2013 Technical ProgramAll half-hour course segments within each session are worth .05 CECs, other than the Opening and Plenary Sessions which are given credits basedon attendance at the entire session.Monday, June 24Opening Session - Matterhorn Room C & D8:30 am President's Welcome Dave Vago, MWEA President8:45 WEF AddressCordell Samuels9:30 <strong>Michigan</strong>'s <strong>Water</strong> HeritageJon Allan, Office of Great Lakes10:00 BREAK10:15 Dan Wolz Award WinnerChristopher Groenhout, Grandville High School, Grandville MI10:45 Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban Industrial RiversThat Caught on FireJohn Hartig, Refuge Manager - Detroit River InternationalWildlife Refuge11:30 Annual Business Meeting and Election of OfficersSession 1: Collection Systems - Arlberg Room 1 & 31:00 pm Evaluation of Alternative Liner Systemsfor Large Diameter Sewer RehabilitationHarry Price, NTH Consultants, Ltd.1:30 Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation:The High Hurdle of Measurable Flow ReductionGreg Kacvinsky, OHM Advisors2:00 Utilizing Flow Monitoring and a SSES to Prepare aComprehensive Capital Improvement Program andInitiate an Asset Management ProgramJeff Brown, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & HuberCharles Bauschard, Coldwater Board of Public Utilities2:30 The Challenge of Designing andConstructing the Oakwood Combined SewerOverflow Facility & Pump StationMark TenBroek, CDM <strong>Michigan</strong> Inc.Session 2: Energy Management - Arlberg Room 2 & 41:00 pm Optimization of Energy and Heat Production from BiogasBrian Hannon, Moore & BrugginkGlenn Hummel, HESCO1:30 The WEF Energy Roadmap: Driving <strong>Water</strong> and WastewaterUtilities to More Sustainable Energy ManagementPeter Cavagnaro, Johnson Controls, Inc.Barry Liner, WEF, <strong>Water</strong> Science & Engineers Center2:00 After the Honeymoon - Performance Contractingat the Warren Wastewater Treatment PlantDavid Monette, City of WarrenPeter Cavagnaro, Johnson Controls, Inc.2:30 South Lyon WWTP Energy Reduction ProgramJohn Patry, UIS SCADA, Inc.Robert Martin, City of South LyonJacob Corvidae, Regional Energy OfficeTuesday, June 25Session 3: Stormwater Management - Arlberg Room 1 & 38:30 am MS4 Permits Update - Federal PerspectiveBob Newport, US EPA Region 59:00 Detroit <strong>Water</strong> and Sewerage Department Long-Term GreenInfrastructure StrategyMary Alfonso, Detroit <strong>Water</strong> and Sewerage DepartmentAmy Mangus, SEMCOG9:30 Urban Stormwater Management -Achieving Compliance GoalsBrian Boyer, Kieser & Associates, LLC10:00 BREAk10:15 Master Rain Gardener Training:Empowering Gardeners to Fight Hydro-filthSusan Bryan, Washtenaw County <strong>Water</strong> ResourcesCommissioner10:45 Case Study - Evaluating MS4 Permit Requirements for PublicEducation in the Greater Lansing RegionErin Campbell, Tri-County Regional Planning Commission11:15 Residential Scale Best Management Practices, BMPs -A Unique Approach to Stormwater ManagementJohn Cobourn, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension12:00 Awards LuncheonSession 4: Municipal Treatment - Arlberg Room 2 & 48:30 am Grandvilles' Egg Shaped AnaerobicDigester Unconventional StartupBrian Hannon, Moore & Bruggink, Inc.Todd Wibright, Grandville Clean <strong>Water</strong> Plant9:00 Living on the Edge:Maintaining pH for Permit and for TreatmentThomas Asmus, City of Marquette9:30 Odors Associated with Stabilized BiosolidsChristopher Wilson, Greeley and Hansen10:00 BREAk10:15 Treatment for Trout: Using MBBR for Simple, Low Energy,High Performance TreatmentRich Grant, Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering10:45 An Economic Approach forGraywater Treatment and ReuseJoshua VerHage,Tennant Company and Grand Valley StateUniversity11:15 Protecting POTWs without a Formal IPPThomas Asmus, City of MarquetteJerald O. Thaler, P.E., Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber12:00 Awards Luncheon8 | MWEA 2013 Annual Conference
Tuesday, June 25 cont'dSession 5: <strong>Water</strong> Resources - Arlberg Room 1 & 31:30 pm Protecting Public Groundwater Supplies Using the<strong>Michigan</strong> Groundwater Management Tool (MGMT)Ruth Kline-Robach, <strong>Michigan</strong> State University2:00 Creating a Living Shoreline along the St. Clair RiverMichelle LaRose, Cardno JFNewRandy Fernandez, City of Marysville2:30 Greening up the Grand - Sustainable Solutions for the GrandRapids CSO ProgramBritton Evans, Black & Veatch3:00 BREAk3:15 An Integrated Assessment Approach to Develop aBiota TMDL for Ruddiman CreekClaire Schwartz, Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber3:45 Managing Storm <strong>Water</strong> Utilizing Rain Gardens:An Innovative Approach That Is Both Economicallyand <strong>Environment</strong>ally FriendlyLarry Protasiewicz, Spicer Group, Inc.Roger Zilke, Berrien County Drain CommissionerSession 6: Research, Innovation and Sustainability - Arlberg Room 2 &41:30 pm Blending Green and Grey Public WorksPotential for Rainwater HarvestingNathan Hughes, Greeley and Hansen2:00 Influence of Manure Application on Tile Drain andSurface <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Quality</strong>: U.S. Geological Survey Studies inSoutheastern <strong>Michigan</strong>Sheridan Haack, U.S. Geological Survey, <strong>Michigan</strong> <strong>Water</strong>Science CenterJoseph Duris, U.S. Geological Survey2:30 Requirements and Expectations for Electrical HazardAssessment Projects in <strong>Water</strong> and Wastewater FacilitiesJay Bielanski, Greeley and Hansen3:00 BREAK3:15 Transformation of an Industrial Brownfield into anEcological Buffer for <strong>Michigan</strong>'s only Ramsar Wetland ofInternal ImportanceJohn Hartig, Refuge Manager - Detroit River InternationalWildlife Refuge3:45 A Little Stress Never Hurt AnyoneJack Rafter, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, IncDavid Wunder, PhD, Calvin College/Fishbeck, Thompson,Carr & Huber, Inc.See you atBoyne Mountain Resort!Wednesday, June 26Plenary Session - Matterhorn A & C8:30 am President’s Welcome and AddressChristine Kosmowski, 2013-2014 MWEA President8:45 News from the FieldSteve Aiken, Duperon9:15 <strong>Water</strong> For People - Everyone ForeverJoel Annable, Peerless-Midwest10:00 BREAK10:15 Tributary Monitoring in <strong>Michigan</strong> for the U.S. GeologicalSurvey Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ProgramJoseph Duris, USGS <strong>Michigan</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Science Center10:45 Stewardship of Public Assets -Using Asset Management for Effective CommunicationJeff Pugh, Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering, Inc.Richard P. Grant, Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering, Inc.11:15 A New State Revolving Loan Fund andInfrastructure Grant ProgramFred Cowles, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & HuberConference SponsorsLake <strong>Michigan</strong>SponsorsUnited <strong>Water</strong>Wade Trim(as of program print date)Great Lakes SponsorLake Superior SponsorTetra TechLake Erie SponsorsDoetsch<strong>Environment</strong>alServicesFishbeck, Thompson,Carr & HuberGreeley and HansenHubbell Roth & ClarkPeterson and MatzSynagro TechnologiesMWEA 2013 Annual Conference | 9