2020 California PFAS Virtual Conference Draft Agenda
Session 1 (Monday 4/27/2020)
Featured Keynote Speaker
Dark Waters: The Story Behind the Environmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup
Robert A. Bilott, Taft 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