Planning Committee Tim Wedin …....…...…..……………….Chairperson Tim Korby……...….………………….....Vice Chairperson Tracy Ekola….. ..….…………………….CSWEA Chair (MN)

Chris Kleist ….…….………………….….MWOA President Brian Mehr ………………………..….....MWOA Trustee

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For More Information Contact:

Tim Wedin, Chair (651) 602-4571

Elaine Westergren, Registration: (320) 255-7226

Holiday Inn Information: (320) 253-9000

Six Wastewater Contact Hours

Awarded for Attendance

REGISTRATION Advanced Registration must be received by:

Tuesday, January 28th

PRE-REGISTRATION: $60.00 LATE REGISTRATION/AT THE DOOR: $70.00

STUDENTS: $20.00

Fees cover the conference and lunch.

If you have any special health or mobility needs, please attach a note to your registration form.

Registration is personal, nontransferable and is made for the entire day of the conference. A full refund of the fee will be made if the registration is cancelled 48 hours in advance of the conference.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER KEYNOTE SPEAKER KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jeff SpenceJeff SpenceJeff Spence

Rick Ashling Herschel Blasing Todd Carlson Marion Graham Jim Miller

Carol Mordorski Linda Mullen Robert O’Connell Phil Parsons Jason Peterson

Kim Reynolds Tanya Schmidt Pat Shea Carl Swaggert Elaine Westergren

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Today, wastewater facility owners and operators experience increasing expectations to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, due to tightening budgets. This conference is intended to provide cost-effective ideas for improving performance and reducing operating costs.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

To facilitate productive interaction among personnel in the wastewater industry. Exchange innovative operating ideas. Provide ideas to reduce operating costs.

Provide Continuing Education Credit Hours.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Representatives from… Municipal & Industrial WWTF’s

Contractors

Equipment Suppliers

Local, State & Federal Government

Engineering Firms

Educators

Students

CONFERENCE DATE AND LOCATION

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 Holiday Inn, St. Cloud

REGISTRATION OPENS AT 8:00 a.m.

Arrange for hotel accommodations with Holiday Inn: Innovative Conference Group Code: MNW

ABOUT THE CONFERENCEABOUT THE CONFERENCEABOUT THE CONFERENCE SESSION C: COLLECTION SYSTEM MODERATOR: Kim Reynolds

10:30 Cure-In-Place Manhole Lining Randy Belanger, Visu-Sewer, Inc.

11:00 Bio-P at the Rochester Water Reclamation Plant: A review since startup in 2007

Corey Bjornberg, City of Rochester

11:30 Duluth’s 2012 Flood Update Chris Kleist, City of Duluth

12:00 LUNCH - Provided with Registration

OPERATION AWARDS

MODERATOR: Tim Korby

1:00 Operation Awards

MODERATOR: Tim Wedin

1:15 Sustainable Biosolids—A History of Milwaukee’s Milorganite.

Jeff Spence, Director of Sales and Marketing Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

2:15 BREAK

CHAPTER PROJECT REPORTS

MODERATOR: Rick Ashling

2:30 Vermilion Community College Wade Klingsporn & Water Resource Students.

2:45 St. Cloud Technical College Keith Redmond &

KEYNOTE ADDRESSKEYNOTE ADDRESSKEYNOTE ADDRESS

INNOVATIVE QUICKIES

MODERATOR:

3:15 —4:00

Blower Check Valve Modifications City of Willmar

Clarifier Scum Management City of Willmar

Pellet Changes at Blue Lake WWTF Carl Swaggert, NEFCO

PVC, Glue and Bolts? Jim Thomes, City of Lake Shore

SESSION: CLOSING & DOOR PRIZES MODERATOR: Tanya Schmidt 4:00 Closing Remarks—Tim Wedin

(DOOR PRIZES: MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN)

THE MN SECTION CSWEA/MWOA ARE COMMITTED TO THE POLICY THAT ALL PERSONS SHALL HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO ITS PROGRAMS, FACILITIES, AND EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, CREED, COLOR, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR HANDICAP.

31st Annual Conference: Innovative Approaches to Wastewater Operational Problems 31st Annual Conference: Innovative Approaches to Wastewater Operational Problems 31st Annual Conference: Innovative Approaches to Wastewater Operational Problems ——— INNOVATION WILL LEAD THE WAYINNOVATION WILL LEAD THE WAYINNOVATION WILL LEAD THE WAY

SPONSORS SPONSORS SPONSORS

8:00 REGISTRATION

8:45 WELCOME Tracy Ekola MN Section CSWEA, Chair

Chris Kleist MWOA, President

8:55 Introduction Tim Wedin Operations Committee Chair

MODERATOR: Tim Wedin

9:00 Changes in Wastewater Management Bill Cook, Metropolitan Council

9:30 Financing Our Failing Infrastructure

Naeem Quereshi, Progressive Consulting Engineers, Inc.

10:15 BREAK SESSION A: OPERATIONS PROCESSES MODERATOR: Phil Parsons

10:30 Sludge Dehydration E & D Global & Tod McMillan , WLSSD 11:00 Flood Protection at Blue Lake WWTP Carol Mordorski, MCES 11:30 Albert Lea WWTP Operations Rick Ashling, City of Albert Lea

SESSION B: REGULATORY

MODERATOR: Herschel Blasing

10:30 News from the Pipe Mike Anderson, MPCA

11:00 Electronic Discharge Monitoring Report Updates (eDMRs)

Tamara Dahl, MPCA

11:30 Trends in Minnesota Water Quality Regulation Steven W. Nyhus, Sr. Attorney,

Flaherty & Hood, P.A.

QUICKIES QUICKIES QUICKIES

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