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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - Preconference
Emerging Issues for Source Water Workshop
In-Stream Remediation Using Biofiltration	Jeff Kauffman, Columbus DPU
The Benefits of Laboratory Accreditation	Mark Citriglia, NEORSD
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) Overview	Lila Ziolkowski, ORSANCO
Recent Issues in Source Water Protection	Barb Lubberger, Ohio EPA
Columbus Taste and Odor Event	Matt Steele and Rod Dunn Columbus DPU
Cyanobacteria Toxin and Cell Propagation through Six Lake Erie Treatment Plants	Nicholas Dugan, US EPA
Tour - Ohio EPA and Ohio Department of Agriculture Laboratories	Vasulka
Management Development Seminar
Lean Six Sigma	Tracy Owens, Ohio Six Sigma
The People Pipeline: Workforce Development for a Changing Water Environment	Mo Wright, RAMA Consulting Group
Reliability Centered Maintenance - RCM2	Keith Kortz, Strategic Technologies, LLC.
Innovate How You Lead	Maureen Metcalf Metcalf & Associates, Inc.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - AM Technical Sessions
Green Technologies
Diverting FOGs from Wastewater Stream for Biodiesel Production	Qingshi Tu, PhD Candidate University of Cincinnati
Energy Procurement Options: Control Your Utility’s Grid	Kevin T. Krejny, Montgomery County
The Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System: System Introduction and Case Study	Andrew Hunter HDR Engineering, Inc.
Triple Bottom Line Analysis Favors Green Infrastructures Over Offline Storages to Mitigate the Upper Olentangy CSOs	Hunter Kelly, Columbus DPU Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS Kwasi Amoah, Dynotec, Inc.
Green Infrastructure - A Critical Review of Design, Construction and Maintenance Methods	Vinnie Tremante, ARCADIS
Industry
Retention, Washout and Regrowth of Escherichia Coli in a Mixed Species Biofilm Developed from Dechlorinated Cincinnati Tap Water	Mugdha Mathure, MS Student University of Cincinnati
Closed Vessel Ultraviolet (UV) Technology For Municipal Wastewater	Patrick Bollman Engineered Treatment Systems
On-Site Hypochlorite Generation - The Safe, Sound, Clean & Green Disinfection Option	Brian W. Branch Process Solutions, Inc.
New and Innovative Rare Earth Technology for Low-Level Phosphorus Removal	Joseph Lupo Molycorp, Inc.
Achieving Stage 2 Compliance by Online Monitoring with Large Distribution and Consecutive Systems	Tom Williams Aqua Metrology Systems
Wastewater
Wooster, Ohio & quasar energy group: Public-Private Partnership (P3) for Biosolids Management	Bill Johngrass, URS Corporation Kevin Givins, City of Wooster Clemens Halene, quasar energy group
Modeling Sewer Pipe Deterioration for Risk Based Planning Using a Markov Chain Model	Christopher Pawlowski and Shawn Loew, AECOM
One Hundred Years of Activated Sludge – Is It Demise or an Even Brighter Future?	Dr. Samuel Jeyanayagam and Dr. Julian Sandino, CH2M HILL
Reducing Phosphorus Discharges from the NEORSD WWTPs	Don Esping, Brown and Caldwell
Will Removal of CSO’s and SSO’s Be Enough to Improve Your Water Quality? An Integrated Approach for Water Quality Monitoring and Planning	Ting Lu Black & Veatch
Sourcewater
Responding to an Upstream River Spill – GCWW’s Approach to the Elk River WV Spill	Richard Stuck Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Modeling River Spills: Lessons from the Elk River Spill	Jim Springer Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Developing a Quick Response Plan for Dead-Zone Episodes	Stan Zachopoulos, MWH Maggie Rodgers, Cleveland Water
Idealism vs Realism: Implementing Akron’s EPA Approved Watershed Control Program	Jessica Glowczewski Akron Water Supply
UV-254 nm-Assisted Photochemical Destruction of Iodinated Pharmaceuticals	Xiaodi Duan, PhD Candidate University of Cincinnati

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - PM Technical Sessions
Customer Service
Social Media – Communicating with Our Customers	Christa Dickey and Kevin Kilbane, City of Westerville
Technology Improvements – Solutions that Bring Value - Steck Technology Improvements – Solutions that Bring Value - O'Brien	Diana Steck, City of Xenia Ray Schwarz, Neptune Equipment Sherri O’Brien, SmartBill, LLC
Ask the Experts Panel – Customer Service, Water, Sewer, Training	Pam Whited, United Water; Richard Lorenz, City of Westerville; Michael Caprella, City of Lima; Curtis Truss, OTCO
Industry
Pellet Softening Treatment: Is it Right for Your Community’s Water Treatment Needs? Evaluating Pellet Softening Treatment for Manor Township Joint Municipal Authority (MTJMA) Water Treatment Plant	Sierra McCreary, Black & Veatch April Winklmann, MTJMA
The Basics of Carbon Dioxide Injection Methods and Equipment for pH Control	Michael Dirth, TOMCO2 Systems
Upgrading Lagoons to Remove Ammonia, Phosphorus, and Nitrogen	Todd Latchaw Nelson Environmental Inc.
The Science of Mixing and Improving Water Quality in Storage Tanks	Mike Duer, Tideflex Technologies
Data Integration Solutions for Effective Utility Management	Jeff M. Miller and Tim Murphy Schneider Electric
Water Sustainability through the use of Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery	Rick Johnson Clearas Water Recovery
Utility Management
EPA’s Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT): A Case Study	Rina N. Dalal, T&M Associates
Water Tweetment: Why, Which, and How Water Utilities Can Benefit from Social Media	John Gonzalez, NEORSD
The Challenges and Benefits of an Environmental Management System for a Midwestern Public Utility	Dominic J. Hanket, Columbus DPU; Robert W. McGormley, Gresham, Smith and Partners
Blueprint Columbus Workforce Development Program: Working Together, Working in Neighborhoods	Cindy Jacobsen and Donald Pinto, T&M Associates Keena Smith, City of Columbus DPU
Feasible and Affordable – SSO Elimination and the NFA Process	Mac McCauley, CT Consultants Chris Clark, Logan County Water Pollution Control District
Using Monetized Risk and Triple Bottom Line Lifecycle Costs to Make Capital Improvement Decisions – NW Distribution System Transmission Improvements Case Study	George F. Meyers Columbus Dept. of Public Utilities
Laboratory
The Fabulous Lab Game Show	Jerome Wright and Miyah Dunford, City of Dayton WRF
The Nature of Defensible Data	John Hoffman, Alloway
Predictive Models and Beach Water Quality Advisories - Villa Angela Beach	Lindsey Koplow, NEORSD
Development of Energy Efficient, Low Cost, and Green Technology for In-Situ Remediation of Freshwater Sediment Using Ultrasound	Zongsu Wei, PhD Candidate The Ohio State University
Optimization of EPA Method 1664 B for Oil and Grease Using Solid Phase Extraction	Brian McFarland City of Lancaster
Understanding and Predicting Harmful Cyanobacterial Algal Blooms	Donna Francy and Erin Stelzer U.S. Geological Survey

Thursday, August 28, 2014 - AM Technical Sessions
Distribution
How to Fix the Water Pressure for a Subdivision Built Next to a Ground Storage Tank	Jeremy Cook, URS Corporation Lance Livesay, City of Fairborn
Forecasting the Future for Columbus Water Distribution Mains Using Advanced Statistical Tools	Joseph Clouse, Columbus DPU Dr. Annie Vanrenterghem Raven, infraPLAN, Chris Heltzel, ARCADIS
Tracer Study to Evaluate Passive Mixing System in a 3 Million Gallon Elevated Storage Tank	Niranjan Deshpande Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Small Diameter Water Main Rehabilitation An Economical and Sustainable Alternative to Open-Cut Construction	David Pyzoha and Katie Nolan Gresham Smith and Partners
City of Columbus’ Water Storage Tanks: How Operations, Maintenace, Inspections and Engineering Improvements Lead to Improved Water Quality - Part 1 and 2	Michele Gilkerson, Randy Warner, Ron Christian, Tim Huffman, Columbus DPU
Wastewater Treatment
Wet Weather Treatment with a Difference: Demonstration Testing of Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment with High Rate Disinfection	Nick Bucurel, Brown and Caldwell Greg Binder, NEORSD
Managing the Paradigm Shift: Wastewater Treatment into Water Resource Recovery	Jason Tincu, City of Dayton
Be Careful What You Wish For – Unintended Consequences of Effective Biological Phosphorus Removal	James Gellner and Dan Miklos Hazen and Sawyer
Do You Have Too Much Mixing in Your Treatment Plant? A Review of Mixing Requirements After Primary Clarification	Wenguo Feng CHA Consulting Inc.
Living with a 41 Month Construction Project - MSDGC’s Mill Creek WWTP Secondary Treatment Upgrade / Rehab	Deborah Schafer, Jacobs Engineering Group and Mark Zilli, MSDGC
Overcoming Challenges During Design, Construction, and Startup of a Cost Effective Nutrient Upgrade	Ned Talbot O’Brien & Gere
Water Treatment
Comparing Carbon Options for DBP Control	Bret M. Casey, Hazen and Sawyer
Balancing Public Health Risk Reduction and Costs for Cincinnati’s UV Disinfection Operation	Ramesh D Kashinkunti Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Conventional Drinking Water Treatments on Strontium Reduction	Alissa O’Donnell University of Cincinnati
Enhancing Biofiltration Performance with Chemical Oxidation - A Year-long Pilot Study	Ying Hong Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Process Treatment Selection and Design for the City of Piqua’s new WTP	Jeff Macomber, CDM Smith
Dublin Road Water Plant - Design and Bench, Pilot, and Full Scale Testing of Filter and Coagulant Aid Polymer	Scott Lockhart, Columbus DPU
Collections
Queen City Avenue Phase 1 & 2 Sewer Separation Projects: Delivery of a Large Diameter Storm Sewer Incorporating Sustainable Solutions Within an Integrated Wet Weather Strategy for Lick Run	Katie Nolan and David S. Pyzoha Gresham Smith and Partners
MSDGC’s First Sewer Design Build Project – A Huge Success!	Tim Koch, Brown and Caldwell Ali Bahar, MSDGC
If You Build It, It Will Rain - City of North Olmsted Phase 1 & 2 Collection System Improvements	Scott Ankrom and Curt Courter Hazen and Sawyer
Unique Solution: Bending Weir Solves Overflow and Water In Basement Problem	Elizabeth Ehret, ms consultants, inc., Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS
Reducing Overflows Using a Baffling Solution	Juan Granja, URS Corp Steve Janosko, NEORSD
Cosgray Road Extension: Exceeding Expectations for Stormwater Management	Anil Tangirala ms consultants, inc.
Utility Management
Northeast Ohio Plant Operations User Group “Encouraging Dialogue to Promote Plant Operations Excellence”	Jeffrey Bronowski, City of Akron
Lessons Learned from Dayton Water’s Successful Implementation of a Sustainable Asset Management Program	James Decker, CH2M Hill Dave Wilson, City of Dayton Water
Communicating Your Utility’s Financial Position to Your Board and Customers	Joseph Crea Raftelis Financial Consultants
Integrated Planning for Effective Resource Management	Jeff Eger and Kimberly Kennedy HDR Engineering, Inc.
“JOINING FORCES” - A Look at Restructuring of a Water and Sewer Utility	Karen Hawkins, City of Fairborn Dr. Thomas Marshall, ME / IBI Group
How to Maintain Asset Reliability: Hope Is Not a Plan	James Gross and Todd Krenelka Columbus Dept. of Public Utilities
What’s Going On in Columbus
Quenching Central Ohio’s Thirst for Additional Water Supply: The Columbus Upground Reservoirs Project	Rick Westerfield, Columbus DPU Ken Ricker, ms consultants, inc.
Converting to Biologically Active Filtration	Tom Bell-Games, Burgess & Niple Gary Hopkins, Columbus DPU
Getting the Biggest Bang for Your Buck During a $200 million Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion	Matt Leach, CH2M HILL Mark Eppich, Columbus DPU
Integrating Ozone and Ion Exchange into a 40 Year Old Lime Softening Plant	Matt Steele, Columbus DPU Enoch Nicholson, CH2M Hill
Blueprint Columbus: Leveraging Consent Order Commitments to Enhance Neighborhoods	Dax Blake, Columbus DPU Kathleen Smith, ARCADIS
OARS - OSIS Augmentation & Relief Sewer: How to Eliminate More than a Billion Gallons of CSO Annually	Jeff Coffey, DLZ Ohio Greg Fedner, Columbus DPU
Products and Innovation
New Advancements in Global SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Using Cloud-Based Technology	Michael Tuel, Xylem, Inc.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Wastewater Treatment – A Comprehensive Review	S. Rao Chitikela Johnson Controls, Inc.
Introducing the Hybrid Sand Filter	Omar Gadalla, Parkson Corporation
Understanding Fluid Mechanics and Chemistry in Advanced Polymer Mixing for Improved Coagulation and Dewatering	Yong Kim, UGSI ChemFeed, Inc.
Advanced Metering Analytics: The Clear Path to Better Utility Management and Enhanced Customer Service	Tina Odum, Badger Meter, Inc.
AWWA Tank Standard D101: The Development of the New Water Storage Tank and Related Facilities Standard	Patrick Brown Tank Industry Consultants

Thursday, August 28, 2014 - PM Technical Sessions
Distribution
Reducing THMs via Spray Aeration: A Case Study	Gary Williams Jones & Henry Engineers
Challenges in Maintaining Drinking Water Quality at Hospitals and Other Large Buildings	Simoni Triantafyllidou, US EPA, Office of Research and Dev
What’s Your Water Age: Evaluating DBP Formation and Control in Water Distribution Systems	Eric Anderson, CHA Consulting, Inc.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works Lead Line Replacement / Filter Distribution Program	Dawn Webb Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Trenchless Water Main Rehabilitation Design Considerations	V. Firat Sever American Structurepoint
Wastewater Treatment
City of Euclid Consent Decree Implementation	Lesley Gordon, CT Consultants, Inc., Dan Knecht, City of Euclid
Construction and Startup of Innovative HRT Facility to Help Eliminate Wet-Weather Bypasses at Springfield’s WWTP	Jerry Ussher, City of Springfield Bob O’Bryan, Black & Veatch
Exploring TOC as an Alternative to CBOD for NPDES Reporting	Kathy Richards, City of Akron
Aeration System Improvements at Two Wastewater Treatment Plants with Less Than Five Year Payback: Case Studies	Scott Phipps, Hazen and Sawyer
Activated Sludge Process Control Made Easy: Conceptual Basis of Wasting Mixed Liquor Using a Wasting Clarifier	Eric J. Wahlberg, Brown and Caldwell, Harry Shaposka, NEORSD
Water Treatment
Attaining Water Treatment Goals in Challenging Situations: Are You Prepared?	Gary Logsdon
Practical Experiences Operating a Hospital as a Regulated Public Water System	Jeff Swertfeger Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Maintaining Raw Water Flow while Installing New Intake Pump and Screen Improvements at the City of Elyria WTP	Timothy McCann, AECOM Samuel W. Jacob, City of Elyria
Bridging the Gap from Water Plant Data Collection and Data Analytics to Operational Decision Support for Harmful Algal Blooms	Christopher Miller, University of Akron
Iced! The Water Utility vs. the Polar Vortex	Steve Heimlich and Elana West Avon Lake Regional Water
Collections
North Street Reconstruction and Integrated Stormwater Management: A Sustainable Street Case Study	Ted Blahnik, Williams Creek Consulting and Jennifer Miller Leshney, City of Lafayette
Confirming Wet Weather Treatment Facility Hydraulic Design with Physical Model Study	Tony Yee, MSDGC Jared Hutchins, Black & Veatch
Challenges and Rewards of Sewer Interceptor Assessment and Rehabilitation: The City of Fairborn Experience	Marcus Lehotay, City of Fairborn Marcia M Bland, EMH&T
Project Dry Basement: A Description of the City of Columbus Backwater Prevention Program	Robert Ellinger, Columbus Division of Sewerage and Drainage
Tracking Down Rapid Infiltration in a Tangle of Pump Stations	John Barton, Stantec Consulting
Utility Management
Toledo’s Wet Weather Program – Dollars and Common Sense!	Robert Harbron, Black & Veatch
A Recipe for Success – Using Progressive Design Build to Restore Reliability to a Critical Pump Station	Harry Shaposka, NEORSD Karrie Buxton, NEORSD Rich Atoulikian, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Strategic Planning: Creating a Game Plan for the Future	Dr. Steven F. Schulze, Montgomery County Environmental Services
Green Infrastructure and Adaptive Management: A New Synergy	Tina Wolff, ARCADIS
What’s Going On in Columbus
Blueprint Clintonville Integrated Solutions Project – Pilot Area Technical Committee (PATC) Approach and Interim Findings in Columbus, Ohio	Nick Domenick and Hunter Kelly Columbus Dept. of Public Utilities
Columbus Southerly WWTP Digester Optimization and Foam Abatement Investigation	Dale Kocarek, Stantec Jeff Hall, Columbus DPU
City of Columbus 2012 Comprehensive Water Audit	Steve Gooding and Brian Haemmerle Columbus Dept. of Public Utilities
Greener Grounds: Urban Regeneration Anchored by Vacant Parcel Green Infrastructure Installations	Steven Thompson, AECOM C. Timothy Fallara, Columbus DPU

Friday, August 29, 2014 - AM Technical Sessions
Green Technologies and Stormwater
Guide to Demonstrating the Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure for CSO Mitigation	Jeff Rexhausen, University of Cincinnati
Best Practices for Green Infrastructure: A Discussion on Lessons Learned and Construction Management	Kelsey Hoffman, H.R. Gray
Controlling Combined Sewer Overflow Utilizing Green Techniques in an Urban Environment	Kimberly Colich, NEORSD Michael Seluga, NEORSD
Blueprint Columbus Green Infrastructure Implementation and Design Guidelines	Jason Sanson, Columbus DPU John Herchl, CDM Smith
Green Demolition: Paving the Way for Green Infrastructure	Andrew Reynolds, RA Consultants & MSD of Greater Cincinnati
Green Infrastructure Modeling in Cincinnati Ohio	Paul Bahs and Leah Buerman ARCADIS U.S., Inc.
Regulatory
Ohio EPA Director’s Update	Craig Butler, Ohio EPA
Ohio EPA Division of Drinking and Groundwater Update	Mike Baker, Ohio EPA DDAGW
Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water	Karl Gebhardt, Ohio EPA DSW
Operator Certification Update	Andrew Barienbrock, Ohio EPA
Successful Regulatory Permitting of Alternative Delivery Municipal Water and Wastewater Projects	Justin Arnold Kokosing Construction Company
The Long-Term Lead and Copper Rule: Understanding Potential Changes and Impacts on Community Water Systems	Rebecca Slabaugh, ARCADIS
Residuals and Recovery
To Digest or Incinerate Sludge? That Is the Question	Mark Greene, O’Brien & Gere
Full Scale Demonstration Studies of Recalcinated Lime at a Ground Water Facility	Katie Jamriska Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Speedway, Indiana, WWTP Biosolids Upgrade: Storage Nitrification / Denitrification Reactor (SNDR) Results in Ammonia Loading Reduction	Cindy Fort and Karen Saavedra American Structurepoint
Pushing the Limits: Challenges Of Compliance With TDS Regulations in Ohio	Rob Shoaf, URS
Helping Phosphorus Recovery Become More Prosperous	Jim Fitzpatrick and Andy Shaw Black & Veatch
Improved Performance in Solar Biosolids Dryer Technology	Christopher Hubbard Huber Technologies