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Conference Preview
Texas Water 2021 TM
- Virtual -
March 29 - April 1, 2021
- Online -
Texas Water goes Virtual for its 26th Year!
We are excited to invite you to attend Texas Water™ 2021 – Virtual, the largest (virtual) regional water
conference in the nation!
Texas Water™ 2021 – Virtual will offer an opportunity to view a considerable number of online presentations
plus opportunities to receive TCEQ approved Operator hours or Engineering CEU hours for viewing these
presentations. We have endeavored to create what we believe will be the most interactive virtual water
conference for all our colleagues.
The sessions will be made available “on-demand” once they are posted, allowing for convenient viewing at
any time. You will not have to choose between attending different sessions as you would at an in-person
conference. Better yet, all the sessions will remain posted for multiple months after the conference, to
provide for maximum viewing flexibility.
Texas Water™ 2021 – Virtual will also feature a Virtual Exhibition, which will give you the opportunity to
(virtually) visit our loyal vendors that have continued their support of the conference. Plus, once again play
an online version of our “Match-the-Name Game” scavenger hunt for some amazing door prizes.
We hope that you’ll join us online for Texas Water™ 2021 – Virtual. In the midst of very challenging times,
the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Association of
Texas continue their mission of advancing the clean water and drinking water professions and protecting
the health of our communities and environment. Our industry has never been more essential, and we hope
that you and yours are safe and healthy as we navigate these difficult circumstances.
We all look forward to meeting in person in the near future, but for now, we invite you to celebrate the 26th
year of the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©, Texas Water™ 2021 – Virtual!
Mike Howe Julie Nahrgang
Executive Director Executive Director
Texas Section American Water Works Association Water Environment Association of Texas
Full registration for Texas WaterTM 2021 - Virtual
includes access to all technical sessions as well as all REGISTER ONLINE AT
other virtual conference events such as the Opening
Session, Women in Water event, Dodson’s Drive Virtual
www.txwater.org
Fun Run, Curtis Smalley Virtual Environmental Event,
Young Professional Panel and Reception, virtual Exhibit
Hall and Awards Ceremonies: C.E. HOURS
Texas Water is seeking TCEQ Operator Training
• Member: (in AWWA or WEF): $200 Certification Hours for most technical sessions.
on/after March 29: $250
• Non-Member: $425 Engineers may also receive self-reporting
on/after March 29: $475
CE hours for attending.
Non-member registration includes a free* Details on how to submit your hours will be
one-year membership in either AWWA or WEF. provided closer to the conference date.
*New members only, not for membership renewals
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TENTATIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
While the technical sessions will be available to view at your convenience, be sure to join us live for these events
the week of March 29! And enjoy the Women in Water panel, Virtual Tours, Operations Challenge Events,
and Texas AWWA and WEAT Award ceremonies on demand for viewing at your convenience. The schedule is
subject to change; please visit www.txwater.org for the latest conference news and updates.
Ongoing Events
Scholarship Golf Tournament: February 1 - March 15
Dodson’s Drive: March 25 - March 30
Monday, March 29 Wednesday, March 31
8:15-9:00 am Curtis Smalley Environmental Event 8:30-10:10 am Technical Sessions
9:00-11:00 am Exhibit Hall Opening 10:10-10:40 am Visit Exhibits
11:00 am-12:00 pm Opening Session 10:40-11:45 am Technical Sessions
12:00-1:00 pm Exhibitor Power Hour 11:45 am-12:00 pm Live Q&A for all Wednesday
1:00-2:40 pm Technical Sessions Morning Technical Sessions
2:40-3:10 pm Visit Exhibits 12:00-1:00 pm Exhibitor Power Hour
3:10-4:15 pm Technical Sessions 1:00-2:40 pm Technical Sessions
4:15-4:30 pm Live Q&A for all Monday 2:40-3:10 pm Visit Exhibits
Technical Sessions 3:10-4:15 pm Technical Sessions
4:30 pm Young Professionals Development 4:15-4:30 pm Live Q&A for all Wednesday
Event – Panel Discussion Afternoon Technical Sessions
4:30-5:00 pm Operations Challenge Awards
Tuesday, March 30 Ceremony
5:00-6:00 pm Conference Entertainment Event
8:30-10:10 am Technical Sessions
10:10-10:40 am Visit Exhibits
10:40-11:45 am Technical Sessions Thursday, April 1
11:45 am-12:00 pm Live Q&A for all Tuesday Morning 8:30-10:10 am Technical Sessions
Technical Sessions
10:10-10:40 am Visit Exhibits
12:00-1:00 pm Exhibitor Power Hour
10:40-11:45 am Technical Sessions
1:00-2:40 pm Technical Sessions
11:45 am-12:00 pm Live Q&A for all Thursday Morning
2:40-3:10 pm Visit Exhibits Technical Sessions
3:10-4:15 pm Technical Sessions 12:00-1:00 pm Awards Celebration - Live event
4:15-4:30 pm Live Q&A for all Tuesday Afternoon 12:00-1:15 pm Engineering Ethics - Live event
Technical Sessions
4:30 pm YP & Student Reception/Mentoring
Program Networking Event
Also visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall, take part in the Water For People Silent Auction, explore poster presentations
and more that will be available at www.txwater.org, all included with attendee registration.
Attendee and Exhibitor Registration is Now Open!
For more information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org
Texas WaterTM 2021 is a registered trademark of Texas AWWA for the exclusive use for this joint conference with WEAT. All rights reserved.
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Message from the Associations
On behalf of the Texas American Water Works Association (TAWWA) and the Water Environment
Association of Texas (WEAT), we invite you to join us for Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual, the Largest
Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©.
Although a virtual conference, we are still honoring Austin as our “host city” and would like to thank
the wonderful volunteers who have been planning for months to make Texas WaterTM 2021 – Virtual
a success. The committee is led by our 2021 Conference Chairs, Shay Roalson of Austin Water and
Rick Coronado of Austin Water, and supported by the dedicated leadership of both organizations, Mike
Howe (TAWWA) and Julie Nahrgang (WEAT).
While there will be no handshakes or exchanges of business cards this year, TAWWA and WEAT are
committed to still making this conference the best virtual conference and many of our Texas Water
special events available to you. Now more than ever we encourage each of you to take part in special
events such as the Opening Session, Awards Ceremonies, Women of Water, Young Professionals
Recognition, Water for People Silent Auction, and MORE!
An added benefit of this virtual format is that you no longer have to choose between attending different
sessions as you would at an in-person conference. All sessions will be made available “on-demand”
once they are posted, allowing for convenient viewing at any time. Furthermore, you don’t have to
spend time traveling as you can enjoy the activities from the comfort of your own office or home while
wearing your most comfortable slippers. We wish you all a great virtual conference experience in 2021
and hope you and your families are happy and healthy in 2021!
Melissa Bryant Rick Hidalgo
Chair President
Texas Section American Water Works Association Water Environment Association of Texas
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT Donations can be made on the Dodson Drive 5K
All profits from the Virtual Texas Water Golf Tournament registration page; any amount is appreciated.
go toward the scholarship programs. This year our
mission is to keep players safe by following safety The 2021 Dodson’s Drive Fun Run will be completely
precautions but still enjoy a round of golf and continue virtual. All the event information will available and
our mission to assist students with scholarships. We updated regularly on our online platforms. Participants
are changing our format to accommodate every golfer can run at their convenience anytime during the week
playing as a single, a group of two, three, or foursome. of Texas Water starting on Thursday, March 25th. The
Your golf event will be held at a golf course in your 5K will also feature a pre-run stretch-out and warm-up,
community. Your group will register and independently which will be posted on our online platforms. We will
pick a course and submit your scorecard and picture of provide several sample routes for various cities across
yourself or your group to Texas Water before the March Texas. Try them out or make your own! Runners will
15th deadline to be featured on the website. Fill out the be able to print a finisher certificate and be able to post
form on page 23 or register online at www.txwater.org. photos for a social media photo contest!
Tech shirts for Timed/Team participants will be mailed.
WATER FOR PEOPLE SILENT AUCTION Awards will be during the YP Recognition Event, as
Now, more than ever, access to clean water is always! Be sure to follow our social media page for
critical. That is why Texas WaterTM is committed to other event updates. Finally, thank you so much to our
continuing to raise funds to support the important generous sponsors for their support of this year’s YP
work that Water for People is doing across the globe Dodson Drive 5K! Register online at www.txwater.org.
to provide access to safe, reliable water services.
The Water for People Silent Auction will be hosted
VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL
Stop by the Virtual Exhibit Hall at www.txwater.org to
online using HANDBID, a mobile silent auction platform
connect with our Texas Water Virtual exhibitors. You can
that allows you to bid from your smartphone. (If you’ve
also take part in our virtual game to win some amazing
attended our in-person conferences before, this is the
prizes!
same platform we have used to support the Water for
People Silent Auction in 2018, 2019, and 2020.)
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Donate an item for the auction at www.txwater.org. The Texas Water Program Committee offers technical
sessions presented by the top experts in the industry
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS’ DODSON and targeted to the most important issues facing water
DRIVE FUN RUN and wastewater professionals today. Once registered,
VIRTUAL RACE THURSDAY, MARCH 25 THROUGH the sessions will be available for you to view starting the
TUESDAY, MARCH 30 week of March 29 and be available for weeks after. For
The Dodson’s Drive was created in the spring of 2011 a listing of presentations that have committed to the
to honor the life and work of Kenneth Dodson. Kenny D virtual conference, see Pages 10-21.
worked in the wastewater industry for 20 years and was
a tireless supporter of YP education and growth. The net PRESENTATION POSTERS
proceeds from the registration fees in this event benefit Texas WaterTM 2021 - Virtual will give attendees an
our young professionals by providing contributions for expanded opportunity to learn with the presentation of
scholarships and assisting them to attend the annual posters. The posters give authors the opportunity to
Young Professionals summit. All timed-donation display their research topics and to share the
participants will receive an official event tech shirt and information they discovered. The posters will be
access to our virtual timing portal with eligibility for team available online at www.txwater.org. Authors are
and single participant awards! Runners are also encouraged to leave contact information so that viewers
welcome to join us as untimed participants and can direct questions or comments their way.
participate in our virtual social media contests.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
TEXAS AWWA COMPETITIONS 2021 WEAT STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Texas AWWA is planning a variety of Exhibition AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
Competition Events in Pipe Tapping, Meter Madness, City of Houston Intercontinental Airport WWTP, BNR
Hydrant Hysteria and Top Ops with operators from and Solids Improvements
around the state demonstrating their skills in preparation The WEAT Student Design Competition gives students
for Texas Water 2022 and ACE 2022, both to be held the opportunity to design and present a project based on
in San Antonio. You won’t want to miss these a real-world wastewater treatment plant design problem.
demonstration events in a COVID safe environment! Students will be competing to represent WEAT at the
Student Design Competition at WEFTEC 2021. The
OPS CHALLENGE COMPETITION prompt this year is focused around the City of Houston’s
Tune in and cheer on your favorite Ops Challenge team Intercontinental Airport Wastewater Treatment Plant in
in this year’s VIRTUAL competition. Teams will compete Houston, TX. Students shall propose design alternatives
via a live Zoom meeting link that we will be broadcast on to construct new facilities required for expanded capacity,
WEAT’s FB page. This year, even more than year’s past, rehabilitate existing facilities, convert the plant from a
sector operators have proven that they are essential conventional activated sludge facility to a biological
front-line workers protecting human health and the nutrient removal facility, and design of proposed solids
environment. Show your appreciation and watch processing facilities. Come out and support your alma
some of Texas’ best water professionals compete in mater or see some prospective future leaders in the
the Collections Event simulating real-life operations industry! This year teams from the University of Houston,
challenges. More information including log in information Lamar University, Southern Methodist University, Texas
to come! Tech University, and SMACC will compete.
WOMEN IN WATER FORUM CURTIS SMALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT
AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND MONDAY, MARCH 29, 8:15 AM
Each year for the annual Texas Water™ Conference, we The Curtis Smalley Environmental Event honors the
host The Women In Water Forum. This event focuses on legacy of Curtis Smalley. His contribution, leadership,
the specific efforts, successful techniques, and mentorship, dedication to service, and passion for the
achievements of a variety of women in the water water industry left a significant impact. He was a driving
community who are willing to share their experiences to force to include the environmental event as part of Texas
empower others to be successful in their careers. This Water to provide fellowship for colleagues and an
year participants will also discuss the impacts of the opportunity to give back to the community in a fun and
pandemic on their work and life experiences. engaging manner. We can’t plant seeds together or jump
into kayaks to clean up a waterway this year, but we
Join Melissa Bryant, Chair of the Texas Section AWWA, look forward to sharing ideas and opportunities for
along with Sally Wright, of Dallas Water Utilities, Yvonne environmental conservation efforts in a panel discussion
Forrest of Houston Water, Shay Roalson with Austin about stewardship and conservation featuring water
Water, Heather Cooke also with Austin Water, Theresa utilities from across the state.
Pedrazas with TetraTech, Liz Fazio Hale with Gulf Coast
Authority, and Allison Blake with Freese and Nichols. OPENING GENERAL SESSION
You won’t want to miss the Women in Water Forum, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 11 AM TO 12 PM
available on-demand for your convenience. Hear from Melissa Elliot, President of AWWA and
Jackie Jarrell, Past President of WEF as well as elected
officials discuss the Texas and national water horizon.
The program grid on pages 10-21 reflect those authors who have committed to presenting at the virtual conference.
The schedule is subject to change. We encourage you to watch sessions at their scheduled date and time but all
sessions will be available for you to view at your own convenience. They will also be available for viewing several
weeks after March 29. We are currently seeking TCEQ operator hour approval for most technical sessions.
8| TEXAS WATERTM 2021 - VIRTUALYOUNG PROFESSIONALS DEVELOPMENT manner. There is no additional fee for this training but
EVENT – PANEL DISCUSSION you will need to preregister the week of March 29 at
MONDAY, MARCH 29, 4:30 PM www.txwater.org; seating is limited; only available to
Join us for a virtual professional development event those registered for the conference.
specially geared towards students and young
professionals! A panel of seasoned professionals will VIRTUAL TOURS
share their experiences and guidance for success in the AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND
water industry and answer questions from attendees. Enjoy our virtual tours, available on-demand for you to
view at your convenience):
YP & STUDENT RECEPTION/MENTORING
South Austin Regional WWTP: Please join Austin
PROGRAM NETWORKING EVENT Water for a virtual tour of its South Austin Regional
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 4:30 PM
Wastewater Treatment Plant. Built in 1984, South Austin
Come out and join the YPs and seasoned professionals
Regional (SAR) is one of three wastewater treatment
for a virtual event recognizing our competition winners
facilities in the City of Austin and has the capacity to
and discussing the Mentoring Program. Networking break
treat up to 75 MGDs. Other large wastewater facilities
out sessions will follow the awards and announcements!
include the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
and the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant.
CONFERENCE ENTERTAINMENT EVENT Austin Water has invested over 45 million dollars over
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 5 PM TO 6 PM the last four years on improvements to update the air
One of the highlights of every Texas Water is the distribution system and convert aging sand filter galleries
Conference Entertainment Event and we’re keeping that into a state-of-the-art cloth disk filter complex. Staff will
tradition alive…virtually. Join us for a virtual social event walk you through the plant virtually, giving you a behind
that still gives us the chance to come together and the scenes look at the facility and operations. This
celebrate the water and water quality industries in Texas, walkthrough will highlight new equipment, technologies,
even though we have to be apart. This event will cap off recent upgrades, as well as some of the future challenges
the Conference in a uniquely Austin way that recognizes for the plant. After the virtual tour, staff will be on hand to
our “virtual host city” for another outstanding Texas answer questions and facilitate an exciting discussion
Water conference. about the operations and maintenance of the SAR
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
AWARDS CELEBRATION
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 12 PM TO 1 PM Combating Zebra Mussels: Zebra mussels were first
Texas Water will honor TAWWA and WEAT friends discovered in the US in the Great Lakes in the late
and colleagues who have demonstrated their 1980s. Since then, this invasive species has spread
commitment to the water and wastewater profession. across the country and made its way into our Highland
Seating is limited in this live Zoom event. You will need Lakes in 2017. Zebra mussels negatively impact
to preregister the week of March 29 at www.txwater.org; ecosystems in many ways, and they are here to stay.
only available to those registered for the conference. They filter out algae that native species need for food,
attach to and incapacitate native mussels, and wreak
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS WORKSHOP FOR havoc on underwater infrastructure. Water utilities have
ENGINEERS spent millions of dollars to remove zebra mussels from
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 12 PM TO 1:15 PM clogged water intakes. In this virtual tour, learn how
The Texas Water Engineer’s Ethics Seminar is an Austin Water has worked to combat this pest at our
interactive and thought-provoking session led by Bob facilities. We will discuss the use of divers for inspections
Pence and Gina Smith from Freese and Nichols, Inc. and cleanings, the multi-phase approach to implementing
While earning one Professional Development Hour and the chemical feed systems, and some of the challenges
satisfying the annual ethics requirement, you will learn to that were overcome along the way. You will get a first-
recognize ethical situations faced by engineers, analyze hand look at the equipment at our facilities and gain
the issues of ethical situations, and discuss how to insight into the ongoing efforts needed to mitigate this
resolve ethical situations in a creative and professional destructive mollusk.
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Monday, March 29, 2021
Pretreatment Legislative/Regulatory Small Systems
Social Distancing 101: Keeping Updates from The 87th Session
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Benchmarking For Small
Industrial Pollutants Far and Few of the Texas Legislature
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Between Through Technically Julie Nahrgang
Chris Malinowski
Based Local Limits Water Environment Association of Texas/
HDR
John Lozano Texas Association of Clean
Garver Water Agencies
Small MUD, Big Plan: Development
and Execution for a more Robust
1:35 - 2:05 pm
PFAS: Industrial Source Control and Resilient Water System
TCEQ Updates on Water Quality/
and Wastewater Pretreatment Michael Whitaker
Drinking Water Issues
Susan Spore Harris County MUD 132
TBD
AECOM Matthew Froehlich
BGE
Industrial Water System Weekend Warrior: How
Stay-at-Home Order Affected Water
Demand in a Suburban Community
Treatability Testing Significance
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Samantha Greivell
in Industrial Wastewater
EPA Region 6 Updates on Drinking Garver
Treatment Plant Design
Water and Water Quality Issues Wade Parks
Jeffrey Steinwinder
TBD Garver
Brown and Caldwell
Francisco Carillo
Ronald Ballard
City of Mont Belvieu
Brown and Caldwell
Marcel Khuouw
IDS Engineering Group
Visit Exhibitors
Laboratory
Source Water Protection for
AWWA/WEF Small Texas Communities
3:10 - 3:40 pm
Getting Ready for Your
Combined Updates Mason Miller
ISO 17025 Audit Utilizing
Tommy Holmes TCEQ
an Auomated Quality
AWWA Rose Sobel
Management System, Qualtrax
Steve Dye CDM Smith
Michelle Robertson
WEF Kimberly Chanslor
GBRA
CDM Smith
One City’s Rounding Error is
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Nutrients Are Telling: Reporting
Traceability in Whole Another SUD’s Max Day: Modeling
Requirements to Nutrient Limits
Effluent Toxicity TestingTENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Monday, March 29, 2021
Water Resources Odor & Corrosion Control Young Professionals
Impact of Climate Trends on
Water Supply, Demand, and
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Return Flows in North Texas
Odor Complaint Challenges in Working Out the Bugs - Tips and
Cody Graham, North Texas Municipal Water
Co-vid Environment in Austin, TX Tricks for Starting Up a Facility
District
Soo Koon Soon Kyle Kubista
Katharine Hayhoe, ATMOS Research
Austin Water Kimley-Horn and Associates
Billy George, North Texas Municipal Water
District
Lissa Gregg, Freese and Nichols
Sulfur Modeling: A Texas Facility’s
Houston 2100 – Do We Have Enough
Assessment of Odor Control
Water to Last for Years to Come?
Approaches and Whole Plant Impacts
Tina Petersen
1:35 - 2:05 pm
Dusty Brannum Breaking the Red Tape:
Harris Galveston Subsidence District
Trinity River Authority of Texas A Step-by-Step Through
Sunil Kommineni
Eric Redmond the SRF Loan Process
KIT Professionals
Black & Veatch Holly McCuistion
Michael Turco
Mike Young Garver
Harris Galveston Subsidence District
Trinity River Authority
Justin Bartlett
Lynne Moss
KIT Professionals
Black & Veatch
TRWD Develops a Portfolio of Future
Demand Projections and Spatial
Allocation to Inform Water
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Tools of the Trade: How to Use Show Some Restraint!
Supply Planning Efforts
Materials, Coatings, and Cathodic Introduction to Valves and
Nicole Rutigliano
Protection to Mitigate Corrosion Pipe Fittings in Water Industry
Tarrant Regional Water District
Stephen Foster Keval Satra
Jessica Fritsche
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates HR Green
Brown and Caldwell
Jenny Bywater
CDM Smith
Visit Exhibitors
Workforce Development
Large-Scale Impacts of Small-Scale
Projects: Integrating Austin’s
3:10 - 3:40 pm
Cathodic Protection of a
Innovative Water Management 1 Vision, 4 Pillars and 60 Chapters.
Long Distance Multi Material
Strategies into the State Water Plan Establishing a Unified Vision
Water Pipeline
Alicia Smiley, AECOM and Framework
Christopher Sheldon
Jaime Burke, AECOM Andrew Swirsky
V&A Consulting Engineers
Marisa Flores-Gonzalez, Austin Water Stantec
Helen Gerlach, Austin Water
What Lies Beneath: Dealing with Labor in the Time of COVID:
Hydrogelogic Uncertainties Keeping a Strong Team of
When Implementing Aquifer Storage Diverse Engineers in the
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Sister Grove Odor Control -
and Recovery Projects Midst of a Pandemic
An Update on Phase II and
Charles Schoening Katherine Hallaway
Staying Ahead of the Odor!
Arcadis BGE
Bruce Singleton
Michael Short Roman Grijalva
CDM Smith
New Braunfels Utilities BGE
Neil Deeds Lizanne Douglas
INTERA Incorporated BGE
Q&A for all Monday Afternoon Sessions
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Municipal Resource
Drinking Water Quality Wastewater Collection
Recovery & Design
Biological Nutrient Removal in the
First Magnetite Ballasted Activated
What is the Magic Sauce in My
Sludge Installation in Texas
Water Source? Solving Disinfection Re-Plumbing the Sims Sewershed
8:30 - 9:00 am
Anton Dapcic
Residual Mysteries When Managing to Mitigate Flood Risk: WWTP
Carollo Engineers
Multiple Drinking Water Sources Consolidation, WWTP Expansion
Jody Zabolio
Xi Zhao, Freese and Nichols and Tunnels in Houston
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
John Pippins, City of Beaumont Brian Gettinger
Joe Thompson
Amalia “Molly” Villarreal, City of Beaumont Freese and Nichols
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
David Munn, Freese and Nichols
Toshio Shimada
Carollo Engineers
CFD Simulations on the
Let’s Play a Game: The Floor is Lava Making Ends Meet - Rebuilding
Water Quality Performance of
(or, in our case, Municipal Solid Waste) the Front and Back Ends of a WRRF
9:05 - 9:35 am
Ground Storage Tanks
Kendall NeSmith While Adding a Completely
Rishi Saladi
Kimley-Horn and Associates New Treatment Train
AECOM
Patrick O’Connor Robert Adams
Shriram Manivannan
SAWS Plummer
AECOM
Gaby Mena Nicholas Sherman
Ryan Edison
Kimley-Horn and Associates Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority
AECOM
Something Smells Fishy: From East to West: Learning
Investigating Water Quality City of Hurst Replaces a Critical from Experiences of MBRs
Issues in Blended Waters Sewer Interceptor Using Minimally from Texas to Singapore
9:40 - 10:10 am
Corey Smith Invasive Pipe Bursting Technology Andrew Shaw
KIT Professionals Kyle Wroblewski Black & Veatch
Shashi Kumar Aegion Joshua Berryhill
City of Missouri City Duane Hengst eHT Engineering
Sunil Kommineni City of Hurst Dylan Christenson
KIT Professionals Shawn Garcia Black & Veatch
Todd Hoover Underground Solutions Laura Stratton
City of Missouri City Black & Veatch
Visit Exhibitors
Design Considerations and Operational
How Low Can You Go? Tools to Promote Fermentation for
Bromide Occurrence in Texas and Alternative Inverted Siphon EBPR at a Greenfield WRRF
10:40 - 11:10 am
Its Implications for Disinfection Construction Method Reduces Alexandra Doody
Byproduct Formation Overall Construction Costs CDM Smith
Marshall Plunk by Nearly $1M Samir Mathur
Plummer Associates Ty Riebe CDM Smith
Christopher Boyd Garver Jyh-Wei Sun
Plummer Associates Paul Banschbach CDM Smith
Garver Donna Long
North Texas Municipal Water District
Alternative Delivery, Design,
Construction, and Operations Lessons
Learned on Emergency Replacement
11:15 - 11:45 am
Proposed Revisions to LCR: From Theory to Practice:
of Wastewater 30/36” Dual Steel
Why Optimizing Corrosion Hydrocyclone-Based
Force Mains with 36” FRP
Control Treatment is Critical Wasting for Settling and
Michael Ancell
for Water Utilities Nutrient Improvements
Jacobs Engineering Group
Amlan Ghosh Erin Tracy
Gilbert Trejo
Corona Environmental Consulting Brown and Caldwell
El Paso Water
Jason Bowen
Oscar Renda Contracting
Q&A for all Tuesday Morning Sessions
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Water Distribution Diversity/Inclusion University Forum
The Water Goes on the Inside - A Review of
Real World Ground Storage Tank
Post-Testing Concerns Addressing Old Wounds:
8:30 - 9:00 am
Kim Keefer Utility Strategies for The Heterogenous Nucleation
Pape-Dawson Engineers Advancing Equity of Gypsum Flat Surface:
Chris Noe Heather Dalrymple the Role of Hydrophobicity
Pape-Dawson Engineers Austin Water Xiaochuan Huang
Tim Kleppe Denise McGlown Rice University
Preload Austin Water
Eric Neune
Raba Kistner Environmental
New Braunfels Utilities Deploys Utilis
Satellite Service as a Standard
Operating Procedure for
9:05 - 9:35 am
Diversity & Inclusion, Nitrification of High Strength
Ongoing Leak Detection
Does it Matter? Waste Streams at Low pH in a
Jessica Green
Ana Pena-Tijerina Membrane Aerated Bioreactor
New Braunfels Utilities
Aisha Niang Maryam Salehi
Jason Theurer
Houston Water Texas Tech University
New Braunfels Utilities
Paul Gagliardo
Gagliaqua
Out of Sight, But Not
9:40 - 10:10 am
Out of Mind: Using Satellites Best Practices to Increase
Accelerating Water Hammer
to Find Leaks and Improve Diversity and Inclusion in
Simulations Using Vectorization
the Dependability of the Water Your Organization
Gerardo Riano-Briceno
Distribution System in Irving Regina Smith
The University of Texas at Austin
Donna Starling Freese and Nichols
City of Irving
Visit Exhibitors
Changing Regulations and New
Developments Along a Pipeline
Alignment Over an Extended
10:40 - 11:10 am
Design Timeframe
Break the Illusion and Go Enhancing Solar Membrane
Showri Nandagiri
for Inclusion: Diversity and Distillation Performance Using
North Harris County Regional Water Authority
Inclusion in the Water Industry Core-shell Nanofiber
Paul Vining
Andre Garces Ruikun Xin
AECOM
Plummer Rice University
Alan Moon
Jones|Carter
David Warner
Jones|Carter
Northeast Transmission Line 108” x 84”
Interconnect: Innovative Design Strategies Building a Better
to Overcome Space Constraints Workforce Through
11:15 - 11:45 am
Christine Kirby Diversity and Inclusion A Topological Technique for
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Ashok Perera Optimizing Parallel Speedup
Eric Hernandez Atkins North America of Urban Water Modeling
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Alan Davis Edward Tiernan
Warren Green Plummer The University of Texas at Austin
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Dena Johnson
Kevin Tran City of Fort Worth
City of Houston
Q&A for all Tuesday Morning Sessions
WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 13TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Municipal Resource
Drinking Water Quality Wastewater Collection
Recovery & Design
Multifaceted Nitrification
City of Frisco Utilizes Horizontal
Management: Where are We After Conroe Central Wastewater
Directional Drilling with 20-inch
Two Years of Implementation? Treatment Plant – Designing
Fusible PVC® Pipe to Mitigate
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Yue Sun for the Future
Construction Impact
Ardurra Paul Wood
Kyle Sanderson
Nicholas Cook Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Kimley-Horn
City of Deer Park Norman McGuire
Kyle Wroblewski
Shannon Jungman City of Conroe - Public Works
Aegion
Ardurra Group Greg Hall
Shawn Garcia
Matt Noland City of Conroe - Public Works
Underground Solutions
City of Deer Park
Gravity or Pressurized Sewer?
Formation(!) and Removal of
1:35 - 2:05 pm
Get a Lift Station That How Do You Get Salt Out of Water?
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
Can Do Both! Approaches for Mitigation of
Substances (PFAS) in Advanced
Eric Johnson TDS in Treated Wastewater
Water Treatment
Plummer Zaid Chowdhury
Eva Steinle-Darling
Jimmy Sibert Garver
Carollo Engineers
City of Irving
Going Retro: Lessons in
Modernizing a 1970s Wastewater
Challenge Accepted: A Case Treatment Facility
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Study of Unique Approaches for Keith OConnor
Accident Awareness and
Membrane WTP Expansion KIT Professionals
Loss Prevention
Erica Agha Gholizadeh Greg Lushbaugh
Malvin “Rusty” Nezat
Tetra Tech San Jacinto River Authority
Nezat Training and Consulting
Jorge Barrera Chris Meeks
City of Eagle Pass Water Works System San Jacinto River Authority
Corey Smith
KIT Professionals
Visit Exhibitors
A Robust Modeling Tool for Smart
Development of a Genetic
Water Operations and Planning
Algorithm Tool for RDII
Jose Porro
3:10 - 3:40 pm
Parameterization
KIT Professionals Repurposing Infrastructure
Michelle Lacks
Robert Upton for Phosphorus Removal
Garver
City of Pearland Leon Downing
Samantha Greivell
Rajendra Shrestha Black & Veatch
Garver
City of Pearland
Evan Tromble
Rasika Perera
Garver
City of Pearland
Flexible Process Configuration
Thinking Outside the “Junction” Box: Mitigates Wastewater
3:45 - 4:15 pm
The Use of Large Diameter Fiberglass Quality Uncertainty
The Long and Winding Road to TTHM
Round Structures in Substitution Toshio Shimada
Compliance - High TOC Groundwater
for Concrete Junction Box to Carollo Engineers
Steve Walden
Save Time and Cost Troy Laman
Steven Walden Consulting
George Farah Carollo Engineers
Plummer Daemeon Stovall
City of The Colony
Q&A for all Tuesday Afternoon Sessions
14 | TEXAS WATERTM 2021 - VIRTUALTENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Water Distribution Water Conservation Young Professionals
Challenges of Designing a Large
Diameter Water Line in
Beyond Total GPCD: Building on this Unique Energy Saving Strategy
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Urban Area of Houston
Simple Measure to Provide by Using Compound Control
Meng Liu
Additional Utility-Level Water Loop of Both DO and Ammonia
Aurora Technical Services
Use Efficiency Insights Based Aeration Probes
Rafael Ortega
Miguel Morales Suparna Mukhopadhyay
Aurora Technical Services
Austin Water CDM Smith
Showri Nandagiri
North Harris County Regional Water Authority
Little Fish in a 320-mgd Pond:
Quantifying Historical
Being a Resident Engineer on
Conservation Achievements
the Northeast Water Purification
1:35 - 2:05 pm
How Low Can You Go? A Review Across TRWD’s Service Area
Plant Expansion Project
of the Ability of Long Transmission Pipe Dustan Compton
Rajeev Datta Kamalampet
Conveyance Systems to Cool Water Tarrant Regional Water District
CDM Smith
Kim Keefer Jessica Fritsche
Rajinder Singh
Pape-Dawson Engineers Brown and Caldwell
City of Houston
Jenny Bywater
Jasmin Zambrano
CDM Smith
City of Houston
Building Water System
Resiliency – McKinney’s
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Redbud Pump Station
Rainwater Harvesting in Texas: Inspiring a Lifelong Journey
Sam Meisner
Then, Now, and the Future of Water Education
Freese and Nichols
Shae Luther Paula Monaco
Craig Sherwood
Texas Water Development Board Plummer Associates
City of McKinney
Paul Tucker
City of McKinney
Visit Exhibitors
Houston’s Leap Year Leak – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
A Catastrophic Blow-out of a The Unintended Consequences of Mentoring is a Two-Way Street:
3:10 - 3:40 pm
96-inch WL and how Houston Water Conservation Value Gained on Both Sides of the
Responded to a Boil Water Notice Ellen McDonald Mentor-Mentee Relationship
and Fast-Tracked the Repair Plummer David Munn
Drew Molly, City of Houston Dexter May Freese and Nichols
Venus Price, City of Houston Plummer Valetta Saldanha
Jim Wilson, City of Houston Gilbert Trejo AECOM
Phillip Goodwin, City of Houston El Paso Water
Don’t Stress, Pre-stress!
Basics of the Design and
Feast or Famine: Factors that
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Construction of Prestressed You Can Model Too:
Contribute to Rebate Application
Concrete Ground Navigating Process Model
Submittals for Outdoor
Water Storage Tanks Development as a YP
Incentive Programs
Keval Satra Rachel Adkisson
Christopher Charles
HR Green Freese and Nichols
Austin Water
Satej Kulkarni
CDM Smith
Q&A for all Tuesday Afternoon Sessions
WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 15TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Water Treatment
Asset Management Construction Issues
& Operations
How can a Dynamic Water Model Help
with Rapidly Screening Alternatives and
A River Runs Through It – Building a
Identifying a Cost-Effective Solution Vista Ridge Regional
PS in the Flood Plain
8:30 - 9:00 am
Sunil Kommineni Supply Project: Creating and
Cameron Lawrence
KIT Professionals Configuring an Asset Register
Freese and Nichols
Jose Porro and Computerized Management
Jason Ward
KIT Professionals Maintenance System
Freese and Nichols
Chris Munson Alan Foster
Travis Markham
Ardurra Group KCI Technologies
North Texas Municipal Water District
Michael Lawrence
Stantec
Lessons Learned: Integrating
The Hard Truth about Softening “Dirty Data” into Cartegraph
9:05 - 9:35 am
Super Operator: How the
When a Flood Washed Away Abby Owens
Construction Liaison Role
All of the Hardness – Austin’s City of Plano
Keeps Things Flowing
Flood Response Stephen Johnson
Gary Hammond
Greg Pope Freese and Nichols
Austin Water
Carollo Engineers Mazen Kawasmi
Freese and Nichols
Commissioning Through
Integrated Reservoir Asset COVID – Managing the Startup
Revisiting Highland Lake Flooding Management: Practical of a Fast Track 48.6 MGD
9:40 - 10:10 am
Fall 2018, Why Travis Co. WCID 17 PWS Application and Lessons Learned Water Treatment Plant
Survived Unscathed? Rachel Crawley Amidst the Pandemic
Patrick Lackey Tarrant Regional Water District Matt Richart
Trihydro Corporation Esteban Azagra Black & Veatch
Jason Homan Arcadis Alissa Lockett
Travis County WCID No. 17 Dorota Koterba San Antonio Water System
Tarrant Regional Water District Mike Watson
PLW Waterworks
Visit Exhibitors
Asset Management: Proven Leveraging the ICS Framework
Planning and Innovation Pays
Formula by the City of Houston to Clarify the Murky Waters
10:40 - 11:10 am
Off – How an additional 10 MGD
to Prioritize Maintenance of Outage Planning
was gained from our Membrane
Mitchell Ramon Rebecca Vento
Water Treatment Plant
City of Houston Austin Water
Adam McKnight
Susana Blauser Joe Smith
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
BGE Austin Water
Kurt Staller
Amit Sengupta Chuck Chapman
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
BGE Austin Water
Tanks a Lot: Expediting Additional Water
Optimization and Resiliency
Supply and Storage in One of Texas
Planning for Large WTPs
Fastest Growing Counties Through CMAR
11:15 - 11:45 am
Daniel Olson Cost Effective Tools to
Cale Underberg
Garver Improve the Data Collected
HDR
Brandon Pritchett During a Treatment Plant
Sherif Mabrouk
City of Pflugerville Condition Assessment
HDR
Zaid Chowdhury Chris Malinowski
Heath Woods
Garver HDR
CLWSC
Ian Toohey
Larry Bittle
Garver
CLWSC
Q&A for all Wednesday Morning Sessions
16 | TEXAS WATERTM 2021 - VIRTUALTENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Wastewater Operations &
Utility Management Public Information
Maintenance
8:30 - 9:00 am
Intelligent Manhole Monitoring Communicating Your CIP to
Emergency Response:
Shannon Dunne Key Stakeholders, including
Continuing Wastewater Service
City of Houston the Press and the Public
John Croom
Vince Turner Mike McGill
AUC Group
City of Houston WaterPIO
From Cloudy Gas to Bright Rays:
9:05 - 9:35 am
Gender Diversity in Working with Stakeholder Groups: A Chlorine Conversion Story
Public Works A Survival Guide Sharon Miller
Donna Renner Josh Sendejar North Texas Municipal Water District
CP&Y Texas Water Development Board Jeremy Thompson
North Texas Municipal Water District
Should I Keep My Plant, Expand
It, Buy More Water, or Both? –
9:40 - 10:10 am
Charting a Course for the Future H2OMG Podcast: Reaching Safety #1: Reevaluating Site
Ferdous Mahmood New & Diverse Audiences in Safety for Handling Critical
HDR Water Communications Chemicals and Bulk Deliveries
Robert Hoffman John-Michael Perkins Michael Leeper
HDR Fort Worth Water PVS Minibulk
Kelly Rouse
City of Lewisville
Visit Exhibitors
Value of Water
10:40 - 11:10 am
Digital Water as a Technology Misinformation vs. Education:
Bearing Failure: GBRA’s
Platform: From Design to Utility Which Holds Water?
Bearing Failure Analysis Program
Management to Optimization Rachael Rodgers
Michael Urrutia
Kevin Stively Kimley-Horn and Associates
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Brown and Caldwell Alicia Smiley
AECOM
Houston’s Innovative Interactive
Dynamic Platform for Collection
System Capacity Evaluation Using
11:15 - 11:45 am
Appraisal District Database and
Engaging Stakeholders Nutrient Removal for Managing
Customers Water Consumption Data
Through Strategic Events Your Operations Budget
Pratistha Pradhan
Lisa Rosendorf Fred Ramirez
City of Houston
El Paso Water Jacobs
Fazle Rabbi
City of Houston
Kabindra Shrestha
Gunda Corporation
Q&A for all Wednesday Morning Sessions
WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 17TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Water Treatment & Operations Asset Management Construction Issues
From Lessons Learned to Innovations:
A Case Study on the Flocculators
Rehabilitation Project at the Largest
More Than a Band-Aid: Developing
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Water Treatment Plant in Houston Area
Large Utility Applies Advanced a Long Term Fix to a 104-Inch
Vinoth Manoharan
Analytical Techniques to Understanding Pipeline Failure
AECOM
and Managing Water Main Breaks Justin Reeves
Yong Wang
Darryl Corbin Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
City of Houston
Carollo Engineers Kelly Davis
Hanh Pham
Trinity River Authority of Texas
City of Houston
Valetta Saldanha
AECOM
Switching from Gas Chlorine to
On-Site Hypochlorite Generation – City of Technology Benefits Asset Management
Deer Park’s Story of Decision-Making Melissa Mack
1:35 - 2:05 pm
Nicholas Cook Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Keeping the Construction Party
City of Deer Park Robert Henry
Going During Pandemic Lockdowns
Yue Sun Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Steven Metzler
Ardurra Kyle Leblanc
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Xinyi Yi Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Ardurra Fabiola de Carvalho
Matt Noland City of Sugar Land
City of Deer Park
21st Century Designing: Learn How 3D
Forensic Analysis of a 72-Inch
Design Tools Result in Conflict Resolution
Water Transmission Pipeline Failure
and Ease of Construction
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Ben Stephens
Corey Smith Hail Mary By“pass” Pumping –
Halff Associates
KIT Professionals Considerations During
Cody Graham
Wayne Murphy Project Planning
North Texas Municipal Water District
CH2M HILL Marco Ramirez
Jayson Melcher
Sunil Kommineni Garver
North Texas Municipal Water District
KIT Professionals
Ashan McNealy
Randy Rogers
Pure Technologies U.S.
CDM Smith
Visit Exhibitors
Finding a Way: Conducting Facilities
Assessments in a Virtual Environment
Robert Hoffman Construction Challenges with a
3:10 - 3:40 pm
Texas Optimization Program
HDR Large Diameter Tunnel
(Top Ops) Reporting:
Ben Kuhnel Christopher Haeckler
GBRA-San Marcos WTP Top Ops
Arcadis U.S. HDR
Kasey Belote
Chaise Holmgren Miguel Vazquez
Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
Dallas Water Utilities North Texas Municipal Water District
Sally Wright
Dallas Water Utilities
Houston’s Approach to Preparing Swamp Pipeline – Design and
and Equipping Staff to Operate and Construction of a 66-inch Pipeline in
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Maintain a New $1.765B, 320 MGD WTP Awful Ground Conditions
Power BI for Water Operations.
Paul Walker Eric Engelskirchen
Not Just for the Business Office.
Carollo Engineers Freese and Nichols
Johnny Partain
Andrew Molly Chad Sharbono
Carollo
City of Houston Garney Construction
Eric Garza Amanda Stubblefield
City of Houston Freese and Nichols
Q&A for all Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
18 | TEXAS WATERTM 2021 - VIRTUALTENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Wastewater Operations &
Utility Management Resiliency, Safety & Cybersecurity
Maintenance
Houston’s Groundwater Operations and
Maintenance Team Built for the Future: Signs the Heart of Your Plant
Business Practices Advance Utility is Needing Regular Check-ups
Tarrant Regional Water District:
Wade Parks
1:00 - 1:30 pm
Maintenance and Capital Planning
A Case Study on Regional Collaboration
Mitchell Ramon Garver
and Emergency Response
City of Houston John Warnement
Poonam Dagli
Sandeep Aggarwal City of Webster
Arcadis
City of Houston Sean Scuras
Norman Ashton
Howard Smith Garver
Tarrant Regional Water District
City of Houston Jared Sienkiewich
Josue Aceitunolopez Garver
City of Houston
SARS-CoV-2 in Houston Wastewater:
Tracking, Interpretation and Action
Managing the Cash Register: A Baffling and Head(works)
Rae Mills
1:35 - 2:05 pm
Capturing Lost Revenue Scratching Puzzle: Using
City of Houston
from Large Meters Computational Fluid Dynamics
Loren Hopkins
Ashley Waits Modeling for Configuring
City of Houston
City of Irving Grit Removal
Lauren Stadler
Frank Kaplan Max Wallack
Rice University
Olea Edge Analytics Arcadis U.S.
Paul Zappi
City of Houston
2:10 - 2:40 pm
Got Data? Visualization
Cyber Threat Risk Management Training Plant Operators
Techniques to Improve
in a Hackers World with Digital Twins
Workforce Efficiency
James Forbes Garrett Owens
Leticia Gomar
Pipeline Analysis Jacobs Engineering Group
Carollo Engineers
Visit Exhibitors
Confronting the Challenges of
Clear Water: An Inflow and
How Austin Water Achieved Results City of Houston Implements Infiltration Study for Universal City
3:10 - 3:40 pm
and Teamwork Through Largest U.S. Microgrid Project Cale Underberg
Effective Utility Management for Water Purification Plant HDR
Anna Bryan-Borja Greg Bowen Amy Shoebotham
Austin Water Utility Enchanted Rock HDR
Matthew Saragosa Ravi Kaleyatodi Progga Chirontoni
Austin Water Utility City of Houston HDR
Randy Luensmann
City of Universal City
Does Robust Biological Phosphorus
Leading People and Managing Elevated Tank Visual Inspections: Removal have to be Complex?
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Assets for a Sustainable Future Alternatives to Climbing Elevated Arifur Rahman
James Courchaine Tanks for Visual Inspections Freese and Nichols
Tata & Howard and Investigations Nick Landes
Jenna Rzasa Gary Alford Freese and Nichols
Tata & Howard Benbrook Water Authority Rachel Adkisson
Freese and Nichols
Q&A for all Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
WWW.TXWATER.ORG | 19TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Biosolids Applied Research Watershed Management/Stormwater
Free-Water Surface Wetland
Use of Copper to Prevent Significantly Improves the Quality
Can Regionalization Achieve
8:30 - 9:00 am
Zebra Mussel Attachent in a of Hypereutrophic Lake Water
Economies of Scale? Key
75 MGD Raw Water Pipeline Tim Noack
Considerations in Consolidating
Caroline Russell Plummer Associates
Solids Processing
Carollo Engineers Ryan Pierce
Natalie Sierra
Mark Ernst Plummer Associates
Brown and Caldwell
Tarrant Regional Water District Gregg Eckhardt
San Antonio Water System
The OIG Report as a Catalyst: Implementing the 3 Key Goals
9:05 - 9:35 am
Community-Wide Sewage
Responses and New Research of the Collaborative 8-County
Surveillance Targeting SARS-CoV-2
Define a Roadmap for Gulf-Houston Regional
Prevalence in San Antonio, Texas
Biosolids Management Conservation Plan
Haya Al-Duroobi
Lynne Moss Deborah January-Bevers
UTSA
Black & Veatch Houston Wilderness
A Tale of Two Pump Stations:
Electron Beam Technology
How a Flood-Prone City Can
9:40 - 10:10 am
Cost Impact of PFAS on for PFAS Treatment
Overcome a Depressed Highway
Biosolids Programs Suresh Pillai
Lizanne Douglas
Eric Spargimino Texas A&M University
BGE
CDM Smith David Staack
Makenzie Davis
Samir Mathur Texas A&M University
BGE
CDM Smith Purshotam Juriasingani
Christen Specht
Tetra Tech
TxDOT
Visit Exhibitors
Biosolids Dewatering System Selection:
How City of Port Arthur Did It
and So Can You! Reduction of Concentration Westcliff Drainage Improvements
10:40 - 11:10 am
Bansi Khajuria Polarization in Desalination & Phase 2B: A Tunneling Success
Freese and Nichols Water Treatment Membrane Story for the City of Fort Worth
Somnath Chilukuri Processes: An Effort Towards Matt Koziol
Freese and Nichols Higher Energy Savings Schnabel Engineering
Donald Stanton Progga Chirontoni Karen Stafford-Brown
City of Port Arthur HDR Engineering Wade Trim
Murali Erat
Freese and Nichols
Bioenergy Modeling –
11:15 - 11:45 am
Enhancing Freshwater Recovery New Orleans Green Infrastructure –
Determining the Highest Value
in Brackish Groundwater From Concept to Constructability
for Hornsby Bend’s Biogas
Desalination by Diatom-Based Jessica Watts
Jeffrey Meadows
Photobioloigcal Treatment CDM Smith
CDM Smith
Keisuke Ikehata Jessica Addison
John Mitchell
Texas State University CDM Smith
Austin Water
Q&A for all Thursday Morning Sessions
20 | TEXAS WATERTM 2021 - VIRTUALTENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Water Reuse Infrastructure Financing Electrical and SCADA/I&C
Updating Miscellaneous Utility
Fees – What Are The Benefits?
What Happens in Texas Doesn’t
How Tough Can It Really Be?
Stay in Texas: How a Small-Town Ensuring Equipment Protection
8:30 - 9:00 am
Varenya Mehta
Texas DPR Study Inspired an and Improving System Reliability
KIT Professionals
International Award-Winning Through Relay Setting
Betsy Varghese
Non-RO Direct Potable Reuse Reviews and Maintenance
City of Houston
Demonstration (in Florida) Douglas Durand
Paula Komazin
Eva Steinle-Darling HV Engineering
KIT Professionals
Carollo Engineers
Jennifer Ivey
Carollo Engineers
Reuse in North Texas - DPR to IPR
Hunter Adams Flying Blind No More: GBRA’s
9:05 - 9:35 am
City of Wichita Falls Optimization of a Complicated
How Wall Street Views Your
Mark Southard Raw Water Pumping System
Utility’s Environmental Risks
City of Wichita Falls Mike Bernard
Ted Chapman
Harold Burris Specific Energy
S&P Global Ratings
City of Wichita Falls Kasey Belote
Daniel Nix Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
City of Wichita Falls
More than a Backyard Pool – Weathering the Automation Storm
Lubbock’s Pursuit of a Successfully Navigating Juliana Wafer
9:40 - 10:10 am
Sustainable New Water Supply SRF Funding with a CMAR Signature Automation
Aubrey A. Spear Project-Tips and Tricks on Linda Bevis
City of Lubbock How to Survive in a San Antonio Water System
David Dunn Federal Funding World Chad Morris
HDR Stacy Barna Black & Veatch
Paula Jo Lemonds CDM Smith Matthew Friend
HDR Signature Automation
Visit Exhibitors
10:40 - 11:10 am
Shower Water Collection, A ‘Capital’ Idea: How to
Cleaning, and Reuse in a Novel Fund Needed Utility Improvements Cost Effective Replacement of a
Dual Water Toilet Flushing Kimberly Bostik 23 Year Old SCADA System
System in a Single Family Home NewGen Strategies and Solutions Jim Wyatt
Mehaa Amirthalingam Chris Ekrut Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
GSA Travis High School NewGen Strategies and Solutions
Roadmap to Successful
Saving Lake Leon Dam Water
11:15 - 11:45 am
Virtual Re-use-ality: Giving Remote Monitoring/Control of
Supply Reservoir with
Plant Operators a Glimpse Water and Wastewater (W/WW)
Multiple Grant Funding
into El Paso’s Direct Facilities Using the Appropriate
Cristopher Parker
Potable Reuse Future Industrial Wireless Communication
HDR Engineering
Hilma Perez Technology
Brandon Hilbrich
Carollo Engineers Kalyani Ganesan
HDR Engineering
Carollo Engineers
Q&A for all Thursday Morning Sessions
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