Name: Laboratory Practices Committee Contact: Theo Van Aken Calendar of Events: click here to view the calendar... Presentations Available: title date description Preparing for a Lab Audit 11/12/25 "Preparing for a Lab Audit" presented by Jaime Fleming, City of Wyoming, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/08._Fleming-Drinking_Water_Audit_Prep.pdf Writing A Laboratory SOP 11/12/25 "Writing A Laboratory SOP" presented by Jack Hughes at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/01._Hughes-Writing_a_Lab_SOP.pdf Detection of PFAS in Water via EPA Method 1633 using LC/MS/MS; A Solution to C.. 11/12/25 "Detection of PFAS in Water via EPA Method 1633 using LC/MS/MS; A Solution to Challenging Matrix" presented by Autumn Payne, PerkinElmer, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/02._Payne-Detection_of_PFAS_in_Water_EPA.pdf Laboratory Probe Selection, Operation, and Maintenance 11/12/25 "Laboratory Probe Selection, Operation, and Maintenance" presented by Ben Scrace, Hach, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/03._Scrace-Probing_the_Depths.pdf PFAS Coordination Committee Spotlight: Emerging Contaminants of Concern 11/12/25 "PFAS Coordination Committee Spotlight: Emerging Contaminants of Concern" presented by Chuck Meek, Solve for X, L3C, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/04._Meek-Contaminants_of_Concern.pdf Emerging Contaminants of Concern 11/12/25 "Emerging Contaminants of Concern" presented by Ian Smith, EGLE, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/04._Smith-Contaminants_of_Concern.pdf Collaborative Pilot Study for Enhanced Phosphorus Removal at GLWA WRRF 11/12/25 "Collaborative Pilot Study for Enhanced Phosphorus Removal at GLWA WRRF" presented by Hainite Tuitupou, GLWA, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/05._Tuitupou-Collaborative_Pilot_Study.pdf Lab Analysis for Water Plant Process Control/Compliance 11/12/25 "Lab Analysis for Water Plant Process Control/Compliance" presented by Amy Vail, EGLE, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/05._Vail-WTP_Process_Control_and_Compliance_Lab_Items.pdf Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) Introduction 11/12/25 "Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) Introduction" presented by Amanda Carl, EGLE, and John Karnes, EGLE, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/06._Carl_and_Karnes-RTCR.pdf Establishment and Implementation of a Wastewater Microbiology Program 11/12/25 "Establishment and Implementation of a Wastewater Microbiology Program" presented by David Agnew, GLWA, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/06._Agnew-Establishment_and_Implementation_of_a_Wastewater_Microbiology_Program_2025.pdf Data Integrity and Ethics in the Laboratory 11/12/25 "Data Integrity and Ethics in the Laboratory" presented by Sandra Buchner, City of Grand Rapids, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/07._Buchner-Data_Integrity.pdf Preparing for a Lab Audit 11/12/25 "Preparing for a Lab Audit" presented by Claire Handley, EGLE WRD, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/08._Handley-Preparing_for_a_Lab_Audit.pdf The 5 S's and the Culture of Continuous Improvement 11/12/25 "The 5S’s and the Culture of Continuous Improvement" presented by Alistair Beerens, City of Grand Rapids, at the Annual Laboratory Practices Seminar at Eagle Eye Banquet Center, on November 12th, 2025. https://www.mi-wea.org/docs/09._Beerens-The_5Ss_and_the_Culture_of_Continuous_Improvement.pdf