AWWA Webcast addresses inorganic treatment issues.
Press Release Summary:
On February 10 of 2010, AWWA will host "Inorganic Treatment: Avoiding Inadvertent Compliance Challenges," a webcast intended to summarize recent surveys of lesser-known inorganics in US and Canadian drinking waters. It will also provide overview of pH adjustment issues and stability of water as it relates to inorganics as well as present case studies from systems that experienced unintended consequences when adding inorganic treatment process.
Original Press Release:
AWWA Announces Inorganic Treatment: Avoiding Inadvertent Compliance Challenges Webcast
(DENVER, CO) - On Wednesday, February 10, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will host the Inorganic Treatment: Avoiding Inadvertent Compliance Challenges Webcast. The webcast will summarize recent surveys of lesser known inorganics in US and Canadian drinking waters, provide an overview of pH adjustment issues and stability of water as it relates to inorganics, and present case studies from systems that experienced unintended consequences when adding inorganic treatment process.
Attendees will learn to identify "other" inorganic issues in drinking water (iron, manganese, pH adjustment, hardness, inorganic disinfection by-products, chloride, and sulfate), how pH adjustment can be both a problem and a solution, approaches that include pH adjustment and stabilizing water to mitigate unintended problems, and specific strategies that can be effective for reducing contaminant amounts to acceptable levels.
Webcast presenters include:
Jennifer Baldwin, Project Engineer, CH2M Hill
Graham Gagnon, Professor, Dalhousie University
Anne Sandvig, Senior Associate, Cadmus Group, Inc.
Michelle De Haan, Project Manager/Water Quality Specialist, Water Works Engineers
Carlton Gardner, Compliance Team Leader, Maine Drinking Water Program
For more information on webcasts and registration details, go to http://www.awwa.org/Education/webcasts.
AWWA is the authoritative resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to improve the quality and supply of water in North America and beyond. AWWA is the largest organization of water professionals in the world. AWWA advances public health, safety and welfare by uniting the efforts of the full spectrum of the entire water community. Through our collective strength we become better stewards of water for the greatest good of the people and the environment.
