PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Alternate Simulating Air and Liquid Streams to Reduce Risk While
TUE44
Developing Control Logic Upgrades at a Treatment Facility
Michelle Mayes, Jacobs, Stephanie McGregor,
Benjamin Deavenport, Jason Curl, Colin Cook, Sam Perera
Next Level Leak Detection in Smart Utilities
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 1D
Track: Smart Water Utility
Moderator: Paul Thom
With aging infrastructure and limited budgets, advanced leak
detection is important for utilities.
1:30
Machine-Intelligent Technology Using Low Voltage
Conductivity to Locate and Measure Leaks
Chuck Hansen, Electro Scan Inc.
2:15
Demystifying Satellite-Based Leak Detection
Paul Gagliardo, Consulting, Lauren Guy, James Perry
3:15
Choosing the Highest Value Leak Detection Approach for
Different Objectives and Situations
Cameron White, Xylem
3:55
High Quality Leak Detection with Non-Invasive Pipe Line
Assessment; Verifying Pipeline Integrity and Reducing Non-
revenue Water Achieving Exceptional
Mike Simpson, M.E. Simpson Company, Inc.
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Climate Change and Enterprise Risk Management
1:30–3:00 p.m
Room: Mile High Ballroom 1F
Track: Utility Risk and Resilience
Moderator: Laurna Kaatz
2:30
How Markets May Reward Cities Who Plan for
Climate Changes
Paul Fuller, Allied Public Risk, LLC
2:45
Panel Discussion and Q&A from Audience
Keely Brooks, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Ted Chapman, S&P Global Ratings
Paul Fuller, Allied Public Risk, LLC
Laurna Kaatz, Denver Water
Usha Sharma, Denver Water
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Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring–Past, Present,
and Future
1:30 PM–4:30 p.m.
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Track: Water Policy and Regulatory Actions
Moderator: Philip Brandhuber
The unregulated contaminants monitoring rule (UCMR), is
EPA’s mechanism to better understand if the occurrence of
a contaminant is sufficient that if regulated, could provide a
meaningful public health benefit. Executing sampling under the
UCMR is a large effort for utilities, involving all large systems, and
a percentage of small systems. The purpose of this session is
to explore what happens when a UCMR contaminant is present,
and local regulators and utilities must come up with a response
to assure the public their water is safe. This experience will be
useful of utilities as UCMR 4 inevitably uncovers contaminants
that may be of health concern.
1:30
UCMR: Past, Present and Future
Alan Roberson, Association of State Drinking
Water Administrators
Urban water use has remained relatively unchanged for the past
100 years. Water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities perform
their functions with minimal integration and coordination. Yet
the future will demand something more and a handful of utilities,
designers, and developers are working to integrate building
and neighborhood design to incorporate One Water principles,
evaluating all available water options for a given site and working
to use and reuse as much as possible for the benefit of humans
and the environment. What are they doing different and what
does the future hold in a world where water resources could be
stretched farther than we can possibly imagine?
1:30
Embracing Uncertainty: Effective Water Utility Climate
Adaptation
Laurna Kaatz, Denver Water
1:45
Enterprise Risk Management in a Changing Climate: A
Utility Prepares
Keely Brooks, Southern Nevada Water Authority
2:00
Climate and Your Bond Rating: What You Shoud Know
Ted Chapman, S&P Global Ratings
2:15
An Integrated Risk Management Approach: A Public Utility’s
Perspective
Usha Sharma, Denver Water
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