Learn the Issues
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Steps Taken to Reduce Trash in Anacostia
The District of Columbia and two Maryland counties are taking action to keep trash out of the Anacostia River as they work to meet first-ever trash limits for an interstate river and EPA permit requirements.
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How to Incorporate Risks of Extreme Weather Events and Natural Hazards in an ABCA
How to Incorporate Extreme Weather and Natural Hazards in a Risk Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) to Support Grant-funded Activities
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Proposed RCRA Corrective Action - Cleanup Proposal for Saint Helena Manufacturing (Formerly: Millennium Specialty Chemicals) in Baltimore , MD - EPA ID: MDD003093507
The approximately 18-acre Facility is located at 2701 Broening Highway in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. The Facility was first developed in 1914 and throughout its operational history produced zinc lithopone, cadmium lithopone, and titanium dioxide.
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EPA Public Notices in Delaware
Listing of public notices with opportunity to comment for EPA activities in Delaware.
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EPA Proposes to Streamline State and Local Permitting Process for Minor Sources
EPA proposed a rule to streamline the New Source Review (NSR) permitting process for minor sources by eliminating the minimum federal regulatory requirements for public participation.
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EPA Region 6 Polychlorinated Biphenyls
EPA Regional implementations and regulations for the processing, distribution, use, cleanup, storage and disposal of PCBs under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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Asset Management 101 – Finding Financial Assistance for Infrastructure Upgrades
This webinar provides a high level orientation to the core concepts of asset management, how to prioritize system needs, how to secure funding
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Optimizing Performance of Aerated Wastewater Lagoon Systems - Part 2
Training on optimizing performance of wastewater lagoons
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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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Biosolids Part 1: Overview of Wastewater Treatment Sludge and Clean Water Act Regulatory Structure
the first part of a two-part biosolids series which discusses the history and regulatory framework of the Biosolids Rule, touches on the EPA Biosolids Center of Excellence and data entry of compliance monitoring data into EPA’s Compliance Database: NetBIO.
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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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When Small POTWs Should Establish a Pretreatment Program
This webinar starts with a brief explanation of the basic principles of pretreatment, then it covers what operators need to know in terms of the plants’ treatment capabilities, what to look for that may indicate pass-through and interference
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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.