PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Monday, June 10, 2019
2:00
EPA–Federal Priorities
Jennifer McLain, USEPA
2:20
Legislative Priorities in the 116th Congress
TBD
2:40
Evaluating if Water Service is Affordable—Integrated
Planning and Beyond
John Mastracchio, Raftelis
3:00
Emerging and Needed Treatment Solutions for an
Evolving PFAS Conundrum
Sheau-Yun Chiang, CDM Smith
3:20
LT–LCR–Estimating the Benefits and Costs of
Rule Options
David Cornwell, Cornwell Engineering Group
3:40
Current Drinking Water Challenges for States
Mark Mayer, South Dakota Department of Environment
and Natural Resources, Alan Roberson, Association of
State Drinking Water Administrators
MON16
Picking the Best Tool for The Job: Modeling Tools to
Inform and Design Source Water Protection
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4A
Track: Water Resources & Conservation Management
Moderator: Diane Agnew
The goal of the session is to provide utilities of all sizes a
snapshot of resources, tools, and approaches that are available
for developing source water protection plans and programs, as
well as to assess potential impacts from known groundwater
contamination.
2:00
Modeling Approaches to Define Source Water Protection
Areas: Using Analytic Modeling to Estimate Representative
Capture Zones
Diane Agnew, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility,
Kathryn Mendoza, Rick Shean
2:20
Using a Particle-Tracking Program with Groundwater
Flow Models
Nathan Myers, U.S. Geological Survey
2:40
How Big is that Capture Zone? Analyzing Uncertainty &
Capture Well Performance with Analytic Element Models
for EDB Contamination
Joan Blainey, INTERA Incorporated
3:00
Quickly Testing Contaminant Capture System Performance
and Robustness under Uncertainty: A Case Study from a
Jet Fuel Spill
John Sigda, INTERA Incorporated
3:20
Working with Regulators and Responsible Parties as a Utility:
Communication and Involvement to Enhance
Source Protection
Diane Agnew, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility.
Kathryn Mendoza, Rick Shean
3:40
New Mexico’s Source Water Protection Program: Using
Partnerships to Broaden and Increase Effectiveness of
Source Water Protection
Jill Turner, New Mexico Environment Department
4:00
Panel Discussion
Joan Blainey, INTERA Incorporated
Kathryn Mendoza, Albuquerque Bernalillo County
Nathan Myers, U.S. Geological Survey
Rick Shean
John Sigda, INTERA Incorporated
Jill Turner, New Mexico Environment Department
MON17
Regional Planning Facilitates New Water
Source Development
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4B
Track: Water Resources & Conservation Management
Moderator: Daniel Haddock
This session presents case studies in successful regional
planning projects and case studies in the development of new
sources of water supply.
2:00
Connecticut’s Water Future: Assessing Water Availability,
Demand, and Allocation to Inform the State’s First Water Plan
Rebecca Guihan, CDM Smith, Kathryn Swanson, Elaine Sistare,
John Boyer
2:30
Drought Contingency Planning in the Lower Platte River Basin
John Engel, HDR Inc., Jennifer Schellpeper
3:00
Travilah Quarry Reservoir—A Key Facility Required for Water
Supply Resiliency in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Thomas Hilton, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission,
Alex Gorzalski
3:30
Sustainable Management of Water Supply Portfolio in
Los Angeles
Jagit Kaur, Azya Jackson, Lenise Marrero, Ali Poosti,
Judi Miller
4:00
A Long & Winding Road Finally Ends in Water–How the
Yadkin River Water Supply Project Secured Union County’s
Water Supply Future
Tracy Randazzo, HDR, Brent Tippey, John Shutak,
Aubrey Lofton
4:30
Gross Reservoir Expansion–Case Study in Environmental
Stewardship and Collaboration
Jeff Martin, Denver Water, Greg Zamensky
Alternate Developing a Sustainable Plan for Missouri’s
Water Resources
Mark McCluskey, CDM Smith Inc., Jennifer Hoggatt,
Susan Morea
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