Synopsis:
This roundtable, sponsored by EARTHRES, will be an open discussion of the changes, challenges, and pleasant surprises that our Lehigh Valley area utilities and businesses have encountered this year as a result of the pandemic. What will be our new normal?
What COVID-related issues have been the most challenging for you?
- Keeping personnel healthy 28%
- Employee morale 24%
- Creating and implementing new procedures/protocols 24%
- Supply chain problems 16%
- Using new technology 8%
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Description
This roundtable, sponsored by EARTHRES, will be an open discussion of the changes, challenges, and pleasant surprises that our Lehigh Valley area utilities and businesses have encountered this year as a result of the pandemic. What will be our new normal?
Chapters
00:00 Start
00:21 What Is PIX
02:53 Who is Tori Morgan (President of PIX)
03:13 PIX Revitalization “We’re back”
04:02 Overview how the roundtable will work
05:30 Let’s get things off
05:49 What to expect
06:57 Introduction to PIX
08:11 Board Members
09:14 Sponsor EARTHRES
12:47 Introduction to the panel
14:37 Poll: What COVID-related issues have been the most challenging for you?
15:15 Poll Results
16:00 Panelist respond to how to keep personnel healthy
16:16 Justine Diazs shares Bimbo Bakeries strategy to keep personnel healthy
17:11 Tori Poses the question “Did you find an issues trying up with regular compliance”
18:43 Andy Schneck shares Fanatics / Majestic strategy to keep personnel healthy
19:51 Alex Hoffman shares Easton Area Joint Sewer Authority’s strategy to keep personnel healthy
20:47 Diana Heimbach shares Lehigh County Authority Wastewater Pretreatment Facility’s strategy to keep personnel healthy
22:02 Tori Poses the question, How is working with contractors with covid restrictions. Issues?
22:35 Andrew Moore with the Lehigh County Authority responds on working with contractors
23:29 Christine Gunsaullus askes the panel about cross training 23:50 Tori Morgan from Entech Engineering talks about Cross training
24:36 Tori Morgan poses a question on compliance rules to Maggie Green of the EPA
25:24 Maggie Green from the EPA Pretreatment Program responds 28:28 Christine Gunsaullus presents questions from the audience to panel
29:00 is anyone doing increased testing of personnel?
29:34 Andy Schneck from Fanatics / Majestic responds
31:33 Katie Velekei from Lehigh Valley Health Network talks about increased testing
33:25 Justine Diazs shares Bimbo Bakeries increased PPE
34:48 Tori Morgan asks the panel is they are having issues with access for water sampling
25:39 Alex Hoffman of Easton Area Joint Sewer Authority talks about pre calling different organizations to find out the covid procedures
36:27 Andrew Moore talks about his experience at the Lehigh County Authority
37:21 Maggie Green from the EPA address virtual inspections
39:06 Maggie Green from the EPA asks what production has done during this time
39:38 Andy Schneck talks about how Fanatics is being effected by COVID, and how they are helping the community with 1 Million Masks
44:18 Justine Diazs shares Bimbo Bakeries increased production issues
45:52 Diana Heimbach shares Lehigh County Authority Wastewater Pretreatment Facility’s increased production issues 48:21 Andrew Moore with the Lehigh County Authority talks about production issues
49:05 Katie Velekei from Lehigh Valley Health Network talks about halting elective surgeries and increased patients and its effects on waste water
50:05 Alex Hoffman of Easton Area Joint Sewer Authority talks about waste water production
50:32 Andrew Moore with the Lehigh County Authority talks about expired products and disposal
51:16 Christine Gunsaullus presents questions from the audience to panel
51:28 I’ve been substituting IU (industrial user) site visits with phone calls, emails IU survey updates and monitoring water consumptions rates reflective of production changes will this suffice?
53:08 Can you speak to managing “disposable” wipes?
56:59 Are the wastewater treatment facilities having issues with disinfectant?
59:08 Poll Results: keeping company moral
59:33 Katie Velekei from Lehigh Valley Health Network talks about keeping morale
1:00:14 Diana Heimbach from Lehigh County Authority Wastewater Pretreatment Facility talks about keeping morale 1:02:02 Andy Schneck from Fanatics talks about keeping morale 1:02:45 Wrap up
Important Links
EPA's COVID-19 Enforcement and Compliance Resources
The COVID-19 public health emergency is a rapidly evolving situation. This website has been established in order to provide the public, the regulated community and other government agencies with the most complete and up to date information on EPA enforcement and compliance policy and actions related to COVID-19.