|
 |
|
Recent Additions
July 2002
- Summer 2002 Bulletin now posted.
- Three new training courses and presentations added to the Electronic
Workshop for download:
- Regulating Microbial
Contaminants
Introduction to the protection of public health from the most common
types of microbial pathogens found in drinking water. This presentation
is designed to provide basic microbial background for subsequent
sessions on the Surface Water Treatment Rule and Total Coliform
Rule.
- Surface Water Treatment
Rule
This training module covers the history and development of the SWTR,
and provides information on filtered and unfiltered surface water
systems.
- Total Coliform Rule
This training module covers the history and development of the TCR,
and provides a detailed overview of the Rule's requirements.
- DWA Spanish Web Site
May 2002
- Five new training courses and presentations
added to the Electronic Workshop for download:
- From Risk to Rule: How
EPA Develops Risk-Based Drinking Water Regulations
How EPA assesses risk and uses risk information to develop drinking
water regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Provides
people who are primarily involved in implementing regulations with
a better understanding of scientific and other considerations –
specifically, those related to public health risk assessment –
that support EPA’s rulemaking activities under SDWA.
- Filter Backwash Recycling
Rule
A short PowerPoint presentation (0.6 MB) that covers background,
purpose, and the systems covered under the rule.
- Developing Water System
Financial Capacity
This training module covers methods for assessing financial capacity,
the importance of rate revenues to water system capacity, and the
implications for water-service affordability.
- Developing Managerial
Capacity
This training module covers the basic elements of water system capacity,
methods for assessing and developing managerial capacity.
- Risk Communication
Training module covers basic risk communication principles, concepts,
and challenges under SDWA.
- New courses offered through the Drinking Water
Academy (see the Calendar of Course Offerings
for a schedule):
- Surface Water Rules Training
This course takes a comprehensive
look at the surface water treatment rules (Surface Water Treatment
Rule, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Long Term
1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, and Filter Backwash Recycling
Rule) and their relation to the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection
Byproducts Rule.
- American Government Roles
This training provides an overview of the Federal government and
EPA's governmental role, with a focus on EPA's implementation of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA).
- Arsenic Rule
This course presents EPA's approach to implementation of the
new arsenic rule and provides information for regulators and water
systems on compliance options. The training covers State issues
such as rule requirements, violation determinations, SDWIS reporting,
and the small systems compliance strategy.
- Overview of the Clean Water Act and the
Safe Drinking Water Act
This course provides an overview of both the Clean Water Act (CWA)
and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), focusing on their interrelationships.
It reviews the histories of SDWA and the CWA and discusses the key
concepts and programs of each statute.
- Water System
Capital Facilities Financing
One-day workshop to introduce water system staff to CapFinance,
a proprietary software tool to help water systems analyze funding
options for renewal and replacement of assets.
|
