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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: 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
    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
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