Description:

**This course will be presented online as a live webinar in two 2-hour sessions. Sessions will be recorded and will be available to all enrolled attendees.**

All classes will be from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Pacific (11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain) (12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Central) and (1 p.m.-3 p.m. Eastern). Registrants will receive login information no later than 48 hours before the start of the first session. All sessions will be recorded, and will be available to registered attendees.

This webinar is being presented by Sustainable City Networks and NWETC.

*There will be a FREE 30-Minute demo session to introduce the topics that will be covered in this webinar. For more information and to enroll in the Contaminated Water Demo Session, Click here.

Contaminated drinking water has been in the news nationally in recent months.  In this 4-hour webinar, attendees will learn basic information about public (and private) water supplies and treatment for contaminants; brief history of contamination of drinking water supplies; key characteristics of lead (Pb) and perfluorinateds (specifically PFOS and PFOA); an overview of socioeconomic aspects of drinking water contamination; and current observations about risk perception and litigation related to contamination of drinking water. 

Lead (Pb) and PFOS/PFOA will be used throughout the webinar to illustrate key concepts.  In addition, flash polls will be scattered throughout the webinar to elicit your input and experience. 

This webinar is appropriate for a wide range of participants who want to gain perspective on the issue of chemically-contaminated drinking water in the U.S.  For example, people working for water supply systems may learn more about chemical contamination; engineers and scientists who investigate sources of contamination or treat contamination in situ or for drinking may gain insights into public health priorities; local, state and federal regulators and public health leaders may learn more about toxicity; and lawyers and news media employees may gain a more complete context for reporting and for pursuing specific cases

Participants will be provided a detailed agenda and a copy of the presentation slides.

For supplemental information on this topic, attend the FREE demo session, and see Dr. Heath's posts here.

Intended Audience:

Employees of water supply systems; engineers and scientists; local, state and federal regulators and public health leaders; lawyers and news media employees

Continuing Education Units: 0.40 CEUs

More Information

Course Topics

• Information about public (and private) water supplies
• Treatments for contaminants
• History of contamination of drinking water supplies
• Key characteristics of lead (Pb) and perfluorinateds
• Socioeconomic aspects of drinking water contamination
• Current observations about risk perception
• Litigation related to contamination of drinking water

About the Instructor

Jenifer S. Heath, Ph.D.

Dr. Heath has 30 years of experience in the fields of chemical product safety and environmental contamination.  Drinking water contamination has been a theme of her work throughout her career, from her dissertation topic (public drinking water supplies wells contaminated with chlorinated solvents) to her early work as an intern with a state health department (primarily lead, chlorinated solvents and petroleum products in drinking water) and on throughout her long consulting career (e.g., assessing risks associated with domestic use of contaminated groundwater) and continuing on to her work as an expert witness in litigation. 

Dr. Heath’s education provides a broad perspective on public health issues in general and drinking water specifically, from her nursing degree (she is a registered nurse in Colorado and New York) to her M.S. in Nutrition and Toxicology (North Carolina State University), from her B.S. in Public Health (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) to her M.A. in Public Policy Studies (Duke University), and on to her Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology (Cornell University), which included minors in Organization Behavior and Public Policy. 

She has decades of experience with lead (Pb), from animal studies in the laboratory to collection of blood samples from children, from a school drinking water fountain to expansive hard rock mines, from residual of leaded gasoline to serving as an expert in childhood lead poisoning cases.  Her experience with PFOS and PFOA is more recent, including extensive research, development of case studies, and development of meeting presentations and informational papers.

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Billing Information

In order to guarantee a space in a course, the tuition must be paid in full TWO WEEKS before the first day of the course by either check or credit card. State and government agencies paying with a purchase order are allowed payment under the two-week time frame if a copy of the purchase order is received by NWETC.

If You Need to Cancel

Cancellations*

• With 31 or more days notice, we will offer a 100% refund or credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
• With 30-8 days notice, we will offer a course credit towards a future course. The credit is good for one year and may be applied to any course.
• With fewer than 8 days notice, there is no course credit available

*Please note that attendee replacement is welcome at any time

Disability Accommodations

Disability Accommodations:

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