The Illinois Section of American Water Works, in partnership with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, will hold an all-day Source Water Protection Workshop on October 29 at the Hickory Grove Conference Center in Rochelle, IL. This workshop offers attendees up to 5.5 renewal training credit hours or professional development hours. Early registration is preferred and recommended at www.isawwa.org. Cost is $35 for AWWA members and $50 for non-members. Participants can also register the day of the event at 8:30 AM. Cost is $50 for anyone registering the day of the event. A continental breakfast and lunch is included The agenda follows:
9:00 – 11:00 Why Source Water Protection?
Emerging Contaminants, George Groschen,USGS Volatile Organic Compound Trends in Community Water Supplies, Rick Cobb,Deputy Manager, Division of Public Water Supplies, IEPA
10:15 – 11:15 Ground Water Rule and Wellhead Protection, Bill Buscher,Manager Hydrogeology Unit, Groundwater Section, IEPA
New Permit Application Amendments, Jerry Kuhn,Manager, Permit Section, IEPA 11:15 – 11:45 Source Water Assessment Tools You Can Use – Source Water Protection Internet Geographic Information System (GIS), Wade Boring, Manager Geographic Analysis Unit, Groundwater Section, IEPA
12:00 – 1:00 Luncheon Presentation: McHenry County’s Groundwater Protection Program, Cassandra McKinney,McHenry County Groundwater Coordinator
1:00 – 2:30 How to Implement a Source Water Protection Plan Marketing for Change, Steve Gasteyer, Michigan State University
AWWA’s New Source Water Protection Guidance, Robyn Doescher,Baxter and Woodman Engineers
IEPA’s Source Water Protection CD and Interactive Web Site, Anthony Dulka,Manager, Planning and Assessment Unit, Groundwater Section, IEPA
2:30 – 3:30 Question and Answer Panel Discussion Contact Lisa Jordan, ISAWWA Education Coordinator, at 866.521.3595 ext. 2, with questions.