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ecoletterSUMMER 2011 I SSUE

The Sun Rises On Another Tri-Conference

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CWEA President—Craig Murray

Gratitude: a feeling of beingthankful to somebody for doingsomething

Hard to believe that this is mylast Ecoletter message as

President of the CWEA. But asthey say, time flies when you are having fun. And Ireally have had fun, quite a bit of it. That fun has beenderived from two things—a great feeling of communitywith the rest of the CWEA leadership and a very realsense of accomplishment for the work that the CWEAhas completed this year.

One key accomplishment that we would like toshare is that the CWEA and WWOA have recentlyagreed to engage an outside publisher (Craig Kelman& Associates) to assist with the Ecoletter. In fact, thiswill be the last Ecoletter with this familiar blue hue.While we will all likely have moments of nostalgia fromtime to time (some more than others) I have no doubtthat we will all quickly grow to love the vivid colors andfeel of the new Ecoletter. We all need to remember thatit has been the content of the Ecoletter that has madeit so successful all these years. The commitment toEcoletter content will not change. Thank you to the AdHoc committee, led by Ted Debota and Ann Baugher,for spearheading this significant effort.

My last president’s message put out a request forvolunteers to help with the Ecoletter and I am verygrateful for the responses. Special thanks to Joan Fer-nandez and Kristi Perri who have agreed to take onleadership roles for the CWEA on the Ecoletter. Lastly,but certainly not least, I would like to recognize andthank Cynthia Lane for her tenure as editor—espe-cially the last few months when she has been fulfillingthis role from her new home in Denver. We could nothave done it without you.

On my previous three Ecoletter messages I startedwith the definitions of three words—participate, shareand volunteer. The CWEA has always been strong onthese subjects, but I would like to think we’ve raised thebar a little this year. It is through our organization partic-ipating, sharing and volunteering that this progress hap-pens. I have no doubt that our next year will be aproductive one. We have great momentum and an ener-

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

WWOA President—Rose Marie Cline-Lowe

It is difficult to believe that mytenure as your President iscoming to an end. Both person-ally and professionally, it hasbeen a year of ups and downs,but, having said that, I ampleased with the progress this

Association has made during the past 12 months.As I stated in my remarks when I took over as Pres-

ident, I wanted to focus the work of the association toserve the membership—the water and wastewateroperators and superintendents. Towards that end, theAssociation has revitalized several existing programs,such as the WWOA Awards program, the Short CourseScholarships and, with an eye towards future opera-tors, the high school Science Fair Awards.

Additionally, this year for the first time, the MainBody of your Association is sponsoring four mem-bers—one from each section—to attend the Tri-Associ-ation Conference in Ocean City. One member will beselected by random drawing from each section.

Few people realize that the water that exists on theearth is all that there will ever be. That’s all we get. Fewerpeople still recognize and understand the role that waterand wastewater operators play in protecting thatresource by providing safe drinking water and safelytreating wastewater. Perhaps the fates will continue toconsign us to remain in the background, with our onlyreward being our own satisfaction in a job well done. It ismy hope, however, that this Association will continue towork against the fates and publicly recognize the effortsof our members in this quality undertaking.

So, in closing, our year together began with a greatTri-Conference in 2010 and will end at yet anothertremendous conference. I want to thank all the mem-bers of the Executive Board for their service over thispast year. I would also like to thank the Boards of thefour Sections for their support. Most of all, I would liketo thank you, the membership, for your continued serv-ice to the betterment of our world community.

gized group of volunteers ready participate. We will alsohave a president, Ted Debota, who has shared a clearvision for where this organization can go and has thedrive to move us there. Exciting times indeed.

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Program (PACP) Training CourseAugust 29 - 30

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President’s Message ....................................................3

Editor’s Corner ..............................................................5

Meeting the Challenge of Achieving Bay AreaStormwater Requirements ................................8–11

Asset Management Seminar ................................14–15

Our Other Bay ......................................................18–21

Tri-Association Conference ..................................24–36

Registration and Hotel Information..................24–25

Conference Highlights ....................................26–29

Sessions Schedule ..........................................29–36

TABLE OF CONTENTS


We have important staff news. CWEA Administra-tor Ann Baugher has become our Advertising

Manager. The business side of The Ecoletter hadfallen into arrears and she agreed to step in and help.Thanks to her efforts and the cooperation of our faith-ful advertisers, our publication is already on firmerfooting. If you have been an advertiser and have notpaid for past ads we ask your understanding in payingfor ads that we ran for you. On a sadder note, Co-edi-tor Cynthia Lane will be leaving us. She has movedout to Denver to work at AWWA headquarters. Show-ing her dedication to The Ecoletter, she has agreed tostay on until her successor has taken over.

• • • • • •Last issue we reported that Pennsylvania DEP hadtaken away violation notices from inspectors of naturalgas drilling. Thankfully that order has been rescindedand the inspectors can once again cite operators formisdeeds. On top of that the DEP has fined gas drillerChesapeake Energy over a million dollars for a firethat injured three workers and for contaminating 16wells. It’s good to see the Pennsylvania Department ofEnvironmental Protection taking environmental pro-tection more seriously.

• • • • • •We love what Maryland is doing with grass. Statingthat 14% of the nitrogen and 8% of the phosphorusgoing into The Bay comes from urban and suburbannon-point sources, they passed a new lawn fertilizerlaw that will limit turf fertilizer use. Fertilizer must notcontain more than 0.7 pounds of N and no P (exceptin special turf repair or establishment situations), andN cannot be applied at a rate greater than 0.9pounds/1000 square feet. This new law does not applyto agriculture. And it does not apply to the easiest,most Bay friendly way to fertilize your lawn—leavingthe grass clippings on the mowed lawn. It gets better.Because of budget cuts, the SHA will be reducing theamount of grass cuttings along highways in the state.This is a classic case of doing more for less in takingup more water runoff from rains by less frequent mow-ing. So when you travel the roads of The Free Statethis year, enjoy the tall beautiful grass.

• • • • • •Showing that the wild and wonderful, Mountain Statewants to do its part, the three far eastern counties ofthe panhandle will be seeking a Chesapeake Baycoordinator to track what’s being done and what willneed to be done on their Bay effort.

• • • • • •Cumberland, Maryland is also doing its part. On June22nd they dedicated the new ENR upgrade to their 15mgd plant. This $37 million upgrade received $27 mil-lion from the Bay Restoration Fund, $6 million fromFederal stimulus money and $4 million from the Mary-land Water Quality Revolving Loan Fund. The plantwill meet 3 mg/l Total N and .3 mg/l Total P.

• • • • • •The Wilderness Warrior—Theodore Roosevelt and theCrusade for America by Douglas Brinkley is an over 900page book (it’s very difficult to write a short book abouthim) that shows what the great man did for his country.All told he set aside over 234 million acres, many timesby executive order over a foot dragging congress, forposterity. When birds were slaughtered for the big busi-ness of stylish hats, he created the first national birdrefuge and in the process helped to eliminate the sense-less commerce. He went on to create 54 bird refuges, 4game preserves, 18 national monuments, 6 nationalparks and created or enlarged 150 national forests. Afterhe set aside land that would become Olympic NationalPark, the largest of the four North American elk sub-species that roam there, was named Roosevelt Elk.Without a doubt he did more than anyone to wake ourcountry up to protecting and cherishing our beautifulland and animals. He was our first and arguably ourmost environmental president—this alone would justifyhis presence on Mount Rushmore.

• • • • • •The City of Philadelphia has received approval fromEPA for an innovative CSO plan. At the heart of the planare measures taken to prevent runoff from entering sew-ers. These measures include pervious pavements,green roofs, rain gardens, tree planting, vegetativestrips, rain barrels, and variations on French drains tocapture runoff before it enters pipes. It will minimize themore common approach of building large undergroundstorage reservoirs. Perhaps the most controversial partof the plan is changing how businesses are charged forstorm water. Previously it was based on water use andwith the new plan it will be based on the amount of impe-rious surfaces. Some businesses with large roofs andextensive parking lots will see substantial increases. Toimplement the plan the City has agreed to spend $2 bil-lion over 20 years. Comparing what Philadelphia will bedoing to what DC is doing for CSO’s is most interesting.Philadelphia is twice the size of DC and has 60%CSO’s, twice the percentage that DC has, yet will spendmuch less than half of what DC will spend to handle itsCSO’s. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner?

EDITOR’S CORNER


—By Paul Hlavinka, PMP, EIT, CWEA StormwaterCommittee, Muddy Branch Alliance President and Patricia Jones, CWEA Stormwater CommitteeSecretary

On December 29, 2010, the EPA, Region 3 issuedthe “Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load

(TMDL) for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment”described as “a historic and comprehensive ‘pollutiondiet’ with rigorous accountability measures to initiatesweeping actions to restore clean water in the Chesa-peake Bay and the regions streams, creeks, andrivers.” Of the 40,000 TMDLs completed nationwide,the Chesapeake Bay TMDL is the largest and mostcomplex. In brief, jurisdictions are required to imple-ment pollution controls by 2025 capable of cumulativereductions of 25% nitrogen, 24% phosphorus, and 20%sediment with a requirement that 60% of the plannedpollution controls be in place and operating by 2017.

In light of the challenges of this recent action by theEPA, it was timely that the recently formed ChesapeakeWater Environment Association’s (CWEA) StormwaterCommittee presented a seminar on May 17, 2011 enti-tled “Meeting the Challenge of Achieving Bay AreaStormwater Requirements.” The seminar, held at theMaritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies

(MITAGS) in Linthicum, Maryland, was well attendedand featured speakers representing a variety ofstormwater management and stakeholder roles.

As further background, the Bay TMDL mandatedseven major jurisdictions (Delaware, District of Colum-bia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, andWest Virginia) develop Phase I Watershed Implementa-tion Plans (WIPs) requiring jurisdictions to subdividetheir TMDL allocation among pollution sources andspecify plans for meeting targeted reductions. Currently,the bulk of the WIPs rely on improvements to stormwa-ter control, treatment and discharge from the MunicipalSeparate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) within thesewatersheds. If these control measures prove inade-quate, EPA has outlined contingency actions it may takeincluding expanding NPDES permits to currently unreg-ulated sources, requiring additional pollution reductionsfrom point sources, prohibiting new or expanded dis-charges, revising quality standards, as well as tradi-tional enforcement actions.

To address the implementation of these mandatesby EPA, CWEA broke the seminar into three sessions.The morning session addressed a range of municipal,state, federal, and watershed protection perspectiveson what is required for the region to meet ChesapeakeBay TMDL targets. One afternoon session addressedCase Studies of stormwater program plans, implemen-tation and performance. The other afternoon sessionaddressed Cutting Edge Research from numerous aca-demic researchers throughout the region.

The morning session started with Mark Charles,City of Rockville’s Chief of Environmental Manage-ment, who presented a lively yet sobering talk pointingout that to meet Bay TMDL compliance schedules allMS4 permit holders will need “people, data, cash, con-tractors, and time” and that competition for all of thesewill drive up costs and compound time constraints. JimFoster, President of Anacostia Watershed Society,made the case for why partnering is “good for all par-ties” given the scope of the task ahead and the need forpublic education as a key component in Bay restora-tion. The federal perspective was presented by JennyMolloy, Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Coordinator (EPARegion III), who commented that a fundamental shiftfrom rapid conveyance to flow control (volume, velocity,and duration) still needs to take place; that EPA will be

Meeting the Challenge of AchievingBay Area Stormwater Requirements

looking at how individual best management practices(BMPs) actually perform rather than acceptingassumed design performance; and that national rule-making on stormwater regulations will include specialprovisions to maintain the robustness of the Bay TMDL.

The Maryland perspective was addressed by Mr.Jay Sakai of the Maryland Department of the Environ-ment (MDE) who spoke in place of Dr. Robert Sum-mers. Mr. Sakai stated that MS4 permits will be alignedwith WIPs and pursuant to EPA requirements account-ability and enforcement will increase. The Virginia per-spective was addressed from the permit holderviewpoint by Randy Bartlett, Fairfax County DeputyDirector for the Department of Public Works and Envi-ronmental Services, who stated that differences in stateand federal compliance mechanisms, guidelines, andreporting methods unnecessarily complicate compli-ance efforts. Mr. Bartlett also presented data on variousBMPs implemented in Fairfax County with a cost peracre ranging from $3,500 for stream restoration to$103,000 for low impact design (LID); additionally, eachBMP evaluated had variable performance on nitrogen,phosphorus, and sediment removal. In effect there wasno one BMP technology that provided a comprehensivetreatment solution.

The morning session was concluded with presenta-tions from state transportation representatives includingKaruna Pujara, Maryland State Highway Administration,Vince Davis, Delaware Department of Transportation,and Pawan Sarang, Virginia Department of Transporta-tion in which they each outlined their MS4 program anddiscussed how and to what degree they coordinate theirstormwater programs with municipalities in their service

areas. There was a consensus among the state trans-portation representative that increased cooperationbetween their departments and local municipalities, aswell as regulatory flexibility, will be necessary for each toachieve their compliance goals.

The afternoon Case Studies addressed stormwaterprogram implementation, urban retrofits, BMP monitor-ing and nutrient accounting. Steve Shofar of Mont-gomery County’s Department of EnvironmentalProtection (MCDEP) kicked off the case studies provid-ing a brief description of the County’s latest NPDESMS-4 permit and the implementation strategy that hasbeen developed to comply including significant costsand aggressive schedules needed to meet local TMDLsrequirements. The plans laid out and discussed are atestament to the work that MCDEP has done so far tomeet broad reaching targets. Jason Papacosma ofArlington County’s Department of Environmental Serv-ices discussed Watershed Retrofits in the Urban Land-scape. Since 2008, Arlington County, VA, has beenworking with the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.to develop a watershed retrofit inventory, to date over40% of the County has been assessed, and implemen-tation of the highest prioritized retrofits have begun. Mr.Papacosma offered a word of caution that retrofitsalone will not likely treat enough area to meet water-shed goals and Chesapeake Bay TMDL requirements.Therefore, it will be necessary to rely on other strate-gies, including: creating “green street” designs andurban stream restoration. Lessons from this effort can


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help other communities develop their own effectiveretrofit programs as well as inform the regulatory com-munity of the realities and limits of urban retrofitting.

Edmonston, Maryland Mayor Adam Ortiz provideda wonderful narrative on how his community has beenable to achieve innovative improvements in stormwatermanagement while simultaneously addressing press-ing social and community issues. Through the construc-tion of a state-off the art stormwater control systemrepeated flooding has ended and the east coast'sGreenest Street has been built through partnershipsbetween the City, non-governmental organizations, reg-ulators, consultants and contractors. Mayor Ortiz’s takehome message is that stormwater sustainability isachievable, not just for large or wealthy jurisdictions, butfor small working class communi-ties and he invites the Bay area to“steal our ideas at: www.edmon-stonmd.gov.”

John Coffin, President andChief Hydrologist for HydrologicData Collection, had the monu-mental task of addressing “Meth-ods to Determine PollutantRemoval Efficiencies of Stormwa-ter BMPs” in half an hour. Mr. Cof-fin described one of their projectsat a regional stormwater facilitydesigned to treat more than 55square miles (3,583 acres) of thePhillippi Creek Watershed in Sara-sota County, Florida where thetreatment consists of a series offour cascading wet detentionponds and a large wet retention/wetland area. The concludingmessage was that a lot of taxpayer money is spent implement-ing projects and the through con-sistent monitoring you can showhow effectively it is being used forpollutant removal.

Thomas Schueler, ExecutiveDirector of the ChesapeakeStormwater Network, wrapped upthe Case Studies with a presenta-tion on “Strategies for Local Nutri-

ent Accounting in the Chesapeake Bay” addressinghow localities can use nutrient accounting to definetheir baseline loads and identify the most cost-effectivecombination of stormwater and restoration practicesthat can achieve the desired reductions. He describedsome useful strategies and technical resources to helplocalities meet these new responsibilities. He recom-mended a local tracking system to account for loadsfrom BMPs at existing, new and redeveloped areas,and new methods for assigning accurate reductionrates to the practices they will implement.

The afternoon Cutting Edge research sessionaddressed BMP design, performance, and monitoringas well as watershed modeling. Jamie Houle, ProgramManager for the University of New HampshireStormwater Center, presented a primer on lessonslearned from years of stormwater research highlightingthe importance of starting with a clear project objectivethat defines the spatial, temporal, constituent, budget-ary, monitoring, and reporting requirements. William

Soulliere, Teledyne Isco,addressed a variety of fac-tors to consider when plan-ning and implementingstormwater monitoring, con-centrating on how to bestuse sampling equipment sothat site visits decrease anddata is robust and reliable.

Dr. Allen Davis, Profes-sor, Department of Civil andEnvironmental Engineering,University of Maryland, pre-sented results demonstrat-ing increased solublephosphorus removal in bio-retention following additionof water treatment alumresiduals to a lab scaletreatment column. Basedupon the lab scale success,this innovative method hasbeen introduced to a full-scale facility and monitoringis ongoing. Performancemonitoring data from vari-ous full-scale bio-retentionfacilities demonstrated thateven with comparabledesign, treatment perform-ance is variable and theneed for routine monitoring

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is essential to determining the effectiveness of eachBMP. Dr. Shirley Clark, Associate Professor of Environ-mental Engineering, Penn State addressed efforts todesign bio-retention treatment media for variousstormwater contaminants. When different classes ofcontaminants are present, more than one treatmentmedia may be necessary and while trade-offs exist,careful consideration of media selection can result incombinations that meet treatment objectives effectively.

Watershed modeling was presented by Dr. DavidSample, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering,Virginia Tech evaluating the flow based TMDL on theFirst Order Catchment (headwaters) of Accotink Creekin Northern Virginia. Based upon this project, Dr. Sam-ple concluded that watershed modeling can be aneffective tool for planning and subsequently evaluatingTMDL compliance. He recommended that watershedstormwater models be applied to smaller scale catch-ments because monitoring data is more manageablemaking model calibration more straightforward.

Closing comments and conclusions were pre-sented by Larry Jaworski, Vice-President of Brown &Caldwell, who addressed the overall concepts of the

seminar. Essentially we have some new and challeng-ing non-point source requirements around the Chesa-peake Bay, and we are just starting to learn how to dealwith them. Maryland is in the forefront of the nation withaddressing our water body impairment, and will leadthe country in TMDL, WIP issues. Several universitieshave been doing research on just these issues, and itwill be one of CWEAs the new functions to help bringthe technology where it is needed.

The CWEA Stormwater Committee is planning aSummit meeting in September 2011 as an opportunityfor area stormwater organizations to meet and estab-lish ongoing dialog and discuss partnering effortstoward accomplishing Bay stormwater objectives. Fur-ther, the Stormwater Committee in conjunction with theCollection System Committee is planning a one-dayseminar to address wet weather flow issues for Novem-ber 2011. If you are interested in joining the StormwaterCommittee please contact Jeff Cantwell at 610-918-3857 or [email protected].

NOTE: Presentations from this seminar are available athttp://www.wwoa-cwea.com/cwea (follow the links).

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Our Other Bay


—By Floyd B. Johnson, Ecoletter Co-editor

There is no doubt we are Chesapeake Bay centric.This makes sense for a number of reasons mainly

based on size, proximity and socio-economic impact,but there is another substantial bay whose waterswash the shores of our territory.

In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed article (Spring2010 Ecoletter); I mentioned that 72% of Delawaredrains into Delaware Bay. What I should have said was72% of the state does not drain into the Chesapeake.Delaware’s inland bays (Rehoboth, Indian River andAssawoman) of the Atlantic receive flow from nearly aquarter of the state so Delaware Bay’s watershed iscloser to half than three quarters of the state.

With that correction logged, let me compare andcontrast the Delaware Bay with the Chesapeake. TheDelaware’s 13,539 square mile watershed is 21% andits 800 square miles of water is less than 18%, of theChesapeake’s, but other facts support considerable sig-nificance. Philadelphia is the largest freshwater port inthe world, oil refineries along Delaware Bay make upthe second largest US capacity with over 40 million gal-lons of crude oil traveling the bay every day, and over 15million people (half in New York City) receive drinkingwater from the Delaware River. Many more people drinkfrom the Delaware than the Susquehanna. A downsideto all the oil tanker traffic has been oil spills. In the last40 years there have been four major spills thatexceeded 250,000 gallons with a spill in January 1975being the worst at 11,000,000 gallons. There have beentwo major oil spills in the Chesapeake during the sameperiod—250,000 gallons in 1976 and 111,000 in2000(Patuxent River pipeline leak). By comparison, theExxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, the largest tanker causedspill in US history, leaked between 10,800,000 and32,000,000 gallons. The largest US oil spill, the 2010Gulf of Mexico spill, was 206,000,000 gallons.

Out in the river opposite the Delaware City refiner-ies sits Pea Patch Island, one of the most unusual 161acres in the country. On the south end of the island isFort Delaware, one of the biggest forts in the countryand active from The War of 1812 to World War 2. On thenorth end of the island is one of the largest bird rook-eries along the Atlantic coast. As many as 20,000 birdsuse this nesting site every year. It’s hard to imagine twosuch dissimilar uses of such a small piece of land.

A claim to fame of the Delaware is being the longestriver east of Mississippi undammed. But I’m not buyingthat considering large upstream impoundments on theeast and west branches of the river near the Catskillsprovide drinking water to over seven million people out-side the watershed in a diversion worthy of the west.There is no disputing downstream of where the twobranches meet at Hancock, NY there are no impedi-ments to flow. But the two branch reservoirs and a thirdone on the Neversink River are a major factor in riverflows. So technically the main stem of the Delaware isundammed, but don’t say the river is unharnessed.

Back in 1931 the Supreme Court ruled that New YorkCity could withdraw 440 million gallons a day from theDelaware from planned reservoirs. During that ruling Jus-tice Oliver Wendell Holmes uttered a phrase that goes forall rivers when he said, “A river is not an amenity, it is atreasure.” The people along the river acted on what hesaid and now there are 150 miles of the river included in

East End Light on the left and a World War 2 observationtower on the right at Cape Henlopen State Park.

Refineries at Delaware City. Who says this country does notdo much manufacturing?

Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island.


The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System—an amaz-ing fact given the location of the river in the heart of amegalopolis that stretches from Boston to WashingtonDC and within a day’s drive of 40% of the US population.The original ruling was amended by the court in 1954after reservoir construction allowing the city to take 800million gallons a day while at all times maintaining a min-imum flow of 1,130 million gallons a day just below Mil-ford, Pennsylvania. With several major floods along theDelaware in recent years, finding the right balancebetween storage for water supply and capacity for floodcontrol has become a real tug of war between New YorkCity and communities along the river. You can bet that thenext major flood will bring even more warring.

Delaware Bay, roughly one fifth the size of theChesapeake, is fed almost entirely by the DelawareRiver. And the river only has two major tributaries, theLehigh and Schuylkill. The last tributary of any size, theChristiana River and the last source of water comingfrom outside the coastal plain, enters the Delaware justupstream of the Delaware Memorial Bridge at Wilming-ton. Note the lack of the term “Bay” in the bridge name.Unlike the Chesapeake’s two bridges that span it atmid-point and mouth, Delaware Bay is un-breached bybridges.

A rather unique feature of the Delaware is the longlength of its freshwater estuary which occupies theriver from the head of tide at Trenton, New Jersey to theDelaware/Pennsylvania border where the transitionzone of fresh/salt water begins. The transition zonecontinues to just south of the Chesapeake andDelaware Canal. One area where the Delaware out-shines the Chesapeake is its 75 mile width from LittleCreek, Delaware to the back of the bite the bay takesout of New Jersey, at Dennis Creek. This distance istwice the maximum width of the Chesapeake.

Delaware Bay hosts the largest population ofspawning horseshoe crabs in the world. The ancienthorseshoe crab is unchanged for the last 350 millionyears and believed to be the oldest animal species,(humans or homo sapiens have only been around200,000 years) puts on quite a show in May and early

June. During new or full moons, these animals blot outthe sand of beaches of the lower Delaware Bay duringtheir spawn. Unlike the blue crab’s culinary delight, thehorseshoe crab has no real flesh to consume. Howeverthe eggs are an important food for migratory birds.Another important use of horseshoe crabs is in the fieldof medicine. Their blood is used to detect endotoxins indrugs and medical devices. If you get a chance, visit aDelaware Bay beach during the spawn and ponder theresilience of these very special animals. Although aharvesting ban enacted in 2000 remains in effect sothey cannot be taken for bait, even after all these mil-lions of years their population remains fairly stable.Remarkable is a too often used term, but not when talk-

ing about horseshoecrabs. The thought thatthese creatures havebeen around for so longshould be a humblingand instructive one forus humans.

The 14 mile long,450 feet wide, 35 feetdeep, C&D Canal is thephysical link betweenthe Chesapeake andDelaware Bays. Sincethe 1920’s it has been a

lock free, sea level canal that allows an exchange ofwaters (the prevailing flow is from the Chesapeake tothe Delaware) between the bays, considerable ship-ping, and in the process created the largest island inthe United States. It’s Delmarva Island, not peninsula.

While the source of the West Branch of theDelaware is only 25 miles from Cooperstown, NYwhere the Susquehanna begins, they not only takedivergent paths to the sea but also are regulated muchdifferently. The Delaware River Basin Commission, cre-ated by President John Kennedy, has authority overwater quantity and water quality (along with EPA). Thismeans the commission sets the compact that balancesflood control with water storage in the upstream reser-voirs that are used for New York City water supply andalso, despite considerable pressure, has so far bannedgas drilling in the watershed. Its counterpart, the

Delaware Memorial Bridge. Note the industry in the back-ground on the New Jersey side to the right.


Reedy Point Bridge over Chesapeake and Delaware Canalnear the canal’s eastern terminus.


decade younger Susquehanna River Commission, islargely a toothless water management agency thatserves in an advisory role. Water quality is controlledby each state and flood control is handled by the USArmy Corps of Engineers. Gas drilling in the Susque-hanna basin is widespread in Pennsylvania. New Yorkhas banned it pending establishing regulations.

On another energy front the Delaware outpacesthe Chesapeake. Each bay has a nuclear power plantdirectly on its shores but the three reactors at the HopeCreek–Salem complex with a capacity of 3,560 MWefar exceeds Calvert Cliffs’ two reactors 1,735 MWe.

Dredging is a recent contentious issue on theDelaware Bay. Federal judges have had to get betweenthe combatants, Pennsylvania and Delaware on oneside and New Jersey on the other, to allow a five feetdeepening to 45 feet of the 102 mile channel thatextends from Capes May and Henlopen to Philadel-phia. The work commenced a year ago on a 12 milereach near Wilmington, Delaware with the restrictionthat removed sediments were to be disposed onDelaware land. Then something happened last sum-mer that made matters worse. A dike broke on the cellholding the sediments allowing them to enter New Jer-sey waters and lands. You may ask how a failed dike onDelaware land allowed material into New Jersey. Afterall the states are on opposite sides of the bay.

To understand how this happened, we must goback to William Penn’s original 1682 deed that speci-fied a 12 mile arc, with a center point at New Castle, toseparate the Pennsylvania and Delaware colonies. Thisseemingly simple statement has complicatedDelaware’s boundaries for centuries. On the west side,the arc was to have met the southern boundary ofPennsylvania but a surveying error by a couple survey-ors named Mason and Dixon made the arc intersectthe Maryland border a mile south of the surveyors mostfamous east-west line. A one square mile wedge of no-man’s land was created and Delaware could not claim

it free and clear from Marylanduntil the Supreme Court ruledin 1921. On the east side thedeed specified that all islandsand the water to the mean lowwater tide will be part ofDelaware. Twice in the twenti-eth century and again onlythree years ago, New Jerseyand Delaware have beenbefore the Supreme Courtover where the border is.Unlike the Maryland–Virginiaborder which is set on themean low water level in Mary-land’s favor for the entire

length of the Potomac River, only in the 12 mile arc por-tion of the border is this the case along the Delaware.For the rest of the Bay downstream and the entire riverupstream, the border is mid-stream. Back to the faileddike. It was set on the east side of the bay on an islandseparated from the mainland by a narrow channel, sowhen it gave way the material flowed into New Jersey.

This all too familiar, bigger story of states fightingover water use and abuse is the result of politicalboundaries paying insufficient heed to watersheds. Asa result the troublesome “Federal case,” must beenacted to find elusive solutions. At least Delaware Bayonly has four states involved. In Chesapeake countrythere are six states and the District of Columbia to con-tend with. While the Delaware is not facing a massiveTotal Maximum Daily Limit like the Chesapeake, thereare still serious water quality concerns.

Because of legacy PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl),a compound banned in the US in 1979, there arerestrictions on fish consumption in the entire DelawareBay. An emerging pollutant and another fat soluble,bioacumulative compound is PBDE or polybrominateddiphenyl ethers. This compound used in fire retardents,has shown up in higher concentrations than mostplaces in the world. Also an area of concern is residualsfrom pharmaceuticals, given the high concentration ofdrug companies in the watershed. Various drugs, suchas steroids, antibiotics, pain relievers and hormoneshave shown up in stream samples. On the positive side,both phosphorus and sediment loads have beenreduced and nitrogen loads have not caused harmfulalgal blooms or excessively low dissolved oxygen lev-els. The situation with crabs and oysters is similar to theChesapeake’s and the pace of land lost to developmentis also much like the Chesapeake watershed.

An advantage Delaware Bay has over the Chesa-peake is having a better flush effect with a freshwaterresidence time around 100 days compared to the Chesa-peake’s 260 days. This more than makes up for DelawareBay’s watershed population density of 590 people persquare mile, compared to the Chesapeake’s 265 peopleper square mile. Unlike the Chesapeake, there are no

Hope Creek–Salem, New Jersey nuclear power plant.

Our Other BayContinued from page 19

William Penn statue, in old colonial, NewCastle Common.

plans to impose a Bay wide TMDL on nutrients and sed-iments in the near term. Unfortunately there has been abay and river wide TMDL on PCB’s since 2006.

The health and proliferation of wetlands, like inevery area of the country, is an issue along theDelaware. Going back to Revolutionary War times, theState of Delaware has lost over half of its wetlands.Much of this loss came from draining activities toexpand agriculture and in the last half century, to allowdevelopment. A peculiar institution in Delaware calledtax ditches created entities for landowners in a water-shed to band together for flood control and drainage.Not until the early 1990’s was the law amended to pro-vide for no net loss of wetlands and to create best prac-tices for construction and maintenance of drainageditches. On a much better note, Delaware has done agood job of protecting current wetlands with over 115square miles in such places as Bombay Hook andPrime Hook National Wildlife Refuges, in public hands.This represents approximately half of all Delaware Baywetlands in the state.

As we have seen Delaware Bay is and isn’t asmaller version of the Chesapeake. It has many of thesame problems that the Chesapeake has, but thanks toa much lower water residence time, the overall waterquality of the Delaware is better than the Chesapeake.To learn more about the Delaware Bay please visit thefollowing sources:

The Partnership for The Delaware Estuary—A pri-vate, non-profit organization and Delaware Bay’s ver-sion of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Theypublished the 2008 State of the Delaware Estuary, anexcellent source of information on current conditions.Go to www.delawareestuary.org

Delaware River Basin Commission—A good sourceof information about the Delaware River. Go towww.drbc.state.nj.us

Delaware Department of Natural Resources andEnvironmental Control—Their 2004 assessment ofthe bay watershed was a helpful source. Go towww.dnrec.delaware.gov.



August 30–September 2, 2011Roland E. Powell Convention Center • Ocean City, MD

2011Tri-Association Conference

CHESAPEAKE

WWOA

CSAWWA

2011 Tri-Association Conference At-A-Glance

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2011 Tri-Association Conference

The Chesapeake Section, American Water Works Association,the Chesapeake Water Environment Association, and the Water& Waste Operators Association will hold a combined AnnualConference (2011 Tri-Association Conference) and Exhibition atthe Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Marylandfrom August 30 through September 2, 2011. The ConferenceCommittee has planned the Conference program and schedule,as well as negotiated blocks of rooms at conference rates withseveral local hotels. Please check the Associations’ websites(www.csawwa.org and www.wwoa-cwea.com) frequently forConference updates regarding program, hotel accommodations,registration, golf outing, Engineers Without Borders FunRun/Walk, and other Conference updates.

Tri-Association Conference will be held on the 2nd floor of theOcean City Convention Center. There will be 135 technical pre-sentations in 6 concurrent sessions and up to 119 exhibitors. Thefull Operator’s Challenge Competition is back again this year.

Due to its previous success, we are again providing a Cyber Café,located in Room 209, which will include several PCs and a printer.The Conference Committee has arranged for free wireless Internetaccess at the Convention Center for attendees and exhibitors.

Registration/Check-in HoursTuesday: Noon - 6:00 pmWednesday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pmThursday: 8:00 am - 4:00 pmFriday: 8:00 am - 9:30 amLocation: 2nd Floor at the top of the stairs.

Attention Certified OperatorsThe Pre-Conference and technical sessions have been approvedby the Maryland Board of Certification (BOC) and course codesassigned.

The 2011 Tri-Association Conference includes an entire technicaltrack dedicated to 1-hour process presentations where operatorscan earn up to six process credits.

The course number and applicable certification data will beincluded on the attendance sheets. This year we will be providedwith a form that will be used to track your attendance at the ses-sions. Be sure to get this attendance form stamped at the end ofthe session; this will be the only time to obtain stamps. Addition-ally be sure to get your form signed at the registration desk priorto leaving the conference. You will not be able to obtain a signa-ture after Friday, September 2, 2011 at Noon.

The Roland E. Powell Convention CenterThe Convention Center is located at 4001 Coastal Highway,between 40th and 41st streets. There are 1,200 parking spaces atthe Convention Center. Anyone with a Tri-Association Conferencename badge can ride the Ocean City buses at no charge.

Hotel InformationThe Conference Committee has negotiated blocks of rooms at 11Ocean City Hotels for the 2011 Tri-Association Conference. Confer-ence rates are available Monday, August 28 through Friday, Sep-tember 2, 2011 (Friday checkout). Room blocks at each hotel arelimited and most room blocks close July 31, 2011, so make yourreservations early to get your choice of hotel. In some cases, roomsmay be available at less than the Conference rate. To obtain theConference rate, you must call the hotel directly and ask for the “Tri-Association Conference” rate. Many of the hotels have offeredreduced rates before and/or after the Conference; details are avail-able under Hotel Information on the Conference website.


H=Hotel; E=Efficiency; S=Suite; C=Condo/Cabana

* = Stay three or more nights & receive complementary restaurantvoucher


TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011Golf Outing

Ocean City Golf Club—11401 Country Club Drive, Berlin MD

8:00 AM check-in, 9:00 AM shotgun startFormat: Captain’s Choice

Cost: $100/player, $360/foursome: (includes greens fee, cart, prac-tice range, continental breakfast, lunch, prizes and donationto Water For People) Before you arrive in Ocean City, stopoff in nearby Berlin, Maryland to play on the beautiful andchallenging Newport Bay course at the Ocean City GolfClub. Proceeds from the Golf Outing this year will benefitWater For People. Prizes will be distributed at the end ofthe Golf Outing, and winners announced at the openingsession. Unclaimed prizes will be posted and claimed at theRegistration desk.

To register: Use the Tri-Association Conference registration form (onor before 8/16/11) or register on-line (on or before 8/26/11).A limited number of last-minute on-site registrations can beaccepted the day of the golf outing. On-site payment mustbe in the form of cash or check. Sign-up to be a Golf Out-ing Hole Sponsor, where designated on the registrationform. Contact Ron Tatariw for more information: 703-716-0770, or [email protected]

Pre-Conference Luncheon (by invitation)11:30 AM - 1:00 PM • Room 212

Pre-Conference Session1:00 PM - 4:30 PM • Rooms 204-205

Infrastructure Funding—Coping with DwindlingResources following the Economic Downturn of 2008We are approaching the third year since the economicdownturn, and utilities are looking for ways to cope with thechallenge of maintaining an acceptable level of service withdwindling resources. This year, we have assembled a groupof professionals who are experts in meeting these chal-lenges and finding resources to maintain our water andsewer infrastructure.Our panel of experts will describe the flow of federal funds tostates, associated legislative processes, proposed fundingproposals and budget cuts, and EPA regulatory initiatives.We will be provided insight on the success of Virginia’s useof unsolicited proposals and how evaluating cost anddemand trends have helped achieve success in both publicand private sector organizations. Panelists include:

Speakers include:• Merril Oliver, Deputy Director, Governor’s Grant Office –“Grants & Industry: Opportunity Through Mutual Under-standing”

• Myron Olstein, Independent Consultant – “What Does theFuture Hold for Utilities?”

• L. Preston Bryant, Jr., Senior Vice President, Infrastructureand Economic Development, McGuire Woods Consulting,LLC – “Building Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastruc-ture Projects”

• Tim Williams, Managing Director for Public Policy, WaterEnvironment Federation – “Washington Update from WEF”

• Tom Curtis, Deputy Director for Government Affairs, Amer-ican Water Works Association – “The Challenge of Infra-structure Funding in an Era of Federal Austerity and theModel for a Federal Water Infrastructure Finance Authoritythat Fits the Times”

Pre-Conference Session – 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM1:00 - 1:30 Merrill Oliver, Governor’s Grant Office1:30 - 2:00 Myron Olstein, Amawalk Consulting2:00 - 2:30 Break2:30 - 3:00 Preston Bryant, MWC, LLC – Public-Private

Partnership side of infrastructure funding3:00 - 3:15 Tim Williams - WEF3:15 - 3:30 Tom Curtis - AWWA3:30 - 4:30 Round Table Discussion

Opening Session4:30 PM - 5:30 PM • Rooms 201/202/203

Opening remarks: Craig Murray, CWEA President, RoseCline-Lowe, WWOA President and JohnMoore, CSAWWA Chair

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: George S. Hawkins, General Manager,

DC Water

Keynote Address – 4:30 PM - 5:30 PMKeynote Speaker: George S. Hawkins - General Manager,

DC Water

George Hawkins was named to the post of General Man-ager of DC Water by the Board of Directors in September,2009.

Hawkins has launched an ambitious agenda at DC Waterthat compliments a vast 10-year program to improve aginginfrastructure and comply with ever more stringent regula-tory requirements. DC Water is designing and implementinga $2.6 billion program, the Clean Rivers Project, to nearlyeliminate overflows of sewage and stormwater to the Ana-costia, Potomac and Rock Creek. DC Water is also investing$950 million to achieve the next level of nutrient reductionsand help restore the Chesapeake Bay. In addition, DC Wateris implementing a $400 million digester program to helpmanage solids being removed from reclaimed water that willbecome the region’s biggest source of renewable energy,reduce the volume of biosolids by almost half, and disinfectthe biosolids to be clean enough to sell as fertilizer at retailstores. The digester project will be the first in North Americato use the CAMBI treatment process, and the largest instal-lation of CAMBI in the world. Finally, Hawkins has gainedapproval from the board of directors to triple the rate of DCWater’s program to replace water and sewer infrastructurefrequently installed generations ago.

Prior to joining DC Water, Hawkins served as director of theDistrict Department of the Environment (DDOE), a $110 mil-lion dollar agency with 300 employees. DDOE performs city,county and state environmental functions for the nation’scapital. The agency is responsible for providing energyassistance to District residents; reviewing development appli-cations for compliance with environmental requirements;

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monitoring and enforcing air and water quality standards;regulating the use and disposal of toxic substances; pre-serving the District’s natural habitat for fish and wildlife; anddeveloping and implementing stormwater management reg-ulations to minimize runoff pollution into District waterways.

George also served as Executive Director of New JerseyFuture, a non-profit organization which, under his leader-ship, came to be recognized as the State’s foremost advo-cacy promoting smart growth. He has also held seniorpositions with the EPA and served Vice President Al Goreon the National Performance Review, playing an integral rolein streamlining and strengthening environmental protectionprograms at EPA and OSHA. He graduated Summa CumLaude from Princeton University and Cum Laude from Har-vard Law School.

Early Bird Reception5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Grand Ballroom

Come get warmed up for the conference by enjoying lite fareand drinks with our valued exhibitors. Exhibitors are the life-line of our conference, so make sure you visit as many asyou can! Sodas, beer and wine are complimentary. Cash barfor liquor available.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 20115K “Engineers Without Borders” Fun-Run/Walk7:30 AM Princess Bayside Lobby

Pre-Registration fee: $25 (Pre-registration by 8/16/11); On-Site $ 35. [Includes T-Shirt, prizes and donation to Engi-neers Without Borders (EWB)]

Presidents’/Chairs’ Breakfast (by invitation)7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Princess Bayside Augusta Room

Continental Breakfast8:00 AM Grand Ballroom

Biosolids Beauty Contest9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CWEA Table outside Exhibit Hall

Contact Pete Thomson at [email protected] for moreinformation on your entry

WFP Silent Auction (continued on Thursday)10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tables by Escalators

Water For People Chesapeake will be conducting a silentauction on Wednesday, August 31 and Thursday, September1. If interested in contributing items for the auction, pleasecontact Michael Peterson at 301-362-5286 [email protected]. All proceeds from theauction will go to Water For People in order to improve sani-tation and water supply in developing communities.

Wednesday AM Break10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Grand Ballroom

Lunch with ExhibitorsNoon - 1:15 PM Grand Ballroom

Food/Drinks/Door Prizes

4th Annual Operator’s Challenge in Ocean City1:30 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall B

Orientation 11:00 AM - Noon Room 217Operation OC2! – Day 1

The Operator’s Challenge highlights important skills pos-sessed by local operators and encourages teams to com-pete from around the region. This challenge is exciting forboth the competitors and their audience as each team of sixdemonstrates excellence in the following events: • Process Control: This event consists of an exam thatincludes multiple choice, short math, and operational sce-nario questions taken as a team.

• Laboratory: Teams will perform all steps of an E. colimembrane filtration analysis using Hach products.

• Pipe Cutting Shootout: Individuals will compete to see whocan cut a piece of pipe the fastest.

Continued on Thursday…This year the CWEA Collection Systems Committee is sponsoring a

NASSCO, PACP training prior to the start of the OperationsChallenge event. The training will occur on August 29th and30th from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Comfort Inn GoldCoast (11201 Coastal Highway). For additional informationplease contact Kraig Moodie at [email protected] theCollection Systems Committee chair person.

Wednesday Afternoon Break3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Grand Ballroom

Meet & Greet5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Grand Ballroom

Take a break before Fun Night and visit more exhibitors!Sodas, beer and wine are complimentary. Cash liquor baravailable.

Fun Night7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Seacrets

Enjoy dinner and an evening on the beach at Seacrets inOcean City. Appetizers and a full dinner will be served from7:00 to 8:30 pm. Each person will receive two drink tickets,but the bars will be open all four hours. Remember to bringyour name badge to use on the Ocean City buses for a rideback to your hotel at no charge. Note: Seacrets tickets mustbe purchased by Tuesday, August 30, 2011. No tickets willbe sold at the door or on Wednesday at the conference.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011Continental Breakfast8:00 AM Grand Ballroom

4th Annual Operator’s Challenge in Ocean City9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Exhibit Hall BOperation OC2! – Day 2

The Operator’s Challenge continues with Day 2’s excitingevents: • Maintenance Event: This event tests the knowledge andskill of an O&M team to respond to separate and simulta-neous “Moisture Reset” failure conditions for a sub-mersible pump and a submersible mixer.



THURSDAY (Cont’d)

4th Annual Operator’s Challenge (Cont’d)• Collection System Event: This event simulates connectinga 4-inch PVC lateral sewer to an existing 8-inch PVCsewer pipe while in service, and the programming of anautomatic sampler.

• Safety Event: Teams are required to perform a rescue afterfinding a coworker at the bottom of a simulated (confinedspace) manhole. Teams must set up a retrieval system,perform a permit required confined space entry, andremove the victim from the hole.

All Events and Scoring Follow WEF 2008 Guidelines

Break/Visit Exhibits10:30 - 11 AM Grand Ballroom

Research DayRoom 203

We are proud to offer a full track of papers on Thursday thatpresent the cutting edge of research affecting our industrytoday and tomorrow. Don’t miss as students, professors, andcollegues bring their latest findings to our conference! Also,CWEA’s Student Paper Award winner for 2011, MarielleRemillard, from Johns Hopkins University, will be presentingher findings on the Eco-Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes, wrap-ping up this all-day research session.

Top OPS Challenge3:00 PM - 5.30 PM Room 213

Fast action and fun characterize this annual competition asteams of water plant operators square off against each other.The quiz show format tests the understanding and quick think-ing of operators as they answer challenging technical, regula-tory and customer service questions. The room will be filledwith the spirit of contest as the participants are cheered,judges are booed, and competitors vie for a chance to go tothe National Top Ops Challenge at the National AWWA Con-ference in 2012. For more information contact Don Sprinkle orAnthony Rocco of Howard County Utilities, 410-313-4997.

WFP Silent Auction (continued from Wednesday)10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Tables by Escalators

CSAWWA Luncheon & Section/AWWA Forum12:30 PM - 3:00 PM Room 217

AWWA National Representative R. Lee RobertsTreasurer (2008–2012), American Water Works Association

R. Lee Roberts has a long history of participation in AWWA,beginning in 1970 when he first became a member. He iscurrently the Treasurer, serving on the Board of Directorsand the Executive Committee in that capacity.

Lee has served on four of the seven councils, the InternationalCouncil (IC), the Manufacturers/Associates Council (MAC), theTechnical and Educational Council (TEC), and the Water Util-ity Council (WUC), ending with a term as Chair of the IC. Hehas also served on the Publications Marketing Advisory Com-

mittee as Board liaison. He chairs one of the task groups forthe Ad Hoc Committee on Organizing for the Future, and theAd Hoc Committee on Risk Management, and serves as Vice-Chair of the Filter Media Standards Committee.

The fourth generation to lead his company, Lee holds morethan two dozen patents on products for the water and waste-water industry and has authored numerous articles on filtration.

His international interests have led Lee to serve on the boardof Water For People and as a WFP ambassador. He is onthe board of the Pan American Association of Philadelphiaand is a past director of the Latino Scholarship Fund. Lee isalso a board member for the Police Athletic League ofPhiladelphia.

Lee holds a Bachelor’s degree from Ursinus College and hascompleted graduate work in business, law, and engineeringat the Wharton School, George Washington University andPenn State.

Lee and his wife Carol live in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

CWEA Business Luncheon12:30 PM - 2:15 PM Room 215

WEF National Representative Terry Krause2010–2011 Board of Trustees, Water Environment Federation

Terry Krause is a member of the 2010-2011 Board ofTrustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF). Terryis currently a Vice President - Senior Program Manager andPrincipal Technologist in CH2M HILL’s Global Water Group.He has over 35 years of experience in all aspects of waste-water treatment and collection systems. This experienceranges from preliminary studies through detailed engineeringdesigns and construction related services. Projects havebeen performed both nationally and internationally, includingalternative delivery approaches such as design-build.

A WEF member since 1976, Terry has held multiple leader-ship and committee roles within WEF. He has served on theHouse of Delegates and as a member of the Audit and Pro-gram, Committees as well as the Committee LeadershipCouncil Steering Group. He was a Founder and Chair of theMunicipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Committeeand served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Technical PracticeCommittee. Terry has also assisted in the development ofnumerous technical publications, including serving as Chair-man of the Task Force charged with preparing the 5th Editionof WEF’s flagship Manual of Practice, Design of MunicipalWastewater Treatment Plants. He has led task forces thatreviewed and commented on the Ten States Standards andserved as Committee Vice Chair overseeing development ofthe USEPA-funded Guide to Managing Peak Wet WeatherFlows in Municipal Wastewater Collection and TreatmentSystems. His other professional affiliations include the Ameri-can Society of Civil Engineers and the American WaterWorks Association.

Terry is a registered professional engineer in Florida, Illinois,Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, andWisconsin. He is also a Board Certified Environmental Engi-neer with the American Academy of Environmental Engi-neers. Terry received a B.S. in Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering from the University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wis.)in 1974 and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from NorthwesternUniversity (Evanston, Ill.) in 1980.

WWOA Business Luncheon12:30 PM - 2:15 PM Rooms 207-208

Conference HighlightsContinued from page 27


Break/Door Prize4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Outside Rooms 201-206

An Evening of Awards and Fun!5:45 PM - 8:00 PM Ballrooms 2 and 3

We are notching it up this year for our awards ceremony!Everyone is welcome to enjoy refreshments in the Ballroomand help recognize this year’s award-winning members! Wewill have live music, food, and fun to celebrate the best ofour organizations’ leaders and supporters.

Meet and congratulate award winners while enjoying hot andcold hors d’oeuvres. Sodas, beer and wine are complimen-tary. Cash liquor bar available.

5:45 PM - 6.30 PM Cocktails: We will kick off the evening with net-working and live music to get everyone warmed up.

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Program: Our organizations have a number ofprestigious awards to grant members who have demon-strated the very best of attributes that promote our mis-sions. The following awards will be presented:

• CSAWWA: The George Warren Fuller Award, the Carl JohnLauter Award, Outstanding Operator of the Year Award,Best Technical Paper Award, and the Horizon Award.

• CWEA: Public Officials Award, Gascoigne Wastewater Treat-ment Plant Operational Improvement Medal, Collection Sys-tems Published Contributions Award, Outstanding YoungWater Environment Professional Award, Past WEF Delegate

• WWOA: W. McLean Bingley Award for Wastewater Treat-ment, Distinguished Service Award in Wastewater Collec-tion Systems, Distinguished Service Award for WaterTreatment, Distinguished Service Award for Laboratories

We will also introduce each Association’s incoming section officers.

Reception 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

YP Social 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

After the formalities have ended, the fun seamlessly contin-ues as we let loose, and enjoy the camaraderie of the YPSocial! Live music continues until 9pm, and all are welcometo meet and greet with our future leaders!

Presidents’/Chairs’ Reception (by invitation)9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Princess Bayside Augusta Room

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011Continental Breakfast8:00 AM Outside Rooms 201-206

Adjourn/Monster Door Prizes11:30 AM Registration Desk

CSAWWA Board Meeting & LuncheonNoon - 2:00 PM Room 210

CWEA Board Meeting & LuncheonNoon - 2:00 PM Room 213

WWOA Board Meeting & LuncheonNoon - 2:00 PM Room 207

2011 Tri-Association Conference Sessions

WEDNESDAY—TECHNICAL SESSIONSRoom 201 - Collections Systems9:00AM-9:30AM

Taking a Cost Effective Approach to Assessing theCondition of the City of Virginia Beach’s Force MainsPeter Oram - AECOM [email protected] Clothier - AECOMAndrew Kubek - City of Virginia BeachDon Piron - AECOM

9:30AM-10:00AMWork Order Planning for Wastewater Force Main Condi-tion AssessmentPaul Wilson - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected] Hubbard - Hampton Roads Sanitation DistrictMark Harber - Brown and Caldwell, Inc.Chris Wilson - Brown and Caldwell, Inc.

10:00AM-10:30PM DC Clean Sewers Pilot Project 1Hiram Tanner - DC Water [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30PM Using a Hydraulic Model to Develop an Action Plan forWet Weather and Future GrowthLaura Siemers - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Kerr - GHD, Inc.Matt Lapinsky - City of Aberdeen

11:30AM-12:00PMModeling Portsmouth’s Vacuum Assisted CollectionSystemRichard Underhill - Greeley and Hansen, [email protected] Wilson - Portsmouth Utilites Field Operations Manager

1:30PM-2:00PM Rock Creek Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacefor CSO-031, 037, 053 and 058Neil Cavanagh - Bryant Associates, [email protected] Saunders - DC WaterRobert Richards - Bryant Associates, Inc.Michael Thorstenson - Greeley and Hansen, LLC



2:00PM-2:30PM There Doesn’t Need to Be Pain to Make Gains: Balti-more’s Risk-Based Approach to SSO EliminationJeffrey Pelletier - CDM [email protected] Sevener - KCI Technologies, Inc.Harshad Shetye - KCI Technologies, Inc.Wazir Qadri - City of Baltimore, Department of Public Works

2:30PM-3:00PM Small Town, Big Problem, Systematic SolutionDavid Kerr - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Fauber - Town of Cape Charles

3:30PM-4:00PM CSO In-Line Storage Dynamic Control: An AlternativeApproachDana Pizarro - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc. [email protected]

4:00PM-4:30PM Approaches for Upgrading Septic Systems to PublicSewers in a Historic AreaStephen Clark - CDM [email protected] Gilroy - CDMKenneth Dixon - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

4:30PM-5:00PM Sustainable Alternative to Septic Systems in PublicParks: Pocomoke River State Park - Shad LandingArea, Worcester County, MarylandRizwan Siddiqi - EBA Engineering, [email protected] 202 - Water Distribution and Water Quality

9:00AM-9:30AM Farm to Tap: Implementation of Sustainable Solutionsto Protect Wilmington’s Source WaterMatthew Miller - City of [email protected]

9:30AM-10:00AM PCCP Condition Assessment – A Little Bit Goes a Long WayJonathan Watts - Pure Technologies US [email protected] Lish - City of Rockville, Department of Public Works

10:00AM-10:30AMU.S. EPA Adds Contaminants, Analytical Methods, andEnhanced Search Capabilities to WCIT, the OnlineWater Security DatabaseKaren Milam - US Environmental Protection [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30AMThe Realities of Regulatory Compliance in a Dual-Supply SystemAaron Duke - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Bates - Harford County DPW, Division of Water and Sewer

11:30AM-12:00PMWater Quality Modeling – Practical Applications forPublic Water SuppliesMatthew Warfel - ARRO Consulting, [email protected] Liu - ARRO Consulting, Inc.

1:30PM-2:00PM Review of New Lead Standards for Drinking WaterProductsJeremy Brown - NSF International [email protected]

2:00PM-2:30PM Legionnaires Disease: Minimize the ConcernDavid Smith - RK&K [email protected]

2:30PM-3:00PM Health Assessment for DC Water’s Small MainsJohn Wujek - Hatch Mott [email protected] Wall - DC WaterDamion Lampley - DC Water

3:30PM-4:00PM The DMOM Theorem; Distribution System Metrics forOperations and MaintenanceDave Lewis - Wachs Water [email protected]

4:00PM-4:30PM Alternative Materials and Technologies Study for theRehabilitation of DC Water’s Small Diameter Water MainsGert Van der Walt - Hatch Mott [email protected] Wujek - Hatch Mott MacDonaldJessica Demoise - DC Water

4:30PM-5:00PM The Value of Qualified Third-Party Inspection DuringCoating ProjectsChristine Gunsaullus - Mumford-Bjorkman [email protected]

Room 203 - Water Treatment9:00AM-9:30AM

Optimized Ultraviolet Disinfection Systems Design andOperation for Wastewater Treatment FacilitiesCarl McDonald - Trojan Technologies [email protected]

9:30AM-10:00AMArsenic Removal System Proves Effective after FirstYear of OperationDaniel Cargnel - Buchart Horn, Inc. [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30AMPlanning for the Future and Design Considerations forTreating Endocrine Disrupting Compounds using OzoneKorkud Egrican - CH2M [email protected] Palen - CH2M HILL

11:00AM-11:30PMFuture Trends in Membrane Technology and the Impacts toMid-Atlantic Water UtilitiesPaul Delphos - Black & Veatch [email protected]

11:30AM-12:00PMA Pilot Study on Fouling of Low Pressure Membranesby Natural Organic MatterChandra Mysore - GHD, [email protected]

Room 203 - Stormwater1:30PM-2:00PM

Municipal Stormwater: The New Regulatory EnvironmentChristopher Pomeroy - AquaLaw [email protected] Ochsenhirt - AquaLaw

Conference SessionsContinued from page 29

WEDNESDAY (Cont’d)


2:00PM-2:30PM Comprehensive Watershed Planning for Nutrient Reduc-tion in Ellerbe Creek, City of Durham, North CarolinaMike Fowler - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected]

2:30PM-3:00PM Stormwater Source Control Retrofits to Address Com-bined Sewer Overflows in New York CityMatthew Jones - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Stein - Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analy-sis, NYCDEPJohn McLaughlin - Bureau of Environmental Planning andAnalysis, NYCDEPSandeep Mehrotra - Hazen and Sawyer, PCWilliam Leo - HydroQual, Inc.

3:30PM-4:00PM Regional Stormwater Planning for the Department ofthe Navy’s Compliance with the Chesapeake Bay TMDLJane McDonough - AECOM [email protected]

4:00PM-4:30PM Use of the BMP Optimization Model to Cost EffectivelyEstimate Non-Point Source Pollutant Loads and SelectBMPs to Meet TMDL Load Reduction RequirementsJeff Herr, P.E., D.WRE - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected]

4:30PM-5:00PM Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling for Green Stormwater PracticesSandeep Mehrotra - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Garin - NYCDEPNick Barbaro - NYCDEPDana Gumb - NYCDEPMatthew Jones -Hazen and Sawyer, PC

Room 204 - Wastewater Treatment9:00AM-9:30AM

Out With the Old, In With the New: Design of a CentralWastewater System for the Community of Benedict, MDPaul Deardorff - Johnson, Mirmiran & [email protected] Asavakarin - Johnson, Mirmiran and ThompsonJohn Stevens - Charles CountyCharles Strawberry - Charles County

9:30AM-10:00AMNot Your Daddy’s Wastewater Treatment Plant – TheJohns Creek Environmental CampusPeter Schuler - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30PMBeing a Good Neighbor: Construction of an MBR Plantto Improve Community RelationsKelly Spivey - Johnson, Mirmiran and [email protected] Ross - Worcester County Department of Public Works

11:00AM-11:30PMCalibration of a Complex Hydraulic Profile - Blue PlainsSecondary ReactorsBlair Wisdom - Black & Veatch Corp. [email protected] Thomson - Black & Veatch CorporationRandy Ashburn - Black & Veatch CorporationSalil Kharkar - DC WaterNick Passarelli - DC Water

11:30AM-12:00PMMinimizing Energy Use to Maximize Savings: A CaseStudy of a High-Level Energy Audit at Hampton RoadsSanitation District, Virginia Initiative Plant.Jennifer Shore - HDR Engineering [email protected] Ghosen - Hampton Roads Sanitation District

Room 204 - Biosolids1:30PM-2:00PM

Co-combustion of Municipal Solid Waste and SewageSludge in a Modern Waste-To-Energy FacilityRobin Davidov - Northeast Maryland Waste DisposalAuthority [email protected]

2:00PM-2:30PM From Grease to Green: FOG Receiving, Co-Digestion andCombined Heat and Power Generation at the HenricoCounty, VA Water Reclamation FacilityMatthew VanHorne - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Grandstaff - Henrico County WRFMichael Chapman - Henrico County WRFAlan Stone - Hazen and Sawyer, PCC. Bullard - Hazen and Sawyer, PCDan Peplinski - Hazen and Sawyer, PCHunter Long - Hazen and Sawyer, PC

2:30PM-3:00PM Improved Brown Grease Handling and Processing forDC Water’s Future - the Benefits are SignificantAkshay Kumar - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected] Schafer - Brown and Caldwell, Inc.Phil Braswell - Brown and Caldwell, Inc.Sudhir Murthy - DC WaterChris Peot - DC Water

3:30PM-4:00PM Class A Technologies for Smaller GeneratorsRobert Pepperman - [email protected]

4:00PM-4:30PM Turning Biosolids into Green Energy - WSSC’sBiosolids Master PlanRobert Taylor - Washington Suburban Sanitary [email protected] Davies - AECOMBeverley Stinson - AECOM

4:30PM-5:00PM Three Procurement Methods Used to Deliver DCWater’s $300M+ Biosolids ProgramLisa Reynolds - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected] Braswell - Brown and Caldwell, Inc.Joseph Sullivan - Hawkins Delafield and WoodJohn Carr - DC Water

Room 205 - Utility Management9:00AM-9:30AM

“Aww Crap - Now What!?” Communicating in a Crisis.Jeff Chatterton - Checkmate Public [email protected]

9:30AM-10:00AMClimate Ready Water Utilities: Helping Build ClimateResilience in the Water SectorJohn Whitler - US Environmental Protection [email protected]


10:00AM-10:30AMRisk Assessment/Consequence Analysis Tools andUtility ManagementJohn DeGour - US Environmental Protection [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30PMWet Utilities - Military Base Privatization Challenges atAndrews Air Force BaseCraig Benson - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Halboni - Terrapin UtilitiesGreg Booker - Terrapin Utilities

11:30AM-12:00PMDepartment of Defense Utility Privatization: A Reportfrom the Front LinesDan Tobocman - American Water - Military Services [email protected] McCormick - American Water - Military Services GroupJeff DeRusso - American Water - Military Services GroupAdam Zimmerman - American Water - Military Services Group

1:30PM-2:00PM Addition by Subtraction: Development of a Water LossReduction Plan for WSSCPaul Deardorff - Johnson, Mirmiran and [email protected] Asavakarin - Johnson, Mirmiran and ThompsonJulie Trick - Johnson, Mirmiran and ThompsonCraig Fricke - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

2:00PM-2:30PM Regional Drought Management Planning for MultipleWater Supply SourcesThomas Dumm - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Rest - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.

2:30PM-3:00PM Developing WSSC’s Greenhouse Gas Action PlanScott Weikert - CH2M HILL [email protected] Taylor - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

3:30PM-4:00PM Planning for Critical Data Systems - SCADA and Tech-nology Master PlanningDean Foote - Westin Engineering, Inc. [email protected]

4:00PM-4:30PM Implementation and Experience with Enterprise AssetManagement SoftwareJoel Thompson - Fairfax Wate [email protected] Smith - Fairfax Water

4:30PM-5:00PM Making the Most of Limited Resources: Development ofan Asset Management Plan for the Piscataway Waste-water Treatment Plant of the WSSCMert Muftugil - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Muckleroy - GHD, Inc.Dale Belschner - Washington Suburban Sanitary CommissionJohn Stullken - GHD, Inc.Charles Card -Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Room 206 - Process9:00AM-10:00AM

Using a Local Industrial Wastewater as a Denite C SourceSteve Kim - Genesis Environmental Technologies, [email protected] Bradstreet - AECOMTerry Smith - Department of Public Utilities, Town ofWallingford, CTSteve Kim - Genesis Environmental Technologies, Inc.Thomas Wilson - TEW Environmental Engineers

11:00AM-12:00PMWhat Can ANAMMOX Deammonification Do for You?An Overview of the Pros and Cons of Various Side-stream Deammonification Facilities(Suspended,Attached and Granular Processes) andDiscuss the Potential to Successfully Implement Main-stream AnammoxBeverley Stinson - AECOM [email protected]

1:30PM-2:30PM Operation of a Three Sludge Biological NutrientRemoval Process to Achieve Limit of Technology inEffluent Nitrogen at the Western Branch WWTPNikhil Shirodkar - Washington Suburban Sanitary [email protected]

3:30PM-4:30PM Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade of the Winebren-ner WWTP Using BioMag™ TechnologyKevin Nash - RK&K [email protected] Andryszak - RK&KKelly Duffy - RK&KJeff Culton - Buchart Horn Inc.Julie Pippel - Washington County Department of Environ-mental Management

THURSDAY—TECHNICAL SESSIONSRoom 201 - Collection Systems9:00AM-9:30AM

Development and Application of a Wastewater BuriedAsset Management PlanChristopher Weaver - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Farr - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

9:30AM-10:00AMThe Evolution of Collection System Mapping withinDCWaterAaron Hughes - Greeley and Hansen, [email protected] Lucas - DCWaterMichael Thorstenson - Greeley and Hansen, LLC

10:00AM-10:30AMInterceptor System SCADA in the 21st Century: Plan-ning System Optimization for the Hampton Roads Sani-tation DistrictTerry Draper - Westin Engineering, [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30AM Categorizing WSSC’s Pump Station CapacitiesSrinivasa Gadiparthi - CDM [email protected]

11:30AM-12:00PMChallenges and Successes in Developing and Manag-ing a Wastewater Force Main Inspection and Assess-ment ProgramPaul Sayan - EA Engineering, Science & Technology, [email protected] Kiefer - Baltimore County Department of Public Works


WEDNESDAY (Cont’d)



12:00PM-12:30PMSewer Cleaning Effectiveness – Increasing Productivitywhile Reducing CostSewer Cleaning EffectivenessPaul Batman - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS [email protected]

2:30PM-3:00PM NASSCO Updates – Moving Manhole Inspections to theNext LevelTed DeBoda - NASSCO, Inc. [email protected]

3:00PM-3:30PM Iterative Modeling for Alternatives Evaluation and AScreen Process for RecommendationsLu Zhang - RJN Group, Inc. [email protected]

3:30PM-4:00PM Modeling for Level of Service DeterminationJohn Gresh - RJN Group, Inc. [email protected] Zhang - RJN Group, Inc.Kevin Penoza - New Castle County Department of SpecialServicesJason Zern - New Castle County Department of SpecialServices

4:30PM-5:00PM Advancing Urban Flood Mapping: Application of 2-Dimensional Surface Flow Model to Support FloodManagement in Urban SettingsEric Harold - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS [email protected] Bahs - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS

5:00PM-5:30PM Rehabilitation Effectiveness – Using Flow Meter Data toDetermine Rehabilitation Rainfall Derived Infiltrationand Inflow ReductionsJohn Travis - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS [email protected]

Room 202 - Water Distribution and Water Quality9:00AM-9:30AM

Considerations for the Design of HDPE Pressure PipeAhmad Habibian - Black & Veatch [email protected]

9:30AM-10:00AMCathodic Protection & Environmental Applications forHorizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)Donald Conrad - Corrpro Companies, [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30AMTen Times In Ten Years: Design and Constructionof Critical Water Transmission Main Relocation Tie-insTom Wilson - Greeley and Hansen, [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30PMEcological Restoration Pilot Projects to Improve WaterQuality in Jamaica Bay, New York CityEdward Weinberg - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] McLaughlin - NYCDEPRobert Will - NYCDEPSandeep Mehrotra - Hazen and Sawyer, PCWilliam Leo -Hydroqual, Inc.Tim Burkett - Biohabitats, Inc.

11:30AM-12:00PMChemically Enhanced Sustainable Phosphate RecoveryTechnology to Improve Water QualityEdward Weinberg - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Heerwani - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.

12:00PM-12:30PMUtilizing Ultraviolet Light in Water Reclamation/ReusePatrick Bollman - Engineered Treatment Systems (ETS),LLC [email protected]

2:30PM-3:00PM Construction Challenges at the Montebello Plant 2 Fin-ished Water ReservoirKaren Moran - Whitman, Requardt & Associates, [email protected] Gresehover - Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLPLarisa Feldsher - City of Baltimore Water Facilities EngineeringRemi Urbonas - City of Baltimore Water Facilities Engineering

3:00PM-3:30PM 50-Year Old Water Storage Tank – To Rehab or Not ToRehab?Christopher Weaver - GHD, [email protected] Sturdevant - GHD, Inc.Lachelle McKay - Leonardtown

3:30PM-4:00PM Environmentally Friendly Tank Recoating ProjectTim Davis - Tank Industry [email protected]

4:30PM-5:00PM Mission Impossible? Siting Elevated Water Storage ona National Historic LandmarkDominic Tiburzi - Whitman, Requardt & Associates, [email protected] Morrison - Cunningham Quill ArchitectsRoger Gans - DC Water

5:00PM-5:30PM DC Water’s Outreach Strategy for Upcoming PressureIncreases: A Case StudyGary Geck - Hatch Mott MacDonald [email protected] Melsew - DC Water

Room 203 - Research9:00AM-9:30AM

Achieving Very Stringent Nutrient Dishcarge Limits atthe ECI Wastewater Treatment PlantTiffany Witwer - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Reed - University of Maryland - Baltimore CountyMohamed Mohamed - MESDuane Wilding - MESEllen Frketic -MES

9:30AM-10:00AMOptimization of Denitrifying Filters using a DynamicModeling Tool at Northwest Valley Water ReclamationFacilityYanjin Liu - American Water [email protected]



10:00AM-10:30AMPilot Testing of Odor Control Systems for DifficultOdors at Three HRSD Treatment PlantsBrian Balchunas - [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30PMUnderstanding Extreme Weather Impacts on Infrastruc-ture Integrity, Operations and Maintenance, and WaterQualityBen Wright - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Stanford - Hazen and Sawyer, PCJan Routt - Jan Routt & Associates, LLCJean Debroux - Kennedy/Jenks ConsultantsStuart Khan - University of New South Wales

11:30AM-12:00PMReview of the Potential for Lead Release Following Par-tial Lead Service Line ReplacementsGreg Welter - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Cantor - Process Research Solutions, LLCDaniel Giammar - Washington University at St. Louis

12:00PM-12:30PMDetermination of Increased Brominated TrihalomethanesResulting from Gas Drilling Water DischargeNicholas Rossi - Penn State [email protected]

2:30PM-3:00PM Removal of Perchlorate at Low Concentrations fromWater using Perchlorate-Selective MembranePo-Yen Wang - University of [email protected]. P. Huang - University of Delaware

3:00PM-3:30PM The Removal of Hazardous Chemicals from WaterUsing Solar-energy Driving Nitrogen-doped TiO2 Thin FilmsYen-Ping Peng - University of [email protected] Yeh - University of DelawareEmre Yassitepe - University of DelawareIsmat Shah - University of DelawareC. P. Huang - University of Delaware

3:30PM-4:00PM The Treatment of Ammunition Wastewater by US-Fenton ProcessYangang li - University of Delaware [email protected] Hsieh - University of DelawareRovshan Mahmudov - University of DelawareBrian Hubbard - US ArmyDonald Yee - US Army

4:30PM-5:00PM Small but Deadly? On the Eco-Toxicity of Carbon NanotubesMarielle Remillard - Johns Hopkins [email protected]


WWTP Renovation to Nutrient Removal on a Small SiteMark Prouty - URS [email protected]

9:30AM-10:00AMJoppatowne Wastewater Treatment Plant EnhancedNutrient Removal UpgradeJames Havey - Hatch Mott [email protected] Pergrin - Harford County DPW

11:00AM-11:30AMReal Time Dissolved Oxygen Control Based On Esti-mating Oxygen Uptake RateAllen Twiford - BioChem Technology [email protected] Gray - BioChem Technology Inc.

11:30AM-12:00PMDisinfection Utilizing an Innovative Microwave UV System - Construction and Performance UpdateDaniel String - Green Stone Engineering, [email protected]

12:00PM-12:30PMThe First Municipal Application of a Microwave-Energized Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection System to aSequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) Process in the United StatesPhillip Brath - ARRO Consulting, [email protected] Warfel - ARRO Consulting, Inc.Peng Chen - ARRO Consulting, Inc.

2:30PM-3:00PM Operational Strategies and Innovative Techniques forhandling High Phosphorus and Solids Loading withinan Enhanced Nutrient Removal PlantEdward Talbot - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected]

3:00PM-3:30PM Development of Full-Scale Design Criteria from Pilot Testing of Four Tertiary Phosphorus RemovalProcesses to Achieve Ultra-Low Phosphorus LimitsChristine deBarbadillo - Black & Veatch [email protected]

3:30PM-4:00PM Technology Evaluation and Membrane Pilot Study toAchieve Low-Level Phosphorus Limits for Barrie,OntarioKristi Perri - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Copithorn - GHD, Inc.Thor Young - GHD, Inc.Grame King - City of Barrie


THURSDAY (Cont’d)


4:30PM-5:00PM Process Modeling for a Comparison of Sludge Dewater-ing Sidestream Treatment Alternatives for a LargeMunicipal Wastewater Treatment FacilityMorton Orentlicher - ThermoEnergy [email protected] Grey - HydroQual Corp

5:00PM-5:30PM Innovative Landfill Leachate Treatment ProcessingCurtis Miller - EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, [email protected]

Room 205 - Utility Management9:00AM-9:30AM

Strategic Planning for Energy Management – from Concept to RealityPeter Thomson - Black & Veatch [email protected] Kohl - Philadelphia Water DepartmentSteve Tarallo - Black & Veatch CorporationAdrinne Nikolic - Black & Veatch Corporation

9:30AM-10:00AMChicago’s Award Winning 1MW Photovoltaic SystemNorbert Viranyi - Greeley and Hansen, LLC [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30AMEnergy Management - Towards Energy Neutral Wastewater TreatmentStephen Tarallo - Black & Veatch Corporation [email protected] Fillmore - Water Environment Research FoundationLori Stone - Black & Veatch Corporation

11:00AM-11:30AMThe Paradigm Shift: Wastewater Plants to ResourcePlants!Robert Wimmer - Black & Veatch [email protected] deBarbadillo - Black & Veatch CorporationCindy Wallis-Lage - Black & Veatch CorporationAndrew Shaw - Black & Veatch CorporationStephen Tarallo - Black & Veatch Corporation

11:30AM-12:00PMSecurity for SCADA and Control Systems: A postStuxnet ViewJacob Brodsky - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission [email protected]

12:00PM-12:30PMCharles County Tackles Utility Business Challengeswith Integrated Approach to TechnologyWilliam Lloyd - Westin Engineering, [email protected] Shreve - Charles County Department of Public Works

2:30PM-3:00PM Doing More with Less: Using Asset Management Prin-ciples for Top-Level Facility PlanningMichael Oppelt - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Young - GHD, Inc.John Stulken - GHD, Inc.Jacqueline Ludwig - Harford County DPWDave Pergrin - Harford County DPW

3:00PM-3:30PM How Much Do You Really Know? Using Inspection Datato Better Understand How Wastewater Buried Assets FailDavid Kerr - GHD, Inc. [email protected] Weaver - GHD, Inc.Gage Muckleroy - GHD, Inc.

3:30PM-4:00PM How the Prince William County Service Authority IT Mas-ter Plan Review Supports Effective Asset ManagementBryan Oldham - [email protected]

4:30PM-5:00PM Utility Assets Management - Municipal Water StorageTanksErica Whorley - Heery International, Inc. [email protected]

5:00PM-5:30PM The Future of Wet Weather Treatment at WastewaterTreatment Plants - Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceLawrence Jaworski - Brown and Caldwell, Inc., [email protected]

Room 206 - Process (6 @ 1 hour)9:00AM-10:00AM

Maximizing Direct Filtration Performance - AchievingAWWA Partnership for Safe Water GoalsKevin Castro - GHD, Inc. [email protected]

11:00AM-12:00PM Clearing Things Up: Client Workshops and Basis ofDesign Process Flow Diagrams - Manasquan SurfaceWater Treatment Plant - NJ WaterRamkripa Natarajan - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Venkatesan - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.Craig Benson - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.

Room 206 - Water Treatment2:30PM-3:00PM

10 MGD at $1.5 Per Gallon - Planning or Expansion toControl Costs - The Crofton Meadows Ground WaterTreatment PlantNarayan Venkatesan - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Benson - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, Inc.

3:00PM-3:30PM Intake Replacement and Sediment Management atGUC’s Tar River Water IntakeRobert Teem - Brown and Caldwell, [email protected]

3:30PM-4:00PM Replacing and Upgrading One of the Oldest ReverseOsmosis Desalination Plants on the East Coast (ECI,Maryland)Ben Movahed - WATEK [email protected]

4:30PM-5:00PM Use of Advanced Oxidation Processes to ReduceDrinking Water Taste and OdorJamie Shambaugh - Gannett Fleming, [email protected] Youshock - American Water



5:00PM-5:30PM Installation of Granular Activated Carbon to Manage aTrace Organic Compound at Multiple Existing PublicWaterworksChristopher Curran - URS [email protected] Walker - URS Corporation

FRIDAY—TECHNICAL SESSIONSRoom 201 - Collection Systems9:30AM-10:00AM

Odor Abatement in the Potomac Interceptor: A Saga ofGood Intentions, Hard Knocks and Lessons LearnedJames (J.D.) Benoit - Black & Veatch [email protected] Lucas - DC WaterSteven Bian - DC Water

10:00AM-10:30AM Maintaining the Potomac Interceptor: Pushing the Slipliner EnvelopeJim Sillers - Greeley and Hansen, [email protected] Lucas - DC Water

10:30AM-11:00AM Crossing the Line - Secrets to a Successful Private-side Lateral Rehab ProgramJim Shelton - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS [email protected]

11:00AM-11:30AM Fast-track Implementation of a Low-cost EqualizationSystem at the Lehigh County Authority’s IndustrialWaste Pre-Treatment FacilityPhilip McLachlan - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS, the Water Division of [email protected] Hurst - Malcolm Pirnie, The Water Division ofARCADIS

Room 202 - Water Distribution and Water Quality9:30AM-10:00AM

Distribution System Sustainability; Mitigating Riskthrough Asset Reliability and Operational IntelligenceDave Lewis - Wachs Water [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30AM Managing Baltimore’s InfrastructureTim Wolfe - KCI Technologies, Inc. [email protected]

10:30AM-11:00AM A Comparison of Two Methods of Condition Assess-ment Used on a Major Water Main - Lessons learnedEssey Woldemariam - DC [email protected] Melsew - DC Water

11:00AM-11:30AM US Route 29 TunnelSusan Donnally - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected] Davis - Howard County Department of Public Works

Room 203 - Water Reuse9:30AM-10:00AM

Swimming Against the Current: Water Reuse in WaterRich RegionsMatthew VanHorne - Hazen and Sawyer, [email protected] Cisterna - Hazen and Sawyer, PC

10:00AM-10:30AM Expanded Water Reuse Facility for New Energy Projectin Charles County, MDCraig Benson - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected]

10:30AM-11:00AMStimulus Funded Design-Build Water Reuse ProjectLaurel Xiao - AECOM [email protected] Lay - AECOMJeff Chapin - DewberryRenso Gasparotto - Greeley and Hansen, LLCSarah Motsch - Fairfax County

11:00AM-11:30AM Potable Reuse ASR: Results of National Review andPotential for Chesapeake RegionCat Shrier - Ph.D., P.G., Watercat Consulting [email protected]


Retrofitting Existing Conventional Gravity Sand Filterswith Cloth Media Filters - Increasing Effluent FiltrationCapacity without Adding TankageLaura Knox - O’Brien and Gere Engineers, [email protected]

10:00AM-10:30AM Implementation and Start-up of a Deep Bed Denitrifica-tion Filter to Meet 2011 Effluent Nutrient Permit LimitsScott Phipps - Malcolm Pirnie, Water Division of [email protected]

10:30AM-11:00AM ENR Process Startup and Optimization at the Hager-stown: WWTP Challenges for Achieving Compliancewith ENR Discharge LimitsRobert Rectanus - Black & Veatch [email protected] Barton - City of Hagerstown

11:00AM-11:30AM Trickling Filters, Anoxic Reactors, and Aerobic Reac-tors: Can We Shake Them All Up to Achieve BNR?Kevin Frank, AECOM [email protected] Xie - Penn State HarrisburgRonald Jager - Gannett Fleming, Inc.


THURSDAY (Cont’d)


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