Corona Environmental Consulting, LLC

05/10/2023

The AZ Water Conference has been amazing so far! We have had the opportunity to catch-up with so many of our friends in the water community and have enjoyed presenting!
Juliette Kaplan will be presenting today at 3:30 pm on A Comparison of Bench and Pilot Scale GAC Studies to Inform Full Scale Operational Cost, so please stop by her presentation.

05/07/2023

Are you headed to the AZ Water Conference? The Corona team will be there and we hope that we will get to see you at one of our presentations:

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗𝐭𝐡
Track 3: 9:00 am
Gilbert North Water Treatment Plant Reconstruction: Project Overview
Craig Gorman – Corona
Jeanne Jensen – Town of Gilbert

Track 3: 3:00 pm
Wildfire Impacts on Water system Sources, Treatment, and Distribution: Lessons Learned from Colorado’s Marshall Fire
Chad Seidel - Corona

Track 3: 3:30 pm
Bringing Knowledge Management and Data Systems Together
Shonnie Cline - Corona

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡
Track 1: 8:30 am
Impacts and Unintended Consequences of Pre-Oxidation on TTHM Formation Potential
Brittany Gregory - Corona

Track 1: 3:30 pm
A Comparison of Bench and Pilot Scale GAC Studies to Inform Full Scale Operational Costs
Juliette Kaplan – Corona

03/09/2023

Corona team bonding on the slopes this week at Loveland Ski Area. One of the many perks to working in beautiful Colorado.

02/28/2023

We are hiring! Make sure to check out our career opportunities at www.coronaenv.com/careers

02/21/2023

Corona's Jake Causey will be presenting at the Illinois Rural Water Association conference tomorrow, February 22. If you are going make sure to attend his presentation, "PFAS: Latest Developments, Monitoring, and Treatment Solutions."

02/06/2023

Not only is the snow pack in Colorado awesome for our water supplies, but it turns out its pretty darn good for skiing too!

01/23/2023

With UCMR5 underway many utilities across the country have already started ramping up sampling. PFAS has gotten the most attention in UCMR5 however there is one metal, lithium, that is also included. Lithium has been included as there is insufficient exposure data for lithium in drinking water. There is also limited information about long-term health effects of trace lithium in water. The June 2022 article in 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 on 'Lithium Occurrence in Drinking Water Sources of the United States', was authored by
Naush*ta Sharma, Paul Westerhoff, and Chao Zeng provides an overview of a study on the occurrence potential for lithium in US drinking water sources and can inform the data collection effort in UCMR 5.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653522019518

Lithium (Li) is listed in the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) because insufficient exposure data exists for lithium in drinking…

12/01/2022

It’s so exciting to see better public health AND environmental protection realized with the Denver Water Lead Reduction Program Plan! Corona Environmental is pleased to have played a role in shaping the plan and having the opportunity to continue supporting this successful program. Kudos to Denver Water, EPA, CDPHE, and all of the stakeholders and team members for doing what it takes to achieve this outcome. Our community is better for it!

EPA News Release: EPA finds Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program effective

11/30/2022

Congratulations to Sheldon V. Masters, Tyler C. Bradley, Gary A. Burlingame, Chad J. Seidel, Maureen Schmelling, and Timothy A. Bartrand for the recognition from The 2021 ES&T Best Paper Awards for the paper "What Can Utilities Expect from New Lead Fifth-Liter Sampling Based on Historic First-Draw Data?"
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00421

11/23/2022

Wishing you and your loved ones a very happy Thanksgiving!