PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
2:10
Current and Evolving Trends in Financing Practices: How
They Shape Water Utility Ratings—the Moody’s Investor
Services Perspective
Helen Cregger, Moody’s Investors Service
2:35
Current and Evolving Trends in Financing Practices:
How They Shape Water Utility Ratings–
S&P Global Perspective
Theodore Chapman, S&P Global Ratings
TUE39
Water System Planning and Design
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2C
Track: Infrastructure Design and Project Delivery
Moderator: Tim Engemoen
From big to small, all systems benefit from efficient operation.
Hear from young professionals their experiences with water
system planning and design.
1:30
Fieldbus Control Systems: Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Tom Woodcock, R.V. Anderson Associates Limited
2:00
New York City’s Operations Support Tool: Case Studies for
Decision-Making
Kinsey Hoffman, Hazen and Sawyer
2:30
Master Planning and Design of an Urban Stormwater Solution
for Harvard’s Allston Landing Enterprise Research Campus
Peter Enright, WSP
3:15
Understanding the Impact of Using Inside Diameters for WDS
Modeling—A Greeley, CO Case Study
Angela Bacigalupa, Jerry Edwards, Dan Moore
3:40
Regional Water Supply versus Plant Rehabilitation —A
Complicated Story
Kyle Hay, Weston & Sampson
4:05
Using Asset Management Principles to Enhance Traditional
Water Master Plans
Ludwig Perez, Arcadis, Venkatraman Radhakrishnan,
Chris Heltzel, Scott Lehman
TUE40
Addressing Lead in Schools
1:30–3:30 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 3A
Track: Managing Lead in Distribution Systems
Moderator: Kristin Schwartz
Lead is a common and hazardous contaminant in plumbing
systems of older homes and buildings including schools.
Although rarely found in source water, lead can enter tap water
through the corrosion of plumbing materials, mainly due to aging
pipes and plumbing components. Learn what others are doing to
address lead in schools.
1:30
Louisville Water Company’s School & Daycare Lead
Monitoring Program, Insight on How to Execute a Successful
Monitoring Program
Emily Fritz, Louisville Water Company, Rengao Song,
Kelley Dearing Smith
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2:00
Addressing Lead in School Drinking Water—The City of Lynn’s
Proactive Approach
Renee Lanza, Woodard & Curran
2:30
Comprehensive Assessment of Lead in Denver
District Schools
Alfonso Gonzales, Denver Water, Nick Schroeter, Denver
District School, Ida Clark, Selene Hernandez Ruiz
Alternate Optimizing Parameters for Real-Time Testing of Lead in
TUE41
Drinking Water
Abigail Wright, Denver Water, Craig McGonagill, Amy Kemm,
Andrea Ohsiek, Selene Hernandez Ruiz
Successful Partnerships for Non-Traditional
Treatment Solutions
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 1E
Track: Small Systems Management and Operations
Moderator: Darren Lytle
The session addresses how sometimes developing partnerships
with other entities can assist a Small Water System in the
successful operation of the system.
1:30
Oh, to be First. The Town of Wellington’s Journey to a
Successful Ozone Approval
Stephanie Elliott, Stantec
2:00
Working Together to Identify and Implement the Optimal
Groundwater Treatment Solution for PFAS
Jihyon Im, Mark Wetzel, Alan LeBlanc
2:30 Panel Discussion
TUE42
Control Strategies Improve Treatment and Quality
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 1F
Track: Smart Water Utility
Moderator: Norman Anderson
Algorithms, control schemes, and dynamic process simulations
are the workhorses of a process control system. Showcased in
this session are examples of strategies for improved operations
and water quality.
1:30
A Unique Way to Control Ozone System Operations with
Rapid Response Controls at JEA’s Greenland Water
Treatment Plant
Jeremy O’Neal, CDM Smith, Andrew May, Christopher Schulz,
Yanni Polematidis
2:00
Complete Water Treatment Plant Simulation Prior to
Startup: Control Logic Functional Acceptance Testing Using
Dynamic Simulation
Stephanie McGregor, Michelle Mayes, Benjamin Deavenport,
Jon Bates, John Sheilds
2:30
Implementing a Performance Tracking Tool for Timely
Analysis of Multiple Unit Processes
Jennifer Nyfennegger, Carollo Engineers, Nishel Ross,
Rod Dunn, Jess Brown, Giridhar Upadhyaya