Conference Program - WateReuse Association

2008 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Upcoming Events
Water Reuse in Agriculture: Ensuring Food Safety
October 26–28, 2008
Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
Monterey, CA
23rd ANNUAL WateReuse SYMPOSIUM
September 7–10, 2008
Hilton Anatole
Dallas, Texas
Potable Reuse for Water Supply Sustainability: Critical Today – Essential Tommorow
November 16–18, 2008
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
2009 California Section Annual Conference
March 22–24, 2009
Intercontinental Mark Hopkins
San Francisco, CA
13th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference
May 18–19, 2009
Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort
Huntington Beach, CA
24th Annual WateReuse Symposium
September 13–16, 2009
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA
25th Annual WateReuse Symposium
September 12–15, 2010
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC

Table of Contents
Schedule of Events.......................................................4
General Information....................................................6
2008 WateReuse Award Winners..................................8
Sunday Program Matrix..............................................15
Sunday Session Descriptions.......................................16
Monday Program Matrix.............................................21
Monday Session Descriptions......................................23
Tuesday Program Matrix..............................................31
Tuesday Session Descriptions......................................33
Wednesday Program Matrix........................................41
Wednesday Session Descriptions.................................42
2008 Symposium Sponsors.........................................47
Exhibit Hall Floor Plan................................................52
2008 Symposium Exhibitors........................................53
WateReuse Association Board of Directors & Staff..........58
Symposium Planning Committee.................................58
Welcome to Dallas!
O
n behalf of the WateReuse Association, the
Water Environment Federation (WEF), and the
American Water Works Association (AWWA),
we welcome you to Big D—Dallas, TX for the
WateReuse Association’s 23 rd Annual Symposium. This
Symposium has become the preeminent conference devoted
to water reuse and desalination and the place water professionals
come to get the information and resources they
need to develop new sources of water and solve critical
utility issues.
With many parts of the world facing drought conditions,
increasing concern about climate change, and unknown concentrations
of pharmaceuticals and potential endocrine disrupting
agents in water, many communities are searching for
alternative sources of water supply. This Symposium includes
124 technical papers devoted to such pivotal topics as urban
water reuse, membrane treatment technologies, water quality
issues, health effects and risk assessment, indirect potable
reuse, desalination advances around the world, agricultural
reuse, disinfection, and regulatory issues.
Symposium Planning Committee Tri-Chair Danny Vance
will moderate an opening session that is filled with prominent
speakers. Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert will welcome
Symposium attendees to the city. WateReuse Association
President Richard Atwater will deliver the Presidential
Address followed by Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), a
member of the House Appropriations Committee, who is the
highest ranking Republican woman in the House of
Representatives. Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has also
been invited to speak. The opening session will also include
presentations by Rebecca West, President-Elect of WEF and
Jerald Stevens, Vice President of AWWA.
For more in depth discussion and interaction, the
Symposium includes several panel presentations and
forums. On Monday, a panel discussion will examine the
move to desalination including the current status in the U.S.
and Australia. Tuesday’s annual National Legislative and
Water Policy Outlook Session will offer presentations from
Federal and industry leaders (Jeff Garwood, GE Water) on
legislative activities related to water reuse and desalination.
The Regulatory Forum will include presentations from regulators
and water managers and an open discussion on rulemaking
activities, issues faced, and accomplishments. This
year’s User Issues Forum will focus on the use of reclaimed
water at golf courses, including implementation of satellite
facilities, and will provide a unique opportunity for golf
course superintendents and water reuse providers to
exchange ideas.
The Symposium will conclude on Wednesday with a closing
plenary session that you will not want to miss. Noted water
reuse expert Dr. Jim Crook will moderate a provocative panel
discussion titled “Pharmaceuticals in Water—Should We Be
Concerned.” This is your opportunity to hear what the
experts think about the collection of natural and man-made
compounds in most of our water sources—and weigh in
with your opinion.
To round out your conference experience, the Symposium
offers many networking opportunities. On Sunday morning,
join us for the Golf Tournament at Cedar Crest Golf Course.
On Sunday evening, there is a welcome reception in the
exhibit hall where you can discuss state of the art equipment
and service with leading industry vendors. On Monday afternoon,
you will be able to sit with your colleagues for the
annual awards luncheon and membership meeting. And, on
Monday evening, the President’s Reception will be held in
the Anatole Atrium. Three tours are available on Monday
and Tuesday to visit successful local reuse projects.
You will also find that there is much to see and do while in
Dallas. Come early and watch the Rangers play Boston on
Saturday and Sunday evenings, attend a live Beach Boys
concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, pretend you
are a race car driver as you get behind the wheel of a 450
HP Z06 Corvette at Texas Motor Speedway, shop the
Galleria or the Dallas Market Center—the world’s largest
wholesale trade center.
On behalf of the Symposium Planning Committee, we hope
that you enjoy this premier water reuse and desalination conference.
Each year the Symposium gets bigger and better and
this year is no exception. If there is anything that we can do to
make your attendance more meaningful, please let us know.
Danny Vance
Trinity River Authority
WateReuse Association
Alan Rimer
Black & Veatch
American Water Works Association
Don Vandertulip
CDM
Water Environment Federation
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Schedule of Events
Sunday, September 7, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration Open (Atrium Convention Registration Desk)
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ S1: Current Issues in Desalting (L’Entrecote)
❖ S2: Groundwater Recharge (Grand Ballroom B)
❖ S3: Microconstituents (Grand Ballroom A)
❖ S4: Regional Water Reuse Issues/Funding Strategies (Obelisk)
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception (Stemmons Ballroom)
Monday, September 8, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration Open (Atrium Convention Registration Desk)
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open (Stemmons Ballroom)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Stemmons Ballroom)
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Opening Session (Grand Ballroom CDE)
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break (Stemmons Ballroom)
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A1: The Move to Desalination – A Panel Discussion (L’Entrecote)
❖ B1: Health Effects & Risk Assessment (Grand Ballroom B)
❖ C1: Innovative Reuse Applications (Grand Ballroom A)
❖ D1: Storage/Irrigation Issues (Obelisk)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting (Grand Ballroom CDE)
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. North Texas Municipal Water District – East Fork Raw Water Supply Project Facility Tour
(Departing from Clock Tower Entrance)
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A2: Inland/Brackish Water Desalination Issues (L’Entrecote)
❖ B2: Membrane Technologies for Water Reuse (Grand Ballroom B)
❖ C2: Water Reuse Planning Issues (Grand Ballroom A)
❖ D2: Industrial Issues (Obelisk)
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break (Stemmons Ballroom)
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. President’s Reception – Welcome to Texas Y’all (Atrium 1)
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration Open (Atrium Convention Registration Desk)
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open (Stemmons Ballroom)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Stemmons Ballroom)
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A3: Desalination Implementation and Economics (L’Entrecote)
❖ B3: Ground Water Issues and ASR (Grand Ballroom A&B)
❖ C3: Water Quality Issues (Grand Ballroom C)
❖ D3: National Legislative and Water Policy Outlook Session (Grand Ballroom D)
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break (Stemmons Ballroom)
9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Dallas County Utility Reclamation District and Trinity River Authority – Urban Reuse Facility Tour
(Departing from Clock Tower Entrance)
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A4: Desalination Concentrate Management – Part I (L’Entrecote)
❖ B4: Treatment Technologies (Grand Ballroom A&B)
❖ C4: Water Reuse in the Urban Environment (Grand Ballroom C)
❖ D4: Regulatory Forum (Grand Ballroom D)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Potable Reuse Committee Meeting (Batik A)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Public Education & Outreach Committee Meeting (Batik B)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Membership Committee Meeting (Cardinal A)
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. International Committee Meeting (Cardinal B)
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 (cont.)
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A5: Desalination Concentrate Management – Part II (L’Entrecote)
❖ B5: Disinfection Technologies (Grand Ballroom A&B)
❖ C5: Surface Water Augmentation (Grand Ballroom C)
❖ D5: User Issues Forum: Use of Reclaimed Water at Golf Courses (Grand Ballroom D)
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Texas Instruments Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility Tour (Departing from Clock Tower Entrance)
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break (Stemmons Ballroom)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration Open (Atrium Convention Registration Desk)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
❖ A6: Advances in Desalination Technology (L’Entrecote)
❖ B6: Regulatory Considerations (Grand Ballroom A&B)
❖ C6: Planning for Water Reuse (Grand Ballroom C)
❖ D6: Wetland Issues (Grand Ballroom D)
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer)
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Closing Plenary Session: Pharmaceuticals in Water—Should We Be Concerned?
(Grand Ballroom D&E)
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks (Grand Ballroom D&E)
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General Information
Registration Desk Hours
The Registration Desk will be located at the Atrium
Convention Registration Desk in front of the Grand
Ballroom at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. The registration desk
will be open during the following hours:
Sunday, September 7
Monday, September 8
Tuesday, September 9
Wednesday, September 10
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
The WateReuse Association is pleased to offer Professional
Development Hours (PDHs) for the 23 rd Annual WateReuse
Symposium. More and more certification and licensing
authorities, companies, government agencies, and organizations
are requiring that professionals earn a certain number of
continuing education or professional development hours each
year. A Professional Development Hour is generally defined as
one clock hour that is spent engaged in an activity that contributes
to the advancement or enhancement of professional
skills or scientific knowledge of a professional engineer.
Professional Development Hours are available for individuals
successfully completing concurrent technical sessions
throughout the conference. PDHs are acquired on a contact
hour basis with one PDH equaling one hour attended. It is
the attendee’s responsibility to keep his or her own record of
PDHs and submit them to the WateReuse office.
Terminology and education credit requirements and restrictions
vary widely. All participants are responsible for checking with
their license/certification authority to ensure that the WateReuse
technical concurrent sessions meet specific requirements.
NOTE: The form for tracking Professional Development
Hours is located in your registration packet. These forms can
be dropped off at one of the drop boxes located throughout
the conference or mailed to the WateReuse Association office
after the conference
Conference Bookstore and Lounge
The Symposium will have an onsite bookstore again this year
which will offer WateReuse Foundation research reports and
publications of the WateReuse Association, as well as books
published and recommended by the conference speakers. In
addition to the bookstore, we will have a reading lounge area
and a cappuccino bar for attendees to enjoy.
The conference bookstore and lounge will be located in the
back of the Exhibit Hall in the Stemmons Ballroom.
Public Transportation
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) gets you around
Dallas and 12 surrounding cities with modern public transit
services and customer facilities tailored to make your trip fast,
comfortable and economical. With 35 rail stations and 15 bus
transit centers, your DART pass is like a key to the city —
putting you within steps of the places you go every day.
DART buses and trains operate daily from approximately
5 a.m. to midnight. DART Rail offers service every 5–10 minutes
during rush hours and every 20–30 minutes during
midday and on nights and weekends.
Conference Proceedings
Conference registrants will receive the Conference
Proceedings on a USB flash drive with their registration
materials. It will include papers for each session and provide
a comprehensive and consistent body of knowledge for
attendees to use. In addition, the flash drive will include
information about the WateReuse Association, and a list of
exhibitors and sponsors.
PowerPoint presentations will not be available on the
Conference Proceedings flash drive; however, we will post the
presentations on our website after the conference.
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2008 WateReuse Award Winners
WateReuse Projects of the Year – Large
North Texas Municipal Water District East—Fork Raw
Water Supply Project (Wylie, TX)
Representing the largest project in Texas using reclaimed
water to augment a surface water supply source, the East
Fork Raw Water Supply Project will provide the North
Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) with over
102,000 acre-feet of water per year – enough water to
serve a half million people. When completed in mid-2008,
this project will divert an average of 91 million gallons per
day (MGD) of effluent dominated water from the East
Fork of the Trinity River and polish the water in one of
the largest constructed wetlands in the country (1,840
acres). After passage through the wetland, the water will
be pumped through an 84-inch pipeline 43 miles north of
the project site to Lavon Lake for storage, blending, and
water supply use.
The East Fork Raw Water Supply Project includes six major
components:
❖ 165-MGD peak capacity diversion pump station to take
water from the East Fork of the Trinity River
❖ 1,840-acre constructed wetland to provide polishing treatment
of the diverted East Fork water
❖ 165-MGD peak capacity conveyance pump station to
pump the polished water to Lavon Lake
❖ Electrical substation to provide power for the conveyance
pump station
❖ 43 miles of 84-inch diameter conveyance pipeline starting
near Crandall, TX and extending through Kaufman,
Rockwall, and Collin counties to transfer water from the
wetlands to Lavon Lake
❖ Nature Center to provide educational opportunities
A multi-year project, work first began on the constructed
wetland in 2004 with the design and construction of the first
of two nursery wetlands. The initial nursery, 20-acres in size,
was used to provide plant stock of selected emergent wetland
species for a 200-acre second phase nursery. The 200-acre
nursery, completed in early 2006, is being used to provide
over 1.6 million plants for the full scale wetland, scheduled
to be completed in mid 2008.
The $31 million constructed wetland involved many design
challenges, including maximizing the wetland treatment area
within a confined project footprint; coordinating several
local, state and federal regulatory entities and acquiring the
needed permits from same; designing wetland cells and water
conveyances to handle peak diversion rates up to 165 MGD
while maintaining optimal water levels within the wetland;
and planning a sequence of construction activities such that
it is coordinated with four other projects and can be completed
in the shortest time-frame possible. Other activities
included the monitoring of wetland plant growth and water
levels within the nurseries and wetland cells, as well as conducting
a comprehensive survey relating to the mosquito
dynamics within the project and nearby areas.
Orange County Water District/Orange County Sanitation
District – Groundwater Replenishment System
(Fountain Valley, CA)
The Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System is the
largest water purification and reuse project of its kind in
the world. The new system increases Orange County’s
water independence by providing a locally controlled,
drought-proof supply of safe, high quality water. At full
capacity, the GWR System will generate enough pure
water to meet the needs of 500,000 people. GWR System
purified water is higher quality than all state and federal
drinking water standards and has water quality similar to
distilled water.
The GWR System takes highly treated wastewater that is
currently going to the ocean and purifies and reclaims it to
produce 72,000 acre-feet of purified water each year. The
GWR System produces water using half the energy
required to pump water to Southern California from
Northern California – saving enough energy to power
21,000 homes each year.
More than a decade in development, the elected leaders of
Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Orange
County Sanitation District (OCSD) were visionary in their
pursuit of the GWR System and their understanding of
water reuse and its potential as a new water resource. The
partnership between the two agencies to develop the GWR
System is groundbreaking and has already significantly
assisted in the advancement of water reuse throughout the
world. The GWR System is being replicated in Australia and
other locations in the United States facing water supply
challenges, such as Florida, California and Colorado.
Additionally, the GWR System’s water quality research and
data aided Singapore in pursuing their world renowned
NEWater project.
WateReuse Project of the Year – Small
Carnation Wastewater Treatment Facility (Seattle, WA)
Lack of centralized wastewater collection and treatment has
limited growth and forestalled development plans within the
City of Carnation. To enable Carnation to grow according to
their Comprehensive Plan, the City of Carnation has partnered
with King County to provide local wastewater treatment.
The 1.1 square mile city lies in an environmentally and
culturally sensitive rural area on the eastern edge of metropolitan
King County with spawning grounds for Chinook
and Coho salmon as well as habitat for a number of other
documented special-status species located in the nearby
stretch of Snoqualmie River.
In May 2008, King County began operation of a 0.4 MGD
membrane bioreactor and ultraviolet disinfection wastewater
treatment facility. In partnership with Ducks Unlimited, a
national environmental organization, this project has been
combined with enhancement of the Chinook Bend Natural
Area. This fall, all the treated water from the plant is planned
to provide drought tolerant hydrology to a degraded natural
wetland. Managed as an open space and habitat protection
designated area, the Chinook Bend wetland will become the
primary discharge location for Class A reclaimed water. The
Snoqualmie River outfall adjacent to the wetland will serve as
the backup discharge location.
A number of strong interagency partnerships were developed
to support a long-term holistic integrated water resource
management approach. The shared goals successfully met
obligations and regulatory requirements while providing
wildlife benefits and enhancing the passive recreation opportunities
in a forested wetland.
WateReuse Project of the Year – Desalination
Facility
Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Facilities (El Paso, TX)
In the arid southwest, on the United States-Mexico border
where rainfall and water supplies are limited, water management
and conservation are a way of life. In a collaborative
and innovative move to preserve the region’s water resources,
El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) and the U.S. Army at Fort
Bliss have jointly implemented the largest groundwater
desalination project in North America. Tapping vast brackish
water reserves beneath the desert floor, the 27.5-million-gallon-per-day
(MGD) Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination
Facilities project—named after the senior U.S. senator from
Texas—applies advanced technologies to develop a sustainable
drinking water supply for the city of El Paso and Fort
Bliss, helping to maintain a high quality of life for this growing
desert community.
The $87 million, state-of-the-art project—developed through
the largest public-private partnership involving the
Department of Defense and a municipality—is a collaborative
and innovative approach to wisely managing the region’s
limited resources. Reverse osmosis membranes—a proven
technology for coastal desalination—were uniquely applied
and refined for this inland application while deep-well injection—assisted
by solar energy—safely conveys 3 MGD of
waste concentrate nearly 4,000 feet below ground with no
adverse environmental impact. Supported by this new drinking
water supply, the Army increased personnel and operations
at Fort Bliss, ensuring military readiness and benefiting
the local economy.
This flagship project demonstrates a holistic water supply
approach, integrating fresh groundwater, brackish groundwater,
reclaimed water and surface water to maximize limited
supplies, and will serve as a model and center of learning for
other communities that are looking for sustainable options
to meet their long-term water needs.
WateReuse Institution of the Year
City of Santa Rosa’s Subregional Water Reuse System
(Santa Rosa, CA)
The City of Santa Rosa is the owner of the Santa Rosa
Subregional Water Reclamation System (SWRS), which also
serves its regional partners including the Cities of Rohnert
Park, Cotati, and Sebastopol in Northern California. The
SWRS treats all of its wastewater to California’s highest
standard—Disinfected Tertiary Recycled Water for
Unrestricted Use. More importantly, the SWRS has
achieved an unprecedented level of reuse for a utility of its
size in California—95% (20,000 acre-feet/year) of the
wastewater that is generated by the system is recycled for
beneficial uses! To achieve this, the SWRS has invested over
$350 million of local funds to build:
❖ 1.6 billion gallons of storage facilities to manage
seasonal demand patterns
❖ A 46 mile long network of transmission and distribution
piping to irrigate over 6,400 acres of land, including:
• 6,000 acres of agriculture that produces local organic
food and award-winning Sonoma County wines
• 400 acres of urban landscapes including Sonoma State
University, schools, parks, and other essential community
sites
❖ The largest recycled water to renewable energy project in
the world, consisting of a 41-mile long, 48-inch diameter
Geysers Pipeline along with pump stations and storage
facilities to lift recycled water up to a mountain top where
it is injected into a geothermal steamfield. Recovered
steam is used to create a new, sustainable energy supply
(150 MW) for over 100,000 homes.
The SWRS is also in the process of expanding urban irrigation
to new customers, offsetting potable demands from the
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Russian River and increasing water supply and supply reliability
for agriculture, the environment, and the growing
population within the service area. The remaining 5% of
the recycled water that is not beneficially reused is discharged
during the winter to the Laguna when stream flows
are high in a manner that is protective of three federally
endangered salmonid species.
WateReuse Public Education Program of the Year
Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities/Cheyenne Water Reuse
Program (Cheyenne, WY)
Cheyenne’s Water Reuse System became a phenomenal success
following the implementation of it’s Public
Information Program. The effort resulted in a successful
outreach curriculum to educate end users and residents,
who now use Cheyenne’s water resources wisely by irrigating
with recycled water.
As Cheyenne launched the first major water recycling program
in Wyoming, irrigation with recycled water was misunderstood.
Other cities in Wyoming had tried to recycle water
and stopped when their efforts were rejected by the public.
With foresight, commitment, and a program to enhance
understanding, the residents of Cheyenne rallied to show
public support, resulting in the successful reuse project.
duce up to 150 MW of clean reliable geothermal power for
the California power grid. This very successful public-private
partnership project also helps keep waterways clean and
eliminate fossil fuel emissions.
Calpine is the customer of the Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge
Project and has a 30-year contract with Santa Rosa to
receive recycled water. Recycled water is pumped to The
Geysers geothermal field located 41 miles from, and at an
elevation of 3,300 feet higher than the wastewater treatment
facility. Calpine injects the recycled water into the
steam reservoir where it is heated up to make new steam to
generate clean renewable geothermal energy. Calpine
receives and manages up to 5 billion gallons per year of
recycled water from Santa Rosa.
Calpine constructed various facilities at the Geysers to
use the recycled water including water pipelines, a pumping
station, and injection wells. Calpine provides electrical
power from its Geysers power plants to power four of five
pump stations for the system. Calpine operators control
distribution of water to multiple injection wells across The
Geysers. The green power produced reduces carbon dioxide
by 570 million pounds and nitrous oxides by 253
thousand pounds annually over that of natural gas-fired
power plants.
40%. This major decrease in per capita water use places
Pinellas County among the lowest in per capita water consumption
in the nation with a 2006-07 per capita use of 89
gallons per person per day.
One of the largest efforts toward conservation was embodied
in the effort to create a reclaimed water system that was
focused on reducing potable water use. Pinellas County
began providing reclaimed water in the mid 1970s and
currently has 340 miles of reclaimed water lines in operation,
providing an average of 30 million gallons of water
per day to 18,500 county resident and business accounts. A
significant component of the system is the purchase of
reclaimed water from other cities through interconnects
for sale to County customers.
WateReuse Award of Merit
Alan Plummer, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
(Fort Worth, TX)
With a visionary spirit and a personal commitment to environmental
stewardship, Alan Plummer has played a key role
in the promotion, support and implementation of water
reuse in Texas. Alan’s success can be attributed to his unique
ability to allay the political, financial, and public perception
issues related to water reuse. In about 1980, Alan worked on
the largest water reuse project at the time for the Dallas
County Utility and Reclamation District. This supply system,
still in operation, supplies up to 16-MGD of reclaimed water
from the Trinity River Authority’s Central Regional
Wastewater System to irrigate golf courses and landscaped
areas as well as maintain water levels in over 30 canals and
lakes. This project has supplied over 20 billion gallons of
reclaimed water since inception. Alan has also assisted the
Tarrant Regional Water District and the North Texas
Municipal Water District with two of the largest indirect
reuse projects in the United States. These projects divert water
from the Trinity River, which, during dry periods, consists
primarily of wastewater effluent from Dallas-Fort Worth. The
projects use constructed wetland systems for polishing treatment
prior to supply reservoir delivery. These projects, once
complete, will provide over 250-MGD of additional supply to
Dallas-Fort Worth. Alan has served on numerous state and
national water reuse committees and is nationally-recognized
as a passionate advocate of water reuse’s importance to the
future of water supply. His leadership and vision have been
instrumental in advancing awareness and development of
water reuse and deserve recognition.
Cheyenne’s Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) presented the
outreach items, as well as presentations, brochures, infomercials
and frequently asked Q&As. Based on its investigations
of previous projects, BOPU set three objectives for the outreach
campaign for use of recycled water for irrigation,
including:
By using up to 5 billion gallons per year of recycled water,
Calpine Corporation is one of the largest users (customers)
of recycled water in the world. Calpine is so convinced of the
value of recycled water that it has invested almost $100 million
in facilities to ensure that this valuable resource will be
used over the next 30 years and beyond.
❖ Communication detailing recycled water benefits.
❖ Facts to prove the safety of recycled water.
WateReuse Person of the Year
Pick Talley (Tampa, Fl)
❖ Outline of BOPU’s outstanding reputation as the source of
quality water in Cheyenne.
Currently, Cheyenne is receiving national attention, an
immense honor for a city of 54,000. The American Water
Works Association and Rural Water Association have both
expressed interest in using the training materials developed
for the BOPU. Considering that the Public Information
Program for Cheyenne’s Water Reuse System was hesitantly
approved by the Board, it has excelled into a nationally recognized
public education program.
WateReuse Customer of the Year
Calpine Corporation (Middletown, CA)
In 1994, Pinellas County’s Water System, Sewer System and
Department of Solid Waste Management began the process
of consolidation to form Pinellas County Utilities. The consolidation
brought new strengths to the utility, its divisions
and conservation initiatives. The new Utilities organization
and logo were officially recognized in February of 1995.
Pick Talley, as director of utilities, headed the new organization
made up of nine departments and their respective
directors. He continued in that role until his retirement
earlier this year.
Pinellas County Utilities and its 600-plus strong staff, serves
the daily needs of over 600,000 water customers, 350,000
wastewater customers, and handles solid waste disposal for
the entire county.
The Santa Rosa Geysers Recharge Project is the largest recycled
water to renewable energy project in the world. This
innovative project converts recycled water into steam to pro-
Under Pick’s leadership, the use of public education and
water conservation techniques helped residential consumption
of water in Pinellas County steadily decrease by over
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WateReuse Award of Merit
Global Water Center (Maricopa, AZ)
Sunday
In May 2007, Global Water Resources celebrated the opening
of its administrative facility, the Global Water Center, in
Maricopa, Arizona. Awarded LEED © Silver Certification in
2008, Global believes this critically progressive facility will
stand for future generations as a beacon for water conservation
and sustainability.
Global Water designed this facility to epitomize its corporate
ethic which calls for a holistic and integrated approach to
good water resource management; an approach that
embraces the truth that good water resource policy must be
grounded in innovative engineering and a sound financial
approach and is ultimately dictated by public perception.
The goal was to create a facility that would not only serve
simply as Global’s administrative center, but as an educational
force—engaging and educating the public about water
scarcity and how the deployment of recycled water can safely
and cost-effectively address this serious water resource issue.
Water security, purification and reuse
Chemical and biological testing
Technology evaluation and development
Emerging contaminants analyses
NELAP and LT2 accreditation
Indiana
219-644-3511
Texas
254-751-9823
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23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium Program
9:00 a.m. –
5:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Registration Open Atrium Convention Registration Desk
S1: Current Issues
in Desalting
Moderator: John Morris
Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
Room: L’Entrecote
S2: Groundwater
Recharge
Moderator: Mark McNeal
ASRus, LLC
Room: Grand Ballroom B
S3: Microconstituents
Moderator: Kevin Conway
Greeley and Hansen LLC
Room: Grand Ballroom A
S4: Regional
Water Reuse Issues/
Funding Strategies
Moderator: Lisa Prieto
CDM
Room: Obelisk
1:00 p.m. –
1:30 p.m.
Sustainable Water Supplies
from Across the Pacific: A Tale
of Two Countries
Brent Alspach
Malcolm Pirnie
IPR – It’s Time Has Come!
Tom Richardson
RMC Water and Environment
Performance Monitoring in Indirect
Potable Reuse to Assure Proper
Removal of Regulated and
Unregulated Trace Organic Chemicals
Jörg Drewes
Colorado School of Mines
The Importance of the Tucson Water
Regional Reclaimed Water System to
the Economic Vitality of the City of
Tucson – Pima County Region
Tim Thomure
HDR Engineering
1:30 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
Critical Assessment of
Implementing Seawater
Desalination
Pei Xu
Colorado School of Mines
Tracer Study of Reclaimed Water
at Aquifer Recharge Systems
Wontae Lee
HDR Engineering
EDC Removal: A Comparison of GAC
Sorption and UV/Peroxide Oxidation
Pilot Studies
Clinton Rogers
Carollo Engineers
Low-cost Treatment Technologies for
Small-Scale Water Reclamation Plants
(WateReuse Foundation 06-008)
Andrew Salveson
Carollo Engineers
2:00 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.
Offshore Desalination Plant
Feasibility
Mark Graves
HDR Engineering
Design, Construction, and Operation
of a Groundwater Extraction and
Treatment System for a Potable
Water Supply
Marc Schlebusch
CDM
Removal of EDCs in Septic Systems
Designed for Production of Nonpotable
Reuse Water
Benjamin Stanford
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Satellite Versus Regional Treatment:
A New Tool for a Big Choice
Steve Davis
Malcolm Pirnie
2:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Foyer
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.
Application of Large-Diameter
RO Membrane Elements for
Desalination
Robert Bergman
CH2M HILL
Transitioning Effluent Management
from Direct Recharge to Achieving
100% Beneficial Reuse in Surprise,
Arizona
Steven Sagstad
Brown and Caldwell
Removal of PhACs, EDCs, and
Estrogenic Activity by a Pilot-Scale
Photocatalysis Treatment Plant
Mark Benotti
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Now We’re in the Business of Reuse:
How Do We Pay for It?
Dina O’Reilly and Cil Pierce
HDR Engineering
3:30 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.
Results from a Year-Long
Seawater Desalination Pilot
Study in San Francisco Bay
Todd Reynolds
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Attention: Orange County Water
District’s Groundwater Replenishment
System is Now Operational
Donald Cutler
CDM
Removal of Biochemically Active
Compounds from Wastewater Effluent
Using UV/H2O2 Treatment
Erik Rosenfeldt
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Reclaimed Water Rates — Is Full
Cost Recovery for You?
Alan Rimer
Black & Veatch
4:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay Seawater
Desalination Facility:
Acceptance Testing and
Long Term Operations
Efrain Rodriguez
American Water
Feasibility Study for Aquifer Recharge
and Subsequent Indirect Potable
Reuse in Southwest Florida
John Powers
CH2M HILL
The Use of Surrogates and Indicators
to Assess the Performance of Soil
Aquifer Treatment Systems Treating
Recycled Water
Eric Dickenson
Colorado School of Mines
Reclaimed Water — Issues and
Funding
Diane Kemp
CDM
5:30 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception Stemmons Ballroom
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Sunday Session Descriptions
S1: Current Issues in Desalting
L’Entrecote
Sustainable Water Supplies from Across the Pacific:
A Tale of Two Countries
–Brent Alspach, Malcolm Pirnie
With Australia locked in the grip of a persistent drought, the
country is developing six major seawater desalination facilities
ranging from 13 to 66 MGD. This presentation will highlight
key aspects of these plants, including desalination alternatives,
intake, outfall, project proponents, pretreatment,
permitting, cost, and sustainability features.
Critical Assessment of Implementing
Seawater Desalination
–Pei Xu, Colorado School of Mines
The study identified a comprehensive set of challenges associated
with implementation of seawater desalination, and
developed a structural framework for a multi-criteria assessment
of implementing desalination.
Offshore Desalination Plant Feasibility
–Mark Graves, HDR Engineering
The feasibility of platform and mobile vessel based desalination
plants are evaluated. Includes construction and operating
strategies and costs to elucidate the economic, environmental,
and technical challenges of constructing an offshore
desalination facility based on the findings of previous studies
and an ongoing WateReuse Foundation sponsored study.
Application of Large-Diameter RO Membrane
Elements for Desalination
–Robert Bergman, CH2M HILL
RO plant capacity has increased dramatically to meet increasing
water needs. Recently-commercialized large-diameter (16"
and 18") RO elements can reduce the number of required
components of a membrane system, the required “footprint”
area, and associated costs. This presentation will summarize the
development and application of large-diameter RO elements.
advanced MF and UF pretreatment and SWRO technologies
for desalting water from San Francisco Bay. Extensive water
quality and environmental studies were also conducted to
support project permitting.
Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Facility: Acceptance
Testingand Long Term Operations
–Efrain Rodriguez, American Water
This presentation will provide details on the strict criteria
utilized to demonstrate adequate and sustainable operation
of the Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination facility during the
Acceptance Testing performed after the modifications to the
facility were implemented by American Water Acciona Agua.
It also will provide a snapshot of current long-term operation
and maintenance activities.
S2: Groundwater Recharge
Grand Ballroom B
IPR – It’s Time Has Come!
–Tom Richardson, RMC Water and Environment
Water supply reliability and environmental drivers necessitate
maximizing local recycled water supplies, and potable
reuse provides the expanded market and year-round take to
accomplish this goal. This presentation covers three
California examples of how potable reuse can augment water
supply reliability in an environmentally and economically
sustainable manner.
Tracer Study of Reclaimed Water at Aquifer
Recharge Systems
–Wontae Lee, HDR Engineering
This presentation will discuss results from a tracer study to
determine travel times of reclaimed water and wastewater
constituents in artificial recharge systems augmented with
reclaimed water.
Design, Construction, and Operation of a
Groundwater Extraction and Treatment System
for a Potable Water Supply
–Marc Schlebusch, CDM
Transitioning Effluent Management from Direct Recharge
to Achieving 100% Beneficial Reuse in Surprise, Arizona
–Steven Sagstad, Brown and Caldwell
This presentation will describe how the City of Surprise,
Arizona will make the most of its groundwater supply
through reclamation, aquifer recharge, and direct reuse. The
city’s source aquifer is fully appropriated and is in overdraft
condition. The city must make choices between recharge and
reuse of effluent as it grows.
Attention: Orange County Water District’s Groundwater
Replenishment System is Now Operational
–Donald Cutler, CDM
The Groundwater Replenishment System uses an innovative
approach to supply Orange County’s groundwater basin with
a reliable source for meeting the region’s future potable water
needs. By starting early in the design and continuing through
construction, the project team have identified and met every
challenge to successfully implement one of the largest indirect
potable reuse projects in the world. This presentation
focuses on the approach used by OCWD to commission,
test, and startup the GWR facility, highlighting some of the
project successes and challenges.
Feasibility Study for Aquifer Recharge and Subsequent
Indirect Potable Reuse in Southwest Florida
–John Powers, CH2M HILL
The results of a feasibility study to convert an existing production
well to a recharge/injection well will be presented.
Reclaimed water will be recharged into the subsurface to
freshen a production zone. The reclaimed water/ambient
groundwater will be recovered and treated at a RO WTP.
Implications of aquifer recharge with reclaimed water and
indirect potable reuse in Florida will be discussed.
S3: Microconstituents
Grand Ballroom A
Performance Monitoring in Indirect Potable Reuse to
Assure Proper Removal of Regulated and Unregulated
Trace Organic Chemicals
–Jörg Drewes, Colorado School of Mines
EDC Removal: A Comparison of GAC Sorption and
UV/Peroxide Oxidation Pilot Studies
–Clinton Rogers, Carollo Engineers
The goal of this pilot study is to make a recommendation to
Snyderville Basin as to the feasibility of EDC removal at fullscale
operation using existing plant infrastructure. Results
from EDC removal, bioassays, and cost analysis will be presented
for full-scale implementation of GAC sorption,
ozone/peroxide, and peroxide/UV treatment techniques.
Removal of EDCs in Septic Systems Designed for
Production of Nonpotable Reuse Water
–Benjamin Stanford, Southern Nevada Water Authority
This presentation will describe the transformation and
removal of steroid estrogens, nonylphenols, and total estrogenicity
through case studies of two septic systems plumbed
for nonpotable water reuse. Measurement techniques
include LC/MS/MS, GC/MS/MS, and a yeast estrogen screen
(YES) assay.
Removal of PhACs, EDCs, and Estrogen Activity by a
Pilot-Scale Photocatalysis Treatment Plant
–Mark Benotti, Southern Nevada Water Authority
A pilot-scale UV/TiO 2 treatment plant was evaluated. Most
of the 31 targeted pharmaceutically-active compounds
(PhACs) and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) were
removed from surface water, as was most of the estrogenic
activity. Removal followed pseudo-first order kinetics. This
technology offers great potential for water reuse practices.
Removal of Biochemically Active Compounds from
Wastewater Effluent Using UV/ H 2 O 2 Treatment
–Erik Rosenfeldt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The presence of Biologically Active Compounds in reuse
water is of concern due to the persistence of these compounds.
This project examines the effectiveness of UV/H 2 O 2
AOP for degradation of 4 BACs (three antimicrobial compounds
and 1 EDC) in wastewater treatment plant effluent
as a potential source for reuse water.
Results from a Year-Long Seawater Desalination
Pilot Study in San Francisco Bay
–Todd Reynolds, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
This presentation will provide results from the Marin
Municipal Water District Seawater Desalination Pilot
Program: a successful year-long desalination pilot study of
This presentation will describe the reuse of contaminated
groundwater after treatment to supplement a local potable
water supply. Reused water can become a considerable asset
provided that community stakeholders are assured of the
quality of the treated water and that treatment operations
meet or exceed federal, state, and local requirements.
This presentation will report on the application of an
approach using appropriate surrogate parameter (e.g., TOC)
and indicator compounds (representing certain properties)
to assess the removal efficiency of emerging trace organic
chemicals in water treatment processes employed in indirect
potable reuse projects.
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Sunday Session Descriptions (cont.)
The Use of Surrogates and Indicators to Assess the
Performance of Soil Aquifer Treatment Systems Treating
Recycled Water
–Eric Dickenson, Colorado School of Mines
This study proposes the use of surrogates (bulk parameters)
and indicators (individual organic compounds) to assess
the performance of soil aquifer treatment systems treating
wastewater-derived organic contaminants. Potential surrogates
and indicators were identified and their ability to predict
the removal of wastewater-derived chemical contaminants
was tested.
S4: Regional Water Reuse Issues/Funding Strategies
Obelisk
The Importance of the Tucson Water Regional Reclaimed
Water System to the Economic Vitality of the City of
Tucson – Pima County Region
–Tim Thomure, HDR Engineering
Due to historic groundwater over-pumping in central and
southern Arizona, large turf users have been required to shift
to the use of renewable water resources. Through the use of
reclaimed water, the destination resort golf industry is able to
expand and continually invest in ventures throughout the
greater Tucson community.
Low-cost Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Water
Reclamation Plants (WateReuse Foundation 06-008)
–Andrew Salveson, Carollo Engineers
The cost and operability data from existing small-scale water
reuse facilities is being gathered and synthesized. From this
analysis, treatment trains suitable for small-scale operation
will be recommended with minimum capital, operation, and
maintenance (O&M) cost while maintaining high product
water quality.
Satellite Versus Regional Treatment: A New Tool for a
Big Choice
–Steve Davis, Malcolm Pirnie
This presentation will demonstrate a new decision support
system (DSS) tool developed for the WateReuse Foundation
which compares and contrasts satellite versus regional treatment
for water reuse feasibility planning. The MS Excelbased
spreadsheet will be described and demonstrated to
show broad geographic applicability for a multiplicity of
state regulations.
Now We’re in the Business of Reuse: How Do We Pay for It?
–Dina O’Reilly and Cil Pierce, HDR Engineering
With the growth of communities, stringent regulations and
rapidly shrinking supplies of potable water, utilities are looking
to alternative sources of water to plan for their future
and turning to reclaimed water. Often, pricing and cost
recovery has been an obstacle. This presentation will discuss
options for funding and rate development.
Reclaimed Water Rates – Is Full Cost Recovery for You?
–Alan Rimer, Black & Veatch
Developing water reuse rates is considered by some to be an
almost arbitrary process – rates are set without appropriate
objectives in mind. There are a variety of ways to set rates.
Some communities perceive it necessary to keep reclaimed
water rates low to encourage use. Others, who view
reclaimed water as a resource comparable to their raw water
supply, are looking at the true cost of production and distribution
of reclaimed water. These communities are looking at
full cost recovery to establish their rates.
This presentation will discuss the costs to be considered
when developing reuse water rates. It is based on work done
for the Orange Water & Sewer Authority (North Carolina)
which has established such full cost recovery rates for a reuse
system that will initially serve the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC.
Reclaimed Water – Issues and Funding
–Diane Kemp, CDM
Water supply needs in Florida for the three major water
management districts establish demands to be met with
alternative water supplies. Funding and financial information
for reclaimed water is presented. Examples of reclaimed
water projects that have been implemented are presented.
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23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium Program
7:00 a.m. –
3:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. –
3:30 p.m.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Registration Open Atrium Convention Registration Desk
Exhibit Hall Open Stemmons Ballroom
7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Stemmons Ballroom
8:00 a.m. –
9:30 a.m.
Opening Session Grand Ballroom CDE
9:30 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break Stemmons Ballroom
A1: The Move to
Desalination —
A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Bob Reed
Reed & Associates
Room: L’Entrecote
B1: Health Effects &
Risk Assessment
Moderator: Craig Riley
Washington State Department
of Health
Room: Grand Ballroom B
C1: Innovative
Reuse Applications
Moderator: Alan Plummer
Alan Plummer Associates
Room: Grand Ballroom A
D1: Storage/
Irrigation Issues
Moderator: Richard Nagel
West Basin Municipal Water District
Room: Obelisk
10:00 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. –
11:00 a.m.
Introductory Presentations:
Australia and the World
Gary Crisp
GHD, Australia
Texas Overview
Jorge Arroyo
Texas Water Development Board
California Overview
Peter MacLaggan
Poseidon Resources Corporation
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for
Indirect Potable Water Reuse
Jörg Drewes
Colorado School of Mines
Safe Exposure Levels of Selected
PPCPs, EDCs and Other Chemicals of
Interest in Recycled Water
Gretchen Bruce
Intertox
Reclaimed Water Without
Pipelines?
Robert Johnson
Dallas Water Utilities
Betty Jordan
Alan Plummer Associates
Texas Style Subsidence Credit
Solutions—How Reuse Solved
One Utility’s Problem
Don Vandertulip
CDM
Monitoring Water Quality in Seasonal
Storage Reservoirs — How Utilities
Maximize Recycling Without Going
Bright Green
Nichole Baker
RMC Water and Environment
Innovative Thinking and Adaptability
for Reuse System Integration in the
City and County of Broomfield, CO
David Dalsoglio
City and County of Broomfield
Bo Botteicher
Underground Solutions
11:00 a.m. –
11:30 a.m.
Florida Overview
Christine Owen
Tampa Bay Water
Followed by 40 minutes of lively
discussion and interaction among
panelists, audience, and moderator.
Occurrence and Relevance of Endocrine
Disruptors and Pharmaceuticals in
Water
Shane Snyder
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Qingdao Ecoblock Sustainable
Development: TheChallenge of
Water Neutrality
Rowan Roderick Jones and
Manish Dalia
Arup
Keeping Up with the Jones’
Reuse Irrigation Demands
Heather Cavanagh
PBS&J
11:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
I. Contaminants in Highly Treated
Wastewaters
II. Bromate Health Research
Progress
Joseph Cotruvo
Joseph Cotruvo & Associates
A Novel Hybrid Forward Osmosis
Process for Drinking Water
Augmentation Using Impaired
Water and Saline Water Sources
Tzahi Cath
Colorado School of Mines
System Safety Verification and
Improvement of Internal Procedures
to Prevent Misconnections and
Cross Connections
Rod Posada
Otay Water District
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Monday Session Descriptions
12:00 p.m. –
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
Awards Luncheon and Annual Membership Meeting Grand Ballroom CDE
A2: Inland/
Brackish Water
Desalination Issues
Moderator: Paul Kinshella
Phoenix Water Services Department
Room: L’Entrecote
Comparison of Parallel RO, NF and
EDR Desalination Technologies After
Nine Years of Operation
Todd Reynolds
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Desalination Challenges in the Desert –
Stabilization of RO Concentrate for
Large Inland Water Treatment Plant
Charlie He
Carollo Engineers
Hedging Your Bets: Designing a Water
Treatment Facility in an Uncertain
Water Use Permitting Environment
Cory Johnson
CH2M HILL
B2: Membrane
Technologies for
Water Reuse
Moderator: R. Shane Trussell
Trussell Technologies
Room: Grand Ballroom B
Assessing Impact of Wastewater
Treatment and Effluent Quality on
Tertiary Membrane Design
James Lozier
CH2M HILL
Start-up & Operations Results at
an Australian Advanced Water
Reclamation Plant
Srinivas Veerapaneni
Black & Veatch
The Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor:
A Dual Barrier System for Potable
Water Reuse
Andrea Achilli
University of Nevada, Reno
C2: Water Reuse
Planning Issues
Moderator: Alan Rimer
Black & Veatch
Room: Grand Ballroom A
In the Beginning — Planning for
the South District Water
Reclamation Facility
Bruce Chalmers
CDM
Water Scarcity Drives the Need for
Advanced Water Treatment
Cindy Wallis-Lage
Black & Veatch
Water Resources Planning: The
Recycled Water Component
Pablo Martinez
San Antonio Water System
D2: Industrial
Issues
Moderator: Bahman Sheikh
Water Reuse Consultant
Room: Obelisk
UF-RO Pilot Study at a Water
Reclamation Plant in Singapore
Jianjun Qin
Singapore Center for Advanced Water
Technology
Finding Reclaimed Water Customers
Round 2 — A Different Approach
Karen Lowe and Elwood Herom
CDM
Standard on MBR Technology
Todd Reynolds
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Opening Session
Grand Ballroom CDE
The 23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium will feature several
prominent speakers in the opening session. Mayor Tom
Leppert of Dallas will welcome Symposium attendees to the
City. He will be followed by WateReuse President Richard
Atwater, who will deliver the Presidential Address.
Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), who represents the
Fort Worth area in the Congress, will be the keynote speaker.
Congresswoman Granger is a member of the House
Appropriations Committee, is very knowledgeable regarding
water issues, and is supportive of WateReuse’s strategic goals.
The Symposium's opening session will also include presentations
by Rebecca West, President-Elect of the Water
Environment Federation (WEF) and Jerry Stevens, Vice-
President of the American Water Works Association
(AWWA). AWWA and WEF partner with WateReuse in the
planning and convening of the WateReuse Symposium.
The opening session will be moderated by Danny Vance,
General Manager of the Trinity River Authority and immediate
Past President of the Texas Section of WateReuse.
A1: The Move to Desalination — A Panel Discussion
L’Entrecote
B1: Health Effects & Risk Assessment
Grand Ballroom B
Quantitative Health Risk Assessment for
Indirect Potable Water Reuse
–Jörg Drewes, Colorado School of Mines
This presentation will describe a number of quantitative
health risk assessment techniques as they are currently being
trialed in Australia for their application to different indirect
potable water recycling schemes within the established
framework of the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling
(AGWR).
Safe Exposure Levels of Selected PPCPs, EDCs and Other
Chemicals of Interest in Recycled Water
–Gretchen Bruce, Intertox
This presentation summarizes acceptable daily intakes (ADI)
established for contaminants potentially present in recycled
water intended for indirect potable reuse, selected based on
their properties, occurrence, and stakeholder interest.
Compounds include pharmaceuticals/personal care products,
endocrine disrupting compounds, and others of emerging
interest. ADIs were derived using published toxicity and
pharmacology data.
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break Stemmons Ballroom
Using Reclaimed Water and
Desalination to Reduce the Effects
of the 2007 and 2008 Drought in
South Florida
Ashie Akpoji
South Florida Water Management District
Chino Basin Desalter Authority
Update Program
Amy Jones
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Ground Water Recharge in South
Florida: A Pilot Study of High-Level
Wastewater Treatment
Sangeeta Dhulashia
MWH
Taking a Holistic Approach in Meeting
Alternative Water Supply Needs
Ronald Abraham
CDM
Satisfying Multiple Competing
Objectives on the First Nonpotable
Municipal-Wide Irrigation System in
New Jersey
Thomas Dumm
O’Brien & Gere
Using Technology to Administer a
Reclaimed Water Program
Karen Dotson
Tucson Water
Valuing Water in the Land of
10,000 Lakes — Reclaimed Water
for Minnesota’s Industries
Patti Craddock
Craddock Consulting Engineers
Municipal–Industrial Partnership
for Reuse: A Case Study in the
Northeast U.S.
Randall Booker
Malcolm Pirnie
The opening panelist will be Gary Crisp with GHD from
Australia. Mr. Crisp will present information pertaining to
the implementation of desalination projects in Australia as
well as other parts of the world where he has been involved
as Project Manager. The next panelist will be Peter
MacLaggan with Poseidon Resources. Mr. MacLaggan will
discuss the issues Poseidon Resources have been addressing
over the past years while preparing to build a 50 MGD plant
in Southern California. Our third panelist will be Jorge
Arroyo with the Texas Water Development Board. Mr.
Arroyo is the Desalination Program Manager for TBWD. He
will provide an overview of the status of desalination in the
state of Texas. The final panelist is Christine Owen with
Tampa Bay Water where she is the Water Quality Assurance
Officer. She will provide an update on major desalination
plants built and operated in the United States.
Occurrence and Relevance of Endocrine Disruptors and
Pharmaceuticals in Water
–Shane Snyder, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Water was collected from several drinking and reuse systems
and analyzed for EDCs/PPCPs. Based on extensive literature
reviews, the risk to human health of selected EDCs/PPCPs in
water was evaluated. Detected concentrations of target compounds
were well below the threshold values calculated to be
of health concern.
I.Contaminants in Highly Treated Wastewaters
II. Bromate Health Research Progress
–Joseph Cotruvo, Joseph Cotruvo & Associates
4:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.
Beneficial Use of Coal Bed
Methane Produced Water: Water
Quality Issues and Treatment
Strategies
Katie Benko
Colorado School of Mines
Photo-Cat: An Upstream, Multi-Barrier
AOP Approach to Reduce RO and NF
Membrane Fouling
Benjamin Stanford
Southern Nevada Water Authority
“Honestly…What’s the Reuse”
Objectives and Approaches for
Pricing Recycled Water
Robert Lockridge and Todd Cristiano
Red Oak Consulting, a division of
Malcolm Pirnie
Water Reuse at Palo Verde Nuclear
Generating Station
Henry Day
Arizona Public Service
This will be a two part status report on:
1. Research on Detoxification of Ingested Bromate
2. Progress on WRF-06-004: Health Effects Concerns of
Water Reuse Industry and Prioritizing Research Needs of
Chermicals
5:30 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
President’s Reception – Welcome to Texas Y’all Atrium 1
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Monday Session Descriptions (cont.)
C1: Innovative Reuse Applications
Grand Ballroom A
Reclaimed Water Without Pipelines
–Robert Johnson, Dallas Water Utilities & Betty Jordan, Alan
Plummer Associates
Water providers are turning to reclaimed water as part of the
solution to meeting the increasing demands for water supplies.
Development of delivery systems is an expensive longterm
proposition. With new technologies, there may be alternatives
available to provide high-quality reclaimed water to
the customer without significant infrastructure.
Texas Style Subsidence Credit Solutions – How Reuse
Solved One Utility’s Problem
–Don Vandertulip, CDM
Fort Bend Subsidence District has enacted water use regulations
that require all significant groundwater users in the
county to reduce groundwater use by 30% in 2013 and 60%
by 2025. This presentation reviews three significant conversions
opportunities, the potential benefits, and concurrent
drivers that influenced choosing to implement reuse.
Qingdao Ecoblock Sustainable Development:
The Challenge of Water Neutrality
–Rowan Roderick Jones and Manish Dalia, Arup
The Qingdao Ecoblock Sustainable Development strives to
push the limits of water reuse to reverse China’s trend of
unsustainable development. The water, wastewater treatment,
and stormwater systems aim to achieve nearly 60% of
“closed loop” recycling for potable uses. This discussion will
focus on the preliminary concepts for the water systems at
the Qingdao EcoBlock including collection, treatment and
reuse, and to describe some of the technical challenges inherent
to this project.
A Novel Hybrid Forward Osmosis Process for Drinking
Water Augmentation Using Impaired Water and Saline
Water Sources
–Tzahi Cath, Colorado School of Mines
Osmotically-driven membrane processes can be efficiently
combined in an integrated membrane system to provide
superior pretreatment and simultaneous augmentation of
water supplies during desalination of seawater and reclamation
of impaired water. Energy demand of seawater desalination
can be substantially reduced when employing the novel
forward osmosis/reverse osmosis hybrid system.
Alternate Presentation:
Efficient Reuse and Water Conservation Using a Satellite
Reclaimed Water Production and Facility
–Jason Christensen, HDR Engineering
This presentation will discuss the development of the satellite
reclaimed water production project in Midland TX, the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality rule making to
streamline the authorization process for construction of a
satellite facility, sizing of the satellite WWTP based on irrigation
consumption data, and preliminary engineering and
design of the membrane bioreactor system.
D1: Storage/Irrigation Issues
Obelisk
Monitoring Water Quality in Seasonal Storage
Reservoirs – How Utilities Maximize Recycling Without
Going Bright Green
–Nichole Baker, RMC Water and Environment
Lengthy residence time and open nature of reservoirs introduce
water quality problems not typically encountered in
enclosed tanks. This presentation will summarize a survey of
recycled water seasonal storage in California and Nevada and
evaluate the effects of physical characteristics of the reservoirs
on recycled water quality.
Innovative Thinking and Adaptability for Reuse System
Integration in the City and County of Broomfield, CO
–David Dalsoglio, City and County of Broomfield & Bo
Botteicher, Underground Solutions
The City and County of Broomfield has benefited from a
dedicated reuse water system that went online in 2004.
Dedication to the concept of reuse water irrigation has
Broomfield poised to support future growth and do so
responsibly in a climate of water shortage in the Front Range
of Colorado.
Keeping Up with the Jones’ Reuse Irrigation Demands
–Heather Cavanagh, PBS&J
Clay County Utility Authority in Northeast Florida has over
8,000 reuse customers, making peak demands difficult to
meet. The system depends on storage tanks, ponds, back-up
wells, pump stations, and transfer pipe. Anticipating an
increase in demand for reuse water, the Authority is preparing
creative strategies to meet increasing demands.
System Safety Verification and Improvement of
Internal Procedures to Prevent Misconnections and
Cross Connections
–Rod Posada, Otay Water District
A misconnection of a potable water service lateral into a
recycled water main occurred at the Fenton Business Center
in Chula Vista, CA. This business park is within Otay Water
District's source area. The business center consists of 29
suites, 17 of which were occupied, including two food related
establishments.
Alternate Presentation:
Meeting the Demand – Corona’s Recycled Water Program
Challenges
–Surendra Thakral, P.E., BCEE. & Viraj deSilva, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
This presentation examines the unique water needs of the
City of Corona, CA. Corona has a more critical need to harness
its recycled water resources than neighboring cities
because it has less groundwater supply, a relatively confined
groundwater aquifer, and a relatively higher demand due to a
denser and rapidly expanding population and uniquely characteristic
green belt. Use of recycled water will help Corona
meet future potable water and landscape water demands as
well as reduce dependence on less reliable outside water
sources, reduce overall capital and operating costs, and
maintain water quality standards in its potable water supply
and groundwater aquifer.
Awards Luncheon
Grand Ballroom CDE
The Awards Program recognizes excellent water reuse, reclamation,
and recycling projects and practitioners. The
WateReuse Association will identify projects that advance
reuse, have a new reclamation twist, or have made significant
contributions to water reuse. The following awards will be
presented during the luncheon on Monday:
• 2008 WateReuse Project of the Year (Large, Small, Desalination)
• 2008 WateReuse Institution of the Year
• 2008 WateReuse Public Education Program of the Year
• 2008 WateReuse Person of the Year
• 2008 WateReuse Customer of the Year
• 2008 WateReuse Award of Merit
The 2008 WateReuseAward winners can be foundon pages
8–12 of this program
The WateReuse Association will also conduct its annual
membership meeting during this luncheon.
A2: Inland/Brackish Water Desalination Issues
L’Entrecote
Comparison of Parallel RO, NF and EDR Desalination
Technologies After Nine Years of Operation
–Todd Reynolds, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
This presentation will provide an overview of an innovative
groundwater desalination facility with parallel RO, NF, and
EDR desalination membrane technologies. It highlights
lessens learned after nine years of operation and presents a
comparison of the three desalination technologies in terms
of water quality, production, maintenance and cost of water.
Desalination Challenges in the Desert – Stabilization of RO
Concentrate for Large Inland Water Treatment Plant
–Charlie He, Carollo Engineers
The City of Phoenix commissioned a one-year phased pilot
study to validate a concentrate management strategy for its
future inland Reverse Osmosis (RO) facility. A two-stage RO
system for ~92% recovery with an intermediate softening
process on the 1st-Stage RO concentrate is being evaluated
for both brackish surface and groundwater.
Hedging Your Bets: Designing a Water Treatment Facility
in an Uncertain Water Use Permitting Environment
–Cory Johnson, CH2M HILL
The Coral Springs Improvement District (CSID) plans to
install membranes to replace the existing lime-softening system.
Because water use permitting for CSID may take more
than a year, CSID is designing a RO facility to treat a range of
potential water quality from a hard and a brackish water
source, respectively.
Using Reclaimed Water and Desalination to Reduce the
Effects of the 2007 and 2008 Drought in South Florida
–Ashie Akpoji, South Florida Water Management District
South Florida is experiencing one of the most severe
droughts and widespread droughts in recent history, seriously
impacting all aspects of life in South Florida. This presentation
discusses water shortages and how desalination, conservation,
reclaimed water, and cooperation between agencies
and utilities were used to reduce drought impacts.
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Monday Session Descriptions (cont.)
Chino Basin Desalter Authority Program Update
–Amy Jones, Inland Empire Utilities Agency
The Chino Basin Desalter Authority (CDA) was created to
remove high levels of nitrates and total dissolved solids from
the groundwater, in accordance with the Optimum Basin
Management Plan (OBMP), through Reverse Osmosis and
Ion Exchange technology to provide potable water. The CDA
currently operates the Chino I Desalter (14.2 MGD) and
Chino II Desalter (10 MGD).
Beneficial Use of Coal Bed Methane Produced Water:
Water Quality Issues and Treatment Strategies
–Katie Benko, Colorado School of Mines
Produced water management is necessary for coalbed
methane development to increase gas production and to
minimize environmental impact caused by the discharge of
untreated brackish water. Ideal treatment strategies for produced
water allowing beneficial reuse will be reliable, robust,
flexible, easy to operate, and generate minimal residuals.
Alternate Presentation:
Advanced RO Polymers and Zeolite Filtration Media as
Sole Pretreatment for RO Systems in High TDS Application
–Sid Fly, Hydro Source
This presentation will provide the audience with innovative
ways to pre-treat high TDS reverse osmosis feed water. By
using advanced polymer (dendrite) antiscalents and a zeolite
(clinoptilolite) filtration media we can eliminate the softening
step and save you 50% on your current operating costs.
If your high TDS RO feed water comes from a well or
whether you want to reuse your RO concentrate stream, this
presentation should interest you.
B2: Membrane Technologies for Water Reuse
Grand Ballroom B
Assessing Impact of Wastewater Treatment and Effluent
Quality on Tertiary Membrane Design
–James Lozier, CH2M HILL
The design of tertiary membrane systems is strongly
dependent on the quality of effluent produced by the
upstream wastewater treatment process. This presentation
will discuss results of four pilot studies conducted with a
pressurized microfiltration system treating wastewater
effluents of different qualities to illustrate the impact on
membrane system design.
Start-up & Operations Results at an Australian Advanced
Water Reclamation Plant
–Srinivas Veerapaneni, Black & Veatch
This presentation will give a brief overview the planning, and
fast-track construction of an advanced water reclamation plant
in australia using MF, RO, UV/H 2 O 2 and nutrient removal
from concentrate. Initial operating data is also presented.
The Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor: A Dual Barrier System
for Potable Water Reuse
–Andrea Achilli, University of Nevada, Reno
The osmotic membrane bioreactor (OsMBR) utilizes forward
osmosis to transport water from the mixed liquor into
a draw solution having a higher osmotic pressure. To produce
potable water, the diluted draw solution is treated in a
reverse osmosis unit; the by-product is a reconcentrated
draw solution for reuse in the forward osmosis process.
Ground Water Recharge in South Florida: A Pilot Study of
High-Level Wastewater Treatment
–Sangeeta Dhulashia, MWH
City of Sunrise in cooperation with South Florida Water
Management District completed a pilot study on Advance
Wastewater Treatment technologies using membranes to
investigate the low nutrient level required by the Broward
County for groundwater recharge through the use of rapid
infiltration trenches.
Taking a Holistic Approach in Meeting Alternative
Water Supply Needs
–Ronald Abraham, CDM
The City of Fort Lauderdale is considering the use of satellite
reclaimed water production facilities (e.g., membrane bioreactors
[MBRs]) to treat raw sewage to tertiary levels and meet
stringent reuse water quality standards for the defined applications
in the City’s service area. This facility would also reduces
the wastewater flow to the City’s existing wastewater treatment
plant, which utilizes deep well injection for disposal.
Photo-Cat: An Upstream, Multi-Barrier AOP Approach to
Reduce RO and NF Membrane Fouling
–Benjamin Stanford, Southern Nevada Water Authority
This presentation will describe the use of a pilot-scale Photo-
Cat (UV/TiO 2 nanoparticle) unit to change the amount and
character of NOM and how those changes impact reverse
osmosis and nanofiltration membranes. Freshwater, brackish
water, and wastewater scenarios will each be presented.
C2: Water Reuse Planning Issues
Grand Ballroom A
In the Beginning – Planning for the South District Water
Reclamation Facility
–Bruce Chalmers, CDM
The South District Water Reclamation Plant is vital to the
development of a sustainable water resource solution for
South Florida, treating 23 MGD for groundwater replenishment.
This presentation highlights the initial thoughts and
findings of how to plan and implement an indirect potable
reuse project from the earliest stages.
Water Scarcity Drives the Need for Advanced
Water Treatment
–Cindy Wallis-Lage, Black & Veatch
Water scarcity issues are at an all time high in the world. To
address the water shortfall, utilities are implementing a variety
of strategies including desalination, water reuse, and
purification of impaired waters. This presentation will discuss
two municipalities who have addressed water scarcity
issues via the use of Advanced Water Treatment Plants.
Water Resources Planning: The Recycled Water Component
–Pablo Martinez, San Antonio Water System
Water resources planning for San Antonio began in late
1980s. Recycled water was projected to increase with population
increases. Construction of the delivery system began in
the 1990s, by the new millennium the demands of the local
market, existing utilities and environmental interests are
beginning to challenge the available supply.
Satisfying Multiple Competing Objectives on the
First Nonpotable Municipal-Wide Irrigation System
in New Jersey
–Thomas Dumm, O’Brien & Gere
This presentation will discuss the challenges and insights
associated with development of an irrigation system master
plan including technical, financial, and environmental
aspects such as investigating nonpotable water supply alternatives,
identifying “offset” costs, defining agreements, maintaining
instream flows, and satisfying NJDEP’s request to use
the lowest quality water for nonpotable uses.
Using Technology to Administer a Reclaimed
Water Program
–Karen Dotson, Tucson Water
This presentation will describe the six step re-engineering
process used by Tucson Water to reorganize its backflow prevention
and reclaimed water functions. It describes the
development of an online, real time program management
system, including a database, that allowed for a reduction in
staff (2 FTEs) while taking on new responsibilities.
“Honestly…What’s the Reuse” Objectives and Approaches
for Pricing Recycled Water
–Robert Lockridge and Todd Cristiano, Red Oak Consulting, a
division of Malcolm Pirnie
This WateReuse Foundation project includes the development
of a planning manual and financial model to serve as a
process and a tool for utilities considering a reclaimed water
utility. The model includes the financial parameters associated
with pricing reclaimed water and the economic implications
as a result of these financial decisions.
Alternate Presentation:
Water Balance Modeling: An Integral Tool for Water
Reuse Planning
–Lisa Prieto, CDM
Using a water balance model reduces the risk of not meeting
the irrigation needs and the unnecessary disposal of reclaimed
water during higher rainfall periods (when storage is not available)
and demand is satisfied. Water balance models are integral
to planning a comprehensive water reuse system.
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Monday Session Descriptions (cont.)
D2: Industrial Issues
Obelisk
UF-RO Pilot Study at a Water Reclamation
Plant in Singapore
–Jianjun Qin, Singapore Center for Advanced Water
Technology
NEWater is the product from a multiple barrier water reclamation
process. Singapore has a total of four operational
NEWater factories, at Bedok, Kranji, Ulu Pandan, and Seletar
Water Reclamation Plants (WRPs). NEWater factories in
Singapore use micro or ultra filtration followed by reverse
osmosis to treat the final effluent from WRPs to produce
NEWater. The final effluent streams that the existing
NEWater factories are taking feed from are relatively “good”
streams, as the used water is predominantly of domestic
nature with little industrial water (trade effluent). This is also
applicable to Kranji NWF (KNWF) which currently uses the
Kranji WRP (KWRP) Phase 3 Final Effluent. But KNWF was
undergoing expansion, and eventually had to use final effluent
from KWRP Phase 1, 2 which has some industrial component.
The bulk of NEWater in this region is consumed by
wafer fabs. Hence, there was concern whether this feedstock
will be consistently suitable for NEWater production in particular
with respect to the total organic carbon (TOC) and
the ionic contaminants in the RO permeate. The pilot study
was an approach to assess the suitability of water source for
production of NEWater using final effluent from phase 1 & 2
at KWRP.
Finding Reclaimed Water Customers
Round 2 – A Different Approach
–Karen Lowe and Elwood Herom, CDM
The City of Tampa has shifted focus from residential to commercial/industrial
users for expansion of the reclaimed water
system. Discussions include why the original residential
reclaimed system did not meet the projected rate of connection,
how the City of Tampa formulated a new approach, and
why this new approach is going to be more successful.
Valuing Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes – Reclaimed
Water for Minnesota’s Industries
–Patti Craddock, Craddock Consulting Engineers
Addressing stakeholder issues will promote industrial
water reuse in Minnesota. Stakeholder input and other
study findings identified key considerations to increase
reuse practices in Minnesota: solve liability and risk concerns,
provide and demonstrate economic incentives, and
assure public acceptance.
Municipal-Industrial Partnership for Reuse: A Case Study
in the Northeast U.S.
–Randall Booker, Malcolm Pirnie
A case study of municipal-industrial partnering for water
reuse in the northeastern U.S. is presented. Feed water quality
challenges, reclaimed water quality requirements, treatment
technology selection, and system design considerations
are discussed. Economic considerations, including the challenges
of producing and pricing reclaimed water for highquality
industrial reuse are reviewed.
Water Reuse at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
–Henry Day, Arizona Public Service
Palo Verde NGS annually receives approximately 70,000 acre
feet of secondary effluent for cooling water. Further treatment
at the 90 MGD Water Reclamation Facility allows
reuse, both at Palo Verde and Redhawk (a natural gas plant).
Palo Verde is the only nuclear power plant in the U.S. using
100% reclaimed water, and both Palo Verde and Redhawk
are zero liquid discharge plants. Challenges include competition
for reclaimed water, water quality, concentrate disposal,
and regional planning.
WATER RECYCLING?
WE THINK OF IT AS
CATCH AND RELEASE.
Tuesday
Standard on MBR Technology
–Todd Reynolds, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Information provided in this presentation may help attendees
better understand MBR plant design concepts, membrane
selection and differences, evaluation and design concepts,
and procurement of membrane equipment. This presentation
will also show the way to design and procure an
MBR project since there is still no standard for MBRs and
discuss what are the drivers in the MBR standardization.
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23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium Program
7:00 a.m. –
3:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. –
3:30 p.m.
7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Registration Open Atrium Convention Registration Desk
Exhibit Hall Open Stemmons Ballroom
Continental Breakfast Stemmons Ballroom
A3: Desalination
Implementation
and Economics
Moderator: Sandy Robinson
Malcolm Pirnie
Room: L’Entrecote
B3: Ground Water
Issues and ASR
Moderator: Keith Israel
Monterey Regional Water Pollution
Control Agency
Room: Grand Ballroom A&B
C3: Water Quality
Issues
Moderator: Jorge Arroyo
Texas Water Development Board
Room: Grand Ballroom C
D3: National
Legislative and
Water Policy
Outlook Session
Moderator: Carolyn Ahrens
Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin, P.C.
Room: Grand Ballroom D
8:00 a.m. –
8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Developing a Groundwater
Desalination Facility: A Road Map
for Communities
Michael Irlbeck
NRS Consulting Engineers
Climate Action Plans for
Desalination Plants and the
Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus
Alan Zelenka
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Use of a Saline Aquifer to Advance
Reclaimed Water ASR in Florida
Mark McNeal
ASRus
Using Soil Aquifer Treatment to
Address Public Concerns of Beneficial
Reuse in a Sole Source Aquifer
Tekla Taylor
Brown and Caldwell
Growth of Opportunistic Pathogens
and Biofilm Formation in Reclaimed
Water Distribution Systems
Patrick Jjemba
American Water
Making High Quality Reclaimed
Water: Challenges with RO
Permeate Stabilization
Amlan Ghosh
Malcolm Pirnie
Panelists Include:
Jeff Garwood
GE Water
Amelia Jenkins (invited)
Subcommittee on Water and
Power, U.S. House of
Representatives
Eric Sapirstein
ENS Resources
9:00 a.m. –
9:30 a.m.
Desalination — Energy
Efficiency Optimization and
Sustainable Energy Sources
Srinivas Veerapaneni
Black & Veatch
Leaching of Metals from Aquifer Soils
During Infiltration of Reclaimed Water
of Low Ionic Strength
Qilin Li
Rice University
Safety and Suitability of Recycled
Water for Irrigation of Edible Crops
Bob Holden
Monterey Regional Water Pollution
Control Agency
9:30 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break Stemmons Ballroom
A4: Desalination
Concentrate
Management — Part I
Moderator: Todd Reynolds
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Room: L’Entrecote
B4: Treatment
Technologies
Moderator: Andrew Salveson
Carollo Engineers
Room: Grand Ballroom A&B
C4: Water Reuse
in the Urban
Environment
Moderator: Don Vandertulip
CDM
Room: Grand Ballroom C
D4: Regulatory
Forum
Moderator: Jo Ann Jackson
PBS&J
Room: Grand Ballroom D
10:00 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.
Feasibility for Concentrate Disposal
in Depleted Oil and Gas Fields
Robert Mace
Texas Water Development Board
Increasing California Title 22 Filter
Loading Rate at Full-Scale Water
Recycling Facilities: Effect on
Removal of Particles and Inactivation
of Pathogen Indicators
Bahman Sheikh
Water Reuse Consultant
Integrating Wastewater Reuse
Systems into Municipal
Watershed Management
Strategy
Bo Butler, Smith Seckman Reid
Mark Hilty, City of Franklin, TN
Brief Updates from States and
Nations in Attendance —
Covering Rulemaking Activities,
Issues Faced and
Accomplishments
10:30 a.m. –
11:00 a.m.
An Osmotically-Driven Membrane
Processes for Minimizing Concentrated
Brine Created During Inland Desalination
Nathan Hancock
Colorado School of Mines
Pilot Testing of a High Rate Disk
Filter for Title 22 Approval
Keith Bourgeous
Carollo Engineers
Solving Issues of Water Supply and
Quality through Optimal Urban
Reuse Applications: A Case Study
of the Lower St. John’s River Basin
Aditya Tyagi
CH2M HILL
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11:00 a.m. –
11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. –
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. –
2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. –
2:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. –
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. –
4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. –
5:00 p.m.
A4 (Continued)
Desalination of Cap Water – Use of the
Vibratory Separation Enhanced Process
(V-SEP ® ) for Water Recovery from Brine
Umur Yenal
University of Arizona
Examination of Zero Liquid Discharge
for Inland Desalination through two
AwwaRF Research Projects
Rick Bond
Black & Veatch
Lunch on Your Own
A5: Desalination
Concentrate
Management — Part II
Moderator: Darryl Miller
Irvine Ranch Water District
Room: L’Entrecote
Enhanced Concentrate Recovery Feasibility
Analysis for the San Antonio Water System
(SAWS) Brackish Water Project
Howard Steiman, R.W. Beck
Kevin Morrison, San Antonio Water System
Recent Developments in Underground
Injection Statutes and Rules for
Desalination Concentrate
Management in Texas
Michelle McFaddin
Texas Water Development Board
Going Deep! A Small Inland Water
Agency Investigates Deep Well Injection
in California
Ryan Alameda
RMC Water and Environment
Treatment Wetlands for Concentrate:
Developments in Australia, Arizona,
and California
Jim Jordahl
CH2M HILL
Spontaneous Solids Generation in the
World’s Longest Municipal Brine Line
Gregory Wetterau
CDM
Assessment of a Hybrid Approach for
Desalination Concentrate Minimization
Pei Xu
Colorado School of Mines
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B4 (Continued)
Refreshment Break Stemmons Ballroom
Indirect Potable Reuse: Balancing
Costs and Benefits
Bill Bellamy
CH2M HILL
Water Reuse Utility is Natural
Selection for Environmentally
Friendly Master Planned Community
Dennis Cafaro
The Bonita Bay Group
B5: Disinfection
Technologies
Moderator: Joseph Cotruvo
Joseph Cotruvo & Associates, LLC
Room: Grand Ballroom A&B
A Blending of Old and New School
for Reclaimed Water Disinfection in
Arizona and California
Andrew Salveson
Carollo Engineers
Impact of Sequential &
Preformed Chloramine Dosing
on NDMA Formation in
Re-purified Wastewater
Mary Portillo and Karla Kinser
MWH
Disinfection Design and Operation
Implications for Facilities Practicing
Reuse
Edmund Kobylinski
Black & Veatch
An Empirical Method for Accurately
Sizing Wastewater UV Reactors for
Disinfection of any Microorganism
Tavy Wade
Carollo Engineers
Implementing an Effective UV
Advanced Oxidation Process
Paul Swaim
CH2M HILL
The Validation of HiPOx for
Reclaimed Water Disinfection Using
Ozone
Keel Robinson
Applied Process Technology
C4 (Continued)
Subsurface Drip Irrigation of
Omaha Golf Course Fairways
with Treated Effluent
Rodney Ruskin
Geoflow
Don’t Waste a Drop —
How Marco Island is
Maximizing Water Reuse
Solomon Abel
CDM
• Potable Reuse Committee Meeting Batile A
• Public Education & Outreach Committee Meeting Batile B
• Membership Committee Meeting Cardinal A
• International Committee Meeting Cardinal B
C5: Surface Water
Augmentation
Moderator: Tim Coughlin
Loudoun Water
Room: Grand Ballroom C
Water Quality Through Advanced
Wastewater Treatment (AWT)
Facilities and Recharge Modeling
(WateReuse Foundation 06-019)
Zhi (George) Zhou
Carollo Engineers
Leading Australia’s Water Security
Solutions for Inland Cities and
Towns: A Case Study from the
National Capital – Canberra
John Dymke
ACTEW Corporation
Strategies to Minimize Impacts of
a Microchip Manufacturer on a
Potable Water Reuse System
Robert Angelotti
Upper Occoquan Service Authority
Reuse for Potable Water Supply
Augmentation in the Trinity River
Basin
Glenn Clingenpeel
Trinity River Authority
The PUReWater Solution: Cloudcroft,
NM Indirect Potable Reuse Project
Eddie Livingston
Livingston Associates
Micropollutant Treatment with
UV-Oxidation at Colorado’s First
Indirect Potable Reuse Project
Michael Leach
Trojan Technologies
D4 (Continued)
Open Discussion of Regulatory
Issues Related to Microconstituents,
Nutrients, Public Health, Public
Acceptance, Indirect Potable Reuse,
Rulemaking, Water Quality,
Permitting, Disinfection, and
Developing National/International
Consistency.
D5: User Issues Forum:
Use of Reclaimed
Water at Golf Courses
Moderator: Mike McCullough
Northern California Golf Association
Room: Grand Ballroom D
Between a Rock or Groundwater:
Our Course’s Conversion to Recycled
Water
Charles Joachim
CGCS Champions Golf Club
A Successful Transition to Recycled
Water — Positive Experiences with
Local Staff, Consultants and Water
Quality
Pat Finlen
CGCS The Olympic Club
Salinity Outreach — Utilizing Technology
to Teach Landscape Professionals
about Salt and Salinity Issues
Bahman Sheikh
Water Reuse Consultant
An Update on the Regulations
Concerning the Satellite Plant in
Midland, TX
Brad Castleberry
Lloyd Gosselink Blevins Rochelle &
Townsend, P.C.
Are Small-Scale, Pre-Packaged
Treatment Systems Right for You?
Andrew Salveson
Carollo Engineers
Continued Discussion of User
Issues by Speakers and Attendees
Tuesday Session Descriptions
A3: Desalination Implementation and Economics
L’Entrecote
Developing a Groundwater Desalination Facility: A Road
Map for Communities
–Michael Irlbeck, NRS Consulting Engineers
By 2060, brackish groundwater desalination is expected to
provide over 150 million gallons per day of water treatment
capacity in Texas. The presentation will address key principles
in the planning, design, permitting, and construction of
these desalination projects and provide lessons learned from
a recently completed case study project.
Climate Action Plans for Desalination Plants and the
Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus
–Alan Zelenka, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
A step-by-step walk-through of the rationale and process to
do a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to reduce or eliminate greenhouse
gas emissions. A case study of a desalination plant CAP
showing the application of the five steps will be presented.
Desalination – Energy Efficiency Optimization and
Sustainable Energy Sources
–Srinivas Veerapaneni, Black & Veatch
This presentation will give a brief overview of existing seawater
desalination processes from energy consumption perspective.
It discusses various means of improving energy efficiency
through newer technologies as well as optimization of
existing technologies.
B3: Ground Water Issues and ASR
Grand Ballroom A&B
Use of a Saline Aquifer to Advance Reclaimed
Water ASR in Florida
–Mark McNeal, ASRus
This presentation will discuss the Englewood (FL) Water
District 10-year chronology of events to obtain the first
reclaimed water Aquifer Storage Recovery (ASR) operating
permit in Florida. The technical and regulatory challenges of
utilizing a 20,000 mg/L TDS aquifer to store and recover
approximately 50 MG of water annually will be presented.
Using Soil Aquifer Treatment to Address Public Concerns
of Beneficial Reuse in a Sole Source Aquifer
–Tekla Taylor, Brown and Caldwell
The City of Bisbee faced many public challenges as they transitioned
their wastewater discharge from disposal to beneficial
reuse. Although benefits were evident, convincing residents
that their "sole source aquifer" would be protected
proved challenging. SAT was used to demonstrate regulatory
compliance and protection of the City's water supply.
Leaching of Metals from Aquifer Soils During Infiltration
of Reclaimed Water of Low Ionic Strength
–Qilin Li, Rice University
Potential of metal leaching from a vadose zone soil and an
aquifer material during surface infiltration using reverse
osmosis treated wastewater was evaluated by bench desorption
equilibrium experiments under systematically varied
solution conditions.
C3: Water Quality Issues
Grand Ballroom C
Growth of Opportunistic Pathogens and Biofilm
Formation in Reclaimed Water Distribution Systems
–Patrick Jjemba, American Water
The disinfectant residual rapidly declined in all three distribution
systems and various pathogens (i.e., Aeromonas,
Mycobacterium, Pseudomonas and Legionella) regrew in
reclaimed water. Giardia, Cryptosporidium and algae were
also detected. Disinfection with chlorine or chloramine
increased assimilable organic carbon in the biofilm and the
biofilm protected some organisms from disinfection.
Making High Quality Reclaimed Water: Challenges with
RO Permeate Stabilization
–Amlan Ghosh, Malcolm Pirnie
The existing lime stabilization process at the Los Angeles'
Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility is unable to treat the
RO permeate to meet LA County’s water quality requirements
for reclaimed water. Bench-scale tests were performed
to study alternative techniques for permeate stabilization.
This presentation will discuss the test results and conclusions.
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Tuesday Session Descriptions (cont.)
Safety and Suitability of Recycled Water for Irrigation of
Edible Crops
–Bob Holden, Monterey Regional Water Pollution
Control Agency
Half of the recycled water delivered in California is used for
irrigation of agricultural crops, ranging the gamut of produce
from artichokes to zucchini. Although most of
Florida’s reclaimed water was used to irrigate feed and fodder
crops, 13 MGD was used to irrigate over 14,000 acres of
edible crops. Use of recycled water for irrigation of food
crops is safe.
Alternate Presentation:
A Bench and Pilot-Scale Studies for Reducing Total
Phosphorus Levels from RO Concentrate Water for
the New 12 MGD Indirect Potable Water Reuse Facility
in Colorado
–Shahnawaz Sinha, Richard P. Arber Associates
The presentation will discuss results of one year long pilot
and bench-scale studies for the new 12 mgd indirect potable
reuse facility at Centennial, Colorado. Presentation will discuss
choosing an effective antiscalant/ antifoulant for RO
treatment at pilot-scale and selecting an effective coagulant
at bench-scale in removing phosphorus from the RO concentrate
water.
D3: National Legislative and
Water Policy Outlook Session
Grand Ballroom D
Moderated by Carolyn Ahrens, Chair of the WateReuse
Association’s National Legislative Committee, this session
will include speakers Jeff Garwood, CEO of GE Water;
Amelia Jenkins (invited); and Eric Sapirstein, the WateReuse
Association’s lobbyist in Washington. As the name indicates,
the focus of the session will be on water policy and the
prospects for new national legislation, both in 2008 and
when the new Congress convenes in January, 2009.
A4: Desalination Concentrate Management – Part I
L’Entrecote
Feasibility for Concentrate Disposal in Depleted Oil and
Gas Fields
–Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board
Depleted oil and gas fields occur in many parts of Texas, oiland
gas-field operators already inject oil field brines into
these fields in more than 30,000 wells, and the impact to the
environment is negligible to non-existent. Can we use these
wells for the disposal of brine concentrates?
An Osmotically-Driven Membrane Processes for
Minimizing Concentrated Brine Created During
Inland Desalination
–Nathan Hancock, Colorado School of Mines
Osmotically-driven membrane processes for treatment of
impaired water streams have lately been the focus of many
studies. Forward osmosis was found to be effective in highrecovery
desalination of brackish water. This study focuses
on solute transport, rather than solvent transport, and its
critical role in future commercialization of the process.
Desalination of Cap Water – Use of the Vibratory
Separation Enhanced Process (V-SEP®) for Water Recovery
from Brine
–Umur Yenal, University of Arizona
This presentation will describe an on-going pilot-scale study
to establish the feasibility and limitations of Vibratory Shear
Enhanced Processing (V-SEP®) for enhanced water recovery
from concentrate derived from RO treatment of Colorado
River water. The overall recovery reached to date is 93%,
although results are mixed whether VSEP performance is
maximized.
Examination of Zero Liquid Discharge for Inland
Desalination through two AwwaRF Research Projects
–Rick Bond, Black & Veatch
This presentation will address considerations in zero liquid
discharge desalination using examples and results from two
AwwaRF research projects.
B4: Treatment Technologies
Grand Ballroom A&B
Increasing California Title 22 Filter Loading Rate at Full-
Scale Water Recycling Facilities: Effect on Removal of
Particles and Inactivation of Pathogen Indicators
–Bahman Sheikh, Water Reuse Consultant
The pilot phase tested loading rates on filter columns under
simulated full-scale conditions. That phase showed a fullscale
testing phase was warranted. At the higher loading rates
full-scale filters also met or exceeded equivalency criteria of
the California Department of Public Health both at
Monterey and at San Jose facilities.
Pilot Testing of a High Rate Disk Filter for
Title 22 Approval
–Keith Bourgeous, Carollo Engineers
The pilot testing results and the unique aspects of an innovative
tertiary disk filter system that operates at flux rates
greater than two times conventional filtration rates will be
presented. The ability of the filtration system to meet
California’s Title 22 water recycling requirements will also
be presented.
Indirect Potable Reuse: Balancing Costs and Benefits
–Bill Bellamy, CH2M HILL
Public health, water scarcity, and environmental issues are creating
a call for the examination of sustainable approaches to
potable reuse. This presentation compares a dual-membrane
treatment process to a less energy intensive process with
respect to public health, cost, and carbon dioxide emissions.
Water Reuse Utility is Natural Selection for
Environmentally Friendly Master Planned Community
–Dennis Cafaro, The Bonita Bay Group
Southwest Florida’s rapidly expanding population is
projected to increase by 70% between 2000 and 2020.
Traditional groundwater sources will not be adequate to
meet future demand.
Resource Conservation Services (RCS) was founded in 1985
to provide non-potable water as an alternate source. This
presentation details RCS’ water resource management strategy
and serves as a model for the start-up of a for-profit irrigation
utility.
Alternate Presentation
Evaluation of Sequencing Batch Membrane Bioreactor
Technology for Onsite Treatment
–Richard Huggins, Colorado School of Mines
Hybrid sequencing batch reactor and membrane bioreactor
technology provides a process capabable of superior treatment
of domestic wastewater. A full scale 12 gpm SBR-MBR
system designed for onsite treatment of wastewater from
small community was operated under various operational
conditions to evaluate the performance, advantages, and limitations
of this technology.
C4: Water Reuse in the Urban Environment
Grand Ballroom C
Integrating Wastewater Reuse Systems into Municipal
Watershed Management Strategy
–Bo Butler, Smith Seckman Reid and Mark Hilty,
City of Franklin, TN
A Municipal Reclaimed Water program can provide additional
water for nonpotable use at a much lower cost than
potable water and in this manner supplement the potable
water supply. Case studies of two relatively new systems in
Tennessee highlight their experiences and methods for those
wishing to start their own systems.
Solving Issues of Water Supply and Quality through
Optimal Urban Reuse Applications: A Case Study of the
Lower St. John’s River Basin
–Aditya Tyagi, CH2M HILL
The St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD)
is assisting utilities in the Lower St. Johns River Basin
(LSJRB) in their water supply and wastewater integrated
management planning. To achieve their desired planning
goals utilities are looking for opportunities to maximize
reclaimed water reuse to offset potable water supply and
remove discharges from the Lower St. Johns River in order to
be in compliance with TMDL allocations. The main impediment
to wider use of reclaimed water identified by the stakeholders
is the need for inter-utility regional planning. This
project was initiated jointly with SJRWMD and the major
utilities in the LSJRB to maximize reclaimed water reuse to
offset potable water supply and remove discharges from the
Lower St. Johns River in most economical way using an optimized
solution.
Subsurface Drip Irrigation of Omaha Golf Course
Fairways with Treated Effluent
–Rodney Ruskin, Geoflow
Omaha Beach is a region with a shortfall of groundwater.
After evaluating the irrigation alternatives, which was a key
component of the new golf course expansion, subsurface
drip irrigation of treated wastewater under the new fairways
and surrounding landscape was selected. The system has
operated successfully since 2002.
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Tuesday Session Descriptions (cont.)
Don’t Waste a Drop – How Marco Island is Maximizing
Water Reuse
–Solomon Abel, CDM
The City of Marco Island has the perfect situation for reuse.
The climate requires intensive irrigation during the dry
months and tourism requires maintained landscape. Last
year the City sold 80% of the reclaimed water produced and
is on track to sell 100% for irrigation.
D4: Regulatory Forum
Grand Ballroom D
This is your opportunity to learn, share, and debate regulatory
issues affecting projects across the nation and around
the world. The Regulatory Forum will include brief
updates from states and nations in attendance covering
rulemaking activities, issues, and accomplishments. In
addition, there will be open discussion of regulatory issues
related to microconstituents, nutrients, public health, public
acceptance, indirect potable reuse, rulemaking, water
quality, permitting, disinfection, and developing national/
international consistency.
A5: Desalination Concentrate Management – Part II
L’Entrecote
Enhanced Concentrate Recovery Feasibility Analysis for the
San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Brackish Water Project
–Howard Steiman, R.W. Beck and Kevin Morrison, San
Antonio Water System
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is currently developing
a 20 MGD brackish water desalination facility. This presentation
will provide a brief description of the project and
SAWS program to optimize its concentrated disposal method
by determining if an enhanced recovery alternative is feasible
for the project.
Recent Developments in Underground Injection
Statutes and Rules for Desalination Concentrate
Management in Texas
–Michelle McFaddin, Texas Water Development Board
This presentation will examine recent developments in
underground injection regulations in Texas; highlight current
water planning trends that favor alternative water supply
options; describe the federal and state regulatory framework
for underground injection and concentrate disposal,
and consider potential implications of these actions at a
national level.
Going Deep! A Small Inland Water Agency Investigates
Deep Well Injection in California
–Ryan Alameda, RMC Water and Environment
This presentation will look at the use of deep well injection for
desalination concentrate management in Hollister, CA.
Treatment Wetlands for Concentrate: Developments in
Australia, Arizona, and California
–Jim Jordahl, CH2M HILL
This presentation will integrate feasibility study and pilot test
results from several projects to define the current understanding
of the potential role of wetlands for concentrate
management, including pilot scale results from Brisbane,
Australia, and Oxnard, CA, and initial feasibility study results
from Goodyear, AZ.
Spontaneous Solids Generation in the World’s Longest
Municipal Brine Line
–Gregory Wetterau, CDM
The 72 mile Santa Ana Regional Interceptor brine line, in
operation for over 15 years, has recently begun experiencing
problems with spontaneous generation of suspended solids
inside the pipeline. This presentation discusses results of studies
identifying the source of these solids and problems experienced
blending desalination brine with domestic wastewater.
Assessment of a Hybrid Approach for Desalination
Concentrate Minimization
–Pei Xu, Colorado School of Mines
The study investigated the viability of employing a hybrid
RO-intermediate precipitation-ED system to improve water
recovery and minimize concentrate volume of brackish water
desalination. The operational conditions and the performance
of different ED membranes were tested through laboratory
experiments, and optimized through water quality modeling
and cost analysis.
Alternate Presentation:
Bench Scale Study of Reverse Osmosis Membrane
Treatment of CAP Water
–Dongxu Yan, University of Arizona
This presentation will present results of bench scale study of
RO desalination of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water.
These results will be used to recommend pilot or full-scale
RO plant operation conditions and to estimate operational
costs under these conditions.
B5: Disinfection Technologies
Grand Ballroom A&B
A Blending of Old and New School for Reclaimed Water
Disinfection in Arizona and California
–Andrew Salveson, Carollo Engineers
Faced with the dual challenge of coliform disinfection and
DBP criteria, many utilities will select UV disinfection. This
presentation outlines other treatment technology options,
detailing disinfection and DBP investigations for two cities.
Technologies investigated on the bench top include optimized
filtration, chlorination, chloramination, UV, ozone,
and carbon filtration.
Impact of Sequential & Preformed Chloramine Dosing on
NDMA Formation in Re-purified Wastewater
–Mary Portillo and Karla Kinser, MWH
A study has been conducted on reuse water from the
Australian Gibson Island Advanced Water Treatment Plant to
determine if different chloramine dosing conditions affect
the formation potential of NDMA. The study focuses on
evaluating sequential and preformed chloramines addition
for disinfection.
Disinfection Design and Operation Implications for
Facilities Practicing Reuse
–Edmund Kobylinski, Black & Veatch
Long retention time chlorination systems typically have difficulties
maintaining a chlorine residual. This presentation discusses
flow related issues and variable volume contact chamber
design. A discussion of chlorine chemistry pertaining to
chloramines is also relevant to maintaining a proper residual
chlorine concentration. Multiple chlorine addition points are
also discussed.
An Empirical Method for Accurately Sizing Wastewater UV
Reactors for Disinfection of any Microorganism
–Tavy Wade, Carollo Engineers
This research proposes a new method whereby the log
reduction of any organism can be predicted as a function of
the flow rate, the UV transmittance of the water, and the
UV sensitivity of the organism as determined in collimated
beam tests.
Implementing an Effective UV Advanced Oxidation Process
–Paul Swaim, CH2M HILL
Following the widespread implementation of UV disinfection,
many utilities have begun to consider the potential use
of the UV advanced oxidation process (AOP), both for water
reuse and drinking water treatment. This presentation will
include project experience and lessons learned from three
early UV-AOP projects across the world.
The Validation of HiPOx for Reclaimed Water
Disinfection Using Ozone
–Keel Robinson, Applied Process Technology
This presentation will detail the efforts by Applied Process
Technology and Carollo Engineers to perform testing for
ozone to meet the stringent disinfection criteria for “tertiary
recycled water” in California. All testing was performed on
versions of the Applied high-pressure oxidation system
(HiPOx TM ), on pilot- and bench-scale reactors.
C5: Surface Water Augmentation
Grand Ballroom C
Water Quality Through Advanced Wastewater Treatment
(AWT) Facilities and Recharge Modeling (WateReuse
Foundation 06-019)
–Zhi (George) Zhou, Carollo Engineers
This project was designed to 1) demonstrate the removal of
trace organics through various membrane processes; 2) correlate
trace organic concentration to toxicological response
using tissue culture and live fish bioassays; 3) track the fate
and transport of trace organics from a surface water injection
point to groundwater supply wells.
Leading Australia’s Water Security Solutions for
Inland Cities and Towns: A Case Study from the National
Capital – Canberra
–John Dymke, ACTEW Corporation
This presentation will give an overview of the planning for
an 8 ML/d demonstration water purification scheme in
Canberra, Australia's national capital.
Issues to be covered include the details of process selection,
community and stakeholder engagement in the public discussion
on the project and a brief overview of the project
procurement methodology selection process for deploying
this project.
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Tuesday Session Descriptions (cont.)
Strategies to Minimize Impacts of a Microchip
Manufacturer on a Potable Water Reuse System
–Robert Angelotti, Upper Occoquan Service Authority
Alternate Presentation:
Lake Elsinore Rejuvenation
–Norris Brandt, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
a full-service consulting rm offering multidiscipline engineering services
UOSA operates a 54 MGD indirect potable reuse system that
augments the Occoquan Reservoir. This reservoir is a principle
raw water supply for 1.3 million Northern Virginia customers.
The paper describes why the discharge of an
upstream microchip manufacturer is significant and methods
UOSA uses to manage its impacts.
Lake Elsinore, Southern California’s largest natural lake, is at
the bottom of an approximately 800-square-mile watershed.
This presentation will describe how Elsinore Valley
Municipal Water District is providing almost 5,000 acre feet
of recycled water each year to enhance the environment and
provide high quality fishing and boating resources to the
entire region.
Reuse for Potable Water Supply Augmentation in the
Trinity River Basin
–Glenn Clingenpeel, Trinity River Authority
D5: User Issues Forum: Use of
Reclaimed Water at Golf Courses
Grand Ballroom D
This presentation will discuss the importance of reuse in
potable water supply augmentation in the Trinity River
basin of Texas. This will include a discussion of reuse in
state water planning, an overview of water law relevant to
indirect potable reuse, and examples of current reuse projects
in the basin.
The PUReWater Solution: Cloudcroft, NM Indirect Potable
Reuse Project
–Eddie Livingston, Livingston Associates
The Village of Cloudcroft, NM will implement the first indirect
potable reuse (IPR) project in the State of New Mexico.
The PUReWater project will treat wastewater flows to drinking
water quality, for blending with local natural water
sources and augmentation into the potable water supply.
Micropollutant Treatment with UV-Oxidation at
Colorado’s First Indirect Potable Reuse Project
–Michael Leach, Trojan Technologies
The Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority and
the Cottonwood Water and Sanitation District collaborated
to design and implement an indirect potable reuse system in
landlocked Cottonwood, CO. The Water Treatment Plant will
use RO and UV-oxidation to ensure that wastewater-derived
contaminants are removed from water entering the potable
system.
This year’s User Issues Forum has a variety of topics that will
address the diversity of issues that face recycled water users.
Presentations from two prominent golf course superintendents
will highlight how recycled water has impacted their
facility. Learn how a Houston area club has transitioned
from groundwater to recycled water and how a legendary
San Francisco facility has worked with area officials to utilize
this previously untapped resource for meeting their irrigation
needs. A new outreach guide will use modern technologies
to highlight salinity issues for landscape professionals.
Also learn about pre-packaged treatment systems. Are these
scaled down versions of wastewater treatment plants a good
fit for local communities? The City of Midland, TX is currently
trying to install a satellite plant. How are new regulations
affecting this project? Attend the User Issues Forum to
learn more about current issues regarding the ever-growing
water supply resource – recycled water.
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23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium Program
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
7:00 a.m. –
8:30 a.m.
Registration Open Atrium Convention Registration Desk
7:00 a.m. –
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom Foyer
A6: Advances in
Desalination
Technology
Moderator: Nikolay Voutchkov
Poseidon Resources Corporation
Room: L’Entrecote
B6: Regulatory
Considerations
Moderator: Ray Longoria
Freese and Nichols
Room: Grand Ballroom A&B
C6: Planning for
Water Reuse
Moderator: Anthony Andrade
Southwest Florida Water
Management District
Room: Grand Ballroom C
D6: Wetland Issues
Moderator: Guy Carpenter
HDR Engineering
Room: Grand Ballroom D
8:00 a.m. –
8:30 a.m.
Solarpump: A Solar-Driven System
for Distilling and Transporting Water
Using a Porous Material
Shinichi Takami
Kinki University
Recycled Water is the Key to Resolving
Regional Water Issues in Monterey,
California
Steven Kasower
University of California, Santa Cruz
Matching Service Level to Product
Quality
Joe Walters
West Basin Municipal Water District
Evolution of the Use of
Constructed Wetlands for
Beneficial Reuse in Florida
Jo Ann Jackson
PBS&J
8:30 a.m. –
9:00 a.m.
Design Optimization of Anti-Fouling
Micromixers for Reverse Osmosis
Membranes
Siri Sahib S. Khalsa
Sandia National Laboratories
California Dreamin’? A Case Study of
State Efforts to Develop a Recycled
Water Policy
Cassie Aw-yang
Somach Simmons & Dunn
Southeast Texas Trends in Urban
Reuse — Some Surprising
Numbers
Mark Lowry
TCB|AECOM
The Chino Creek Wetlands and
Educational Park Project
Lucia Fuertez & Bob Nienhuis
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
9:00 a.m. –
9:30 a.m.
Surface Water Augmentation —
Integration of Desalination
Dhananjay Mishra
Malcolm Pirnie
Reuse Water as a Texas Viable Water
Supply Strategy
Alan Plummer
Alan Plummer Associates
Water Reuse Planning for Military
Installations
Stacey Fredenberg
Malcolm Pirnie
Constructed Wetlands Provide
Water Reuse
Ronald Crites
Brown and Caldwell
9:30 a.m. –
10:00 a.m.
Assessing Water Quality and
Treatment Goals for Ocean Water
Desalination: Looking at All Sides
Phil Lauri
West Basin Municipal Water District
R. Shane Trussell
Trussell Technologies
Building a Water Reuse Program in
Anticipation of the Virginia Regulation
Lisa Prieto
CDM
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
with Recycled Water
Alan Zelenka
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Oxnard California’s Groundwater
Recovery Enhancement and
Treatment (GREAT) Program
Mary Vorissis
CH2M HILL
10:00 a.m. –
10:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Foyer
10:15 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Closing Plenary Session: Pharmaceuticals in Water — Should We Be Concerned?
Grand Ballroom D&E
12:00 p.m. –
12:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks Grand Ballroom D&E
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Wednesday Session Descriptions
A6: Advances in Desalination Technology
L’Entrecote
Solarpump: A Solar-Driven System for Distilling and
Transporting Water Using a Porous Material
–Shinichi Takami, Kinki University
We have invented a solar still that can lift or transport water
simultaneously during distillation. Because of its structure
our system is also far more energy-efficient than conventional
solar still. We shall present the operating principle, construction
of a model apparatus, and some preliminary results
of its performance.
Design Optimization of Anti-Fouling Micromixers for
Reverse Osmosis Membranes
–Siri Sahib S. Khalsa, Sandia National Laboratories
A design analysis was performed using computational fluid
dynamics to optimize the shape of small protrusions
(micromixers) fabricated on reverse-osmosis membranes,
with the objective of reducing biofouling by increasing the
amount of turbulent mixing along the membrane surface.
Surface Water Augmentation-Integration of Desalination
–Dhananjay Mishra, Malcolm Pirnie
This presentation will discuss the experiences with respect to
the surface water augmentation for potable use by the integrated
membrane system, membrane procurement, and findings
from the bench and pilot-scale testing.
Assessing Water Quality and Treatment Goals for Ocean
Water Desalination: Looking at All Sides
–Phil Lauri, West Basin Municipal Water District and
R. Shane Trussell, Trussell Technologies
The West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) is a
clear leader in developing sustainable and innovative water
sources for Southern California. The Edward Little water
recycling facility in El Segundo, CA was one of the first fullscale
implementations in the late 90’s of an integrated membrane
process to reduce the overall treatment costs, using
microfiltration as a pretreatment process for reverse osmosis.
Today WBMWD has continued to expand their production
of customized recycled water for the local industry and has
delivered over 95 Billion gallons of recycled water to date.
Despite these efforts, the District’s 2008 water portfolio is
heavily dependent on the imported water supply from the
Colorado River and the State Project Water, representing
65% of the total water. In an effort to develop a more regional
and sustainable solution, which would reduce the District’s
dependence on imported water, the District is pursuing
Ocean Water Desalination to supplement their water portfolio.
This presentation will discuss District’s water quality
goals and the basis for these water quality goals.
Alternate Presentation:
Overview of Seawater Desalination Advances in California
–Nikolay Voutchkov, Poseidon Water
This presentation will provide an overview of ongoing seawater
desalination projects in California and of key challenges
associated its wider implementation including: costs
and energy for production of desalinated water; effect of various
types of intakes on impingement and entrainment of
marine organisms; and concentrate management.
B6: Regulatory Considerations
Grand Ballroom A&B
Recycled Water is the Key to Resolving Regional Water
Issues in Monterey, California
–Steven Kasower, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Monterey, CA urban and agricultural sectors face water
shortage and groundwater degradation issues. A regional
plan was identified comprised of conservation, stormwater
reuse, brackish groundwater desalination and recycled water.
This presentation describes recycled water alternatives within
that plan and their key roles in resolving the regional water
supply issues.
California Dreamin’? A Case Study of State Efforts to
Develop a Recycled Water Policy
–Cassie Aw-yang, Somach Simmons & Dunn
This presentation will explore efforts by the California state
agency that regulates water quality and water supply to
develop a recycled water policy in the face of competing
stakeholder views. The purpose of the policy is to increase
the use of recycled water to meet growing demands on the
state’s water resources.
Reuse Water as a Texas Viable Water Supply Strategy
–Alan Plummer, Alan Plummer Associates
To meet the demands of a growing population, the 2007
Texas State Water Plan proposes that reuse water strategies
provide 15% of the new water supplies. There are numerous
planned and operating reuse water projects in Texas. Water
reuse is critical to meet future water supply needs and to
support economic development of Texas.
C6: Planning for Water Reuse
Grand Ballroom C
Matching Service Level to Product Quality
–Joe Walters, West Basin Municipal Water District
When recycled water becomes a key element in the daily
operations of a business, customer service effort by the water
agency needs to evolve to a higher level. West Basin
Municipal Water District shares insight into its customer
service efforts to support “designer” recycled water and the
ensuing customer expectations.
Southeast Texas Trends in Urban Reuse –
Some Surprising Numbers
–Mark Lowry, TCB/AECOM
A Texas development was planned for conjunctive use of
effluent reuse and groundwater for irrigation purposes. TCB
developed computer models to achieve the maximum utilization
of the reuse water available and still safeguard valuable
landscaping. All of the available effluent will be used for
irrigation purposes at full development.
Water Reuse Planning for Military Installations
–Stacey Fredenberg, Malcolm Pirnie
This presentation will compare and contrast water reuse feasibility
planning for municipalities and for military installations.
By examining water reuse in the military context, lessons
can be drawn that help us further understand and master
the study process. We can then more effectively identify
the constraints and opportunities for water reuse in both
cities and military installations.
Building a Water Reuse Program in Anticipation of the
Virginia Regulation
–Lisa Prieto, CDM
This presentation will detail the experiences of the Loudoun
Water (LW) in building a water reuse program. LW considers
water reuse to be an important, long-term, component of its
nutrient management and water resource management plans.
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint with Recycled Water
–Alan Zelenka, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Connections between water, energy, greenhouse gases
(GHGs), and recycled water are explored with an example
calculation comparing a recycled water project at Inland
Empire Utilities Agency in Southern California to importing
that water from the California State Water Project. Energy
inputs are calculated and the GHG reductions are estimated.
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Wednesday Session Descriptions (cont.)
Alternate Presentation:
Recycled Water as a Vital Part of a Supply Portfolio:
Developing an Integrated Resource Plan
–Kelley Weaver, CDM
This presentation will discuss the dynamic modeling of recycled
water as part of a water resources systems model developed
for an Integrated Resource Plan. A systems dynamics
model is an innovative tool that provides a flexible technical
framework for long-term water supply decision-making with
multiple objectives and multiple water resource options.
D6: Wetland Issues
Grand Ballroom D
Evolution of the Use of Constructed Wetlands for
Beneficial Reuse in Florida
–Jo Ann Jackson, PBS&J
Constructed wetlands were first built in Florida as a means
to meet stringent discharge criteria while creating beneficial
habitat. As Florida has recognized limitations of its fresh
water resources, a shift in the way constructed wetlands are
being utilized has occurred. This paper examines this shift,
through three case studies.
The Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park Project
–Lucia Fuertez and Bob Nienhuis, Inland Empire
Utilities Agency
Oxnard California’s Groundwater Recovery Enhancement
and Treatment (GREAT) Program
–Mary Vorissis, CH2M HILL
Oxnard California’s GREAT Program is a water resources
project that combines water recycling and reuse, groundwater
injection, storage and recovery, and groundwater desalination.
The program includes innovative projects such as
advanced wastewater treatment, wetland treatment for
reverse osmosis concentrate, and public education.
Closing Plenary Session: Pharmaceuticals in
Water — Should We Be Concerned?
Grand Ballroom D&E
The water community is constantly being inundated by news
articles and public inquiries regarding pharmaceuticals in
reclaimed water, and this topic is of vital interest to water suppliers,
wastewater dischargers, and water reclamation practitioners.
At this final plenary session moderated by Dr. Jim
Crook, a renowned expert in water reuse, panelists with varying
viewpoints will address the question of whether – or how
much – the water community should be concerned with pharmaceuticals
in reclaimed water, particularly as it relates to
potable reuse. The four panelists are Richard Bull of MoBull
Consulting, Joseph Cotruvo of J. Cotruvo Associates, Sam
Mowbray of the Orange County Sanitation District, and
Shane Snyder of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. This
session will be enlightening, provocative, and downright fun.
Don’t miss it!
The Chino Creek Park Wetlands and Educational Park is
located within the Chino Basin Watershed Management
Area. The park is designed to direct flows through wetland
and riparian ponds and streams and continue under El
Prado Road through pipes funneled into a lower wetland
area which then discharges into a soft bottom portion of
Chino Creek Reach 1.
Constructed Wetlands Provide Water Reuse
–Ronald Crites, Brown and Caldwell
Constructed wetlands can provide direct water reuse, facilitate
further water reuse, provide wildlife habitat benefits, and
provide educational and social benefits. Wetlands at Kachina
Village near Flagstaff in Arizona and at LOTT near Olympia
in Washington provide examples of these beneficial uses.
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Sponsors & Exhibitors

2008 Symposium Sponsors
Premier Conference Sponsors
Advanced Concepts & Technologies International
Virgil McCaleb, Executive Vice President
1105 Wooded Acres, Suite 500
Waco, TX 76710
(254) 751-9823 • www.act-i.com
ACT I specializes in innovative solutions to complex water
issues including water security, purification and reuse, technology
evaluation and development, and chemical/biological
testing. Our highly trained scientists and engineers have
extensive experience in water and wastewater, soil and sediment,
process engineering, and detection technology development.
NELAP and LT2 accredited.
Brown and Caldwell
Steve Sagstad, Associate
201 East Washington Street, Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 567-4000 • www.brwncald.com
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, Brown and Caldwell is a
full-service environmental engineering firm with 45 offices and
1,600+ professionals across the country. For more than 60 years,
our creative designs and progressive solutions have helped
scores of municipal, federal and private agencies successfully
overcome their most challenging environmental obstacles.
Carollo Engineers
Tracy Clinton, Engineer/Project Manager
2700 Ygnacio Valley Road, #300
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 932-1710 • www.carollo.com
For 75 years, Carollo has been the leader in water-focused
engineering, partnering with clients to develop innovative
water treatment solutions that support environmental stewardship
and sustainability. With 25 offices in 11 states,
Carollo remains committed to the one focus—working to
help solve our client’s toughest water and wastewater challenges
every day.
Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc.
Randel West, Principal
1820 Regal Row
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 638-0500 • www.cpyi.com
CP&Y, a full-service consulting firm offering multidiscipline
engineering services, has grown to be one of the most respected
engineering firms in the southwestern United States. CP&Y’s
reputation includes providing excellence in engineering by
offering an unmatched level of service, attention to detail, and
personal involvement by the firm’s top management.
MWH Global
Linda Summers, Major Campaigns Manager
7557 Rambler Road, Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75231
(214) 346-4305 • www.mwhglobal.com
Developing alternative water systems to counter the challenges
of climate change is central to the mission at MWH
and the heart of our core services and capabilities. For 150
years, MWH has been a leader in water management technologies
like desalination and advanced wastewater treatment
as effective alternative solutions.
Gold Conference Sponsors
Welcome Reception Sponsor
MWH Global
Linda Summers, Major Campaigns Manager
7557 Rambler Road, Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75231
(214) 346-4305 • www.mwhglobal.com
Opening Session Sponsor
CH2M HILL
Larry Schimmoller, Global Technology Leader-Water Reuse
9193 S. Jamaica Street
Englewood, CO 80112
(720) 286-5345 • www.ch2m.com
Headquartered in Englewood, CO, employee-owned CH2M
HILL is a global leader in full-service engineering, procurement,
construction, and operations for public and private
clients. With more than $5.1 billion in revenue and 24,000
employees worldwide, CH2M HILL delivers innovative, practical,
sustainable solutions—helping clients develop and
manage infrastructure and facilities that improve efficiency,
safety, and quality of life.
Continental Breakfast Sponsor
McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P.
Chuck Kobdish, Partner
717 N. Harwood, Suite 900
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 754-9236 • www.mphlegal.com
McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P. (est. 1919) exclusively
practices public finance law. A national leader in the field
with offices in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, the firm
ranks among the top law firms in the country in principal
amount and number of municipal bonds approved since
1985 and was the first firm in Texas to render an approving
bond opinion acceptable to the national securities markets.
Awards Luncheon Sponsor
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Awards Luncheon Sponsor
AECOM
Joe King, Vice President
1200 Summit Avenue, Suite 600
Fort Worth, TX 76102-4409
(317) 698-6735 • www.tcb.aecom.com
AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and
management support services to a broad range of markets,
including transportation, water/wastewater facilities, environmental,
and energy. AECOM provides a blend of global
reach, local knowledge, innovation, and technical excellence
in delivering solutions that enhance and sustain the world's
built, natural, and social environments.
Refreshment Break Sponsor
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
William Moore, Western Regional Manager
6306 N. Alpine Road
Loves Park, IL 61111
(815) 654-2501• www.aqua-aerobic.com
Since 1969, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has been a leader in
the design and manufacture of wastewater treatment equipment
and systems for municipal and industrial markets
worldwide. Our experience in aeration and mixing coupled
with years of expertise in biological processes and filtration
systems allows us to provide the most advanced treatment
solutions at the lowest life cycle cost. Our products are
designed for long-term durability and reliability. Our
advanced wastewater technologies meet or exceed the most
stringent effluent requirements and are designed to easily
accommodate changing effluent demands.
President’s Reception Sponsor
CDM
Lisa Prieto, Project Manager
2301 Maitland Center Parkway, Suite 300
Maitland, FL 32751
(407) 660-2552 • www.cdm.com
CDM is a global engineering firm specializing in cuttingedge
treatment technologies. A long-recognized leader in
water reuse, the firm has also established a prominent role in
desalination in the USA and abroad. The CDM-designed
27.5 MGD brackish groundwater desalination facility in El
Paso exemplifies this innovative approach to providing
drinking water in the arid Southwest.
Cappuccino Bar Sponsor
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
David Sloan, W/WW Treatment Engineer
4055 International Plaza, Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76109
(817) 735-7300 • www.freese.com
Freese and Nichols has provided innovative engineering
solutions for Texas since 1894, when founder John Hawley
became one of the state’s first independent water and
sewer engineers.
We are a multi-disciplined engineering, architectural, environmental
science, construction services and master planning
firm with offices across Texas to better serve our clients.
Hotel Key Card Sponsor
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Alan Plummer, Chairman of the Board
1320 S. University Drive, Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 806-1700 • www.apaienv.com
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. (APAI) was founded in 1978
with a vision to balance environmental stewardship with technical
excellence. Today, with 100 employees in four offices in
Texas, APAI remains committed to water resources and environmental
engineering, balancing sound engineering principles
with innovative technology tailored to clients’ needs.
Closing Session Sponsor
Kellogg Brown & Root
Troy Hotchkiss, Project Manager
1444 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 752-8300 • www.kbr.com
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company.
With over 90 years of service to federal, state and local
governments, KBR has the resources and the proven dependability
to deliver bottom-line benefits that increase the probability
of project success. In the civil infrastructure market,
KBR operates in diverse sectors including water supply, treatment
and conveyance, wastewater collection, treatment and
reuse, transportation, aviation, tunneling and facilities maintenance.
In addition, KBR provides on-demand support services
across the full military mission cycle, whenever and wherever
our clients need them. KBR is a truly full service organization
offering engineering planning, design and construction services
as well as program and project management, construction
management, operations and maintenance, and other services
to public and private clients worldwide.
T-Shirt Sponsor
Black & Veatch
Alan Rimer, Director of Water Reuse
9000 Regency Parkway, Suite 200
Cary, NC 27518
(919) 462-7506 • www.bv.com
Black & Veatch’s global water business provides innovative,
technology-based solutions to utilities, governments and
industries worldwide. Local project teams work with multinational
water and wastewater treatment process experts to
address site-specific challenges through a broad range of
consulting, study, planning, design, design-build and construction
management services.
Bookstore and Lounge Sponsor
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Stephen Davis, Vice President
8001 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618
(914) 450-7948 • www.pirnie.com
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., a century-old environmental consulting
firm, provides government and industrial clients with
comprehensive services in water and wastewater engineering,
solid and hazardous waste management, environmental
sciences and, through its Red Oak Consulting Division,
management and IT consulting. With a diversified staff of
more than 1,700 engineers, scientists and consultants in 60-
plus offices worldwide, Pirnie helps create enduring solutions
that make the world cleaner and safer.
Silver Conference Sponsors
Notepad Sponsor
Jaster-Quintanilla
Stephen Lucy, Partner/Principal
2105 Commerce Street
Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 752-9098 • www.jqeng.com
Jaster Quintanilla (JQ) provides structural and civil engineering
and surveying services throughout Texas and the
southern United States from offices in Dallas, Fort Worth,
Austin, and San Antonio. Providing water wise designs under
challenging conditions, JQ has succeeded to the forefront of
infrastructure design providing excellence in engineering
services.
Badge Holder Sponsor
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc
Jeffrey Vick, Director of Operations
6707 Brentwood Stair Road, Suite 50
Fort Worth, TX 76112
(817) 496-1424 • www.ga-inc.net
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. (G & A) provides professional
Land Survey services, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE),
and Utility Coordination. Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX,
G & A has successfully completed more than 2,000 engineering
and construction projects since 1990.
Bag Sponsor
Damon S. Williams Associates, L.L.C.
Damon S. Williams, Chief Executive Officer
2355 E. Camelback Road, Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
(602) 265-5400 • www.dswa.net
DSWA is a full service, multi-discipline, civil and environmental
engineering firm specializing in water and wastewater
facility design. Founded by Damon S. Williams, P.E., in
Phoenix in 1987, the firm provides government, business and
other engineering professionals with creative, practical, and
cost-effective solutions to today’s environmental challenges.
Pen Sponsor
HDR Engineering
Guy Carpenter, National Director of Water Reuse
3200 E. Camelback Road, Suite 350
Phoenix, AZ 85018
(602) 522-7700 • www.hdrinc.com
HDR is an employee-owned architectural, engineering, and
consulting firm with more than 5,800 professionals in 140
locations worldwide. All of them are committed to helping
clients manage complex projects and make sound decisions.
Water Bottle Sponsor
Gupta & Associates, Inc.
V.K. Gupta, President
13626 Gamma Road
Dallas, TX 75244
(972) 490-7661 • www.gaiconsulting.com
Gupta & Associates Inc. (GAI) was established in Dallas,
Texas in January 2000. We are a client oriented consulting
company consisting of engineers, designers and drafters with
extensive experience. Our team is committed to providing
sound and proven electrical/instrumentation systems design
for water treatment plants, waste water treatment plants,
pump stations and lift stations.
Coffee Mug Sponsor
Espey Consultants, Inc.
Wayne Hunter, Dallas/Fort Worth Manager
2777 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1102
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 951-0807 • www.espeyconsultants.com
Espey Consultants, Inc. (EC) is an environmental and engineering
consulting firm with offices in Austin (corporate
headquarters), Dallas, Houston, Laredo, and New Braunfels,
TX. EC's staff has extensive engineering, management, and
planning experience to successfully complete a broad range
of projects to meet municipal, water resources, environmental,
and land development service needs.
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Mouse Pad Sponsor
Bureau of Reclamation
William Steele, Area Manager
27708 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 202
Temecula, CA 92590
(951) 695-5310 • www.usbr.gov
The Bureau of Reclamation is the largest wholesale water
supplier and the second largest producer of hydroelectric
power in the United States, with operations and facilities in
the 17 western states. The Title XVI Reclamation Wastewater
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (P.L. 102-575, as
amended) authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to undertake
a program to participate in research, planning, and construction
opportunities that reclaim and reuse wastewaters
and naturally impaired ground and surface water in the 17
western states and Hawaii.
General Conference Sponsors
Fugro Consultants, Inc.
Bruce Bailey, Senior Consultant
2880 Virgo Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
(972) 484-8301 • www.fugro.com
As a provider of geotechnical engineering services for more
than 60 years, Fugro Consultants shows staying power—a valued
trait in the unpredictable construction industry. Behind
that stamina is global strength. We are part of the multi-disciplined,
publicly traded Fugro Group of companies with over
10,500 employees in 275 offices operating in 50 countries.
Fugro Consultants' staff of over 450 people is comprised of
engineers, technicians, and administrators with these common
traits—imagination, dedication, and pure talent.
GSWW, Inc.
David Washington, Senior Vice President
3950 Fossil Creek Blvd., Suite 210
Fort Worth, TX 76137
(817) 306-1444 • www.gswwengineers.com
GSWW, Inc. has been providing civil and environmental
engineering for over 30 years. The areas of expertise include
paving and drainage design, utilities relocation and design,
design of water and wastewater treatment systems, environmental
studies, land planning, zoning, and all municipal-oriented
and/or development-related civil engineering services
Schrickel, Rollins and Associates, Inc.
Dan Hartman, Vice President
1161 Corporate Drive, W, #200
Arlington, TX 76006
(817) 649-3216• www.sradesign.com
Founded in 1955 as Gene Schrickel and Associates and incorporated
in 1967 as Schrickel, Rollins and Associates, SRA
provides professional design services in three distinct yet
complementary disciplines: civil engineering, landscape
architecture, and planning. This multi-disciplinary structure
provides clients with a complete in-house capability for
determining the best use and efficient design for land and
improvements on land.
Freese and Nichols
your natural resource for
water reuse in Texas
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
(817) 735-7300
www.freese.com
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Exhibit Hall Floor Plan
2008 Symposium Exhibitors
Advanced Concepts & Technologies International –Booth #3
Virgil McCaleb, Executive Vice President
1105 Wooded Acres, Suite 500
Waco, TX 76710
(254) 751-9823 • www.act-i.com
ACT I specializes in innovative solutions to complex water
issues including water security, purification and reuse, technology
evaluation and development, and chemical/biological
testing. Our highly trained scientists and engineers have
extensive experience in water and wastewater, soil and sediment,
process engineering, and detection technology development.
NELAP and LT2 accredited.
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. –Booth #6
Alan Plummer, Chairman of the Board
1320 S. University Drive, Suite 300
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 806-1700 • www.apaienv.com
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. (APAI) was founded in 1978
with a vision to balance environmental stewardship with technical
excellence. Today, with 100 employees in four offices in
Texas, APAI remains committed to water resources and environmental
engineering, balancing sound engineering principles
with innovative technology tailored to clients’ needs.
American Water Works Association –Booth #32
Cilia Kohn
6666 W. Quincy Avenue
Denver, CO 80235
(303) 794-7711• www.awwa.org
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international
nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated
to the improvement of water quality and supply. AWWA
is defined by six core competencies, through which we communicate
and interact with all of our audiences. More information
about each competency is available by clicking the
links listed across the top of every page on the Web site.
Together, the competencies distinguish AWWA as the authoritative
resource for knowledge, information, and advocacy to
improve the quality and supply of water in North America
and beyond.
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. –Booth #7
William Moore, Western Regional Manager
6306 N. Alpine Road
Loves Park, IL 61111
(815) 654-2501 • www.aqua-aerobic.com
Since 1969, Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. has been a leader in
the design and manufacture of wastewater treatment equipment
and systems for municipal and industrial markets,
worldwide. Our experience in Aeration and Mixing coupled
with years of expertise in Biological Processes and Filtration
Systems allows us to provide the most advanced treatment
solutions at the lowest life cycle cost. Our products are
designed for long-term durability and reliability. Our
advanced wastewater technologies meet or exceed the most
stringent effluent requirements and are designed to easily
accommodate changing effluent demands.
AquaTec, Inc. –Booth #40
Ed Baltutis, Sales Manager
1235 Shappert Drive
Rockford, IL 61115
(815) 654-1500 • www.aquatecinc.com
For over 35 years, AquaTec has provided services and products
to the environmental sector of industry and public utility
markets. AquaTec, Inc. is highly experienced in aerobic
and anaerobic wastewater treatment for a wide variety of
applications. AquaTec has a worldwide reach in this industry.
Aquatech International Corporation –Booth #30
Amy Bloom, Marketing Coordinator
1 Four Coins Drive
Canonsburg, PA 15317
(724) 746-5300 • www.aquatech.com
Established in 1981, Aquatech International Corporation is a
global leader in water purification technology for industrial
and infrastructure markets with a focus on desalination,
water reuse, and zero liquid discharge.
Aquatech’s product groups include Raw Water Treatment,
Ion Exchange, Membrane Processes (UF/RO/MBR), Thermal
Desalination (MED/MSF), Wastewater/Effluent Treatment
and Zero Liquid Discharge.
Aquionics, Inc. –Booth #1
Bree Trembly, Municipal Sales Manager
21 Kenton Lands Road
Erlanger, KY 41018
(859) 341-0710 • www.aquionics.com
Aquionics offers a wide range of reuse, waste, and potable
water UV systems. Market specialists in closed vessel chambers
utilizing medium pressure lamps. Reuse installations
include: golf courses, citrus fields, drinking water recharge,
and NWRI.
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Ashbrook Simon-Hartley –Booth #11
Ben Gould, Marketing Manager Process Systems
11600 East Hardy
Houston, TX 77093
(800) 362-9041 • www.as-h.com
Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc. –Booth #36
Randel West, Principal
1820 Regal Row
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 638-0500 • www.cpyi.com
Enviroquip, a Division of Eimco Water Technologies –Booth #23
Jim Carroll, Director of Sales, Membrane Systems
2404 Rutlan Drive
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 652-5823 • www.glv.com
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. –Booth #35
Jeffrey Vick, Director of Operations
6707 Brentwood Stair Road, Suite 50
Fort Worth, TX 76112
(817) 496-1424 • www.ga-inc.net
Ashbrook Simon-Hartley offers a wide variety of wastewater
reuse technologies, including package and field erected
WWTP utilizing continuous flow activated sludge and
sequential batch reactors, plus the capability to achieve high
quality effluents via high performance media and ultrafiltration
membrane processes.
Basin Water, Inc. –Booth #5
PO Box 1400
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729
(909) 481-6800 • www.basinwater.com
Basin Water provides turnkey, cost-effective, rapidly deployable
solutions for treating at the wellhead to remove contaminants
from groundwater or to condition water prior to
injection for storage. Basin Water’s technology+services
offerings include an NSF 61 certified system to remove
organic contaminants, including MTBE, 1,4-dioxane and
PPCPs, safely and efficiently.
Brown and Caldwell –Booth #39
Steve Sagstad, Chief Hydrogeologist
201 East Washington Street, Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 567-4000 • www.brwncald.com
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, Brown and Caldwell is a
full-service environmental engineering firm with 45 offices and
1,600+ professionals across the country. For more than 60 years,
our creative designs and progressive solutions have helped
scores of municipal, federal and private agencies successfully
overcome their most challenging environmental obstacles.
Carollo Engineers –Booth #18
Tracy Clinton, Engineer/Project Manager
2700 Ygnacio Valley Road, #300
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 932-1710 • www.carollo.com
For 75 years, Carollo has been the leader in water-focused engineering,
partnering with clients to develop innovative water
treatment solutions that support environmental stewardship
and sustainability. With 25 offices in 11 states, Carollo remains
committed to the one focus—working to help solve our client’s
toughest water and wastewater challenges every day.
CP&Y, a full-service consulting firm offering multidiscipline
engineering services, has grown to be one of the most respected
engineering firms in the southwestern United States. CP&Y’s
reputation includes providing excellence in engineering by
offering an unmatched level of service, attention to detail, and
personal involvement by the firm’s top management.
Columbia Analytical Services, Inc. –Booth #21
Ed Wilson, Vice President
1317 S. 13th Avenue
Kelso, WA 98626
(800) 695-7222 • www.caslab.com
Columbia Analytical is an employee-owned, full-service
environmental analytical network with laboratories and service
centers nationwide. Our expertise encompasses air, water,
dioxin, biological, pharmaceutical, solid and hazardous waste
analyses. Our services are tailored to meet the individual
needs of our clients by providing high quality, cost-effective,
and timely analytical data.
Columbian TecTank –Booth #16
Mark Eklund, Product Manager Wastewater
5400 Kansas Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66106
(913) 621-3700 • www.columbiantectank.com
Columbian TecTank specializes in the turnkey production of
premium performance bolted and shop-welded tanks, from
design, fabrication and factory coating/thermally curing to
field erection and service. CTT tanks offer a technologically
advanced Trico Bond EP coating to ensure long-lasting
corrosion resistance. Backed by more than 110 years of experience,
ISO 9000/9001Certified CTT tanks are found in 123
countries worldwide.
Degremont Technologies –Booth #31
John Hughes, Regional Business Manager
8007 Discovery Drive
Richmond, VA 23229
(804) 756-7600 • www.degremont.com
Degremont Technologies provides high performance solutions
that result from the latest technological advancements
in drinking water, wasterwater, and suldge treatment. Our
specialists evaluate each application to determine the very
best option. A member of the Degremont Group, the largest
world group dedicated to water services, we brings more that
a century of knowlege and innovation to a broad suite of
trusted, reliable treatment solutions.
As a provider of complete wastewater treatment plants
(WWTP) Enviroquip, a Division of Eimco Water technologies
understands that systems, not just components, must be
easy to operate and reliable. At Enviroquip, our multidisciplinary
staff draws on over 40 years of experience to integrate
state-of-the-art technologies into custom plants or pre-engineered
packages (MPACs) to maximize energy efficiency,
optimize process control, and protect membrane equipment.
Our goal is to provide our customers with comprehensive
solutions to their wastewater problems.
Espey Consultants, Inc. –Booth #10
Wayne Hunter, Dallas/Fort Worth Manager
2777 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1102
Dallas, TX 75207
(214) 951-0807 • www.espeyconsultants.com
Espey Consultants, Inc. (EC) is an environmental and engineering
consulting firm with offices in Austin (corporate
headquarters), Dallas, Houston, Laredo, and New Braunfels,
TX. EC's staff has extensive engineering, management, and
planning experience to successfully complete a broad range
of projects to meet municipal, water resources, environmental,
and land development service needs.
Geoflow, Inc. –Booth #41
Rodney Ruskin, CEO
506 Tamal Plaza
Corte Modera, CA
(415) 94925 • www.geoflow.com
Geoflow manufactures subsurface dripline for wastewater reuse
and dispersal. The water is pumped through a filter into the
dripline and out into the root zone where it is further polished
or taken up by the plants. Geoflow’s dripline is found in areas
with shallow limiting layers, tight soils, and steep slopes.
Golder Associates Inc. –Booth #14
Paul Pigeon, Senior Project Manager
44 Union Blvd., Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80228
(303) 980-0540 • www.golder.com
At Golder Associates we strive to be the most respected global
group specializing in ground engineering and environmental
services. With Golder, clients gain the advantage of working
with highly skilled engineers, scientists, project managers, and
other technical specialists who are committed to helping
them succeed. By building strong relationships and meeting
the needs of clients, our people have created one of the most
trusted professional services firms in the world.
Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. (G & A) provides professional
Land Survey services, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE),
and Utility Coordination. Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX,
G & A has successfully completed more than 2,000 engineering
and construction projects since 1990.
Hanna Instruments –Booth #19
Michael Silvia, Market Manager
584 Park East Drive
Woonsocket, RI 02895
(401) 765-7500 • www.hannainst.com
Hanna Instruments, for 30 years, a world leader in the development
and manufacture of quality analytical equipment.
Available in portable, bench top and in-line configurations,
our products measure a wide range of critical parameters
such as pH, Conductivity, Chlorine, Salinity, ORP, COD, DO,
BOD, ISE, temp and more.
ITT-WEDECO –Booth #17
Matthias Boeker, Disinfection Market Manager
14125 South Bridge Circle
Charlotte, NC 28273
(704) 716-7600 • www.itt.com
WEDECO—a part of ITT's Water & Wastewater group—is a
leading manufacturer of ultraviolet water disinfection and
ozone oxidation systems. WEDECO UV systems provide
chemical-free solutions to the drinking water and wastewater
market. WEDECO supplies engineered ozone treatment
solutions to customers worldwide.
JMAR Technologies, Inc. –Booth #2
Dave McCarty, VP Business Development
10905 Technology Place
San Diego, CA 92127
(858) 946-6800 • www.jmar.com
JMAR Technologies, Inc. is a late-stage technology company
with expertise in the development and early commercialization
of detection and laser-based technologies for nano-scale
imaging, chemical and biological analysis, and fabrication.
The Company is leveraging more than a decade of laser and
photonics research in developing a portfolio of products
with market applications in high interest areas such as homeland
security, biological monitoring of water quality, and
hazardous materials detection. These technologies represent
significant intellectual property which includes more than
thirty issued or pending patents.
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Koch Membrane Systems –Booth #13
Alden Whitney, Sales Director, Water & Wastewater
850 Main Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
(978) 694-7000 • www.kochmembrane.com
Pinellas County Utilities –Booth #15
David Baker, Manager, Conservation Resources
14 South Fort Harrison Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-3896 • www.pinellascounty.org
Severn Trent Services –Booth #22
Nadia Abboud, Marketing Manager
3000 Advance Lance
Colmar, PA 18915
(215) 997-4000 • www.severntrentservices.com
Underground Solutions –Booth #4
Dan Huffaker, Regional Manager
14 Ivy Garden Street
The Woodlands, TX 77382
(713) 545-4789 • www.undergroundsolutions.com
Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS) has been a leader in
separation and filtration for over 30 years and has supplied
membranes for more than 15,000 systems installed around
the world. A designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art
membrane bioreactor modules and desalination systems,
KMS products are specified for the most demanding municipal
and industrial water reuse applications.
Kruger Inc. –Booth #24
Kate Koerber, Marketing Assistant
401 Harrison Oaks Blvd., Suite 100
Cary, NC 27513
(919) 653-4574 • www.veoliawater.com
Kruger is a water and wastewater solutions provider, specializing
in advanced and differentiating technologies. Kruger provides
complete processes and systems ranging from biological
nutrient removal to mobile surface water treatment. With 90
years of experience designing and developing a wide variety
of technologies that protect our most precious resources,
Kruger serves both the municipal and industrial markets.
MWH Global –Booth #34
Linda Summers, Major Campaigns Manager
7557 Rambler Road, Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75231
(214) 346-4305 • www.mwhglobal.com
Developing alternative water systems to counter the challenges
of climate change is central to the mission at MWH
and the heart of our core services and capabilities. For 150
years, MWH has been a leader in water management technologies
like desalination and advanced wastewater treatment
as effective alternative solutions.
Nova Water Technologies LLC –Booth #37
Michael Schill, President
7310 Annapolis Lane
Parkland, FL 33067
(954) 798-0254 • www.novawt.com
Nova Water Technologies will be exhibiting the
Ultrascreen(R)Microfilter which is the only disk filter in the
world that employs "dynamic tangential filtration" to produce
high quality effluents suitable for water reuse. The
Ultrascreen operates at loading rates up to 14 gpm per
square foot while using minimal wash water.
Pinellas County Utilities provides water and wastewater service,
and manages operation of the county's waste-to-energy
plant. The reclaimed water distribution system serves
approximately 19,000 homes and businesses. The emphasis
on conservation has resulted in a potable water per capita
usage of only 89 gallons per person per day.
PolyPipe, Inc. –Booth #20
Tina Ewing, Central Territory Sales Manager
2406 N I-35, PO Box 390
Gainesville, TX 76240
(800) 433-5632 • www.polypipeinc.com
PolyPipe® is one of the largest manufacturers of pressurerated
polyethylene pipe. Our products are used in many
industries such as: Natural Gas Gathering and Distribution,
Municipal Water and Sewer, Telecommunication, Oilfield
and Industrial and Mining application.
Pumps and Controls –Booth #29
Troy Welch, President
PO Box 150207
Arlington, TX 76015
(817) 472-7337 • www.pumpsandcontrols.com
Pumps and Controls, Inc., is a wholesale water treatment
equipment supplier based in Arlington, TX. Starting out as
an offshoot of Moore Control in June, 1986, today—nearly
20 years later—our company is in steady growth mode,
boasting over 5,000 customers customers nationwide.
Purifics –Booths #48 & 49
Brian Butters, President
340 Sovereign Road
London, Ontario N6M 1A8
Canada
(519) 473-5788 • www.purifics.com
Purifics is an experienced industry leader in Chemical Free
Multi Barrier Water Purification: A licensed Engineering firm
offering unique solutions that purify condition & control
water to achieve economic & environmental advantage.
Photo-Cat combines the best of chemical-free Advanced
Oxidation Technology, UV Disinfection and Ceramic
Membranes with Full Remote Automation.
Severn Trent Services is a leading global supplier of water and
wastewater solutions. The company’s broad range of products
and services is concentrated around disinfection and filtration
technologies; including gas feed, on-site sodium hypochlorite
generation, ultraviolet disinfection, membrane filtration, tertiary
filters, advanced filters, and denitrification treatment systems.
Siemens Water Technologies –Booths #45 & 46
Keith Spiro, Vice President Corporate Communications
181 Thorn Hill Road
Warrendale, PA 15086
(886) 926-8420 • www.siemens.com
Siemens provides the world‘s broadest range of innovative water
technologies designed to optimize plant operations and reduce
operating costs, all while ensuring a sustainable environment.
Count on Siemens to help you conserve, protect and reuse the
world‘s most precious resource—now and into the future.
SolarBee, Inc. –Booth #38
Robert Nobile, Market Manager
304 Main Avenue, Suite 206
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 569-5000 • www.solarbee.com
SolarBee, Inc. pioneered long-distance circulation (LDC)
technology, and is now the world leader in improving reservoir
water quality in lakes, potable water tanks, and ponds
for wastewater, storm water, and water reuse. With solarpowered
LDC, significant cost reductions for energy and
chemical usage expenses are typical.
Texas Aquastore –Booth #43
John Haddox, Sales Manager
5011 North FM Highway 120
Pottsboro, TX 75076
(903) 786-9352
Trojan Technologies –Booth #12
Adam Festger, Market Manager
3020 Gore Road
London, Ontario N5V 4T7
Canada
(519) 457-3400 • www.trojanuv.com
Trojan is the leader in UV treatment solutions to safeguard
the world's water. Our UV solutions protect consumers from
the potentially damaging effects of microbiological and
chemical contaminants in drinking water, wastewater, wastewater
reuse and residential applications. For 30 years, Trojan
has set the standard in UV.
Underground Solutions (UGSI) provides infrastructure
technologies for water and sewer applications as well as conduit
for applications ranging from electrical to fiber optics.
UGSI's Fusible C-900®, Fusible C-905® and FPVC products
contain a proprietary PVC formulation that, when combined
with UGSI's patented fusion process, results in a monolithic,
fully restrained, gasket-free, leak-free piping system.
Duraliner is a patented, close-fit pipeline renewal system
that creates a stand-alone, pressure-rated structural liner.
Water Environment Federation –Booth #33
John Dugan
601 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-2492 • www.wef.org
Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF)
is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization
with 32,000 individual members and 80 affiliated Member
Associations representing an additional 50,000 water quality
professionals throughout the world. WEF and its member
associations proudly work to achieve our mission of preserving
and enhancing the global water environment.
WateReuse Association –Booth #47
Zachary Dorsey, Publications and Communications Manager
1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 410
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 548-0880 • www.watereuse.org
The WateReuse Association is a nonprofit organization
whose mission is to advance the beneficial and efficient use
of water resources through education, sound science, and
technology using reclamation, recycling, reuse, and desalination
for the benefit of our members, the public, and the environment.
Across the United States and the world, communities
are facing water supply challenges due to increasing
demand, drought, depletion and contamination of groundwater,
and dependence on a single source of supply. Water
reuse helps communities address these challenges.
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WateReuse Association
Board of Directors
President
Richard Atwater, Inland Empire Utilities Agency
First Vice President
John Shearer, Shearer Consulting, Inc.
Second Vice President
Robert Johnson, Dallas Water Utilities
Immediate Past President
Pick Talley, Pinellas County Utilities
Secretary
David Requa, Dublin San Ramon Services District
Treasurer
Darryl Miller, Irvine Ranch Water District
Arizona Section Member
Ron Doba, Ron Doba Management Services
California Section Member
Craig Lichty, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Colorado Section Member
Jenny Fifita, City of Westminster
Florida Section Member
Jo Ann Jackson, PBS&J
Nevada Section Member
Thomas Minwegen, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Texas Section Member
Don Vandertulip, CDM
Carolyn Ahrens, Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin, P.C.
Guy Carpenter, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Timothy Coughlin, Loudoun Water
James Crook, Environmental Engineering Consultant
Jon Freedman, GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies
Brian Good, Denver Water
Mike Gritzuk, Pima County Wastewater Management
Margie Nellor, Nellor Environmental Associates, Inc.
Greg Zlotnick, Santa Clara Valley Water District
WateReuse Staff
G. Wade Miller, Executive Director
Joshua M. Dickinson, Deputy Executive Director
Courtney Tharpe, Director of Conferences and Events
Zachary Dorsey, Publications and Communications Manager
Anna Durden, Project Manager
Maria Greenly, Accounting Manager
Burnett King, Project Manager
Janet Pinkham, Administrative Assistant
Caroline Sherony, Program Manager
23 rd Annual WateReuse Symposium
Planning Committee
Conference Tri-Chairs
Alan Rimer, Black & Veatch
Danny Vance, Trinity River Authority
Don Vandertulip, CDM
Technical Program Development Committee
David York, York Water Circle (Chair)
Rick Arber, Richard P. Arber Associates, Inc.
Kevin Conway, Greeley and Hansen
Jim Crook, Environmental Engineering Consultant
Val Frenkel, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Paul Kinshella, Phoenix Water Services Department
Mark McNeal, ASRus
Darryl Miller, Irvine Ranch Water District
John Morris, Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California
Bob Reed, Reed & Associates
Craig Riley, Washington State Department of Health
Alan Rimer, Black & Veatch
Sandy Robinson, Malcolm Pirnie
Bahman Sheikh, Water Reuse Consultant
Don Vandertulip, CDM
Nikolay Voutchkov, Poseidon Resources Corporation
Opening Session
Alan Rimer, Black & Veatch
Wade Miller, WateReuse Association
Danny Vance, Trinity River Authority
Don Vandertulip, CDM
National Legislative and Water Policy Outlook Session
Carolyn Ahrens, Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin, P.C.
Regulatory Forum
Jo Ann Jackson, PBS&J
User Issues Forum
Mike McCullough, Northern California Golf Association
Gary Grinnell, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Closing Plenary Session
James Crook, Environmental Engineering Consultant
Awards
David Baker, Pinellas County Utilities (Chair)
Brian Good, Denver Water
Bart Hines, Trinity River Authority
Jo Ann Jackson, PBS&J
Paul Kinshella, Phoenix Water Services Department
Bruce Lazenby, Rose Hills Mortuary and Memorial Park
Eric Rosenblum, City of San Jose Environmental Services
Department
Bob Wilson, City of San Jose Environmental Services
Department
Facility Tours
Betty Jordan, Alan Plummer Associates
Ellen McDonald, Alan Plummer Associates
Golf Tournament
Robert Johnson, Dallas Water Utilities
Moderator Coordination
Christine Close, Scout Engineering
Sponsorships
Alan Rimer, Black & Veatch
Wade Miller, WateReuse Association
Danny Vance, Trinity River Authority
Don Vandertulip, CDM
Additional Committee Members
Mike Dimitriou, ITT Industries
Cilia Kohn, AWWA
Greg McNelly, WEF
Pick Talley
Todd Tanberg, Pinellas County Utilities
Brian Veith, Brown and Caldwell
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Water Reuse in Agriculture: Ensuring Food Safety
October 26–28, 2008
Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
Monterey, CA
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November 16–18, 2008
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Long Beach, CA
2009 California Section Annual Conference
March 22–24, 2009
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13th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference
May 18–19, 2009
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24th Annual WateReuse Symposium
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