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  • Wednesday, Apr 10th
    10:45 AM – 11:35 AM  
    Safety Incident Reporting – A Simple, Streamlined Approach
    Location: A5-A6
    Lead Presenter: Sarah Bogner – Contra Costa Water District
    Track Lead: Teresa E. Lopez (she/her/hers) – Robertson-Byran, Inc.
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Wednesday, Apr 10th
    1:25 PM – 2:15 PM  
    How to Expect the Unexpected with Digester Cleaning? We've Got Some Grit Ideas.
    Location: A2
    Lead Presenter: Tom Chapman – Brown and Caldwell
    Presenter: Preeti Thimmaraju (she/her/hers) – Brown and Caldwell
    Track Lead: Hannah Carpenter (she/her/hers) – West Yost
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Wednesday, Apr 10th
    2:25 PM – 3:15 PM  
    The Operator's 10 Core Competency Objectives
    Location: A2
    Lead Presenter: Manny Moreno – Inland Empire Utilities Agency
    Presenter: Javier Omar Samaniego – IEUA
    Track Lead: Hannah Carpenter (she/her/hers) – West Yost
    Presenter: Javier Omar Samaniego – IEUA
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Wednesday, Apr 10th
    3:25 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Navigating the Successful Startup of a 260 MGD Headworks While Maintaining Plant Operations
    Location: A2
    Lead Presenter: John Ryan (he/him/his) – Jacobs
    Presenter: Sydney Saunders – Jacobs
    Presenter: Kapil Verma – City of San Jose
    Track Lead: Hannah Carpenter (she/her/hers) – West Yost
    Speaker: Dan Peters (he/him/his) – San Jose CIP Program
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    9:10 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Peristaltic and Diaphragm Metering Pumps, Accessories, and Systems
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Lead Presenter: Richard Hopkins – Blue-White Industries
    Track Lead: Leslie Knapp – Brown and Caldwell
    Speaker: Richard Hopkins – Blue-White Industries
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    10:15 AM – 11:05 AM  
    Machinery Lubrication Programs Aren't Created Equal: How a Machinery Lubrication Strategy Affects Asset Reliability
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Presenter: Francis Concemino – Inland Empire Utilites Agency
    Presenter: Joshua J. Oelrich – Inland Empire Utilities Agency
    Track Lead: Leslie Knapp – Brown and Caldwell
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    11:15 AM – 12:05 PM  
    Keep it Flowing: Maintaining Conveyance During Sailor Bar Pump Station Replacement
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Lead Presenter: Ryan Hook (he/him/his) – Carollo Engineers, Inc.
    Presenter: Mike Miner (he/him/his) – Sacramento Area Sewer District
    Track Lead: Leslie Knapp – Brown and Caldwell
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    1:55 PM – 2:45 PM  
    LACSD's Instrumentation Lessons Learned for Control of Biological Nutrient Removal
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Lead Presenter: Patricia S. Hsia – Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
    Presenter: Charles Harris – Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
    Track Lead: Jerry Barajas – City Of Sunnyvale
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    2:55 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Rust Kills: Investigation into Plant Water Corrosion and Mitigation Strategies
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Lead Presenter: Alice Wang – HDR
    Presenter: Nasrin Nasrollahi – Orange County Sanitation District
    Presenter: Mandira Sudame (she/her/hers) – HDR
    Presenter: Brian Waite – Orange County Sanitation District
    Track Lead: Jerry Barajas – City Of Sunnyvale
    Operations and Maintenance
  • Thursday, Apr 11th
    3:55 PM – 4:45 PM  
    Update on SB 1383 (organics diversion) Implementation and Compliance / Update on Biosolids Management and Recycling
    Location: Meeting Room 2
    Presenter: Greg Kester – California Association of Sanitation Agencies
    Presenter: Cara Morgan
    Track Lead: Jerry Barajas – City Of Sunnyvale
    Operations and Maintenance