Region 8 Tribal Drinking Water Monthly Newsletter	January, 2023

Announcement: Chemical Plant Fire and
Potential Impact on Supply Chain Disruptions

Current Status

A large fire broke out at a Carus Chemical Company plant
in LaSalle, IL during the morning of Wednesday, January
11. This facility produces the following chemicals that are
used for water and wastewater treatment: phosphate-
based corrosion control chemicals (e.g., blended
phosphates, dipotassium orthophosphate, sodium
polyphosphate, zinc orthophosphate), potassium
permanganate, and sodium permanganate.

U.S. EPA will continue to monitor this situation.

1/17 Update: Carus has released a statement noting
that additional details on potential impacts to its
permanganate lines will he forthcoming and that it
does not anticipate significant impacts to its production
or deliveries of phosphate chemicals.

For more information and updates:

https://www.epa.gov/waterutilityresponse/chemical-
plant-fire-and-potential-impact-supply-chain-disruptions

THIS MONTH

Announcement: Chemical Plant Fire and
Potential Impact on Supply Chain
Disruptions

Announcement: Annual R8 Newsletter,
Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
Coming in February

Training Resource: Free Climate Resilience
Training for Tribal Water Utilities and
Stakeholders

Training Resource: Water Distribution 1
Training (ITCA)

Upcoming Regulatory Deadlines
Key EPA Contacts

Announcement: Annual R8 Newsletter, Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
Coming in February

The Region 8 Drinking Water Unit will be sending our annual "mass mailer" in February. This package will
include your water system's anticipated monitoring and reporting requirements for 2023, an in-depth and


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detailed annual newsletter with articles by R8 staff, and other important items for maintaining compliance
with SDWA throughout 2023.

Free Climate Resilience Training for Tribal Water Utilities and Stakeholders

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative, in
coordination with Indian Health Service (IHS), is providing a free webinar series for tribal drinking water,
wastewater, and stormwater (water sector) utility owners and operators, as well as other tribal water sector
stakeholders nationwide. Session 1 will kick off with an introduction to climate change impacts as it relates to
tribes across the country, an overview of CRWU's risk assessment tools and climate data resources, and a
case study presentation from a tribal water utility. Session 2 will dig into CRWU's tools and demonstrate how
tribal utilities can identify climate adaptation strategies to protect their assets. Session 3 will bring in tribal
funding experts to identify financing programs to pay for adaptive infrastructure projects.

This free training series will help tribal utilities incorporate climate change considerations into their decision-
making, identify adaptation projects to build long-term resilience, and learn about federal and local
resources for financing tribal utility resilience projects. To learn more about CRWU success stories, visit our
Adaptation Case Studies Story Map for Water Utilities. To view previous online trainings, visit CRWU's
CRWU Training and Engagement Center.

Session 1

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Session 2

Thursday, March 9, 2023

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Session 3

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Register here for the free National Climate Resilience Training for the Tribal Water Sector under the name
"EPA CRWU Three Part Webinar Series."

Training Resource: Water Distribution 1 Training for Tribal Operators (brought to you by
the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) and EPA Region 8)

Title

Descriptions

Dates

Registration

Water Distribution -

Water Distribution - Level 1 Live Online

Jan 30, and Feb

Click Here

Level 1

Training Course for Tribal Operators.

1, 3, 6, 8,10,





Priority registration will be given to Tribal

13,15,17, 22,





Operators working in EPA Region 8.

24, 27 and





Training course size is limited.

March 1, 3, 6, 8





(in 2023)




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Meets 10 am -
1pm (Central
Time)



Upcoming Regulatory Deadlines

Date

Event

Location

Last day of every calendar

Last day to collect monthly total

Sites approved on your

month

coliform samples

RTCR sample plan

10th of every month

Last day for EPA to receive total

N/A



coliform and DBP samples collected





during the previous month



Key EPA Contacts

Region 8 Tribal Team

Joe Faubion - Helena, MT Office - 406-457-5005 - Faubion.joseph@epa.gov
Andrea Griese - Pierre, SD Office - 605-945-1192 - griese.andrea@epa.gov

Other R8 Drinking Water Employee Contact Information Can be Found Here.

This newsletter can be viewed online by visiting: https://www.epa.gov/region8-waterops/epa-region-8-
tribal-drinking-water-monthly-newsletter.

If you would like to be added or removed from this newsletter distribution list, please email
griese.andrea@epa.gov.


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