SOURCE Magazine - Summer Fall 2023
With this issue, CA-NV AWWA begins a new journey for SOURCE magazine. As you flip through the pages, you’ll likely notice a different look and feel. We hope you like what you see. The rise of digital technology, a publisher change, and the desire to deliver timely information to our members, drove this new direction. As staff evaluated the possibilities, we learned that the publishing industry has undergone significant changes in recent years. Key changes and considerations included: 1. Online ease and content timeliness: The Internet, smart phones and social media have all made it easier than ever to push out brief, informative items, and report on current events in real time. Print readers are looking for shorter articles, more photos, and access to expanded content through online resource links. 2. Digital-first publishing: The increased use of digital technology in the industry has led to changes in the way publications are distributed, with many periodicals moving to digital-first or in some cases digital-only models. According to a variety of online sources, The U.S. consumer magazine industry shrunk by more than 20 percent in the past 5 years. The rate of decline, however, is expected to slow in the coming years as dual distribution (published both online and in print) becomes more common. 3. Research ease: The shelf-life of printed content has decreased, yet digital versions of the same periodical are being accessed 10 years or more after publication. This is great news for authors and advertisers in dual format publications. Past issues of SOURCE since 2010, are available under the Communications dropdown menu on ca-nv-awwa.org. 4. Resource management: The environmental ethic to reduce paper waste is driving many workplaces to move towards paperless offices. Rising costs for ink, paper, postage make virtual publishing options enticing, and the appetite for virtual content continues to grow. 5. Print publication value: Printed magazines live on tables, are shared in breakroom, often end up highlighted and handed from person to person, and are read in boardrooms, beds and bathrooms. Digital is good, but there’s still a purpose and place for paper. Creating a publication that hits the right tone issue after issue is hard work. The goal is to redefine SOURCE in a way that works for you. Do you have a suggestion, comment or insight about how to move SOURCE from good to great? I’d love to hear from you. — Sue Mosburg
With this issue, CA-NV AWWA begins a new journey for SOURCE magazine. As you flip through the pages, you’ll likely notice a different look and feel. We hope you like what you see.
The rise of digital technology, a publisher change, and the desire to deliver timely information to our members, drove this new direction. As staff evaluated the possibilities, we learned that the publishing industry has undergone significant changes in recent years. Key changes and considerations included:
1. Online ease and content timeliness: The Internet, smart phones and social media have all made it easier than ever to push out brief, informative items, and report on current events in real time. Print readers are looking for shorter articles, more photos, and access to expanded content through online resource links.
2. Digital-first publishing: The increased use of digital technology in the industry has led to changes in the way publications are distributed, with many periodicals moving to digital-first or in some cases digital-only models. According to a variety of online sources, The U.S. consumer magazine industry shrunk by more than 20 percent in the past 5 years. The rate of decline, however, is expected to slow in the coming years as dual distribution (published both online and in print) becomes more common.
3. Research ease: The shelf-life of printed content has decreased, yet digital versions of the same periodical are being accessed 10 years or more after publication. This is great news for authors and advertisers in dual format publications. Past issues of SOURCE since 2010, are available under the Communications dropdown menu on ca-nv-awwa.org.
4. Resource management: The environmental ethic to reduce paper waste is driving many workplaces to move towards paperless offices. Rising costs for ink, paper, postage make virtual publishing options enticing, and the appetite for virtual content continues to grow.
5. Print publication value: Printed magazines live on tables, are shared in breakroom, often end up highlighted and handed from person to person, and are read in boardrooms, beds and bathrooms. Digital is good, but there’s still a purpose and place for paper.
Creating a publication that hits the right tone issue after issue is hard work. The goal is to redefine SOURCE in a way that works for you. Do you have a suggestion, comment or insight about how to move SOURCE from good to great? I’d love to hear from you.
— Sue Mosburg
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Contents<br />
SUMMER/FALL <strong>2023</strong><br />
8<br />
15<br />
20<br />
24<br />
IN THIS ISSUE:<br />
6<br />
8<br />
10<br />
From the Executive Director<br />
A Positive New Direction<br />
WES Recap<br />
Water Education Seminar<br />
Members<br />
Welcome Larry Lyford<br />
Members Spotlight:<br />
Dave Hokanson<br />
New Members List<br />
15 Putting Communities Ahead 24<br />
20<br />
of Polluters<br />
Alleviating Taxpayers Burden of<br />
Treating PFAS-contaminated<br />
Water<br />
ANSI National Accreditation<br />
Board (ANAB)<br />
Backflow Prevention and<br />
Cross-Connection Control<br />
Certifications<br />
26<br />
Aqua Metrology Systems<br />
SafeGuard H2O Arsenic<br />
Removal Treatment System<br />
Annual <strong>Fall</strong><br />
Conference <strong>2023</strong><br />
www.ca-nv.awwa.org | SUMMER/FALL <strong>2023</strong> 5
From The Executive Director<br />
A Positive<br />
New Direction<br />
With this issue, CA-NV AWWA begins a new journey for<br />
<strong>SOURCE</strong> magazine. As you flip through the pages, you’ll<br />
likely notice a different look and feel. We hope you like<br />
what you see.<br />
The rise of digital technology, a<br />
publisher change, and the desire<br />
to deliver timely information to<br />
our members, drove this new<br />
direction. As staff evaluated the<br />
possibilities, we learned that the<br />
publishing industry has undergone<br />
significant changes in recent years.<br />
Key changes and considerations<br />
included:<br />
1. Online ease and content<br />
timeliness: The Internet, smart<br />
phones and social media have all<br />
made it easier than ever to push<br />
out brief, informative items, and<br />
report on current events in real<br />
time. Print readers are looking<br />
for shorter articles, more photos,<br />
and access to expanded content<br />
through online resource links.<br />
2. Digital-first publishing: The<br />
increased use of digital technology<br />
in the industry has led to changes<br />
in the way publications are<br />
distributed, with many periodicals<br />
moving to digital-first or in<br />
some cases digital-only models.<br />
According to a variety of online<br />
sources, The U.S. consumer<br />
magazine industry shrunk by<br />
more than 20 percent in the<br />
past 5 years. The rate of decline,<br />
however, is expected to slow in the<br />
coming years as dual distribution<br />
(published both online and in print)<br />
becomes more common.<br />
3. Research ease: The shelf-life of<br />
printed content has decreased,<br />
yet digital versions of the same<br />
periodical are being accessed 10<br />
years or more after publication.<br />
This is great news for authors<br />
and advertisers in dual format<br />
publications. Past issues of <strong>SOURCE</strong><br />
since 2010, are available under the<br />
Communications dropdown menu<br />
on ca-nv-awwa.org.<br />
4. Resource management: The<br />
environmental ethic to reduce<br />
paper waste is driving many<br />
workplaces to move towards<br />
paperless offices. Rising costs for<br />
ink, paper, postage make virtual<br />
publishing options enticing, and<br />
the appetite for virtual content<br />
continues to grow.<br />
5. Print publication value: Printed<br />
magazines live on tables, are<br />
shared in breakroom, often end<br />
up highlighted and handed from<br />
person to person, and are read in<br />
boardrooms, beds and bathrooms.<br />
Digital is good, but there’s still a<br />
purpose and place for paper.<br />
Creating a publication that hits<br />
the right tone issue after issue is<br />
hard work. The goal is to redefine<br />
<strong>SOURCE</strong> in a way that works for<br />
you. Do you have a suggestion,<br />
comment or insight about how to<br />
move <strong>SOURCE</strong> from good to great?<br />
I’d love to hear from you.<br />
Sue Mosburg<br />
Mission Statement<br />
Dedicated to leading, educating, and serving<br />
the water industry and our communities.<br />
EXECUTIVE<br />
COMMITTEE<br />
CHAIR<br />
Larry Lyford<br />
CHAIR ELECT<br />
Jim Elliot<br />
VICE CHAIR<br />
Gordon Williams<br />
PAST CHAIR<br />
Christine Boyle<br />
ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR<br />
Andrew DeGraca<br />
ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR<br />
Heather Collins<br />
Dan Armendariz<br />
Erin Mackey<br />
Robert Janowski<br />
TREASURER<br />
Todd Jorgenson<br />
SECRETARY<br />
Sue Mosburg<br />
TRUSTEES<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
CONFERENCE<br />
Colter Andersen<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Uzi Daniel<br />
CERTIFICATION BOARD<br />
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TECHNICAL PROGRAMS<br />
Raha Shirkhani<br />
DIVISION CHAIRS<br />
UTILITY MANAGEMENT<br />
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WATER RE<strong>SOURCE</strong>S<br />
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WATER QUALITY<br />
Alex Chakmak<br />
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Yan Zhang<br />
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COUNCILS<br />
MANUFACTUREERS<br />
& ASSOCIATES COUNCIL<br />
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& DECELOPMENT<br />
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WES Recap<br />
Water Education<br />
Seminar<br />
Ready! Set! Educate! August<br />
16th, <strong>2023</strong>, in Orange, California,<br />
over 700 people gathered<br />
at Santiago Canyon College for this<br />
one-day annual event, Ca -Nv -AWWA<br />
Section’s Water Education Seminar.<br />
Speakers from all over California and<br />
Nevada provided the attendees with<br />
water education on topics ranging from<br />
advanced water treatment to SCADA<br />
optimization, from groundwater<br />
well engineering to a nitrification<br />
and chloramination Workshop. It<br />
was great to see classrooms buzzing<br />
with presentations, Q&A sessions and<br />
demonstrations.<br />
So much planning goes into<br />
producing this event year after year:<br />
the coordination from Section Staff,<br />
the time and consideration from all<br />
the speakers, the support from our<br />
exhibitors and sponsors and the tireless<br />
efforts of our volunteers. A huge thank<br />
you to everyone that contributes<br />
and attends this event ensuring its<br />
continued success.<br />
See you next year!<br />
All photos courtesy of the Water Education Seminar Section Staff.<br />
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www.ca-nv.awwa.org | SUMMER/FALL <strong>2023</strong> 9
Members<br />
Welcome Larry Lyford<br />
Our New Section Chair for 2024<br />
By Larry Lyford<br />
As a youngster living in rural<br />
USA, I never imagined<br />
I would be writing this<br />
welcome to you as your 2024<br />
CA-NV AWWA Section Chair. I was<br />
born and raised in North-West<br />
Montana and started working<br />
in my grandfather’s plumbing<br />
shop at six years old putting pipe<br />
nipples away in the bins ( I worked<br />
cheap for ice cream and pumpkin<br />
pie). Long story short, I worked in<br />
the family business of plumbing<br />
and underground until 1986,<br />
when I moved to California. From<br />
estimator to owner president, I<br />
worked my way through several<br />
different companies and ended up<br />
at Helix Water District.<br />
In 1998, I started as a plant<br />
mechanic and moved up through<br />
the ranks to plant manager and<br />
chief plant operator. Who would<br />
have thought a ditch digger/<br />
plumber from Montana, would at<br />
the end of his 26-year career, retire<br />
as the chair of the largest section<br />
of AWWA - which is the largest<br />
group of water professionals in the<br />
WORLD!<br />
I was brought into the CA-NV<br />
Section because I received the<br />
Bernard Miller Award (now<br />
known as the Exemplary<br />
Operations Supervisor<br />
Award). I was “voluntold”<br />
by Helix management to<br />
get involved. When CA-NV<br />
volunteer Conrad Tona<br />
saw me wandering the<br />
halls he HELPED me find<br />
my way. The rest is history.<br />
CA-NV AWWA is<br />
important due to<br />
the talented water<br />
professionals in this<br />
Section and their<br />
tremendous drive for<br />
continuous improvement,<br />
to deliver safe potable<br />
water in a reliable way and at a<br />
responsible cost. We are industry<br />
leaders in water research,<br />
conservation, and certifications<br />
in areas like cross connection<br />
control, backflow prevention<br />
assembly testing, and advanced<br />
water treatment operations - just<br />
to mention a few of the important<br />
areas we are working in.<br />
Looking ahead to 2024, I would<br />
like us to focus on membership,<br />
education, and certification<br />
advocacy.<br />
As an industry we have a huge<br />
volume of staff retiring and leaving<br />
our industry. The Silver Tsunami<br />
is here, and we are not attracting<br />
enough people to enter the field.<br />
We need employees, and we want<br />
them to have some experience.<br />
We need more Internships,<br />
apprenticeships and on the job<br />
training programs. There are many<br />
groups working on this, and CA-NV<br />
can help in this area.<br />
We need staff to be certified. There<br />
was a log jam in California’s Office<br />
of Operator Certification in recent<br />
years. I am so proud to say that<br />
"<br />
We are providing<br />
education for<br />
candidates to be<br />
able to take and pass<br />
the state operator<br />
certification exams.<br />
"<br />
many people in CA-NV stepped up<br />
to resolve this issue and worked<br />
collaboratively with State Board<br />
Staff and individual work groups.<br />
Tremendous progress has been<br />
made to improve the Certification<br />
Process. There is more work to be<br />
done. We are up to the task.<br />
We are providing education for<br />
candidates to take and pass the<br />
state operator certification exams.<br />
CA-NV and the local colleges<br />
that have water/ wastewater<br />
programs are the leading sources<br />
of education for our pool of<br />
candidates. Unfortunately, we<br />
have a dwindling pool of students.<br />
I believe we can do more to<br />
focus on high school students<br />
and those leaving the military<br />
as candidates to enter the water<br />
industry. We need to be actively<br />
reaching out to our high schools<br />
at every opportunity that we can<br />
to make these students aware<br />
of the opportunities in the water<br />
industry, and to involve them with<br />
our section through the student<br />
chapters and other local activities.<br />
These are the areas that I hope we<br />
can make progress in during my<br />
term as Chair of the CA-NV Section<br />
of the AWWA. Let’s have a great<br />
year!<br />
Photo courtesy of Larry Lyford.<br />
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Members<br />
Member Spotlight<br />
Dave Hokanson<br />
Principal Engineer at Trussel Technologies<br />
Q: How Long have you been a<br />
member of AWWA?<br />
A: Since 1991<br />
Q: What is your Favorite CA/NV<br />
AWWA memory?<br />
A: The people. CA-NV AWWA<br />
provides a great opportunity to<br />
interact with colleagues in the<br />
industry sharing common interest.<br />
CA-NV AWWA played a huge role<br />
in helping me meet people and<br />
allowed me to connect with the<br />
new state.<br />
Q: What is your advice to new<br />
members?<br />
A: Jump in and join a committee<br />
and in the future take a leadership<br />
role in an area of interest. It<br />
will seem daunting at first, but<br />
recognize there is a backbone of<br />
existing members that will support<br />
you at every turn.<br />
Q: Anything else you want to share?<br />
A: The CA-NV Section AWWA will<br />
help you advance your career and<br />
prove rewarding to you in many<br />
ways.<br />
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Members<br />
New Members List<br />
Ahmad Abuamriah<br />
Hector Calderon<br />
Ken Elledge<br />
Alan Hang<br />
Sarah Aguila<br />
Keith Campbell<br />
Michelle Elorde<br />
Luke Hanolen<br />
Aquil Ali<br />
Nahel Ali<br />
Susan Allen<br />
Frank Almazan<br />
Victor Alvarellos<br />
Bassam Alzammar<br />
Neyba Amezcua<br />
Ryninta Anatrya<br />
Janel Ancayan<br />
Michael Anderson<br />
Amanda Andrade<br />
Jonathan Arakaki<br />
Cesar Arce<br />
Lorenzo Arce<br />
Freddy Armijo<br />
Christopher<br />
Arreseigor-Garrett<br />
Elizabeth Arteaga<br />
George Avila<br />
Jeff Baker<br />
Alyssa Banzil<br />
Sergio Barragan<br />
Christopher Bazzanella<br />
Daniel Best<br />
Stephen Bise<br />
Zachry Bott<br />
Max Boyd<br />
James Bragg<br />
Nicholas Bryan<br />
Elinor Buchen<br />
Ralph Buenconsejo<br />
Tim Burke<br />
John Burnett<br />
Arthur Burns<br />
Steven Burroughs<br />
Paul Cabrera<br />
Justin Cahatol<br />
Nury Cano-Alvarado<br />
Kyle Cantrell<br />
Jon Cantu<br />
Josh Capito<br />
Luis Cardenas<br />
Henry Carino<br />
Antonio Carrillo<br />
Chris Castillo<br />
Jessee Castle<br />
Idez Castro<br />
Jose Cervantes<br />
Yolanda Cervantes<br />
Joseph Cetrulo<br />
Jonathan<br />
Chambers<br />
Cindy Chau<br />
Zak Chawla<br />
Adam Cisneros<br />
Angel Cisneros<br />
City Of Camarillo<br />
Mykaiah Clermont<br />
Jermaine Coffman<br />
Lauren Collins<br />
Veronica Connelly<br />
Edward Costa<br />
Mariam Coulibaly<br />
Audrianne Counts<br />
Corey Coval<br />
Jennifer Cusack<br />
Armando De Jesus<br />
Joseph Degeorge<br />
Daniel Demasters<br />
Alan Dennis<br />
John Dettle<br />
Dana Diaz<br />
Robert Diaz<br />
Patricia Diep<br />
Shannon Eminhizer<br />
Catherine Erath<br />
Claire Ernst<br />
Joshua Estrada<br />
David Felix<br />
Chad Finch<br />
Cesar Flores<br />
Marco Flores<br />
Ernest Floyd<br />
Tiffany Foo<br />
Stephanie Fowler<br />
Keshawn Franklin<br />
Karina Galeana<br />
Greg Galloway<br />
Ralph Galvan<br />
Danny Garcia<br />
Michael Garcia<br />
Phillip Garcia<br />
Kelly Gardner<br />
Chance Garrett<br />
Albert Gastelum<br />
Mark Gentili<br />
Sean Goldwasser<br />
Jared Gomez<br />
Karla Gonzalez<br />
Jason Gornall<br />
David Gould<br />
Manuel Gozzi<br />
Larson Graff<br />
Hector Granados<br />
Derek Grant<br />
Ben Groves<br />
Gustavo Gutierrez<br />
Timothy<br />
Gutierrez, Sr.<br />
Billy Haas<br />
John Haig<br />
Emmanuel<br />
Harding<br />
Leonard Harkness<br />
Leona Harris<br />
Marty Hayek<br />
Arjan Heer<br />
Jordan Hernandez<br />
Samuel Hernandez<br />
Mitch Herring<br />
Greg Herzog<br />
Ken Higbee<br />
Arqam Hijawi<br />
Michael Hinshaw<br />
Steven Hoang<br />
Thomas Hoffman<br />
Mihaela Horn<br />
May Huang<br />
Paul Hughes<br />
Shelby Hull<br />
Hunter Industries<br />
Steven Hurtado<br />
Scott Hutcheson<br />
Gloria Ibarra<br />
Bernardo Iniguez<br />
Intake Screens,<br />
Inc.<br />
Van Jew<br />
Doriann Jimenez<br />
Mario Jimenez<br />
Andre Johnson<br />
Mike Jones<br />
Celeena Juarez<br />
Roger Justice<br />
Bret Kadel<br />
Carmen Kasner<br />
Chris Kehoe<br />
Gary Kirby<br />
Robin Kloepfer<br />
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Members<br />
New Members List<br />
Emily Kraemer<br />
Jaime Moreno<br />
Bryan Rodriguez<br />
Surendra Thakral<br />
Jacob Krawiec<br />
Soheil Mortezaeifar<br />
James Rodriguez<br />
Karl Tingwald<br />
Jason Kung<br />
Michael Musco<br />
Madison Roger<br />
Nicolas Tippins<br />
Yvonne Lam<br />
Sarah Musiker<br />
Corey Ross<br />
Jacqueline Todak<br />
Michelle Landis<br />
Cristian Negrete-Leliebre<br />
Alexander Roubanis<br />
David Torres<br />
Dwan Lee<br />
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Putting Communities<br />
Ahead of<br />
Polluters<br />
Alleviating Taxpayers<br />
Burden of Treating<br />
PFAS-Contaminated<br />
Water<br />
By Ken Sansone and<br />
Michael DiGiannantonio<br />
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are found<br />
in nearly half of the tap water in the U.S., according<br />
to a recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey.<br />
Named “forever chemicals” because of their strong chemical<br />
bond, PFAS remain in the environment, in humans and<br />
wildlife for a very long time.<br />
These man-made chemicals have been used in industry<br />
and consumer products for decades and can be found<br />
in drinking water, air and food supply, which affect<br />
communities and pose a serious threat across rural,<br />
suburban, and urban areas.<br />
What are the risks?<br />
PFAS have been shown to have serious adverse effects<br />
on people’s health. Some of these increased risks include<br />
cancer, thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, an increase in liver<br />
enzymes, infertility, and pregnancy induced hypertension<br />
and preeclampsia.<br />
Due to their widespread production and use, as well as their<br />
ability to remain in the environment, the Centers for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that most people<br />
in the U.S. have been exposed to some levels of PFAS. In fact,<br />
a study suggests that PFAS chemicals could be found in 98<br />
percent of the U.S. population.<br />
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Putting Communities Ahead<br />
As a result of these risks, the U.S.<br />
Environmental Protection Agency<br />
(EPA) recently took a significant<br />
step to protect public health by<br />
proposing to establish legally<br />
enforceable levels for six PFAS<br />
compounds known to occur in<br />
drinking water. This would introduce<br />
the first-ever national standard to<br />
address PFAS in drinking water.<br />
If finalized, the standard would<br />
regulate PFOA and PFOS as<br />
individual contaminants, and will<br />
regulate four other PFAS — PFNA,<br />
PFHxS, PFBS, and GenX Chemicals<br />
— as a mixture. This will require<br />
public water systems to monitor for<br />
these chemicals. It will also require<br />
systems to notify the public and<br />
reduce PFAS contamination, if levels<br />
exceed the proposed regulatory<br />
standards.<br />
The Cleanup Costs<br />
of PFAS<br />
At the state level, many agencies<br />
are taking steps to address PFAS<br />
contamination, by identifying<br />
and disclosing where PFAS are<br />
manufactured, where releases to<br />
the environment are occurring,<br />
and its use in food packaging and<br />
other consumer items. However,<br />
further actions are needed to<br />
ensure environmental protection<br />
and public safety. These increased<br />
investments include developing<br />
laboratory methods to test for<br />
PFAS in drinking water, and<br />
wastewater at contaminated sites,<br />
increased investment in research<br />
for treatment to remove PFAS in<br />
drinking water and at contaminated<br />
sites, as well as further research into<br />
associated human health risks.<br />
Early estimates of the cost of<br />
removing PFAS from drinking<br />
water nationwide are about 400<br />
billion dollars. These cleanup costs<br />
are only expected to rise as the<br />
hazards of PFAS become clearer<br />
and more regulators set removal<br />
requirements.<br />
Unfortunately, the burden to cover<br />
the costs of PFAS cleanup, to meet<br />
accelerating federal drinking water<br />
regulations, and provide healthcare<br />
for impacted individuals falls on<br />
state and local governments,<br />
instead of the manufacturers<br />
responsible for PFAS production.<br />
For example, the American Water<br />
Works Association (AWWA)<br />
estimates that it could cost between<br />
3.2 to 5.7 billion dollars annually<br />
to implement technologies that<br />
address EPA’s standard for PFAS<br />
in water.<br />
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Putting Communities Ahead<br />
For states that have already<br />
set drinking water limits for<br />
PFAS, such as New Jersey,<br />
Massachusetts, Michigan, and<br />
New York, compliance costs are<br />
quickly creeping up and starting to<br />
affect drinking water rates. Many<br />
communities around the country<br />
impacted by PFAS are facing billions<br />
of dollars for new water treatment<br />
technology. According to recent<br />
reports, for example, PFAS cleanup<br />
has contributed to increasing water<br />
utility rates for residents in Westford,<br />
Massachusetts (by 22 percent), and<br />
it is anticipated to raise water rates<br />
in Wausau, Wisconsin, where water<br />
bills could increase by almost 40<br />
dollars a month, Hawthorne, New<br />
Jersey, by 13 percent in <strong>2023</strong>, and<br />
another 13 percent in 2024.<br />
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Unless the manufacturers<br />
responsible for PFAS pollution are<br />
held accountable, taxpayers are<br />
likely to be the ones to bear the<br />
burden of the billions of dollars<br />
needed to treat PFAS-contaminated<br />
water.<br />
Holding Polluters<br />
Accountable<br />
To shield water customers and<br />
taxpayers from the massive cost<br />
of PFAS cleanup, state and local<br />
governments across the country<br />
are taking legal actions against<br />
manufacturers of toxic chemicals<br />
that are contaminating much of<br />
the nation’s drinking water. More<br />
than a dozen states, including<br />
Michigan, Alaska, Pennsylvania,<br />
North Carolina, New York and<br />
Colorado, and hundreds of<br />
municipalities and water systems,<br />
have already filed lawsuits against<br />
PFAS manufacturers for the<br />
contamination of drinking water or<br />
natural resources, such as lakes and<br />
groundwater.<br />
After the EPA MCL takes effect,<br />
communities with drinking water<br />
that will exceed the regulatory<br />
limits, will either need to take the<br />
contaminated sources out of service<br />
and get water from elsewhere, or<br />
implement treatment solutions,<br />
both of which usually come at a<br />
great expense. Thus, it is anticipated<br />
that more entities will continue<br />
to pursue litigation against the<br />
responsible manufacturers in an<br />
attempt to recover these response<br />
costs.<br />
Litigation options:<br />
What is an MDL?<br />
As municipalities and water utilities<br />
across the U.S. filed lawsuits<br />
claiming that their water supplies<br />
have been contaminated with<br />
PFAS from aqueous film-forming<br />
foam (AFFF), either alone or in<br />
combination with other PFAScontaining<br />
products, they have had<br />
their cases grouped together before<br />
the same court in a multidistrict<br />
litigation (MDL).<br />
An MDL is a consolidation of<br />
many lawsuits from around the<br />
country involving similar claims by<br />
different plaintiffs against the same<br />
defendants. The purpose of the<br />
MDL is to consolidate the beginning<br />
stages of litigation while reserving<br />
each plaintiff’s right to take their<br />
own case to trial, with lawyers of<br />
their own choosing. Although MDLs<br />
can result in what are called “global<br />
settlements” of the claims brought<br />
by most or all the plaintiffs, it’s<br />
always up to each individual plaintiff<br />
whether to enter into a settlement.<br />
If the plaintiff is not happy with<br />
what’s being offered, they would<br />
have the chance to take its case out<br />
of the MDL, to federal court in its<br />
home state, and bring the case to<br />
trial there.<br />
The AFFF MDL was formed in<br />
December 2018, and is being heard<br />
in the U.S. District Court for the<br />
District of South Carolina. There are<br />
four categories of plaintiffs: water<br />
providers, property owners, personal<br />
injury plaintiffs, and the sovereigns<br />
(states, territories, and tribes).<br />
Benefits of an MDL<br />
for PFAS?<br />
If early cases in the MDL are<br />
resolved in favor of the plaintiffs, it<br />
often results in a domino effect of<br />
settlements for the remaining cases,<br />
which can be resolved without<br />
requiring lengthy discovery and<br />
pretrial litigation processes.<br />
While the costs for cleaning up<br />
PFAS can be high, taking legal<br />
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Putting Communities Ahead<br />
action doesn’t have to cost money<br />
up front. Some law firms, including<br />
SL Environmental Law Group, work<br />
on a contingency basis — meaning<br />
that the firms advance the costs of<br />
litigation and are paid only if there is<br />
a successful outcome.<br />
Proceedings in the MDL over<br />
PFAS have been underway for<br />
water providers for three years.<br />
Additional plaintiffs can still join<br />
the MDL, which is likely one of<br />
the faster routes to try to obtain<br />
compensation your community has<br />
been impacted by PFAS.<br />
PFAS Class Action<br />
Settlements<br />
Recent developments in the<br />
ongoing MDL between PFAS<br />
manufacturers and water suppliers<br />
across the country, that seek to hold<br />
polluters accountable for cleanup<br />
costs, are proposed settlements<br />
from 3M, agreeing to pay up to 12.5<br />
billion dollars, and DuPont and<br />
its related companies for 1.1859<br />
billion dollars — an important<br />
step forward for communities<br />
impacted by PFAS. All public water<br />
systems that are required to test<br />
under UCMR5 or have detected<br />
PFAS in at least one of their supply<br />
sources will be eligible to receive<br />
funds. Because the proposed<br />
agreements are structured as class<br />
action settlements, all eligible water<br />
systems will be included unless<br />
they opt out, regardless of whether<br />
they have filed lawsuits against the<br />
companies.<br />
The PFAS class action settlements<br />
may help eligible systems recover<br />
clean-up funds, but the process<br />
of submitting claims is likely to be<br />
complex and depend on a variety<br />
of data about each contaminated<br />
source. Water systems will only<br />
have a short, 90-day timeframe<br />
to decide if they should opt-out<br />
from the settlement, which is set<br />
for December 4th, for the DuPont<br />
settlement and December 11th, for<br />
the 3M settlement. It is important<br />
to note, however, that communities<br />
will not know how much they’re<br />
eligible to receive until after the<br />
opt-out period has concluded. This<br />
is why, eligible municipalities and<br />
water systems will benefit from<br />
retaining legal counsel whether<br />
they plan to participate in the class<br />
action settlements, or choose to optout<br />
and pursue litigation against<br />
3M and/or DuPont instead, so they<br />
can receive assistance and guidance<br />
throughout the process.<br />
SL Environmental Law Group has<br />
over 20 years of experience helping<br />
municipalities, water systems, and<br />
states hold polluters accountable<br />
and is currently focused on helping<br />
public entities recover the costs of<br />
PFAS contamination. SL already<br />
represents more than 100 water<br />
providers in the current AFFF MDL,<br />
and over the past decades has<br />
helped over 150 clients, resulting in<br />
over 1.2 billion dollars recovered in<br />
settlements and trials, to pay for the<br />
cost of contamination clean-up.<br />
Authors:<br />
Ken Sansone,<br />
Senior Partner, SL<br />
Environmental Law<br />
Group P.C.<br />
Michael<br />
DiGiannantonio,<br />
Attorney, SL<br />
Environmental<br />
Law Group P.C.<br />
Photos courtesy of their respective companies or organizations.<br />
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(mg/L). Following coagulation, the<br />
treated water is passed through<br />
a ZeeWeedR ultrafiltration (UF)<br />
membrane to remove the ferricarsenic<br />
coagulant. The filters are<br />
backwashed periodically, and the<br />
backwash is discharged to the city’s<br />
sewerage system. This process<br />
reduces arsenic from an influent<br />
value of ≥ 35 ppb to an effluent<br />
below 10 ppb. Since its start-up,<br />
the plant’s performance has been<br />
regularly monitored by an AMS, a<br />
line arsenic water quality analyzer<br />
to ensure system compliance. The<br />
city’s drinking water treatment<br />
plant has a maximum flow rate<br />
The SafeGuardH2Oin-situ electrogenerated ferrous reagent treatment technologyis a novel approach to arsenic<br />
treatment. The SafeGuardH2O system generates a ferrous reagent in-situ via an electrolytic process.<br />
capacity of 5.25 million-gallonsper-day<br />
(mgd). The facility blends<br />
source water obtained from five<br />
wells across the region. Source<br />
water contains naturally occurring<br />
arsenate [As(V)] and other inorganic<br />
contaminants.<br />
While the city’s existing treatment<br />
scheme can achieve greater arsenic<br />
removal efficiency, it would require<br />
additional chemicals and an<br />
increased ferric chloride dose of 25-<br />
40 mg/L to reduce arsenic to 5 ppb<br />
or less.<br />
Concerned with having to increase<br />
reliance on bulk chemicals to meet<br />
a lower arsenic MCL, and a number<br />
of associated operational issues,<br />
the City of Alamosa evaluated the<br />
SafeGuard H2O arsenic removal<br />
treatment system, manufactured<br />
by Aqua Metrology Systems (AMS),<br />
to replace the use of bulk ferric<br />
chloride.<br />
The SafeGuard H2O technology<br />
uses a non-toxic, certified reagent<br />
precursor material (low carbon<br />
steel) and an in-situ electrolytic<br />
generator to create a ferrous<br />
reagent onsite and on-demand.<br />
SafeGuard H2O features<br />
automatic dosing and incorporates<br />
proprietary continuous, real-time<br />
monitoring of contaminant levels<br />
at the influent and effluent, to<br />
ensure optimal treatment and<br />
compliance with regulatory and<br />
operational targets 24/7/365. As<br />
with any water treatment system,<br />
high frequency continuous water<br />
quality monitoring of contaminants,<br />
such as arsenic and iron, at critical<br />
treatment process steps supports<br />
process automation, optimization,<br />
reliability, and can give remote<br />
visibility of system performance for<br />
the utility and their customers.<br />
The SafeGuard H2O evaluation<br />
was completed via bench-scale<br />
testing and subsequent pilot<br />
demonstration.<br />
The bench-scale test in 2022,<br />
characterized the efficacy of the<br />
technology and the coagulation<br />
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Aqua Metrology Systems<br />
Laboratory Analysis Results of 39% Bulk Ferric Chloride Reagent And Electrogenerated Ferrous<br />
Reagent Material Used In The SafeGuard H2O Arsenic Removal Demonstration<br />
Conclusions from<br />
the demonstration of<br />
the SafeGuard H2O<br />
technology include:<br />
• The SafeGuard H2O<br />
arsenic removal technology<br />
demonstrated the ability<br />
to remove high levels of<br />
influent arsenic to below 5<br />
ppb under tightly controlled<br />
treatment process<br />
conditions.<br />
Certificate of Analysis For The Steel Electrode Used In The SafeGuardH2O Process<br />
filtration requirements. The<br />
demonstration from Jan. 14 to<br />
Feb. 3, <strong>2023</strong>, was initiated to show<br />
the ability of SafeGuard H2O to<br />
provide effective and reliable arsenic<br />
removal below the MCL, evaluate<br />
the purity of the in-situ generated<br />
ferrous reagent compared to bulk<br />
ferric chloride, and study the impact<br />
of both reagents on UF membrane<br />
health.<br />
Results<br />
The bench scale demonstration<br />
of the SafeGuard H2O in-situ<br />
electrogenerated ferrous reagent<br />
treatment technology at the City<br />
of Alamosa in 2022, has shown<br />
the in-situ generated reagent can<br />
achieve arsenic removal below 10<br />
ppb; proving the efficacy of the<br />
technology. The electrogenerated<br />
ferrous reagent achieved reliable<br />
arsenic removal below 5 ppb with a<br />
ferrous dose of 6.5-8 mg/L.<br />
For the SafeGuard H2O<br />
demonstration, a treatment<br />
system with a capacity of 100<br />
milliliters per minute (ml/min)<br />
[0.016 gal/sq ft/min] that uses all<br />
the essential components for a fullscale<br />
installation was designed to<br />
mimic the key plant conditions and<br />
parameters, including treatment<br />
reagent (coagulant) dose, water/<br />
coagulant contact time, coagulation<br />
pH, the flowrate through UF<br />
module, and UF membrane<br />
backwashing schedule.<br />
The SafeGuard H2O<br />
demonstration system consisted<br />
of two treatment trains; one for the<br />
electrolytic ferrous reagent and<br />
another for bulk ferric chloride,<br />
that were run in parallel to ensure<br />
a side-by-side comparison of the<br />
two treatment approaches. Each<br />
treatment train shared a similar<br />
process flow and identical arsenic<br />
coagulation/filtration modules, they<br />
differed only in the reagent used.<br />
During the operation period of<br />
January 14 to February 3, <strong>2023</strong>, the<br />
influent arsenic levels, specifically<br />
As(V), were ≥ 35 ppb. Total arsenic<br />
levels in the permeate obtained<br />
from the electrolytic ferrous reagent<br />
were consistently lower than that<br />
in the permeate obtained from the<br />
bulk ferric chloride.<br />
These findings were confirmed by<br />
laboratory and field tests. The results<br />
demonstrate that the SafeGuard<br />
H2O arsenic removal treatment<br />
technology can effectively reduce<br />
arsenic in the drinking water source<br />
to below the 10 ppb MCL level.<br />
• The electrolytically<br />
generated ferrous reagent<br />
provides a higher efficiency<br />
in arsenic removal<br />
compared to bulk ferric<br />
chloride. The SafeGuard<br />
H2O electrolytically<br />
generated reagent<br />
demonstrated high arsenic<br />
treatment performance<br />
using a ferric coagulant dose<br />
27 percent lower than that<br />
with a bulk ferric chloride<br />
reagent.<br />
• The purity of the in-situ<br />
ferrous reagent precursor is<br />
of a higher quality than bulk<br />
ferric chloride.<br />
• The high purity of the in-situ<br />
ferrous reagent resulted<br />
in lower manganese levels<br />
in the treatment reagent,<br />
as well as in the treated<br />
water and waste. The low<br />
manganese content in the<br />
electrolytic ferric reagent<br />
relative to the bulk ferric<br />
reagent caused minimal<br />
impact on the treated water<br />
quality.<br />
Report authored by:<br />
Vladimir Dozortsev, Sr.Product<br />
Manager, AMS<br />
Report co-authored by:<br />
Roy Sanchez, CWP, Water<br />
Treatment Plant Operator,<br />
City of Alamosa<br />
Report reviewed by:<br />
Rick Bacon, CEO, AMS<br />
Report approved by:<br />
Rick Bacon, CEO, AMS<br />
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<strong>Fall</strong> Concerence<br />
Annual <strong>Fall</strong><br />
Conference <strong>2023</strong><br />
The California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works<br />
Association (CA-NV AWWA) hosted the Annual <strong>Fall</strong> Conference<br />
October 23-26, <strong>2023</strong>. The four-day event reached skilled distribution<br />
operators, treatment operators, engineers, and field professionals<br />
from the world of drinking water.<br />
In addition to the technical sessions,<br />
Opening Session left onlookers<br />
cheering as Christine Boyle passes<br />
the gavel to our new Chair of<br />
the section Larry Lyford. A huge<br />
thank you to Christine Boyle for<br />
her wonderful year as Chair of the<br />
Section. We look forward to 2024,<br />
and the creativity, dedication and<br />
prospective Larry will bring.<br />
It was exciting to bring water<br />
professionals together to share<br />
knowledge and information<br />
amongst each other. We hope<br />
to see everyone at our Operator<br />
Symposium in March. You are<br />
invited to come share your<br />
knowledge and experiences with<br />
others and learn from them in the<br />
process. Our members and visitors<br />
together bring value and strength<br />
to CA-NV AWWA.<br />
All photos by Kiernan Coliflores.<br />
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<strong>Fall</strong> Concerence<br />
All photos by Kiernan Coliflores.<br />
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