PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday , June 14 , 2023
WEDNESDAY HIGHLIGHT
THE LAST DROP — Creating Our Water 2050 Future 11:15 a . m .– 12:30 p . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 206AB Moderator ( s ): David LaFrance
WED01 Treatment Operations and Decision Making — Canadian Insights 9:00 – 11:30 AM Room : Beanfield Centre — 200A Track : Advances in Water Treatment Moderator ( s ): Cristina Lugo , Michael McKie
9:00 Bench-Scale Testing of Nanofiltration to Reduce Hardness and Total Dissolved Solids Devendra Borikar , Walkerton Clean Water Centre
9:30 Controlling Brominated THMs With Bench-Scale and Pilot- Scale GAC and Ion Exchange Processes Tory Colling , Walkerton Clean Water Centre
10:00 In a Fight Between Activated Carbon and Aluminum , Who Would Emerge as the Winner ? Mazahir Alidina , WSP
10:30 Port Colborne Water Treatment Plant : UV or Not UV , That Was the Question ... Alonso Hurtado , City of Toronto , Erin Shisler , Regional Municipality of Niagara
11:00 Removing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Using Nanofiltration , Ion Exchange , Granular Activated Carbon , and Emerging Adsorbent Yanting Liu , Walkerton Clean Water Centre
WED02 Asset Management at Facilities : Asset Registers , Leveraging CMMS , and Maintenance and Reliability Solutions 9:00 – 11:30 a . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 200BC Track : Asset Management Moderator : Tammy Whipple
9:00 Development of Guidelines for Water and Wastewater Facility Condition Assessments Silvia Vlad , Jacobs
9:30 Comprehensive Asset Condition Assessments for Critical Plant , Pumping , and Storage Facility Project Development Timothy Ware , Arcadis
10:00 Strategic Procurement for Increased Reliability Anthony Kaiser , Kennedy Jenks
10:30 Don ’ t Forget About Me ! Managing a Critical WTP Asset Using Filter Benchmarking Laura Alvarez , AECOM
11:00 Cleveland Implements a GIS-Based Work Order / Asset Management System for Both Distribution and the Plants Alex Margevicius , Cleveland Division of Water
WED03
Distribution System Management 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Room : Beanfield Centre — 204A Track : Distribution and Plant Operations &
Management Moderator : Travis Smith
9:00 Benefits and Trends of SCADA Investment Thomas Powell , ARCADIS
9:30 Air Valve Criticality Assessment and Prioritization for O & M Activities Freddy Baron , Region Municipality of York
10:00 Valve Field Mobility Application : The Benefits of Digitization and Innovative Solutions in Water Utility Churchill Okonkwo
10:30 Assessing Capacity , Water Efficiency , and Operating Conditions Through Pump and System Curve Testing Johnathan Nault , HydraTek & Associates
11:00 Challenges , Components and Continuity to Adopting Higher Maturity and Sophistication With Digital Twins for Improved O & M Patrick Bonk , Autodesk
WED04
Evolving Strategies For Addressing Climate Change 9:00 – 11:30 a . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 201A Track : Climate Resilience Moderator : Rachel Duncan
9:00 Long-Term Water Demand Forecasting for Water Resources and Infrastructure Planning : Lessons Learned and Recommendations Jack Kiefer , Hazen and Sawyer
9:30 City of Corpus Christi , It Is Time to Open the Ocean Tap Jorge Arroyo
10:00 How Drinking Water Systems Can Adapt to Climate Change From Source to Tap ? Soumpegdwende Compaore , Laval University
10:30 Challenges in Water Resources Management and Integration in Miami-Dade County , Florida Ed Rectenwald , Black and Veatch
11:00 Minimizing Errors in the Prediction of Water Levels Using Kriging Technique in Residuals of the Groundwater Model Kushal Adhikari
WED05
Is My Asbestos Cement Pipe Worth Saving ? 9:00 – 11:30 a . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 202A Track : Condition Assessment Moderator : Dan Ellison
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