CWAG Calendar

Karen Peters, Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will join us in person and via Zoom to give us an update on several water quality issues of interest to our region. Some topics she will cover:

• Status of TMDL (total maximum daily load) on Watson and Willow Lake and tributary streams
• PFAS contamination of groundwater and domestic wells in Forbing Park
• TCE (trichloroethene) contamination at Fair St (a WQARF [Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund] project)
• Gasoline leak at Circle K in Chino Valley
• Gold Paradise Peak mine
• Advisory re bass fish consumption in Watson Lake
• Arizona Community Science Alliance efforts and how you can participate 

This will be a hybrid meeting. Our speaker will present in person and on Zoom.

To attend on Zoom, register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MN1BhWxRSsuEB_RDNJoi_w#/registration

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

As the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Karen Peters advances programs to protect and enhance public health and the environment in Arizona. Ms. Peters is an Arizona lawyer with over 30 years of experience in environmental and water law and policy.  She helped write Arizona laws and regulations on critical issues like protecting rivers and streams, cleanup of groundwater and soil contamination, and air quality. She earned her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University, studied law at Georgetown University, then returned to Arizona to begin her career.  Ms. Peters has served in executive leadership positions at the City of Phoenix.

We'll be updating this post as soon as we receive more info from ADEQ.