PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday , June 14 , 2023
WED40
Aesthetic Water Quality Events and Solutions 2:00 – 5:00 p . m . Room : Enercare Centre — Salon 105 Track : Water Quality Challenges Moderator : Zaid Chowdhury
2:00 Lake Ontario Taste and Odor Events : Planning and Response Sarah Wilson , Toronto Water
2:30 Manganese Control Utilizing Post-Filtration Manganese Contactors : Pilot Studies and Full-Scale Implementation Paul Hargette , Black & Veatch
3:00 Responding to the Iqaluit Water Crisis and Fuel in the Drinking Water Supply Ian Moran
3:30 Pilot Testing of Multiple Facilities Across York Region for Implementation of Iron and Manganese Treatment Removal Caroline Di Tommaso , Jacobs
4:00 Delivering One Water Solutions to Address Taste and Odor Issues for Maryville , MO . Aaron Robison , HDR
4:30 Performance of Intermittently Operated Biofilters for Manganese Removal From Groundwater Ujwal Zore , University of Waterloo
WED41
The Kitchen Sink of Utility Management & Optimization 2:00 – 5:00 p . m . Room : Enercare Centre — Salon 106 Track : Utility Management and Leadership Moderator : Jerome Madigan
2:00 Implementation of the AWWA Utility Management Standards to Optimize Operations and Management Eva Nieminski , Utah Division of Drinking Water
2:30 Partnerships , Regionalizing and Privatizing In the Water Industry Glenn Marzluf , Del-Co Water Company , Inc .
3:00 Demonstration of A Fast , Actionable Utility Diagnostic Approach for Management and Strategic Planning Benjamin Stanford , Hazen and Sawyer
3:30 Hitting the Mark on Benchmarking : A Decade of Performance Measurement in Lee County , Florida Nicole Cohen , Carollo Engineers
4:00 Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Operations for Peak Performance
4:30 Customer Satisfaction in Drinking Water : Perspectives Around Safe vs Aesthetically Pleasing Dan Fox , City of Calgary Water Services
WED42 The Latest Research on Emerging Issues — Microplastics , Alternative Disinfectant , and Ion Exchange 2:00 – 3:30 p . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 204A Track : Innovation Moderator : Brian Van Nortwick
2:00 “ Threshold Microplastics Concentration ” Evaluation for Managing Drinking Water Risks From Contaminants Sorbed to Microplastics Omar Chowdhury
2:30 Evaluation of Peracetic Acid Treatment for Reducing Disinfection By-Product Formation in Drinking Water Subhajit Mondal , University of Toronto
3:00 Alternatives and Optimization Strategies for Sedimentation Basin Sludge Collection Henry Ricca , Hazen and Sawyer , Mike Hughes , City of Raleigh
WED43
Microplastics : Adsorption and Desorption 3:30 – 5:00 p . m . Room : Beanfield Centre — 204A Track : Intelligent Water Solutions Moderator : Christine Owen
3:30 Toxic Chemical Additives in Microplastics May Desorb into Drinking Water Matrices Husein Almuhtaram , University of Toronto
4:00 Interactions of Trihalomethanes and Haloacetic Acids With PVC and PE Microplastics Paragi Neema , University of Toronto
4:30 Interaction of Microplastics with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ( PFAS ) and Microcystins in Drinking Water Husein Almuhtaram , University of Toronto
WED44
The Latest Piece of the Puzzle : Completing the DEI Framework Through Systems Change 2:00 – 5:00 p . m . Room : Enercare Centre — Salon 107 Track : Work Culture in the Water Sector Moderator : Brianna Huber
2:00 TBD Brianna Huber , City of East Moline
2:45 TBD Ari Copeland , Black & Veatch
3:30 Louisville Water Case Study Kelley Dearing Smith , Louisville Water Company
4:15 Black & Veatch Case Study Robert Chambers , Black & Veatch
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