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SUMMARY:Pre-Conference: “The Coming Wave: 1,4-Dioxane Background, Treatment Strategies, and Waste-Stream Management Strategiesâ€, #04-102501-30
LOCATION:The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino , Huron Avenue & Brigantine Blvd. , Atlantic City, NJ, 08401
DESCRIPTION:Pre-Conference: “The Coming Wave: 1,4-Dioxane Background, Treatment Strategies, and Waste-Stream Management Strategiesâ€, #04-102501-30\n\n10/21/25 09:00 AM EST\n - 10/21/25 01:00 PM EST\Description:\nPre-Conference: “The Coming Wave: 1,4-Dioxane Background, Treatment Strategies, and Waste-Stream Management Strategies”\n\nPresented and sponsored by: H2M Architects & Engineers \nCourse Description: \nThis course provides a comprehensive understanding of 1,4-Dioxane, its treatment, and waste management strategies. It begins with a historical background, toxicology, and regulatory framework for 1,4-Dioxane. The course then discusses treatment alternatives and waste stream management. The final module focuses on real-world examples and lessons learned from the startup and commissioning of 1,4-Dioxane treatment systems. Participants will gain insights into the design criteria for treatment technologies and the implementation of UV/AOP treatment approaches. The training concludes with a review of lessons learned and a comparison between theoretical design targets and actual water quality outcomes.\n\nAgenda: \n \n8:00 – 9:00 AM Morning Refreshments and Sign-in\n9:00 AM Training Begins\n \nModule 1: “Historical Background, Toxicology, and Regulatory Framework for 1,4-Dioxane”\n Duration: 70 minutes\n\n Scope Narrative: Presenters will review the historical context for the invention of PFAS, its originally intended purposes and functions, and how it became ubiquitous in the natural aquatic environment. A survey of known information in the field of toxicology will be conducted, discussing NJDEP’s approach to testing and validating candidate primary contaminants and potential MCL’s – via its partner board, the NJ Drinking Water Quality Institute. This module will close with a synthesis of this background information into the current 1,4-Dioxane regulation enforce in NY State, and a dialogue about potential implementation in New Jersey.”\n\nBreak: 15 minutes\n \nModule 2: “Treatment Alternatives and Waste Stream Management for 1,4-Dioxane”\n Duration: 70 minutes\n\n Scope Narrative: The presenting team will review the design criteria for candidate treatment technologies for removal and/or destruction of 1,4-Dioxane. The focal point of this module will be a description of the design parameters, boundary conditions, and water quality targets for the implementation of the UV/AOP treatment approach (combination of ultraviolet light and advanced oxidation process). A discussion will be conducted regarding management of treatment process waste mass flows.\n\nBreak: 15 minutes\n \nModule 3: “Implementation Workshop – Discussion of Real-World Examples and Lessons Learned from \nStartup/Commissioning of 1,4-Dioxane Treatment”\n Duration: 70 minutes\n\n Scope Narrative: The presentation will close on a third module, focused on narratives of the process of due diligence, design, permitting, construction, and systems commissioning for actual, full-scale 1,4-Dioxane treatment systems. Several examples will be given, using various water qualities. A review will be conducted of lessons learned, and a comparison made between theoretical design targets and actual water quality outcomes, based on 1+ year of operating data.\n\n1:00 PM: Dismissal\nPresenting Firm: H2M Architects + Engineers\n\nPresenters:\n Timothy J. McGuire, P.E., Department Manager – Water Resources\nAndrew Manfredi, P.E. – Discipline Engineer\nKaren E. Benson, P.G. – Practice Leader, Hydrogeology\nPatrick K. Cole, P.E., CPWM – Vice President, H2M\n\nAccreditation: \n3.5 Water & Wastewater Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water & Wastewater Operators. \nTCH Course Number: 04-102501-30\n3.5 Hours towards license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers. \nCPWM Course Number: DLGS -NJWA-295 3.5 Technical Credits \n\nDate: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino \n\nDownload Agenda (PDF)\Location:\nThe Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino \nHuron Avenue & Brigantine Blvd. \nAtlantic City, NJ 08401
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Pre-Conference: “The Coming Wave: 1,4-Dioxane Background, Treatment Strategies, and Waste-Stream Management Strategiesâ€, #04-102501-30
10/21/25 09:00 AM EST - 10/21/25 01:00 PM EST
Description:
Pre-Conference: “The Coming Wave: 1,4-Dioxane Background, Treatment Strategies, and Waste-Stream Management Strategies”
Presented and sponsored by: H2M Architects & Engineers
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of 1,4-Dioxane, its treatment, and waste management strategies. It begins with a historical background, toxicology, and regulatory framework for 1,4-Dioxane. The course then discusses treatment alternatives and waste stream management. The final module focuses on real-world examples and lessons learned from the startup and commissioning of 1,4-Dioxane treatment systems. Participants will gain insights into the design criteria for treatment technologies and the implementation of UV/AOP treatment approaches. The training concludes with a review of lessons learned and a comparison between theoretical design targets and actual water quality outcomes.
Agenda:
8:00 – 9:00 AM Morning Refreshments and Sign-in
9:00 AM Training Begins
Module 1: “Historical Background, Toxicology, and Regulatory Framework for 1,4-Dioxane”
Duration: 70 minutes
- Scope Narrative: Presenters will review the historical context for the invention of PFAS, its originally intended purposes and functions, and how it became ubiquitous in the natural aquatic environment. A survey of known information in the field of toxicology will be conducted, discussing NJDEP’s approach to testing and validating candidate primary contaminants and potential MCL’s – via its partner board, the NJ Drinking Water Quality Institute. This module will close with a synthesis of this background information into the current 1,4-Dioxane regulation enforce in NY State, and a dialogue about potential implementation in New Jersey.”
Break: 15 minutes
Module 2: “Treatment Alternatives and Waste Stream Management for 1,4-Dioxane”
Duration: 70 minutes
- Scope Narrative: The presenting team will review the design criteria for candidate treatment technologies for removal and/or destruction of 1,4-Dioxane. The focal point of this module will be a description of the design parameters, boundary conditions, and water quality targets for the implementation of the UV/AOP treatment approach (combination of ultraviolet light and advanced oxidation process). A discussion will be conducted regarding management of treatment process waste mass flows.
Break: 15 minutes
Module 3: “Implementation Workshop – Discussion of Real-World Examples and Lessons Learned from
Startup/Commissioning of 1,4-Dioxane Treatment”
Duration: 70 minutes
- Scope Narrative: The presentation will close on a third module, focused on narratives of the process of due diligence, design, permitting, construction, and systems commissioning for actual, full-scale 1,4-Dioxane treatment systems. Several examples will be given, using various water qualities. A review will be conducted of lessons learned, and a comparison made between theoretical design targets and actual water quality outcomes, based on 1+ year of operating data.
1:00 PM: Dismissal
Presenting Firm: H2M Architects + Engineers
Presenters:
Timothy J. McGuire, P.E., Department Manager – Water Resources
Andrew Manfredi, P.E. – Discipline Engineer
Karen E. Benson, P.G. – Practice Leader, Hydrogeology
Patrick K. Cole, P.E., CPWM – Vice President, H2M
Accreditation:
3.5 Water & Wastewater Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water & Wastewater Operators.
TCH Course Number: 04-102501-30
3.5 Hours towards license renewal for NJ Certified Public Works Managers.
CPWM Course Number: DLGS -NJWA-295 3.5 Technical Credits
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
Download Agenda (PDF)
Location:
The Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
Huron Avenue & Brigantine Blvd.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
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