This per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) centric meeting of the Duluth Urban Watershed Advisory Committee will be co-hosted by Dr. Alexander Frie of MN Sea Grant and Samantha McClung of the University of Minnesota-Duluth Water Resources Science Graduate Program.
The goal of this meeting will be to gather information from regulators and resource managers to better understand their information needs around PFAS. Information from this meeting will be used to help develop outreach products addressing the importance of PFAS sources, fate, and transport.
Participants will have the opportunity to share their needs and concerns regarding PFAS. Our hope is to gather information and produce an outreach product that could benefit regulators and resource managers in their professional role. To help us prepare for this meeting, please complete our brief PFAS survey. Regulators and resource managers are invited to complete the survey even they won’t be able to attend the meeting.
This outreach effort is part of a larger project aimed at investigating the sources, fate, and transport of PFAS in the environment. Specifically, we will be investigating the relative importance and potential tracers of atmospherically deposited PFAS. Learn more about our USGS funded project.
Date
Monday, January 29, 2024
Time
01:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. CT
Registration
- Registration is encouraged
- Location: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, located in the Paulucci Building, 525 S. Lake Ave. # 400A, Duluth, MN 55802.
- Directions: Take the elevator to the 4th floor. The conference room is a right turn from the elevator.
Event sponsors
Duluth Urban Watershed Advisory Committee
Contact
Alexander Frie, Research and Fellowship Coordinator, Minnesota Sea Grant
Samantha Mcclung, Graduate Research Assistant, Water Resources Science Program, University of Minnesota Duluth
Tiffany Sprague, Organizational Development Manager, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Image: True-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image of the Great Lakes region. Image credit: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory