Sixth
CECIA-IAU Biennial Symposium on Potable Water Issues in Puerto Rico:
Technology and Regulation
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research
(CECIA-UIPR)
April 14, 2005
08:00
- 08:50 AM Registration
08:50
– 09:00 Opening Remarks
Science in the Process of Selecting Contaminants for
Regulation to Protect Human Health
09:00
- 09:45 Process,
Policies and Ethics: Chemicals
q Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Boston
University
09:45 - 10:30 Process,
Policies and Ethics: Microbes
q Nelson
Moyer, Cadmus Group
10:30 - 11:00 Break
Update
on New and Upcoming Regulations
11:00 - 11:30 LT2
and Stage 2 Disinfection By-Products
q Steve
Heare, Director, Drinking Water
Protection Division, EPA, OGWDW
11:30 - 12:00 LT2
and Stage 2 Disinfection By-Product: Continuation
q Steve
Heare, Director, Drinking Water
Protection Division, EPA, OGWDW
12:00 - 12:30 The Ground Water Rule
q EPA,
OGWDW, to be announced
12:30 - 01:15 Break
Occurrence of Salmonella in Small Potable Water Systems in
Puerto Rico
Correlated with Microbiological Indicators of Water Quality
01:15 - 02:00 Outline
of the Study: Physical, Epidemiological and Operational Considerations
q H A
Minnigh, RCAP Solutions, Inc., Lajas, PR
02:00 - 02:35 Methods
and Results of Microbiological Analyses: Part 1
q Diane
Herson, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
02:35 - 03:10 Methods
and Results of Microbiological Analyses: Part 2
q Katherine
Verville, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland
03:10 - 03:30 Speakers’
Panel
jueves, 14 de abril de 2005
Salón
de Usos Múltiples
Universidad
Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Bayamón
500 Carretera Dr. John W. Harris Bayamón, PR
00957-6257
Tel. 787-279-1912
Sixth
CECIA-IAU Biennial Symposium on Potable Water Issues in Puerto Rico:
Technology and Regulation
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
Center for Environmental Education, Conservation and Research
(CECIA-UIPR)
April 15, 2005
Security in Potable Water Systems
09:00 - 09:30 AM The
Scenario Since 9/11
q Jamie
Bourne, Chancellor, US EPA Drinking Water Academy
09:30 - 10:30 Balancing
Security Risks and the Need to Communicate Effectively
q Steve
Wolf, IMS Corporation, Washington, DC
10:30 - 11:00 Security
and Health Concerns: Is There a Difference?
q Jamie
Bourne, Chancellor, US EPA Drinking Water Academy
11:00 - 11:30 Break
Consider the Source - Topics in Protecting Potable Water
11:30 - 12:00 Watershed
Risk Assessment in Urban Areas: Caguas
q
Graciela I. Ramírez Toro, CECIA, UIPR
12:00 - 12:30 It
Doesn' Just Smell Bad - Risks of Failing On-site Waste Treatment
q Sharon
Ostrander, RCAP Solutions, Inc., Norway, Maine
12:30 - 01:00 Landfills
and Contamination of Public Water Supplies
q Carl
Plossl, RCRA Compliance Branch, EPA New York Region
01:00 - 01:30 Break
Current State of
Potable Water Systems: General
Perspectives
01:30
- 02:00 The Role of
RCAP Solutions in Helping Systems Serve Safe Water
q Bill Webb, Supervisor of
Field Operations, RCAP Solutions, Inc., Stamford, NY
02:00 - 02:30 Compliance
in Puerto Rico: PRASA and non-PRASA
q
Jorge Martínez, CEPD, San Juan
02:30 - 03:00 General
and Future Perspectives: The US and Wider Caribbean
q Carl
Axel Soderberg, Division Chief, CEPD, San Juan
03:00 – 03:30 Final
Remarks and Speakers’ Panel
viernes,
15 de abril de 2005
Teatro
Universidad
Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto Metropolitano
Carretera 1, Km
16.3, Calle Esquina Francisco Seín, Río Piedras, PR 00926
Tel. 787-250-1912