The 2020 wildfire season set records in the United States, particularly in California, and the effects of those fires can be felt by water utilities throughout their water treatment and distribution systems. In response to these destructive events, the California Urban Water Agencies held a workshop on wildfire impacts to share best management practices, adaptation resources, and lessons learned.
Tiffany Tran
Mitigate Wildfire Impacts on Drinking Water Quality and Operations
Authors: Tiffany Tran, Hélène Baribeau, Laurie Sullivan
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Recent Papers and Reports
- Microplastics from different viewpoints
- Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Operations in the Water Industry
- Multi-class machine learning classification of PFAS in environmental water samples: a blinded test of performance on unknowns
- Kinetics of chlorine and chloramine reactions in reverse osmosis permeate and their impact on radical formation during UV/chlorine advanced oxidation for potable reuse
- Fate of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through two full-scale wastewater sludge incinerators
- An Evaluation of Biosolids Management in Maine and Recommendations for the Future
- Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin
- Transformation of organic carbon through medium pressure (polychromatic) UV disinfection of wastewater effluent during wet weather events
- Application of a fluorescence EEM-PARAFAC model for direct and indirect potable water reuse monitoring: Multi-stage ozone–biofiltration without reverse osmosis at Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
- The Risk of the Status Quo: New Thinking to Transform Business Practice