Regulatory Compliance for Water and Wastewater Systems

February 16, 2023 | Online :: Central Time

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“Top Notch Training! The instructor has excellent experience and was incredibly knowledgeable!” Regulatory Specialist, Environmental & Land Services, Black & Veatch

Familiarity with US Federal, State, regional and local regulations and standards is vitally important for anyone working for water utilities in operations, engineering, water quality, compliance and management or those who oversee or provide consulting services to utilities.

The Regulatory Compliance for Water and Wastewater Systems course will include overviews of EPA water regulations and standards, including not only those directly related to drinking water and wastewater quality, but also related areas such as treatment, chemical storage, land use, risk mitigation and infrastructure construction.

Register now to get a thorough training in:

• The federal regulatory determination process
• Environmental regulations governing utilities
• Compliance challenges and assistance resources
• Regulatory changes and trends expected over the next several years

* Attendees are assumed to be generally familiar with drinking water and wastewater terms.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course, attendees will:

• Review the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and Clean Water Act and their amendments, and how they are amended, administered and enforced
• Discuss how States might enact regulations more stringent than the federal regulations
• Gain a general understanding of other environmental regulations that may be applicable to drinking water and wastewater facilities
• Discuss new and pending regulations and how the regulatory climate has evolved in recent years
• Review a number of compliance assistance resources and strategies to achieve and maintain compliance
• Have the ability to guide others in their organization on these topics
• Identify ways to prevent noncompliance events and the associated fines and negative publicity

 

Thursday, February 16, 2023 : Central Time

Short breaks will be taken throughout the sessions

EPA Water Regulation and Compliance, part 1

• Drinking Water
  • Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    • Overview of the regulatory determination process
    • Water quality standards
    • State implementation
    • Enforcement and compliance assistance
  • American Water Infrastructure Act
  • Source Water Protection
• Ground Water
  • Ground Water Rule
  • Underground Injection Control
• Impaired Waters
  • Total Maximum Daily Load
  • Reporting
  • Section 303(d)
• Stormwater
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES)
  • Industrial Stormwater Compliance
  • Sanitary Sewer Overflow
  • Combined Sewer Overflow
  • Green vs. Gray infrastructure
• Wastewater
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES)
  • Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 319
  • Animal Feeding Operations
  • State implementation

EPA Water Regulation and Compliance, part 2

• Environmental Regulations for Water/Wastewater Utilities
  • Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
  • Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act (TCPA)
  • Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control (SPCC)
  • Clean Air Act
• Land Use
  • Watersheds
  • Wetlands Section 404

EPA Water Regulatory Trends & Other Pending Regulations

 

Compliance Challenges & Strategies

• Simultaneous Compliance
• Funding
• Risk Communication
• Resources

Angela G. Walker, Pretreatment Compliance Coordinator, Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water & Sewer Commission

Angela Walker has over 25 years of experience in wastewater treatment, and she has been the Wastewater Pretreatment Compliance Coordinator at Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water & Sewer Commission since 2014. Currently, Angela monitors industrial dischargers, and she enforces the FOG (fats, oils, and grease) program. She also ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal environmental regulations.

Prior to joining Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water & Sewer Commission, Angela’s experience included time as a wastewater treatment plant operator, lab analyst, supervisor of wastewater facilities, and superintendent of wastewater facilities.

Ms. Walker is also the owner of an environmental consulting practice (Angela G Walker LLC), and she is the Vice President of the Southeastern FOG Alliance. These opportunities allow Angela to bring new legislation to the state of Florida on the disposal of some waste streams from food service establishments, implement new methods and strategies for operating biodiesel plants suing brown grease as feedstock, and train the next generation of water environmental inspectors.

Angela currently holds a State of Georgia Class 1 Wastewater Operator License, State of South Carolina Physical/Chemical Wastewater License Level A, a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and a juris master’s in international law.

We will be using Microsoft Teams to facilitate your participation in the upcoming event. You do not need to have an existing Teams account in order to participate in the broadcast – the course will play in your browser and you will have the option of using a microphone to speak with the room and ask questions, or type any questions in via the chat window and our on-site representative will relay your question to the instructor.

• IMPORTANT NOTE: After November 30 you will not be able to join a Teams meeting using Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft recommends downloading and installing the Teams app if possible. You may also use the Edge browser or Chrome.
• You will receive a meeting invitation will include a link to join the meeting.
• Separate meeting invitations will be sent for the morning and afternoon sessions of the course.
  • You will need to join the appropriate meeting at the appropriate time.
• If you are using a microphone, please ensure that it is muted until such time as you need to ask a question.
• The remote meeting connection will be open approximately 30 minutes before the start of the course. We encourage you to connect as early as possible in case you experience any unforeseen problems.

Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all attendees for 7 days after the event

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT:

Regulatory Compliance for Water and Wastewater Systems

February 16, 2023 | Online

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours in advance of the event. Cancellations must be received on or before January 13, 2023 in order to be refunded and will be subject to a US $195.00 processing fee per registrant. No refunds will be made after this date. Cancellations received after this date will create a credit of the tuition (less processing fee) good toward any other EUCI event. This credit will be good for six months from the cancellation date. In the event of non-attendance, all registration fees will be forfeited. In case of conference cancellation, EUCIs liability is limited to refund of the event registration fee only. For more information regarding administrative policies, such as complaints and refunds, please contact our offices at 303-770-8800

Credits

EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 0.6 CEUs for this event.

Requirements for successful completion of program

Participants must log in each day and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional methods

PowerPoint presentations and open discussion

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Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 7.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

EUCI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org