PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
9:15
Local Perspective: Colorado’s First Steps Toward Creative
Urban Water Use and Reuse
Brian Good, Denver Water MC 100
9:30
International Perspective: Evolution of Urban Water Use
Plans in Australia
Stuart Wilson, Water Services Association of Australia
9:45
Panel Discussion
Brian Good, Denver Water MC 100
Paula Kehoe, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Kyle Pickett, Urban Fabrick
Thomas Puttman, Puttman Infrastructure, Inc
Stuart Wilson, Water Services Association of Australia
TUE24
Targeting Opportunities to Achieve Water Savings
8:30–11:45 a.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4C
Track: Water Resources & Conservation Management
Moderator: Frank Kinder
The session will provide examples of how utilities are identifying
where there may be opportunities to save water in their service
areas, the programs they use to realize those savings, and how
they are assessing success of their efforts.
8:30
Landscape Watering Trends, Existing Landscape Conditions
and Factors Motivating Customer Decisions
Catherine Moravec, Colorado Springs Utilities, Scott Winter
9:00
Transforming Landscapes in Southern California: Water
Efficiency You Can See
Krista Reger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California, Marcelo Alvarez, Alice Webb-Cole
9:30
Using Smart Technology to Reduce Seasonal Demand
Glenn Marzluf, Del-Co Water Company Inc., Kristina Dye,
Carol Kauffman Nowlin
10:15
Landscape Water Budgets: Shifting the Conversation
to Efficiency
Abbye Neel, Fort Collins Utilities
10:45
Statistically Measuring Conservation Achievements at
Long Beach Water, Southern California
Jessica Fritsche, CDM Smith, Krista Reger
11:15
Identifying Cooling Towers and Estimating Their Water Use:
One Utility’s Journey
Mitch Horrie, Denver Water
TUE25
CDC Response to Waterborne Disease Outbreaks
& Emergencies
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4D
Track: Water Quality Challenges
Moderators: Jennifer Murphy, Jonathan Yoder
Changing environments, complex outbreaks, natural disasters,
and evolving microorganisms are ever-present threats to the
safety of the nation’s water. In this session, CDC will discuss their
approach to detecting, investigating, and controlling waterborne
disease outbreaks and emergencies and through various
programs, projects, and research activities.
8:30
Epidemiology of Waterborne Diseases–Outbreak Detection,
Surveillance, and Trends
Kathy Benedict, Centers for Diseases Control
9:00
Improved Laboratory Practices and New Technologies for
Better Outbreak and Emergency Response
Mia Mattioli, Centers for Disease Control
9:30
The Roles of EPA And CDC for Water-Related
Emergencies—How Collaboration Between CDC And EPA
Enable Stronger Responses
Kirsten Berling, Centers for Disease Control
TUE26
Continuing Challenges of Disinfection Byproducts
8:30–11:45 a.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 4E
Track: Water Quality Challenges
Moderator: Scott Alpert
Major challenge for water systems is balancing the risks from
microbial pathogens and disinfection byproducts (DBPs) with
providing safe drinking water. Learn about new methods to
assess DBP precursors, the latest approaches to treatment
techniques, and brominated DBP occurrence in the United States.
8:30
Evaluation of Two Real-Time Methods for Assessing THM
Precursor Concentrations
Griffin Moriarty, University of Massachusetts Amherst,
David Reckhow, Patrick Wittbold
9:00
Application of Peracetic Acid in Drinking Water Treatment: A
New Approach to Control Regulated Disinfection Byproducts
Xian Ma, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yue Sun,
John Tobiason, David Reckhow
9:30
Heavy Hitters: Comparing Where DBPs Were Knocked Down
in Two Ozone/BAF Pilot Trains
Christine Moore, Nacole McCormick, Justin Bowling,
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson Ct,
Rebecca Lindsay, Randy Booker, Thomas Gillogly
10:15
Comprehensive Assessment of National Regulated and
Unregulated Brominated Disinfection Byproduct Occurrence
Carleigh Samson, Corona Environmental, Chad Seidel,
Amlan Ghosh, Paul Westerhoff
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