Transcript July 11, 2014.

Tertiary Sponsors & Conference Champions
Monday Morning - October 27
7:00 - 5:30
Registration
8:30 - 10:00
Opening Session
10:00 - 10:30
Break & Ops Challenge Viewing Time
10:00 - 4:00
4-Person Operations Challenge
Session 1A
Treatment Process
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00
An Advanced Treatment System for
Lagoons
Tim Canter, Environmental Dynamics
International
CEPT: The Treatment Process Solution
for Unalaska, Alaska
Session 2A
Regulations
Water Quality Trading
Panel Discussion with Q & A
Seth Brown, WEF; Tom Dupuis, HDR;
others TBD
Martin Harper, BHC Consultants
Session 3A
I&I
Infiltration & Inflow Reduction
Effectiveness from Private Property
Rehabilitation
Bob Swarner, King County (WA)
Wastewater Treatment Division
Continuous Rainfall-Runoff Modeling in
Analyzing Design Alternatives in Urban
Systems
Andrew Henson, Aqualyze
Session 4A
Session 5A
Digestion /
Resource Recovery
Collections
Session 6A
Construction and
Startup
A Novel 2-Stage Parallel Anaerobic
Digestion System to Enhance Resource
Recovery from Residual Organic Matter
Edmond Stowe, University of Idaho
Reducing CSOs by Optimizing Existing
Infrastructure without Breaking the Bank
The 4th Dimension: Building Your Plant
Virtually
Alexander Mockos, HDR
Tom Paul, Mortenson Construction
Dewaterability of Digested Sludge from
EBPR Facilities
When You Just Can't Bypass Pump:
Trenchless Rehab of a Live 78-inch
Interceptor with Commercial Divers
Jack Burnam, CH2M HILL
Start Up and Performance of a Wet
Weather Step Feed Process Using
Dynamic Modeling and SRT Control
Lynne Chicoine, CH2M HILL
Mario Benisch, HDR Engineering
Monday Afternoon - October 27
Networking Lunch
Session 5B
Stormwater
1:15 - 2:00
Concrete to Carex: A Green Approach to
Wastewater Treatment
Modeling Effective Shade to Prioritize
Riparian Restoration Efforts in the
Johnson Creek Watershed, OR
Can Inflow and Infiltration Really Be
Stopped?
Jared Kinnear, Clean Water Services
Brittany Sahatjian, Portland State
University
Clean Water Services' Thermal Load
Trading Program
Brendan O'Sullivan, MSA; Sharon
Darroux, City of St. Helens
Undervalued Rainfall – Gauging
Considerations for Sewer Evaluation
Ron Walz & Charles Wright,
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Rajeev Kapur, Clean Water Services
Paul Mitchell, ADS Environmental
Services
Session 1B
Nutrient Removal
Session 2B
Regulations
Session 3B
Collections
Achieving Varying Nutrient Removal
Criteria – An Overview Of Existing
Treatment Facilities
Innovative Approach to Improving Water
Quality: Rogue Valley Water Quality
Trading Program for Thermal Compliance
City of Fife Wetwell Coating
Rehabilitation Program
William Leaf, CH2M HILL
Alex Johnson, The Freshwater Trust
Bruce Gravette, Tetra Tech
Tricks to Controlling Nitrogen Removal
Process
Community-based Water Quality Trading:
A Collective Impact
Separation of Combined Sewers in
Everett Meets Multiple Objectives
Sean Scuras, Tetra Tech
Bruce Roll, Clean Water Services
Post-Anoxic Enhanced Biological
Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) with
Nitritation
Felicity Appel, University of Idaho
Nitrogen Management Scenarios and
Their Influence on Puget Sound Water
Quality
David Clark, HDR
Dennis DeMuth, Jacobs; Dave Voigt,
City of Everett
Construction Risk Management for
Conveyance Infrastructure
2:00 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:45
3:45 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:15
Coburg Wastewater Project
Break
5:00 - 7:00
Exhibitors Reception—Exhibit Hall
7:00 - 8:00
Monday Night Dinner
8:00 - 11:30
Networking Night (hosted by PNCWA Young Professionals - offsite)
Ulf Georg Gwildis, CDM Smith
Leaded or Unleaded: Considering an
Concrete Manhole Barrels Disintegrate
Alternative Use of Biogas at the Columbia While Lined Manhole Bases Remain
Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant
Unscathed
Accomplishing a Complete Controls
System Replacement in an Operating
Facility: King County’s West Point
PlantHILL
DaveTreatment
Kelly, CH2M
Jeremy Holland, HDR Engineering
Robin Ordonez, Predl Systems
Optimization of Biogas Utilization at the
Durham AWWTF
A Tale of Two Pump Stations
Post Point WWTP Improvements Project:
Start-Up Challenges and Successes
Brett William Reistad, CH2M HILL
Thomas Nielsen, Parametrix
Erin Erwin, Mortenson Construction
Session 4B
Session 5C
Session 6B
Resource Recovery
Treatment
Public Involvement
Co-Digestion Using Food Processing
Waste
Designing and Constructing a New 80mgd UV Disinfection System Within an
Existing Chlorine Contact Basin
Using Art for Stormwater Education:
Storm Drain Murals
Peter Schauer & Justine Abrook, Clean
Water Services
Beyond Net-Zero: Excess Energy for
Solids Processing
Alena Bennett, Carollo Engineers
Jane Maginot, University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service
Effective Mercury Reduction Program
Tim Mills, Brown and Caldwell
Not the Same Old Primary Treatment:
Designing for Resource Recovery and
Other Modern Drivers
Patrick Roe, HDR Engineering
Anaerobic Digestion-Energy Recovery
Case Studies with Unexpected Results
City of Cashmere WWTF Upgrades
Luke Werner & Mike Barnes,
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Dan Mahlum, RH2 Engineering
Marney Jett & Bob Baumgartner, Clean
Water Services
Communicating Beauty and Function with
a Stormwater Facility
Jadene Stensland, Clean Water Services
Wilsonville / Durham Facilities Tour 10:30 - 4:15
12:00 - 1:15
Registration
7:00 - 8:00
Operators Breakfast
8:00 - 8:45
8:45 - 9:30
9:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00
12:00 - 1:15
Session 7
Session 8
Session 9
Session 10
Session 11
Session 12
Nutrient Removal
Management
Stormwater
Energy Efficiency
Operations
Odor Control
Aeration Basin Improvements Provide
Energy Savings Under New Loading
Conditions
Alan Straub, Carollo Engineers
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Flood and Recovery
TBD
Measurement of Competing Odor
Sources with Electronic Noses
Sue Lawrence, City of La Center
Greg Eyerly, City of Salem - Willow Lake
WPCF
An Overview of Water/Wastewater
Agency Response Networks in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho
Ken Schlegel, Clean Water Services
Privatizing Stormwater Solutions:
Defining the Public Private Partnership
Field in Stormwater
Willow Lake Energy Team (The Practical
Approach)
Electrical Maintenance in Wastewater
Facilities
New Chemical Dosing Technology for
CEPT and Odor Control Applications
David Gordon, HDR Engineering
Stephanie Eisner & Bob Whitney, City of
Salem - Willow Lake WPCF
Lowering Your Operating Cost through
Energy Management Planning
Grady Weisz & Dan Van Wormer,
Trindera Engineering
Five Easy Fixes
Gregory Land, Kemira Water Solutions
Alan Zelenka, Kennedy/Jenks
Consultants
Cyndy Bratz, Bratz Environmental
Engineering
Innovative Approach to Sidestream
Treatment Provides Multiple Benefits
To Merge or Not to Merge – Technical,
Political, and Community Considerations
of Merging Water & Sanitary Districts
Stormwater Panel Discussion:
Jyh-Wei (Al) Sun, CDM Smith
J. Michael Read, Oak Lodge Sanitary
Representatives from leading public
District
agencies in the Pacific Northwest, and
Continued Evolution and Implementation
A Tale of Two Wastewater Utilities:
Seth Brown, WEF Stormwater Programs
of WASSTRIP
Establishing a Culture of Joint Operations
Director
Brett Laney & Peter Schauer, Clean
John Phillips, King County Wastewater
Water Services
Treatment Division
Break - Exhibit Hall
Struvite Mitigation Modeling at the Nampa A Case Study in Innovative Financial
WWTP: A Case Study
Approaches: Utilizing an Industrial
Incentive Policy to Achieve Nampa’s
Strategic Goals
Kierstan Lee, MWH Global
Matthew Gregg, Brown and Caldwell
Optimizing Biological Phosphorus
Removal Stability Through Online
Instrumentation and Controls
Rate Adjustments: The Fiber of Your
Financial Plan
Optimizing Operation of Stormwater
Facilities – System Modeling and
Conceptual Improvement at City of Burien
Adrienne Menniti, Clean Water Services
Theresa Jurotich, CDM Smith
Hong Zhang, CH2M HILL
PNCWA Annual Business Luncheon
City of La Center, WA MBR vs SBR
OPEX Comparison
Sharon Paterson, Kruger
Section Exchange 8:00 - 9:30
7:00 - 5:30
EXHIBIT HALL
Tuesday Morning - October 28
Invisible Advanced Odor Control: A Case
Study in Avoiding Sight, Sound, and
Smell
Jeffrey Zahller, HDR Engineering
Preconference Workshops, Sunday Oct. 26*
Law & Odor – Why and How to Keep Your Managing Activated Sludge for Optimization
Neighbor Happy
Sunday October 26 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday October 26 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Moderator: Miaomiao Zhang, CH2M HILL
Speakers:
Dirk Apgar, King County
Frank Dick, City of Vancouver
Richard Finger, Self-employed Consultant
David Kopchynski, Parametrix
Followed by afternoon tours of OAQ facilities at Marine
Park (Vancouver) and Columbia Boulevard (Portland)
Moderator:
Dawn Hanthorn, Meduri Farms
Speakers:
Sue Lawrence, City of La Center WA
James Santroch, Tetra Tech
Sean Scuras, Tetra Tech
Developing a Hierarchy of Assets around
Functional Systems
Climate Adaptation Planning: Simple ways to make
sure your utility is ready for the challenges ahead
Sunday October 26
Sunday October 26 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Moderator: C
yndy Bratz, Bratz Environmental
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Moderator:
Marc Yarlott, Veolia North America
Speakers: Robert “Dave” Coffman, Veolia NA
Melissa Demsky, Veolia NA
Richard Ludlow, Oak Lodge Sanitary District
Facility Tours—no preregistration required
Wilsonville and Durham Facilities Mon. Oct. 27 10:30 am–4:15 pm Camas WTF Tues. Oct. 28 1:15 pm–4:15 pm
*See also special Wed math workshop p. 37
Secondary Sponsors & Conference Champions
Engineering
Speakers: John Abatzoglou, University of Idaho
Michael Cox, EPA Region 10
John Dummer, Clean Water Services
Charles Luce, US Forest Service
Tracy Morgenstern, City of Seattle
John Phillips, King County
Spencer Reeder, Cascadia Consultants
Lara Whitely Binder, University of Washington
2014
Salmon Creek WTP Wed. Oct. 29 8:00 am–11:15 am
Annual Conference & Exhibition
October 26-29
Hilton Vancouver
VANCOUVER, WA
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Conference Champions
1:15 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:45
PNCWA Annual Business Luncheon
Session 13
Session 14
Session 15
Session 16
Session 17
Session 18
Nutrient Removal
Planning
Stormwater
Digestion
Operations
Treatment Process
From Waste to Resource: Utilization of
Aerobic SBR for Nitrogen Removal and
Biomass Conditioning
Benjamin Watson, University of Idaho
Sustainability Considerations for the
Implementation of Phosphorus Removal
Treatment
Haley Falconer, HDR
Stormwater Takes the Lead in
Sustainable Roads
It’s Cold Out and There’s Little Food! –
Total Nitrogen Removal Optimization at
the Yelm, WA WRF
WWTP Resource Recovery Master
Plan (2R)
David Kopchynski, Parametrix
Jay Witherspoon, CH2M HILL
Enhancing an Existing Biological
Phosphorus Removal System with
Primary Sludge Fermentation
Ana Arango, CH2M HILL; Tracy Crane,
City of Meridian
Cloth Media Filtration Technologies
Reliably Achieve Ultra-Low Phosphorus
Levels ≤ 0.1 mg/L
Using Integrated Planning to Address
Clean Water Act Challenges
Long Term Biosolids Management and
Challenges Of Operating A WWTP
Two For the Price of One: Dual-Use
Waste to Energy Feasibility Analysis at
Beyond Its Rated Capacity
Primary Clarifiers to Address Peak Flows
Eastern Municipal Wastewater District
Jessica Knickerbocker, City of Tacoma Lakshmi Priya Dhanapal, Kennedy/Jenks
William Leaf & Shawn Moffitt,
David Newman, Brown and Caldwell
Consultants
CH2M HILL
Restoring the Sparkle to a Los Angeles Why Thermal Hydrolysis and Anaerobic
Evaluation of Modified Recirculating
Optimization of External Sugar
Jewel
Gravel Filter Systems for Nitrogen
Fermentation at the Rock Creek AWWTF
Digestion Solutions Are Rising to the Top:
A Compendium of Recent Biosolids
Removal in Onsite Wastewater Treatment
Facility Plans
James Clark, Black & Veatch
Dave Green, CH2M HILL
Stephany Wei, Brown and Caldwell
Anne Conkin, Carollo Engineers
2:45 - 3:00
3:00 - 3:45
3:45- 4:30
4:30 - 5:15
Sonja Biorn-Hansen, OR DEQ; Bob
Baumgartner, Clean Water Services
Spokane Takes Its Integrated Plan to a
Higher Level
Stormwater Management as Community
Amenity: The Madison Valley Stormwater
Solution
Mark Graham, MWH
Alternative Methods for Collecting
Stormwater Data
Small-scale Food Waste Anaerobic
Digester
Jennifer Price, CH2M HILL
Simon Smith, University of Idaho
Intensified Treatment Wetlands:
Emerging Green Technologies for
Nitrogen Removal
Seattle Public Utilities Integrated Plan
Improving Stormwater Quality in an Urban
Watershed
Thermal Hydrolysis: Is It the Next Hot
Biosolids Technology?
David Austin, CH2M HILL; J. Hughes, K.
Williamson, J. Dummer, CWS
Michael Milne, Brown and Caldwell
Lorna Mauren, City of Tacoma
Jeff McCormick, Carollo Engineers
Exhibit Hall Closing Reception
7:00 - 9:00
PNCWA Awards Banquet
PNCWA “Get out and RUN for FUN 5K”
Selecting the Right Secondary System for
the Future
Emily Heleva-Ponaski, Portland State Greg Eyerly, City of Salem - Willow Lake
Susanna Leung, Carollo Engineers
University
WPCF
Starting, Operating, and Verifying the
City of Portland’s Biosolids Lagoon
Primary Effluent Filtration for Carbon
Performance of Cannibal® Solids
Project: Onsite Monofill Reduces Project Diversion to Save Energy and Increase
Reduction Technology at the Oak Lodge
Costs
Capacity at Wastewater Treatment Plants
Sanitary District
Mark Walter, Oak Lodge Sanitary District Harry Ritter, Brown and Caldwell; Muriel
Onder Caliskaner, Kennedy/Jenks
Gueissaz-Teufel, City of Portland
Consultants
Jia Ma, Aqua-Aerobic Systems
5:15 - 7:00
Implementation of a Continuous
Improvement Team (CIT)
EXHIBIT HALL
12:00 - 1:15
Camas Facility Tour 1:15 - 4:15
Tuesday Afternoon - October 28
What Does Optimization Mean to You? Treatment Technology Studies Pay Off in
Nutrient Control, Sludge Dewatering, and Innovative Tertiary Membrane Process
Data Management
That Lowers Coeur d’Alene Compliance
Costs
Ted Holt, Hach
Casey Fisher, Coeur d'Alene Wastewater
Department
Schedule Highlights
Sunday, October 26: 10:00 am
Benefitting the PNCWA Scholarship Fund
Sunday: 4 Preconference Workshops, 2nd Annual Golf Tournament; Scholarship Fun Run, Operations Challenge Day 1, Meet and Greets
Monday: Opening Session, Tech Sessions, Operations Challenge Day 2, Plant Tour, Exhibit Floor Opening Reception
Tuesday: Operators Breakfast, Section Exchange, Exhibit Hall, Tech Sessions, Plant Tour, Micro-Brew Tasting, Awards Banquet
Wednesday: Plant Tour, Tech Sessions, Math for Operators Workshop
Second Annual PNCWA Golf Tournament
Deadlines:
Sunday, October 26: 1:00 pm Pine Crest Golf Course
2415 NW 143rd S Vancouver http://www.pinecrestgc.net/
Benefitting the PNCWA Scholarship Fund
Conference registration early bird rates through Sept. 12
Preregistration ends Oct. 15
Monday Night Social – Open to All!
The Young Professionals group would like to invite all conference
attendees to this event hosted at the Loowit Brewing Company
starting at 8:00 pm!
Earn up to 2.3 CEUs (requested) for Sun. through Wed.
Wednesday Morning, October 29
Session 19A
Session 20
Session 21
Session 22
Session 23
Session 24
Nutrient Removal
Capital Planning
I&I
Treatment
Toxics and Emerging
Contaminants
Reuse
Inflow and Infiltration Monitoring –
Flushed with Success
Maximizing Treatment Capacity and
Performance through the Use of
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Cost and Sustainability Impacts of New
Toxics Criteria in the Northwest Require
Integrated Compliance Solutions
Reuse of Process Water - Equivalent to
Drinking Water Quality for Food Contact
in Large Potato Industry
Effect of Organic and TSS Loadings on Predicting the Future: Using Risk-based
Decision Making Techniques for
Performance of Simultaneous Nitrification
and Aerobic Carbon Oxidization in the
Municipal Infrastructure Planning
Single Stage Fixed Film Bioreactors
Yanjun He, Kruger
8:45 - 9:30
Matthew Gregg & Shelby Smith, Brown
Simon Smith, University of Idaho
Adam Nielson, CH2M HILL
and Caldwell
Turning the Page on Phosphorus
The Art of Stretching Your Sewer Dollars Modeling Sanitary Sewer Groundwater Odor Control for CSO Control Facilities:
Removal Technology at the Rock Creek
– A Multi-Objective Approach to
Inflow Rehabilitation Effectiveness in EPA- Why It’s Different and How to Make It
SWMM5 Using a Two-Aquifer Approach
AWWTF
Optimized Asset Management
Work
Christoper Maher, Clean Water Services
9:30 - 10:15
10:15 - 10:30
Pete Stayton & Chris Webb,
J-U-B Engineers
Magnetite Ballasted Technology to Meet
Programmatic Delivery Approaches
Ultra-low Phosphorus Limits in Wisconsin Promote Project Success for Discovery
– A Pilot Study at the Fond du Lac WPCP
Corridor
Sergio Andres Pino-Jelcic, Evoqua Water
Technologies
Break
Brent Robinson, Brown and Caldwell
Quantification of an I&I Reduction
Project’s Impacts Using Crowdsourced
Meteorological Data
Thomas Dupuis & David Clark, HDR
Al Goodman, CDM Smith
Engineering
A Utility Approach to Managing
Reclaimed Water - Conserving Water
Contaminants of Emerging
Resources in the Dungeness Region
Concern: Screening and Recommended
Actions
Jeffrey Zahller, HDR Engineering
Megan Plumlee, Kennedy/Jenks
Jay Swift, Gray & Osborne
Consultants
The River Road Wet-Weather Treatment How to Implement a Toxics Management Simple System, Complex Permit: How
Facility, Salem, Oregon
Program
the Southside Water and Sewer District
Manages Their Reuse Operation UpGradient from Their Drinking Water Well
Stephanie Eisner, City of Salem - Willow
Lynn Williams, Brown and Caldwell
Christopher Horgan, J-U-B Engineers
Lake WPCF
Robin Krause, CRWD;
Michelle Burkhart, CH2M HILL
Jason Van Gilder, Muckleshoot Public
Works Department
SCADA
The Use of Virtual Machines in Today’s
SCADA Systems
What the Heck Is a Beaver Slide? –
Digitizing Sewer Infrastructure
Reducing Ground Water Elevation to
Reduce Inflow and Infiltration
A Holistic Approach to Screening
Process Design in the Northwest
Cost Effective Strategies for Reducing
Emerging Contaminant Release to
Natural Environment
Liberty Vance, Parametrix
David Watkins, J-U-B Engineers
Peter Burgoon, PACE Engineers
Carl Lundin, CDM Smith
You Can Learn a New Language! How to
Talk to Your Collection System Modeler
Critical Factors in the Selection of Fine
Screening Equipment to Protect
Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs)
Brent Meyer, ANDRITZ Separation
Vijay Sundaram, Stantec Consulting
Services
Using the Biotic Ligand Model for
Determining Water Quality Criteria for
Copper
Robert Santore, Adam Ryan & Paul
Paquin, HDR
Session 19B
10:30 - 11:15
SECURE in the Cloud
11:15 - 12:00
Rick Patton, Advanced Control Systems
Curbing Non-Dispersibles in Sewer Update on National & Regional Efforts
Frank Dick, City of Vancouver
Conference Headquarters Hotel
Hilton Vancouver Washington
301 W. 6th Street, Vancouver WA 98660
360.993.4500
www.hilton.com
• Part of the Convention Center complex
• Parking and in-room wireless extra
• Cutoff date for Special Group Rates: Sept. 24
Edward Speer, CDM Smith
Additional Accommodations
Red Lion Hotel Vancouver (at the Quay)
100 Columbia Street, Vancouver, WA 98660
360.694.8341
http://vancouverquay.redlion.com
• 5 min walk from Convention Center–
• includes Breakfast Buffet
• Free parking & airport transportation
• Complimentary Wi-fi
• Cutoff date for Special Group Rates: Sept. 30
Primary Sponsors
See important lodging details at
www.pncwa.org/lodging
The Use of Defined Substrate
Technology for the Detection of Total
Coliforms, Fecal Coliforms and E.coli
(Indicator Bacteria) for Reuse Water
Gil Dichter, IDEXX Laboratories
Math for Operators Workshop 8:00 - 3:00
8:00 - 8:45
Registration
Salmon Creek Facility Tour 8:00 - 11:15
7:00 - 1:00
City of Quincy Water Reuse Utility –
Tertiary Treatment System Process
Selection
Matt Winkler, Brown and Caldwell
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY OFFERING:
MATH FOR OPERATORS WORKSHOP
2014
Separate registraion required for this standalone workshop
WEDNESDAY October 29 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Moderator:
Richard Finger
Speaker:
Erik Wahlberg, Brown and Caldwell
Annual Conference & Exhibition
October 26-29
Hilton Vancouver
VANCOUVER, WA