PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Monday, June 10, 2019
MON12
Data Management Systems Improve Managing Data
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 1F
Track: Smart Water Utility
Moderator: Laura Jacobsen
Collecting and combining information from multiple sources
requires a holistic understanding of utility needs. With the goal
of improved operations, utilities have moved from paper-based
data collection, addressed technology roadblocks, and are
finding efficiencies in combined operational and enterprise data.
Attendees will hear from experts the challenges and successes
of data management.
2:00
Application of a Data Management System for
Managing Water Quality Data in 38 Water Systems
Kate Martin, Golden State Water Company, Bryan Rinde
2:30
Data Innovation Yields Proactive Operations – Using
Dashboards for Productive Plant Performance
Paul Biscardi, Hazen and Sawyer, Nathan Boyle
3:00
Modern Data Management for Water/Wastewater
Systems—A Bistone Case Study
Kapal Madireddi, Flowatch LLC, Brent Locke
3:30
Intelligent Water System Maturity Model Drives
Implementation of Effective Utility Management
(EUM) Practices
Sandip Basu, EMA, Inc., Robert Daly, Mo Rousso,
Bob Reilly
4:00
Eliminating Data Collection Bottlenecks
David Stadelmann, Sheena Graham
4:30
Smart Field Data Collection Practices in Water
Distribution Systems
Benjamin Chenevey
MON13
Getting Ahead of Boots on The Ground; Incorporating
Communications Into Big Construction Projects
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 3B
Track: Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
Moderator: Karen Snyder
Some of the most challenging communications problems for
utilities occur when major projects cause major disruptions
or cost increases for their customers. This session will offer
strategies and tips on how to avoid those angry phone calls.
The session will conclude with a 60-minute “Ask the Expert”
session where attendees can pitch their project challenge to a
panel of professional communicators, and the panel will offer
communication strategies and tactics to address the challenge.
2:00
Tapping into “Buying Local” to Earn Public Consent for
Big Infrastructure
David Marciniak, Williamette Water Supply Program,
Justin Carlton
2:30
Breaking New Ground: Preparing Neighboring Communities
Without Direct Benefits for a Large Infrastructure Program
Catharine Richardson, Greeley and Hansen, Dan Duchniak
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3:00
Stakeholder Engagement and Community Outreach:
Essential Components of CAW’s Successful Lead Service
Line Replacement Program
Sharon Sweeney, Central Arkansas Water
3:30
It Takes More Than Good Fences to Make Good Neighbors
While Delivering A $1.75B WTP Expansion in Houston
Paul Walker, Carollo Engineers, Meera Victor, Pat Strong,
Ravi Kaleyatodi, Alanna Reed
4:00
Ask the Expert: Communicating About Big
Construction Projects
Marci Davis, Jacobs Engineering Group, Karen Snyder,
Katz & Associates, Inc., Michelle Zrodowski,
Great Lakes Water Authority
MON14
Implementing Community Water System Risk
& Resilience
2:00–3:30 p.m.
Room: 501
Track: Utility Risk and Resilience
Moderator: Kevin Morley
America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018 includes
several provisions designed to support an all-hazards approach
to risk and resilience management in the water sector. This
is based on modifications to the requirements placed on
community water systems serving more than 3,300 under the
Bioterrorism Act of 2002. In addition, AWIA includes several
provisions to enhance source water protection. Learn more about
more about key elements of AWIA’s risk and resilience provisions,
including approaches to support compliance and associated
deadlines through a panel discussion and lightning round style
presentation associated with core provisions.
2:00 Panel Discussion: Implementing Community Water System
Risk & Resilience
Clyde Dugan, East Lansing-Meridian Water and
Sewer Authority
Stephen Gay, City of Westminster
John McLaughlin, Merrick & Company
Kevin Morley, American Water Works Association
Sandy Smith, Dekalb County Watershed Mgmt
David Travers, USEPA Water Security Division
MON15
Federal Policy Priorities
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: 503
Track: Water Policy and Regulatory Actions
Moderator: Cheryl Porter
Speakers will discuss the issues that are at the top of national policy
makers’ agendas. With passage of America’s Water Infrastructure Act
of 2018, drinking water utilities will need to be mindful of both new
legislative deadlines as well as anticipated regulatory developments.
In 2019 the balance of power has shifted in Congress setting the stage
for a different federal policy environment than the preceding two years.
And perhaps most importantly, public concern around topics like
perfluoroalkyl substances, lead, and water quantity are requiring states
and utilities to act before clear federal direction has been set.