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Agrochemical Transport and Fate in Soil, Surface Water, and Groundwater Training Course: A Focus on Pesticides, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus - Live Online Training

Start
June 14, 2023
8:00 AM
End
June 15, 2023
5:00 PM
Location
Live Online Training

Registration

Group (Large) – $250.00
10 or more people
Group (small) – $295.00
2 - 9 people
Individual – $395.00

Registration is closed

June 14 - 15, 2023, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. EDT (2 Days)

Eastern Time Zone

Live Interactive Online Training

Course Reviews (4.7/5):

Overview: This course provides a comprehensive overview of the transport and fate of common and legacy agrochemicals including insecticides, herbicides, nitrogen, phosphorus and additives (e.g., 1,4-dioxane and nitrapyrin). Agrochemical best management practices (BMPs) and commonly employed remediation technologies are also presented. Course sections are applicable to professionals working in surface water, stormwater, and groundwater quality management. The topics provide essential information for understanding and managing agrochemical pollutants for environmental protection and compliance.

This course is preceded by the Chemistry Refresher for Environmental Professionals course on June 13, 2023, which is recommended for those seeing a review in environmental chemistry principles.

Course Topics

Agrochemical Overview
• Surface Water Toxicology
• Agrochemical Use Trends
• Event Mean Concentrations (EMCs)
• Pollutant Loading
• Chemo/Pollutographs
• Managing First Flush
• Sediment Chemistry
• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)
• Agrochemical Partitioning
• 14-Compartment Model
• Transport Mechanisms
• Dispersion and Diffusion Issues
• Facilitated Transport
• Environmental Fate of Agrochemicals
• Hydrographs and Chemographs
• Hyporheic Flow
• Pesticide Solubility Factors
• Inorganic Agrochemicals
• Cation and Anion Exchange Capacity
• Acidity (pH) and Chemical Mobility
• Bioconcentration Factor (BCF)
• Spray Drift and Vapor Transport
• Vadose Zone Transport
• Agrochemicals In Groundwater
• Pesticide Switching
• Modeling Agrochemical Transport

Agrochemical Transport and Fate
• Important Agrochemical Properties
• Mobility and Persistence
• Photolysis and Photostability
• Hydrolysis
• Biotransformation and Biodegradation
• Thermal Pollution
• Solids (Turbidity, TS, TSS, and SSC)
• Suspended Sediment vs. Bioavailability
• Organic Matter vs. Bioavailability
• Nitrogen Transport and Cycling
• Nitrapyrin
• Phosphorus
• Metals (As, Cr, Cu, Fe, Se, and Zn)

• Oxygen Demanding Substances
• Pesticide Classifications

• Biopesticides
• Neonicitinoids
• Organochlorine Pesticides
• Organophosphate Pesticides
• Pyrethroids and Bifenthrin
• Glyphosate

Agrochemical Transport and Fate (cont.)

• Fumigants
• Pesticide Additives
• 1,4-Dioxane

• 4-Nonylphenol

• Synergists
• Pesticide Mixture Toxicity
• Pesticide Residuals and Degradates
• Effects of Temperature, pH, and ORP
• Half Lives
• Field Dissipation Rates
• Pesticide Persistence

• Groundwater Ubiquity Score

Agrochemical Monitoring

• Water Quality Monitoring Types

• General Water Quality Parameters

• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing
• Biota Sampling
• Grab vs. Composite Sampling

• Sampling Methods
• Flow-Weighted Sampling
• Sediment Traps
• Passive Sampling Methods

• Soil and Groundwater Sampling

• High Resolution Site Characterization

• Stratigraphic Flux

• Lines of Evidence for Attenuation

• Estimating Restoration Timeframes

• Pesticide Forensics

BMPs and Remediation Technologies
• BMPs and Remediation Technologies
• Remedy Selection
• Pesticide Emulsion Breaking
• 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Remediation
• Carbon-Based Remediation
• Self-Treating Areas
• Vegetated Buffers
• Constructed Wetlands
• Integrated Vegetated Treatment Systems
• Enzyme Remediation
• Temperature Reduction
• Permeable Treatment Liners
• Treatment Trains

• Agricultural BMP Performance Database

• BMP Size vs. Performance
• Bioretention Media Optimization
• Enhanced Nitrogen Removal
• Enhanced Phosphorus Removal

• Permeable Reactive Weirs

• Engineered Hyporheic Zones

Intended Audience: Water quality professionals seeking an improved understanding of agrochemical behavior in surface water, stormwater, groundwater, and air. Scientists, engineers, enforcement staff, program managers, permit writers, and field staff will benefit from attending.

Education Level: Introductory to advanced. General principles, current research, and advanced topics are presented to ensure all levels benefit from attending.

Course Materials: 2023 updated course proceedings and references (356 color pages - PDF).

Credit: 15 PDHs or 1.5 CEUs for completing 15 hours of instruction.

Registration: $395, $295 per person for small groups of 2 - 9 people, and $250 per person for groups of 10 or more on the same registration. Each registrant will receive their own link to join the training and may participate from any location with internet access. Register online or by calling us at (800) 385-0783.

Location: Your home or office - anywhere you can get comfortable and online.

About the Instructor: Erick McWayne has twenty-eight years of professional experience in environmental quality management and teaching related courses. As a consultant, he managed contaminated surface water, soil, and groundwater projects for the Department of Defense and other clients. He currently provides consulting support to environmental projects and teaches courses in contaminant chemistry, transport and fate, geochemistry, hydrogeology, and remediation with the University of California Davis and the National Environmental Management Academy (NEMA).

(800) 385-0783