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2010 AWEA CONFERENCE AGENDA


SUNDAY APRIL 18, 2010
Time Event Location/Speaker
8:00-4:00 Exhibit Hall Set Up  
9:00-5:00 Registration Desk Open  
10:30-11:00 Golf Tournament Registration Glenlakes Golf Club

11:00

Golf Tournament Glenlakes Golf Club
5:00-7:00 Reception Exhibition Hall

MONDAY APRIL 19, 2010
Time Event Location/Speaker

7:30-4:00

Registration Desk Open

7:30-8:00 Kick-Off Coffee Exhibition Hall
8:00-8:20 Opening Session Breakfast  
8:20-8:30 Invocation & Welcome Rob Coleman, President
8:30-8:40 Welcome from Orange Beach Honorable Tony Kennon, Mayor
8:40-9:10 WEF Update Judy Jones, Board of Trustees
9:10-9:30 Keynote Speaker – (Invited)  
9:30-10:10 Awards and Recognition  
10:10-10:30 Break Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00 ADEM Update James McIndoe
11:00-1:00 Strolling Lunch / Door Prizes Exhibition Hall
12:00-12:45 AWEA Committee Meetings:  
12:00-12:15 Government Affairs, Wastewater Operations  
12:15-12:30 Industrial, Water Resources  
12:30-12:45 Laboratory, Collection Systems  
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER WORKSHOP
  SESSION 1  
1:00-4:00 Aerobic Treatment Systems: Eight Growth Pressures of Aerobic Treatment

Michael H. Foster, Principal Consultant
Environmental Business Specialists, LLC

  SESSION 2  
1:00-4:00 Anaerobic Treatment Systems: Principles of Anaerobic Treatment Systems

Christopher R. Hatch, P.E., Process Engineer
River Bend Labs – A Division of Chemtron Corporation


SESSION A – Ballroom C 
  COLLECTION SYSTEMS  
1:00-1:30 SSES: Concept to Construction - Tools and Technologies for Evaluating Jimmy Stewart
Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC
1:30-2:00 Private Lateral Replacement Program Calressia Clark
Mobile Area Water & Sewer System
2:00-2:30 Calculating Spill Volumes Danny Lydell
Daphne Utilities
2:30-3:00 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
3:00-3:30 A Microbiological Solution to Collection System Odor Control Jack Hampton
Crystal River Technologies
3:30-4:00 Trenchless Installation Methodologies for Sewer System Rehabilitation Roger Tatum
Underground Solutions, Inc.

SESSION B – Ballroom D
  PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN UTILITY MANAGEMENT  
1:00-1:30 Wading through the Pitfalls of the Alabama Ethics Law Jimmy Sumner
Alabama Ethics Commission
1:30-2:00 Can You Hear Me Now?
Creative Marketing to Your Captive Audience Is the Key to Success
Rob McElroy
Daphne Utilities
2:00-2:30 Financial Planning-Rate Studies and Setting Rates Blair Troutman
BlueWater Consulting
2:30-3:00 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
3:00-3:30 Wastewater System Acquisitions Jason Padgett
North Baldwin Utilities
3:30-4:00 Public-Private Partnerships: Are They Right for Your Community Christopher Morss & Richard Gardner
Sevren Trent

SESSION C – Ballroom F
  LABORATORY AND WATER QUALITY  
1:00-1:30 Permit Renewals and the Joys of Stormwater Lennette Sheffield
TTL
1:30-2:00 Tricks and Traps of Sanitary Effluent Analyses Nathan Levy
Analytical & Environmental Testing, Inc.
2:00-2:30 Overview of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Source Water Quality Assessment Program and Related Data in Alabama Amy Gill
U.S. Geological Survey
Alabama Water Science Center
2:30-3:00 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
3:00-3:30 If You Want to Run with the Big Dogs, You've Got to Get Off the Porch Mike Shaw
TTL
3:30-4:00 Groundwater P.E. Lamoureax

4:00-5:00 AWEA Young Professionals Cocktail Hour Pool Bar
5:00 5K Fun Run/Walk Meet at Perdido Beach Resort Northeast Parking Lot

TUESDAY APRIL 20, 2010
Time Event Location/Speaker

7:30-4:00

Registration Desk Open

 

7:30-8:30

Breakfast / Booth Prize Drawings

Exhibition Hall


SESSION A – Ballroom C 
  ADEM REGULATORY ISSUES  
8:30-9:00 Biosolid Land Applications Ed Sims
EPA Region IV
9:00-9:30 NPDES Permit Applications Daphne Smart
ADEM Municipal Permit Section
9:30-10:00 Discharge Monitoring Reports Jimbo Carlson
ADEM Wastewater & Mining Enforcement Section
10:00-10:30 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00 Municipal Separate Sewer Storm Systems (MS4) Permits Glenda Dean, Daphne Smart, Marla Smith
ADEM Permit Branch
11:00-11:30 Municipal Separate Sewer Storm Systems (MS4) Permits Glenda Dean, Daphne Smart, Marla Smith
ADEM Permit Branch
11:30-1:00 Strolling Lunch / Door Prizes Exhibition Hall
1:00-1:30 Water Quality Standards Lynn Sisk
ADEM Water Quality Branch
1:30-2:00 TMDL Development Update Chris Johnson
ADEM Water Quality Branch
2:00-2:30 TMDL Implementation Glenda Dean
ADEM NPDES Permit Branch
2:30-3:00 Cooling Water Intake Structure Requirements - 316(b) Scott Ramsey
ADEM Industrial/Mining Permit Section
3:00-3:30 Operator Liability Dennis Harrison
ADEM Drinking Water Branch

SESSION B – Ballroom D 
  WASTEWATER OPERATIONS  
8:30-9:00 Troubleshooting and Maintaining Submersible and Priming Pump Keith Walsh
J.H. Wright & Associates
9:00-9:30 Using SCADA for Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

Matt Crousillac
Mission Communications

Paul Coletta
J.H. Wright & Associates

9:30-10:00 Upgrade of the University of Mobile's Wastewater Treatment Plant Using a Drip Disposal System Frank McFadden
McFadden Engineering
10:00-10:30 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00 Tribal Headquarters Benefits from Water Reuse Project Mark Lopp
11:00-11:30 Montgomery Water Works Biosolids Program: 20 Years in the Making Jerald Conway
Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery
11:30-1:00 Strolling Lunch / Door Prizes Exhibition Hall

  UTILITY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT  
1:00-1:30 How to Find and Keep Good People in a Bad Economy Rob McElroy
Daphne Utilities
1:30-2:00 Performance Measures Used in a Bonus Incentive Program for Municipal System Employees Charles Hyland
Mobile Area Water & Sewer System

  UTILITY CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS  
2:00-2:30 Innovative Solutions for Construction Estimates Using Cost Engineering Software Michael Malires, P.E.
Tetra Tech
2:30-3:00 RECP Design and Communications
(Effective Erosion and Sediment Control Solutions)
John Slupecki
American Excelsior Company
3:00-3:30    

SESSION C– Ballroom F 
  MANAGING NUTRIENTS  
8:30-9:00 Nutrients and Membrane Technology Anthony Hughes
Hatch Mott McDaniel
9:00-9:30 High Rate Disk Filtration for the Removal of Phosphorus Peter Wood
Nova Water Technologies
9:30-10:00 Nutrient Removal - Made Easy Mike Dunigan
Schreiber Water
10:00-10:30 Break / Door Prize Drawings Exhibition Hall
10:30-11:00 BioMag Meets Upper Gwynedd WWTP Wet Weather and Nutrient Treatment Needs Robert C. Backman
Cambridge Water Technology, Inc.
11:00-11:30 Algae Control Methods Compared: The Importance of Successful Algae Control for Facilities with UV Disinfection Shawna Gill
Gill Trading, Inc.
11:30-1:00 Strolling Lunch / Door Prizes Exhibition Hall

  ENERGY CONSERVATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT  
1:00-1:30 Going "Green" - Optimizing Systems for Energy Savings Montgomery Works & Sanitary Sewer Board
1:30-2:00 Energy Savings through Automated Switching of Power Consumption by Aerators or Mixers to Unconventional Energy Sources (Solar and Wind) Dina Palumbo
AEROMIX Systems

  WASTEWATER TREATMENT  
2:00-2:30 Effects and Treatment of Siloxanes and Hydrogen Sulfide for Gas Reciprocating Engines Patrick Wootten, P.E.
GE Power & Water Jenbacher Gas Engines
2:30-3:00 Net Present Worth Calculations in Fine Bubble Aeration Purchase Evaluation Dick Quinn
SSI Aeration, Inc.
3:00-3:30   Judy Jones, WEF Board of Trustees
Cobb County Water System

6:00 Casino Night Ballroom D

WEDNESDAY APRIL 21, 2010
Time Event Location/Speaker

8:30-10:30

Annual AWEA 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