Date/Time
3/4/2026
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern
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Event Description
NEW COURSE!
Lunch will be provided courtesy of PACE Analytical Services.
Course Description:
The PFAS training provides a unified overview of PFAS chemistry, contamination sources, and regulatory updates, emphasizing the challenges of analysis and the importance of rigorous sampling protocols to prevent cross-contamination. Attendees learn how evolving federal and state regulations impact water and wastewater systems and gain insights from national monitoring data revealing widespread PFAS and lithium levels above health thresholds. The event equips professionals to navigate compliance, optimize testing strategies, and anticipate regulatory changes affecting their operations.
laboratories calibrate instruments to detect PFAS in the single digit ppt range, has led to a great deal of concern about the potential for cross-contamination of samples caused by sampling. Numerous PFAS sampling SOPs call for significant measures not required when sampling for other regulated contaminants, as well as more field QC samples. Is all this concern warranted? During this presentation attendees will learn about the incidence rate of cross-contamination in field QC samples from a recent and large set of samples taken from around the country. We will discuss the inherent limitation of Field Blanks and Field Reagent Blanks, as well as practices taken to mitigate cross-contamination.
30 minutes
UCMR 5 – What the PFAS and Lithium Data Reveals and What are Its Implications?
We now have three years of UCMR 5 data accumulated from over 10,000 of the nation’s public water systems. This data provides ample clues to US EPA’s potential inclusion of additional PFAS in Health Advisories and additional Maximum Contaminant Levels including for lithium. This data indicates widespread levels above EPA’s Health Reference Levels. This presentation will provide a summary of UCMR 5 data and provide insights into where it may lead EPA to take action that will impact the nation’s public water systems and, eventually, wastewater systems, as well as how the data can be used to satisfy the required Initial Monitoring required by the PFAS NPDWR.
Accreditation:
3.0 Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water and Wastewater Operators. TCH# 04-022602-30
Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA-304 (3.0 Technical)
Date and Location:
March 4, 2026 – Hopewell Township Municipal Services Building, 201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Rd., Titusville (Mercer County)
Download Agenda (PDF)
Lunch will be provided courtesy of PACE Analytical Services.
Course Description:
The PFAS training provides a unified overview of PFAS chemistry, contamination sources, and regulatory updates, emphasizing the challenges of analysis and the importance of rigorous sampling protocols to prevent cross-contamination. Attendees learn how evolving federal and state regulations impact water and wastewater systems and gain insights from national monitoring data revealing widespread PFAS and lithium levels above health thresholds. The event equips professionals to navigate compliance, optimize testing strategies, and anticipate regulatory changes affecting their operations.
laboratories calibrate instruments to detect PFAS in the single digit ppt range, has led to a great deal of concern about the potential for cross-contamination of samples caused by sampling. Numerous PFAS sampling SOPs call for significant measures not required when sampling for other regulated contaminants, as well as more field QC samples. Is all this concern warranted? During this presentation attendees will learn about the incidence rate of cross-contamination in field QC samples from a recent and large set of samples taken from around the country. We will discuss the inherent limitation of Field Blanks and Field Reagent Blanks, as well as practices taken to mitigate cross-contamination.
30 minutes
UCMR 5 – What the PFAS and Lithium Data Reveals and What are Its Implications?
We now have three years of UCMR 5 data accumulated from over 10,000 of the nation’s public water systems. This data provides ample clues to US EPA’s potential inclusion of additional PFAS in Health Advisories and additional Maximum Contaminant Levels including for lithium. This data indicates widespread levels above EPA’s Health Reference Levels. This presentation will provide a summary of UCMR 5 data and provide insights into where it may lead EPA to take action that will impact the nation’s public water systems and, eventually, wastewater systems, as well as how the data can be used to satisfy the required Initial Monitoring required by the PFAS NPDWR.
Accreditation:
3.0 Training Contact Hours for NJ-Licensed Water and Wastewater Operators. TCH# 04-022602-30
Certified Public Works Managers: DLGS-NJWA-304 (3.0 Technical)
Date and Location:
March 4, 2026 – Hopewell Township Municipal Services Building, 201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Rd., Titusville (Mercer County)
Download Agenda (PDF)
Location
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Hopewell Township Municipal Building
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
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Hopewell Township Municipal Building
201 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
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