinking Water Workshop (2020).
| Date | Topic | Training Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/8/30 | Corrosion |
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| 2020/8/31 | Corrosion Control Treatment (CCT) |
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| 2021/8/30 | Sanitary Surveys: Treatment |
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| 2020/8/31 | Sanitary Surveys: Filtration and Disinfection |
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| 2021/8/30 | Introduction to EPANET and Example Applications |
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| 2020/8/31 | Distribution System and Treatment Models |
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