Estimated contact time: 1 hour
Credits:
Program description:Credits:
- NGWA: 0.1 CEU (1 CEU = 10 hours)
- Per state: Varies, see specific state recognition in description
- Continuing Education FAQs
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a large class of man-made chemicals that are an emerging worldwide priority in environmental and human health because some are environmentally persistent, bioaccumulative, and pose human health risks. This one-hour workshop is designed to introduce you to PFAS as a groundwater contaminant and help you separate the real risk from the ubiquitous misperceptions. The workshop will summarize:
- Perfluoroalkyl vs. polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Uniqueness of the carbon-fluorine bond
- Non-polymers vs. polymers
- Uses, sources
- Historical vs. modern
- Branched vs. linear
- Risk
- Public perception, risk communication
- Sampling
- Analytical methods
- Remediation.
- Georgia Water Well Standards Advisory Council — 1 hour
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources — 1 hour
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources — 1 credit hour
- Maryland State Board of Well Drillers — 1 credit hour
- Minnesota Department of Health — 1 contact hour
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality — 1 hour
- Nevada Division of Water Resources — .5 CEU
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — 1 CEP (in effect through 03-31-2023)
- Oklahoma Water Resources Board — 1 CEU
- South Carolina Environmental Certification Board — 1 hour
- South Dakota Water Rights Program — 1 CEC
- Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation — 1 hour
- Washington Department of Ecology — 1 CEU
- Wyoming State Engineer’s Office — 1 CPC