Session 1 (Monday 4/27/2020)

Featured Keynote Speaker

Dark Waters: The Story Behind the Environmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup

Robert A. BilottTaft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

 

Federal, California and Local Programs

Moderator: Murray Einarson, Haley & Aldrich

  • Matt Small, United States Environmental Protection Agency
    US EPA Region 9 PFAS Action Plan, Research, and Data Analysis Update
  • Shahla Farahnak, State Water Resources Control Board
    Update on State PFAS Regulations Involving Groundwater/Drinking Water
  • Brad Herrema, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
    Update on PFAS Related Legislation Affecting California
  • Jen Jackson, City of San Francisco
    PFAS: Tackling a Multi-Headed Hydra

Session 2 (Tuesday 4/28/2020)
State Water Resources Control Board Investigative Orders and Resources

Moderator: Alyx Karpowicz, San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board

  • David Sedlak, UC Berkeley
    Solving the Four Drinking Water Crises of the Second Half of the 21st Century
  • Erica Kalve, State Water Resources Control Board
    Results of Investigations of California Landfills & Airports
  • Wendy Linck, State Water Resources Control Board
    Results of Testing of Water Supply Wells
  • Mona Behrooz, Santa Ana RWQCB
    Status of PFAS Investigations in the Santa Ana Region
  • Sarabeth George, SF RWQCB
    PFAS Prediction Using Fingerprinting and Machine Learning

Session 3 (Wednesday 4/29/2020)
California Water Resources & PFAS

Moderator: Dan Bryant, Woodard & Curran

  • Tom Bruton, Green Science Policy Institute
    Preventing PFAS Pollution
  • Robert Kent, USGS
    Non-Targeted PFAS Sampling of California Groundwater Used for Domestic and Public Supply
  • Hunter Anderson, Air Force Civil Engineer Center
    PFAS: Evidence from Field Metadata
  • Megan Plumlee, OCWD
    PFAS Treatment for Municipal Water Supply: Strategy and Pilot Testing to Restore Groundwater in Orange County, California
  • Rula Deeb, Geosyntec
    PFAS in Storm Water: What we Know