Category: Resources

PFAS

WA Ecology/Health Draft PFAS CAP issued for Comment (post updated)

WIWSA

Dear Chemical Action Plan stakeholders, Ecology and Health recently published the Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Draft Chemical Action Plan and invite you to review and provide feedback on the research and recommendations. The public comment period starts today, Wednesday, October 7, 2020 and ends Monday, December 7, 2020. How to share feedback on the CAP Written comments We encourage you to give your input via our online comment form, but you can also email comments to ChemActionPlans@ecy.wa.gov or mail them to Irina Makarow, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600. Public comment meetings You can also provide … Continue reading WA Ecology/Health Draft PFAS CAP issued for Comment (post updated)

COVID-19, Resources, Training

Approved Training Credit Hours for Upcoming Virtual Training

WIWSA

  No-Cost Webinar Training:Financial Recovery from COVID-19 and Customer Assistance Programs for Small Water Systems in Washington StateSeptember 28 & 29, 2020 | 10:00am-12:30pm PT Register via Zoom Meetings     Webinar 1: September 28, 2020 | 10:00am-11:30am PT This webinar will provide an overview of the competing priorities of the water utility: serve all customers continuously and provide financial sustainability amid this crisis and beyond. We will then discuss alternative approaches to water shut offs and describe various ways that customers can be assisted, from the less direct approaches such as rate structures to the most direct approach of a … Continue reading Approved Training Credit Hours for Upcoming Virtual Training

Resources, Training

DWSRF Upcoming Funding Opportunities and Webinars

WIWSA

Washington State Department of Health Office of Drinking Water Drinking Water State Revolving Fund UpdatesSeptember 2020 We will accept Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Construction Loan applications October 1 to November 30.  We have about $45 million to award, with maximum award per jurisdiction of $5 million. Information on this funding opportunity is posted to our webpage along with the link to a September 22 webinar:                        Doh.wa.gov/DWSRF Based on recent survey responses, we know you need to complete projects and we encourage you to apply this year for DWSRF Construction Loan funding since we don’t know if or when … Continue reading DWSRF Upcoming Funding Opportunities and Webinars

Resources, Training

EPA Drinking Water Workshop

WIWSA

EPA Drinking Water WorkshopThe annual workshop is going online this year and is open to the public. Held September 1 to 3, the workshop brings together academics, federal researchers, state officials, and others involved in drinking water treatment and regulation. There will be sessions on all the big questions of the day: PFAS, lead, pathogens in distribution systems, water access on the Navajo Nation during Covid-19, small system challenges. (Courtesy Circle of Blue) Continue reading EPA Drinking Water Workshop

Resources

Informal comment on PFAS rulemaking from Whidbey Island Water Systems Associations

WIWSA

On Friday January 17th, Whidbey Island Water Systems Association held a special member meeting to discuss the draft changes to WAC 246-290 and to agree on comments to be submitted on behalf of the membership during the informal comment period ending January 31st, 2020. Comments were discussed and approved unanimously by the water system representatives in attendance. As discussed at the meeting, the board has sent in by email those comments and a list of the water systems in attendance. A copy of the email is linked below. You are encouraged to send in comments from your own water system. … Continue reading Informal comment on PFAS rulemaking from Whidbey Island Water Systems Associations