We’re excited to welcome you back to Houston for Texas WaterTM 2023, the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©!
Volunteers for Texas WaterTM 2023 have been putting in long hours so that your experience in Houston is educational and fun! The technical sessions, carefully crafted by a strong technical program committee, will provide the information to make your work easier.
In the George R. Brown 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 Thursday’s Conference Night-Out at Pitch 25. We look forward to seeing you in Houston for Texas WaterTM 2023!
Full registration is your best value for Texas WaterTM 2023. 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 Thursday Night Out event
Non-member full registration includes a free* one-year membership in either AWWA/TAWWA or WEF/WEAT.
*New members only, not for membership renewals
Tickets for the Women of Water Breakfast, Facility Tours, Lunches, Conference Night Out event and the Gloyna Breakfast are also available for purchase.
All events are at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 91001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, unless otherwise noted. Schedule is subject to change.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11
7:00 am Golf Tournament • Memorial Golf Course
7:30 am–2:30 pm
8:30 am–11:30 am
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
6:30 am
8:00 am–8:15 am
Move-In • Exhibit Hall
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
Texas Water is excited to welcome Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to provide the keynote comments at Texas WaterTM 2023. The address will take place during the Opening Session at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 12.
Elected in December 2015 and overwhelmingly reelected in December 2019, Mayor Turner is serving his second four-year term. He is Houston’s 62nd mayor.
Operating within the city’s fiscal constraints, Mayor Turner has passed five balanced budgets. He also oversaw Houston’s remarkable rebound from Hurricane Harvey, championed historic pension reform, and cheered on the World Series Houston Astros. He also launched Houston’s first Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, meet the Paris Agreement goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, and lead the global energy transition.
In February 2022, Mayor Turner released his One Safe Houston initiative to combat the increase in violence resulting from the pandemic, domestic violence, mental illness and the proliferation of guns on the street.
As the chief executive of the world’s energy capital, Mayor Turner brings a performance-driven approach to the job, creating a more responsive, streamlined, and efficient delivery of city services while shoring up Houston’s financial future. Thanks to his leadership, the Texas Legislature, and local voters approved the pension reform package that reduced the city’s liability by billions of dollars and provided a “fix” that had eluded the city for 17 years.
Before serving as Houston’s mayor, Turner served for 27 years as the Representative for Texas House District 139. He worked on the House Appropriations Committee for 21 years and served as Speaker Pro Tem for three terms. He was appointed to several Budget Conference Committees to balance the state’s budget and serve on the Legislative Budget Board.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 7 A.M.
The Texas Water 2023 Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at the Memorial Golf Course. The tournament benefits the scholarship programs of both TAWWA and WEAT and is a great way to meet new friends and colleagues. Get more details and a registration form on Page 35 or sign up online at www.txwater.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 8:30 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.
The Curtis Smalley Environmental Event honors the legacy of Curtis Smalley. His contribution, leadership, mentorship, dedication to service and passion for the 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’s Curtis Smalley Environmental Event will be held in partnership with Buffalo Bayou Parks on Tuesday, April 11 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Kayaks will be provided as we pick up trash and work to beautify the Bayou. All volunteers will be provided with gloves, trash bags and water. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up for the event online at www.txwater.org (under “Events”) and be sure to sign any waivers. Transportation will not be provided but parking information will be available closer to the event date. Let’s work together to beautify the Bayou.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 4:30 TO 6:30 P.M.
Texas Water attendees Meet & Greet in the Exhibit Hall at the George R. Brown Convention Center for refreshments. Registration opens at 4 p.m., then you can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Exhibit Hall. Texas WaterTM 2023 hosts the largest regional water exhibition on the continent. More than 600 exhibitors are in one place, at one time, in the convention center.
TUESDAY, APRIL 11 – THURSDAY, APRIL 13
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 Innovation Lounge inside the Exhibit Hall. There is no additional fee to visit the Innovation Lounge.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 5:30 A.M. CHECK IN; 6:30 A.M. START TIME
The Dodson’s Drive Fun Run supports young professionals in the Texas water industry by raising funds to support the TAWWA/WEAT Dodson’s Drive Fund. The Dodson’s Drive Fund, established in 2011 to honor the late Kenneth Dodson, provides scholarships for young professionals and funding to send our young professionals to the annual Young Professionals Summit.
This year’s Fun Run is a 5K course location starting in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center. It will be a five-loop course (1K per loop) around beautiful Discovery Green where participants will see the Downtown Houston skyline at sunrise. All teams and paid participants will be chip timed and receive a technical shirt. Finishers will receive their very own finisher’s ribbon to wear on your Texas Water badge. Awards will be given to the fastest male and female overall runners, fastest male and female masters runners, fastest YP male and female runners, and the fastest team. Sign up at www.txwater.org! Don’t miss being a part of this conference tradition!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 – FRIDAY, APRIL 14
Start each Texas WaterTM 2023 day with networking breaks in the Exhibit Hall Wednesday and Thursday and near the Technical Sessions on Friday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 – FRIDAY, APRIL 14
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 700 abstracts submitted that were peer-reviewed to bring you 195 leading-edge presentations that are offered only at Texas WaterTM 2023. 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 26-33.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 – THURSDAY, APRIL 13
Texas WaterTM 2023 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 George R. Brown Convention Center from Wednesday morning through Thursday 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.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 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 Chicago at WEFTEC 2023. The prompt this year is focused around the City of Austin Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Austin’s largest WWTP. Students are tasked with developing detailed design alternatives and final recommendations for expansion of the WCWWTP from 75 MGD to 100 MGD Average Annual Daily Flow (AADF) and converting the Conventional Activated Sludge system to a BNR system. Students will have to factor in the industrial loading that sends large loads of ammonia with low concentrations of organics. Additionally, students are to evaluate and present on phosphorus sequestration technology to remove phosphorus from the process streams and ultimate disposal. Recommendations and solutions for plant expansion and to meet permit requirements are presented in a detailed Preliminary Design Report and presentation as described in the Competition Details handout. Come out and support your alma mater or see some prospective future leaders in the industry! This year, teams from Texas Tech University, Southern Methodist University, University of Texas, and Tecnologico de Monterrey will compete.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 11:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.
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 Wednesday-Only Registration. Additional tickets are available for $75 on or before March 20; $85 after.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1:20 P.M. TO 5:10 P.M. 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.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 5:15 P.M. TO 6:15 P.M.
Join the YPs and seasoned professionals for drinks and hors d’oeuvres during this networking event. We will also recognize the winners of the Student Design Competition, the University Forum, the Dodson’s Drive Run and Inflow. The Networking Event will provide Young Professionals an opportunity to meet with Mentors and discuss their career journey. Join us to learn more about the Mentoring Program and how you can participate.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 7:15 A.M. TO 9:00 A.M.
Each year at the annual Texas WaterTM Conference, we host the Women of Water breakfast. At this event, the participants will hear from women leaders in the water industry who will share their career stories, leadership successes and challenges, their thoughts on work-life integration, mentorship and much more! This year, Liz Fazio Hale, General Manager for Gulf Coast Authority, will moderate a panel of women leaders that include Jenna Covington, General Manager for North Texas Municipal Water District; Carol Haddock, Director for Houston Public Works; Tina Peterson, Executive Director for Harris County Flood Control District; and Irazema Rojas, Chief of Technical Services at El Paso Water.
We look forward to having you join us for breakfast as these women showcase the difference women can make in our water community, while also providing a forum for future leaders to network with seasoned professionals. One ticket is included with Full Registration. Additional breakfast tickets are available at $50 each if purchased on or before March 20; $60 after March 20.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 9 A.M. TO 11:50 A.M.
The Value of Water (VOW) Program at the Texas Water conference is a half-day session devoted to promoting water communication successes and best practices in Texas. This year’s presentations focus on the theme of MAKING TEXAS WATER RESILIENT. 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 TAWWA Education Division and the WEAT Public Communication and Outreach Committee. Please join us again at the 2023 conference on Thursday from 9 am
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
Thursday is a big day at the Texas Water Conference. In addition to the great Technical Programs and the full day of Exhibits, Thursday is also your opportunity to cheer on your favorite team at the Exhibit Hall competitions –Pipe Tapping, Operations Challenge, Hydrant Hysteria 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 Thursday-Only Registration includes a ticket for the Box Lunch. Extra tickets are available for $40 on or before March 20; $50 after.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, NOON TO 1:00 P.M.
TICKET REQUIRED
Texas Water will honor TAWWA and WEAT 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 Thursday-Only Registration. Additional box lunch tickets are available at $40 each if purchased on or before March 20; $50 after.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 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 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 or need to preregister for this training.
Hours will be available for attending technical sessions and participating in competition events and facility tours.
Engineers may also self-report CE hours for attending sessions.
Please note that we will not have engineering forms onsite. Keep track of the sessions you attend so you can self-report your hours.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 6:30 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M. TICKET REQUIRED
Our conference mixer and night out will take place just a few minutes’ walk away from the convention center at Pitch 25 (2120 Walker St, Houston, TX 77003). Located in East Downtown (EaDo), practically in the shadow of the George R. Brown Convention Center, Pitch 25 is the creation of former Houston Dynamos superstar, Brian Ching. With over 45 screens, multiple bars, patio games, hammocks, and even a miniature indoor soccer field (or pitch), there really is nowhere else like it.
The hallmark of any good sports bar starts with a strong selection of drinks and Pitch 25 definitely does not disappoint. With nearly 100 beers, ciders, and even wines on tap and a 25,000 square-foot venue, you are sure to find the perfect refreshment while visiting with your comrades in the water industry. A drink ticket will be included, followed by a cash/credit bar for those that wish to continue. To keep you satisfied, there will be several amazing food options throughout the event. Vegetarian options will be available as well.
The Gavel Passing will be held on stage at 6:15 p.m. and the mixer starts at 6:30 p.m. with plenty of food and drinks and a chance to network, mingle, and even jump on the pitch for a game of cornhole.
Guests can make the 10-minute walk to the venue or use the free shuttle service. Shuttle transportation will be provided at the south entrance of the Conference hotel, right across the street from the Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen located in the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Signage and volunteers will be stationed near the hotel and conference exits to provide guidance to the shuttle bus pick-up location. The event concludes at 8:30 p.m., and shuttle rides back to the hotel will be provided until that time. A Conference Night Out ticket is included with Full Registration or with the Guest Badge. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase for $100 by March 20 and $110 after March 20.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 7 TO 8:30 A.M. TICKET REQUIRED
Rhonda Harris will be the featured speaker at the Gloyna Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Friday, April 14.
Harris has more than 45 years of experience in managing and administering a variety of facilities and programs in the water environment sector. Her experience includes developing and implementing training programs for public and private sector personnel, developing regulations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, knowledge management and management consulting, condition assessments, business practice evaluations, asset management and life cycle costing, engineering design, construction and O&M renewals, and operations for facilities and systems.
Harris is a certified Texas Water and Wastewater Operator and approved Operations Trainer, as well as a licensed Wastewater Operator in Ontario, Canada. She is also a registered Professional Engineer in Texas, a
P. Eng, in Ontario, Canada, a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer(BCEE) from the American Association of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES), a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Diploma-Certified Member of the Institute of Asset Management (MIAM), an Elected Fellow of the Water Environment Federation (F.WEF) and an Honorary Member of AWWA. Ms. Harris is a leader in operations management, O&M Issues and asset management, working for change, improvement and enhancement in the global water environment. She served as the 19961997 President of the Water Environment Association of Texas and the 1998-1999 President of the Water Environment Federation.
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 $50 and are sold separately.
The Texas WaterTM 2023 conference hotel and convention center are at the heart of one of the most exciting cities in the nation, Houston. Houston’s Discovery Green Park, Minute Maid Park and the restaurants along the Avenida De Las Americas are just steps away from your hotel. Spouses and guests of the registered attendees at Texas WaterTM 2023 will have the opportunity to embark in self-guided tours to explore the sights, sounds and amazing cuisine of the Bayou City in a self-guided program.
Registered conference guests will be provided access to the Texas WaterTM 2023 Insiders Guidebook that will connect you with Houston’s amazing history, art and antiques, museums, sports and outdoor activities, restaurants, shopping and available downtown guided tours of the City. This year, you can plan and visit all the attractions this vibrant City has to offer at your own pace and schedule.
Conference guests will be offered a special guest registration* that includes a ticket to the Conference Night Out, access to the convention center and exhibit hall, the Conference Meet and Greet and networking opportunities with other registered conference guests. *Guest registration must accompany a full or one day registration (excluding Exhibit Hall Only badge) and costs $110 if purchased by March 20; $130 after.
The Texas Section of American Water Works Association (TAWWA) and the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) are dedicated to providing a safe, harassment-free experience for everyone during Texas WaterTM and official Texas WaterTM conference events. TAWWA and WEAT will not tolerate harassment of conference attendees, exhibitors, speakers, volunteers, or staff. TAWWA and WEAT 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_2023.cfm for more information including contact information for reporting actions contrary to the Texas WaterTM code of conduct.
No matter what challenges arise, our Texas firm is your steadfast champion. It is our mission to support your team by staying flexible and on budget, meeting ambitious deadlines, and becoming your most trusted advisor.
Head to Head Sawcut All Events Are Open to All TX Water Attendees
Proceeds benefit the Curtis Smalley Memorial Fund
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Entry Details: $5 Per Entry · All Equipment Provided
Pre-Registration + Questions: For pre-registration (recommended, not required)
Which division title will you take home?
Women · Ops Challenge Competitor · Men
Wednesday, April 12, 8 am-3:00 pm
Thursday, April 13, 8 am-2:45 pm
Thursday, April 13, 2:45 pm-3:45 pm: Awards Ceremony
Watch the nation’s best operators and maintenance staff compete in the Operations Challenge Competition at Texas WaterTM 2023. The competition returns in person this year and is open to any team that would like to sign up; teams of two to four can compete in as many as seven events. Sign up your utility today! The competition takes place in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday and Thursday. 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), Maintenance (Sponsored by CP&Y), Collection System (Sponsored by AECOM), Safety (Sponsored by Carollo), and our three exhibition events: Electrical (Sponsored by Gupta), Vaughan Exhibition Event (Sponsored by Vaughan), and Victaulic Exhibition Event (Sponsored by Victaulic).
Awards for the Operations Challenge Competition, as well as the Three Municipal Treatment Plant of the Year awards and Operator of the Year Award will be handed out at the Operations Awards Ceremony at 2:45 pm in the Exhibit Hall in the Meter Challenge area.
Non-Utility teams and any person in attendance at the show 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. 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. Contact Jeff Sober at 214-883-6263 or jlsober@garverusa.com or register at www.txwater.org.
Wednesday, April 12, 9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall
Thursday, April 13, 9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall
Hydrant Hysteria is a fast-paced competition where two member teams assemble a specified hydrant as quickly as they can. The Section winners will compete at AWWA ACE23 in Toronto in June. Registration has closed.
1 pm-2:30 pm, Exhibit Hall
The Junior Meter Challenge Contest matches students from high school environmental programs for a test of their meter-assembling skills and dexterity. Please support these future water professionals by attending on Wednesday.
2:30 pm-4:30 pm, Exhibit Hall
Contestants race to assemble a 5/8-inch meter from loose parts and test for leaks. The winner represents Texas at AWWAACE23 in Toronto in June. Limited to 12 competitors. Visit www.txwater.org to sign up.
3 pm-5 pm, Exhibit Hall, 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
9:30 am-1:30 pm, Exhibit Hall
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 AWWAACE23 in Toronto. Visit www.txwater.org to sign up.
9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall
Four-person teams from across the state compete to determine who will represent Texas at the National Pipe Tapping Competition at AWWAACE23 in Toronto. Visit www.txwater.org to sign up.
1:30 pm-3 pm, Exhibit Hall
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 ACE23 in Toronto in June. Visit www.txwater.org to sign up.
The Texas Water 2023 room block at the Hilton AmericasHouston hotel is sold out. The Hilton may have rooms at their regular rate. You can contact them at 713-739-8000 or access their website here
Please check availability at the alternate hotels below.
Texas Water does not have room blocks, special rates or arrangements with the below hotels, but all are within a short walking distance to the George R. Brown Convention Center. No transportation is being provided by Texas Water 2023. Rates may be higher so if you make a reservation at another hotel, note your cancellation date and check back often to see if more rooms become available at the Hilton at the conference rate: https://book.passkey.com/go/TEXASwater23
Marriott Marquis Houston - Adjacent to George R. Brown Convention Center
1777 Walker Street, Houston, Texas 77010 +1 713-654-1777
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Embassy Suites by Hilton Houston Downtown
1515 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77010 (713) 739-9100
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Courtyard Houston Downtown/Convention Center 916 Dallas Street, Houston, Texas, 77002 832-366-1600
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas Water™ 2023 has been making the necessary adjustments to ensure participant safety is our top priority. Together, with the George R. Brown Convention Center and local hotels and venues, we are following current guidance and information shared by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Harris County and the City of Houston. Attendees are encouraged to take any necessary steps to protect themselves and others when attending conference events including being vaccinated, wearing masks and distancing when appropriate.
Residence Inn by Marriott Houston Downtown/ Convention Center
904 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77002 (832) 366-1000
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SpringHill Suites by Marriott Houston Downtown/ Convention Center
914 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77002 (713) 655-0002
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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 2023 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 cut-off date for reservations in excess of 5 rooms is February 27, 2023.
By registering for Texas WaterTM 2023 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 2023, TAWWA and/or WEAT, 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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1:15 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
Attendees can add to their Texas WaterTM 2023 experience by registering for one of the three Friday morning tours. Tour tickets are in addition to conference registration and include transportation. Cost is $35 if purchased by March 20; $40 thereafter. A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase on-site. Choose one of the three tours that will leave from the George R. Brown Convention Center at 8 a.m. Friday morning:
The City of Houston partnered with four regional water authorities to plan, design and construct a 320 MGD expansion to the Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP). The project has been underway since 2012, design was completed in 2019, and construction is progressing towards start-up of the first phase of operation in 2023 and final completion by mid-2025. The project is being delivered using progressive design-build with a total budget of almost $2 billion. The City, authorities, project advisor and design-builder have worked collaboratively through many issues and challenges to be ready to deliver a new source of drinking water to over 2 million customers in the greater Houston area.
Participants will be guided on a walking tour of the areas that are under construction including pretreatment, intermediate ozonation, filtration, pumping and other support facilities. All participants for this tour will be required to wear approved PPE and must arrive wearing construction-toed shoes. Hard hats, vests, gloves, and safety goggles will be available for loan. The tour is limited to the first 40 people who sign up.
The City of Sugar Land’s surface water treatment plant began delivering water to Sugar Land customers in November 2013. The completion of this plant marked an important milestone in the city’s long-range plans to meet growing water demands and comply with state mandate for groundwater reduction requirements. Water produced by the treatment plants originates from the Brazos River. The plant can deliver 10.86 MGD. Two raw water storage reservoirs can hold 27 MGD. The raw water undergoes robust treatment processes including high-rate plate settlers, membrane filters and granular activated carbon filters. Sugar Land’s water is treated to meet a very high standard which surpasses all federal and state drinking water standards. The plant received the Best Tasting Water in Texas in 2019 and the Best Tasting Water in USA in 2019.
Schedule:
8:00 am: Leave from George R. Brown Convention Center
8:45 am: Arrive at Northeast Water Purification Plant
9:00 am: Safety Briefing and Project Overview
9:30 am: Walking Tour of Expansion facilities
11:00 am: Complete tour and leave for George R. Brown Convention Center
11:45 am: Arrive back at George R. Brown Convention Center
Next, the tour will stop at the Constellation Stadium. Constellation Stadium is a state-of-the-art field and is the home of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, the official Triple-A Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Houston Astros. The ballpark’s multi-purpose design features a variety of dynamic settings accommodating everything from intimate catered events to large festivals. This tour will provide an intimate look at the stadium. The tour is limited to the first 40 people who sign up.
Schedule:
8:00 am: Leave from George R. Brown Convention Center
8:45 am: Arrive at Sugar Land Surface Water Treatment Plant
9:45 am: Complete Tour and Leave from Sugar Land
Surface Water Treatment Plant
10:00 am: Arrive at Constellation Stadium
10:45 am: Complete tour and leave for George R. Brown Convention Center
11:30 am: Arrive back at George R. Brown Convention Center
Facility & Armand Bayou Nature Center
Bayport Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) is Gulf Coast Authority’s largest facility, serving primarily industrial customers via a 2.25-mile BioSan pipeline for process wastewater and contaminated storm water runoff and a parallel “Clean Stream” concrete channel for streams that require solids treatment only, such as cooling tower blow-down water. The original plant was built by Friendswood Development Company, then owned by Exxon, as part of its Bayport Industrial Complex. GCA acquired the facility in 1974 and has expanded and improved it since. With customers ranging from petrochemical plants, warehouses and transportation cleaning facilities, Bayport WWTF treats one of the most diverse wastewater streams in the GCA system.
Next, you will have the opportunity to experience Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC) on a Bayou Safari Tour. ABNC is one of the largest urban wilderness preserves in the United States, containing 2,500 acres of the natural wetlands forest, prairie and marsh habitats once abundant in the Houston and Galveston area. ABNC is home to over 370 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians and offers hiking trails, live animal exhibits and a historic farm site. The Bayou Safari Tour begins with a leisurely stroll down our elevated boardwalk to our Environmental Learning Center, observing an abundance of local plants and wildlife. Then board on electric vehicles, the Bayou Ranger I and II, for a ride through the riparian forest down to the bayou, prairie and farm area, and end by saying hello to our bison. The tour is limited to the first 40 people who sign up.
Schedule:
8:00 am: Leave from George R. Brown Convention Center
8:45 am: Arrive at GCA Bayport Wastewater Treatment Facility
9:45 am: Complete Tour and Leave from GCA Bayport Wastewater Treatment Facility
10:00 am: Arrive at Armand Bayou Nature Center
11:00 am: Complete tour and leave for George R. Brown Convention Center
11:45 AM - Arrive back at George R. Brown Convention Center
*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.
1:201:50 pm
No Redundancy, No Space, No Problem: A Dewatering Solution
Jason Crawley
Freese and Nichols
Tim Walker
Town of Little Elm
Spencer Lindsay
Freese and Nichols
1:552:25 pm
Wastewater: A Reflection of Society. The Impact of PFAS on Water Reclamation Facilities
Jane Madden
CDM Smith
Eric Spargimino
CDM Smith
Fort Worth’s Transition to Thermal Drying of Biosolids
Steven Nutter
City of Fort Worth Water Department
Are Your Wet Scrubbers Effective/ Operating - A Working Guide for the Successful Operator!
Richard J Pope
Hazen and Sawyer
Odor Mitigation in Wastewater Interceptor Collection Systems
Eric Dawson Parsons
The Other Type of Severe Wastewater Corrosion (not hydrogen sulfide)
John Mitchell
Austin Water
Rode Mora
Austin Water
Planning, Training, Funding –Partnerships and Programs that are Building the Water Workforce of Tomorrow
Chirine Chidiac Arcadis
Mariana Anguiano
Trinity River Authority of Texas
A Pipeline For Success: WEAT SDC and Inflow Collaboration Designing a Diverse Workforce for the Future
Tori Haugvoll
Black & Veatch
Caitlin Ruff
Black & Veatch
Tanya Miro-Warren
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Tally the Score: Improving Staffing through the Comparison of Benchmark Metrics
Kyle Swank
KIT Professionals
Robert Upton
City of Pearland
Sunil Kommineni
KIT Professionals
Julian Kelly
City of Pearland
Emerging Membrane Strategies to “Unstick” PFAS from WRF’s Raul Dominguez
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Jordan Duncan
Kimley-Horn and Associates
X-Ray Vision with Advanced Hydraulic Modeling – Conquering Water Quality Issues in Nooks and Crannies of a Water System
Varenya Mehta, KIT Professionals
Debbie Webb, City of Lake Jackson
Sunil Kommineni, KIT Professionals
Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals
The ABCs of Technical Writing: Improving Readability Using Accuracy, Brevity, and Clarity
Abigail Graves
Garver
Jami Castillo
Garver
Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
Pretreatment
Water Conservation
4:35 pm
A Personality of Its OwnWhat is Sludge Rheology and Why is it Important?
Tracy Chouinard
Brown and Caldwell
Innovating City of Austin’s Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management
Plant: Design Challenges Behind the First Municipal Deammonification Plant in Texas
Aldo Sotelo
Stantec Consulting Services
Nicole Stephens
Stantec Consulting Services
Pretreatment Program Audits –A TCEQ Perspective
Colleen Cook
TCEQ
Pretreatment to the Rescue: Emergency Pretreatment Tools for Tackling Industrial Challenges
Peter Reale
Plummer
Jennifer Moore
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Connecting Conservation and Planning: A Texas Water Story
Shae Luther
Texas Water Development Board
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Sugar Land Leak Detection Program
Case Study – Ranking Performance Against the ASTERRA Texas
Big 12 Client Base
Merritt Nolte-Roth
City of Sugar Land
Gadi Kovarsky ASTERRA
Change Can Be Good: The Story of Aeration Upgrades and Process Changes at Three Oklahoma City WWTPs
Annie Jiang, Ardurra
Joy Kotey, City of Oklahoma City
Megan Martin, Ardurra Randel West, Ardurra
Dive into Virtual Reality: Incorporating 3D Visualization Tools for Design, Client Communications, and Operator Engagement
Tasie Kade
Carollo Engineers
Steven Hand
John Mitchell
Austin Water
PAD Your Mainstream - A Novel Dual N and P Sidestream Approach
Caitlin Ruff
Black & Veatch
Theo Chan
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Mike Young
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Leon Downing
Black & Veatch
When Surcharge Limits Are Not Enough: The Affects of Uncontrolled Overstrength Waste on a Treatment Facility
Natalie Taylor
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Water Conservation in 4DX
Kevin Kluge
Austin Water
Know Your Wastewater’s Character Arc - Influence and Impact of Influent Characterization
Prachi Salekar
Black & Veatch
Carollo Engineers 4:405:10 pm
Eric Redmond
Black & Veatch
*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.
Water For People/ International Issues
Uniting Entire Communities
Around “One Water”: WASH Solutions & Modeling in Rural Peru
Jacob Niemeier
Vera Aqua Vera Vita
Sonja Cook Plummer
Water For People Bolivia
Municipalities Reaches
Sustainability: History of Programs, Advocacy, Outreach and Communication from 1992 to 2022
Crystal M Broadbent Hazen and Saywer
Legislative/Regulatory Public Info
Electrical and SCADA/ I&C University Forum
Polarity Modulation
AWWA National Update
Tommy Holmes AWWA
View from Washington: Federal Update from NACWA or WEF NACWA/WEF
Successful PFAS Public Communications: How to Handle the Press and the Public During Discoveries and Panics
Mike McGill WaterPIO
Establishing a Customer Service Program for Small Systems
Lauren Willis Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Manage Alarms, Manage Your Process – How to Implement an Alarm Management System
Joanne MacDougall Gulf Coast Authority
Improving SCADA Situation
Awareness and Process
Optimization Using Machine Learning Models in Water and Wastewater System
Francisco Alcala
CDM Smith
Enhances Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate by Iron Nanocatalysts
Yuren Feng, Rice University
Xiaochuan Huang, Rice University
Zhen-yu Wu, Rice University
Haotian Wang, Rice University
Kuichang Zuo, Rice University
Qilin Li, Rice University
Electrochemical Conversion of Waste Activated Sludge to Short Chain Fatty Acids on the Surface of NonPrecious Metal Electrodes
Maasoomeh Jafari
Texas Tech University
Gerardine G. Botte
Texas Tech University
Quantifying Intra- and Extracellular Legionella in Building
Water/Wastewater Masterplanning Challenges for an Orphange in Oaxaca, Mexico
Roel Huerta AECOM
This is Water’s Moment: Navigating New Funding Streams for Your Water Projects
Stacy Barna
CDM Smith
Industry ESG Commitments Create New Funding Opportunities for Utilities
Kristin O’Neill Brown and Caldwell
Brian Perkins
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Impact Fees: An Effective Means to Economically
Distribute Costs for Water, Wastewater, Drainage, and Street Improvements to Developers
Kelly Hajek
Strand Associates
Mark Rudolph Strand Associates
1:201:50 pm
EPA Presentation EPA
Outreach Strategies to Protect Our Wastewater System from Fats, Oil and Grease
Ryan Prillman City of Houston
TCEQ
The 88th Session of the Texas Legislature: It’s Always a Water Session in Texas!
Julie Nahrgang
WEAT/TACWA
Nutrient Regulations in Texas – Status Update from the WEAT Nutrient Committee
Peter Reale Plummer
Chris Pasch Plummer
1:552:25 pm
Restoring An Aging SCADA System and Increasing the Reliability of a Private Radio Communication Network for CRMWD
Michael Schuster
Freese and Nichols
A Proactive Monitoring Plan for Algal Blooms, Taste & Odor, and Cyanotoxins
Hunter Adams, City of Wichita Falls
Sam Reeder, City of Wichita Falls
Emily Appleton, City of Wichita Falls
Mark Southard, City of Wichita Falls
An Exploration of Sample Prep Techniques for Nontargeted Analysis of PFAS Using Combustion Ion Chromatography
Jay Gandhi Metrohm USA
How Laboratories use Computer Databases to Increase Communication, Accuracy, and Traceability that can Assist Operations
Kylie Gudgell
Guadalupe Blanco River Authority
Microplastics - How Managing a Small Particle Can Become a Macro-Challenge
Susan Spore
Brown and Caldwell
Hot, Hot, Hot: Biological Treatment Temperature Control Strategies Under Extreme Heat Conditions
Joanne MacDougall
Gulf Coast Authority
Plumbing and Drinking Water Distribution Systems Across the U.S.
Danielle M. Angert, UT Austin
Lan Nguyen, UT Austin
Jess Brown, UT Austin
Caroline Russell, UT Austin
Melina Bautista, UT Austin
Eric D. Cambronne, UT Austin
Mary Jo Kirisits, UT Austin
2:30 -
3:00 pm
Ultrafiltration for Municipal Wastewater Reclamation and Potable Reuse
Qinlin Li
Texas A&M University
Shankar Chellam
Texas A&M University
3:304:00 pm
Chlorine-resistant Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Desalination
Siddhartha Paul University of Houston
Devin L. Shaffer University of Houston
4:054:35 pm
9:009:30 am
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 13
Proposed Design Criteria
Changes to 30 TAC Chapter 217 Subchapters C and D with Emphasis on Reclaimed Water Distribution Systems
Paul Brochi
TCEQ
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20 Years in the Making on Mary’s Creek - A New Water Reclamation Facility for the City of Fort Worth
Ellen McDonald Plummer
Chris Harder
City of Fort Worth Water Department
Network Asset Visibility –Fundamental for OT Cybersecurity
Randy Petersen San Jacinto River Authority
Flood Mitigation Improvements and Funding Resources for Liberty WWTP
Rebekkah Sandt
HR Green
Keval Satra
HR Green
TAP into Conservation: A Technical Assistance Program for Water Conservation Plans
Shae Luther
Texas Water Development Board
Travis Brice
Texas Water Development Board
Getting Closer to the Finish Line with El Paso’s Advanced Water Purification Facility
Gianna Aguirre
Carollo Engineers
Harnessing Sustainable Water for Weatherford with Indirect Potable Reuse
Bill Smith
City of Weatherford
Allison Blake Hage
Freese and Nichols
Ryan Opgenorth
Freese and Nichols
Use and Benefits of GAC Adsorption in Potable Reuse Applications
Zaid Chowdhury Garver
Building Back a Resilient and Sustainable Wastewater System Using Emergency Management Funding to Maximize the Benefit-Cost Ratio
Jeff Pelletier
Atkins North America
Fazle Rabbi
Houston Public Works
Water Sector Federal Cybersecurity Legislation - What You Need To Know to Prepare
Mark McKinney
Tetra Tech
Getting it Right: Utility Resilience Beyond Legislative Requirements
Linda Warren
Launch! Consulting
Texas Sized Needs in Small Communities: Ensuring Small Communities are Represented in Regional Flood Planning
Jenny Bywater
CDM Smith
Travis Pruski
Nueces River Authority
Stacy Barna
CDM Smith
Jessica Watts
CDM Smith
Integrated Wastewater Planning and Financing to Solve the Pains of Rapid Growth
Rachel Adkisson
Freese and Nichols
Dan Johnson
City of Manvel
Ishita Rahman
Freese and Nichols
Adam Conner
Freese and Nichols
Come and Take It! A Utility’s Struggle for Water Independence
Matt Froehlich BGE
Danny McGuire Port O’Connor Improvement District
Climate and Hydrology
Modeling for Austin’s Integrated Water Resource Plan
Helen Gerlach
Austin Water
Enhancing CIP Resilience: Lessons Learned for a Tangible Approach to Resilient Planning
Tess Sprague Brown and Caldwell
Navigating the Regulatory MazePermitting Lake Ralph Hall, a Look Back
Edward Motley
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
Ronna Hartt
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
Utilizing Reclaimed Water to Sustainably Revitalize Park Land While Aiding in Subsidence
Groundwater Reduction GoalsCity of Rosenberg Seabourne Creek Reclaimed Water System
Kyle Kaspar
Quiddity Engineering
Cloud-Based SCADA Levels the Playing Field for Small Systems
Mauritz Botha XiO
Digging Deep for Long-term Flood Relief: Phase 2 Tunnel Feasibility Study
Jason Becker
Halff Associates
Chris Mueller
Black & Veatch
Scott Elmer
Harris County Flood Control District
Investigation of Alternative Management Strategies to Prevent PFAS from Entering Drinking Water Supplies and Wastewater
Kyle Thompson Carollo Engineers
Eva Steinle-Darling Carollo Engineers
A Successful Demonstration of Ammonia Based Aeration Control (ABAC) Results in Energy and Chemical Savings via Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification (SND)
Ahmed Al-Omari
Brown and Caldwell
Not-So-Forever Chemicals: Field Demonstration of PFAS Destruction by a Pilot-Scale Nanofiltration and UV-Sulfite
Treatment Train
Charlie Liu
Kennedy Jenks Consultants
Wastewater Surveillance for Monitoring COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases in Houston, Texas
Camille McCall
Rice University
Development of a Hurricane Storm Surge and River Runoff Model for the Texas Coast
Erik Valseth
The University of Texas at Austin
Matthew Scarborough
The University of Texas at Austin
Chayanon Wichitrnithed
The University of Texas at Austin
Clint Dawson
The University of Texas at Austin
Sharing Stories: DEI in TAWWA
Dedra Ecklund
Lockwood Andrews & Newnam
Using Stormwater for Managed Aquifer Recharge
Gretchen Miller
Collier Consulting
The Plot Thickens: Maintaining Sludge Processing Operations During Replacement of Gravity Thickener
Joseph Grano Arcadis
Robert Moss
Austin Water Utility
Laying the Foundation for a New Reservoir: Economic Analysis and Financial Planning to Ensure Success
Angie Flores
Raftelis Financial Consultants
Daniel Nix
City of Wichita Falls
9:00 -
9:30 am
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFWIA) – A Resilient
Stormwater Master Plan
Assistance that Saves: Let us Count the WaysAn Analysis of Actual Water Savings of the Plumbers to People Program
Chad Cosper San Antonio Water System
Seth Nehrke
CDM Smith
Michael Schmidt
CDM Smith
Eduardo Tovar
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Ada Inda
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
DEI 201: Tools and Resources to Build a Safe and Welcoming Workplace
Ari Copeland Black & Veatch
Xi Zhao
Black & Veatch
Empowering Every Colleague: Strategies to Address Intersectionality in Inclusion and Diversity
Isabel Perez Rios Bravo Stantec
Sarang Agarwal Stantec
Making Sense of the Monsoon: Using Storytelling to Build a Foundation of Collaboration to Advance an Equitable Water Future Across Texas
Sarah Robinson US Water Alliance
Navigating the Implementation of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Through Polluted Waters
Samantha Agniel
CDM Smith
Cory Sellars City of Beaumont
Two-Headed Monster: Operational Startup Challenges during a MultiOrganizational Startup of a Dual Purpose Pump Station
James McQuery
Dallas Water Utilities
Gabe Trejo Arcadis
Jeff Haasch
JH Engineering
Lelya Gutierez
Freese and Nichols
A Fast Track With Extra Hurdles: New Braunfels Expands a Water Treatment Plant Amid
Economic Volatility
Bansi Khajuria
Freese and Nichols
Ashley Zimmermann
New Braunfels Utilities
Kira Iles
Freese and Nichols
Noble Technique for Bank Stabilization at Wastewater Line Utilizing Stream Barbs
Made of Christmas Trees, City of Frisco, TX
Aiza Jose HDR
Emily Daniel HDR
Resilience Through Stream Restoration: How Fort Worth is Protecting its Critical Infrastructure
Keith Byrne
Freese and Nichols
Pratima Poudyul
City of Fort Worth
Jonathan Schwartzenberg
Freese and Nichols
What Have You Always Wanted to Ask a Contractor?
Mike Watson
MWH
Construction in a Volatile Market from an Owner and Design Builder Perspective
Aron Soto
MGC Contractors
Water Supply Augmentation to Rio Grande Diversions and Water Conservation
Charles Ortiz
Laguna Madre Water District
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San Antonio’s Ever Changing Path to Water Resiliency
Jeffrey Haby
San Antonio Water System
Gregg Eckhardt
San Antonio Water System
The Economic Importance of Your Utility – What Your Customers Need to Know and How to Tell Them
William Zieburtz Stantec
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Interactive Discussion
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1:101:40 pm
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13
Designing the Perfect Storm: Utilizing Historical Rainfall to Validate a Design Storm and Evaluate Your Modeled Collection System
Dan Hilderbrandt
San Jacinto River Authority
Kendall Ryan
Freese and Nichols
Nabeel Khan
Leveraging Asset Life Cycle Data to Optimize Capital and Maintenance Investments
John D’Antoni
Black & Veatch
Fast and Furious: Expanding a Membrane Water Treatment Plant through Retrofit while Coping with a Volatile Market
Yue Sun, Ardurra
Brandon Pritchett, City of Pflugerville
Jonathan Degen, Ardurra
Brian Camp, City of Pflugerville
Successful Full-Scale Continuous Flow Densification of Activated Sludge at Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility Without Physical Selection
Brandt Miller
Hazen and Sawyer
Ron Latimer
Hazen and Sawyer
Gaya Ram Mohan
Freese and Nichols
How to See it All: Machine Learning for Prediction of Manhole Condition
Samantha Greivell Garver
Dynamic Water SystemsHow SJRA is Applying Digital Transformation Strategies
Chris Meeks
San Jacinto River Authority
Shawn Dent Carollo Engineers
Meera Meera Carollo Engineers
Houston’s Approach to Preparing and Equipping Staff to Operate and Maintain a New $1.8B, 320 MGD WTP
Paul Walker, Carollo Engineers
Eric Garza, City of Houston
Joey Eickhoff, City of Houston
Stories of Carbon Redirection for Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment in the Age of Advanced Nutrient Removal
Arifur Rahman Jacobs
Tim Constantine Jacobs
Hazen and Sawyer 1:452:15 pm
William Stauber, Carollo Engineers
3:203:50 pm
Truthiness: Field Data, Model Data, Design Data – Resolving Reality Among Conflicting Sources of Information
Andrew Czubai
Trinity River Authority
Nick Dons
Trinity River Authority
How a $200 Air Release Valve Postponed a $2,500,000 Booster Pump Station Project by Years –A Valuable Lesson in Air-Locking
Eric Dole Garver
Optimized Biofilters – How To Get There: Side-by-Side Evaluation at 440 MGD Plant
Kimberlie Brashear
City of Dallas Water Utilities
Emma Shen Jacobs 2:202:50 pm
Innovative Process Piping Modifications to Enhance Carbon Management in Primary Treatment
Anton Dapcic Carollo Engineers
Tanya Rauch-Williams Carollo Engineers
Dale Gabel Carollo Engineers
E-74 Rosillo Creek Sewer Project: Keeping Sewer in Line with In-line Storage Solutions
Jeffrey Reck Arcadis
Cristina de la Garza
San Antonio Water System
How the Workforce of Tomorrow Influences City of Houston’s Digital Transformation Today
William Kuehne Ardurra
Fazle Rabbi
Houston Public Works
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Implications of the Reactions Between Monochloramine and Free Chlorine for Water Operations
David Simons TCEQ
Benefits of Hydrocyclones for WRRF Performance: Better Settling, Improved Nitrification… and Reduced E. coli?!
Alexandra Doody, CDM Smith
Samir Mathur, CDM Smith
Jamie Belden, City of Wichita
Quick – The Wastewater is Coming! A Multi-phase System Improvement Approach for a Rapidly Growing Area with High Head Pumping Requirements
Anamika Kumari
CDM Smith
Ana Marie Karamalegos
CDM Smith
Charles Leist
City of Waco Water Utilities
5:00 pm
Collection System Moneyball
Temple Williamson
Pipeline Analysis
Wesley Nebgen City of Corpus Christi
LCRR: Failure to Communicate is a Violation Waiting to Happen
Mary Gugliuzza
City of Fort Worth
Baking up Fresh Transmission Pipeline Design Standards from Scratch
Ryan Sowa
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Graham Moore
Alliance Regional Water Authority
That’s Right, You’re Not from Texas but Texas Wants You Anyways: Using an Established Technology that is New to Texas for Iron and Manganese Removal
Joseph Jenkins
Walker Partners
Equipment and Subsystem Testing on Houston’s First Drinking Water Ozone Disinfection System
Lander Kennedy
CDM Smith
Daniel Bond
CDM Smith
Jasmin Zambrano
City of Houston
There’s a New (Primary) Sheriff in Town: Evaluating Primary Filters for Texas WRRFs
Dylan Christenson
Black & Veatch
Elaine Hung
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Andrew Moore
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Daniel Dair, World Water Works 3:554:25 pm
Eric Redmond
Black & Veatch
Addition by Subtraction –Expanding Lewisville’s Secondary Treatment Capacity From Three Processes to One
Joel Cantwell
HDR
Kelly Rouse
City of Lewisville
Cedric West
City of Lewisville
Maintenance
Performic Acid: The New Kid on the WRRF Disinfection Block
Christine Ngan
CDM Smith
Brian Hilts
CDM Smith
Samir Mathur
CDM Smith
Domenico Santoro USP Technologies
A Utility Might Not Own That Connection, But They Own What Comes Down It – Getting the Most Out of Trenchless Lateral Rehabilitation
Jeff Maier Garver
When Material/Equipment Delivery Dates Can’t Be Met
Mike Querry
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Emile Lang
Trinity River Authority of Texas
What’s In Your Maintenance Wallet?
Developing and Implementing a Maintenance Management Strategy to Decrease Risk and Improve Equipment Availability
Laura Moreno
Black & Veatch
Simon Watson Black & Veatch
Words Every Engineer Love, but Commissioning Managers Dread…
“Largest installation ever” / “Full System Integration” / “First of its Kind”
Kiersten Lee
MWH Constructors
Try This One Bizarre Trick! How Fort Worth Water Bridged The Gap During The Replacement of Their Primary Thickening Process
Eduardo Aguirre
City of Fort Worth Water Department
Russell Redder
City of Fort Worth Water Department
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13
Streamlined Risk Management: Less Intrusive Methods; Same Benefit
Scott Taylor
Trinity River Authority of Texas
John Rice
Trinity River Authority of Texas
From Conceptualization to Reality – Austin
Water’s Vertical Asset Management Program
Lauren King
Austin Water
One Strategic Step for Fort Worth Water, One Practical Leap for Asset Management
Wendy Chi, City of Fort Worth
Nicholas McCormick, Freese and Nichols
Mazen Kawasmi , Freese and Nichols
Jessica Brown, Freese and Nichols
Gage Muckleroy, GHD
Design of an 84” Water Transmission Line Curved Tunnel under a Major Texas Highway Interchange
Chris Campbell, Binkley & Barfield
Matt Koziol, Schnabel Engineering
Showri Nandagiri, NHCRWA
Tim McQueary, HB Trenchless
Three For One - Alliance Water’s $50 Million Segment A Pipeline Brings Water to Central Texas, Plus 2 Future Pipelines
Travis Michel
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Hunter Hanson
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam
Graham Moore
Alliance Regional Water Authority
Using Something Tried and True When you Can’t Build a Pump Station to be Brand New
Lizanne Douglas
BGE
David Miller
CWA
Makenzie Davis
BGE
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If It Ain’t Broke, Do Fix It? Phosphate Demonstration Testing towards Achieving Compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
Justin Bartlett, KIT Professionals
Nicholas Cook, City of Deer Park
Cindy Dong, KIT Professionals
Kyle Swank, KIT Professionals
Coupon Immersion vs. Pipe
Loop Study: Two Road Maps for Developing OCCTs
Amlan Ghosh
Corona Environmental Consulting
1:10 -
1:40 pm
1:452:15 pm
Source to Tap: Optimizing Treatment and Distribution System Operation and Tracking to Prevent Nitrification
Tyler Hudson, Hazen and Sawyer
Logan Burton, Ardurra
Meric Selbes, Hazen and Sawyer
Michael Rodgers, City of Laredo
2:202:50 pm
City of Austin Water Service Line Analytics That Identify Highly Frequented Customers
Brent Bassett
Austin Water
Houston Implements an Automated Risk-based Capacity and Condition Assessment Model for its 6000 Miles of Wastewater Gravity Pipes
Jinia Islam
City of Houston
Fazle Rabbi
City of Houston
Fort Worth’s Storm Drain Rehabilitation Program: Exploring Artificial Intelligence For Cost-Effective Operations and Planning
Matt Stahl
Halff Associates
Cannon Henry City of Fort Worth
Cooper Hoffman
Halff Associates
Mass Deployment of Static Meters
Marty Martinez
San Antonio Water System
Jeff Evans
VASS Solutions
The Decisive Factor: Building a Decision Matrix Dashboard for the City of Houston Surface Water Transmission Program
Kate Hallaway BGE
Singarpal Sekhorn
City of Houston
Lindsay Kovar BGE
The Show Ain’t Over Until the Pipeline is Installed: A Case Study on Design Improvements During Construction
Jason Ward, Freese and Nichols
Jared Barber, Freese and Nichols
Nathan McMillan, Freese and Nichols
Chase Juhl, Dannenbaum Engineering Corporation
Corrosion Control Study on Harvested Lead and Copper Service Lines
Trevin Heisey
Burns & McDonnell
Unregulated Contaminants –Navigating Integration of Advanced Water Treatment Technologies
Sunil Kommineni
KIT Professionals
Kyle Swank
KIT Professionals
Justin Bartlett
KIT Professionals
Estimating the PFAS Price Tag for Drinking Water Utilities: Cost Model Collaboration with AWWA
Adam Feffer
Black & Veatch
Xi Zhao
Black & Veatch
Nicholas Burns
Black & Veatch
3:203:50 pm
3:554:25 pm
4:305:00 pm
One Year into the City of Houston’s use of Artificial Intelligence in Automated Defect Recognition and Coding of Sewer Lines, Reflections, Challenges and Lessons Learned
Ayobamidele Bello, HR Green
Fazle Rabbi, Houston Public Works
Bintuan Zhui, Houston Public Works
San Antonio’s Transition to Polymer Concrete Sanitary Sewer Structures
Jonathan Vorheis
Jacobs Engineering
Joshua Garcia
San Antonio Water System
HDPE Pipe – It’s Not Just For Waterlines Anymore
Edward Ambler
Alliance for PE Pipe
David Freireich
City of Round Rock
Aaron Davey
Alliance for PE Pipe
The Journey to Develop an Executable Wastewater CIP Project
Rebekah Pepper
Austin Water
Simplifying Force Main Inspections with New Inline Tool
Patrick Hulsebosch
RJN Group
Water-Cooled New Customer You Have! Understanding Data Centers’ Water Demands and Meeting Them Sustainably
Nissim Gore-Datar Arcadis
Haste To Treat Waste: Fast-Tracking WWTP Expansion in Response to Accelerated Growth
Amy Middleton Plummer
Amy Uniacke
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Hannah Leppla Plummer
Ana Pena-Tijerina Plummer
Who’s on First? What’s on Second?
The Pathway to a Prioritized CIP
Robert Hoffman HDR
Marc Cottingame
Dallas Water Utilities
Eva Gorgi
Dallas Water Utilities
Canyon Regional Water Authority: The Strengths and Challenges of Regional Cooperation
Chris Ekrut
NewGen Strategies & Solutions
Humberto Ramos
Canyon Regional Water Authority
Continuous Improvement
Results: Austin Water’s Success Using Effective Utility Management Framework
Matthew Saragosa
Austin Water Utility
Evening the Playing Field: Modeling Carrier Water to Optimize Chemical Diffusion
Corey Smith
KIT Professionals
Smart Utility: What it Means for Planners and Operators? A Case Study of Houston Water!
Satish Tripathi
City of Houston
Jassim Jaf
City of Houston
PFAS Treatment at Cape Fear Public Utility Authority: Design and Commissioning of the Largest GAC Facility in North Carolina
Adam Feffer
Black & Veatch
Xi Zhao
Black & Veatch
Nicholas Burns
Black & Veatch
Optimizing Filter Backwash Flow Control by Minimizing Cavitation and Modifying Control Technique
Tyler Hudson
Hazen and Sawyer
Mariana Anguiano
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Sid McCain
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Does Your Utility Need a Resiliency Check? Don’t Forget to Give Backup Disinfection a Reality Check
Gail Charles
Arcadis
Derek Littlejohn
Arcadis
Emily Hannon
City of Arlington
Overview of Treatment Technologies Commonly Utilized by Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Texas for Total Phosphorus Removal
Baltazar Lucero-Ramirez
TCEQ
Is Digital Cloning (TWIN) a Reality: Future of Nutrient Removal Optimization and Operation in WRRFs
Raj Chavan Atkins
Bringing Westbank to Central Texas: Expansion and Upgrade of City of Austin Walnut Creek WWTP for Biological Nutrient Removal
Xiaohong He, AECOM
Keith Sears, AECOM
Rebecca Vento, Austin Water
Charles Celauro, Austin Water
AGS – (Another Great Solution) (Aerobic Granular sludge)
Perran Hutton
Plummer
My Nitrifiers are Better Than Yours - Low DO Nitrification
Eric Redmond
Black & Veatch
Raudel Juarez
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Monica Ramirez
University of Houston
Mike Young
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Twice the Lift Station, Half the Space: Lessons Learned from Wastewater Infrastructure
Expansion in a Constrained Site
Rami Issa
AECOM
Matthew Abbe
AECOM
Roshan Thapa
North Texas Municipal Water District
Demonstration of a Laser-Focused Utility Diagnostic Tool, Developed for Senior Leadership Training and Work Prioritization
Ben Stanford
Hazen and Sawyer
Two for the Price of One –Dual-Purpose Centrifuges
Rajeev Datta Kamalampet
CDM Smith
Kenneth Dement
City of Houston
Steve Lynk
CDM Smith
Nutrient Removal OperationsA Compilation of Lessons
Learned Over 30 Years
Randall Wirtz
Strand Associates
Kelly Hajek
Strand Associates
Mark Rudolph
Strand Associates
The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg: Enhancing Non-Potable Water to Improve Flexibility and Resiliency at the Dallas Water Utilities Central
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Alexander Zuniga, LAN
Greg Vaughn, LAN
Lance Phillips, Dallas Water Utilities
Tim O’Brien, Gresham Smith
Out of Space for All Your Waste?
Pressure Cook Your Way Out of Anaerobic Digester Capacity
Issues: Two Case Studies on Thermal Hydrolysis
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Tuesday, April 11 • Memorial Golf Course
7 am check-in w/breakfast. 8 am Shotgun Scramble w/lunch, prizes & awards following. No on-site registration. Limited to 32 teams.
In 2019, the Astros Golf Foundation pledged to refurbish Memorial Park Golf Course to make it a world-class playing field for all Houstonians and now the course hosts the PGA Tour's Cadence Bank Houston Open The new course is designed by Tom Boak and four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and even playing from the regular tees, it is a great challenge for all golfers. With the renovations, Memorial Park Golf Course is known as one of the best municipal courses in the nation and tee times are hard to come by. The course does not host tournaments often and we are lucky to have been able to command the entire course in the prime golf season in Texas. The PGA players love this course and we invite you to chase your PGA dreams on this course too! There are 5 par 3’s and 5 par 5’s, so lots of birdies and hole in one opportunities.
As you play, check out one of the most intriguing features of the course in the state-of-the-art storm water irrigation system that was designed to capture and retain 80 million gallons of storm water for irrigation purposes removing the golf course's irrigation from the city's potable water system. Water and golf coming together!
(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 closest to the Pin Sponsorship.....4,000
SILVER: ONE team registration and all 5 Hole in one sponsors.....$2,500
BRONZE: ONE team registration.....$1,700
PUBLIC AGENCY INDIVIDUAL: ONE individual.....$200 (limit of 8)
TEAM CAPTAIN OR INDIVIDUAL
NAME:
Firm Name:
Address: City:
State: Zip: __________________
Cell Number:
Email:
#2:
#3: #4:
TEAM GOLFER NAMES
THE EASIEST WAY TO REGISTER IS ONLINE! www.txwater.org
Or mail form with payment to: TW23 Golf Tournament P.O. Box 676 Pflugerville, TX 78691 Or fax to 512-251-8152
PAYMENT METHOD:
Public Agency Individual (limited)..$200. $
Platinum Package...............$5,000........ $
Gold Package.....................$4,000........ $
Silver Package....................$2,500........ $
Bronze Package..................$1,700........ $
Sponsorship Opportunities
(Multiple sponsors available at each level; sponsorship sign to be given to sponsor):
Tee Box......................... x $1,000... $
Hole in One Grand Prize Sponsor (a New Truck) .............$2,000... $
Hole in One Holes
Prize Sponsor...........................$500..... $
Closest to the Pin.....................$250..... $
Longest Drive, Men..................$250..... $
Longest Drive, Women..............$250..... $
Ball Sponsor (company name on a sleeve of balls for every golfer)................$2,000.. $
Ball Launcher Sponsorship........$500..... $
Tournament Extras Mulligans ($20/each)........ x $20......$
(Mulligan tickets are also raffle prize tickets)
TOTAL (add column at right) $
Tournament Co-Chairs:
Chris Canonico, 713-540-5512, canonico@ardurra.com
JD Leffingwell, 832.418.5797, jd.leffingwell@sciphyn.com
Christian Annexy, 832-520-4560, cannexy@mccarthy.com
#: Expiration:
Cardholder Name: Security Code:
Credit Card Billing Address:
Signature:
Early Registration Deadline: March 20, 2023
April 11-14, 2023
Houston, Texas
Payment must accompany this form or registration cannot be processed REGISTER ONLINE: www.txwater.org. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE
Full Registration includes Wed. Awards Lunch, Thurs. Women of Water Breakfast, Thurs. Box Lunch and Thurs. Night Out tickets
❑ Full Registration - MEMBER ....................... $395 ......... $445 .......
❑ Full Registration - NON MEMBER .............. $635 ......... $685 .......
NON MEMBERS ONLY. Full registration at the non-member rate also includes a free one-year membership in either AWWA/TAWWA or WEF/WEAT. With full, non-member registration, please indicate which organization you wish to join (new members only - no renewals): ❑ AWWA/TAWWA ❑ WEF/WEAT
❑ Student ........................................................ $50 ........... $60 ......... (no meals/tickets included, must register with .edu email)
❑ Wednesday Only - MEMBER (includes Awards Lunch ticket) .................. $225 .......... $265 .......
❑ Wednesday Only - NON MEMBER (includes Awards Lunch ticket) .................. $285 .......... $325 .......
❑ Thursday Only - MEMBER (includes Box Lunch ticket) ........................ $175 ......... $215 .......
❑ Thursday Only - NON MEMBER (includes Box Lunch ticket) ........................ $235 ......... $275 ....... ______
❑ Friday Only - MEMBER $110 ......... $120 .......
❑ Friday Only - NON MEMBER $120 ......... $135 .......
❑ Exhibit Hall Only (4/12, 4/13) ........................ $65 ........... $65 ......... (Sorry: No one-day passes available)
❑ I plan to participate in the Curtis Smalley Environmental Event (Tuesday)
❑ I plan to attend the Awards Celebration Lunch (Box lunch ticket required; included in Full Registration or Thursday Only. Or purchase ticket below.)
FRIDAY FACILITY TOURS
Select One Tour Below: ................................. $35 ........... $40 ........ ______
❑ Tour 1: City of Houston Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion
❑ Tour 2: City of Sugar Land WTP/Constellation Field
❑ Tour 3: Gulf Coast Authority WW Treatment Plant/Bayou Nature Center
ADD ONS QUANTITY
*1 ticket included with Full Registration
❑ *Awards Lunch (Wed.) ................... x $75 ........... $85 ........
❑ *Women of Water Breakfast (Thurs.) _____ x $50 ........... $60 ........
❑ *Box Lunch (Thurs.) ....................... _____ x $40 ........... $50 ........
❑ *TW23 Thursday Night Event ........ x $100 ......... $110 ......
❑ Gloyna Breakfast (Fri.) ................. x $50 ........... $50 ........
❑ Guest Badge ................................................... $110 .......... $130 ...... (must accompany a full or one day registration; includes access to exhibit hall and ticket to Thurs. Night event) Badge Name: __________________________________
❑ Donation to Water For People - Optional
TOTAL PAYMENT (add right column) .....................
❑ This is my first time attending the Texas Water Conference
TCEQ Operator License #___
I have special dietary needs: ❑ Vegetarian
❑ 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________________________________________
Credit Card Billing Address___________________________
(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 2023 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 20, 2023. A $60 cancellation fee will be assessed to all refund requests made prior to March 20, 2023. Substitutions allowed. Substitutions may incur a $25 processing fee. All refunds must be requested in writing. Send refund or substitution requests to Texas Water at info@txwater.org
Early registration deadline: March 20, 2023
