HDR Water & Natural Resources Professionals Set For Big Slate Of Presentations At WEFTEC 2013 Conference

HDR again will have a large contingent of presenters and workshop participants at the largest water quality event in North America – WEFTEC 2013.

The 86th annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference will feature the latest in water quality research, technology and services for wastewater specialists Oct. 5-9 at the McCormick Place South Convention Center in Chicago.

There will be 24 different HDR water and wastewater professionals presenting papers in technical sessions and opening weekend workshops, as well as two poster presentations and two session moderators and four assistant moderators.

Three professionals will be presenting multiple papers – Joe Cleary of Mahwah, N.J., Hany Gerges of Walnut Creek, Calif., and JB Neethling of Folsom, Calif. HDR also has 10 other professionals listed as co-authors on other presentations, including three in the Oct. 7 Leading Edge Nutrient Removal Research and Practical Applications half-day session.

Several from HDR also will be participating in the activities surrounding the Oct. 5 WEF Young Professionals Community service project. This year’s project is titled Reading, Writing and Rain Gardens. Concrete on the playground at Haines Elementary School in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood will be replaced with green infrastructure.

A new twist to the Young Professionals project is an event called “WaterJAM,” a musical benefit to raise additional funds for ongoing maintenance of the WEF Community Service Project. On the evening of Oct. 5 at the Gallery Bar, emeritus members of the Young Professionals group plan to host this open mic format to provide an eclectic mix of wastewater professionals and amateur musicians.

Here is the list of HDR professionals scheduled to participate in Chicago:

Workshops
Sunday, October 6
W18 – Computational Fluid Dynamics: Hands-On CFD Modeling for Wastewater Treatment Plants
“Applications and Case Studies: Digesters”
Category: Disinfection and Public Health
Presenter: Hany Gerges, Walnut Creek, Calif.
1:30 p.m., Room S501d

W14 – Water Reuse in Food and Beverage Industry
“Alternative Waste Reuse Solutions to Discharge: Building Relationships”
Category: Industrial Issues, Including Mining and Petro-Chemical Industries
Presenter: Joe Cleary, Mahwah, N.J.
2:15 p.m., Room S501a

Technical Sessions
Monday, October 7
TS102 – Stormwater Management
Category: Asset Management of Gray and Green Infrastructure
Moderator: Robin Kirschbaum, Bellevue, Wash.
10:30 a.m. – Noon, Exhibit Hall Booth 4807

TS209 – Leading Edge Nutrient Removal Research and Practical Applications: A Comprehensive Summary of the WERF Nutrient

Removal Challenge
Category: Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process and Design
Assistant moderator: JB Neethling, Folsom, Calif.
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Room S501d

“Developing Attainable and Protective Permits for Nutrients”
Presenter: David Clark, Boise, Idaho
1:30 p.m., Room S501d

“Achieving Low Effluent Total Phosphorus Concentration”
Presenter: JB Neethling, Folsom, Calif.
3:30 p.m., Room S501d

“WERF Nutrient Challenge: Challenges and Recommendations on Achieving Low Effluent Nutrient Concentrations with Membrane Bioreactors”
Presenter: Marie-Laure Pellegrin, Tampa, Fla.
4 p.m., Room S501d

TS217 – Stormwater Modeling
Category: Utility Management
Assistant moderator: Saša Tomic, New York City
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Exhibit Hall Booth 4807

TS222 – Managing Energy in Wastewater Treatment
Category: Utility Management
Assistant moderator: Christina Alito, Vienna, Va.
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Room S401d

TS223 – How to Cover Your Asset with Reuse Planning
Category: Water Reclamation and Reuse
“Indirect Potable Reuse Trumps Landscape Irrigation”
Poster: Steve Friedman, Riverside, Calif.
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.., Room S501a

TS206 – Modeling and Design of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Systems
Category: Industrial Issues and Treatment Technologies
“Treatability Testing and Design to Meet Pharmaceutical Effluent Limit for Acetone”
Presenter: Joe Cleary, Mahwah, N.J.
2 p.m., Room S504a

TS214 – Disinfection Methodologies and Approaches
Category: Disinfection and Public Health
“How CFD Modeling and Field Sampling Can Help Unravel Chlorine Contact Tank Problems and Avoid Construction of New Tanks for Dechlorination”
Presenter: Scott Davis, Mahwah, N.J.
3:30 p.m., Room S402a

TS225 – Humanitarian Engineering
Category: Future Insights and Global Issues
“WEF Service Projects”
Presenter: Haley Falconer, Boise, Idaho
4:30 p.m., Room S401bc

Tuesday, October 8
TS315 – Flow-Based TMDL
Category: Stormwater Management
“Flow-Based TMDLs: Missouri Experiences”
Presenter: Trent Stober, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
8:30 a.m., Hyatt McCormick Room CC22

TS316 – Green Infrastructure Case Studies and Performance Assessment
Category: Stormwater Management
Assistant moderator: Haley Falconer, Boise, Idaho
8:30 a.m. - Noon, Hyatt McCormick Room CC23

TS313 – Basics: Solving Problems
Category: Collection Systems
“Proactive Sanitary Sewer Bypass Design for Cost Savings, Expedited Construction, and SSO Prevention”
Presenter: Jonathan Boitano, Tucson, Ariz.
9 a.m., Room S406b

TS306 – Modeling of Nutrient Removal Process
Category: Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process and Design
“HRSD Virginia Initiative Plant Nutrient Reduction: Versatile Bioreactor Design Reduces Cost”
Presenter: David Kinnear, Charlotte, N.C.
10:30 a.m., Room S502a

TS327 – Stormwater and Transportation Systems: Unique Challenges and the Changing Regulatory Landscape
Category: Stormwater Management
Moderator: Julie Stein, New York City
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Hyatt McCormick Room CC24

TS305 – Going for the Goal: Targeting Energy Optimization and Neutrality
Category: Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process and Design
“The Importance of System Input Boundary Conditions on Quantifying Sustainability Metrics”
Presenter: Michael Falk, Folsom, Calif.
11:30 a.m., Room S501a

TS318 – Integrated Watershed Planning
Category: Watershed Resources Management and Sustainability
“City of Billings, Montana Takes on Multiple Water Challenges with Integrated Water Planning”
Presenter: Amanda McInnis, Missoula, Mont.
11:30 a.m., Room S505a

TS418 – Condition Assessment and Trenchless Technologies: Applications and Innovations
Category: Collection Systems
“Trenchless Technology Success Story: Pipe Ramming”
Presenter: Michelle Carter, Sioux Falls, S.D.
2 p.m., Room S405b

TS411 – Odor, H2S, and Emissions Monitoring and Control at Water Resource Recovery Facilities
Category: Facility Operations and Maintenance
“Off-Gas Analyses Reflect Activated Sludge Operating Conditions”
Presenter: Lawrence Hentz, Calverton, Md.
2:30 p.m., Room S401a

TS425 – Communicating with Elected Officials about Rate Increases to Support Major Infrastructure Improvements
Category: Utility Management
“Are Your Rates Affordable? Your Policymakers Want to Know”
Presenter: Shawn Koorn, Bellevue, Wash.
2:30 p.m., Room S501a

TS401 – Microconstituents and Nanoparticles
Category: Research and Innovation
“Fate of Pyrethroid Insecticides in Wastewater Treatment Processes”
Presenter: Joseph Cleary, Mahwah, N.J.
3:30 p.m., Room S402b

“Assessing the Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Biological Nutrient Removal in Bench-Scale Activated Sludge Sequencing Batch Reactors”
Presenter: Christina Alito, Vienna, Va.
4:30 p.m., Room S402b

Wednesday, October 9
TS510 – Thickening and Dewatering
Category: Residuals and Biosolids Management
“Optimizing Gravity Thickeners Performance at the World’s Largest Advanced WWTP”
Presenter: David Parker, Vienna, Va.
8:30 a.m., Room S501a

TS511 – Biosolids Management
Category: Residuals and Biosolids Management
“Identifying Utility-Wide Integrated and Sustainable Long-Term Solids Management Solutions for the Town of Cary”
Poster: Erika Bailey, Raleigh, N.C.
11:30 a.m., Room S504d

“WSSC Adapts to Two New Biosolids Regulations”
Presenter: Lawrence Hentz, Calverton, Md.
11:30 a.m., Room S504d

TS512 – UV Design Operation and Maintenance
Category: Disinfection and Public Health
“Complete Evaluation of Ultraviolet System Hydraulics Using Physical Modeling Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis and Full Scale Testing”
Presenter: Hany Gerges, Walnut Creek, Calif.
11:30 a.m., Room S402a

TS514 – Stormwater in a Watershed Context
Category: Stormwater Management
“Is Urban Stormwater Ready for Pollutant Trading? Long Island Sound Pollutant Trading Initiative”
Presenter: Richard Haimann, Long Beach, Calif.
Noon, Exhibit Hall Booth 4807

TS513 – Case Studies of Innovation in Pumping Stations
Category: Collection Systems
“If the 4 x 4 Timbers are Removed, Will the Pumping Station Still Operate?”
Presenter: John Koch, Bellevue, Wash.
2:30 p.m., Room S406b

TS617 – Alternative Delivery
Category: Utility Management
“Collaborative Project Delivery for the 21st Century: Combining Construction Manager at Risk Implementation with Building Information Modeling”
Presenter: Patrick Roe, Bellevue, Wash.
2:30 p.m., Room S502b