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Thursday, April 11, 2024
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Women Impacting Water Breakfast
Location: A1
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
An “Out of the Pipe” Innovative Solution to Save Tax Dollars and Protect the Environment
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: Uday Sant (he/him/his) – Brown and Caldwell
Presenter: Amanda M. Morrow – Brown and Caldwell
Presenter: Daniel Wilson – Regional San
Track Lead: Mary Lou Romero – Brown and Caldwell
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
Bay Area Regional Nutrient Planning Update
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Eric Dunlavey (he/him/his) – City of San Jose
Presenter: Michael W. Falk, PhD (he/him/his) – mike.falk@hdrinc.com
Presenter: Lorien Fono (she/her/hers) – BACWA
Track Lead: McKay Breuner – Black & Veatch
Nutrient Management
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
Best Practices for Expediting Compliance with the Reissued Collection System WDR
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: James E. Fischer, Jr. – Fischer Compliance LLC
Presenter: Richard Cunningham – Fischer Compliance LLC
Presenter: Sam Rose – Sam Rose Consulting
Track Lead: Chris Ewers – Ewers Engineering, Inc.
Collection Systems Leadership
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
California ELAP Update
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Christopher Hand – State Water Board / Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP)
Track Lead: Teresa E. Lopez (she/her/hers) – Robertson-Byran, Inc.
Laboratory/ELAP
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
From Training to Triumph: Enhancing Success in Industry Certification Exams
Location: A3-A4
Lead Presenter: Michele C. Rodriguez-Flores (she/her/hers) – Ridgecresta
Presenter: Shawn T. Spromberg – Cucamonga Valley Water District
Track Lead: Alex Lamb – Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Collection System Front Line
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM
Overcoming Hurdles to Make Energy Recovery a Reality
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Lauren Riley – Brown and Caldwell
Presenter: Jason C. Fick – City of Roseville
Presenter: Tracie Mueller – City of Roseville
Track Lead: Kaitlin McGovern (she/her/hers) – Hazen and Sawyer
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
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
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
A Storm Series Provides Central San a Flood of Ideas to Optimize Storage
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: David Perry – Brown & Caldwell
Presenter: Cassandra Butler – Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Presenter: Craig H. Mizutani, PE – Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Track Lead: Mary Lou Romero – Brown and Caldwell
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
ELAP Accreditation Requirements: Make Management Review Worth the Effort
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Michael C. Shepherd – Shepherd Technical Services, LLC
Track Lead: Teresa E. Lopez (she/her/hers) – Robertson-Byran, Inc.
Laboratory/ELAP
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Inland Empire Utilities Agency Delivers Real-Time Protection for its Collection System
Location: A3-A4
Lead Presenter: Lucia F. Diaz (she/her/hers) – Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Presenter: Eric Van Cleave – SmartCover Systems
Track Lead: Alex Lamb – Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Collection System Front Line
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
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
One Agency's Approach to Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Fleet Electrification
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Christine Polo (she/her/hers) – Carollo Engineers
Presenter: Jason Ching – Dublin San Ramon Services District
Presenter: SJ Hall – Carollo Engineers
Track Lead: Kaitlin McGovern (she/her/hers) – Hazen and Sawyer
Speaker: Richard L. Gutierrez (he/him/his) – Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Ten Years from Design to Start-up at Sac Sewer: What's Changed and What's the Same?
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Patrick J. Dunlap (he/him/his) – Black & Veatch
Presenter: James Barnard – Black & Veatch
Presenter: Leon Downing – Black & Veatch
Presenter: Jason Haddix (he/him/his) – Sacramento Area Sewer District
Presenter: Mark Steichen – Black & Veatch
Track Lead: McKay Breuner – Black & Veatch
Nutrient Management
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Updating your Sewer System Management Plan
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: Mary A. Cousins (she/her/hers) – Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA)
Presenter: Richard Cunningham – Fischer Compliance LLC
Presenter: James E. Fischer, Jr. – Fischer Compliance LLC
Presenter: Sam Rose – Sam Rose Consulting
Track Lead: Chris Ewers – Ewers Engineering, Inc.
Collection System Leadership
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Addressing Electrical Energy Resiliency – The Development of Union Sanitary District’s Roadmap to Energy Resiliency
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Tyler D. Estrada (he/him/his) – Black & Veatch
Presenter: Derek Wurst – Black & Veatch
Track Lead: Kaitlin McGovern (she/her/hers) – Hazen and Sawyer
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Areas of Focus for Your Next SSMP Audit and Update
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: Michael Flores – HDR
Track Lead: Chris Ewers – Ewers Engineering, Inc.
Collection Systems Leadership
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Going Green, Saves a Lot of Green
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: Allan P. Briggs (he/him/his) – Hazen and Saywer
Presenter: Andrew Damron – Napa Sanitation District (NapaSan)
Presenter: Marc Solomon – Hazen and Sawyer
Track Lead: Mary Lou Romero – Brown and Caldwell
Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
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
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
TNI-2 Implementation Lessons Learned
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Mark D. Koekemoer – Central Marin Sanitation Agency
Track Lead: Teresa E. Lopez (she/her/hers) – Robertson-Byran, Inc.
Laboratory/ELAP
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Vacuum Systems on Sewer Cleaning Equipment
Location: A3-A4
Presenter: M.A. (Rusty) Nezat, II – Nezat Training and Consulting, Inc.
Track Lead: Alex Lamb – Carollo Engineers, Inc.
Collection System Front Line
11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Water Recycling: A Cost-Effective Approach for Smaller Agencies to Meet SF Bay Nutrient Load Reductions.
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Logan Smesrud (she/her/hers) – West Yost
Presenter: Kathryn Gies – West Yost Assocites
Track Lead: McKay Breuner – Black & Veatch
Nutrient Management
12:05 PM - 1:45 PM
Grab 'n Go Lunch
Location: 2nd Floor
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Annual Business Meeting
Location: A1
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Awards Ceremony Lunch
Location: A1
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Full-Scale Performance Comparison of Sidestream Nitrogen Removal Processes in the U.S.
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Andre Gharagozian (he/him/his) – Carollo Engineers
Track Lead: Linda K. Sawyer – Brown and Caldwell
Nutrient Management
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Impacts of Advanced Primary Treatment on the Modified Ludzack-Ettinger Advanced Secondary Process
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Onder T. Caliskaner (he/him/his) – Caliskaner Water Technologies, Inc.
Track Lead: Michael Walkowiak, PE, ENV SP – Brown and Caldwell
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
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
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Leveraging Big Data Platforms in Wastewater to Accelerate Machine Learning at a Regional Scale
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Joshua Registe – Jacobs
Track Lead: Kathryn Gies – West Yost Assocites
Speaker: Joshua Registe – Jacobs
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Preparing your SSMP and Workforce for Audits by Regulators
Location: A3-A4
Lead Presenter: James E. Fischer, Jr. – Fischer Compliance LLC
Presenter: Richard Cunningham – Fischer Compliance LLC
Track Lead: Tara Randall (she/her/hers) – HDR
Collection System Front Line
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Remote System Monitoring at Ross Valley Sanitary District and Contributions to Improved Performance
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: John Vogel – Ross Valley Sanitary District
Presenter: Brogan Quist, BS – SmartCover Systems
Track Lead: Tom Hoffman (he/him/his) – HDR, Inc.
Collection System Leadership
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM
Working Smarter: Leveraging IoT Technology to Automate Environmental Monitoring in the Laboratory
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: Richard E. Danielson, MA, PhD (he/him/his) – Confience
Presenter: Teddy Lindblad – Elemental Machines
Track Lead: Sushmitha Reddy
Presenter: Olivia Woolery (she/her/hers) – Monterey One Water
Laboratory/ELAP
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Data Science for Gravity Main Cleaning Optimization Case Studies
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: Lars Stenstedt – V&A Consulting Engineers
Track Lead: Tom Hoffman (he/him/his) – HDR, Inc.
Collection System Leadership
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Full-Scale Testing of a Digital Twin Controller: Water Research Foundation's Advanced Nutrient Controller
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Bruce R. Johnson (he/him/his) – Jacobs
Track Lead: Kathryn Gies – West Yost Assocites
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
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
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
San Luis Obispo Protects Public Health and Environment with Smart Sewer Technology
Location: A3-A4
Lead Presenter: Ryan Beech – City of San Luis Obispo
Presenter: Eric Van Cleave – SmartCover Systems
Track Lead: Tara Randall (she/her/hers) – HDR
Collection System Front Line
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
SBR to MBR Raceway Conversion: Advancing Mountain House's Water Recycling and Resiliency
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Guyton Durnin, PE, CCM – HDR
Presenter: Karen Morgan – Mountain House Community Services District
Presenter: Shay Sorouri, PhD (she/her/hers) – HDR
Track Lead: Michael Walkowiak, PE, ENV SP – Brown and Caldwell
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
The Sidestream Treatment Journey, From Planning Through Design and How it Might Benefit Your WWTP
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Bryce Danker – Hazen and Sawyer
Presenter: Bryce Danker – Hazen and Sawyer
Presenter: Ken Tagney – EMWD
Presenter: Scott Toland – Eastern Municipal Water District
Track Lead: Linda K. Sawyer – Brown and Caldwell
Nutrient Management
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Volatile Fatty Acids Method Study Reveals a Need to Update Analytical Methods
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: Mark D. Koekemoer – Central Marin Sanitation Agency
Presenter: Kyle Carbajal – Central Marin Sanitation Agency
Track Lead: Sushmitha Reddy
Laboratory/ELAP
3:45 PM - 6:45 PM
AC24 Expo
Location: Exhibit Hall A-B
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
A Sewer Runs Through It: Navigating Aging Creek Crossings — Can They Stay or Should They Go?
Location: A7-A8
Lead Presenter: Robert Natoli – Water Systems Consulting, Inc.
Presenter: Ashley Poole – Water Systems Consulting, Inc.
Track Lead: Tom Hoffman (he/him/his) – HDR, Inc.
Collection Systems Leadership
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
Flying Blind No More: Using Edge Analytics to Improve Pump Performance
Location: Meeting Room 3-4
Lead Presenter: Ryan Hougham – Specific Energy
Presenter: Derek Nguyen – City of Lakewood
Track Lead: Kathryn Gies – West Yost Assocites
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
Fundamentals of Atmospheric Monitoring
Location: A3-A4
Lead Presenter: Kent L. Freeman – California Health & Rescue Training
Track Lead: Tara Randall (she/her/hers) – HDR
Collection System Front Line
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
Greenfield WRRF Delivers Complete Resource Recovery and Community Resilience
Location: A5-A6
Lead Presenter: Margaret Laub Niehoff (she/her/hers) – Anaergia
Track Lead: Michael Walkowiak, PE, ENV SP – Brown and Caldwell
Water Resource Recovery Facilities
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
Mainstream Anammox: New Frontiers in Superefficient Biological Nitrogen Removal from PN/A to PdN/A
Location: A9-A11
Lead Presenter: Jon Liberzon (he/him/his) – Black & Veatch
Presenter: Victory F. Dsane – Tomorrow Water (BKT)
Presenter: Eric Redmond – Black & Veatch
Presenter: Shahrouzeh Saneie – LA Sanitation
Track Lead: Linda K. Sawyer – Brown and Caldwell
Nutrient Management
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
3:55 PM - 4:45 PM
Using Automated Data Tools to Improve Lab Efficiency
Location: A2
Lead Presenter: Yiping Cao – Orange County Sanitation District
Track Lead: Sushmitha Reddy
Laboratory/ELAP