Pesticides and Water Quality

September 21-24, 2010
At University of California, Davis

This always-popular course will be focused toward State and Tribal FIFRA Water Quality Specialists.  With significant changes coming in how pesticide applications to, on, or near water are regulated, this course will emphasize the NPDES program (preparation for permit implementation and creating partnerships with water agencies), policy aspects of the Pesticides in Water program (including POINTS database, conducting pesticide evaluations, FIFRA grant guidance, balancing and managing competing state/federal work priorities) and monitoring techniques and strategies that support FIFRA and NPDES goals. Other highlights may include: laboratory abilities, capacities, and impacts on regulatory programs; approaches to pesticide residue data interpretation; environmental modeling for evaluations and predictions; and emerging concerns/contaminants and invasive species.