Joint IWEA/IWWSG Meeting Recap – February 16, 2022
With 40+ attendees and a very knowledgeable presenter, the February 16 virtual joint IWEA/IWWSG meeting, “Time to act PFASt! Treatment Solutions to an Emerging Contaminant of Concern”, was a big success! Presented by IWEA's Industrial Pretreatment Committee and IWWSG, the webinar focused on treatment solutions to an emerging contaminant of concern, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are a group of manmade chemical compounds that have attracted substantial attention from consumers, water professionals, and regulators due to their abundance in soil and drinking water sources and their potential health effects. Accordingly, local regulation is already in effect in many states, and the EPA is taking measures to control the manufacturing, use, and exposure to PFAS and PFAS waste.
The presenter, Ronit Erlitzki, PhD, Director of Business Development and Innovation with AdEdge Water Technologies / Chart Water, presented a very technical, but yet understandable, overview of the treatment challenges presented by PFAS chemicals, including treatment choices – advantages & disadvantages, recovery processes, waste-stream (concentrate) management, treatment equipment & size, and cost comparisons. Her treatment goal is to accelerate the implementation of innovative clean technologies, focusing on improvement of sustainable solutions to environmental challenges.
For a copy of the PowerPoint presentation, please see the Meeting Schedule on the Events page at IWWSG.org.
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Please join us for our next meeting, you surely would not want to miss it!...
IWWSG Virtual Meeting– March 16, 2022
IWWSG is excited to announce that at noon on March 16, 2022, Openlands Laura Barghusen and Lillian Holden will present: Biodiversity and Community in the Calumet: Creating Access and Restoring Open Spaces Along the Little Calumet River.
Laura Barghusen and Lillian Holden of Openlands will present the Little Calumet River Conservation Action Plan (CAP) and the African American Heritage Water Trail. The Conservation Action Plan presents a framework for improving the health of nature and the quality of life for communities along the six-and-a-half-mile corridor of the Little Calumet River from its confluence with the Cal-Sag Channel to its confluence with the Grand Calumet River. It identifies sites that are high priorities for ecological restoration and management--including industrial sites—as well as areas that, if acquired and protected as open space, would help connect communities and neighborhoods to the river and landscapes along its banks. The CAP suggests conservation targets and strategies for each site to achieve its vision.
The African American Heritage Water Trail on the Little Calumet River and Cal-Sag Channel between Beaubien Woods to the Village of Robbins flows through the geography presented in the CAP and through 180 years of African American History—sites and figures whose impact remains with us today. The water trail engages communities and connects them to the river by elevating and honoring this history.
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In addition, at the March 16th meeting:
The Slate of IWWSG Officers and members of the Steering Committee for 2022-2023 will be presented.
IWWSG's 2022 E. Ted Erickson "Distinguished Environmental Professional Award" recipient(s) will be announced.
Please join us!!
Date/Time: March 8, 2022 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM CST
Speaker: Greg Yarnik, Supervising Environmental Specialist of the Industrial Waste Division at the MWRDGC
Earn 1 PDH/TCH-IEPA Course ID# - Pending
Registration: $15 Members/$30 Non-Members, Please note, IWEA has graciously agree to provide IWWSG members the membership rate for this meeting!
Presented by the IWEA Pretreatment Committee
To register: https://www.memberleap.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=IWEA&evid=27946819
Are you about "zoomed out"?!?! Yearning for some in-person social / networking time with your fellow IWWSG members?? Here is a unique, fun* and free(!!) water-related proposition to consider!! Join the Shamrock Shuffle 8K Finish Line Water Station volunteer staff (and pass out 30,000+ bottles of water)!! We need 10+ volunteers to sign up!! See below:
Want to participate in an iconic Chicago event in a fun, exciting, very fast-paced, and water-related way?? If we can recruit 10+ volunteers (and yes, friends & significant others are welcome!), Running Excels running store in Beverly will serve as Group Leader and will form a group to staff the Finish Line Water Station in Grant Park. The details: Sunday, March 20, roughly 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
If enough people are interested, we will formalize the process and let everyone know, at which time each volunteer will be required to register on-line (and to receive more race-day details, parking instructions, etc.) through CEM (Chicago Event Management). All in!! Time is very short so, if interested, please contact Steering Committee member David Holmberg ASAP at www.holmbergd@netzero.com Have a great day!!
* Remember the quote from E. Ted Erickson, one of the founders of IWWSG, written in 1988 for the Group's 40th anniversary: "...it was always a fun group and all of the meetings were fun. I am confident and hopeful that the IWW&SG will continue to be fun for another 40 years—at least!"
Coming this May 18, 2022,
Reducing Chloride Discharges to Surface Water & Groundwater:
A Menu of Options for Policymakers
David A. Strifling, Director, Water Law & Policy Initiative and Adjunct Professor of Law
Marquette University
Zoom Meeting Noon - 1 PM with Live Networking Opportunity
DEP Award Presentation
You may also be interested………………Links you could use...
#1.) President Biden, EPA Announce $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Will Significantly Accelerate Cleanup and Restoration of the Great Lakes:
#2.) "The Bubble Barrier" was developed as a simple way to stop plastic pollution flowing from waterways into the ocean.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/europe/bubble-barrier-sea-c2e-spc-intl/index.html
#3.) A Chicago Wilderness Hub site, which is their platform for tracking and visualizing their green vision. Of interest is at the bottom of the site, Mark Bouman, IWWSG's 2017 DEP Award recipient, is listed at the top of the "Mapping Team Leads":
https://cw-fieldmuseum.hub.arcgis.com/
#4.) Interesting article regarding "Most Americans Unaware of Their Daily Water Consumption":
#5.) Illinois sends the most phosphorus to the Gulf, and is the second largest contributor of nitrogen, according to U.S. Geological Survey modeling. Fertilizer is the largest source.
#6.) Market-Based Plan to Reduce Water Pollution Holds Promise, According to Study Co-Authored by Abrams Environmental Law Clinic.
See you soon, IWWSG Steering Committee and Officers
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