2
Registration/ Breakfasts Registration/ Breakfasts 8:30 8:30 9:00 9:00 9:30 9:30 Room Canyon Maple A Moderator: Kee Venkatapathi, FEI Canyon Maple B Moderator: Steve Walker, Carollo Engineers Canyon Maple C Moderator: Richard Gerstberger, TAP Resource Development Big Thompson AB Moderator: Solange Huggins, Garney Construction Carter Lake AB Moderator: Eddie Hernandez, Denver Water Lake Loveland AB Moderator: José Velazquez, Tetra Tech Room Session Session 1: Wastewater Nitrogen Removal Session 2: The Future of O&M Session 3: Workforce Issues Session 4: Water Optimization Session 5: Water Distribution Session 6: Wastewater Energy Session 10:00 Mainstream Nitrite-Shunt With Biological Phosphorus Removal Using Low DO Concentrations Jose Jimenez, Brown and Caldwell Taking an Electronic Operations Plan to the Next Level – Greeley Expands Their Knowledge Management Program Bryon Wood, HDR Internship Programs– A Report on Benefits and Challenges for Interns and Employers in the Water Service Industry Gunter Ritter, City of Englewood Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Optimization Barbara Martin, AWWA Emergency HDD Installation Techniques Used to Replace Water Main With Flood Damage Steve Austin, Underground Solutions Digester Gas to Vehicle Fuel Mike Barnes, Kennedy/Jenks 10:00 10:30 Nitrification Inhibition at the Littleton / Englewood WWTP- Case Solved! Greg Farmer, Littleton / Englewood WWTP Electronic Operations Manual: A Smarter Way to Maintain Vital Water System Delivery Rachel Schmidt, ARCADIS Peter Kraft, Denver Water How To Deal With The Toxic Employee Bernardo Dizon, Cherokee Metro District Terry Arnold, PWSD Troubleshooting Reduced Capacity Challenges at a 50-mgd Membrane Plant Larry Schimmoller/Kerry Meyer, CH2M HILL Utilizing Historic Break Data to Develop a Proactive Distribution Renewal Program - A Case Study for Westminster, Colorado Stephanie Fleckenstein, HDR A pathway to maximize resource recovery from domestic wastewater Linda Figueroa, Colorado School of Mines 10:30 11:00 Colorado's First Anammox Sidestream Treatment System Gina Rust, HDR Going Mobile: Electronic Mapbooks and Work Orders in the Field Sarah Young, City of Aurora - Water Dept. Why Become a Leader? Karen Bish, Littleton/Englewood Patrick Farrell Optimizing Natural Organic Matter Removal Using CO2 Injection for Acidification Victoria Billings, Colorado School of Mines Transmission Main Construction via a mile-long tunnel Nate Soule, Brierley Associates Thermal Hydrolysis Comes to Texas! Samir Mathur, CDM Smith 11:00 11:30 11:30 12:00 12:00 1:00 Room 1:30 Session 2:00 1:00 2:30 1:30 Room Canyon Maple A Moderator: Edyta Stec- Uddin, MWRD Canyon Maple B Moderator: Cole Sigmon, City of Boulder Canyon Maple C Moderator: Pieter Van Ry, PWSD Big Thompson AB Moderator: Lela Perkins, Black & Veatch Carter Lake AB Moderator: Zach Collins, Woodmoor Water & San District Lake Loveland AB Moderator: Kim Mutchler, Colorado Springs Utilities Snowberry Moderator: Linda Kelly, WEF 2:00 Session Session 7: Anammox Session 8: Wastewater Bench/Pilot Testing Session 9: Asset Management Session 10: Water Hot Topics Session 11: Wastewater Collection Session 12: Southern Delivery System Public Affairs Session 32: Leadership Skills 2:30 3:00 Recommendations and Lessons Learned from the Startup of Two Full-Scale Sidestream DEMON Processes in North America Andrea Nifong, World Water Works Getting the Water Out: Pilot Testing to Optimize Centrifuge Performance on Biological Phosphorus Removal Solids Becky Luna, Carollo Engineers Treatment Plant Condition Assessments - What Value Do They Provide? Jennifer Stillman, HDR Steve Folle, City of Boulder Impacts of Fire Retardants on Water Quality Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University SOB’s & the Mess They Make – H2S Damage in the City of Aurora Collection System & Repair Methods - Robert Demis, Hatch Mott MacDonald 3:00 3:30 Single-Stage Deammonification Process Performance – MBBR Versus IFAS Configurations for Anammox Treatment Brad Mrdjenovich, Veolia MWRD’S Experience Developing Full-Scale Metrics & Methods To Optimize Dewatering Costs & Performance, Quintin Schermerhorn, Metro District Completing Your Required Asset Management Program in Five Steps Jeffrey Sanford, CH2M Source Water Protection at Denver Water (It's Cheaper than Membranes) Sarah Dominick, Denver Water Dispelling the Myths: Right Sizing a Wastewater Lift Station for Function and Energy Efficiency Bart Giles, Carollo Engineers 3:30 4:00 Evaluation of Low Energy Requirements in Deammonification Systems Mudit Gangal, IDI How Low Can You Go: Tertiary Treatment Pilot Testing to Meet Stringent Nutrient Limits Stephanie Fevig, Brown and Caldwell Water Treatment Facilities Go BIM BAM BOOM! Steve Walker, Carollo Engineers Solving Residuals Handling on a Constrained Site Anthony VanHaverbeke, Brown and Caldwell Niall Stewart, City of Boulder H2S Mitigation Using Ambient Air Injection Terry Sykes, Mesa County 4:00 4:30 - beyond 4:30 - beyond OPENING SESSION 8:30 to 9:45 AM High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry) Monday, September 14, 2015 RMWEA BREAKFAST 7:00 AM Big Thompson A EXHIBIT HALL SETUP "EXHIBITORS ONLY" 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM Front Range Ballroom EXHIBIT HALL SETUP "EXHIBITORS ONLY" 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM Front Range Ballroom 2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16 2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16 Thank you to our 2015 Conference Sponsors! Sunday, September 13, 2015 REGISTRATION 12:00 Noon - 7:00 PM Location: Rotunda Lobby REGISTRATION 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM Rotunda Lobby RMSAWWA BREAKFAST 7:00 AM Big Thompson B GOLF TOURNAMENT 7:00 AM - Registration & Breakfast 7:30 AM to mid-afternoon - Golf Mariana Butte Golf Course BIKE RIDE 9:00 AM to mid-afternoon Meet in Embassy Suites Lobby EXHIBIT HALL SETUP "EXHIBITORS ONLY" 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Front Range Ballroom MEET AND GREET RECEPTION 5:00 to 7:00 PM Sponsored by Engineered Equipment Solutions High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry) OPERATIONS CHALLENGE DEMONSTRATION 1 PM to 2 PM Outside Exhibit Hall Light Lunch in Exhibit Hall 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Sponsored by SEH EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 12 PM to 6:30 PM Front Range Ballroom NO TECHNICAL SESSIONS --- EXHIBIT HALL OPEN WATER TASTE TEST Exhibit Hall 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Front Range Ballroom Implementing Successful Public Affairs for Permitting and Construction of the Southern Delivery System, Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado Springs Utilities, MWH, Sigler Communications. TOILET BOWL TRIVIA CONTEST 4:30 to 6:30 PM Exhibit Hall - Front Range Ballroom Sponsored by isiWEST NETWORKING BREAK Exhibit Hall Front Range Ballroom Successful Communication with all Types of Personalities Linda Kelly, WEF RMSAWWA BUSINESS LUNCHEON & AWARDS 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Sponsored by Denver Water and Mortenson Construction High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry) Rotunda Lobby

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Page 1: Thank you to our 2015 Conference Sponsors! Sunday ... · Session Session 1: Wastewater Nitrogen Removal Session 2: The Future of O&M Session 3: Workforce Issues Session 4: Water Optimization

Registration/Breakfasts

Registration/Breakfasts

8:30 8:30

9:00 9:00

9:30 9:30

RoomCanyon Maple AModerator: Kee

Venkatapathi, FEI

Canyon Maple BModerator: Steve

Walker, Carollo Engineers

Canyon Maple CModerator: Richard

Gerstberger, TAP Resource Development

Big Thompson ABModerator: Solange

Huggins, Garney Construction

Carter Lake ABModerator: Eddie Hernandez, Denver

Water

Lake Loveland ABModerator: José Velazquez, Tetra

Tech

Room

SessionSession 1:

Wastewater Nitrogen Removal

Session 2: The Future of O&M

Session 3: Workforce Issues

Session 4: Water Optimization

Session 5: Water Distribution

Session 6: Wastewater Energy Session

10:00

Mainstream Nitrite-Shunt With Biological Phosphorus Removal Using Low DO Concentrations

Jose Jimenez, Brown and Caldwell

Taking an Electronic Operations Plan to the Next Level – Greeley

Expands Their Knowledge Management Program

Bryon Wood, HDR

Internship Programs– A Report on Benefits and Challenges for Interns and Employers in the

Water Service Industry Gunter Ritter, City of Englewood

Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Optimization

Barbara Martin, AWWA

Emergency HDD Installation Techniques Used to Replace

Water Main With Flood Damage Steve Austin, Underground

Solutions

Digester Gas to Vehicle Fuel

Mike Barnes, Kennedy/Jenks

10:00

10:30

Nitrification Inhibition at the Littleton / Englewood WWTP-

Case Solved! Greg Farmer, Littleton /

Englewood WWTP

Electronic Operations Manual: A Smarter Way to Maintain Vital

Water System Delivery Rachel Schmidt, ARCADISPeter Kraft, Denver Water

How To Deal With The Toxic Employee

Bernardo Dizon, Cherokee Metro District

Terry Arnold, PWSD

Troubleshooting Reduced Capacity Challenges at a 50-mgd

Membrane PlantLarry Schimmoller/Kerry Meyer,

CH2M HILL

Utilizing Historic Break Data to Develop a Proactive Distribution

Renewal Program - A Case Study for Westminster, Colorado

Stephanie Fleckenstein, HDR

A pathway to maximize resource recovery from domestic wastewater

Linda Figueroa, Colorado School of Mines

10:30

11:00Colorado's First Anammox

Sidestream Treatment System Gina Rust, HDR

Going Mobile: Electronic Mapbooks and Work Orders in

the Field Sarah Young, City of Aurora -

Water Dept.

Why Become a Leader?Karen Bish, Littleton/Englewood

Patrick Farrell

Optimizing Natural Organic Matter Removal Using CO2

Injection for Acidification Victoria Billings, Colorado School

of Mines

Transmission Main Construction via a mile-long tunnel

Nate Soule, Brierley Associates

Thermal Hydrolysis Comes to Texas!

Samir Mathur, CDM Smith11:00

11:30 11:30

12:00 12:00

1:00 Room

1:30 Session

2:00 1:00

2:30 1:30

RoomCanyon Maple A

Moderator: Edyta Stec-Uddin, MWRD

Canyon Maple BModerator: Cole

Sigmon, City of Boulder

Canyon Maple CModerator: Pieter Van

Ry, PWSD

Big Thompson ABModerator: Lela

Perkins, Black & Veatch

Carter Lake ABModerator: Zach

Collins, Woodmoor Water & San District

Lake Loveland ABModerator: Kim

Mutchler, Colorado Springs Utilities

SnowberryModerator: Linda Kelly,

WEF

2:00

Session Session 7: Anammox

Session 8: Wastewater Bench/Pilot

Testing

Session 9: Asset Management

Session 10: Water Hot Topics

Session 11: Wastewater Collection

Session 12: Southern Delivery

System Public Affairs

Session 32: Leadership

Skills2:30

3:00

Recommendations and Lessons Learned from the Startup of Two Full-Scale Sidestream DEMON

Processes in North America Andrea Nifong, World Water

Works

Getting the Water Out: Pilot Testing to Optimize Centrifuge

Performance on Biological Phosphorus Removal Solids

Becky Luna, Carollo Engineers

Treatment Plant Condition Assessments - What Value Do

They Provide? Jennifer Stillman, HDR

Steve Folle, City of Boulder

Impacts of Fire Retardants on Water Quality

Pinar Omur-Ozbek, Colorado State University

SOB’s & the Mess They Make – H2S Damage in the City of Aurora Collection System &

Repair Methods - Robert Demis, Hatch Mott MacDonald

3:00

3:30

Single-Stage Deammonification Process Performance – MBBR Versus IFAS Configurations for

Anammox Treatment Brad Mrdjenovich, Veolia

MWRD’S Experience Developing Full-Scale Metrics & Methods To

Optimize Dewatering Costs & Performance, Quintin

Schermerhorn, Metro District

Completing Your Required Asset Management Program in Five

Steps Jeffrey Sanford, CH2M

Source Water Protection at Denver Water (It's Cheaper than

Membranes) Sarah Dominick, Denver Water

Dispelling the Myths: Right Sizing a Wastewater Lift Station for

Function and Energy Efficiency Bart Giles, Carollo Engineers

3:30

4:00Evaluation of Low Energy

Requirements in Deammonification Systems

Mudit Gangal, IDI

How Low Can You Go: Tertiary Treatment Pilot Testing to Meet

Stringent Nutrient Limits Stephanie Fevig, Brown and

Caldwell

Water Treatment Facilities Go BIM BAM BOOM!

Steve Walker, Carollo Engineers

Solving Residuals Handling on a Constrained Site

Anthony VanHaverbeke, Brown and Caldwell

Niall Stewart, City of Boulder

H2S Mitigation Using Ambient Air Injection

Terry Sykes, Mesa County4:00

4:30 - beyond 4:30 - beyond

OPENING SESSION8:30 to 9:45 AM

High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry)

Monday, September 14, 2015

RMWEA BREAKFAST7:00 AM

Big Thompson A

EXHIBIT HALL SETUP"EXHIBITORS ONLY"7:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Front Range Ballroom

EXHIBIT HALL SETUP"EXHIBITORS ONLY"7:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Front Range Ballroom

2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16 2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16

Thank you to our 2015 Conference Sponsors! Sunday, September 13, 2015

REGISTRATION12:00 Noon - 7:00 PM

Location: Rotunda Lobby

REGISTRATION7:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Rotunda Lobby

RMSAWWA BREAKFAST7:00 AM

Big Thompson B

GOLF TOURNAMENT7:00 AM - Registration &

Breakfast7:30 AM to mid-afternoon - Golf

Mariana Butte Golf Course

BIKE RIDE9:00 AM to mid-afternoon

Meet in Embassy Suites Lobby

EXHIBIT HALL SETUP"EXHIBITORS ONLY"11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Front Range Ballroom

MEET AND GREET RECEPTION5:00 to 7:00 PM

Sponsored by Engineered Equipment Solutions

High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow,

Snowberry)

OPERATIONS CHALLENGE DEMONSTRATION1 PM to 2 PM

Outside Exhibit Hall

Light Lunch in Exhibit Hall12:00 PM to

1:00 PM

Sponsored by SEH

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

12 PM to 6:30 PM

Front Range

Ballroom

NO TECHNICAL SESSIONS --- EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

WATER TASTE TESTExhibit Hall

1:30 PM to 3:00 PMFront Range Ballroom

Implementing Successful Public

Affairs for Permitting and Construction of

the Southern Delivery System, Colorado Springs,

CO.Colorado Springs

Utilities, MWH, Sigler Communications.

TOILET BOWL TRIVIA CONTEST 4:30 to 6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall - Front Range Ballroom Sponsored by isiWEST

NETWORKING BREAKExhibit Hall

Front Range Ballroom

Successful Communication with all Types

of PersonalitiesLinda Kelly,

WEF

RMSAWWA BUSINESS LUNCHEON & AWARDS11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Sponsored by Denver Water and Mortenson Construction

High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry)

RotundaLobby

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Registration/Breakfasts

Registration/Breakfasts

RoomCanyon Maple A

Moderator: Lisa Voytko, CH2M

Canyon Maple BModerator: David Dani,

CDPHE

Canyon Maple CModerator: Julie Smith,

Miller Coors

Big Thompson ABModerator: Sarah

Foster, CH2M

Carter Lake ABModerator: Randy Hays,

Cheyenne BOPU

Lake Loveland ABModerator: Kathie

Mattor, Colorado State University

RoomCanyon Maple AModerator: Blair

Corning, SACWSD

Canyon Maple BModerator: Philip Brandhuber, HDR

Canyon Maple CModerator: Mary

Presecan, Leonard Rice Engineers

Big Thompson ABModerator: Will Raatz,

W2 Engineers

Carter Lake ABModerator: Andrew

Waddoups, Burns and McDonnell

Lake Loveland ABModerator: Bobby Anastasov, City of

Aurora

Room

SessionSession 13:

Advanced Water Treatment

Session 14: Small Water Systems

Session 15: Wastewater

Session 16: Knowledge Management

and Planning

Session 17: Financial Issues

Session 18: Pine Beetle Impacts on

Water QualitySession

Session 26: Lab Practices Track -

Wastewater

Session 27: Regulations - Water

Session 28: Reuse

Session 29: Collection/Distribution

Session 30: Wastewater Hot Topics

Session 31: Wastewater Operations

Session

8:30Softening Optimization at the

Binney Water Purification Facility Jason Assouline, CH2M

Starting From The Top - New Water for Telluride

Bill Wemmert, AECOM

Williams Monaco BNR Upgrades: Controlling Costs by Maximizing Existing Infrastructure Utilization Chris Olson, Burns & McDonnell

Sharing Standard Operating Procedures

Jeff Oxenford, Oxenford Consulting

Securing Thornton's Water Future John Wright, Raftelis Financial

ConsultantsChuck Seest, City of Thornton

8:30Gaining Regulatory Approval of a Simplified Total Nitrogen Method

Part 1 Derek Walker, Hach

Colorado’s Implementation of the Backflow Prevention and Cross-

Connection Control Rule Jorge Delgado, CDPHE

A Path Toward Direct Potable Reuse in Colorado Sarah Craig, HDR

Risks to City's Water Supply Mitigated with Quick

Investigations and Action Andrea Cole, Brown and Caldwell

Oversized Mixers Have Become Our Industry Standard

Tanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo Engineers

A Bugs Life - Sludge Inventory Control Strategies

Chris Olson, Burns & McDonnell

8:30

9:00

Treatment of Reclaimed Water Using Ceramic Membrane Filters

and Recirculating PAC at the Rueter-Hess Facility

Sam Franzen, Dewberry

Assessment and Implementation of Innovative Technologies for Small Systems by the DeRISK

Center Chad Seidel, DeRISK Center

Start-up and Operation of the Metro District’s New South

Secondary BNR Facility Jeff Berlin, Carollo Engineers

Edyta Stec-Uddin, MWRD

Having a Knowledge Management Mantra

Mark Van Nostrand, JVA, Inc

Infrastructure and Rates: What Your Customers Think Might

Surprise You Frank Roth, ABCWUA

9:00Gaining Regulatory Approval of a Simplified Total Nitrogen Method

Part 2Derek Walker, Hach

Got Chlorine? Colorado’s Revised Drinking Water Distribution

System Disinfectant Residual Requirements

Tyson Ingels, CDPHE

Developing Potable Reuse for El Paso, Texas in the Most Direct

Approach Laurie Sullivan, ARCADIS

City of Broomfield Combats Odor & Corrosion with Oxygen

David Clidence, ECO Oxygen Technologies

Effective Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in

Treatment Plant Design and Evaluation

Mark Allen, CDM Smith

High Wire Act: Successful Operation During a

Complete Makeover of Frisco’s only Aeration Basin

Ben Johnson, Tetra Tech

9:00

9:30Two-Stage, Fixed-Bed Biological Treatment: Why Use a Pile Driver

When a Hammer Will Work? Vincent Hart, Carollo Engineers

A New Approach to Technical Assistance for Small Systems:

Getting to the Root of Compliance Challenges

Joy Barrett, RCAP

Big Time Bypass – Challenges of Retrofit Construction

Andrew Waddoups, Burns & McDonnell

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery

Jordan Williams, CDM Smith

How to Afford & Implement Energy Efficiency Improvements

at Your Water & Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Bob Lonergan, FEI Engineers

9:30

Activated Sludge Microbiology Part 1

Kimberly Cowan and Barb Lilley, RMWEA Lab Practices

Committee

Ready. Set. Go!: Colorado’s Implementation of the Revised

Total Coliform Rule Nicole Graziano, CDPHE

Potable Reuse is Overcoming The Public Perception Hurdle But Faces Regulatory & Operational

Challenges Jillian Vandegrift, CDM Smith

Innovative Approach to Condition Assessment of Critical

Infrastructure Andrea Cole, Brown and Caldwell

It's All About CarbonCole Sigmon, City of Boulder

WWTF

FOAM the Four Letter Word of Wastewater Operations

Matt Gough, HDR9:30

10:00 10:00

Activated Sludge Microbiology Part 2

Kimberly Cowan and Barb Lilley, RMWEA Lab Practices

Committee

Get Ready for a “Think Tank”: Colorado’s Implementation of the

Storage Tank Rule Tyson Ingels, CDPHE

Process challenges on the largest AOP system applied toward Aquifer Storage Recovery

Christine Sednek, Burns and McDonnell

Water, Sewer and Traffic, It’s all about the flow

Mark Oberschmidt, Stantec Consulting

Managing Influent Carbon – Challenge and Solutions for BNR

Operation and Process Design Tanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo

Engineers

Microbiological Considerations When

Setting Return Activated Sludge Flow Rates

Ronald Schuyler, COWAC

10:00

10:30 10:30 10:30

11:00 11:00 11:00

11:30 11:30 11:30

12:00 12:00 12:00

RoomCanyon Maple A

Moderator: Stephanie Sansom, PWSD

Canyon Maple BModerator: Joe R.

Tamburini, Tetra Tech

Canyon Maple CModerator: David Myers, Sovereign

Consulting

Big Thompson ABModerator: Kevin

Bergschneider, HDR

Carter Lake ABModerator: Bryon

Wood, HDR

Lake Loveland ABModerator: Sherry

Scaggiari, City of AuroraRoom

Canyon Maple AModerator: Kevin

Feeley, MWRD

Canyon Maple BModerator: Melissa Elliot, Denver Water

Canyon Maple CModerator: Stephanie

Elliot, Stantec

Big Thompson ABModerator: Christine

Sednek, Burns & McDonnell

Room

Session Session 19: Water Treatment

Session 20: Wastewater Nutrient

Removal

Session 21: Wastewater - Solids,

Grease, Odors

Session 22: Management Hot Topics

Session 23: Collection/Distribution

Session 24: Lab Practices Track -

WaterSession

Session 33: Lab Practices Track -

Wastewater

Session 34: Water Conservation

Session 35: Wastewater Potpourri

Session 36: Collection/Distribution Session

1:00

Chlorine to Chloramine Disinfection – Evaluating the

Costs, Benefits and Drawbacks Emily Allen, Kennedy/Jenks

Consultants

Magnetite ballasted technology meeting ultra phosphorus limits at

Five WWTP’s – A Five Year Operational Case Study

Robert Backman, Evoqua

Large Bubble vs. Submersible Mixing

Brian Knadle, Burns & McDonnell

Wellington Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion by

CMAR Victor Sam, Stantec Consulting

Advances in Pipeline Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation

Mike Middleton, TW Summit Corporation

Field Sampling Methods for TCR/DBPs

Evelyn Rhodes, RMWEA Lab Practices Committee

1:00

Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing Basics & Understanding

Your Results Part 1Natalie Love, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee

Incentivizing Conservation through Connection Charges

Amelia Nuding, westernresourceadvocates.org

News Flash: Boom Goes the Biogas!

Brian Knadle, Burns & McDonnell

What to Do When Your Pump Station Breaks Down: Re-

Purposing a Fire Pumper Truck to Keep Your Customers in Water

Ryan Loebach, SGM, Inc

1:00

1:30Denver Water Benefits From a 3D BIM Site Model- Working Smarter

Julie Nicholson, Arcadis

Impacts of Upgrading WWTFs to meet Colorado Regulation 85: a

Case Study of EBPR at the Clifton Regional WWTF

Patrick Radabaugh, Dewberry

Relative Performance of Grit Removal Systems

Pat Herrick, Hydro International

How Asset Managment Can Help You Live a Better Life

Matthew Daniels, Town of Castle Rock

Comprehensive Monitoring to Proof Your Model

Emily Lowell, AECOM

Basic QC for Operational Data Kevin Feeley, Metro Wastewater

Reclamation District1:30

Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing Basics & Understanding

Your Results Part 2Natalie Love, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee

The Limits of Water Conservation and the Real Water/Energy

Nexus William DeOreo, Aquacraft

Dewatering for Unique Biosolids Arlene Over, Black & Veatch

Optimization of GIS-Centric Platforms Improves Decision-

making CapabilitiesElthron Anderson, Southgate Water and Sanitation Districts

1:30

2:00Baffled Storage Tank Provides

Contact Time for Durango’s College Mesa WTP

Jerry Edwards, Bohannan Huston

Process Intensification Alternatives for Nutrient Removal

Plants Jose Jimenez, Brown and

Caldwell

What's Wrong with My Screw Press?

Nick Worley, FEI Engineers Inc.

How to Conduct a Quick-and-Dirty Risk Assessment Stephan Frank, SDF

Communications, Inc.

Abilene 66” Pipe Relocation – An Exercise in Teamwork

Angela Goodman, City of Aurora

MDL Procedure, new updates Melissa Mimna, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee2:00

Troubleshooting BOD Steven Ellis, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee

Distribution Optimization by Identifying and Minimizing Non-

Revenue Water Angelique Maldonado, ABCWUA

Merging a Permitting Strategy with Your CIP Planning Efforts

Heidi Bauer, CH2M

Acoustic Fiber Optic Monitoring of PCCP

Ramsey Hemaidan, Pure Technologies

2:00

2:30Session 25: New

Technologies - in the Exhibit Hall

Moderator: Bill Peretti

2:30 2:30

3:00

Evaluation of Oxidation and Adsorption Techniques for Taste

& Odor and Toxin Removal Muthukumaran Sampath, Colorado State University

Implementing Nutrients in Colorado - What's Next?

Sarah Reeves, Brown and Caldwell

A Sticky Situation: Evaluation of Scum & Grease Handling Systems in Wastewater

Treatment Andrea Friedrich, Carollo Engineers

Resource Typing - An Innovative Approach

Christine Herndon, Herndon Solutions Group and Stephen

Gay, City of Westminster

PPI PACE: Analysis of HDPE Pipes for Pressure, Surge and

Fatigue Dustin Langston, WL Plastics

pH - Method, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Richard MacAlpine and Liz Werth, RMWEA Lab Practices

Committee

The Use of Algal Biofilms to Enhance Decentralized

Wastewater Treatment Daniel Johnson, OneWater Inc.

3:00Is there a better alternative to BOD or COD Methods? Part 1

Derek Walker, Hach

Sharing Best Practices for Process Control at New Mexico Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Terry Dokken, CH2M

3:00

3:30Temporary Fluoride Treatment

Using a Portable Reverse Osmosis Unit

Diane Monahan, City of Gillette

New Probes Around Every Corner Cole Sigmon, City of Boulder

WWTF

Ten Year Performance Study for Air Ionized Odor Control at Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

Dennis Tulenko, Trans Tech Energy & Environmental

Optimizing Quality and Power Costs for Rio Rancho Water

Distribution System Nathan Roberts, Bohannan

Huston

How a Utility Responds to Disaster - Immediate and Long

Term Challenges Posed from the September 2013 Flooding

Tanner Randall, City of Loveland

Look Ahead of the Plant: View and Manage Your Source Water

Before You Treat It - Part 1Pam Benskin, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee

A Bench-Scale Method to Evaluate BioMag™ for Existing Installations Nathan Antonneau,

Evoqua

3:30Is there a better alternative to BOD or COD Methods? Part 2

Derek Walker, Hach

Smart Water Meters and Systems Mark Shamley, Metron-Farnier 3:30

4:00Benefits of an Open Platform

Membrane System Vincent Hart, Carollo Engineers

Application of TDS Mock Effluents as a Tool in Identifying

Common Ion Toxicity David Pillard, TRE Environmental

Strategies

21st Century Odor Control Technology at the Edwards

WWTP Calvin Pride, Ambio Biofiltration

Ltd

A New Curriculum for Teaching Math to Water Operators Jeff Oxenford, Oxenford

Consulting

Are we still sampling in the right locations? A fresh look at the City

of Westminster’s water quality sampling program

Robin Hegedus, HDR, Inc.

Look Ahead of the Plant - View and Manage Your Source Water

Before You Treat It - Part 2Pam Benskin, RMWEA Lab

Practices Committee

Innovative High Rate Single Stage MBR

Producing Reuse Effluent Quality

Ashwini Khare, Ovivo USA

4:00Future Regulations: Water and

Wastewater Ron Falco, Safe Drinking Water

Program Manager CDPHE

A New Approach to Water Leakage Using Dynamic

Sectorization Dawn Halpern, Utility Service

Group

4:00

4:30 - beyond 4:30 - beyond 4:30 - beyond

RMWEA BUSINESS LUNCHEON & AWARDS11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Sponsored by Tetra Tech and Hydro Construction

High Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry)

2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16 2015 RMSAWWA / RMWEA Joint Annual Conference: September 13-16

NETWORKING BREAKExhibit Hall

Front Range Ballroom

REGISTRATION7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Rotunda Lobby

UTILITY COUNCIL BREAKFAST7:00 AM

Snowberry

JOINT GOVERNING BOARD BREAKFAST7:00 AM

Aspen Daisy

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

REGISTRATION7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location: Rotunda Lobby

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

10 AM to 4:30 PM

Front Range Ballroom

TAPPING CONTEST

Outside Exhibit Hall

10:00 to 11:30 AM

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Hydrology and Water Quality Impacts from the

Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation in the Rocky

Mountain West

Researchers from Colorado School of Mines and Colorado

State University

RMWEA Innovative Wastewater Technology

Committee

&

RMWEA Lab Practices Committee

RMSAWWA Membership Committee

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Joint Small Systems Committee

RMSAWWA Water Treatment Committee

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RMWEA PWO Committee

CONFERENCE DINNER - RMSAWWA & RMWEA AWARDS5:30 to 10:30 PM

Sponsored by Leonard Rice EngineersHigh Meadows Ballroom (Aspen Daisy, Elderberry, Golden Glow, Snowberry)

End of Conference! Drive home safe and see you next year in Keystone!

NETWORKING BREAKHallway in Front of Big Thompson

NETWORKING BREAKExhibit Hall

Front Range Ballroom

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

10 AM to 4:30 PM

Front Range Ballroom

TAPPING CONTEST

Outside Exhibit Hall

1:00 to 3:00 PM

EXHIBIT HALL TEAR-DOWN1 PM to 4 PM

RMWEA Industrial Treatment/Pretreatment

Committee

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RMWEA Collection Systems Committee

Joint Utility Management Committee

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RMWEA Biosolids Committee

Joint Young Professionals

Committee

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RMSAWWA Community Engineering Corps

Light Lunch in Exhibit Hall12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Sponsored by Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Light Lunch in Exhibit Hall12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Sponsored by Ramey Environmental Compliance

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN8:00 AM to 1 PM

Front Range Ballroom

NETWORKING BREAKExhibit Hall

Front Range Ballroom

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN8:00 AM to 1 PM

Front Range Ballroom

NO TECHNICAL SESSIONS --- EXHIBIT HALL OPENFront Range Ballroom