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Launching the Week of July 13 - Online -

Texas Water goes Virtual for its 25th Year!

As you are probably aware, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have cancelled our in-person Texas Water™ 2020 Conference for the first time in 25 years. We are excited to have transitioned it into Texas Water™ 2020 – Virtual, the largest (virtual) regional water conference in the nation!

Texas Water™ 2020 – Virtual will offer a new opportunity to view a considerable number of online presentations plus opportunities to receive TCEQ approved Operator hours or Engineering CEU hours for viewing these presentations.

The sessions will be made available “on demand” once they are posted, allowing for convenient viewing at any time. You will not have to choose between attending different sessions as you would at an in-person conference. Better yet, all the sessions will remain posted for multiple months after the conference, to provide for maximum viewing flexibility.

Texas Water™ 2020 – Virtual will also feature a Virtual Exhibit Hall, which will give you the opportunity to (virtually) visit the wonderful vendors that have continued their support of the conference and also play on online version of our “Match-the-Name Game” scavenger hunt for some amazing door prizes.

We hope that you’ll join us online for Texas WaterTM 2020 - Virtual. In the midst of very challenging times, the producing organizations of the Texas Water Conference (the Water Environment Association of Texas and the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association) are working to continue their mission of advancing clean water and drinking water professions and protecting the health of our communities and environment. Our industry has never been more essential, and we hope that you and yours are safe and healthy as we navigate these difficult circumstances.

We look forward to all getting together again someday in the future to celebrate Texas Water.

Julie Nahrgang Executive Director Water Environment Association of Texas

Full registration for Texas WaterTM 2020 - Virtual includes access to all technical sessions as well as other events such as the Opening Session, Women in Water event, Dodson’s Drive Virtual Fun Run, Curtis Smalley Virtual Environmental Event, Young Professional, Student and Mentoring Program Reception and Awards Ceremonies: • Member (in WEF or AWWA): $195 • Non-Member: $420 Non-member registration includes a free* one-year membership in either WEF or AWWA. *New members only, not for membership renewals

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Mike Howe Executive Director Texas Section American Water Works Association

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www.txwater.org C.E. HOURS

TCEQ Operator Training Certification Hours will be available for attending virtual technical sessions. TCEQ has approved the conference for up to 37.5 hours for water operators and up to 29 hours for wastewater operators.

Engineers may also receive self-reporting CE hours for attending.

Details on how to submit your hours will be provided closer to the conference date.

TENTATIVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE While the technical sessions will be available to view at your convenience, be sure to join us for these events the week of July 13!

TUESDAY, JULY 14 7 am Young Professionals’ Dodson 5k Virtual Race WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 9 am Opening Session 12 pm Engineering Ethics Online Course 1 pm Texas AWWA Awards Ceremony 4 pm Curtis Smalley Virtual Environmental Event Kickoff THURSDAY, JULY 16 10 am Women in Water Session 12 pm WEAT Awards Ceremony 5:15 pm Young Professionals Reception FRIDAY, JULY 17 11:30 am WEAT & TAWWA Joint Awards Ceremony Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall, take part in the Water For People Silent Auction, explore poster presentations and more that will be available at www.txwater.org!

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TW20 Keynote: Rep. Dade Phelan Chairman Dade Phelan will provide keynote comments at the 25th anniversary of Texas Water.

The address will take place during the Virtual Opening Session at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 15.

Chairman Phelan authored and sponsored some of the most important water legislation in the 86th Texas Legislature including HJR 4, which shifts $800 million into the flood infrastructure fund. He has advocated for water infrastructure funding and flood mitigation and flood funding. Chairman Phelan is one of three house members appointed to the State Water Infrastructure Fund for Texas Advisory Committee.

The panel oversees the operation, function and structure of the state water fund and assists the Texas Water Development Board in achieving its goal of providing $27 billion in state water plan projects over the next 50 years.

Chairman Phelan was born and raised in Southeast Texas. His fourth generation commercial real estate development firm owns and manages retail, industrial and office property in Texas and Arkansas. He received his bachelor’s degree in government and business from The University of Texas at Austin.

Chairman Phelan currently serves as Chair of the House Committee on State Affairs. He has previously served on the Natural Resources Committee as Vice-Chair, Calendars Committee, Appropriations Committee, Elections Committee and on the Select Committee on Ports, Innovation and Infrastructure.

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His wife, Kim, is a solo practitioner attorney and together they have four sons: Ford, Mack, Hank and Luke.

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Message from the Associations On behalf of the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas American Water Works Association (TAWWA), welcome to the 25th anniversary of Texas Water 2020, the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©. We were all looking forward to seeing each of you in Fort Worth, but in these unprecedented times and in the interest of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we made the difficult decision to shift to a virtual conference. After all, your health and safety are of paramount importance to us.

Leading up to the decision to shift to a virtual event, several volunteers were knee deep in preparing for our 25th anniversary of this great event. These planning activities were being led by our 2020 Conference Chairs, Mary Gugliuzza of the City of Fort Worth and Mark Perkins of Perkins Engineering, and supported by the dedicated leadership of both organizations, Julie Nahrgang (WEAT) and Mike Howe (TAWWA). Once we opted to shift to a virtual offering, WEAT and TAWWA staff, leadership and volunteers quickly refocused our efforts.

While there will be no handshakes or exchanges of business cards this year, WEAT and TAWWA are committed to still making this conference the best virtual conference and many of our Texas Water special events available to you. Now more than ever we encourage each of you to take part in special events such as the Opening Session, Awards Ceremony, Women of Water, Young Professionals Recognition, Water for People Silent Auction, and MORE! An added benefit of this virtual format is that you no longer have to choose between attending different sessions as you would at an in-person conference. All sessions will be made available “on demand” once they are posted, allowing for convenient viewing at any time. Furthermore, you don’t have to spend time travelling as you can enjoy the activities from the comfort of your own office or home while wearing your most comfortable slippers. We wish you all a great virtual conference experience in 2020 and hope you and your families are happy and healthy in 2020!

Rick Hidalgo President Water Environment Association of Texas

Melissa Bryant Chair Texas Section American Water Works Association

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TW20 Keynote: Comptroller Glenn Hegar Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will provide keynote comments at the 25th anniversary of Texas Water.

The address will take place during the Virtual Opening Session at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, July 15.

Glenn Hegar was elected as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in November 2014.

Glenn is a sixth-generation Texan who grew up farming land that has been in his family since the mid-1800s.

He’s a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University and earned his law degree at St. Mary’s University. Glenn has served in the Texas Legislature, where he worked on issues including public education, transportation, tax reform, government transparency, Second Amendment rights, water issues and tort reform.

As comptroller, Glenn is chief finance officer for the world’s 10th-largest economy. He has emerged as a passionate advocate for conservative financial management and government transparency who has focused on creating a more efficient and customer oriented agency. He founded the state’s Transparency Stars program, pushed for smarter ways of investing our rainy day fund to protect it for future generations, and guided the formation of the nation’s first ever stateadministered precious metals depository.

His upbringing taught him the core values of hard work, honesty and integrity — the same values he and his wife Dara work to instill in their three young children, Claire, Julia and Jonah. Hegar’s most important title throughout his years of service is the one closest to home: Dad!

VIRTUAL EXHIBIT HALL

Stop by the Virtual Exhibit Hall at www.txwater.org to connect with our Texas Water Virtual exhibitors. You can also take part in our Match the Name game to win some amazing prizes!

Texas WaterTM 2020 is a registered trademark of Texas AWWA for the exclusive use for this joint conference with WEAT. All rights reserved.

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WATER FOR PEOPLE SILENT AUCTION

MONDAY, JULY 13 - FRIDAY, JULY 17 AT 1 PM Now, more than ever, access to clean water is critical. That is why Texas WaterTM is committed to continuing to raise funds to support the important work that Water for People is doing across the globe to provide access to safe, reliable water services.

The Water for People Silent Auction will be hosted online using HANDBID, a mobile silent auction platform which allows you to bid from your smartphone.

(If you’ve attended our in person conferences before, this is the same platform we have used to support the Water for People Silent Auction in 2018 and 2019.)

Find more information (and instructions on HANDBID) at www.txwater.org.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS’ DODSON 5K

VIRTUAL RACE  TUESDAY, JULY 14, 7 A.M. Where: Wherever you are!

When: We’ll have our virtual warm-up posted on Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30 am and our official virtual start at 7 am, but you can run at your convenience anytime during the week of Texas Water starting on Sunday, July 12. Running isn’t cancelled, we’re just doing it differently! During these unprecedented times we want to take into account the safety of all our participants, volunteers, vendors, partners and overall community.

For the 2020 event the Dodson 5k will be going completely virtual! Runners will be able to print a finisher certificate and be able to post photos for a social media photo contest! Be sure to follow our social media page for other event updates: www.facebook.com/YPDD5k.

For our timed and team participants, your running times and proof must be uploaded by Thursday, July 16 at noon. Our hosting platform and additional virtual contest will be announced in the coming weeks. Timed/ Team participants will receive tech shirts if registered

by July 1, with the current circumstances we cannot guarantee that shirts will be received by July 14 but we’ll do our best! Tech shirts for Timed/Team participants will be mailed. Registration will remain open through Wednesday, July 15 at 9 am. Awards will be during the YP Recognition Event, as is tradition! Please contact Brandy Martinez at martinezbm@cdmsmith.com or Ron Tamada at rontamada@gmail.com with any questions.

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TECHNICAL SESSIONS

The Texas Water Program Committee offers technical sessions presented by the top experts in the industry and targeted to the most important issues facing water and wastewater professionals today. Once registered, the sessions will be available for you to view starting the week of July 13 and be available for weeks after. For a listing of presentations that have committed to the virtual conference, see Pages 10-17.

PRESENTATION POSTERS

Texas WaterTM 2020 - Virtual will give attendees an expanded opportunity to learn with the presentation of posters. The posters give authors the opportunity to display their research topics and to share the information they discovered. The posters will be available online at www.txwater.org. Authors are encouraged to leave contact information so that viewers can direct questions or comments their way.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS WORKSHOP FOR ENGINEERS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 12 P.M. TO 1:15 P.M. The Texas Water Engineer’s Ethics Seminar is an interactive and thought-provoking session led by Bob Pence and Gina Smith from Freese and Nichols, Inc. While earning one Professional Development Hour and satisfying the annual ethics requirement, you will learn to recognize ethical situations faced by engineers, analyze the issues of ethical situations and discuss how to resolve ethical situations in a creative and professional manner.

There is no additional fee for this training but you will need to preregister the week of July 13 at www.txwater. org; seating is limited; only available to those registered for the conference.

WOMEN IN WATER SESSION

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 10 A.M. We will be highlighting a group of amazing women who will share their stories of achievement in their careers.

The panel will include Emily Lindley, TCEQ Commissioner; L’Oreal Stepney, TCEQ Deputy Director; and Laura Wilson, Deputy Director Fort Worth Water. Stacy Walters of Fort Worth Water will moderate this free-flowing conversation on the panelists’ experiences and work that led them to their executive level management.

YP & STUDENT RECEPTION/MENTORING PROGRAM NETWORKING EVENT

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 5:15 P.M. Come out and join the YPs and seasoned professionals for a virtual event recognizing our competition winners and discussing the Mentoring Program. Networking break out sessions will follow the awards and announcements!

Seating is limited in this live Zoom event. You will need to preregister the week of July 13 at www.txwater.org; seating is limited and only available to those registered for the conference.

AWARDS CELEBRATION

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 11:30 A.M. Texas Water will honor WEAT and TAWWA friends and colleagues who have demonstrated their commitment to the water and wastewater profession. Seating is limited in this live Zoom event. You will need to preregister the week of July 13 at www.txwater.org; seating is limited and only available to those registered for the conference.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 1” All “Full” registrations and “Wednesday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Pretreatment

Legislative/Regulatory

Know Thy Waste Stream: A Comprehensive Look at Pretreatment Programs Influent and Effluent Scans

An 86th Texas Legislative Session Recap, Rulewriting and Interim Update

Peter Reale Plummer Chris Pasch Plummer

Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas/ Texas Association of Clean Water Agencies W/WW

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What to Expect When You Are Expecting a New Pretreatment Program

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AMPSS: A Pilot Asset Management Program for Small Systems Christopher Nance Parkhill, Smith & Cooper W/WW

Water Resources Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Assessment of Water Supply Strategies and Subsidence Risk Van Kelly, INTERA Michael Turco, Harris-Galveston Subsidence District Neil Deeds, INTERA Tina Petersen, Harris-Galveston Subsidence District W

AWWA/NACWA/WEF Combined Updates

Cory Moose City of Midland Murali Erat Freese and Nichols

Steven Dye WEF Legislative Director Tommy Holmes AWWA Legislative Director

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Backflow Woes: A Small City’s Story of Adopting a Backflow Prevention Program Adrian Garcia Fair Oaks Ranch Melissa Castro Fair Oaks Ranch W

Simulating the TRWD Water Supply Reservoir System with the Integrated Pipeline Project Using Dendrochronological Climate Reconstruction David Marshal Tarrant Regional Water District Courtney Jalbert Tarrant Regional Water District Laura Blaylock Tarrant Regional Water District

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Laboratory Understanding Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing

EPA Region 6 Updates on Water and Water Quality Issues

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Ginger Briggs Bio-Analytical Laboratories

Ken McQueen EPA Region 6

The Elephant in the Room: A Small Town’s Creative Approach to a Big Infrastructure Challenge Matthew Abbe AECOM Paige Cronin AECOM Ray Banks Dallas County Public Works W/WW

TCEQ Updates on Water Quality/ Drinking Water Issues Joel Klumpp Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Louis Herrin III Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals Howard Christian, City of Richmond Yatra Dhruv, KIT Professionals Terri Vela, KIT Professionals

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PFAS 101: An Introduction to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

TCEQ Water/Wastewater Pipeline Separation Requirements – Navigating the Regs

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Sheau-Yun (Dora) Chiang CDM Smith

Nutrients Are Reappearing: New Developments for TPDES Permits

Rajendra Bhatterai, Clean Water Strategies Michael Morrison, Freese and Nichols Ana Peña-Tijerina, Fort Worth Water Lisa Boatman, Austin Water WW

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Planning Ahead of the Curve – Long-Term Water Demand Projections for the City of Richmond, Texas

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Ron King Dunaway Associates

Evaluating Alternative Water Supplies to Meet Demand in a Growing City

Jennifer Klidies, Corpus Christi Water Crystal Ybanez, Corpus Christi Water Esteban Ramos, Corpus Christi Water Gabriel Ramirez, Corpus Christi Water W/WW

Planning and Executing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Pilot Project James Dwyer HDR W

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 1” All “Full” registrations and “Wednesday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Odor & Corrosion Control

Diversity/Workforce

Water Conservation

Arresting Wastewater Sulfide Formation: A Nitrate Narrative

Leading and Managing in Changing Times

Technology Friend or Foe? Which Tech Solutions Are Saving Water & Helping Customers?

Richard Pope Hazen and Sawyer

Claire Baldwin CDM Smith

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The Silent Killer: Balancing Municipal Wastewater Infrastructure Affected

by Corrosion and Maintaining Service in Texas Communities Wade Parks, Garver Barry Calhoun, City of Bay City Louis Rodriguez, City of Bay City Jimmy Dunham, Dunham Engineering Jeff Maier, Garver

Filling the Workforce Pipeline: Houston’s Efforts to Attract, Train and Develop its Water Workforce

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Ahead of the Odor!

Establishing Odor Control for a Greenfield Plant Brandy Martinez CDM Smith WW

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Of Water Conservation and Corrosion Control) Fernie Silva Brown and Caldwell WW

Dylan Christenson Black & Veatch Xuan Zheng AECOM Magda Alanis

Leveraging Technology to Attract The Next Generation Workforce Clarence Wittwer City of Pearland Kristin O’Neill Stantec W/WW

Karen Guz San Antonio Water System W/WW

Why SMART Irrigation Controller Rebates are not SMART for Conserving Water Gail Donaldson City of Allen

Data-Driven Decisions in Cowtown: Using the Municipal Water Conservation Planning Tool to Set Targets Micah Reed, Fort Worth Water Jeremy Rice, Freese and Nichols Adam Conner, Freese and Nichols

Utility Workforce Recruiting and Development Ron Patel Dallas Water Utilities Darell Long Dallas Water Utilities Darrell Poore Dallas Water Utilities

Granularity, Who Needs It: Understanding the Role of Data and Conservation Potential

Soo Koon Soon, Austin Water Maninder Rhandhawa, Austin Water David Agee, Stantec Timothy Love, Stantec

How to Embrace Diversity and Inclusion Sapna Mulki Water Savvy Solutions W/WW

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Bridgette Bennett, Carollo Engineers Guadalupe Bailey, Dallas Water Utilities Joshua Kennedy Davis, W.T. White High School W/WW

The grid is listed out by “Day” to match the previous formatting when the conference would have been held in-person.

All sessions will be available for you to view at your own convenience you do not have to watch the sessions on a certain day or time.

They will also be available to you for viewing several weeks after July 13.

Session Accreditation Tis The Season, Modeling and Adopting Seasonal Drought Triggers for the North Texas Municipal Water District

Jeremy Rice, Freese and Nichols Denise Hickey, North Texas Municipal Water District Billy George, North Texas Municipal Water District Tom Gooch, Freese and Nichols

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Collaboration Inside and Outside of the Classroom: Public and Private Sector Support of Dallas High School Student Interest in the Water Industry

Schedule is subject to change.

Robert Stefani Austin Water

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Collection System Odor, Ventilation and Corrosion in Austin, Texas

The program grid on pages 10-17 reflect those authors who have committed to presenting at the virtual conference.

Audits, Reports and Plans – Oh My! Shae Luther Texas Water Development Board John Sutton Texas Water Development Board W/WW

Most sessions have been approved for TCEQ hours. We’ve indicated whether each session counts for Water (W), Wastewater (WW) or both (W/WW).

TCEQ has approved the conference for up to 37.5 hours for water operators and up to 29 hours for wastewater operators.

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 2”

All “Full” registrations and “Thursday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Drinking Water Quality Using an Integrated Approach to Monitor Algal Blooms Hunter Adams City of Wichita Falls Frances Buerkens Fluid Imaging Technologies Sam Reeder City of Wichita Falls Ashley Cottrell City of Wichita Falls Mark Southard City of Wichita Falls

Wastewater Collection Capacity Evaluation Approach for the City of Houston’s Sewer Replacement Program James Brescol Tetra Tech Fazle Rabbi City of Houston Pratistha Pradhan City of Houston Carol Hufnagel Tetra Tech WW

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Does Regulating PFAS at the Federal or State Level Represent a Meaningful Opp for Health Risk Redux

CCTV Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence is Here!

Chuck Hansen Hansen Analytics

Chad Seidel Corona Environmental Consulting

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MRRDC/Wastewater Treatment & Operations Utilizing Metabolic Selectors to Facilitate the Path to Densification of Activated Sludge Brandt Miller Hazen and Sawyer Alonso Griborio Hazen and Sawyer Donna Long North Texas Municipal Water District WW

Leaving No Stone Unturned!

Process Selection for a Large Greenfield Water Resource Recovery Facility

Samir Mathur CDM Smith Donna Long North Texas Municipal Water District Al Sun CDM Smith WW

Water Treatment Technologies for PFAS: Current and Next Generations Corey Theriault Arcadis W

A Comprehensive Criticality-Based Prioritization Approach for Wastewater Collection Pipeline Rehabilitation in the City of Austin Aldo Sotelo Stantec Consulting Services Soo Koon Soon Austin Water WW

Design Lessons-Learned from Condition Assessment and Risk-Based Prioritization of 130 Wastewater Lift Stations Harrison Steed Arcadis Fabiola DeCarvalho City of Sugar Land WW

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Maximizing Basin Performance Combining CFD and Biological Modeling Lance Klement Garver Andy Pruitt Garver Regina Stencel Dallas Water Utilities WW

Peak (Wet Weather) Flow Treatment Evaluation for the Consolidation of WWTPs in Houston, TX Ayobamidele Bello HR Green Michael Halde HR Green Bintuan Zhu City of Houston WW

Water Distribution Managing Distribution System Water Quality While Diversifying Water Sources Carrie Smith Arcadis Ashley Evans Arcadis Michael Short New Braunfels Utilities Dean Watson New Braunfels Utilities W

Digging Deep in San Antonio – The Planning and Design of 2 Miles of 54-inch Pipe 80 feet Deep Mark Bush Tetra Tech Gerardo Gomez San Antonio Water System Molly Lovegren Tetra Tech W

Planning and Building a ‘Leaner and Meaner’ Water System Through Advanced Modeling and Data Analysis Sunil Kommineni, KIT Professionals Robert Upton, City of Pearland Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals Skipper Jones, City of Pearland Jeffrey Peters, Ardurra Group W

A Graph is Worth a Thousand Cells: Visually Communicating Variables in Water Supply and Demand Projections to Decision Makers Lindsay Kovar BGE Julia Frankovich BGE W

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 2”

All “Full” registrations and “Thursday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Water Treatment & Operations

52 Hours Above 300 NTU How Austin Water Navigated Flood Event Brian Haws Austin Water W

Asset Management

From the Rio Grande to the Well Fields in the North – How El Paso Water Manages a critical 20-mile Cross City Water Main Felipe Lopez El Paso Water W

Construction Issues

How a Successful Public-Private Partnership Brings Water for the Next Generation Marisa Vergara CP&Y Kim Keefer Pape-Dawson Engineers Bill Williams Garney Construction

Utility Management

Avoid Losing Decades of Knowledge When Tenured Staff Departs Leslie Jansen Austin Water W/WW

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Turbidity, H2S, E. coli, Oh My! Accelerated Design and Construction of a Membrane WTP to Address Unexpected Water Quality Issues Kira Iles Freese and Nichols Michael Sherer Freese and Nichols W

Fort Worth’s Storm Drain Rehabilitation Program: Cowtown’s Approach to Wrangling Storm Drains Matt Stahl Halff Associates Michael Owen City of Fort Worth Benjamin Pylant Halff Associates Preston Dillard Halff Associates W/WW

Membrane Gravity Filtration Simon Breese AECOM W/WW

The Matrix is Only the Beginning- Using a Holistic Framework to Develop and Prioritize Projects from Asset Data and Implement CIPs Strategically William Lloyd HDR Alex Shannon HDR Rob Hoffman HDR

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: QC and QA Strategies on the $1.6 Billion Bois d’Arc Lake Program Adam Payne Freese and Nichols Greg Bradley North Texas Municipal Water District Fain Butler North Texas Municipal Water District W

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: How Richwood Leveraged Effective Utility Planning to Solve Classic Water and Wastewater Problems Kendall Ryan Freese and Nichols Ishita Rahman Freese and Nichols Clif Custer City of Richwood W/WW

Leveraging Data for Monitoring and Controlling EPA Consent Decree Sewer Projects Richard Donat San Antonio Water System WW

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Historic Meets Modern: Retrofitting 70-Year-Old Sedimentation Basins with Circular Clarifier Mechanisms Christopher Boyd Plummer Alan Davis Plummer Dena Johnson City of Fort Worth W

From Feast to Famine - Adapting Your Asset Management Plan Based on Data Availability Dexter May Plummer Reza Malek Plummer W/WW

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling from Scratch Our Experience Defeating Parkinson’s Law

Joel Nickerson North Texas Municipal Water District Richard ‘Doc’ Palmer Richard Palmer and Associates W/WW

How Do We Decide? The Methodology Used to Shape the Future for the Pierce-Burch Water Treatment Plant Robert Hoffman HDR Katie Livas HDR Andrew McBride City of Arlington Water Utilities Jessie Allen City of Arlington Water Utilities W/WW

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 2”

All “Full” registrations and “Thursday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Drinking Water Quality

Wastewater Collection

MRRDC/Wastewater Treatment & Operations

Water Distribution

Alternative Coagulant Evaluation Bench, Pilot and Full-Scale Coagulant Testing to Determine Best Alt to Alum

IT STICKS AND IT STINKS!: A Unique Approach to Improve the Operations of the Lakeview Force Main System and its Valves

Four Cities Working Together for 10 MGD Expansion of the East Wastewater Treatment Plant Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System (BCRWWS)

108-inch Water Transmission Main from Lake Houston to West of IH-45: Design Challenges in a 16.5 Mile Waterline through a Highly Developed Urban Landscape

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Kristen Cope, Hazen and Sawyer Rafael Martinez, City of Corpus Christi William Creech, City of Corpus Christi Vaibhavi Shankar, LNV Jim DeWolfe, Hazen and Sawyer

David Trejo, RJN Group Derek Schwanke, RJN Group Elizabeth Boddicker, Upper Trinity Regional Water District WW

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Harmful Algal Bloom Preparedness and Responses: 5 Years Since Toledo Amlan Ghosh Corona Environmental Consulting W

Assessing Treatability of 5 Source Waters w/ BenchScale Ozonation Testing

Christina Alito, HDR Robert Hoffman, HDR Sally Wright, Dallas Water Utilities Chaise Holmgren, Dallas Water Utilities Chance Lauderdale, HDR

Reducing Costs and Sewer Overflows with a Preventative Maintenance Program for the City of Houston

Jason Maldonado, RJN Group Tristan Nickel, RJN Group Ogadinma Onyebuchi, City of Houston WW

The Road Less Traveled: 144” Gravity Sewer Tunnel in DOT ROW Jeffrey Farnsworth Kimley-Horn & Associates WW

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Already Blending Water Sources, What’s One More?

Juvencio Zamora Plummer Michael Short New Braunfels Utilities W

Brian Fuerst Jacobs Aliza Caraballo North Texas Municipal Water District Ellen Musallam North Texas Municipal Water District

Thinking Outside the “Junction” Box: The Use of Large Diameter Fiberglass Round Structures in Substitution for Concrete Junction Box to Save Time and Cost George Farrah Plummer Amanda Voss Trinity River Authority of Texas

Threading the Needle Through Time and Space: The Challenges of Designing a Large Diameter Wastewater Main Through Tight Corridors and in Time to Receive Flows Robb Otey, Freese and Nichols Casey Rhodes, City of College Station Ryan Opgenorth, Freese and Nichols Jared Barber, Freese and Nichols

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Small Footprint Energy Efficient Nutrient Removal – Design of the First AGS WWTP in the US Sean Scuras Garver WW

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Micahel Liga, Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Natasha Lombard, Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam Kevin Tran, City of Houston

‘All – in – One’ Advanced Water Quality Tool to Monitor and Control Nitrification in Distribution System Varenya Mehta, KIT Professionals Julian Kelly, City of Pearland Sunil Kommineni, KIT Professionals David Van Riper, City of Pearland Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals W

“Beefing Up” Treatment Capacity and Energy Savings with IFAS and Advanced Aeration Control Jiangang (Daniel) Deng, Corpus Christi Utilities Department Murali Erat, Freese and Nichols Rachel Turner, Freese and Nichols Mark Maroney, Urban Engineering WW

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The Making of Bois d’Arch Bubbly - Challenges of Designing a Greenfield WTP w/ a Non-Existent Water Source

David Freireich City of Round Rock Josh Frisinger Plummer

Building a Successful Data Driven Water Main Replacement Program at SAWS Celine Hyer Arcadis Adam Aranda San Antonio Water System W/WW

236 MGD in 3D: Pump Station Innovations at Texas’ First New Reservoir in 30 Years Amanda Powers Freese and Nichols Sam Meisner Freese and Nichols W

Water Main Pipe Bursting A SAWS Tale Lance Rothe San Antonio Water System W/WW

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 2”

All “Full” registrations and “Thursday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Water Treatment & Operations Five Shades of Pink: Optimizing Zebra Mussel Control James Naylor Freese and Nichols Kira Iles Freese and Nichols W

Asset Management

Construction Issues

Utility Management

How Austin Water Succeeded

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From Inception to Operation – The Success Story of Upgrading the Aging Filter Facility at South Austin Wastewater Treatment Plant

Comprehensive Planning Results in Well-Informed Decisions: Using a Variety of Models & Studies to Optimize Facility Planning for Multiple Plant Expansions

Austin Freiburger Austin Water W/WW

Behnoush Yeganeh, AECOM Charles Celauro, Austin Water John Buser, AECOM Steve Parks, Austin Water WW

Eliminating the Danger Zone: SAWS Experience with On-Site Hypo Generation Alissa Lockett San Antonio Water System Gunnar Thordarson PSI Water Technologies W

Nothing About This is Text Book: Fast Tracking Design of Facilities to Treat a New Source Water with Multiple Project Variables Jarrett Kinslow Tetra Tech Alissa Lockett San Antonio Water System

The Big Picture: A Wholistic Approach to Asset Management

Ethan Shires, Freese and Nichols Cullen Carlson, Freese and Nichols A. Rahman Kafray, City of Garland Melissa Brunger, Freese and Nichols W/WW

Advanced Pipeline Condition Assessment Technologies for Wastewater Systems Jeff Maier Garver W/WW

Operations Collaboration Construction Sequencing to Ensure Continuous Operations

Regina Stencel, Dallas Water Utilities Jeff Sober, Garver Lance Phillips, Dallas Water Utilities Clifford Creeks, Dallas Water Utilities Andy Pruitt, Garver W/WW

Constructing 108 inch/120-inch Through the City of Houston What Could Happen? Getting Large Diverse Teams Working Together Kathy Berek KCI Technologies Kevin Tran City of Houston W/WW

Managing your Assets so that they Work for YOU Rhonda Harris Brown and Caldwell W/WW

Successful Procedure: Wastewater Bypass in the Heart of Dallas Erin Flanagan Freese and Nichols Cullen Carlson Freese and Nichols Regina Stencel Dallas Water Utilities WW

From Paper to Pixels: Implementation of Asset Management

Adam McKnight Upper Trinity Regional Water District W/WW

Bridging the Gap: Using an Established Concrete Bridge Repair Method for Rehabilitation of PCCP Steffi Masey AECOM Mike Querry Trinity River Authority Tania Ho Trinity River Authority WW

A Strategic Step in Fort Worth Water’s Asset Management Journey Wendy Chi-Babulal Fort Worth Water Mazen Kawasmi Freese and Nichols Jessica Brown Freese and Nichols W/WW

Out with COORDINATION, in with COLLABORATION – Keeping the Water Flowing During Improvements to the San Antonio Water Systems Bitters Pump Station Jaime Kypuros, Tetra Tech Satej Kulkarni, Tetra Tech Linda Bevis, San Antonio Water System Matt Olsen, MGC Contractors Romeo Soto, Black & Veatch

Katherine Overstreet, CP&Y Amy Middleton, San Antonio River Authority Dawn Anderson, CP&Y W/WW

Integrating Performance-Based Failure Modes into a Risk-Based Asset Renewal Program for a Large Wastewater Collection System Dan Olson, Garver Aaron Schindewolf, San Jacinto River Authority Greg Lushbaugh, San Jacinto River Authority Chris Meeks, San Jacinto River Authority

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Proactive Prioritization: Fort Worth Water’s Innovative Tool/Approach to Assess Rehabilitation for a 3,500 Mile Water and Sewer System Mark Wilson, Fort Worth Water Scott Taylor, Fort Worth Water Jessica Brown, Freese and Nichols Mazen Kawasmi, Freese and Nichols Andrew Franko, Freese and Nichols W/WW

To Assessment and Beyond!

Grand Prairie’s Quest to Modernize 247 Large Commercial Water Meters

Gabriel Johnson, City of Grand Prairie Aaron Conine, Freese and Nichols Stephen Johnson, Freese and Nichols W

What Happens to Your Distribution System When the Lights Go Out? How One City Utilized Elevated Storage Tanks to Protect and Serve Their Citizens Ryan Opgenorth, Freese and Nichols Josh Kristinek, City of Lubbock John Turpin, City of Lubbock Andrew Franko, Freese and Nichols W

Vertical Profiling of Water Supply Wells for Zonal Flow and Water Quality Parameters to Guide Prudent Well Field Management Decisions Steve Young INTERA W

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 3” All “Full” registrations, “Wednesday-Only” and “Friday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Biosolids

Applied Research

The Future of Biosolids Management at the City of Fort Worth Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility

Use of Copper to Prevent Zebra Mussel Attachment in a 75 MGD Raw Water Pipeline

Matt Berg, Jacobs Steven Nutter, Fort Worth Water David Townsend, Fort Worth Water Ana Peña-Tijerina, Fort Worth Water Chris Harder, Fort Worth Water

Caroline Russell Carollo Engineers Mark Ernst Tarrant Regional Water District Mike Misamore Texas Christian University

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Storing Biosolids During Rain Events - A Compelling Design and Construction Story of Fort Worth’s First 5MG Liquid Biosolids Storage Tank Farida Goderya Fort Worth Water Aldo Sotelo Stantec Consulting Services

Ceramic vs. Polymeric Membrane Systems: Planning and Pilot Testing for a Surface Water Treatment Plant

Watershed Mgmt/Stormwater

Water Reuse

The City of Houston’s Use of Real-time Tributary Sensors and National Weather Forecasts to Manage Lake Houston Water Levels

Highlights from Recent WRF Research Evaluating the Trade-Offs of Alternative Water Supplies

Drew Molly City of Houston

Wendy Broley Brown and Caldwell Lynn Stephens Brown and Caldwell

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Implementation of Flood Planning and Funding Legislation from the 86th Legislative Session

Yue Sun Ardurra

Kathleen Ligon Texas Water Development Board

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Preparing for the Inevitable: Initial Planning for Ultimate Solids Management Facilities at a Large Greenfield Wastewater Treatment Plant

Donna Long, North Texas Municipal Water District Samir Mathur, CDM Smith Madeline Kull, CDM Smith

A PFAS Primer for Utilities – Technology Selection and Life-Cycle Cost Impacts Nicholas Burns Black & Veatch WW

Providing the Tools to Support Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Downtown Fort Worth Rose Sobel CDM Smith Gian Villarreal CDM Smith WW

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Why One Utility said “Screw It” – Revisiting the Selection of Screw Press Technology for Solids Dewatering Improvements Rusty Tate Garver WW

Behavioral Economics; Understanding & Predicting Unexpected Behaviors from Utility Customers Karen Guz San Antonio Water System

Sidestream Phosphorus Management – Assessing Uncertainty For Technology Solution Identification Leon Downing Black & Veatch Eric Redmond Black & Veatch WW

Building a Resilient Community in the San Antonio River Watershed Melissa Bryant San Antonio River Authority W

Saving the Drowned City: Design of the LID 2 Stormwater Pump Station Vishakha Kaushik AECOM Ron Cass AECOM Phil Martin Mike Stone Associates WW

Floodplain Improvements in Existing Fully Developed Houston Downtown Communities Stephen Sparks HR Green WW

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Reuse Repurpose Recycle: Repurposing Water Infrastructure to Serve PGA National Headquarters

Steven Rhodes, Freese and Nichols Clayton Barnard, Freese and Nichols Shawn Halle, City of Frisco W

Two for the Price of One: Wet-Weather Filter Doubles for Reuse Applications Dylan Chistenson Black & Veatch Ignacio Cadena Black & Veatch Jim Fitzpatrick Black & Veatch WW

Beginning the Next Phase of Austin’s Reclaimed Water System Matt Berg, Jacobs Javier Ramirez, Austin Water Alexandra Houston. Jacobs Joseph Jenkins, Walker Partners W/WW

A “Fit-for-Purpose” Future: Onsite Reuse Systems and Demand Reduction Robert Stefani Austin Water W

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS “DAY 3” All “Full” registrations, “Wednesday-Only” and “Friday-Only” registrations will have access to these sessions Infrastructure Financing Getting Ready to Eat an Elephant...

Developing Program Delivery Strategies for Lake Ralph Hall Edward Motley Upper Trinity Regional Water District Ronna Hartt Upper Trinity Regional Water District W/WW

Cash is King (Cash Reserve Policy Considerations) Lawrence (Andy) McCartney Fort Worth Water W/WW

Young Professionals

Public Info

And That’s the Tea: Tips & Tricks for Young Professionals

Handling Crisis Communications in the Instant Information Age

Allison Blake Freese and Nichols W/WW

Managing Distribution Quality During a Perfect Storm

Andrea Fernandez, CDM Smith Galen Roberts, North Texas Municipal Water District Ellen Musallam, North Texas Municipal Water District Susan Crawford, CDM Smith

Mike McGill WaterPIO W/WW

Electrical and SCADA/I&C

Traditional Controls and SCADA upgrades versus Next Generation Hybrid Control Systems Jose Pina Schneider Electric

Resiliency & Cybersecurity Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communications Guide for Water Utilities Mary Gugliuzza Fort Worth Water W/WW

Water Industry Resilience and Cybersecurity Doug Short Trinity River Authority

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Cooperative Agreement Leads to Additional Water for Willow Park and Hudson Oaks Frank Crumb Halff Associates Bryan Grimes City of Willow Park Patrick Lawler City of Hudson Oaks W

A Community Seeing Red – Fixing Red Water Without Going in the Red Financially

Matthew Garrett NewGen Strategies and Solutions W

Dealing with Hidden Vulnerabilities?

High-Resolution Modeling Can Help Locate and Address Collection System Concerns Samantha Greivell, Garver Greg Lushbaugh, San Jacinto River Authority Daniel Olson, Garver

Value of Water Tips, Tricks & Tools for Successful Live Videos: Telling the Story of the Value of Water Lilliana Gonzalez San Antonio Water System

One Size Does Not Fit All: Right-Sizing Your Risk and Resilience Assessment David Hunn Freese and Nichols

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Why International Water Projects Fail

Rachael Rodgers Kimley-Horn and Associates W/WW

Challenge Accepted – Adapting with Changing Requirements for a Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Project Sarang Agarwal Stantec Consulting Services Marilena Stoica City of Houston

From Permitting to Turning Dirt: Public Outreach to Support Construction of the First Major Texas Reservoir in 30 Years Jeff McKito North Texas Municipal Water District

After AWIA: Planning and Implementing Effective Cybersecurity Bob George Tetra Tech

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Seeing 2020: Visualizing Water Industry Marketing and Branding Strategies in the New Decade Alicia Smiley AECOM W

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