*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
Industrial
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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
TEXAS WATERTM 2022
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
