PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
WEDEB
Critical Topics in Water Science—PFAS
7:00–8:00 a.m.
Room: 501
Track: Water Utility Management & Leadership
Moderator: Peter Grevatt 8:30
Using Water Chemistry Sensing and Actuation to
Transform Nonwater Urinal into “Smart” Urinal
Daniella Saetta, Arizona State University, Arsh Padda,
Xiushuang Li, Carlos Leyva, Pitu Mirchandani,
Dragan Boscovic, Treavor Boyer
Join us for an Early Bird Session on Wednesday morning for an
interactive panel discussion with water sector leaders covering
critical science and research topics related to perfluorinated
compounds and water. Moderated by Peter Grevatt, CEO of The
Water Research Foundation, this session will feature a variety of
perspectives to address this critical challenge. 8:55
New Medicine for Sick Drinking Water Microbiomes
Natalie Hull, The Ohio State University
Panelists:
Christopher Bellona, Colorado School of Mines
Dora Chiang, CDM Smith
Peter D'Adamo, HDR
Christopher Tadanier, Black and Veatch
Carel Vandermeyden, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
WED01
Treatment Using Filtration – Planning, Implementation
and Residual Management
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Room: 405
Track: Advances in Water Treatment
Moderator: Brock Emerson
This session will provide utilities with information and tools to
improve decision-making on filter facilities.
8:30
Coagulation Optimization – How the Right Coagulant Can
Make or Break Your Membranes!
Stephanie Sansom, Jamie Langer, Parker Water and
Sanitation District
9:00
Full-scale, Side-by-side Evaluation of BAF and Non-BAF
Treatment at 440 MGD WTP
Kimberlie Brashear, City of Dallas Water Utilities, Peter Stencel,
Sally Mills-Wright, Nicholas Burns, Marc Cottingame
9:30
Microbial Dynamics in Biosand Filters Receiving Contrasting
Water Sources
Tara Webster, University of Colorado, Noah Fierer
10:00
Hybrid Forward Osmosis Membrane Distillation Process for
Sustainable Brine Management and Reuse
Kamyar Sardari, Garver, Ranil Wickramasinghe
10:30
A Negative Modification in a Positive Direction: Impacts of
Pre-ozonation on Coagulation
Rachel Weber, Samantha White, Justin Bowling, Metropolitan
Government of Nashville & Davidson Ct, Rebecca Lindsay,
Peter von Bucher, Drew Hart
WED02
Universities Forum: Water Quality
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Room: 407
Track: Advances in Water Treatment
Moderator: Susan Teefy
Join us for the latest in academic research.
9:20
Bacteria Remediation by Persulfate Activated with Heat, Fe 2+ ,
NaHCO 3 , and KMnO 4 in Control Release Polymer System
Mosarrat Samiha Kabir, Stephanie Luster-Teasley,
Nafisa Sirelkhatim, Manoj K. Jha
9:30
Microbial Dynamics in Biosand Filters Receiving Contrasting
Water Sources
Tara Webster, University of Colorado, Noah Fierer
9:45
Impact of Wastewater Effluent on Drinking Water Quality:
How Does Iodine Speciation Affect Disinfection Byproduct
Formation?
Kirsten Studer, University of North Carolina
10:10
Advancing Disinfection Technologies with UVC Radially
Emitting Optical Fibers
Mariana Lopes, Arizona State University, Mariana Lopes,
Sergi Garcia-Segura, Paul Westerhoff, Kiril Hristovski
10:35
Drinking Water Quality Changes at a Middle School Under
Low vs. Normal Water Use Conditions
Kyungyeon Ra, Purdue University, Tolu Odimayomi,
Christian Ley, Tiong Aw, Andrew Whelton
WED03
Defining and Measuring Your Levels of Service in Real
Life Practices
8:30–11:00 a.m.
Room: 403
Track: Asset Management
Moderator: Barry Buchanan
Defining and applying levels of service remains an important step
in the asset management life cycle. These presentations offer
attendees the opportunity to learn from utilities, service providers,
and others about the practical implementation of service levels
to drive improved utility performance.
8:30
LOS in Real Life
Justin Kaurfman, Aqua America, Peter Kraft,
Gage Muckleroy, Seth Yoskowitz, Caitlin Rose McKinley
9:00
Vertical Asset Outcomes and Not Output. Developing
Service Levels for Nonlinear Assets is the New
Frontier in Municipal Benchmarking
Brian Butscher, City of Sugar Land
9:30
Using a Data-Driven Approach to Performance
Measure Setting and Assessment
Thais Vitagliano, Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, Adolfo Carpio, Adebola Fashokun, Fred Pfeifer,
Joshua Cantone
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