WV POINT SOURCE INNOVATIONS WORKGROUP

Resource Documents and Links

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Presentations at PSIG

Presentation: Dr. Sami Nasr, OBrien and Gere, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Processes 8Apr05 (1.68 Mb)

Presentation: Daniel Tobocman, View Engineering, Nutrient Removal Microbiology 8Apr05 (40 Kb)

Presentation: Mark Place, John M. Place, Zenon Membrane Technology for Nutrient Removal 8Apr05 (1.7 Mb)

Presentation: Joseph Hankins, Boom County Discussion Case Study 5 May 05 (128 Kb)

Presentation: WV Tributary Strategy Point Source Summary (Schwartz 2004)  (238 Kb)

Presentation: Point Source Strategy (WVDEP 2004) (252 Kb)

Presentation: WV Nutrients and the Chesapeake Bay (WVDEP 2004) (3.24 MB)

Related Presentations Contributed for Background

Handout: Low N and P nutrient discharge performance of Maryland and regional wastewater plants  (360 Kb) 

Contributed by Randy Sovic- Table 1 sheet from "Nitrogen Speciation in Maryland Wastewater Treatment Plants"  Draft Report (Feb.2005)  Dr. Krishna Pagilla, P.E. and Dr. Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Powerpoint images from "Sustainable Technologies for Achieving Low N and P Effluents"  WERF 02-CTS-1 Krishna R. Pagilla, Ph.D.,P.E. Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering--Illinois Institute of Technology

Presentation: Technical Solutions for Biological Nutrient Reduction (Stearns and Wheler 2005) (2.0Mb) 

Contributed by Randy Sovic- I thought you maybe interested in the “biological” nutrient presentation provided by Stearns and Wheler at the Environment Virginia conference in April 2005; thus, I am  providing a copy for you.  When available, the other presentations – water reuse, membrane filtration, and chem. adsorbtion – will be available at www.environmentva.org

Presentation: Land Application of Septage and Sludge (Carr WVDEP 2005) (0.7 Mb) 

Contributed by Joe Hankins- This presentation by Twila Carr of WVDEP was made for a meeting of the Berkeley County Water Advisory Committee and touched on some issues discussed in PSIG sessions.

Chesapeake Bay Implementation and Load Allocation

Link: Chesapeake Executive Council Directive No. 04-1 Funding the Restoration of the Chesapeake Watershed

Link: Chesapeake Executive Council No. 04-2 Meeting Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals - Next Steps

Note: The State of West Virginia, as a Bay watershed headwater state, is a full partner with the signatory member jurisdictions of the Chesapeake Bay Program for these two directives and all other Chesapeake Bay water quality initiatives. The links display 10 January 2005 documents signed by WVDEP’s Division of Water and Waste Management Deputy Director’s signature but Gov. Manchin later confirmed and signed these directives for West Virginia.

Link: Setting and Allocating the Chesapeake Bay Basin Nutrient and Sediment Loads: The Collaborative Process, Technical Tools and Innovative Approaches (USEPA/CBP 2003)

This document provides an excellent perspective on how cap loads were developed and how allocations were assigned to watershed basins and political jurisdictions.  In particular Chapter IV is very useful for understanding the process and the issue of equity in reduction assignment.

Link: Bay Journal: Chesapeake Cleanup Update - March 2005

Report: Sewage Treatment Plants: The Chesapeake Bay's Second Largest Source of Nitrogen Pollution (CBF 2003)  (59Kb)

Report:  Selected Point Source List (WVDEP July 2004) (55Kb)

Media Coverage

Press Release:  Chesapeake Bay clean-up gets a boost as six states and D.C. agree to set limits on nutrients from treatment plants (USEPA Region 3, 3Jan05) (30 Kb)

Press Release: CBF goes to court to compel EPA to enforce CWA (CBF 2004) (40 Kb) 

Article: Tough sewer guidelines to hit utilities (Journal 2004) (710Kb)

Watershed Permitting and Trading

Article: Raffini and Robertson 2005 Water Quality Trading-what can we lean from wetland mitigation banking    (480 Kb) 

Report: King, D. 2005 Choices 20(1) Crunch time for water quality trading (98 Kb)

Article: Treating Water by Trading Nutrients (D'Aquino, 2003) (1.5 Mb)

Link: Environmental Trading Network Resources Page  (ETN 2004)

Report: NPDES permitting approach summary for discharges of nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (USEPA 2004) (200 Kb)

Link: Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook: Can Trading Help Advance Your Watershed's Goals? (USEPA 2004)

Report: EPA outlines watershed permitting plan (Bay Journal 2004) (98 Kb)

Report:  Phosphorus trading in the South Nation River watershed Ontario Canada (OGrady et al 2003) ( 54 Kb)

Regional Meetings and Educational Opportunities

Link:  Workshop: Technological Solutions to Nutrient Reduction in Wastewater, April 11, 2005, Lexington VA   (Environment Virginia 2005)

Phosphorus

Article: Phosphorus fertilizer restrictions spread across Minnesota lawns (Non-point Source News and Notes #74-page 5-7) (EPA Nov 2004) (1.1 MB)

Report: Cost and Affordability of Phosphorus Removal at Small Wastewater Plants (Keplinger et al., 2004)  (Small Flows Quarterly, 2004) (1.2 Mb)

Report: The phosphorus detergent ban (CBP June 2000)  (133 Kb)

Report: Phosphorus control measures and water quality (Litike, 1991)  (1.6 Mb)

Report: Phosphorus in automatic dishwashing detergents  (15 Kb)

Technology

Report: Ohio Supreme Court Decision on Best Available Demonstrated Control Technology (250Kb)

Financing Infrastructure

Legislation: WV Senate Bill 700 Community Infrastructure Investment Projects (30 Kb)

Report: Randall_2004 CBF Innovative Strategies for Nutrient Removal Implementation (65 Kb)

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