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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
WED07 
Bundling, Partnerships and P3s: Innovating to Help
Small to Medium Size Systems
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Room: Lagoon KL
Track: Financing, Rates & Affordability
Moderator: Trevor d’Olier-Lees
Recent public health crises have cast a bright spotlight on the nation’s
aging and deteriorating water infrastructure, which AWWA estimates
needs about $1 trillion of investment to update. Water service
providers cite funding as one of the top challenges in meeting their
updating/replacement/expansion demands, particularly given fiscally
constrained government balance sheets and concerns about the ability
or willingness to raise rates. Attendees will learn about key issues in
the bundling process, the different private sector aspects of bundling
(investor, banker, consultant, government and S&P), and how P3s
can play a role in achieving successful bundling projects for small to
medium sized utilities.
8:30 
Panel Discussion
David Bird, Infrastructure–Societe Generale
Nathan Ohle, Rural Community Assistance Partnership
Bill Teichmiller, Assn. of Regional Water Associations (AROW)
Robert West, CoBank
WED08 
Water Policy Changes Re-Shaping Water Utility
Business Model
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom I
Track: Water Policy & Regulatory Actions
Moderator: Nancy Quirk
Despite the absence of new federal drinking water regulations, utilities
continue to confront a suite of complex regulatory challenges ranging
from reliable compliance with current rules, to finding ways to assist
neighboring water systems without endangering compliance. The
sector continues to feel the impacts of recent health advisories and
public concerns about emerging contaminants, particularly per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances. Session speakers and panelists will
discuss recent and anticipated developments from state, federal, and
local practitioners perspectives.
8:30 
Drinking Water Policy Developments from State Perspective
Lisa Daniels, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection
9:00 
Maintaining Compliance with Lead and Copper Rule and
Preparing for Long-Term Revisions
David Cornwell, Cornwell Engineering Group
9:30 
Building System-to-System Partnerships—Overcoming
Regulatory Compliance Hurdles
Ellen Tarquino, USEPA
10:00 
Panel Discussion: Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances—
Responding to Health Advisories
Betsy Behl
Miranda Brannon, Air Force Office of the Surgeon General
Chris Crockett
Peter D’Adamo, HDR
Lisa Daniels, Pennsylvania Department of
 Environmental Protection
WED09 
Innovation in Asset Management
8:30–11:30 a.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom J
Track: Asset Management
Moderator: Yuma Kim
This session focuses on innovations that advance the use of
asset management practices for water system assets such as
pipelines, tanks, and other facilities.
8:30 
Leveraging Innovative Approaches in the Water Sector
Reese Tisdale, Bluefield Research
9:00 
1,000 Miles of Main: Assessing Hydraulic Consequence
of Failure
Yigliola Lorang, City of Minneapolis, Tricia Christensen
9:30 
Innovative Approaches in the Condition Assessment and
Rehabilitation of Tanks and Other Assets
Terence Browne, Collins Engineers, Inc., Anthony Aquila,
Roy Forsyth, Mark Gremmer
10:00 
There’s an App for That! Applying GIS and Business
Intelligence Technology to Support Asset Management and
Utility Operations
Jayson Brennen, CDM Smith, Mike Schultz
10:30 
Condition Assessment and Business Intelligence—An
Innovative Data-Driven CIP Planning
Adrianna Dimperio, Newport News Waterworks,
Aditya Ramamurthy, Kraig Schenkelberg
11:00 
Panel Discussion: Removing Barriers to Innovation at
Utilities—What Should be Done?
Jayson Brennen, CDM Smith
Adrianna Dimperio, Newport News Waterworks
Yigliola Lorang, City of Minneapolis
Reese Tisdale, Bluefield Research
Annie Vanrenterghem Raven, infraPLAN, LLC
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