Session A – Leadership

Sustainable Leadership and Decision Making… Solving Problems You Didn’t Know You Have in Ways You Can’t Understand. D. Michael Mucha, Madison MSD

R2E2: Transforming a Utility. Tom Sigmund, NEW Water

Session B – Energy, Controls, Aeration

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Innovations in Aeration. Leon Downing, CH2M

Innovative Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor Technology for Low-Energy Nutrient Removal – Pilot Demonstration. Jeff Peeters, GE Power & Water

Process Performance Optimization through Advanced Automatic Control and Online Monitoring. Bulbul Ahmed, Xylem, Inc.

Session C – Nutrient Management Approaches

Addressing Nonpoint Nutrient Loadings through Nutrient Concentration Systems-The Next Generation of Manure Management in Dane County. Randy Wirtz, Strand Associates

Enhanced Stormwater Treatment – Coagulant Treatment for Phosphorus Removal. Michael Wegner, Brown and Caldwell

Design and Implementation of an Agricultural Based Adaptive Management Pilot Study in the Silver Creek Watershed. Brent Brown, CH2M and Jeff Smudde, NEW Water

Session D – Ops Energy Recovery

Glenbard CHP Project: Design-Build For Energy Recovery. Eider Alvarez-Puras, Baxter & Woodman

Kenosha Energy Optimized Resource Recovery Project. Curtis Czarnecki, Kenosha Water Utility

The Path to Energy Neutrality – A Midpoint Perspective. Patrick Shea, City of St. Cloud

Session E – Operators Focus Session

Engine Maintenance. Ryan Giefer, Stevens Point

Process Control and How to use Microorganism Assessments to Optimize Treatment. Kay Curtin, Metropolitan Council

Centrifuge and Polymer Dosing. Cody Schoepke, Fond du Lac WWTF

Resource Recovery (Nutrients & Energy). Leon Downing, CH2M

How Does Operations Change when Bio-P or BNR is Implemented at your Treatment Facility. Greg Paul, Op2myZ

Pondus System & Biosolids Dryer. Curtis Czarnecki, Kenosha Water Utility

Biosolids Dryer & Process. Sharon Thieszen, Sheboygan WWTF

On-Line Analyzers(Solids) and Volatile Acid Procedures. Kay Curtin, Metropolitan Council

Session F – Ethics

Code of Ethics / State Criminal Statutes / Code of Professional Conduct for Local Government Officials, Employees and Candidates. Steve Zach, Boardman Clark

Issues When Engineers and Consultants Play Attorney. Paul Kent, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Session G – Collection System

A 5-year Progress Report of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Private Property Infiltration/Inflow Reduction Program. Julie McMullin, Brown and Caldwell and Rebecca Specht, Milwaukee MSD

Computer Aided Design Tools Reduce Project Costs and Improve Pumping Station Design. Amanda Heller, Baxter & Woodman and Marcela Politano, IIHR

Evaluating Inflow and Infiltration Rehabilitation Methods. Shane Firsching, Baxter & Woodman and Bob Swirsky, Downers Grove SD

L-32 Forcemain River Crossing. Julie Benadum, Brown and Caldwell

Using Recent Technologies to Control Odors and Corrosion Cost Effectively. Bill Desing, CH2M

Session H – Phosphorus

Evaluating the Options for Phosphorus Compliance Part III: The City of Fond du Lac Water Pollution Control Plant’s Experience. Jane Carlson, Strand Associates

Full Scale Determination of Achievable Effluent Phosphorus Concentration without Tertiary Treatment at the Appleton WI, WWTP. Jim Fisher, CH2M

Low Level Phosphorus Technology: Two Birds, One Stone. John Siczka, CH2M

It is Just Like a Town Full of People: Removal of Phosphorus from Dairy Manure. Hiroko Yoshida and Joshua Gable, Centrisys Corp

SNRP 101: Fond du Lac WWTP Lab Experiences. Autumn Fisher, City of Fond du Lac WWTP

Session I – Ops Management / CSWEA

“Repurposing” Existing Facilities – Pros/Cons, Risks/Rewards and a Case Study to Help You Decide. John Fraser and Matt Larson, Carollo Engineers

Abandoning Energy Recovery: The Road to the RIN Market. Al Bush, SEH

Global Water Stewardship – Using Wastewater Expertise for Humanitarian Efforts to bring Centralized Treatment to Developing Regions of Costa Rica. Matt Streicher, Glenbard Wastewater Authority and Alexandra Knicker, Baxter & Woodman

ISI Envision Fosters Project Colloboration-Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District PS 15. James E. Kleinschmidt, Baxter & Woodman and D. Michael Mucha, Madison MSD

Student Design Competition – Global Water Stewardship – Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica Design. Jordan Fure and Titus Rubietta, UW-Platteville

Session J – Stormwater

Advanced High-Rate Wet Weather Treatment. Paige E. Peters, Marquette University

Designing a Community for Zero Stormwater Discharge. Brett H. Emmons, Emmons & Olivier Resources

Stormwater BMPs as Part of a Public Strategy to Reduce Private Property Sanitary Sewer Inflow and Infiltration. Jon Steinbach and Derek Wold, Baxter & Woodman

Stormwater Storage Facility and Rainwater Harvesting System. Paul Siegfried, Baxter & Woodman and Kelly Hamill, Village of Northbrook

Session K – Nutrients, N

Deammonification for Cost-Effective Nitrogen Removal. Nick Bartolerio, Strand Assocaites

Efficient Nutrient Removal under Low Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations. Don Esping, Brown and Caldwell

Mainstream Deammonification Using the ANITA™ Mox Process. Chris Thomson, Kruger/Veolia

What You Need to Know About Nitrification & Denitrification That Grab Samples Won’t Tell You. Robert Smith, YSI/Xylem

Session L – Digestion, Biosolids, Energy

An Innovative Low Temperature Thermal Alkaline Hydrolysis Process with Multiple Benefits and Resource Recovery Options. Ajay Singh and Bill Mullin, Lystek International

Biochar Production and Bio-oil Upgrading by Synergistic Catalytic Pyrolysis of Wastewater Biosolids and Bio-wastes. Zhongzhe Liu, Marquette University

Biomethane production from anaerobically digested bioplastics. Nicholas Benn, Marquette University

Innovative Anaerobic Wastewater Systems for Improved Bioenergy Production. Lance Schideman, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Session M – Ops Nutrients

A Phosphorus Deficit? Impacts of Soluble BOD5 and Nutrient Supply on a Municipal/Industrial Activated Sludge System. Troy Larson, Strand Associates

Optimization of Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Process to Achieve Low Phosphorus Limits: Overview and Case Studies. Sara Arabi, Environmental Operating Solutions, Inc.

Convert Activated Sludge to BPR. Greg Paul, Op2myZ and Ben Brooks, City of Medford

Town of Salem Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements: Biological Nutrient Removal with Minimal New Infrastructure. Travis Anderson, Strand Associates

Session N – Stormwater

Biological Monitoring near Fox Metro Water Reclamation District WWTP. Karen Clementi, Deuchler Environmental

Identifying Stormwater Quality Improvement Opportunities Using Green Infrastructure Implemented with Planned Capital Projects. Mark Mittag, CH2M

Searching for the Goldilocks Water Quality Model. Michael Talbot, Emmons & Olivier Resources

Glenview Harms Road Regional Stormwater Project. Christopher Buckley, Baxter & Woodman

Session O – Biogas, Energy Recovery & Efficiency

Air – Oh Yeah, That Other Permit We Might Need. Megan Corrado and Renee Lesjak Bashel, Wisconsin DNR

Effective Mixing Provides Reliable Operation & Low Maintenance– Benefits of Low Pressure Pulsed Air Mixing: Anaerobic Zone BioP Mixing, AND Air Burst Mixing with Extended Aeration. Ken Neu, Environmental/Health Products & Services and Sidharta Arora, Milwaukee MSD

Converting Biogas into Energy and Vehicle Fuel. Kim Murdock-Timmerman, Unison Solutions

Fine Bubble Retrofit Does It Again. Jonathan Butt, Symbiont

Session P – UV / Foaming / Assessment and Replacement

Anaerobic Foaming: Causes and Prevention. Daniel Smeaton, Aquafix

Electrical Condition Assessment and Replacement Planning for Wastewater Organizations. Michael Monte, Greeley and Hansen

Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole: Effective and Efficient UV Retrofits. Lindsey Busch, Carollo Engineers

Testing for the World’s Largest Wastewater UV Installation. Catharine Richardson, Greeley adn Hansen

Session Q – Ops Biosolids / Ops Management

Affordable and Unconventional Clean Water Act Compliance for Willmar, MN: A “Salty Discharge” Case Study Illustrating the Benefits of EPA’s Prioritized and Integrated Strategy for Clean Water Act Compliance. Ashley Hammerbeck, Donohue

Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility Successful Recovery of a Solids Management System from a Catastrophic Flood. Lloyd Winchell, Brown and Caldwell

Lake County Tackles Biosolids Challenges. Jim Smith, Applied Technologies

Proactive Approach Reduces Chlorides Discharges. John Szwedo, Baxter & Woodman