• EPA Preparing for HABs Season Webinar: Planning and Responding to HABs in Coastal Waters, May 23rd, 2019
  Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm ET
  Audio: Computer audio (VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol), or by phone 866-299-3188; 2025660412#
  • Agenda
  • Presenters Biographies
• EPA Preparing for HABs Season Webinar: Planning and Responding to Cyanotoxins in Drinking Waters, April 25th, 2019
  • Agenda and Presentations
• Managing Cyanotoxins in Public Drinking Water Systems
• Interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms, 2005
• US EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey
• US EPA Public Meeting and Webinar: Input on Potential Actions to Prepare for and Respond to Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water, May 11^th, 2015
• US EPA Public Meeting and Webinar: Managing Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water, April 29, 2016
• US EPA Webinar: EPA’s Tools for Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Freshwater Systems June 6, 2017
• Region 1 New England Regional Laboratory: New England Lakes and Pond Projects
• Region 3 Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program
• Region 4 Gulf of Mexico Program Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms Projects
• Region 4 Harmful Algal Bloom Southeastern Regional Workshop
  • HABs Pre-workshop Webinar - May 8th, 2018 (Agenda, Bios, Presentations and Recording)
  • HABs Workshop Day 1 - Drinking Water - May 14th, 2018 (Agenda, Bios, Presentations and Recording)
  • HABs Workshop Day 2 - Surface Water - May 15th, 2018 (Agenda, Bios, Presentations and Recording)
  • HABs Workshop Day 3 - Marine Water - May 16th, 2018 (Agenda, Bios, Presentations and Recording)
• Region 9 - Watershed Priorities: Klamath Basin Search EPA Archive
  • Region 9 HABs Pre-meeting Webinar April 5, 2017 (Agenda and Presentations)
  • Region 9 HABs In-Person Meeting, April 25 – 27, 2017 (Agenda and Presentations)
  • Recording Region 9 HABs Webinar April 5, 2017
• U.S. EPA Regional Contacts

  EPA Regions Contact Information	Name	Email	Phone
  Region 1 (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT)	Hilary Snook Toby Stover	snook.hilary@epa.gov stover.toby@epa.gov	(617) 918-8670 (617) 918-1604
  Region 2 (NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. VI)	Izabela Wojtenko	wojtenko.izabela@epa.gov	(212) 637-3814; (570) 872-9094
  Region 3 (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, and WV)	Katherine Bentley Alysa Zirilli Patti Kay Wisniewski	bentley.katherine@epa.gov zirilli.alysa@epa.gov Wisniewski.patti-kay@epa.gov	(215) 814-5762 (215) 814-5733 (215) 814-5668
  Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)	Franklin Baker Jeannie Williamson Paul Lad	Baker.Frank@epa.gov Williamson.jeannie@epa.gov lad.paul@epa.gov	(404) 562-9757 404-562-9402 404-562-9458
  Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI)	Wendy Drake Meghan Hemken	drake.wendy@epa.gov hemken.meghan@epa.gov	(312) 886-6705 (312) 886-6833
  Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, and NE)	Amy Shields Laura Webb 24 hours Spill Line	shields.amy@epa.gov webb.laura@epa.gov	(913) 551-7396 (913) 551-7435 (913) 281-0991
  Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau)	Susan Keydel	keydel.susan@epa.gov	(415) 972-3106
  Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA and 271 native tribes)	Rochelle Labiosa Cyndi Grafe	labiosa.rochelle@epa.gov Grafe.Cyndi@epa.gov	(206) 553-1172 (208) 378-5771

• Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)-Associated Illness website
• One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS)
• Drinking Water Advisory Communication Toolbox
• Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Toolkit

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Harmful Algal Blooms webpage

• Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (ECOHAB) Research Program
• Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms (MERHAB) Program
• NOAA Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System
• Harmful algal bloom forecasts: Gulf of Mexico; Lake Erie

• Field and laboratory guide to freshwater cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms for Native American and Alaska Native Communities (PDF) (54 pp, 8 MB)
• Kansas Algal Toxin Research Team
• USGS Microbiology Research Projects
• USGS Cooperative Water Program
• Guidelines for Design and Sampling for Cyanobacterial Toxin and Taste-and-Odor Studies in Lakes and Reservoirs

• Citizen Scientists Track Algal Blooms website

• USACE Louisville District
• Evaluation of the Destruction of the Harmful Cyanobacteria, Microcystis aeruginosa, with a Cavitation and Superoxide Generating Water Treatment Reactor (PDF) (8 pp, 938 K)
• Testing of the KRIA Ionizing Water Treatment System for Waters Contaminated with Diesel, PCBs, and Nutrients (Nitrogen Forms) (PDF) (33 pp, 1 MB)

• Managing Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water: A Technical Guidance Manual for Drinking Water Professionals”
• Understanding Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins Video
• Cyanobacterial (Blue-Green Algal) Toxins: A Resource Guide
• Assessment of Blue-Green Algal Toxins in Raw and Finished Drinking Water
• Removal of Algal Toxins from Drinking Water Using Ozone and GAC
• Treating Algal Toxins Using Oxidation, Adsorption, and Membrane Technologies
• Evaluation of Integrated Membranes for Taste and Odor and Algal Toxin Control
• Rapid Detection of Cyanobacterial By-Products in Drinking Water
• Determination and Significance of Emerging Algal Toxins (Cyanotoxins)
• Development of Molecular Reporters for Microcystis Activity and Toxicity
• Early Detection of Cyanobacterial Toxins Using Genetic Methods
• Methods for Measuring Toxins in Finished Water
• Criteria for Quality Control Protocols for Various Algal Toxin Methods
• Reservoir Management Strategies for the Control and Degradation of Algal Toxins
• International Guidance Manual for the Management of Toxic Cyanobacteria
• Optimizing Conventional Treatment for Removal of Cyanobacteria and Toxins

• Toxic cyanobacteria in water: A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring and management
• Guidelines for Safe Recreational Waters Volume 1 - Coastal and Fresh Waters
• Water Related Diseases: Cyanobacterial Toxins
• Management of cyanobacteria in drinking-water supplies: Information for regulators and water suppliers
• Protecting Surface Water for Health. Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks in surface water catchments

• Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) website
• Nitrogen and Phosphorus "Nutrient" Pollution

• New South Wales Office of Water Algal Information
• Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water
• Management Strategies for Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) and their Toxins: a Guide for Water Utilities
• Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

• Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and their Toxins
• Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Cyanobacterial Toxins – Microcystin-LR
• Guidelines for Canadian Recreational Water Quality

For comments, feedback or additional information, please contact Lesley D'Anglada (Danglada.Lesley@epa.gov), Project Manager, at 202-566-1125.

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