Benchmark: Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22: Analyzing Contaminants in Effluent

Take this benchmark to assess how much you would benefit from taking the course on the Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule 22. In a few minutes, you’ll see whether you grasp why EPA is updating analytical methods (PFAS, PCB congeners), what trade-offs the changes introduce (efficiency vs. comparability, compliance vs. flexibility), and how the updates could affect permits, labs, and communities. Your responses will reveal where you may need deeper guidance—like planning method transitions before permit renewal, managing legacy datasets after a method change, or preparing labs for new QA/QC. If the prompts feel tricky or raise “it depends” questions, the course will help you turn those into clear action steps. Use this as a quick readiness check: confirm what you already understand, surface gaps that could create compliance risk or rework, and decide how much of the course to prioritize now.