Topic: PFAS
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
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Student researchers awarded scholarships
Student researchers from Virginia Tech University and the University of British Columbia are winners of the Water Quality Research Foundation’s first David Loveday Memorial scholarship poster contest. The research findings of the winning poster submissions were shared with attendees of the WQRFs Scientific Symposium and the WQA Convention & Exposition March 4 & 5 in…
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WQRF Symposium: Solutions Catalyst set for March 4
The second annual Water Quality Research Foundation scientific symposium will bring together top scientific, technical and water treatment industry experts for critical conversations on PFAS and other emerging contaminants, water’s resilience, and innovative solutions. WQRF Symposium: Solutions Catalyst is set for March 4 – the day before the WQA Convention & Exposition – in the…
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WQRF PFAS Research
In this week’s episode of our WQA Radio podcast, we’re going to focus on new research on PFAS from the Water Quality Research Foundation, WQRF. Dr. Madjid Mohseni from the University of British Columbia joins us to talk about his research into whether a PFAS surrogate can be identified to gauge the effectiveness of water…
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WQA offers a guide to new PFAS Portal
WQA’s Technical Affairs team — Director Eric Yeggy and Manager Bryanna Poczatek — join host Wes Bleed to explain how to utilize the new resources. The new PFAS Portal offers tools and resources to help pros better understand and explain PFAS, including a downloadable dealers guide, a leave-behind for customers, and a guide for how…
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What You Need to Know About PFAS
This consumer-oriented document offers answers to common questions about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. What are they? Why should you be concerned? How do you know if they’re in your water, and what do you do if they are?
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WQA’s PFAS proposal comments reviewed on WQA Radio
This week’s WQA Radio podcasts features a portion of a recent WQA/WQRF webinar, “PFAS and Forecasting the Regulatory Landscape,” in which WQA Government Affairs Director Jeremy Pollack summarizes the comments WQA submitted to the federal Environmental Protection Agency on its first National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS chemicals. Those comments highlight the capabilities…
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PFAS and Forecasting the Regulatory Landscape
“PFAS and Forecasting the Regulatory Landscape” is the third webinar in a series focusing on PFAS impacts on drinking water. The webinar starts with a summary of the 2023 PFAS Symposium, then WQA’s Government Affairs team recaps comments submitted to the EPA on proposed PFAS regulation. Epidemiologist Linda Dell of Ramboll, a global environmental consultancy…
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Ethics & PFAS
In this week’s episode of WQA Radio, we feature a segment from one of our main education sessions at the 2023 WQA Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas. It was called More than a Sale: Ethics and PFAS. The discussion was moderated by Candice Wentling, Director of Certified Action, and featured Greg Reyneke with Crusader…
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WQA President Moore outlines vision, goals
Newly installed WQA President Amanda Moore, CWS, is our guest on WQA Radio this week. Hear her comments – from the Expo floor and the Keynote Session – during the recent WQA Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas. Moore gives her reflections on taking over as president 25 years after her father served as president…
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Top Convention Education
This week’s WQA Radio podcast tees up Convention Education – all of the sessions you’ll want to consider at this year’s WQA Convention & Exposition. Your guides are John McCartan, WQA Training and Programs manager, and Peter Cartwright, MWS, PE, of Cartwright Engineering. Cartwright is Chair of the Technical Education Task Force. This is a special…