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INSTRUCTORS:
Jane Clary
Brandon Steets, P.E.

Q/A Panel-Members of Pathogens in Wet Weather Flows Tehnical Committee
Robert Pitt, P.E., Ph.D., University of Alabama, Co-editor
Linda Pechacek, P.E., LDP Consultants, Houston, TX, Committee Co-chair
Shirley Clark, P.E., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Committee Vice-chairperson
Scott Struck, Ph.D., Geosyntec Consultants

Course Length: 1.5 Hours

Sponsored by ASCE Continuing Education and ASCE's Environmental & Water Resources Institute.

Webinar Summary

The single most frequent cause of water quality impairment in the U.S. is elevated fecal indicator bacteria (FIB). FIB-related impairments can have significant and costly implications for local governments, businesses, and watershed stakeholders due to beach closures and total maximum daily load (TMDL) compliance and implementation requirements to address these impairments, in addition to the potential public health impacts associated with elevated FIB.  TMDLs and associated municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) NPDES permit requirements for FIB load reductions pose unique challenges relative to TMDLs for chemical constituents. This webinar provides an overview of key issues related to FIB and pathogens in urban stormwater systems, including regulations, urban sources, modeling, monitoring, statistical analysis, source tracking, source controls, structural Best Management Practices (BMPs), TMDL case studies, and research needs.  This webinar the first in a series of four webinars based on EWRI 2014 publication: Pathogens in Urban Stormwater Systems.

Primary Discussion Topics

• Basic background related to regulatory context for FIB and pathogens
• Sources of pathogens in the urban environment
• Transport and fate issues, along with the factors affecting survival of pathogens and FIB
• Approaches for monitoring, source tracking and evaluating FIB and pathogen data
• Source controls and treatment strategies
• Case studies illustrating challenges and approaches to implementing and complying with FIB TMDL requirements in urban areas

Learning Outcomes

• Determine basic background related to regulatory context for FIB and pathogens, including the difference between pathogens and indicator bacteria
• Recognize the range of sources of pathogens in the urban environment, including human, animal and secondary environmental sources
• Recognize the factors affecting survival of pathogens and FIB
• Obtain a general working knowledge of monitoring and source tracking approaches that can be applied in urban watersheds, including references for more in-depth information
• Identify the types of source controls and treatment strategies that may help to reduce FIB and pathogen loading, including the limitations and costs of these strategies

Webinar Benefits

• Obtain an overview of multi-disciplinary issues related to bacteria stream impairments
• Obtain a summary of the current regulatory drivers related to FIB
• Understand how human and non-human sources of FIB can lead to FIB impairment
• Recognize the factors affecting survival of pathogens and FIB
• Find out about the latest source tracking techniques useful for identifying sources of FIB
• Hear about the latest BMP performance analysis findings for structural and non-structural practices for reducing FIB loading
• Learn more about the costs associated with load reduction plans for FIB

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).

Intended Audience

• Public Works managers and staff
• Attorneys
• Regulators
• Consultants
• Scientists

Webinar Outline 

• Basic background related to regulatory context, pathogens in receiving waters and the use of FIB as surrogates for pathogens
• Sources of pathogens in the urban environment
• Transport and fate issues, along with the factors affecting survival of pathogens and FIB. Although an evaluation of models for FIB is beyond the scope of this report, understanding of transport and fate issues affects the ability of water resources scientists and engineers to develop models for FIB
• Approaches for monitoring, source tracking, and evaluating FIB and pathogen data, including a discussion of challenges associated with these activities
• Source controls and treatment strategies, including expected effectiveness, data gaps, and practical constraints related to source controls, structural stormwater controls, and disinfection
• Case studies illustrating challenges and approaches to implementing and complying with FIB total maximum daily load (TMDL) requirements in urban areas 

To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 1 year of purchasing the course.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]