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Water Quality Concerns: Lead, Copper, Algae, and PFOA

Understand the risks associated with lead, copper, algae, and PFOA in water. Learn about the health effects, sources, and solutions for these water quality issues.

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Water Quality Concerns: Lead, Copper, Algae, and PFOA

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  1. Water Quality • Lead and Copper • Algae / Cyanotoxins • Perfluoroalkyl SubstancesPFOA and PFOS

  2. Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) • Lead can cause damage to the brain, red blood cells, and kidneys especially in children • Copper can cause stomach and intestinal distress, liver and kidney damage, and complications of Wilson’s disease • Sources of lead and copper include solder, unstabilized lead and copper pipes, lead containing plumbing fixtures

  3. Algae / Cyanotoxins • Cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that can live in many types of water • Elevated nutrient levels foster cyanobacteria blooms

  4. PFOA and PFOS

  5. Sanitary Sewer OverflowsSSOs

  6. Pipe Line Inspections

  7. Manhole Rehab: Before and After MH -3952-74

  8. Before and After Before After Cleaning Cut Out After Lining

  9. Slip Lining and Pipe Bursting

  10. Successes • Protecting Public Health and Environment is Core Business • 1.5 billion gallons of wastewater collected & properly treated every day • Travels around the world 10.5 times daily • Implementation of FDEP’s science-based water restoration programs (e.g. TMDLs) • #1 in the nation in water reuse • Vast majority of SSO’s contained with minimal impacts • Support Asset Management Program

  11. Water Quantity Water Supply

  12. Water Perceptions

  13. Water Supply Successes

  14. Evolving Strategies

  15. The Future (and the Present)

  16. Florida Water Utilities Resilience:September 2019 Snapshot

  17. Florida Water Utility Resilience Solutions Challenges Editorials Southeast Florida sea-level rise compact a model for other regions By Miami Herald Editorial Board Updated November 05, 2018 WATER AND FLORIDA Florida's water future: Where is it going? Where will it come from? Mike Vogel | 11/28/2018 Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600,000 Reservoir plans aim to boost S. Fla. drinking water supply, help 'Glades restoration By ANDY REID SUN SENTINEL FEB 04, 2017 

  18. Florida Water Utility Resilience Example Programs City of Tampa City of Boca Raton Miami-Dade County’s “Hardening and Heightening” New Old

  19. Florida Water Utility Resilience 2019 Partnership Updates Platform Partnering Training Collaboration “Building A Resilient Utility” 2019 Fall Conference Dec. 8th to 12th ; Orlando

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