News Leaks Spring 2023

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P.O. Box 127 Brownsburg, IN 46112 Office: 866-213-2796 Fax: 866-215-5966

2022-2023 Board of Trustees

CHAIR

John Crider 260-589-2811 water@cityofberne.com

CHAIR ELECT Jaimie Foreman 317-571-4144

jforeman@carmel.in.gov

VICE CHAIR Cathy Lance 574-850-4561 cathy.lance@peerlessmidwest.com

PAST CHAIR

Jeff Cunningham 812-723-0863 jeffc@mesimpson.com

DIRECTOR Chris Harrison 574-377-4563 charrison@contactcei.com

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Neal McKee 765-648-6420 ext. 4402 nmckee@cityofanderson.com

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER

Larry McIntosh 812-358-3654 manager@jacksoncountywater.com

TRUSTEE – SMALL SYSTEMS NORTH Justin Schaffer 260-849-9016 jshaffer@townofmonroe.com

TRUSTEE – NORTHWEST DISTRICT Chris Johnsen 219-221-3916 cjohnsen@mcwaterdept.com

TRUSTEE – NORTHEAST DISTRICT Jeff Boyle 260-860-1292 jboyle@ligonier-in.gov

TRUSTEE – CENTRAL DISTRICT

Dylan Lambermont 317-773-2249 dylanl@wesslerengineering.com

TRUSTEE – SMALL SYSTEMS SOUTH Steve Jenkins 812-768-6899 stevejenkins.gwi@gmail.com

TRUSTEE – SOUTHWEST DISTRICT Open

TRUSTEE – SOUTHEAST DISTRICT

Linda Sanders 317-97-5994

lindas@wesslerengineering.com

115th INAWWA Annual Conference

Machine Learning for Pipe Condition Assessments

Indiana Section AWWA thanks our …

2023 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS

whose generosity helps support INAWWA in its mission of service to Indiana’s water and wastewater utilities throughout the year.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

SOURCE WATER PARTNER

TRANSMISSION PARTNER

STORAGE PARTNER

METER PARTNER

Message from the Chair

Learn and Engage with us at 2023 Conference

Spring is right around the corner and with that we look forward to our Annual Conference that runs April 10-13 at the Marriott Downtown Indianapolis. Hurry and get your registrations in! The Technical Program Committee has put together a great series of educational sessions for us. We will have a slate of new victims –er, officers – to vote on during the elections for leadership roles at the business meeting, which takes place during the Awards & Membership Business Lunch on Tuesday. All Indiana Section members are encouraged to attend and exercise their right to a vote in the process. Please see the article from the Nominations Committee on page 15 in this issue for details.

The Section’s new set of five 20232024 District Trustees were elected at the District business meetings this past fall, and they will officially be taking over their terms starting at the conference. Doug Karst and his MAC Committee are planning for a sold-out Exhibition Hall. They do a great job planning and organizing this component of the conference and we cannot thank them enough.

Be on the lookout for the conference app that will be available to download on your phone to navigate conference timelines and session details, so you can plan out your days in advance. There is an option within the app to create your own custom schedule to follow. Make the most of it!

Another reminder is to look for your Spring District Meeting dates on the website. This is a great networking opportunity for you and your workforce

to attend. Mike Simpson and his Philanthropy Committee would like help in getting the word out for the annual Youth Science Grant for local schools to apply for interesting projects about water, so if you could check in and pass along

John Crider, Chair, Indiana Section Board of Trustees

this information to your local school it would be a great help to getting the word out. The application form and details may be found on the Section website – or ask staff at registration for details.

All Indiana Section members are encouraged to attend and exercise their right to a vote in the process.

team provides a diverse range of experience, from traditional to innovative solutions to your utility problems.

Our focus is simple. Move water to where it should be, and make sure it’s clean when it gets there.

Chris Harrison, INAWWA Director

Getting the Lead Out!

Iwant to share with you information on the current Lead Service Line movement that is facing our communities. Recent revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule require all Indiana communities with a public water system to develop a Lead Service Line (LSL) Inventory. All communities must have their LSL Inventory completed by October 16, 2024, outlined under the LCRR.

Under the LCRR, all systems must first compile a location-based inventory of publicly and privately owned service line materials, including all connections. This is basically a master list of all the service lines within a community that are serviced by the Public Water Supply. The intent obviously is to identify lead services, but the inventory can help drill down deeper in identifying life expectancies of the service materials used within a system, identify operational issues such as freezing meters or service lines, and outline a road map in which a community can improve their operations such as installing meters in pits at the right-away to isolate liability. In the interim, unknown service lines will be considered lead until identified and inventoried otherwise.

As I travel throughout the state, conversations surrounding lead services has revealed that many communities have minimal information on the type of service material installed, nor do they have service cards or basic maps of the system. Communities that have maintained good service records are a head of the curve and will benefit from the information obtained over the life of the water system. With that, there are methods to determine the age of a water service which will provide a timeline

on the installation date. Most of these methods are common sense.

Typically, water service lines were installed close to the same timeline as the installation of the water main. The date on the oldest hydrant in a neighborhood is a good indicator of when the water main was first installed. Also, look at the age of the homes in the area! Most services are installed while homes are being built. Service repair records in each neighborhood can provide an indication of the material used within the neighborhood. Use the tribal knowledge of your local staff as key indicators of potential service materials in a given neighborhood block. They would have seen the type of material used during a routine repair in the neighborhood. Block group census tract data can be a good indicator of older portions of a community. As-built drawings

may have detail information on the type of service material used. The drawing will give you a specific date of installation. You can also visually inspect the service.

Most people reference 1984 or later as a start date to look for lead service. 1984 is when lead solder was banned and is used as an indicator start year. I have found that most communities switched over to rolled copper in the '70s for service installation.

When I was 19 and just starting out in the utility business, Dick Frieden preached to me about the benefits of maintaining detailed service cards and asset information. This was reiterated by Keith Morgan 20 years later and still holds true today. I’m thankful of the individuals who found the time to write down, in detail, the information from 50 to 100 years ago. Their due diligence has paid huge dividends to their communities in today’s world.

Committee Reports

Young Professionals Committee

Amanda White, Chair

Thank you to all our volunteers who have donated to the Anna’s House Adopt-aFamily Program in 2022! We had many gifts to give to the family who were beyond surprised. The smiles on their faces as gifts were delivered will not be forgotten. We encourage you to participate again this year so we can deliver more smiles to Indiana families.

The 2023 INAWWA Young Professionals Committee Sponsorship Program kicked off in January. Your contributions give YPs opportunities to hold a social event at the INAWWA Annual Conference, fund networking events,

sponsor a YP to attend the AWWA/WEF Young Professionals Summit, and sponsor the winner of the INAWWA Student Poster Competition to attend and present at the ACE Conference. In addition, we offer

perks to each level of sponsorship. Email us if you are interested in being a sponsor!

Come join us for our first INAWWA YP Track at the INAWWA Annual conference. The YP Track is Wednesday April 12, 2023 from 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM. The annual INAWWA YP Reception will take place in the evening following the YP Track.

Lastly, if you are interested in joining or learning more about the Young Professionals Committee and are under 35 years old or have been in the industry for 10 years or less, please reach out at indianaawwaiweayp@gmail.com for more information.

Committee Reports

Water For People Committee

Emily Nelson, Chair

Upcoming Events

The Water For People Committee has begun planning events for 2023! Below is our list of upcoming events to mark on your calendars. For more information, visit our webpage at www.inawwa.org/about-us/committees/water-for-people or contact the Committee at waterforpeople@inawwa.org.

Water For People Raffle at the INAWWA Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN

We will be raffling off some exciting items to benefit Water For People this year!

The items will be displayed in the exhibit hall. Tickets will be available for sale during the day at stations and from roving volunteers. The winning tickets will be drawn at the Fuller Award reception on Tuesday evening. Contact: Judy Gripp (judyg@grippinc.com)

April 11, 2023

Water Buffalos – Ride with Purpose

Get on your motorcycle and ride to ACE23 in Toronto, ON. Contact: Jim Clevenger (jclevenger@hydrocorpmeters.com) Jaimie Foreman (jforeman@carmel.in.gov)

INAWWA Golf Outing at Eagle Creek Golf Club, Indianapolis, IN

A portion of this year’s proceeds will benefit Water For People. Registration will be available online at www.inawwa.org. Contact: John Crist (john.crist@ejco.com)

INAWWA NE District Sunset Cruise in Syracuse, IN Annual cruise on Lake Wawasee which includes DJ entertainment, games, raffle prizes, food, spirits, and more.Contact: Chris Harrison (charrison@contactcei.com)

June 2023

July 2023

July 2023

27th Annual Indiana Section AWWA Golf Outing

John Crist, Chair

Save July 26 on your calendar for this year’s golf outing at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Indianapolis.

Your involvement will help bring water and sanitation services to millions worldwide through the Water For People organization, and help new Indiana water and wastewater utility operators obtain their licenses through the One AWWA Operator Scholarship.

Look for more details to come at a later date.

Philanthropy Committee

Michael Simpson, Chair

Hello fellow water professionals! Welcome to the spring update on all things happening with your Philanthropy Committee.

All of our philanthropic activities are moving forward. Our key programs; One AWWA Operator Scholarship, Gambold Education Fund, Bezzozi Grant, InAWWA’s Youth Water Science Education Grant, are in full operation and numerous awards have been made and new applications are being distributed.

Our committee is exploring the redevelopment of our Section’s Operator Scholarship. The goal is to create a more robust and engaging program that benefits Operators and enhances their educational experience.

The Board of Trustees and Philanthropy Committee is promoting our Youth Water Science Educational Grant. This grant is available to Indiana Schools, grades 3 through 8, to teach and promote the water cycle through educational classes and programs regarding the understanding, protecting, and conserving supply and quality of our natural resources for both drinking water and wastewater purposes. Typically, these projects include topics like:

• Promoting understanding, protecting, and conserving supply as well as quality of water

• Hydrologic cycle

• Water quality impacts

• Treatment of drinking water

• Treatment of wastewater

• Usage of drinking water

• Usage of recycled water

The Indiana Section AWWA plans to award grants totaling $7,500 in 2023. The intention is to award three grants, each being from a different area of the state. The typical grant is approximately $2,500.

Our committee is looking to expand its membership and we need your involvement and engagement with and on this committee! Participation with this committee will serve to enhance our Section’s endeavors to accomplish our goals of helping others throughout Indiana as well as the world achieve clean and safe water. The committee desires everyone’s engagement so that we may continue our shared goals to educate students, provide additional training to even more operators, and to ensure that our waters here at home remain clean and safe as they have for over a century now.

Gambold Education Fund Recipients for 2022 Water Institute

The Gambold Education Fund offers grants to assist people working in the Indiana water industry to attend an Indiana Section AWWA Conference, eligible for first-time attendees or utility personnel who have not attended an INAWWA conference in the last five (5) years.

The recipients who attended the 2022 Water Institute in December are:

• Kyle Dillman, Chandler Utilities

• Mike Sanders, Evansville Water & Sewer Utility

• Jenny Beier, Town of Schnider

• Kyle Berkes, Town of Cedar Lake

• Wendy Schmidtke, Town of Cedar Lake

• Jaden Stone, Town of New Pekin (not available for photo)

• Daniel Wooten, Town of Chesterfield (not available for photo)

Kyle Dillman, with Philanthropy Committee Chair Michael Simpson.

Mike Sanders, with Philanthropy Committee Chair Michael Simpson.

Jenny Beier, with Philanthropy Committee Chair Michael Simpson.

Kyle Berkes and Wendy Schmidtke.

Committee Reports

Competitions Committee

Justin Shaffer, Chair

We had a great meter challenge at the Water Institute this past December at French Lick Hotel and Conference Center. Congratulations goes out to Isaac Brimner, our champion from the Southeast District. Let’s all wish Isaac the best of luck at ACE23, in Toronto, Canada!

As most of you know, we did not have Hydrant Hysteria competitions at the Water Institute, so we have decided to have a Hydrant Hysteria demonstration at the Annual Conference. We hope that by doing this, we will spur more interest in this competition in the future. The demo will be held during Wednesday evening’s Meet & Greet Reception.

If you are planning on attending the Annual Conference this April, you will not want to miss this extremely fast paced competition that pairs teams of three – one coach and two competitors – against each other to see who can assemble

Nominations Committee

Chris Harrison, Chair

The Nominations Committee – consisting of Director, Chris Harrison; Chair, John Crider; Past-Chair, Jeff Cunningham; Northwest Trustee, Chris Johnsen; Northeast Trustee, Jeffrey Boyle; Central Trustee, Dylan Lambermont; Southwest Trustee, Shawn Kluesner; Southeast Trustee, Linda Sanders; Small & Rural System Trustee North, Justin Shaffer; and Small & Rural System Trustee South, OPEN – met to review potential candidates to hold office on the 2023-2024 Board of the Indiana Section AWWA. After careful consideration, we are proud to present and recommend the following slate of Officers for the 2023-2024 Indiana Section AWWA Board of Trustees:

• Director (Continuing, year three of three-year appointment) –Mr. Chris Harrison, Commonwealth Engineers

• Chair – Ms. Jaimie Foreman, City of Carmel Utilities

• Chair-Elect – Ms. Cathy Lance, Peerless Midwest

• Vice Chair – Mr. Neal McKee, City of Anderson

• Secretary-Treasurer – Mr. Larry McIntosh, Jackson County Water

• Assistant Secretary-Treasurer –Josh Castor, City of Anderson

• Small & Rural Systems Trustee North –

Mr. Justin Shaffer, Town of Monroe

• Small & Rural Systems Trustee South – OPEN

a fire hydrant the fastest. The teams participating in this year’s demo are from Fort Wayne, Valparaiso, and Columbus. Come see these guys get down to business and who knows, maybe it will light a fire in your utility to see if you have what it takes to get the job done!

* Moving to Past Chair will be Mr. John Crider, City of Berne. * The committee is also recommending a Director Elect be selected. The nominee will not have board voting right but is encouraged to attend board meetings and attend the 2024 AWWA Winter Board meeting. The nominee will start the Director’s position at the AWWA ACE 2024 conference. The committee’s nomination for Director Elect is Mr. Ed Nugent, Utility Supply Co.

We anticipate a vote on this slate of officers at the Annual Conference Membership Business Meeting to occur on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at approximately 12:25 PM, during the Membership Lunch at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown (350 W. Maryland Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225). This meeting will be held in Indiana Ballrooms E-H (located on the 1st Floor). Please try to attend this meeting. Each active member representative or Indiana Section Member will be allowed one vote. Conference registration is not required to attend.

If you would like to be considered for future leadership opportunities, on either the Section or District level, please contact me at charrison@contactcei.com

Thank you for participating in this important process –this is what makes the Indiana Section great.

New and existing challenges are reshaping the water industry. Arcadis proactively enhances operations, maximizes capital, and improves sustainability. Success starts with the fit-for-future fundamentals: innovation, resilience, Intelligent Water, asset management and the workforce.

Committee Reports

Awards Committee

Jeff Cunningham, Chair

You are cordially invited to join us for the INAWWA Awards Presentation, at the 115th Annual Conference during the membership lunch on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown.

The following awards will be presented:

• Besozzi Awardee

• Gambold Education Fund Awardees

• Hoosier Water Award

• Bonna Burns Award

2023 Hurty Awards Nominations are Open

Each year, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has presented the John N. Hurty Service Award to individuals having 25 or more years of service with one or more Indiana public water utilities. These awards are presented each year at the Indiana Section AWWA Fall District Meetings.

The Indiana Section Executive Board feels that these service awards continue to be a valuable recognition to long-serving public water utility employees; therefore, the Indiana Section continues to volunteer to provide administration of the John N. Hurty Service Awards for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Please review your records annually and submit this information to the Indiana Section AWWA no later than June 1 of each year. Any nominations received after

June 1 will be put on the list for the following year, unless the nominee has 30 or more years of service. Please send nominations to megan.fleming@inawwa.org

Please review your records and advise us of your staff who may qualify for the John N. Hurty Award. The INAWWA website has document outlining the conditions governing the presentation of the John N. Hurty Award (https://www.inawwa.org/media/ Conditions-of-the-Hurty-Award.pdf ) which provides a guide for determining qualifications. We will need the employee’s name, date of employment, years of employment, the utility or utilities they’ve worked for with contact information, and their Indiana Section AWWA District. www.wesslerengineering.com

Utility Management Committee

Kurt Wanninger, Chair

2023 IWEA/INAWWA Utility Management Seminar

INAWWA, IWEA, and AIM are hosting their Joint Utility Management Seminar in September.

We invite you to join us at Bowen Engineering, in Indianapolis, IN on September 12, 2023. The day will be packed with opportunities for you to learn and earn CEUs. If you are interested in presenting on a topic stay tuned for the call for abstracts in mid to late February or contact myself or Monique Riggs.

Topics of interest typically focus on finances, regulations, security, projects, and opportunities that you have learned from.

If you are interested in attending, or would be interested in sponsoring this event, reach out to Monique Riggs. Also, if you or you know someone that would be a good member of the AWWA Utility Management Committee, please have them reach out to Monique or myself (kurtw@wesslerengineering.com) to learn more.

Arrangements/Blue Coat Committee

Cara Lance-Emerick, Chair

We are grateful for everyone who has committed to volunteering as a Blue Coat at the Water Institute and Annual Conference. Many of you have committed to volunteering year after year and help in the effort to achieve our mission for promoting safe drinking water, public health, safety and welfare. Thank you volunteers!

115th INAWWA Annual Conference

AT A GLANCE PROGRAM

** MONDAY, April 10 **

3:00p - 7:00

Exhibitor sign in & set up - Registration 2

Non Registered Attendees - Registration 1

** TUESDAY, April 11 **

ExhibitsOpen: 8:00a - 5:30p

** WEDNESDAY, April 12 **

ExhibitsOpen: 8:00a - 3:45p

Contact Committee Chair for Committee Meeting schedule

AWWA 115th Annual Conference Technical Program

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023

INAWWA Annual Conference Opening Session

Moderator: Chris Harrison, INAWWA Director

Welcome to INAWWA Annual Conference 2023

John Crider, INAWWA Chair, Board of Trustees

Opening Ceremony, Presentation of the Flag

Visiting AWWA Dignitary, Welcome and Association Updates

Juanita Colon, AWWA Vice President

Keynote: Amanda Canida, Black & Veatch

Surveying Costs on the PFAS Roadmap ( WT / PDH : 1.0; WWG : 1.0)

Opening Session Sponsored by Ferguson Waterworks

– Visit the Exhibit Hall

Evansville's Proactive Approach to Maintaining Critical Water Mains

Duane Gilles, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Wayne Lindsay, Xylem ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Evolving Technology –Introduction to Manufactured In-place Composite Pipe (MICP)

11:15 am to 11:45 am

pm to 1:30 pm

Laura Schmidt & Luke Kunkel, SippTech ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

How to Select and Upgrade AMI / AMR Systems in 2023

Ben Christiansen, Utility Supply Co ( WT / PDH : 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI : 1.0)

Evolving Cellular Technology and the Implications for AMI Applications Andrea Amato, Neptune (

0.5)

Building an Asset Management Plan that Fits Your Utility

Adam Hershberger & Josh Hawley, Ziptility ( WT / PDH : 0.5; WWG : 0.5; WDPI : 0.5 ; V: 0.5)

Condition Assessment of Parallel Raw Water Mains Ben Gensic, Fort Wayne City Utilities Dustin Park, Pure Technologies

0.5; WWG: 0.5;

Asset Management and Condition Assessment for Iron Pipe Paul Hanson, DIPRA ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5;

: 0.5; V:0.5)

Membership Lunch / Awards Presentation, sponsored by Beam, Longest & Neff

/ Water Quality

Real Time Nitrate Monitoring for Aeration Basin Control Mark Bowkett, Aquamonitrix ( WT / PDH: 1.0 ; WWT: 1.0; WDPI : 1.0)

On-site Chlorine Generation –A Technical Solution for Chemical Supply Chain Woes Joe Ciurlino, Evoqua Water Technologies ( WT / PDH:0.5; WWT:0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

pm to 2:00 pm

A 6-year US National Study: Finding, Predicting & Resolving Building Water System Chemical & Microbiological Contamination

Andrew Whelton, Purdue University ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Comparing Legionella Detection Methods & the Importance of Testing via Indiana Department of Health

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Sarah Zekovich, Indiana Dept of Health ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Ammonia Removal by Biological Filtration in Drinking Water Treatment

Anna Hayes & Adam Sitka, Wessler Engineering ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Total Alkalinity

Kevin Formsman, Swan Analytical ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Iron Removal in Drinking Water with High Organics –Lewisville, IN Case Study

Paula Araya, AdEdge Water Technologies ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Citizens Energy Group Lead Service Line Replacement Program and Implementation

Jamie Schultz, Citizens Energy Group ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

DeMotte / NORWEJ Water Extension to I-65

Daryl Knip, Abonmarche; Dennis Otten, Bose McKinney & Evans; and Mitchell Eschweiler, Baker Tilly ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

South Bend Pinhook

WTP Improvements:

A GSC Success Story

Catherine Pallotta, American Structurepoint

Steve Nutt, Bowen Engineering ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Water Loss Audits: Lessons Learned

Natalie Schelling, Rachel Runge

Water Loss Audits: Town of Osgood Case Study Toney Wood, Treanne Quick & Rachel Runge, Commonwealth Engineers ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5; V:0.5) 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Commonwealth Engineers ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5; V:0.5)

The Indiana Finance Authority's Water Loss Final Report 2022

Sarah Hudson & Evan Fall

Indiana Finance Authority ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5; V:0.5)

TUESDAY,

History of Water Service Lines

Andrew Gordon & Madeline Pritchett

Wessler Engineeing ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Source Water Protection: Agricultural Practices and Programs that Promote Ginger Davis, Indiana Geologic & Water Survey ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5) 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm

The State of the IndustryAnd By That, We Do Mean the Business Panel Discussion: Utility Professionals ( WT / PDH: 1.5; WWG: 1.5; WDPI: 1.5)

Swordfish – The First Machine Intelligent Tool for the Identification of Lead Service Lines - A Case Study

Mike App, Electroscan ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Source Water Protection Programs: A Roadmap to Adoption Ginger Davis, Indiana Geologic & Water Survey ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

4:45 pm to 5:15 pm

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023

8:30 am to 9:00 am

9:00 am to 9:30 am

An Online Platform for LCRR School and Child Care Testing

Stacy Jones, IDEM

Sarah Hudson & Evan Fall, IFA ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

GIS: Tool for Source Water Protection Rachel Walker, Indiana Geological & Water Survey ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5) 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

Fuller Reception, sponsored by Bastin Logan Water Services & Wessler Engineering

*This schedule is subject to change | **All CEUs Pending Approval

Ross Hagan & Scott Hadler Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors

On-site Sodium Hypochlorite Generation: A Safe & Reliable Disinfection Alternative to Bulk Sodium Hypochlorite & Gas Chlorine Tom Caulfield, PSI Water Technologies (

Converting Indiana American Water's Largest Water Treatment Plant from Chlorine to Sodium Hypochlorite Kimberly Stefanich, Matt Charles, David Lalibere Indiana American Water, Hazen & Sawyer ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Liquids Solids Separation Jar Testing

John Dailey, Brenntag ( WT

Phosphorous Removal Michael Sapienza, Hawkins ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWT: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Wastewater Process Controls Visualization Jill Minor, City of Bloomington Utilities ( WT/ PDH: 0.5; WWT: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

: 0.5; WWT: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5) Recruiting and Retaining Veterans in the Water and Wastewater Utility Industry Sarah Hudson, Indiana Finance Authority Scott Ham, Silver Creek Water ( WT / PDH: 1.5; WWG: 1.5; WDPI: 1.5)

Chloramine Disinfectant Residual Optimization in Distribution Systems

Tom Caulfield PSI Water Technologies ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Traditional and Remote Leak Detection Aaron Horbovetz

M.E. Simpson Company ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0; V: 1.0)

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm

a GIS Based Work Order System

Jeff Weaver, Abonmarche ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Greenville IN Runs Digital Water System Scenarios to Serve Customers Better Audi Findley, Greenville IN Luke Butler, Qatium ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Tank Evaluations: Making the Right Choice for You Ryleigh White, Tank Industry Consultants ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

All That Data! Open Source Tools that Bring the Data to Decision-Makers Jill Minor, City of Bloomington ( WT / PDH: 1.0; WWG: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Presentations That Get Standing Ovations

Teddy Deahl, Bowen Engineering

Bridget Ingram, Wessler Engineering

PFAS SDWA Regulatory status and UCMR 5 Updates for Water Systems Kevin Custer, Pace

/ PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

Understanding Microplastics Found at Building Faucets: Types, Sources, Implications and Knowledge-Gaps

0.5;

UV Disinfection for Emerging Contaminants and Chlorine Resistant Pathogens

: 0.5)

Jeff Weaver

1.0;

: 1.0; WDPI: 1.0)

Developing Bloomington's Lead Service Line Inventory

Vic Kelson, City of Bloomington ( WT / PDH: 0.5; WWG: 0.5; WDPI: 0.5)

with Hydrant Hysteria Demonstration sponsored by National Water Services

*This schedule is subject to change | **All CEUs Pending Approval

THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2023

Legislation and Water Moderator Scott Miller

Legislative and Regulatory Update

Legislative Update: Chris Janak, Bose, McKinney & Evans Innovative Funding for Customer Side Lead Service Line Replacement Nathan Anderson, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Jim McGoff, COO & Director of Environmental Programs, Indiana Finance Authority Dennis Otten, Bose McKinney & Evans Scott Miller, Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors ( WT / PDH: 1.5; WWG: 1.5)

*This schedule is subject to change | **All CEUs Pending Approval

Indiana Section AWWA Historical Honors –Officers and Awardees

Back by popular demand, we are pleased to offer the opportunity to view our Indiana Section’s history in a new way.

Please use this QR code to view a full listing of all past Indiana Section Award winners, AWWA award winners, and those who have served as officers for INAWWA and AWWA.

Enjoy!

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“Indiana’s Best Tasting Drinking Water”

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What is so significant

about Significant Deficiencies?

Lucio M. Ternieden, Chief, Field Inspection Section, Drinking Water Branch—IDEM

As the old adage goes: “We are from the government, and we are here to help!” Indiana has approximately 4000 public water supply systems and at one point or another you will be inspected by one of the Drinking Water Field Inspectors. As a requirement, community water systems must be inspected as outlined in the Safe Drinking Water Act. Inspectors will set up an appointment and send you a Pre-Sanitary Survey Checklist. A Sanitary Survey is an onsite inspection of the water source, treatment, distribution system, finished water storage, pumping facilities and controls, monitoring and reporting data, system management and operation, and operator compliance with the department requirements. These are the eight elements of a Sanitary Survey. Inspectors will walk through the facilities starting at the source, through the treatment and out into the distribution system, then conduct a records review, and an exit interview.

Although, it can be scary that the “State” is coming to look into “my business”, the sanitary survey is an important aspect of the relationship between the State and the water system. The Drinking Water Branch at IDEM is tasked with making sure that each public water system has a completed inspection in the time frame specified. Community and Non-Transient Non-Community water systems will be contacted about an inspection every three years and Transient Non-Community water systems every five years. Inspections are conducted at a convenient date and time so that enough time is allotted to review all of the components needed. At an onsite review the Field Inspector will be looking at the physical components, documentation and talking about your processes and operation. This is your time to shine, to showcase your water plant! Not only is IDEM getting a snapshot in time of your operation, but the sanitary survey is an excellent time to ask questions, find out about rules and get some rare one-on-one time with your Drinking Water Inspector. Inspectors see a range of situations, applications and are experienced with a variety of troubleshooting that you may be struggling with. We work with other organizations to find out the best outcome to your issues and you should never feel apprehensive to disclose a problem. We will be glad to research and help in any way we can.

Now that you have had an onsite sanitary survey inspection, what should you expect next? Typically, you will hear back from the Inspection Section within two to three days of the inspection. An Inspection Summary Letter is sent to you via email; if you do not hear from us, please let us know and we will make sure that you get a copy of your inspection report. While you would be notified of any issues encountered during the inspection’s exit interview, the report will formalize any deficiencies identified and what is expected of you. Three types of findings may be in your

inspection report: Recommendations, Minor, and Significant Deficiencies. Recommendations are findings that we feel would help you in your operation. There is no regulatory weight; however, you should consider them to improve the operation of the water system. Minor deficiencies are violations of Indiana Code, Indiana Administrative Code, AWWA Standards, Ten State Standards, or the Code of Federal Regulation which on many cases are incorporated by reference into our regulations. The third type of finding that can be in your inspection report is the Significant Deficiency. These are important findings which will need your immediate attention because they are violations of the codes and standards above, but also, they are violations of a specific rule as outlined in 327 IAC 8-2-8.2.

“So, what happens if I end up with a Significant Deficiency after my sanitary survey? What is the big deal?” Significant Deficiencies are violations of rules which have a potential to directly affect public health. We are all in the business of providing a clean and safe water supply free from contaminants. This crucial task is carried out by what goes on in the water production process from source all the way to the customer’s tap; from operation and maintenance to sample collection and reporting to IDEM. Each link in the chain has its purpose and in-themselves provide a layer of protection to assure customers and our families that the water is safe to drink and use for all purposes in our homes, businesses, and industry. “Water” is the State of Indiana’s beverage as declared by legislation as the Cardinal is the State’s bird and the Tulip is the State’s tree. Water is important to all of us!

The fact that your water system has a Significant Deficiency may not be a reflection on you or your water system, however it is a red flag that must be addressed timely. The inspection report will give you thirty days for a groundwater system and forty-five days for a surface water system to respond with your plan of action on how you will address deficiencies in a timely manner. All deficiencies, minor or significant, must be corrected. On your response to the sanitary survey findings, you will need to be as detailed as possible with what you have already corrected and when you will correct any remaining items. The Field Inspection Section tracks all deficiencies and their corrections. Wherever appropriate photographic documentation will be requested as a way of documenting compliance and correction of any deficiencies found during the inspection.

Water systems must document all corrective actions in their response back to IDEM. The response will include the nature of the deficiency, the corrective action taken, and any documentation that will show that it has been corrected (photo, invoice, letter, etc.). If deficiencies remain outstanding and you

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expect it will take longer than thirty/forty-five days to correct them, you must provide a reasonable timeframe in which you will address the remaining deficiencies. Follow-up responses may be needed to update IDEM on your progress or provide a final response that the outstanding items have been corrected. We will close them out and let you know that compliance with the deficiencies have been met.

I must also mention that unresolved Minor Deficiencies on any subsequent sanitary survey inspection may escalate to a Significant Deficiency. Significant Deficiencies must be corrected within 120 days unless an approved Compliance Plan has been submitted outlining the timeframe for correction. The Field Inspector, the Field Section, and the Drinking Water Branch will monitor compliance to give water systems every opportunity to comply and address outstanding deficiencies. However, if for any reason they are left unresolved and no attempt is made to comply, the Drinking Water Branch is left no option other than to seek compliance through its Enforcement Section by various civil paths.

In 2022, IDEM’s Drinking Water Inspectors identified 227 Significant Deficiencies at Community Water Systems throughout Indiana. They were found in all of the eight

components of the Sanitary Survey where Distribution System, Source Water, and Management and Operation accounted for 61% of them, at a total of 139. We worked with each of these water systems to identify solutions to the issues discovered during the inspection and I am glad to say that the majority of them have been corrected. However, there are some which still remain. If your utility is still working toward a corrective action, I urge you to contact your Field Inspector to let them know you are working on addressing outstanding deficiencies. We can put you in contact with potential funding sources and resources should your utility need financial assistance to conduct water system improvements.

Should you have any questions regarding your Inspection Summary Letter or any comments about the inspection process, don’t hesitate to contact me with your questions or concerns. You may reach me at 317-234-7461 or lternied@idem.in.gov

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Assistance Available for Lead Service Line Inventories

Matthrew Prater, IDEM Drinking Water Branch Chief

All community water systems (CWS) and non-transient non-community water systems (NTNCWS) in Indiana are subject to EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule. One of the provisions of the latest revisions to that rule is the Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI). This will require you to identify all service lines within your distribution system, both public-side and private-side, by October 16, 2024.

The first thing you should be doing to make sure you are ready to meet this requirement, is determining, what records (if any) that you have available to you for helping to identify the lines. This could include any of the following:

• Tap cards.

• Historical information on whether lead service lines were installed in your community, and, if so, during what timeframes did the installation occur.

• Age of home in community (or, specifically, date connected to the public water system).

IDEM and Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) have been working with 120Water to finalize a service line inventory spreadsheet. The IDEM service line inventory spreadsheet along with instructions is available at https://cdn.120water.com/IDEM/ IDEM_Service_Line_Inventory_Template. xlsx. The IDEM lead service line inventory guidance document will be available on our website at https://www.in.gov/idem/ cleanwater/drinking-water/drinking-water-

compliance-section/water-systems/ drinking-water-and-lead. In addition, if you already have data compiled, 120 will assist in getting that data transferred to the format needed for submittal to IDEM. IDEM will be working with 120 to develop the portal for you to submit your service line inventory data and we will notify you once when the submission portal is available in Spring 2023. Additional information will be available at the Indiana Section AWWA Conference in April.

The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) also has several current and upcoming opportunities available for water systems to get assistance in completing their inventories:

• LSL Technical Assistance Program: The IFA is partnering with the Alliance of Indiana Rural Water to offer LSLI support to all NTNCWS and all CWS with up to 1,000 service connections. Systems may seek support from the Alliance in the form of training at regional meetings and conferences or direct assistance with inventory completion. Educational sessions will be offered around the state and virtually over the next two years and a sign-up for inventory assistance will be available online. More information about this program will be made available on Alliance’s website in Spring of 2023 (www.inh2o.org).

IDEM Water Quality Updates

Kim Rohr, IDEM Office of Water Quality

Reminder that wastewater operators whose licenses expired 6/30/2022 have until 6/30/2023 to complete renewal requirements. If requirements are not met, they will have to retake and pass the exam to obtain another license. Also, upcoming renewal applications will be mailed 30-60 days from the expiration date of

6/30/2023 to the address IDEM has on file. If you have specific questions, please contact the IDEM Wastewater Operator Certification Program at: 317-233-0479. The electronic system for Bypass/ Overflow reporting has been delayed. IDEM is still working on it and hope to have it available by the end of this year.

• State Revolving Fund Financing: The IFA currently offers LSLI funding options in the form of low interest loans or grants to CWS of all sizes. A community seeking this type of support should add inventory work to an existing project application being submitted to SRF, such as a main or meter replacement initiative. More information about the SRF application process can be found on IFA’s website (www.in.gov/srf ).

• LSLI Community Grant Program: IFA’s LSLI Community Grant Program (CGP) is available to all CWS with more than 1,000 service connections. The IFA will provide these funds in the form of a Principal Forgiveness loan (grant), where 100% of the loan will be forgiven when the project is complete. IFA plans to open applications to this program by the end of February and will make more information available on its website (www.in.gov/ifa)

If you have questions on any of the IDEM inventory requirements, you can contact Shelley Love at sllove@idem.in.gov or Stacy Jones at sjones@idem.in.gov

By James C. Fitchett, Kosmas Karadimitriou, Zella West, and David M. Hughes

Every day, water pipe failures cause damage, disruption, and water loss. In 2018, Steven Folkman published a report, Water Main Break Rates in the USA and Canada: A Comprehensive Study, and found that in the US, water main breaks have increased 27% in the past six years to more than 1,000 per day. Utilities typically react quickly and effectively to pipe breaks, but the costs of water loss and damage to property, roads, and a utility’s image can be significant.

The repair process is complicated by the timing of breaks, because following Murphy’s Law, service calls often come at night or on the weekend. Repair crews must sometimes work in subzero temperatures or during powerful storms. For the water industry to evolve, reactive responses are no longer good enough.

Many utilities try to avoid pipe failures by proactively replacing an average of 1% of their pipes every year. More often than not, they choose which pipes to replace using educated guesses on which pipes may break, but this leads to frustration if the pipes they dig up still have many years of useful life remaining. In the end, replacing pipes that could have remained in service wastes time, money, and resources.

Machine learning, a subset of artificial intelligence, provides a cost-effective way to make decisions about at-risk and healthy pipes. For utilities, estimating the likelihood of failure (LoF) for every active pipe can prove valuable. Pipes identified with a high LoF are then assessed

within a consequence of failure (CoF) framework to make better risk-based asset management decisions. With overall risk calculations (LoF × CoF), utilities can use informed decisionmaking to inspect pipes, monitor pipes, perform condition assessments, and renew and replace pipes.

It’s not feasible for utilities to inspect 100% of their pipes, but machine learning (ML), a subset of artificial intelligence, provides a cost-effective way to make decisions about at-risk and healthy pipes. In the authors’ experience, ML can typically find more than half of the near-future (next 12 months) breaks within the top 5% of all pipes, ranked by LoF. But 5% of all pipes is an unmanageable amount for utilities, so focusing on the top 1% is a better starting point. The case studies presented in the following sections provide useful insights for making these kinds of targeted decisions.

Pipes identified with a high LoF are combined with CoF to calculate risks and help make better asset management decisions. Machine learning enables prioritization that can avoid many if not most catastrophic breaks and premature replacements.

Machine Learning Versus Pipe Age and Prior Breaks

Prioritizing which pipes to replace is typically done by ranking pipes on prior breaks, age, material, or statistical studies using assumptions and sometimes subjective weightings that

can fail to accurately identify true risks. In contrast, ML has proved to be more accurate in identifying which pipes to leave in place and which pipes warrant attention.

With limited capital to spend on an aging water infrastructure, utilities are compelled to proactively reduce pipe failures by focusing on high-consequence pipes. ML software can “learn” from current and past data to predict future events. ML finds patterns from prior pipe failures and more accurately predicts the LoF for all pipes in the near future. ML gets “smarter” as more data are added and especially with data from multiple utilities with similar geologic and climatic environments.

To start the process, the ML system first audits a water utility’s data, which typically include pipe data (e.g., age, material, size, break history), along with readily available soil, weather, traffic, seismic, and satellite data. Using this historical and inventory data, the ML system highlights anomalies and missing data that the project team, collaborating closely with staff and stakeholders, must correct. This information serves as the basis for final prioritization, but it can also produce risk profiles for capital improvement planning, budget development, and rate-change support. The following cases compare the results of ML with traditional, probabilistic models based on prior breaks, age, and statistics.

Case 1: A Large Water Utility

A large utility in the western United States began with 20 years of pipe infrastructure and break data. Previously it had used a combination of pipe age and prior break

history to target pipes for inspection and sensor monitoring, but forward-looking management wanted to explore the potential of ML. Figure 1 illustrates a comparison of accurately predicted breaks using three methods: priori-tizing pipes on the basis of previous breaks or pipe age or by applying ML; the pipes are ranked by LoF, and each dot represents an actual pipe failure. Of nearly 260,000 pipe segments, there were 57 breaks in 2018. Three observations resulted when comparing actual breaks with those predicted by the models:

• ML ranked all the pipe segments by LoF (1–260,000). It predicted 48 of 57 breaks within the top 10% of the ranked pipes. Remarkably, 42 of those 48 had never broken before. In the top 1% of risk, 28 pipe breaks were found; 24 of these had never broken before.

• In examining the distribution of actual breaks using prior breaks for prediction, only seven of the 57 breaks were in the top 10% of probable breaks and six breaks were in the top 1% of the predicted highest-risk pipes.

• Using pipe age, 27 of 57 breaks were in the top 10% of probable breaks; 16 actual breaks were in the top 1% of those predicted.

In Figure 1, the distribution modeled using prior breaks appears almost random, and while pipe age is a better predictor, ML clearly clusters at the top (as a good model should). In comparing the different approaches, ML was significantly more accurate than the prior break or the

age-based models, and this utility now views ML as an important tool in their management toolkit.

Case 2: A Small Water Utility

When a city or town is planning to resurface stretches of road, it is a good opportunity to replace the pipes underneath, especially if those pipes are more than 50 years old. Age-based

Figure 1

profiling of pipes is intuitive because everything fails eventually, but one small utility used ML to determine whether to replace pipes during road resurfacing.

In summer 2019, the utility was notified by city officials that a road project (grind and overlay) was planned in the utility’s service area. This was a major project for the area and involved approximately 2,600 linear feet of resurfacing. While the city ordinance states that notice will be given every fall season for paving projects in the coming year, this project was not included; the utility had less than 20 days to decide whether to replace an entire main line and services or to gamble on the life of the pipe and leave it in the ground.

Utility records showed that the 6-inch asbestos-cement pipe was installed in the early 1960s and that, to that point, it had experienced no main line breaks. However, the pipe was about 60 years old, so the utility committed more than US$300,000 to replace the pipes under the road. Utility leaders knew that if there was a pipe failure in that main line, paying the repair and restoration fee on the new road would be even more expensive. In this city, the utility is obligated to pay 150% of the restoration fee if a road is less than five years old. Beyond five years, the fee is adjusted on the basis of the road pavement condition index to compensate the city.

The utility had only two pieces of information on which to base a very expensive decision: the age of the pipe and the fact that there had not been a main break on that stretch of pipe. In the

end, they decided to replace their main lines and all services on this road. This project was unbudgeted and cost more than $300,000. Besides the expense, this work also put a strain on staff, and the hastily designed project set them months behind in their normal work. In this case, the utility now has ML capabilities that it wishes it had had when it was faced with the need to make such a significant decision in such a short amount of time. The city and county are looking at two more major road projects for 2020, and utility leaders expect the analysis from ML will help them decide how to make their asset investment decisions.

It is just as valuable to know which pipes can be ignored as which high-risk pipes to inspect and monitor for likelihood of failure.

Case 3: A Midsize Water Utility

For a midsize western city with an arid climate and a growing population, water is critically important. Most drinking water is drawn from surface water sources, including dams and diversions. In 2019, the water utility engaged ML companies for a pilot test, providing 11 years of pipe and break data to predict breaks in 2018. As requested, the utility withheld break data for 2018 for the ML vendors to predict. The utility could then easily validate the accuracy of the results.

More than 182,000 pipe segments were analyzed over 11 years. One ML company’s automated data audit found missing data and anomalies that helped enhance the digital database for all of

the utility’s systems. Using a rolling set of training data, ML created and validated test results using utility, public, and proprietary data elements. The enhanced data and the ML engine ranked all pipe segments by their likelihood of failing within the next 12 months (for 2018).

Of more than 180,000 pipe segments and 218 breaks in 2018, ML found 172 in the top 10% of the high-risk ranking. Significantly, 77 had never failed before. Reviewing the top 1% of the ranking, ML predicted 112 breaks – more than half –and of those, 23 had never failed. Most dramatically, of the top 18 pipe segments on the ML ranking, 17 failed. The 18th pipe (ironically ranked the number-one highest risk) did not fail in 2018. It broke two months later in February 2019. This unusual level of accuracy is exceptional; nevertheless, when the results were presented to the utility’s engineering and operations teams, the director of operations said, “Folks, we are looking at a new way of doing business.”

ML: A Beneficial Assessment Tool

There are two prerequisites for using ML effectively. First, having good data is crucial. Without at least five years of complete and accurate data, ML is less accurate in generating rankings of pipe risks. Second, users should appreciate that high likelihood does not mean certainty.

ML applications are ideal for utilities deciding which water mains to monitor in the short term to address potential catastrophic failure (within the next 12 to 24 months), and for the longer term for capital investment planning (the next t3

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