Conference Preview
Texas Water 2022 TM
April 4–7, 2022 Henry B. González Convention Center San Antonio, Texas
What’s Inside: Competitions........................11
Highlights.............................4-9
Facility Tours...................16-17
Registration Form.................27
Gloyna Breakfast...................9
Technical Sessions ...........18-25
Golf Registration Form........26
Tentative Schedule..................3
Guest Program......................14
Head to the River Walk for Texas WaterTM 2022 We’re excited to welcome you back to San Antonio for Texas WaterTM 2022, the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©! Volunteers for Texas WaterTM 2022 have been putting in long hours so that your experience in San Antonio is educational, historic and fun! The technical sessions, carefully crafted by a strong technical program committee, will provide the information to make your work easier. In the Henry B. González Convention Center Exhibit Hall we invite you to learn about new tools and technology that solve problems — some you know you have and some you may not have discovered yet. Don’t forget to stop by and see the competitions, or sign up if you dare! After learning and networking, it’s time to have fun at Wednesday’s Conference Night-Out at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio for Texas WaterTM 2022! Jeff Haby Texas Water Co-Chair Water Environment Association of Texas
Full registration is your best value for Texas WaterTM 2022. With full registration, you receive: • access to all technical sessions • full access to the Exhibit Hall • tickets to the Awards Lunch, the Women of Water Breakfast, the Box Lunch and the Wednesday Night Out event Non-member full registration includes a free* one-year membership in either WEF/WEAT or AWWA/TAWWA. Tickets for the Women of Water Breakfast, Facility Tours, Lunches, Conference Night Out event, Gloyna Breakfast and the Guest Program are also available for purchase. *New members only, not for membership renewals 2|
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Alissa Lockett Texas Water Co-Chair Texas Section American Water Works Association
REGISTER ONLINE AT
www.txwater.org The easiest way to register is online at www.txwater.org.
You may also register by mail to Texas Water c/o GCP Association Services PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 or by fax to 512-251-8152
Deadline for discounted early registration is
March 11, 2022
After March 28, 2022, you must register onsite.
TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE All events are at the Henry B. González Convention Center, 900 E Market St, San Antonio, unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change.
MONDAY, APRIL 4
7:00 am Golf Tournament • Quarry Golf Course 8:00 am–12:00 pm Curtis Smalley Environmental Event • San Antonio River Mission Reach 8:00 am–3:00 pm Exhibitor Move-In • Exhibit Hall 2 2:00 pm–5:00 pm WEAT Annual Board Meeting • Hyatt Hotel 2:00 pm–5:00 pm TAWWA Annual Board Meeting • Hyatt Hotel 4:30 pm–7:00 pm Registration 5:00 pm–6:00 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Pre-Meeting 5:00 pm–7:00 pm Meet & Greet • Exhibit Hall 2 6:00 pm–7:30 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Process Control Event
TUESDAY, APRIL 5
6:30 am Dodson’s Drive Fun Run • San Antonio River Walk 8:00 am–5:00 pm Registration 8:00 am–5:00 pm Speaker Ready/Moderator Check in Room 8:15 am–2:45 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Laboratory, Exhibition and Electrical Events • Exhibit Hall 2 8:30 am–3:30 pm Guest Program PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED 9:00 am–1:30 pm WEAT Student Design Competition 9:00 am–10:00 am Opening Session • 302 10:00 am–10:30 am TAWWA Business Meeting 10:00 am–11:00 am Beverage Break • Exhibit Hall 2 10:00 am–5:00 pm Exhibits/Innovation Lounge • Exhibit Hall 2 10:00 am–5:00 pm Water For People Silent Auction • Exhibit Hall 2 11:30 am–1:00 pm Awards Lunch • Ballroom TICKET REQUIRED 1:00 pm–1:15 pm WEAT Business Meeting 1:00 pm–1:30 pm Meter Challenge Pre-Competition Meeting • Exhibit Hall 2 1:00 pm–4:30 pm Meter Challenge (Jr. Meter Challenge 1 pm) • Exhibit Hall 2 1:20 pm–3:00 pm Technical Sessions/Posters • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 1:30 pm–5:00 pm University Forum 3:00 pm–3:30 pm Networking Break • Exhibit Hall 2 3:00 pm–3:30 pm Door Prize Drawings • Exhibit Hall 2 3:30 pm–5:00 pm Texas Shoot-Out • Exhibit Hall 2 3:30 pm–5:10 pm Technical Sessions/Posters • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes For Day 5:15 pm–6:15 pm Young Professionals & Student Reception/ Mentoring Program Networking Event
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
7:15 am–9:00 am Women of Water Breakfast TICKET REQUIRED 7:30 am–5:00 pm Registration 8:00 am–2:30 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Safety, Collection System, Maintenance and Exhibition Events • Exhibit Hall 2 8:00 am–5:00 pm Speaker Ready/Moderator Check in Room
8:30 am–9:30 am Exhibit Hall Break • Exhibit Hall 2 8:30 am–4:00 pm Exhibits/Innovation Lounge • Exhibit Hall 2 8:30 am–5:30 pm Guest Program PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED 9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Top Ops Pre-Competition Meeting • Exhibit Hall 2 9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Pipe Tapping Pre-Competition Meeting • Exhibit Hall 2 9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Hydrant Hysteria Pre-Competition Meeting • Exhibit Hall 2 9:00 am–11:50 am Technical Sessions/Posters • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 9:00 am–1:15 pm Water For People Silent Auction • Exhibit Hall 2 9:30 am–1:30 pm TAWWA Top Ops Competition • Exhibit Hall 2 9:30 am–4:00 pm TAWWA Hydrant Hysteria • Exhibit Hall 2 9:30 am–4:00 pm TAWWA Pipe Tapping Competition • Exhibit Hall 2 10:10 am–11:50 am Value of Water Program Noon–1:00 pm Box Lunch • Exhibit Hall 2 TICKET REQUIRED Noon–1:00 pm Awards Celebration Lunch • Exhibit Hall 2 TICKET REQUIRED FOR BOX LUNCH 1:10 pm–2:50 pm Technical Sessions/Posters • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 1:30 pm–3:00 pm Professional Ethics Workshop for Engineers 1:30 pm–3:00 pm TAWWA Best-Tasting Drinking Water Event • Exhibit Hall 2, Top Ops Area 2:50 pm–3:20 pm Networking Break • Exhibit Hall 2 2:50 pm–3:20 pm Door Prize Drawings • Exhibit Hall 2 3:15 pm–4:00 pm WEAT Ops Challenge Awards Ceremony • Exhibit Hall 2 3:20 pm–5:00 pm Technical Sessions/Posters • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes/Exhibit Breakdown 6:15 pm Gavel Passing • San Antonio Botanical Garden 6:30 pm–8:30 pm Conference Night-Out • San Antonio Botanical Garden TICKET REQUIRED
THURSDAY, APRIL 7
7:00 am–8:30 am Gloyna Breakfast TICKET REQUIRED 7:00 am–Noon Registration • Outside Tech Session Rooms 8:00 am–9:00 am Beverage Break • Outside Tech Session Rooms 8:00 am–Noon Speaker Ready/Moderator Check in Room 8:30 am–Noon Technical Sessions • 225 A-D, 221 A-D 8:30 am–Noon Young Professionals Technical Session 8:30 am–Noon Facility Tours • Depart from Convention Center TICKET REQUIRED 10:10 am–10:30 am Networking Break • Outside Tech Session Rooms 10:30 am–Noon Technical Sessions • 225 A-D, 221 A-D Noon Conference Adjourns
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS TW22 Keynote: Robert Puente Texas Water is excited to welcome San Antonio Water System President and CEO Robert R. Puente to provide the keynote comments at Texas WaterTM 2022. The address will take place during the Opening Session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 5. Puente, SAWS President and CEO since May 2008, is the longest-serving leader of one of the nation’s largest utilities delivering water and wastewater services to over 1.8 million consumers. During his tenure, SAWS has achieved the highest bond rating in its history, been named a Leading Utility of the World and constructed one of the largest inland desalination plants in the nation. Under Puente’s leadership, San Antonio also has gone from being almost entirely reliant on the Edwards Aquifer for drinking water to experiencing the greatest diversification of its water supply in city history. Those efforts include the completion of the Vista Ridge pipeline, the most ambitious public-private utility partnership in Texas history, which provides San Antonio with 50,000 acre-feet of water annually. Prior to SAWS, Puente served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1991-2008 and was Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, where he was instrumental in crafting landmark legislation regarding water management.
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 7 A.M. The Texas Water 2022 Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at the Quarry Golf Course. The tournament benefits the scholarship programs of both WEAT and TAWWA and is a great way to meet new friends and colleagues. Get more details and a registration form on Page 26 or sign up online at www.txwater.org.
CURTIS SMALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT MONDAY, APRIL 4, 8 A.M. TO NOON The Curtis Smalley Environmental Event honors the legacy of Curtis Smalley. His contribution, leadership, mentorship, dedication to service and passion for the 4|
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water industry left a significant impact. He was a driving force to include the environmental event as part of Texas Water to provide fellowship for colleagues and an opportunity to give back to the community. This year, the Curtis Smalley Environmental Event will take place along the San Antonio River Mission Reach. We will be hosting the “Texas Water Basura Bash,” cleaning up the Mission Reach segment from Mission County Park to Espada Park. Volunteers can kayak or walk along this mile stretch while assisting to pick up as much basura, or trash, along the way. All volunteers will be provided gloves, trash pickers, trash bags and water. Breakfast tacos will be available at the start of the event, adding a San Antonio twist to this year’s Environmental Event. RSVP will be required to help us determine the number of supplies and kayaks needed for this volunteering effort, so please sign up for the event online ahead of time at www.txwater.org (under “Events”). Transportation to and from the conference hotel is not included, so please plan accordingly and carpool if possible. Parking will be available at Mission County Park. Photo: http://www.nationalriversproject.com/tx/san-antonio-river-mission-reach
MEET & GREET/EXHIBIT HALL
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 5 TO 7 P.M. Texas Water attendees Meet & Greet in the Exhibit Hall at the Henry B. González Convention Center for refreshments. Registration opens at 4:30 p.m., then you can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Exhibit Hall. Texas WaterTM 2022 hosts the largest regional water exhibition on the continent. More than 600 exhibitors are in one place, at one time, in the Convention Center.
INNOVATION LOUNGE
MONDAY, APRIL 4 – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 The Texas Water™ Conference has always promoted innovation and creative design to solve some of our most complex water problems. The Innovation Lounge highlights innovative and advanced technologies from across North America. Don’t miss this opportunity to check out these new technologies while collaborating with your colleagues in the Texas Water™ 2022 Innovation Lounge inside the Exhibit Hall. There is no additional fee to visit the Innovation Lounge.
TEXAS WATER DODSON’S DRIVE 5K FUN RUN/WALK
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 6:30 A.M. CHECK IN; 7 A.M. START The Young Professionals Dodson’s Drive 5K supports the Texas water industry’s young professionals by raising funds to send YPs to the Young Professional Summit each year. The Dodson’s Drive Fund was started in Spring 2011 in honor of Kenneth Dodson. Ken worked in the wastewater industry for 35 years and was a tireless supporter of YP education and growth throughout Texas. Ken passed away after battling cancer, but his memory and efforts live on through the Dodson Drive Fund and the Young Professionals Dodson’s Drive 5K. After two years of hosting the event virtually, this year’s 5K Fun Run/ Walk will be an in-person scenic tour of the world famous San Antonio River Walk. Sign up at www.txwater.org!
NETWORKING BREAKS
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 – THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Start each Texas WaterTM 2022 day with networking breaks in the Exhibit Hall Tuesday and Wednesday and near the Technical Sessions on Thursday.
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 – THURSDAY, APRIL 7 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. This year we had more than 600 abstracts submitted that were peer-reviewed to bring you 184 leading-edge presentations that are offered only at Texas WaterTM 2022. And, once again, we will provide a number of top Poster Sessions as part of our full technical program presentation. Attending Texas WaterTM allows you access to the best of the best technical presentations. For a full listing, see Pages 18-25.
PRESENTATION POSTERS
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 – WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Texas WaterTM 2022 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 displayed in the Henry B. González Convention Center from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon. Authors are encouraged to leave business cards or other contact information so that viewers can direct questions or comments their way. A listing of the posters will be provided in the Texas Water Conference Program and in the conference app.
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 9 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. The WEAT Student Design Competition gives students the opportunity to design and present a project based on a real-world wastewater treatment plant design problem. Students will be competing to represent WEAT at the Student Design Competition in New Orleans at WEFTEC 2022. The prompt this year is focused around the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) Panther Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (PCWWTP) in Frisco, TX. Students shall develop detailed alternatives and final recommendations for expansion of the PCWWTP from 10 to 15 MGD average annual daily flow (AADF) (30 to 52.5 MGD Peak 2-Hr Flow (P2H)), as well as a highlevel concept for the site layout for the ultimate buildout capacity of 35 MGD AADF (122.5 MGD P2H). Recommendations for plant expansion shall include both the liquids and solids process trains. Students will prepare the alternative evaluation and recommended expansion plan in a design report and presentation as described in the Competition Details handout. Come on out and support your alma mater or see some prospective future leaders in the industry! This year teams from Abilene Christian University, Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, University of Houston, University of Texas at Austin and Tecnológico de Monterrey will compete.
AWARDS LUNCH
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 11:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. TICKET REQUIRED Enjoy a great meal with your colleagues at the Awards Lunch. The luncheon will feature the first of the conference award ceremonies, recognizing some of the longtime leaders of our water/wastewater community. Your ticket to the luncheon is included with Full or Tuesday-Only Registration. Additional tickets are available for $65 on or before March 11; $70 after.
YP & STUDENT RECEPTION/MENTORING PROGRAM NETWORKING EVENT
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 5:15 P.M. TO 6:15 P.M. Come out and join the YPs and seasoned professionals for drinks and hors d’oeuvres as we continue to network. We will also recognize the winners of the Student Design Competition, the University Forum and the Dodson’s Drive Run. The Mentoring Program’s Networking Event will have participants discuss their experience with mentors. Join us to learn more about the program and how you can participate. WWW.TXWATER.ORG
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN OF WATER BREAKFAST
BOX LUNCH
These phenomenal women will be sharing insight into their leadership and management roles and sharing their story on how they have made a difference in the water industry. We look forward to having you join us for breakfast as these women showcase the difference women can make in the water community, while also providing a forum for future leaders to network with seasoned professional. A ticket is included with Full Registration. Additional breakfast tickets are available at $40 each if purchased on or before March 11; $50 after.
AWARDS CELEBRATION LUNCH
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 7:15 A.M. TO 9:00 A.M. TICKET REQUIRED Each year at the Texas Water™ Conference, we host the Women of Water Forum. This event focuses on the career paths, professional wisdom and achievements of leading women in the water community who are willing to share their experiences to empower others to be successful in their careers. This year, we look forward to hearing from a panel that includes Jelynne LeBlanc Jamison, Chairwoman, SAWS Board of Trustees; Suzanne Scott, Texas State Director at The Nature Conservancy; Patrice Melancon, Brigadier General US Air Force – Retired; and Marisa Vergara, Vice President at CP&Y, Inc.
VALUE OF WATER PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 10:10 A.M. TO 11:50 A.M. The Value of Water (VOW) Program at the Texas Water conference is a brief, quarter-day session devoted to promoting water communication successes and best practices in Texas. This unique session provides an interactive and collaborative environment for water education and outreach professionals across the nation, as well as any other water professionals interested in improving their relationship with rate payers and the general public. In 2015, TAWWA partnered with WEAT to embrace the “one water” concept and since that time the VOW Committee consists of co-chairs from the WEAT Public Communication and Outreach Committee and the TAWWA Education Division. Please join us again at the 2022 Texas Water conference on Wednesday from 10:10 am to 11:50 am for another exciting program!
Visit www.txwater.org for the latest conference information and to register. See you in San Antonio!
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, NOON TO 1:00 P.M. TICKET REQUIRED Wednesday is a big day at the Texas Water Conference. In addition to the great Technical Programs and the full day of Exhibits, Wednesday is also your opportunity to cheer on your favorite team at the Exhibit Hall competitions – Pipe Tapping, Operations Challenge or Top Ops. So you won’t miss a minute of the action, we’ll serve a great Box Lunch at numerous locations in the Exhibit Hall. Your Full Registration or Wednesday-Only Registration includes a ticket for the Box Lunch. Extra tickets are available for $35 on or before March 11; $40 after. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, NOON TO 1:00 P.M. TICKET REQUIRED Texas Water will honor WEAT and TAWWA friends and colleagues who have demonstrated their commitment to the water and wastewater profession. This fast-paced, live and fun event will take place in the Exhibit Hall. Box lunches will be available, and box lunch tickets are included in Full Registration and Wednesday-Only Registration. Additional box lunch tickets are available at $35 each if purchased on or before March 11; $40 after.
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS WORKSHOP FOR ENGINEERS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. The Texas Water Engineer’s Ethics Seminar is an interactive and thought-provoking session led by Bob Pence and Stephanie Buckingham 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 or need to preregister for this training.
YP TECHNICAL SESSION
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 8:30 A.M. TO NOON Young Professionals will share their knowledge and experiences on an array of matters aimed at engaging YPs and seasoned professionals alike. Reference the program lineup for details.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS CONFERENCE NIGHT OUT
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 6:15 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. TICKET REQUIRED Our conference mixer and night out will be your chance to get away from the middle of the city and get a hint of the Texas Hill Country – without making the long drive. The San Antonio Botanical Garden is just 5 1/2 miles from the Convention Center, but its location on a wooded elevation not far from the San Antonio River makes you feel that you’re away from it all. The Gavel Passing will be at 6:15 p.m. and the mixer starts at 6:30 p.m., with plenty of food and drinks and a chance to wander through flowers and lush plants at the Botanical Center’s relaxing and well-shaded Greehey Lawn alongside the Betty Kelso Center. The San Antonio Botanical was envisioned by members of a local garden club. They believed 38 acres from an old limestone quarry and former waterworks site could be transformed into a “living museum of native and imported plant life for visitors to appreciate, learn from and enjoy.” The property was known as the Brackenridge Waterworks in 1877. After voters approved bonds in 1970, ground was broken six years later and the San Antonio Botanical was opened in 1980. The centerpiece of the property is the recognizable Lucile Halsell Conservatory. It was designed by Argentinian architect Emilio Ambrasz (former Curator of Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York) and incorporates five climate-specific greenhouses. Our mixer will be centered in the 3,500-square-foot Betsy Kelso Center. It impressively opens to the Greehey Lawn and provides both indoor comfort and an outdoor stroll that’s often accompanied by an evening breeze. The Lawn includes a Wisteria Arbor, mature Texas live oaks and a limestone-paved plaza that leads to peaceful sounds of 8|
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gently running water from the Fountain of Ferns. San Antonio Water System is involved in a co-operative project with the Botanical Garden, highlighted by the WaterSaver Garden and WaterSaver Lane. As a commitment to education and conservation, these features demonstrate different types of drought-tolerant landscaping that emphasize groundcover, perennial flowerbeds, herbs, native and adapted plants and patio space. Displays also include solutions for irrigation and watering techniques and permeable paving surfaces. Throughout the evening, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the unique and colorful history of this site as part of San Antonio’s early water-supply efforts. This includes Spanish Colonial aqueducts, early artesian wells and local water management techniques. It’s a story like no place else on Earth. Details to follow later. Transportation to the evening’s events will be provided at the Conference hotel. The event concludes at 8:30 p.m. A Conference Night Out ticket is included with Full Registration or with the Guest Program. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase for $95 by March 11 and $105 after March 11.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOYNA BREAKFAST
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 7 TO 8:30 A.M. TICKET REQUIRED Patricia Cleveland, executive regional manager at Trinity River Authority of Texas, will be the featured speaker at the Gloyna Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Thursday, April 7.
systems, as well as the development of a new regional system and the implementation of projects through Master Planning and maintaining regulatory permitting. In 2011, Cleveland was promoted to assistant regional manager, northern region, and advanced to her current position in July 2019.
Cleveland earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental biology and chemistry at Texas Wesleyan College. She began her career at the Trinity River Authority in 1976 as a biologist in the Central Regional Wastewater System laboratory, where she advanced to manager of laboratory services in 1981. She became manager of technical services in 1985, interfacing with Federal and State regulatory agencies on the quality and the cycle of water in the Trinity River State and regulatory permitting of wastewater facilities, including a new federal industrial pretreatment program.
She is active in several water/wastewater organizations. She served on the Water Environment Federation’s Water Quality Committee; she served as past president with the Water Environment Association of Texas; she is active in the National Association of Clean Water Agencies where she served as a past board member; she also served as the board representative on the National Security Coordinating Council for nine years and as the chair from 2015-2016. Cleveland has been on the WaterISAC board of directors since 2010, and she also serves as NACWA’s representative on that board. Additionally, she served as the president of the Texas Association of Clean Water Agencies in 2000.
She moved to the General Office to assume the role of manager of wastewater services planning before being promoted to northern regional manager of operations for the six regional operating projects, Joe Pool Lake Recreational Parks in the Upper Trinity River Basin and five non-operating projects that served more than 1.3 million people in more than 40 North Texas cities. Responsible for directing the operation, maintenance, and expansion of TRA’s regional water and wastewater
The breakfast honors the long and distinguished career of Dr. Earnest F. Gloyna, Emeritus Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Gloyna’s teaching, research and professional practice have touched an unusually large number of students, educators, engineers and the public leadership not only in Texas but throughout the world. Tickets for the Gloyna Breakfast are $40 and are sold separately.
C.E. HOURS TCEQ Operator Training Certification Hours will be available for attending technical sessions and participating in competition events and facility tours. Engineers may also receive self-reporting CE hours for attending. Please note that we will not have engineering forms onsite.
Current CDC Guidelines Subject to change
If you’ve been fully vaccinated (booster included), to reduce the risk of being infected with a COVID variant and possibly spreading it to others, it is recommended you wear a mask indoors at activities with close contact with others who may or may not be fully vaccinated. You should follow the guidance at the facility or venue. If you are not vaccinated, you should wear a mask in all public settings including outdoor settings where you cannot safely distance.
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FASTEST SAW CUT COMPETITION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 3:30 – 4:30 PM ! HEAD TO HEAD RELAY RACES – SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS 4:30 – 5:00 PM ! TRADITIONAL HEAD TO HEAD SAWCUT ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL TX WATER ATTENDEES
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
$5 PER ENTRY ! ALL EQUIPMENT PROVIDED For Pre-Registration (recommended, not required) and additional information contact Grace Sober!gdsober@lan-inc.com
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COMPETITIONS MONDAY, APRIL 4–WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Operations Challenge
Monday, April 4, 6 pm-7:30 pm Tuesday, April 5, 8:15 am-2:45 pm Wednesday, April 6, 8 am-4 pm Watch the nation’s best operators and maintenance staff compete in the Operations Challenge Competition at Texas WaterTM 2022. The competition returns in person this year with room for 13 Teams to compete! The competition is open to any team that would like to sign up; teams of two to four can compete in as many as six events. Sign up your utility today! The competition takes place in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday. This multi-day competition showcases each team’s knowledge and skills in Process Control (Sponsored by Freese and Nichols), Laboratory Event (Sponsored by Hartwell Environmental), Pump Maintenance (Sponsored by CP&Y), Collection System (Sponsored by AECOM), Safety (Sponsored by Carollo), Electrical (Sponsored by Gupta), and our 11th Annual Exhibition Event (Sponsored by Vaughn). Non-Utility teams can sign up and compete in the Exhibition Events where two divisions are available. Division I represents past teams who have competed in all events, and Division II represents new teams competing in any event for the first time. And finally, do not forget the Texas Shoot Out! An open quick competition where anyone can compete in multiple divisions to see who can cut an 8” PVC pipe the fastest with a hand saw. The winner gets extreme bragging rights and $100 cash! Competitors can receive up to 10 TCEQ CEU hours, t-shirts, entry into the technical sessions and exhibit halls, and bragging rights! The top Texas Teams earn a free trip to the National WEFTEC competition, which will be held in September in New Orleans. Contact Jeff Sober at 214-883-6263 or jlsober@garverusa.com or register at www.txwater.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Junior Meter Challenge Contest
1 pm-2:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 The Junior Meter Madness Contest matches students from high school environmental programs, for a test of their meter-assembling skills and dexterity in the Exhibit Hall from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Please support these “future water professionals” by attending on Tuesday.
Meter Challenge
2:30 pm-4:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Contestants race to assemble a 5/8-inch meter from loose
parts and test for leaks. The winner represents Texas at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June. Limited to 12 competitors. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Texas Shoot Out
3:30 pm-5 pm, Exhibit Hall 2, Ops Challenge Area Who is the fastest draw on cutting a piece of 8-inch SDR 35 pipe with a hand saw? It’s time to show who really has the quickest hands in Texas at the annual Texas Shoot Out. This competition is designed to demonstrate elements of the Operations Challenge’s Collection event. The event is open to all. The $5 entry fee proceeds go to Curtis Smalley Memorial Fund. First place in all events will receive a plaque. Contact Grace Sober at gdsober@ lan-inc.com for more information and to sign up.
Top Ops
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
9:30 am-1:30 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Water operations personnel can impress their coworkers and dazzle their bosses with their technical knowledge by competing in this quiz show-style event. The winning team advances to the National Top Ops Competition in June at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Hydrant Hysteria
9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Hydrant Hysteria is a fast-paced competition where twomember teams assemble a specified hydrant as quickly as they can. The Section winners will compete at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June.
Pipe Tapping Contest
9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 Four-person teams from across the state compete to determine who will represent Texas at the National Pipe Tapping Competition at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org.
Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest
1:30 pm-3 pm, Exhibit Hall 2 The Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest brings together entries representing utilities across Texas. A panel of celebrity judges will grade the samples. Along with Texas bragging rights, the winning entrant competes at AWWA ACE22 in San Antonio in June. For information and to sign up, visit www.txwater.org. WWW.TXWATER.ORG
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HOTEL INFORMATION The host hotel for Texas WaterTM 2022: Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk 123 Losoya Street San Antonio, TX 78205 210-222-1234 (Code: G-TAWW) Room rates at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk are $189 single/double plus taxes for a room. Standard Internet is included in the rate. Self-parking rate is discounted 50%.The cut off date for room reservations at the group rate is March 11, 2022. For reservations: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/groupbooking/SATRS/G-TAWW See special information below regarding booking more than 5 hotel rooms.* *Texas Water negotiates hotel rates to provide reasonable rates for conference attendees. As part of this agreement, Texas WaterTM 2022 assumes financial responsibility for any unsold rooms at the hotels where we have contracts.
The following policy will apply to anyone who books more than 5 hotel rooms at the negotiated Texas Water rate. Any person, group, company or organization that reserves more than 5 rooms at the Texas Water Conference rate agrees that they will cancel any rooms they do not plan to use earlier than the normal cut-off date for room reservations. The cutoff date for reservations in excess of 5 rooms is February 11, 2022. By registering for Texas WaterTM 2022 at the conference rate, and/or within the Texas Water negotiated room block, any person, group, company or organization agrees that if they fail to cancel the rooms by the cutoff date above, they will assume full responsibility to pay for any unused rooms at the full conference rate including all taxes and other fees in the event the rooms go unsold and the hotel acts to hold Texas WaterTM 2022, WEAT and/or TAWWA, responsible for any unused rooms under the terms of the contract. Please direct any questions regarding this policy to info@txwater.org.
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GUEST PROGRAM TUESDAY, APRIL 5 & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Join us on an exciting tour of the best of San Antonio and surrounding Texas Hill Country! The two day package includes continental breakfast at the Hyatt Hotel, transportation, luncheon and entrance fees, as well as a ticket to the Conference Night Out on Wednesday evening. The Guest Program costs $125 on or before March 11 and $135 after. Tuesday, April 5 Tuesday’s guest program will start with breakfast at the hotel. Guests will then take a chartered bus to the beautiful Cibolo Nature Center in Boerne, Texas. At the nature center, guests will take a short guided walk along the Cibolo Creek and its picturesque cypress-lined banks. Guests can also take in bird watching, nature trails or just rest comfortably in the scenic park.
Wednesday, April 6 Wednesday’s guest program will start with breakfast at the hotel. Guests will then take a chartered bus to the San Antonio Witte Museum, located along the San Antonio River, to enjoy the riverside campus and explore galleries including a special featured exhibit on San Antonio Fiesta traditions.
Guests will then take the bus to downtown Boerne, known for its German heritage, to enjoy shopping and lunch along Main Street. After lunch, guests will travel through the Hill Country for wine tasting at a nearby winery or vineyard and then return to the hotel on the chartered bus.
Texas WaterTM Code of Conduct
The Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and Texas Section of American Water Works Association (TAWWA) are dedicated to providing a safe, harassment-free experience for everyone during Texas WaterTM and official Texas WaterTM conference events. WEAT and TAWWA will not tolerate harassment of conference attendees, exhibitors, speakers, volunteers, or staff. WEAT and TAWWA prohibit Texas WaterTM participants from intimidating, harassing, unwelcome, abusive, disruptive, violent or offensive conduct. Texas WaterTM participants asked to stop any such behavior must comply immediately. Violators may be subject to expulsion without refund. Harassment should be reported to conference staff immediately. Please refer to our full Code of Conduct at www.txwater.org/codeofconduct_2022.cfm for more information including contact information for reporting actions contrary to the Texas WaterTM code of conduct. 14 |
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Guests will then take a charted bus into downtown San Antonio to enjoy lunch on the San Antonio River Walk. After lunch, guests will enjoy a private charted narrated river barge ride through downtown San Antonio hearing about the city’s culture, history, architecture and charm. Guest will then travel to the San Antonio Botanical Garden to enjoy a private culinary experience of guacamole and margarita making, using freshly harvest garden ingredients to give your recipe a twist. Guests will have the option of staying at the gardens to enjoy their refreshments until the Texas Water dinner event begins at 6 pm (a ticket is included with the guest program) or can take a charted bus back to the hotel. Disclaimers: Food program menus may contain dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish and face coverings may be requested at some venues.
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FACILITY TOURS Attendees can add to their Texas WaterTM 2022 experience by registering for one of the three Thursday morning tours. Tour tickets are in addition to conference registration and include transportation. Cost is $30 if purchased by March 11; $35 thereafter. A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase on-site. Choose one of the three tours that will leave from the Henry B. González Convention Center at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning: Option 1: SAWS Agua Vista Station San Antonio Water System’s Agua Vista Station was commissioned in 2020. This $70 million water treatment plant, which delivers 50,000 acre-feet of water per year (approximately 45 MGD) and serves up to 20% of the utility’s customers, is the cornerstone of integrating the Vista Ridge Regional Water Supply into the SAWS water distribution system. The water supply is a blend of two sand aquifers in Burleson County, Texas, over 140 miles away. The Agua Vista Station provides treatment of the incoming supply to ensure compatibility with SAWS’ primary supply from the limestone Edwards Aquifer. The plant has a unique hydraulic profile that makes beneficial use of static head available from the Vista Ridge transmission system; water passes through the treatment process without supplemental pumping, and approximately 80% of the treated water is conveyed by gravity into the SAWS water distribution system. Tour highlights include breathtaking cityscape views from the top of the lime storage silos and a state-of-the-art on-site hypochlorite generation facility. Tour is limited to 25 attendees. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes.
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Option 2: SAWS Medio Creek Water Recycling Center San Antonio Water System’s Medio Creek Water Recycling Center (WRC) is an extended aeration wastewater treatment facility with an average day capacity of 16 million gallons per day (MGD) that serves the growing Far West Side of San Antonio. The tour will showcase how the original plant constructed in phases beginning in 1972 works in parallel with the “new” plant commissioned in 2009. Tour highlights will include the recently upgraded tertiary filtration and ultraviolet disinfection facilities as well as the upstream facilities, including the influent lift station, headworks, carrousel aeration basins and secondary clarifiers. Tour is limited to 25 attendees. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes.
With segment one complete, the second and third segments – from Houston Street to Cesar Chavez – are under construction. Currently Phases 1.2 and 1.3 are set to open to the public in the Fall of 2022, and Phases 2, 3, and 4.1 are expected to be complete by Fall of 2023.
Option 3: San Pedro Creek Culture Park & Confluence Park San Pedro Creek Culture Park, located on the western edge of downtown, exemplifies beauty with purpose, as it serves as vital infrastructure for a growing downtown. Bexar County and the San Antonio River Authority, in coordination with the City of San Antonio, have restored San Pedro Creek’s natural environment and created a world-class linear park. It combines public art, architectural design and historic preservation with engineering, ecosystem restoration and native landscaping. This project will deepen and widen the existing channel and replace eight street bridges so that the 100-year floodplain can be contained within the banks. The first segment of phase 1 – stretching from the flood tunnel inlet at N. Santa Rosa Street near Fox Tech High School to Houston Street – opened to the public on May 5, 2018. The San Pedro Creek Culture Park encompasses a total of four phases, with three segments in Phase 1.
Following the tour of the park, the group will visit Confluence Park and the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River, which has over 16 miles of trail along the river with connections to Mission Portals, which serve as gateways to the San Antonio World Heritage Mission Sites. Don’t worry – a bus will help get you to the key landmarks without extensive walking! Tour is limited to 25 attendees. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and close-toed shoes.
Register for the conference at
www.txwater.org
You may also register by mail to Texas Water c/o GCP Association Services PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 or by fax to 512-251-8152
Deadline for discounted early registration is
March 11, 2022
After March 28, 2022, you must register onsite.
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*The Texas Water Program Committee has cultivated a wide-ranging array of technical sessions that address many pressing drinking water and clean water issues. While these sessions have been arranged into primary subject tracks for organizational purposes, attendees are encouraged to review the entire program in-depth, as many technical sessions address multiple relevant subjects.
Legislative/Regulatory
Small Systems
1:20 - 1:50 pm
Preatment Program Role in Controlling PFAS and Other Emerging Pollutants of Concern
The 87th Session of the Texas Legislature: Water Law on a Roller Coaster
Utilizing Multiple Sources of Grant Funding to Provide Water and Sewer Service to the EconomicallyDisadvantaged Residents of the East Aldine Management District
PFAS: Is that Miracle Coating in your Effluent?
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Pretreatment
1:55 - 2:25 pm
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5
Chris Pasch Plummer Joseph Fielding Dallas Water Utilities
Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas/ Texas Association of Clean Water Agencies
View from Washington: WEF Federal Update
Kaylee Dusek Kimley-Horn April Rose Escamilla Kimley-Horn
Steve Dye WEF
Alan Moon, Jones|Carter Scott Bean, Hawes Hill & Associates Susan Santos, Harris County Engineering Department David Warner, Jones|Carter
Small System, Big Tech: Utilizing Innovative Design Technologies for Systems of All Sizes Thomas Moody Provenance Engineering Kent Riker Provenance Engineering
Water Resources
Conjunctive Management of Ground and Surface Water: SAWS Bed and Banks Permit Gregg Eckhardt San Antonio Water System
How Brackish Groundwater Desalination Helps Utility Managers Sleep Better
Robert Rodriguez North Alamo Water Supply Corporation Jorge Arroyo Freese and Nichols
In It Together: Regional Line Serving 8 Entities
Understanding Whole Effluent Toxicity Results
AWWA National Update
Tommy Holmes AWWA Washington, DC Office
Ginger Briggs Bio-Analytical Laboratories
Melissa Mack Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Manny De Pau Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam R. Jeff Masek City of Houston John Warnement City of Webster
Lessons Learned from ASR Implementation for Two Cities in Texas David Smith CDM Smith
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
4:40 - 5:10 pm
4:05 - 4:35 pm
3:30 - 4:00 pm
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Times are a’Changin’ – Impacts of Biofuels on Industrial Wastewater Treatment Susan Spore AECOM
Treatment of Industrial Biosolids Using a Mobile Pilot Wetland Treatment System
Update on Chapter 217 Design Criteria for Nutrient Removal/ TCEQ Updates on Water Quality and Related Issues
Capital Project Prioritization and Selection Process
Lead in the Water: Complying with New Rules When You Thought You Were in the Clear
Overcoming Obstacles to RiskBased Planning for Smaller Utilities: A Framework for Small Utilities to Identify Support Resources
Baltazar Lucero-Ramirez TCEQ
Tim Noack Plummer
Xi Zhao Freese and Nichols David Munn Freese and Nichols
Making Your Solids Plan a Solid Plan: Biosolids Planning in Uncertain Times
Mitchell Lake is for the Birds but Take a Gander at its Permitting
Jonathan Sandhu Gulf Coast Authority Susan Spore AECOM Terry Goss AECOM
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Ernest To Plummer Ryan Pierce Plummer Gregg Eckhardt San Antonio Water System
Xuan (Katie) Zheng SouthWest Water Company Todd Danielson SouthWest Water Company
Neil Stewart Stantec
Webster, Texas: Citywide Tactical Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program Jose Maldonado RJN Group John Warnement City of Webster
Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Water-Related Risks Associated with Climate Change to Utilities and Industry Eric Hersh Stantec Morgan Garner Stantec
Managing Three Sources of Water from A Single Facility at SAWS – Operational challenges and Lessons Learned Saqib Shirazi San Antonio Water System Kevin Morrison San Antonio Water System
Rainwater to the Rescue: Rainwater Cistern Use During Winter Storm Uri Christopher Charles Austin Water
*The Texas Water Program Committee has cultivated a wide-ranging array of technical sessions that address many pressing drinking water and clean water issues. While these sessions have been arranged into primary subject tracks for organizational purposes, attendees are encouraged to review the entire program in-depth, as many technical sessions address multiple relevant subjects.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5
Out with the Old and In with the New - Expanding Odor Control Biofilter System Capacity with Modern Media Amy Robinson CDM Smith Farida Goderya City of Fort Worth
Knocking the Foul Odors Out of the Ballpark: Solving a Stinky Collection System Problem Through Field Investigation and Modeling Roland Gutierrez San Antonio Water System John Siczka Jacobs
Ana Pena-Tijerina Plummer Aisha Niang Houston Public Works
University Forum
An Examination of Potential Seasonal Municipal Water Use Indexes in Texas
Investigating Seasonal Variation Role of the Nitrogen Cycling Genes in Stormwater Detention Basins
Demonstration of a Two-Stage Nitritation-Anammox System to Treat High Nitrogen Strength Wastewater
Iron Electrocoagulation of Non-enveloped and Enveloped Virus: Mechanisms and Viral Component Alterations
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Mark Perkins Mead & Hunt Brian Huang V&A Consulting Engineers Soo Koon Soon Austin Water
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Texas Water Workforce
Water Conservation
1:55 - 2:25 pm
Lessons Learned from Fan Testing in Multiple Large Diameter Sewer Systems in Austin, Texas
Diversity & Inclusion
1:20 - 1:50 pm
Odor & Corrosion Control
Bill Hoffman H.W (Bill) Hoffman & Associates
Sina Vedadi Moghadam University of Texas at San Antonio
Quantifying Conservation: Removing Other Water Usage Influencers from the Equation Up Your Game: Learn Why Allyship Matters
Dedra Ecklund Lockwood Andrews & Newman
What Diversity and Inclusion Actually Looks Like & Stands for in the Work Place – A Pride Perspective Sarang Agarwal Stantec Bradley Deaton Stantec
Lianna Gregorian BGE Julia Frankovich BGE Stacey Louie University of Houston Whitney Milberger BGE
Behnaz Jalili Jalalieh Texas Tech University
Leveraging AMI (Smart Water Systems) Data for Water Conservation Saurabh Bansal WMP
Kyungho Kim Texas A&M University
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 3:00 - 3:30 PM
Jordon Thomas-Harris Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Paul Wood Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Nicholas Mumme Houston Public Works
Activated Carbon Odor Control: Panacea or Conundrum? Richard Pope Hazen and Sawyer
Conservation for Customers in Poverty; Helping Those Most in Need
Teresa Dixon Austin Water Julie Hollandsworth Austin Water
Chad Cosper San Antonio Water System Juan Soulas San Antonio Water System
Arlington Water Utilities, Texas Workforce Commission and ACH Family Services: A Partnership that Builds Bridges to our Future
Texas Water Loss Audit Validation Study: Results from the 2020 Validations and Next Steps
Craig Gantt Arlington Water Utilities
Capitalizing Company-Intern Relations: How to get the Best out of Both Worlds Bansi Khajuria Freese and Nichols Brennan Riley Texas Tech University
Daniel Rice Texas Water Development Board Steve Cavanaugh Cavanaugh & Associates
The Texas Water Conservation and Reuse Story, From 1984 to Now and then to 2070 Bill Hoffman H.W (Bill) Hoffman & Associates
Electrothermal Membrane Distillation for Minimum or Zero Liquid Discharge Vedant Patel Rice University
Pond-in-Pond’s Anaerobic Pit Performance over Conventional Anaerobic Ponds: A Hydrodynamics Comparison
Modeling Escherichia Coli Watershed-Scale Fate and Transport in the San Antonio River Basin using SAWQS and SWAT-CUP
John Paul Beasley University of Texas at San Antonio
4:40 - 5:10 pm
Charlotte Smith Perkins Engineering Consultants, Inc., a Mead & Hunt Company Bill Gase City of Garland Alex Stuart City of Garland
Austin Water’s Approach to Career Progression and Employee Resiliency
4:05 - 4:35 pm
Garland’s Journey Toward Keeping a 40 MGD Plant from “Interfering with the Normal Use and Enjoyment of Property”
Workforce Development 3:30 - 4:00 pm
Evaluating Materials of Construction for Deep Gravity Sewers
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Luis Carlos Soares da Silva Junior Texas Tech University
11:20 am - 11:50 am
10:45 - 11:15 am
10:10 -10:40 am
9:35 - 10:05 am
9:00 - 9:30 am
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6
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Drinking Water Quality
Wastewater Collection
Tackle Taste and Odor When You Don’t Have the Luxury of Time
Evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence in Automated Defect Recognition and Coding of Sewer Lines and Manholes
Xi Zhao Freese and Nichols Jeff Wyble City of Port Arthur David Munn Freese and Nichols Murali Erat Freese and Nichols
What is Going on with PFAS Regulation? How Should Utilities Select Treatment Technology if the PFAS levels are Elevated in their Source Water? Zaid Chowdhury Garver
Building Blocks to Developing OCCTs: Significance of Lead and Copper Coupon and Pipe Loop Studies in Developing the Optimal Corrosion Control Treatment Strategies Amlan Ghosh Corona Environmental Consulting
News Stories about Cyanotoxin Detections in Drinking Water Reservoirs: How does a Texas Water Utility Respond? Brian Haws Austin Water
Planning Ahead for the LCR Revisions – Service Line Inventory and Sampling Updates Roger Arnold Hazen and Sawyer
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Ayobamidele Bello HR Green Fazle Rabbi Houston Public Works Bintuan Zhu Houston Public Works
Going Against the Flow! Using FELL Inspection to Identify and Reduce Infiltration Christopher Jackson San Antonio Water System
Impact of Covid-19 on Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems Progga Chirontoni HDR Heather Lindner HDR Ankita Jain HDR
Hidden Capacity in Your Wastewater Interceptors? How Non-Uniform Flow Modeling Can Impact Pipe Sizing Trevor Stull Garver Evan Tromble Garver
Projects Evolving: Evaluating Lift Stations for Rehabilitation Charles Kucherka Freese and Nichols Charles Ortiz Laguna Madre Water District
MRRDC
Physical Hydraulic Modeling – A Recipe to Validate Design Assumptions
Water Distribution
A Balancing Act: Pflugerville’s Colorado River Raw Water Pipeline Expansion
Amy Robinson CDM Smith Farida Goderya City of Fort Worth
Trey Stewart Garver Amy Giannini City of Pflugerville Ian Toohey Garver
Piloting for Improved Wastewater Treatment Processes
Resilient and Innovative Designs for Intake Pump Stations: Determining Which Approach is Just Right
Sean Scuras Garver
Ensuring High Quality Wastewater Effluent to El Paso’s Advanced Water Purification Facility – A Tale of Three Permits Brandt Miller Hazen and Sawyer David Ornelas El Paso Water Utilities Ryan Priest Hazen and Sawyer Gilbert Trejo El Paso Water Utilities
Carbon Optimization for Granular Sludge Systems Leon Downing Black & Veatch
Enhanced Domestic Primary Wastewater Treatment Utilizing Pile Cloth Media Filtration for Operational Savings and Sustainability John Dyson Aqua-Aerobic Systems
Russell Gibson Freese and Nichols
Keeping Up with the Robsons: Providing Additional Water Supply to Southwest Denton’s Growing Robson Ranch Development William Weidman Kimley-Horn Associates
Can Advanced Hydraulic Modeling Solve all your Water Quality Challenges in the Distribution System? Varenya Mehta KIT Professionals Debbie Webb City of Lake Jackson Justin Bartlett KIT Professionals Sunil Kommineni KIT Professionals
Houston Water’s Journey Toward a Digital Twin: Small Tools Matters! Satish Tripathi City of Houston
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6 Water Treatment & Operations
Nicholas Cook City of Deer Park Yue Sun Ardurra Xinyi Yi Ardurra Matt Noland Deer Park Water Plant
Christopher Boyd Plummer Jordan Hibbs Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd Garry Houston City of Abilene
Paul Wood Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Jeffrey Baughman Professional Utility Services
Charan Tej Tanneru Tetra Tech Jaime Kypuros Tetra Tech Jorge Barrera City of Eagle Pass Water Works System Jorge Luis Flores City of Eagle Pass Water Works System
Ikram Sayed Garver Brian Smith City of Denton
Meet the Robinson’s (Road Corridor Program): Providing Operational Flexibility While Revitalizing Aging Infrastructure Gabe Johnson City of Grand Prairie Douglas Taylor City of Grand Prairie Amanda Johnson Freese and Nichols Aaron Conine Freese and Nichols
Scott Hardy Hazen and Sawyer Scott Taylor Trinity River Authority of Texas James McDonald Trinity River Authority of Texas
Failing Grit Removal at Dallas’s Largest Plant – How Did We Get Here and How Can it be Fixed? Jeff Sober Garver Lance Philips Dallas Water Utilities
How Using Data Analytics in the Field Can Optimize Your Daily O&M Processes
Intensification Processes for Nutrient Removal Upgrades – Doing More With What You Have
City of Garland Water Utilities Water Loss Reduction Program – A Case Study
O&M Manual Updates: How to Better Optimize Operations & Maintenance Efficiency and Consistency
Mike Mainord City of Fort Worth Water Department
Cynthia Baughman City of Garland
Randall Wirtz Strand Associates
Kristen Whately Stantec
Matthew Jalbert Trinity River Authority of Texas
The Gray Tsunami is HERE! How will Organization and O&M Leaders Deal with it? Rhonda Harris Brown and Caldwell
An Innovative Solution – How Fort Worth Water Uses Technology in the Field Adam Farguson City of Fort Worth
Developing a Lessons Learned Program – Shaping the Future by Examining the Past Steven Metzler Trinity River Authority of Texas Emile Lang Trinity River Authority of Texas
Navigating the Regulatory Wilderness Ana Pena-Tijerina Plummer Rex Hunt Plummer Rajendra Bhattarai Clean Water Strategies
WWW.TXWATER.ORG
11:20 am - 11:50 am
Belt Filter Presses at WTPS: A Proactive Approach that Enables Independent and Reliable Residual Solids Handling
Mitchell Ramon City of Houston
Apollo Root Cause Analysis for Extending BFP Belt Life
CPMS: The Present and the Future for TRA’s Infrastructure Planning Program
10:45 - 11:15 am
Innovative Way to Dewater Alum Sludge with a Belt Filter Press at a Drinking Water Treatment Plant
Houston’s Groundwater Operations and Maintenance Team Takes a Leading Role in Asset Management
Troy Laman Carollo Engineers Lance Phillips Dallas Water Utilities
10:10 - 10:40 am
Challenges for Surface Water Treatment Plant Lead to Consideration of a Direct Filtration Ceramic Membrane UF Process to Manage TTHM and HAA5
Julie Hollandsworth Austin Water
3D CFD Modeling for Optimum Clarifier Performance
Utility Management
9:35 - 10:05 am
Achieving 96-Percent Reverse Osmosis Recovery to Address Concentrate Disposal Challenges
Utilizing Data to Transition Austin Water’s Maintenance Programs from Preventative to Predictive
Wastewater Operations & Maintenance
9:00 - 9:30 am
Solids Handling via Mechanical Dewatering or Gravity Dewatering: There is No Silver Bullet
Asset Management
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6 Wastewater Collection
Beyond Meeting Lead and Copper Levels: Treatment Change and Potential Source Effects on Corrosion Control in Arlington Water Utilities’ Distribution System Gail Charles Arcadis Ben Kuhnel Arcadis
I to I – Identification to Implementation to Remediation of Infrastructure
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Leigh Thomas WGI
Monitoring Reservoir Water Quality for Cyanobacteria Blooms and Adjusting Treatment to Maintain High Quality Treated Water
Every Tunnel has its Time and Place – When Projects Require Multiple Trenchless Methods
2:20 - 2:50 pm
1:10 - 1:40 pm
Drinking Water Quality
Canyon Regional Water Authority Ozone Addition for THM Control
The Right Tools for Planning: How Pearland Applied Apps, Data Analytics, and Visualization Tools to Optimize Their Collection System
Jonathan Vorheis Jacobs Engineering
Zaid Chowdhury Garver
Patrick Lackey Trihydro Corporation Adam Telfer CRWA
Kendall Ryan, Freese and Nichols Ishita Rahman, Freese and Nichols Bailey Keller, Freese and Nichols Jameson Appel, City of Pearland
MRRDC
Water Distribution
Full-Scale Performance Comparison of Sidestream Nitrogen Removal Processes Prevalent in the United States
Implementing a New Raw Water Delivery System Deep Beneath Lake Travis in Central Texas
Anton Dapcic Carollo Engineers Tanja Rauch-Williams Carollo Engineers Andre Gharagozian Carollo Engineers
How to Maximize Your Aeration Basins – Improving Performance at DWU Central Lance Klement Garver Regina Stencel Dallas Water Utilities Daniel Halter Dallas Water Utilities Lance Phillips Dallas Water Utilities
Process Intensification Using Membrane Bioreactor Process: The Case of Fulton County, GA Jose Jimenez Brown and Caldwell
Jason Christensen Walker Partners James Parkes Schnabel Engineering Karen Bondy BCRUA
Carrizo Groundwater Supply Project – Well Field and Raw Water Transmission: Developing a New Water Supply to Satisfy the Drinking Water Needs of Central Texans John Buser, AECOM Brian Perkins, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Tyler Davidson, Advanced Groundwater Solutions
Did Someone Say Freeze? There’s No Time to Stop with Only Four Days to Evaluate Damage at 58 COH Groundwater and Repump Sites Lizanne Douglas BGE Mitchell Ramon City of Houston
4:30 - 5:00 pm
3:55 - 4:25 pm
3:20 - 3:50 pm
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 2:50 - 3:20 PM
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An Active Approach to Measuring Inactivation Ratios Drew Leonard City of Houston Eric Garza City of Houston Lilian Nguyen City of Houston
It’s Easy if You Do it Smart: Winning Tips to Stay Compliant with Lead and Copper Rule Revisions with Lessons Learnt from Across the US Vishakha Kaushik AECOM Quirien Muylwyk AECOM
Trying to Blend In – 3D Modeling of the Luce Bayou Inter-basin Transfer in Lake Houston
Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals Greg Olinger, Coastal Water Authority Drew Molly, City of Houston John Sealy, Coastal Water Authority
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Seeing the Forest from the Trees: A Predictive Model Approach to I&I Reduction in the Woodlands Derek Schwanke Garver Jared Sienkiewich Garver Michael Mooney The Woodlands Water Agency
Can Rain-Derived Inflow and Infiltration (RDII) Sources be Modeled in the Absence of Condition Assessment Information? Tristan Nickel RJN Group Jack Canfield City of Houston
Embracing Innovative Technology to Push Construction Limitations Associated with Large Diameter Deep Gravity Sewer Tunnels Jay London Hazen and Sawyer
One Year Later: Raleigh Water’s Holistic Wet Weather Management Tool Combining Machine Learning and Treatment Plant Optimization Katya Bilyk Hazen and Sawyer
Using Anammox for Mainstream Nitrogen Removal isn’t as Complicated or Difficult as you May Think! Justin MacManus, HDR Stephanie Klaus, Hampton Roads Sanitation District Michael Parsons, Hampton Roads Sanitation District Haydee De Clippeleir, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Charles Bott, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Sidestream Deammonification for Low-Energy Nitrogen Removal and BPR Enhancement – Design, Startup, and Lessons Learned After 3 Years of Operation Randall Wirtz Strand Associates
Water Loss Tracking and Mitigation Matt Cullen Austin Water
Four Ways the City of Fort Worth is Preparing for Compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions Ashley Pifer Garver Stacy Walters City of Fort Worth Zaid Chowdhury Garver
Life Cycle Reset for Tank Coatings: Cost Effective Strategies for Aging Facilities Charles Kucherka Freese and Nichols
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6 Water Treatment & Operations
Marshall Plunk Plummer David Gudal Plummer
The Future is Here: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Pipeline Condition Assessment Technologies Jeff Maier Garver
900 MGD, Ozone, and BAF – We’re Good Right? Examining What the Future Holds for the Dallas Water Treatment Plants
The Solution to Pollution: Using Asset Management Principles to Waste Away SSOs
Yue Sun, Ardurra Brandon Pritchett, City of Pflugerville Jonathan Degen, Ardurra Brian Camp, City of Pflugerville
Sunil Kommineni, KIT Professionals Sally Wright, Dallas Water Utilities Robert Hoffman, HDR Christina Alito, HDR
Stephen Johnson Freese and Nichols Gustave Michaud City of Richardson Mazen Kawasmi Freese and Nichols
David Trejo RJN Group Karen Rico RJN Group Heather Wilson-Ellis City of Temple
Easing Wastewater Operations Cost Through Energy and Chemical Addition Efficiency
Winter Storm 2021: Solutions to Keep the Water Flowing
Site Settling Tests and Aeration Basin Storage – How to Make the Most of What You Have
Getting a New Water Treatment Plant for Less than $3 per Gallon; Retrofitting Existing Facilities to Meet Quality, Quantity and Resiliency Challenges
Stephanie Neises Freese and Nichols Drew Hardin Freese and Nichols Shay Roalson Austin Water
Michael Halde HR Green Scott Landers HR Green
Caitlin Ruff Black & Veatch Raudel Juarez Trinity River Authority of Texas James McDonald Trinity River Authority of Texas Mike Young Trinity River Authority of Texas
Challenges Associated With Large Membrane Bioreactor Facilities Troy Laman Carollo Engineers Andrew Gilmore Carollo Engineers
Brent Tippey HDR Eric Berggren HDR Valetta Saldanha HDR
Top 10 Water-Wastewater Changes Since 1980 & Top Ten Likely Changes in Next 30 Years Randall McIntyre Garver
2:20 - 2:50 pm
Benefits and Lessons Learned from a Proactive SSES Program
Utility Management
1:45 - 2:15 pm
Pflugerville’s Approach of Expanding an Integrated Membrane Surface Water Treatment Plant for Cohesive Project Delivery
Wastewater Operations & Maintenance
1:10 - 1:40 pm
Ceramic Ultrafiltration Membrane Pilot Testing
Asset Management
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 2:50 - 3:20 PM
Alexander Kuzovkov Black & Veatch Oliver Haugland Austin Water Karen Dietze Black & Veatch
Evan Ged Hazen and Sawyer Ellen Musallam North Texas Municipal Water District
Chance Lauderdale HDR
Application of Machine Learning in Sanitary Sewer Condition Assessment for the City of Raytown, Missouri Elango Thevar NEER Technologies Jose Leon Jr City of Raytown
Going Green? Optimizing Energy Efficiency of Pump Stations Using Wire-to-Water Testing Ikram Sayed Garver Eric Dole Garver Marc Cottingame Dallas Water Utilities
Growing Pains: A Step-by-Step Look at When Your City Has a Full House
Algae Problem – My Clarifiers are Bleeding Frequently in the Summer Months
Your Undiscovered “Data Lake” and How New Ways of Analyzing Your Untapped, Unconnected Information Yields Innovative and Actionable Results
Andy Pruitt Garver Jeff Sober Garver
Ron Patel Dallas Water Utilities
Story Time! Tools for WRRF Data Analysis Sonja Cook Plummer Reza Malek Plummer Ana Pena-Tijerina Plummer
Grace Sober Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Jason Brodigan City of Frisco
Derek Clayton SL-serco
How Austin Water Is Growing the Ranks of Female Leadership Across the Utility Anna Bryan-Borja Austin Water Shay Roalson Austin Water Sherri Hampton Austin Water Randi Jenkins Austin Water
WWW.TXWATER.ORG
4:30 - 5:00 pm
Biologically Active Roughing Contactors: Augmenting Drinking Water Membrane Treatment for Enhanced Taste & Odor Control
Vinoth Manoharan AECOM
I Have a Snail Problem. What are My Options to Remove Them?!
3:55 - 4:25 pm
Picking the Low Hanging Fruit: Optimizing an 840 mgd WTP at No Cost
A Systematic Approach in Deciding the Future of City of Houston’s Largest and Oldest Water Treatment Plants
3:20 - 3:50 pm
New Challenge to the Central Texas Water Supply: Strategies to Prevent Zebra Mussel Colonization in the Austin Water Treatment Plants
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Gloyna Breakfast ● 7-8:30 am ● Thursday, April 7 ● Tickets Sold Separately
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 7
9:40 - 10:10 am
9:05 - 9:35 am
8:30 - 9:00 am
Biosolids
Applied Research
Communicating Biosolids: How to Boost Public Support Using the Press and Social Media Influencers Mike McGill WaterPIO
Virginia Key WWTP Anaerobic Digester Startup, Don’t Sweat the Tech Manuel Moncholi Stantec
Identifying the Best Way to Mitigate Phosphorus Recycle and Optimize Biological Nutrient Removal Design for SAWS Water Recycling Centers Jeff Sober Garver Ila Drzymala San Antonio Water System
Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) to Track SARS-CoV-2 Sublineage Emergence in Two Texas Cities Bryan Brooks Baylor University
Wastewater Sampling for Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in Texas Correctional and Long-Term Care Facilities Heidi Bojes Texas Department of State Health Services
Applied Research - Water Reuse UV/Chlorine AOP in Potable Reuse: Assessment of Applicability, Operational Issues, and Potential By-Products Erin Mackey Brown and Caldwell
Construction Issues
Watershed Mgmt/Stormwater Dredging to Restore Lake and Channel Volumes – Hydraulic and Water Quality Implications Roopa Metla KIT Professionals Greg Olinger Coastal Water Authority Sunil Kommineni KIT Professionals Justin Bartlett KIT Professionals
Solids Management Improvements Phase III CMAR Procurement Lessons Learned
San Jacinto River – Planning for a Better Future
Commissioning a 15 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant – What Happens When a Record Winter Storm Hits During the Last Week of Performance Testing
Andrew Moore Halff Associates Sam Hinojosa Halff Associates Dena Green Harris County Flood Control District Jing Chen Harris County Flood Control District
Implementing a Watershed Management Support System: A User-Friendly Tool for Non-Modelers to Link Best Management Practices (BMPs) to Water Quality Outcomes Mel Vargas Parsons
Tom Jacobs Trinity River Authority of Texas
Alex Yoffie, Jacobs Cory Moose, City off Midland Bennie Jordan, City off Midland Lamar Parker, Jacobs
Virtual Tour of the $1.6 Billion Bois d’Arc Lake Program
Adam Payne Freese and Nichols Aliza Caraballo North Texas Municipal Water District
11:30 - Noon
10:55 - 11:25 am
10:20 - 10:50 am
Networking Break in Technical Session Area • 10:10 - 10:20 AM
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A Multi-Pronged Approach for Managing PFAS in Water Resource Reclamation Facilities Applied by Two Utilities
Process Interrupted: Using BOR Funded Desalination Research to Evaluate an Innovative Process Train
Potential Applications of Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) to Enhance Integrated Water Management in Texas
Mohammad Abu-Orf Hazen and Sawyer
Eric Dole Garver Yuliana Porras-Mendoza Bureau of Reclamation Michael Watts Garver
Laboratory
Applied Research
Water Reuse
A Microbiology and Chemistry Review for Operators
Diversifying Carbon for Phosphorus Removal: Understanding RAS Fermentation and S2EBPR
Guidelines? What Guidelines? Important Basics for any Stakeholder Interested in TCEQ’s Process for DPR Guideline Development
Hunter Adams City of Wichita Falls Mark Southard City of Wichita Falls
Optimization of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol Determination by Headspace SPME-GC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry to Achieve Sub-ng/L Detection in Surface and Drinking Water Matrices Xinwei Yan, City of Houston Xinxia An, City of Houston Shubha Thakur, City of Houston
TEXAS WATERTM 2022
Leon Downing Black & Veatch
Microbially Induced Corrosion at the T-Bar Well Field: Impacts, Implications & Mitigation Kayleigh Millerick Texas Tech University Kenneth Rainwater Texas Tech University Landon Allen Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Amrika Deonarine Texas Tech University
Elizabeth Savage GEI Consutlants
Eva Steinle-Darling Carollo Engineers
What to do when Discharging is not an Option: How Marble Falls Manages its Wastewater Effluent while Continuing to Grow Quentin Geile Plummer
Underground, Under Where? A Unique Perspective from Designer, Contractor and Construction Management Team to Solve Today’s Challenges Henry Leighton CAS Consulting & Services
Wastewater Waits for no one – Emergency Repair of a Major Interceptor Under Highway 635 in Dallas County Steven Metzler Trinity River Authority of Texas Tom Davies Trinity River Authority of Texas
Fort Worth’s Twin 90-inch Sewer Pipe Emergency Bank Stabilization: Protecting the Trinity River from 150 MGD of Wastewater Robb Otey Freese and Nichols Nicholas Lester Freese and Nichols Tony Sholola City of Fort Worth Water
Gloyna Breakfast ● 7-8:30 am ● Thursday, April 7 ● Tickets Sold Separately
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE • TECHNICAL SESSIONS THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 7 Infrastructure Financing
Building Real Relationships Virtually – How to Develop Mentor Relationships in a Pandemic
Server, Heal Thyself! How Midland Leveraged Hyperconvergence to Increase Server Reliability and Stability While Lowering Costs
Jonathan Sandhu Gulf Coast Authority Carlos Gularte Freese and Nichols
Andrew Burnham Stantec
Ian Toohey Garver Amy Giannini City of Pflugerville
A Look into the Nutrient Black Box – Nutrient Regulation in Texas and Beyond Peter Reale Plummer Chris Pasch Plummer
Under the Artifacts and Through the Wetlands: Mesquite’s Experience with USACE Permitting for a 2.5 Mile, 30” HDPE Transmission Main Dylan Swoboda Kimley-Horn & Associates Jeni Tatum Kimley-Horn & Associates Justin Stoker City of Mesquite
A Perfect Storm: Houston’s Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Surviving the Next Big Freeze
David Munn, Freese and Nichols Drew Molly, City of Houston Yong Wang, City of Houston Venus Price, City of Houston
How Combining Focused Factual Data and Effective Storytelling Elements Changed our Excavation Safety Practices and Helped us Improve our Safety Culture Israel Custodio Austin Water
Giving You The Power to Deliver: Creating One of the Largest Electrical Generation Systems for Plant-Wide Redundancy and Back-up Reliability Alexander Nizov Mbroh Engineering
Are Your Fiber Systems Ready to Meet Demands? Andrew Paulson Signature Automation Sarah Beth Yates Signature Automation
Warming Up to the Idea…Solar Power for Elevated Storage Tanks Kyle Weldon Kimley-Horn and Associates Scott Taylor City of Fort Worth Water Department Joseph Kotrla McCreary & Associates
9:40 - 10:10 am
Material Escalation and Market Volatility Impacts on National Construction Projects
Mauro Perez Signature Automation Derek Smith Signature Automation
Electrical, SCADA & I&C
9:05 - 9:35 am
The Story of the Pfirst WIFIAPfunded Water Project in Texas
Valetta Saldanha HDR Peter Bredehoeft HDR
Resiliency, Safety & Cybersecurity
8:30 - 9:00 am
Advancing Rate Structures Can Fund Texas’ Increasing Stormwater Costs and Promote Resiliency
Young Professionals
Networking Break in Technical Session Area • 10:10 - 10:20 AM Public Information
Karen Guz San Antonio Water System Chad Cosper San Antonio Water System
Mike McGill WaterPIO
Sarah Robinson Houston Public Works
Rebranding Wastewater: Sustainability & New Talent Andreana Salas Jacobs Engineering Group EJ Hindy Jacobs Engineering Group
Communication: The Biggest Challenge for Engineers Samantha Paul HDR Ludivine Varga HDR
Ernest To Plummer David Cowan North Texas Municipal Water District
Adapting Interactive Technology for the Water/ Wastewater Industry Andrew Paulson Signature Automation Sarah Beth Yates Signature Automation Marisa Martinez Palmer San Antonio Water Systems Mario Ruiz Dallas Water Utilities
Using One Water Strategies to Improve Water Supply Resiliency in New Braunfels Nissim Gore-Datar Arcadis Ashley Zimmermann New Braunfels Utilities Charles Schoening Arcadis Ashley Evans Arcadis
More with Less – Control System Upgrade of El Paso Water Utilities Jonathan Rogers WTP: Less Hardware, Optimized Communications, and Improved Availability Bill Bivens Prime Controls
How to Determine if a Renewable Energy Source is Right for You – T.E. Maxson Wastewater Treatment Facility Case Study Sarah Stewart CDM Smith
Water for People & Int’l Issues Transforming Guatemala with Water Judith Ibarra-Bianchetta Tetra Tech
WWW.TXWATER.ORG
11:30 - Noon
Developing a Statewide FOG and Non-Flushable Outreach Campaign Through Collaborative Input and Coordination
Helen Salama, Freese and Nichols Nick Puckett, New Braunfels Utilities Eric Kong, Freese and Nichols David Bennett, Freese and Nichols
“One App to Rule Them All!” A Unified Web Application to Protect the Precious Lavon Lake from Contaminant Spills
10:55 - 11:25 am
Preparing Your Utility for the Revised Lead & Copper Rule’s Many Public Communication Challenges
Preserving the Past while Planning for the Future: Critical Pump Station Design with a Historic Twist
10:20 - 10:50 am
Conservation Services Converted to Emergency Services Post Storm Uri
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TEXAS WATER 2022 SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT Monday, April 4
•
Quarry Golf Course
7 am check-in w/breakfast. 8 am Shotgun Scramble w/lunch, prizes & awards following. No on-site registration. Limited to 36 teams. This year’s golf tournament will be held at the Quarry Golf Course located at 444 E Basse Road, San Antonio, TX 78209. The golf course is just 11 minutes from the Henry B. González Convention Center. The Quarry Golf Course was formerly the abandoned quarry of the Alamo Cement Plant. Keith Foster converted this unique location into a challenging layout with a links-style front nine and a back nine that plays entirely through the former rock quarry with limestone walls over 100 feet tall on three sides. The first half of the golf course plays through open fields of rolling hills with native grasses and multiple creeks and streams along six of the front nine holes. The quarry pit on the back nine is truly the most unique feature of the golf course which has a beautiful overlook from the club house. The course’s most dramatic hole is the 17th, which requires a tee shot over a deep ravine that is framed by a 40-foot waterfall.
CALCULATE FEES Sponsorship Packages
TEAM & SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES (Multiple sponsors available at each level): PLATINUM: TWO Team registrations, Lunch Sponsorship and company name on towel for every golfer.....$5,000 GOLD: ONE Team registration, Breakfast Sponsorship and company name on koozie for every golfer.....$3,500 SILVER: ONE team registration and company name on goodie bag for every golfer.....$2,500
(Multiple sponsors available at each level):
Platinum Package...............$5,000........ $___________ Gold Package.....................$3,500........ $___________ Silver Package....................$2,500........ $___________ Bronze Package..................$1,500........ $___________ Sponsorship Opportunities
BRONZE: ONE team registration.....$1,500
(Multiple sponsors available at each level; sponsorship sign to be given to sponsor):
TEAM CAPTAIN
NAME:_______________________________________________ Firm Name:___________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________ City:_________________________________________________ State:_________________________Zip:____________________ Cell Number:___________________________________________ Email:________________________________________________
Tee Box......................... ___ x $500..... $___________ Hole in One 15th Hole Vehicle Grand Prize Sponsor..................$2,000... $___________ Hole in One 3, 8 & 12 Holes Prize Sponsor...........................$500..... $___________ Closest to the Pin.....................$250..... $___________ Longest Drive, Men..................$250..... $___________ Longest Drive, Women..............$250..... $___________
#3:__________________________________________________
Ball Sponsor (company name on a sleeve of balls for every golfer)................$1,000.. $___________ Ball Launcher Sponsorship........$500..... $___________
#4:__________________________________________________
NAME FOR SPONSORSHIP SIGN:
TEAM 1 PLAYER NAMES
#2:__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
TEAM 2 PLAYER NAMES (if applicable)
#1:__________________________________________________ #2:__________________________________________________ #3:__________________________________________________
Tournament Extras Mulligans ($20/each)........ ___ x $20...... $___________ (Mulligan tickets are also raffle prize tickets)
#4:__________________________________________________
THE EASIEST WAY TO REGISTER IS ONLINE!
www.txwater.org
Or mail form with payment to: TW22 Golf Tournament P.O. Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 Or fax to 512-251-8152 PAYMENT METHOD:
Check Payable to “Texas Water”
TOTAL (add column at right)
$___________
Tournament Co-Chairs: Jaime Kypuros, (830) 776-0077, jaime.kypuros@tetratech.com Jeremy Doege, (210) 860-9224, jeremy.doege@wginc.com Mario Valdez, (210) 321-3407, mario.valdez@kimley-horn.com CHARGE MY:
AMEX
VISA
MasterCard
Discover
Card #: _________________________________________________________Expiration: ______________________________________ Cardholder Name: ________________________________________________Security Code: ___________________________________ Credit Card Billing Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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TEXAS WATER 2022 REGISTRATION
April 4-7, 2022 San Antonio, Texas
Early Registration Deadline: March 11, 2022 Payment Must Accompany this Form or Registration Cannot be Processed REGISTER ONLINE: www.txwater.org. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE
FIRST NAME______________________________________LAST NAME________________________________________ COMPANY________________________________________TITLE_____________________________________________ ADDRESS__________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP____________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE_________________________________MEMBER #_______________________ ❑ WEF/WEAT ❑ AWWA/TAWWA EMAIL (REQUIRED FOR PROCESSING)_____________________________________________________________________ Received on/ Received before 3/11/22 after 3/11/22
❑ This is my first time attending the Texas Water Conference
Full Registration includes Tues. Awards Lunch, Wed. Women of Water Breakfast,
TCEQ Operator License #_______________________________
❑ Full Registration - MEMBER ....................... $295 ......... $345 ....... ______ ❑ Full Registration - NON MEMBER .............. $520 ......... $570 ....... ______
I have special dietary needs: ❑ Vegetarian
Wed. Box Lunch and Wed. Night Out tickets
NON MEMBERS ONLY. Full registration at the non-member rate also includes a free one-year membership to either WEF/WEAT or AWWA/TAWWA. With full, non-member registration, please indicate which organization you wish to join (new members only - no renewals): ❑ WEF/WEAT ❑ AWWA/TAWWA ❑ Student (no meals) ........................................ $40 ........... $50 ......... ______ ❑ Tuesday Only - MEMBER (includes Awards Lunch ticket) .................. $165 .......... $195 ....... ______ ❑ Tuesday Only - NON MEMBER (includes Awards Lunch ticket) .................. $215 .......... $245 ....... ______ ❑ Wednesday Only - MEMBER (includes Box Lunch ticket) ........................ $130 ......... $160 ....... ______ ❑ Wednesday Only - NON MEMBER (includes Box Lunch ticket) ........................ $180 ......... $210 ....... ______
❑ Other______________________________________________
THE EASIEST WAY TO REGISTER IS ONLINE: www.txwater.org PAYMENT METHOD: ❑ Check Payable to Texas Water Bill My:
❑ AMEX
❑ VISA
❑ MasterCard
❑ Discover
Card #___________________________________________ Expiration__________________Security Code___________ Cardholder Name__________________________________ Signature________________________________________
❑ Thursday Only - MEMBER ............................ $80 ........... $90 ......... ______
Credit Card Billing Address___________________________
❑ Thursday Only - NON MEMBER ................... $90 ........... $100 ....... ______
________________________________________________
❑ Guest Program (includes Wed. Night ticket) ... $125 ......... $135 ....... ______
________________________________________________
Guest Name For Badge:_________________________________ ❑ Exhibit Hall Only (4/5, 4/6) ............................ $55 ........... $55 ......... ______ (Sorry: No one-day passes available) ❑ I plan to participate in the Curtis Smalley Environmental Event (Monday) ❑ I plan to attend the Awards Celebration Lunch (Box lunch ticket required; included in Full Registration or Wednesday Only. Or purchase ticket below.) THURSDAY FACILITY TOURS Select Tour Below: ....................................... $30 ........... $35 ......... ______ ❑ Tour 1: SAWS Agua Vista Station ❑ Tour 2: SAWS Medio Creek Water Recycling Center ❑ Tour 3: San Pedro Creek Culture Park & Confluence Park EXTRA TICKETS
QUANTITY
*1 ticket included with Full Registration
❑ *Awards Lunch (Tues.) ................... _____ x $65 ........... $70 ........ ______ ❑ *Women of Water Breakfast (Wed.) .. _____ x $40 ........... $50 ........ ______ ❑ *Box Lunch (Wed.) ........................ _____ x $35 ........... $40 ........ ______ ❑ *TW22 Wednesday Night Event .... _____ x $95 ........... $105 ...... ______ ❑ Gloyna Breakfast (Thurs.) ............ _____ x $40 ........... $40 ........ ______ ❑ Donation “Water for People” - Optional .............................................. ______
TOTAL PAYMENT (add right column) ..................... _____
(Put “Same” if same as above; necessary to process)
For more information, contact: Texas Water 512-251-8101 info@txwater.org
Register online at www.txwater.org or mail form with payment to:
Texas Water 2022 Registration c/o GCP Association Services PO Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 or fax to 512-251-8152 No refunds will be granted after March 11, 2022. A $60 cancellation fee will be assessed to all refund requests made prior to March 11, 2022. Substitutions allowed. Substitutions may incur a $25 processing fee. All refunds must be requested in writing. Email or fax refund requests to Texas Water at info@txwater.org or (fax) 512-251-8152.
Early registration deadline: March 11, 2022. After March 28, registration only available onsite. cp
