| 2008
AWEA CONFERENCE AGENDA |
|
| SUNDAY
APRIL 13, 2008 |
| Time |
Event |
Location/Speaker |
| 8:00-4:00 |
Exhibit
Hall Set Up |
|
| 9:00-5:30 |
Registration
Desk Open |
|
| 11:00 |
Golf
Tournament |
Glenlakes
Golf Club |
| 2:00 |
Tennis
Time |
Perdido
Tennis Courts |
| 5:30-7:30 |
Reception |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| MONDAY
APRIL 14, 2008 |
| Time |
Event |
Location/Speaker |
| 7:30-4:00 |
Registration
Desk Open |
|
| 7:30-8:00 |
Kick-Off
Coffee |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 8:00-8:30 |
Opening
Session
Breakfast |
Ballroom
D |
| 8:30-11:00 |
Opening
Session |
Ballroom
D |
| 8:30-8:45 |
Invocation & Welcome |
Jonathan
Childs |
| 8:45-9:15 |
WEF
Update |
Liliana
Maldonado |
| 9:15-9:45 |
Awards & Recognition |
|
| 9:45-10:15 |
Break |
|
| 10:15-10:45 |
ADEM
Update |
James
McIndoe |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Operation
Demonstrations |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 11:30-1:00 |
Strolling
Lunch / Door Prizes |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| SESSION
A – Ballroom C |
| |
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
Post Development Stormwater Management Pilot
Program |
Matt
Dunn / City of Auburn |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Sustainable Management of the Water Cycle:
It is All Connected |
Scott
Cummings / CH2M Hill |
| 2:20-3:00 |
Managing a Municipal BMP Program - Cities are
the Key! |
Ashley
Campbell & Leslie Lassitter / City of Daphne & City of Foley |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 3:20-4:00 |
Section 404 & Section 10
Permitting in the Mobile District of the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers |
Buddy
Covington / Volkert & Associates, Inc. |
|
| SESSION
B – Ballroom D |
| |
REGULATORY & PROFESSIONAL
ISSUES IN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
How to Handle the Media: Five Minutes Before
the Party Begins Is Not The Time to Learn To Dance |
Nancy
Pierce / Mobile County Public School System |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Customer Service: The Importance of Delivering
WOW Service to a Captive Audience |
Rob
McElroy / Daphne Utilities |
| 2:20-3:00 |
Wastewater Territorial Issues: Challenges with
Wastewater Infrastructure and Management in Times of Suburban Sprawl |
Buddy
Morgan / The Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board of the City
of Montgomery |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 3:20-4:00 |
Combining Water Reuse Opportunities with Stringent Phosphorus
Limits |
Michael
Graves & Robert Pride / Garver Engineers |
|
| SESSION
C – Ballroom F |
| |
OPTIMIZING WASTEWATER SYSTEMS OPERATIONS |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
Comparing Odor Treatment Technologies |
David
Oerke / RTW Engineers |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Managing Your Utility Cost - The Advantage
of Fuel Switching |
Kelvin
Hamil / Alabama Power Company |
| 2:20-3:00 |
Digester Gas Energy Utilization: Opportunities
and Realities |
David
Oerke / RTW Engineers |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 3:20-4:00 |
Fuel Considerations in Selecting Backup Power Systems |
Paul
Davenport & Chuck Mong / Kossen Equipment & Kohler Power
Systems |
|
| TUESDAY
APRIL 15, 2008 |
| Time |
Event |
Location/Speaker |
| 7:30-4:00 |
Registration
Desk Open |
|
| 7:30-8:40 |
Breakfast
/ Booth Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| SESSION
A – Ballroom C |
| |
WASTEWATER SYSTEMS FLOW MANAGEMENT |
|
| 8:40-9:20 |
Capacity Assurance and Hydraulic Modeling:
How much cash do you have left in the Capacity Bank? |
Brad
Kleckley / Civil Systems Inc. |
| 9:20-10:00 |
SWAT and Sidestream Storage
Methods & Planning |
Dwight
McGough & Ray Miller / Mobile Area Water & Sewer System & Volkert & Associates,
Inc. |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 10:20-11:00 |
More Efficient Pump Station Management |
Harold "Tink" Schaffer /
Multi Trode, Inc. |
| 11:00-11:40 |
Capacity Assurance - Planning & Implementation
for Collection Systems |
Dwight
McGough & Harold Baker / Mobile Area Water & Sewer System & Volkert & Associates,
Inc. |
| 11:40-1:00 |
Strolling
Lunch / Door Prizes |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| |
DECENTRALIZED
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
EPA
Demonstration Project Along Three Mile Creek |
Kevin
White / University of South Alabama |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Status
of Using Fuel Cells and Microturbines in Municipal Anaerobic
Digestion Facilities |
Nick
Mignone / NARJM & Associates |
| 2:20-3:00 |
MBR
Technology for Wastewater Treatment in Rural Areas |
Antonia
von Gottberg / Koch Membrane Systems |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| |
PROFESSIONAL
ISSUES |
|
| 3:20-4:00 |
Facing
the Challenges of Asset Management: A Case Study of the City
of Tuscaloosa |
Russ
Barton / CH2M HILL |
|
| SESSION
B – Ballroom D |
| |
REGULATORY & PROFESSIONAL
ISSUES IN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT (Cont'd) |
|
| 8:40-9:20 |
General Contracting Licensing Board Guidelines
and Issues |
Joseph
C. Rogers, Jr. / Alabama State Licensing Board for General Contractors |
| 9:20-10:00 |
Engineering Ethics |
Regina
Dinger / Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers
and Land Surveyors |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 10:20-11:00 |
Development & Application of Tools to Incorporate
Sustainability into Planning Process |
Liliana
Maldonado / WEF / CH2M HILL |
| 11:00-11:40 |
Legal Considerations for Private Sanitary Sewer Lateral Management |
Danny
Holmberg & Buddy Morgan / Krebs Architecture & Engineering,
Inc. |
| 11:40-1:00 |
Strolling
Lunch / Door Prizes |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| |
WATER
QUALITY TECHNOLOGIES |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
EPA's
Method Update Rule |
Nathan
Levy / A & E Testing, Inc. |
| 1:40-2:20 |
TMDL
Development and Implementation in Alabama: Current Status and
Possible Issues on the Horizon |
Glenda
Dean & Lynn Sisk / Alabama Department of Environmental Management |
| 2:20-3:00 |
Alternative
Disinfection Technologies |
Randy
Otts / MIOX Corporation |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 3:20-4:00 |
Use
of Colilert®, Colilert®-18 and Enterolert™ for
the determination of E.coli, fecal coliforms and enterococci
in Waste Waters |
Gil
Dichter / IDEXX Laboratories |
|
| SESSION
C– Ballroom F |
| |
WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS REHABILITATION |
|
| 8:40-9:20 |
Pursuit of a Sustainable Private Lateral Program |
Doug
Cote / Mobile Area Water & Sewer System |
| 9:20-10:00 |
Corrosion Analysis and Condition Assessment
of Reinforced Concrete Pipe |
Kevin
Kennoy, Brian Shannon, & Matt Alpaugh / Tetra Tech, Inc. & Jefferson
County, Environmental Services Department |
| 10:00-10:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
| 10:20-11:00 |
The I/I Cycle (Lessons Learned) |
Tony
Sneed / Limestone County Water & Sewer Authority |
| 11:00-11:40 |
Sanitary Sewer Flow Monitoring and Micro-Basin Investigations |
Houston
Matthews & Mark Huber / Tetra Tech, Inc. & City of Huntsville |
| 11:40-1:00 |
Strolling
Lunch / Door Prizes |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| |
WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT |
|
| 1:00-1:40 |
Hydrogeologic Conditions and a Firm-Yield Assessment
of J. B. Converse Lake, Mobile, AL 1991 - 2006 |
Carl
S. Carlson / U. S. Geological Survey |
| 1:40-2:20 |
Sources of Fecal Contamination in the Catoma
Creek Watershed |
C.
W. Wood & Y. Feng / Auburn University |
| 2:20-3:00 |
U. S. Geological Survey's New Web-Based Automated
Annual Data Report |
Rick
Treece / U. S. Geological Survey |
| 3:00-3:20 |
Break
/ Door Prize Drawings |
Exhibition
Hall |
|
| |
PRETREATMENT ISSUES |
|
| 3:20-4:00 |
Effective
Implementation of an EPA-Approved Fats, Oils, & Grease (FOG)
Program |
Tony
Fisher & Paul McClelland / Mobile Area Water & Sewer System |
|
| 6:30 |
Casino
Night |
Ballroom
D |
|
| WEDNESDAY
APRIL 16, 2008 |
| Time |
Event |
Location/Speaker |
|
8:30-10:30
|
Annual
Business Meeting and Breakfast |
Sand
Castle
|
If
you or someone in your organization may be interested in attending
or would like more information, contact:
Tim
Patton,
AWEA Conference Chairman
Phone (251) 342-1070
tpatton@volkert.com |
