2018 Education Seminar Papers & Proceedings
2017 Education Seminar Papers & Proceedings
Agenda. |
Brochure. |
Flexibility and Adaptability are the Essential Elements of the Water and Resource Recovery Facility of the Future . |
Maximizing Microorganism-Based Energy Resources from Used Water. |
Should Anaerobic Treatment Replace Activated Sludge. |
Why do we Strive to be a Utility of the Future. |
Engaging the Organization and Region in the Transformation to Utility of the Future. |
How Do We Use the Water We Produce. |
Recovering the Lost P in Used Water. |
Energy Sustainability. |
The Leading Edge of Phosphorus Recovery: A Brushite Recovery Pilot. |
Nutrient Removal and Activated Sludge from BPR to Anammox – James Barnard. |
National Nutrient Regulatory Perspectives – David Clark. |
Nutrient Water Quality Standards in Illinois – Bob Mosher. |
Minnesota’s Eutrophica1on Story – Katrina Kessler. |
Update – Wisconsin’s “Statewide” Variance Analysis – Amanda Minks. |
One Sentral States Sludge Shoveler’s Short, Sad Soliloquy – Rick Manner. |
Fermentation Technology to Improve Biological Phosphorus Removal – James Barnard. |
Opportunities and Challenges of Struvite Harvesting – Alan Grooms. |
From High-Rate Treatment Wetlands, Low to No Energy Nitrification and Deammonification: Lessons Learned – David Austin. |
Evaluating the Options for Phosphorus Compliance – Jane Carlson. |
Seminar Proceedings. |
Activated sludge settling problem resolved. |
Activated Sludge Workshop. |
Drought Settling Concerns. |
Emerging Diagnostics – A Sneak Peak at How. |
Floc Formation Jeff Mac MWIE Feb 2014. |
Use of ATP to identify poor-performing filters. |
2013 Education Seminar Presenations. |
Two-Point Titration Method For Alkalinity Determination. |
Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Foam Studies Update. |
Prabhushankar Chandrasekeran, P.E.. |
Determination of Alkalinity by Titration (Short Method). |
Measuring anaerobic sludge digestion and growth by a simple alkalimetric titration. |
Full Scale Case Studies. |
Anaerobic Digester Foaming – Prevention and Control Study Update. |
17th Annual Education Seminar Proceedings. |
The Future of Activated Sludge. |
At the Confluence of Nutrients, Pharmaceuticals and Sustainability: Emerging Issues in Managing Wastewater. |
Key Elements and Bottlenecks of the Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Process for Advanced Wastewater Treatment. |
Operating Tools and Measurement Techniques for Troubleshooting Activated Sludge Systems. |
IFAS – A Broomfield, Colorado Success Story with Lessons Learned. |
Energy Savings through Improved Aeration Efficiency. |
Comparing the Effectiveness of Aeration Control Systems for BNR Plants. |
Effluent Reuse: Putting the Pieces Together. |
A Case for Keeping High-Rate Auxiliary Treatment Facilities in the Secondary Treatment Picture. |
Anaerobic Digester Foaming Workshop |
Case Studies – Rusty Schroedel. |
Case Studies – Bill Marten. |
The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Foam Experience. |
WLSSD Digester Foaming experiences. |
Engineering a rain garden to control road run-off in Scanlon Creek and an assessment of rain gardens as the best storm water management practice-Phase IV. |
Bench-scale Study of Anaerobic Digester Foaming. |
Anaerobic Digester Foaming – Past, Present, and Future. |
Survey Results. |
The effects of different genera of algae on the phosphorus excretion and oxygen depletion of Quagga Mussels (Dreissena Bugensis). |
Optimization of phosphorus and magnesium release from waste activated sludge. |
Caution-Advanced Digestion Processes. |
Managing Biosolids in our Energy Conscious Era. |
Agenda. |
Notes. |
Supplemental Notes. |
Agenda. |
Nutrient Removal: Understanding the Issues…Achieving Sustainable Solutions. |
Digester Foaming Committee Meeting Notes 2.1.2009. |
Activated Sludge- It’s About Efficiency and Optimization. |
Research and Reality: Current Issues in Solids Processing. |
Optimizing Biological Nitrogen Removal Processes. |
Control of Struvite Deposition in Wastewater Treatment Plants. |
Nitrification Options for Small Communities Using “Appropriate Technology.” |
Restored Wetlands as Nutrient Farms. |
Sidestream Treatment for Nitrogen Removal. |
Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Upgrading Wastewater Treatment Plants in Minnesota for New Phosphorus Limits. |
Low D.O. Operation: Effects on Biological Phosphorus Removal, Oxygen Transfer Efficiency, Denitrification, and Energy Savings. |
The Coastal ‘Dead Zone’: Nutrients, Hurricanes, & Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia. |
Effects of Biological Phosphorus Removal on Plant Operations and Capacity at the Nine Springs WWTP. (2005 Radebaugh Award Winner) |
The Use of Barley Straw to Control Algal and Macrophyte Growth on Wild Rice Lake Pre and Post-eutrophic Conditions.
This five-year-study, which has extensively investigated the effect of barley straw on algae, was taken into the field for the second time in Wild Rice Lake a shallow, 2100-acre lake north of Duluth, Minnesota. June 1, 2005 – Elizabeth Welsh, Minnesota. |
Bioremediation of Groundwater Contaminated With Agricultural Chemicals.
This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of a biofilter for reducing, and maybe even eliminating contaminants in groundwater. May 22, 2005 – Paul Davidson |
Extreme Activated Sludge: What’s out there now? |
Escherichia v. Fecal Coli White Paper.
Escherichia coli and Fecal Coliform Populations in Disinfected Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent and Recommendations to DNR for a Monthly Geometric Mean Escherichia coli Limitation. December 1, 2004 |
Implementation and Operation of Illinois’ First Nitrifying Biological Aerated Filter. (2004 Radebaugh Award Winner) |
Beneficial Use of Biosolids: Total Nitrogen Removal in a Completely Mixed Membrane Biofilm Reactor for Nitrification and Denitrification. Jennifer Cowman |
Word Version |
Beneficial Use of Biosolids: Strategies for Success and Acceptance (Presented at the 2004 Central States WEA Education Seminar) |
A Constant SRT Calculated From Liquid Flows Improves BNR Activated Sludge Performance(2002 Radebaugh Award Winner) |
To provide a Water Environment Federation (WEF) organization (Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin) offering multiple opportunities for the exchange of water quality knowledge and experiences among its members and the public and to foster a greater awareness of water quality achievements and challenges.