Learn the Issues
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Areas and Organizations with Interest in Wood-Burning Appliance Changeout or Retrofit Projects
Areas with an Interest in Changeout and Retrofit Projects (PDF)
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Heat Island Community Actions Database
Directory of actions to mitigate the heat island effect that are being taken by communities across the United States
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Live Read Public Service Announcements
BurnWise PSAs and videos
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Wood Stove Label and Hang Tag
Examples of affixed and temporary labels for certified wood stoves.
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Ozone and Your Patients' Health: Course Developers
List of course developers for the Ozone Pollution and your patient's health online course
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Clinical Scenario 2 for Particle Pollution
Clinical Scenario 2
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Voluntary Fireplace Program Frequent Questions and Fact Sheet
Burn Wise fireplace fact sheet
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Optimizing Performance of Facultative Wastewater Lagoon Systems - Part 1
Training on optimizing performance of wastewater lagoons
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Alkalinity Testing for Better Process Control in Small Wastewater Treatment Plants
Webinar attendees learn how to fine-tune their systems using relatively simple process control tools and methods and return their systems to compliance.
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Troubleshooting Noncompliance at the Smallest Wastewater Treatment Plants – Part 2 (Solids Separation and Disinfection)
This webinar is intended as training to help NPDES regulated entities and regulators understand additional techniques that can help operators refine their operations, and if needed to help bring them back into compliance.
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Do’s and Don’ts in Operating an NPDES Laboratory: Common Mistakes and Ways to Improve Results
This webinar discusses common misconceptions and misunderstandings found in NPDES laboratories, how to identify and rectify them in your laboratory, and how to improve your analytical testing and results.
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Get Flexible - Low Cost Compliance Solutions For Small Wastewater Treatment Systems
Webinar topics include solving some of the following issues: effluent suspended solids, effluent ammonia, poor flow splitting, high influent flow, wasting, disinfection, as well as cheap, easy and effective process control suggestions.
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Optimizing Nutrient Reduction in Small Wastewater Treatment Plants
The webinar covers troubleshooting and correcting denitrification and phosphorus removal issues in small mechanical activated sludge wastewater treatment plants.
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Strategies for Small POTWs Handling High Strength Influent
This webinar will cover noncompliance problems caused by pass-through or interference from industrial users that small POTWs may encounter and what they can do to protect their plants and personnel.
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Sampling: Dos and Don'ts
This webinar will provide instruction on when, where, and how to take measurements and sample wastewater in public owned treatment works.
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Microbiology of Wastewater Treatment
This webinar will introduce the audience to the microorganisms that thrive in activated sludge.
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Flow Measurement
This webinar will cover some of the basics of how flow is typically measured at an NPDES discharge point.
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NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule – Phase 2 Extension
provides states and EPA additional time to implement electronic reporting for certain Clean Water Act discharge permitting requirements
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Best Management Practices for POTW Compliance: Critical Elements of Successful Wastewater Treatment - Part 2
Creating and implementing effective SOPs, Managing your WWTP to promote compliance, finding technical assistance programs and resources
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Best Management Practices for POTW Compliance: Critical Elements of Successful Wastewater Treatment - Part 1
Sampling and Monitoring - Compliance v. Process Control, Implementing a Process Control Plan and Making Operational Adjustments, Managing Effective and Educated Operators