2018 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM

March 25-28 • Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach, Missouri

Scan the QR code below with your smart device to a download a copy of the entire MWEA/MO-AWWA Program

Agenda to your phone or tablet (scanning app for your device required).

Professional Engineer PDH Information

Attendees desiring PDH credit shall obtain a form from registration to track their presentation attendance. Each

attendee will be responsible for documenting their attendance. At the end of each day’s sessions, completed forms

shall be turned in to the Registration Area. MWEA and participant shall each keep a copy of the form for record

purposes.

MDNR OPERATOR CERTIFICATION Attendees MUST attend classes to sign the rosters daily in order to obtain MDNR renewal training credits for each day

attending.

Workshop Course

Number

DW DS WW CAFO

Wastewater Laboratory

Sunday 03-25-18 1805137 2.0 2.0 4.0 0.0

MDNR has approved the Wastewater Laboratory Workshop to use Wastewater Training Vouchers (Green) only for payment of the

workshop registration fee. Drinking Water vouchers will not be accepted for the Sunday Workshop.

MDNR rosters will be available to attendees in the classroom after the Sunday workshop.

MWEA Voluntary Laboratory Wastewater Operator Certification Renewal = 4.0

Date Course

Number

DW DS WW CAFO

Monday 03-26-18 1805134 4.0 4.0 4.0 1.0

Tuesday 03-27-18 1805135 6.5 6.5 6.5 4.0

Wednesday 03-28-18 1805136 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.0

MDNR has approved the Annual Meeting weekdays of Monday through Wednesday or Full Conference to use Drinking Water

Training Vouchers (Blue) only for payment. MDNR will allow voucher reimbursement at a maximum of $140 per day and not to

exceed $420 per person for the meeting. Wastewater Training Vouchers will not be accepted for the Monday through Wednesday or

Full Registration.

MDNR Rosters will be available for signing at the end of each day’s sessions in the Registration Area on Monday &

Tuesday. MDNR Rosters will be available Wednesday at the end of the Session at the room presented.

MWEA Voluntary Collections /Industrial/Laboratory Wastewater Operator Certification Renewal =

Monday 4.0 hrs; Tuesday = 6.5 hrs; Wednesday = 2.5 hrs DW-Drinking Water, DS –Distribution, WW-Wastewater, CAFO –Confined Animal Feed Operation

The Annual Meeting Survey is only available on-line by visiting the link or scanning the QR code below – Thank you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XZPHRM7

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giene education programs.

Please show your support by participating in the following events! (The funds raised by these events are donated to Water For People)

Your support is greatly appreciated!

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Sponsorship Opportunities also available!

Sunday

GOLF TOURNAMENTEnjoy a day of golf at The Oaks, breakfast and lunch, and prizes!

Monday and TuesdayWater For People Booth in the Exhibit Hall

SILENT AUCTIONBid on many unique and valuable items!

Monday, Opening Session

RAFFLEBuy a chance to win!

Tuesday, Joint Banquet

ORAL AUCTIONJoin the exciting live auction for “big ticket” items!

MISSOURI WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION &

MISSOURI SECTION - AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION JOINT ANNUAL MEETING

March 24 to March 28, 2018

PROGRAM SUMMARY SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MWEA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (Drawing Room Terrace)

SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. REGISTRATION (Convention Registration Desk)

8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. GOLF OUTING – JOINT (The Oaks) Four Person Scramble format

Shotgun Start at 10:00 a.m. Sharp – Check in & Range Practice at 8:30

Note: Limited space, participants should pre-register.

Proceeds to “Water for People”

8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. LABORATORY ANALYST CERTIFICATION EXAM (Parasol II) 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. LABORATORY WORKSHOP (Parasol II)

Moderator – Jim Burks

“Your NPDES Permit – Do You Really Know Everything It Contains?”

Kim Hoskins P.E., KimHEC

James Coles, Environmental Supervisor, City of St. Joseph, MO

The Small Facility POTW Operator/Laboratory Technician – “It Ain’t

Easy Being Me”

Stuart Venable, Wastewater Treatment Facility Lead Operator/Laboratory Technician, City of Nixa, MO

Wastewater Plant and Laboratory Safety – “Safety Is Always Job #1”

Brian Cline, Coordinator, Department of Environmental Services, City of Springfield, MO

Biological Phosphorus Removal – Nixa, MO’s 10 Years of BioP Removal –

“A Case Study of Lessons Learned”

Joshua Youngblood, Assistant Water Quality Superintendent/Wastewater,

City of Nixa, MO

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. COLLECTION SYSTEM VOLUNTARY EXAM – MWEA (74/75/76)

4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EXHIBIT AREA OPEN; ICEBREAKER RECEPTION Hors d’oeuvres & Cash bar (Grand Ballroom)

8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND PLANT OPERATORS SOCIAL

(Parasol I & II)

7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. REGISTRATION (Convention Registration Desk)

7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EXHIBIT Area Open (Grand Ballroom)

7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Silent Auction (Exhibit Area – Grand Ballroom)

Proceeds to “Water for People”

7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. EXHIBITORS CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST– JOINT

(Exhibit Area – Grand Ballroom)

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Noon to 1:00 p.m. EXHIBITOR’S LUNCH – JOINT

(Exhibit Area – Grand Ballroom)

Noon to 1:30 p.m. RETIREE’S LUNCH (Hawthorn)

1:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS

5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. JOINT BANQUET (Salon B) 5:30-6:00 Happy Hour, Dinner 6:00, Comedian & Hypnotist 8:00

7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. REGISTRATION (Convention Registration Desk)

7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. MWEA COMMITTEE CHAIR BREAKFAST (76/77)

7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. MO-AWWA BOARD MEETING (60/61)

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. MWEA SSSSS MEMBER BREAKFAST (74/75)

9:15 a.m. to Noon JOINT REGULATORY UPDATE (Salon B)

Noon to 1:30 p.m. MO-AWWA AWARDS LUNCHEON (62/63/64)

Noon to 1:30 p.m. MWEA BUSINESS LUNCHEON (Salon A)

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. REGISTRATION (Convention Registration Desk)

7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST OPENING SESSION – JOINT (Northwinds)

Welcome – Bill Clarke (President MWEA) and

John Brummer (Chairman MO-AWWA)

Keynote Speakers: Gary & Linda De Kock 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. EXHIBIT Area Open (Grand Ballroom)

9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Silent Auction (Exhibit Area – Grand Ballroom)

Proceeds to “Water for People”

10:00 a.m. to 11:45a.m. CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS Noon to 2:00 p.m. MWEA AWARDS LUNCHEON (Northwinds)

Noon to 2:00 p.m. MO-AWWA BUSINESS LUNCHEON (Parasol I)

2:00 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSIONS

5:05 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. RECEPTION (Exhibit Area- Grand Ballroom)

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2018

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018

Joint Program: Monday, March 26, 2018

Drinking Water Distribution System Source Water Wells No. 1 Pump Station Design

Room 62/63 Redbud 60/61

10:00 AM 10:50 AM

Your Distribution System has a Story to Tell... Can You Hear It when You Flush?

Source Water Protection Program-Using ArcMap Desktop and ArcGIS Online

Maximizing Efficiencies of Water and Wastewater Pumping Systems

Jeff Lettington Kerry Zwierschke and Mark D Bennett Thomas Crowley

City Utilities of Springfield Missouri Bennett & Williams, ECI Carollo Engineers, Inc.

10:55 AM 11:45 AM

Low Pressure Events

Are You Under the Influence? Classification of water supply wells as either Ground Water or Ground Water

Under Direct Influence of Surface Water

Application of Adjusting Speed Motor Controllers to Vary Flow From Centrifugal

Pumps

Eric Medlock,Mike Klender, Charles Stevens, Curt Skouby, Traci Lichtenberg, & Shelley Lane

Luca DeAngelis George Wootten

Missouri DNR, St. Louis City Water, Kansas City Water, Missouri American Water

Burns and McDonnell Engineered Fluid, Inc.

Trenchless Technology Green Infrastructure

/Stormwater Regulatory Issues Asset Management

Room 74/75 72/73 Parasol II 64

10:00 AM 10:50 AM

The Explosive Truth about Cross Bores Through

Sewers

Intelligent Stormwater Management in Combined Sewer Systems in Kansas

City, MO

Latest State and National Regulatory Drivers: How Will These Impact Wastewater and

Stormwater Utilities?

Low Hanging Fruit in Asset Management (Reliability-Centered Maintenance)

David Hamberlin and Ron Thomann

Andy Sauer Trent Stober and David Carani Abel Assefa and Blake Anderson

TREKK Design Group Burns & McDonnell HDR KC Water

10:55 AM 11:45 AM

Lessons from the Trenches - 100 year old Sewer

Rehabilitation

Current Trends in Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management and CSO/SSO

Control

The Case for Pro-Active Optimization in Stormwater

Management

Asset Management - Value and Implementation

Laura Gray and Julie Jenson Carol Hufnagel Nick Muenks Craig Heisel

Larkin Lamp Rynearson and Kansas City Water Services

Tetra Tech Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Donnohue & Associates

Joint Program: Monday, March 26, 2018

Distribution System Asset

Managerment Corrosion Control

WTP Disinfection By Products Reduction

Planning & Management

Room 72/73 60/61 74/75 Parasol II

2:00 PM 2:50 PM

Water Renewal Planning Polyethylene Encasement for External Corrosion Control for

Iron Pipelines

Using Ozone to Prevent Formation of Chlorinated Disinfection By-

Products

The Power of a Vision: Comprehensive Water & Sewer

Planning

Phil Harris Allen Cox and Kem Reed Jessica Hart-Terry Jennifer Anders and Mike Pratt

City Utilities of Springfield Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assn. & City Utility of Springfield, MO

BlueInGreen Woodard & Curran and City of

O'Fallon, MO

3:20 PM 4:10 PM

Approaches to Metallic Pressure Pipelines Condition

Assessment-Current State of the Technologies

A Summary of EPA's Guide to Optimal Corrosion Control

DBP Control for Small to Medium Sized WTPs

Bridging the Workforce Gap

Lisa Douglas Jessica Adams-Weber Karen Dietze Rachel Drain and Miranda Sloan

Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc. HDR Inc. Black & Veatch Burns & McDonnell

4:15 PM 5:05 PM

Innovations in Mobile GIS Technologies for

Comprehensive Water Utility Management.

Coating Systems for Water Storage Tanks: Recent Updates

to D102-17

The Use of Online UV Spectrometers for Monitoring of the Water Treatment

Disinfection Process, specifically Chloramination Process, In Order to Optimize Distribution System Water

Quality

Workforce Innovations: Building Credentials into Your

Engineering Team

Kerry Zwierschke & Mark D Bennett

Mike Cerutti and Randy Moore David Roskowic Jim Wathen

Bennett & Williams, ECI Tnemec Company, Inc ASA Analytics National Institute for Certification

in Engineering Technologies

Biosolids CSO/Wet Weather WW Topics

Room Redbud 62/63 64

2:00 PM 2:50 PM

Incinerator Emissions Controls Improvements & Project Strategies

Building and Implementing a Smart Wastewater Network to Eliminate

Overflows and I&I

Pathway to Plant Selection for Greenfield Consolidation!

Alan Christanell, Neil Frankenberg and Becca Coyle

Brandon Freeman James McCleish and Brian Strickland

Black & Veatch and St. Louis MSD TREKK Design Group, LLC Horner & Shifrin and Strickland Engineering

3:20 PM 4:10 PM

Green Energy Partnership: How the Maxson WWTP Biogas Partially Fuels the new 1-Gigawatt Allen Combined Cycle Power Plant in Memphis, TN

Pretreatment Devices for Green Infrastructure and Stormwater

Management Systems

Effective Use of the Sequencing Batch Reactor Process

Dustin Craig and Laurel Schaich Scott Schmoker Srini Sundaramoorthy

CDM Smith Tetra Tech Tetra Tech

4:15 PM 5:05 PM

Impact of Biosolids Handling on Liquid Stream Process

Understanding Your Stormwater System for Sustainable Integrated Solutions

Upgrading And Expanding Existing WWTF’S Case Studies — Case Histories

Jeff Barnard and Keith Arbuckle Jason Garder and Kyle Bruemmer Alan Callier

Burns & McDonnell and Duckett Creek Sanitary District

Burns & McDonnell and City of Fulton Donnohue & Associates

Joint Program: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Cyano Toxins, Odor & Other

Emerging Contaminants Drinking Water Distribution System Water Treatment Plant Alternative Delivery 2

Room 64 60/61 72/73 Parasol II

8:00 AM 8:50 AM

The Effectiveness and Pathway of Microcystis Aeruginosa Algal Bloom

and Cyanotoxins Control by Algaecide Treatment Studied by

Single Cell-ICP-MS

Kirkwood, MO: Understanding Unaccounted Water and Steps to

Reduce It

Negotiating a WTP Residuals Lagoon

Discharge Permit after a Major Chemical Spill

Get Quality Equipment You Want with Better

Project Specs and Delivery

XZiaolong He & Xing Shen Bill Bensing, Clarence Patterson and

Taimen Taylor Kevin Castro Doug Wachsnicht, Scott Knight, Bobby Lyerla &

Jennifer Birger

Univ. of Missouri Science and Technology

City of Kirkwood, MO & TREKK Design Group, LLC

GHD

Goodwin Brothers Construction, CMT & Municipal Equipment

Company

8:55 AM 9:45 AM

Occurrence, Formation, and Control of Taste and Odor Compound 2,4,6-trichloroanisole in Missouri Drinking

Water Systems

Solving Real Problems with a Water System Hydraulic Model

Ozone to the Rescue for Small Water Utilities

Hybrid Design Build Contracting allows for

expedited project delivery

Haiting Zhang Gary Davis & Travis Bruemmer Tyler Shoemaker and Eric

Patterson Norton Fogel and Bob

Januska

Univ. of Missouri Science and Technology

Bartlett & West Burns & McDonnell and City of

Harrisonville GHD

9:45 AM 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM 11:05 AM

Sources and Fate of Taste-and-Odor Causing Compounds in the Missouri River (Water Research Foundation

Project

Steps to Implementing a Water Supply Project—Obstacles or Opportunities?

Vortex Grit Systems at Water Treatment Plants –

What?!?!

The Successes and Hurdles of Kansas City Water’s Largest Design

Build Project

Craig Adams Ruth Marfil-Vega, Amlan Ghosh, Walter Grayman, Zoe

Rodriguez Roddy Rogers Isaiah LaRue

Katie Werner and Blake Anderson

St. Louis University, American Water, Corona Environmental, Walter

Grayman Consulting City Utilities of Springfield Smith and Loveless

Black & Veatch and Kansas City Water

11:10 AM 12:00 PM

How Emerging Contaminants Will Impact Your Utility - Now

and the Future

Water Quality Evaluation Techniques: ATP Testing for Biological Information

Use of Mixing Zone Study to Evaluate Water Quality

Impacts of Proposed Lime Residual Discharge

Comprehensive Teamwork to Provide a Flexible

Project Delivery for the Parkville, WTP

Jake White Todd F Brewer, PhD, PE, Matt Kirsch and

R. Chuck Aderhold

Rishab Mahajan and Tom Crowley

Gina Gansman,Jennifer Birger and Mel Peterein

Burns & McDonnell City Utilities of Springfield Geosyntec Consultants and

Carollo Engineers, Inc. Black & Veatch and Missouri

American Water

Joint Program: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Advanced Biological Treatment Biosolids 2 CSO/Wet Weather 2

Room 74/75 62/63 Redbud

8:00 AM 8:50 AM

Oxidation Ditch Applications: Brush vs. Disc Aerator Technologies & Parallel

vs. Series Operation

Biosolids: The Engine Pulling the Nutrient Removal, Resource Recovery,

and Energy Neutrality Train

Sewer Separation Within a Heavy Industrialized Area - Design and

Construction Challenges

Brandon Olson Mario Benisch David Poirier, John Killips and Curtis

Bowling

Evoqua HDR Tetra Tech, Inc.

8:55 AM 9:45 AM

Rock Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Simultaneous

Nitrification/Denitrification Biosolids: Get the Water Out!

Alleviating CSOs in St. Louis - Harlem Baden Trunk Sewer

Rehabilitation

Cole Duckworth & Matt Say Sean Mickey and Kent Peetz Melissa Carver & John Ferguson

HDR Horner & Shifrin and City of Jackson, MO Gresham, Smith & Partners and St.

Louis MSD

9:45 AM 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM 11:05 AM

Oxidation Ditch with MBR - A Cost Effective Approach to Meet Stringent

Nutrient Limits

Finding Efficiency Through Sludge Management Upgrades

Joint Wet Weather Analysis of Collection System and WWTP

Improvements

Ladan Holakoo Todd Dablemont and Cameron Jones Felix Belanger

GHD Benton & Associates, Inc. Tetra Tech

11:10 AM 12:00 PM

Energy Efficient Process Intensification by Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors:

Technology Overview and Pilot Scale Studies

Energy Recovery from Thermal Oxidation of Wastewater Solids: State of

Science Review

Biological Nutrient Removal - An Operations View

Kelly Gordon Webster Hoener Bob Campbell

Black & Veatch Black & Veatch Stantec Consulting Services Inc

Joint Program: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Water Quality Distribution

System Large Systems Drinking Water Source Water Wells Potpourri

Room Redbud 62/63 74/75 72/73

1:15 PM 2:05 PM

Reduce the Consequences of Failure by Assessing and

Rehabilitating Critical Valves

Chouteau to Brighton 36" Transmission Main Design

Collaboration and Envision Platinum with KCMO Water Services

Water Supply Sustainability, A Local Perspective

Disinfection Study at a Trickling Filter WWTP

Wayne Pratt John Blancett and JC Alonzo Martha Silks Amy D. Kliewer & Todd

Archer

Wachs Water Services HNTB and Shockey Consulting Leggette, Brashears and

Graham CDM Smith

2:10 PM 3:00 PM

Utilization of Mixed Oxidants to Improve Residual and Overall Water Quality in Distribution

System

Fortification of a Major Transmission Line When There's Trouble Lurking

High-Throughput DNA Sequencing to Support Potable Groundwater

Investigations

Making a Horrible Presentation: How to

Avoid Pitfalls, Problems, & Meltdowns

Thomas Muilenberg J.R. Landeck and Beth Matthews Cody Luebbering Phil Walsack

Johnson Matthey - MIOX Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc. and

Illinois American Water Company Geosyntec Consultants Burns & McDonnell

3:00 PM 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM 4:05 PM

Chloramine Control Through Reformation and Boosting in the

Distribution System

KUB's Sodium Hypochlorite Conversion Project

Mapping Karst Features with Surface Geophysics

Considerations in Evaluating Chronic

Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Tests

Kevin Castro Mike O'Connell & Jess Borries Aaron Collier Cody Luebbering & Randy

Crawford

GHD Burns & McDonnell Collier Consulting Geosyntec Consultants

4:10 PM 5:00 PM

TTHM Removal Without Changing Present Infrastructure

Waldo Pumping Station and Reservoir Rehabilitation

Aquifer Pump Tests City of Salina Design-Build Procurement the Value of

an Owner's Representative

Mike Christensen & Drew Hess Chad Laucamp Paul Brotcke Jessica Adams-Weber

Medora Corporation & Municipal Equipment Company

AECOM Brotcke Well & Pump, Inc. HDR Inc

Joint Program: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Lagoons and Small Systems Industrial Wastewater Collection Systems 2

Room 60/61 64 Parasol II

1:15 PM 2:05 PM

CFD Modeling for Aerated Lagoon Systems Force Main Odor and Corrosion Control

with Super Oxygenation Attacking Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) on the Private Side: A Tale of Two Cities

Patrick Hill Kenton Newport Dustin R. Hill, Cliff Cate, Andy Shively,

and Jeff Shiner

Triplepoint Environmental HDR Engineering, Inc. Burns & McDonnell, KC Water Services,

and St. Louis MSD

2:10 PM 3:00 PM

Challenges of Ammonia Removal with Lagoon Systems Case Study at Holden, MO

Innovative GWTP Upgrade & Operational Challenges

Private Property Inflow and Infiltration Programs

Phil Burns and Tony Lerda Roland Hauck, Bob Hughes and Lorin Young Jonathan Hoflander and Kevin Waldron

Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc. and City of Holden, MO

Burns & McDonnell and CH2M Olsson Associates

3:00 PM 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM 4:05 PM

Nutrients: Removing the Mystery Stormwater Pollution Prevention at

Industrial Site

When Private Plumbing Modifications Can Cause Big Problems in the

Collections System

Sean Mickey Christina Luebbert Sarah Limb

Horner & Shifrin Luebbert Engineering City of Springfield, MO

4:10 PM 5:00 PM

Hands-on Process Control Operator Training Empowers the Next Generation

Seal the Sewers: A Case Example of Air Quality Regulations Driving Stormwater

System Improvements on a Large Refinery Winning the War Against Wipes

Paul Dombrowski and Susan Guswa Susan Fahnestock Tim Miller

Woodard & Curran Jacobs JWC

Joint Program: Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Room Salon B

9:15 AM 10:30 AM

State Regulatory Update

Ed Galbraith

Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Division of Environmental Quality; Director

10:30 AM 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM 12:00 PM

Federal Regulatory Update

Jim Gulliford

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Region 7; Regional Administrator

AWWA/MWEA YOUNG PROFESSIONALS & PLANT OPERATORS INVITE YOU TO SOCIALIZE

GAMES

NETWORKING

COOKIES AND PRIZES!

SUNDAY NIGHT, MARCH 25TH Parasol I/II, 8:00-11:00 pm

Come join the Young Professionals and Plant Operators after dinner as we get to know each other better while playing fun yard games and enjoying the

cookies!

We can’t wait to see you there!

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COMEDY NIGHT!TUESDAY, MARCH 27

2018 Joint Conference Keynote Speakers

Gary and Linda De Kock

Gary De Kock retired in 2013 from the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he held the

position of Water Resource Recovery Plant Supervisor. He holds a bachelor’s degree in

chemistry from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gary has been a Water Environment

Federation (WEF) member for 35 years. He joined the Michigan Water Environment Association

in 1982 and has been active on the Water For People, Lab Practices, and Lagoon committees.

Since retirement, he has focused his efforts on bringing to life the Michigan WEA’s value of

water objective and continues to be active on the Water For People committee.

Linda De Kock retired in 2014 from self-employment as a rehabilitation counselor. She holds a

master’s degree in counseling from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She

received the Michigan WEA President’s Award in 2015 and the Kenneth J. Miller Founders’

Award in 2016. She is active on the Michigan WEA Water For People Committee and helps to

stage Pedal With Purpose events at WEF and AWWA conferences.

Gary and Linda began supporting Water For People in 2002 by making a contribution to the

Parro Rancho Latrine Project in Bolivia. When they retired, they wanted to do more, so in 2014

they kayaked the 2291 mile Mississippi River to WEFTEC in New Orleans. In 2015, they

travelled by kayak and bicycle the length of the Grand River in Michigan and down Lake

Michigan’s shoreline to WEFTEC in Chicago.

In 2017, Gary and Linda canoed 1176 miles down the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers and up

the Illinois, Des Plaines, and Chicago Rivers, again to WEFTEC in Chicago. At the conference,

they were presented with the Robert W. Hite Outstanding Leadership Award by Water For

People. They also received the WEF President’s Recognition for outstanding contributions to

WEF and the water sector. They have been able to raise over $38, 000 from voyage sponsors

and donors in support of Water For People and plan their next voyage on the Missouri River in

the summer of 2018.

WEF Visiting Officer

Jamie Eichenberger WEF Treasurer 2017-2018

Jamie Eichenberger, P.E., is the 2017-2018 Treasurer of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Va.

Jamie is the Colorado Area Utility Management Leader for HDR in Denver, Colo. He has spent his entire career in the Denver area since graduating with his Master’s degree from Colorado School of Mines.

Jamie has been an active member of WEF since college, participating in student chapter events that ultimately led to his first job in the water sector. A member of the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association, Jamie served as its Treasurer (2007) and President (2010). He also chaired its Government Affairs Committee (2006), before joining its Executive Committee.

Jamie is a member of the inaugural class of the Water Leadership Institute, and was the 2015-16 Speaker of the House of the House of Delegates (HOD). He has served on several committee and is a past chair of the HOD Budget Committee, and from 2015-2016, he served on WEF’s Board Finance and Strategic Planning committees.

Jamie is a professional engineer and received his bachelor’s and master’s degree—both in environmental engineering—from the Colorado School of Mines.

AWWA Visiting Officer

Alan Forrest AWWA Vice-President 2017-2019

Alan Forrest is a Water Resources Market Sector Lead at HDR. Alan has spent a

majority of his career managing public water utilities, most recently as the Director of

Tucson Water. He has been an active member of the Arizona Section of AWWA since

joining in 1994.

Involved in many of the Section’s committees, Alan’s service has included Chair of the

Technical Program Committee and he is currently the Arizona Section Director. Alan is

also a member of the Water Environment Association and the American Academy of

Water Resource Engineers.

He has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Arizona in

2014 and holds a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona. Alan

and his wife Linda live in Oro Valley, AZ and are parents of Krystle, Daniel, and Jason.

AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION 2017 – 2018 OFFICERS

President

BRENDA LENNOX, Washington

President-Elect DAVID E. RAGER, Ohio

Vice Presidents

RAYMOND E. BARAL, JR., Connecticut KEVIN BERGSCHNEIDER, Rocky Mountain

STEVE BLANKENSHIP, New Jersey MARK COLEMAN, Michigan ALAN FORREST, Arizona

MITCH KANNENBERG, South Dakota

Treasurer AUREL ARNDT, Pennsylvania

Immediate Past- President

JEANNE M. BENNETT-BAILEY, Virginia

Executive Director, DAVID LAFRANCE, Colorado

2017 – 2018 MISSOURI SECTION AWWA OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

Chair

JOHN BRUMMER, Kansas City

Chair Elect TODD BREWER, Springfield

Vice Chair DREW HESS, St. Louis

Secretary-Treasurer MOLLY PESCE, Kansas City

Asst. Secretary Treasurer ARI COPELAND, Kansas City

Past Chair Raed Armouti, St. Louis

Director CURT SKOUBY, St. Louis

Incoming Director

RODDY ROGERS, Springfield

Trustees

CHESTER BENDER, Olathe

JOEL OGLE, Grover MIKE KLENDER, Kansas City

ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, Springfield JENNY DOYLE, Kansas City MARTHA SILKS, Kansas City

WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2017- 2018 OFFICERS

President JENNY HARTFELDER, Colorado

President-Elect

THOMAS E. KUNETZ, Illinois

Vice-President JACQUELINE JARRELL, North Carolina

Treasurer

JAMIE EICHENBERGER, Colorado

Past-President RICK WARNER, Nevada

WEF Executive Director EILEEN O’NEILL, Virginia

TRUSTEES Lynn Broaddus (Wisconsin) Joan Hawley (Wisconsin) Mark Poling (Oregon) Peter Vanrolleghem (Canada)

Claus Homann (Denmark) Ifetayo Venner (Florida)

MISSOURI WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION 2017 - 2018 OFFICERS

President BILL CLARKE, St. Louis

President-Elect REBECCA LOSLI, St. Louis

Vice-President

MICKEY BERNARD, St. Louis

Secretary AMANDA JOHNSON, Kansas City

Assistant Secretary

RHODA HALL, Chesterfield

Treasurer REBECCA COYLE, St. Louis

Assistant Treasurer

TODD FULTON, Cape Girardeau

Delegates

JEFF GRATZER, St. Louis (2014-2017)

PHIL BURNS, Lenexa

(2016-2019)

REBECCA ELWOOD, St. Louis (2017-2020)

Past-Presidents JAMES MCCLEISH, St. Louis SCOTT FOLEY, Springfield

Professional Wastewater Operations Division

BEN RILES, Moberly

MISSOURI SECTION AWWA COMMITTEE CHAIRS

2017-2018

Advertising JOEL OGLE

Annual Conference Management JOEL OGLE

Audit JENNY DOYLE

Budget TODD BREWER

Bylaws & Procedures MATT MCLAUGHLIN

Diversity MARTHA SILKS

Drinking Water Week VALERIA A. HERNANDEZ

Education LINDA MCCARTY

Exhibits JEFF CLARKE BEN FREESE

Fuller Award BRUCE MANNING

J. Robert Popalisky Scholarship CHESTER BENDER

Landmarks BOB PARKS

Manufacturers/Associates Council JOEL OGLE

DUSTIN KEILBEY

Membership JENNY DOYLE

National Nominations MOLLY PESCE

Newsletter GAILLA ROGERS

Nominating RAED ARMOUTI

Operations Service Awards RAY SEIDELMAN

Professional Awards TOM O’MALLEY

Public Information KEVIN PRIESTER

Registration GAILLA ROGERS

Research BOB HULSEY

Retired Members OPEN

Safety / Emergency Planning RANDY MOORE

Service Citation/Tenure Of Service TOM STECHMANN

Site Selection JOHN BRUMMER

Small Systems MIKE KLENDER

Sustainability Initiatives Coordination OPEN

Strategic Planning TODD BREWER

Student Activities TOM CROWLEY TODD BREWER

Technical Program DREW HESS

Water For People CURT SKOUBY

Water Industry Coordinating Council LIZ GROVE

Water Utility Council MIKE GALLUZZO

Web Master GAILLA ROGERS TAIMEN TAYLOR

Young Professionals JENNY DOYLE, Chair

KARI WOLKEN, Vice Chair BOB PARKS, Treasurer

KARI WOLKEN, Public Relations Chair ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, Auditor

HEIDI LANE, YP Rep West ELIZABETH ROBERTSON, YP Rep Southwest

MELISSA PETEREIN, YP Rep East

Administrative Manager GAILLA ROGERS

MISSOURI WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE CHAIRS

2017-2018

Audit

MIKE MCCARTY

Awards

AL CALLIER

Biosolids

BENTLY GREEN

Collection Systems

JOHN CHOINKA

Education

GARY DAVIS

Government Affairs

PHILL WALSACK

Historian

PAM SCHWEITZER

Industrial Waste KARLA PIERCE

Laboratory Practices

JAMES BURKS STEPHANIE GOTT

Local Arrangements JENNIFER WELSCH

Membership CLIFF CATE

JAMES COLE

Newsletter

NICOLE YOUNG

Nominating

SCOTT FOLEY

Plant Managers

MARK PEARSON

Plant Operators TODD FULTON

Program

BOB JANUSKA

Public Relations

DIANE GROSSENHEIDER

Registration

NORA ESOPARE

Safety, Security & Occupational Health

AL CALLIER

Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers PHIL WALSACK

Small Flows

JON KREMER JOHN BELLERIVE

Storm Water & Watershed Management

RACHELLE LOWE

Student Activities ALLISON MORRIS

Tellers

TODD RASCHE

Water for People KEN GAMBARO

Website

ROB KUENZEL

Young Professionals

SAMANTHA WEIDENBENNER KATHRYN MASCHMANN

ERIC FARROW

Drinking Water Distribution System Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Room: 62/63

Moderator – James Cole

Your Distribution System has a Story to Tell...

Can You Hear It when You Flush?

Jeff Lettington, City Utilities of Springfield

Missouri

Data collection is a valuable element in a successful

distribution system flushing program. But what do you do

with the data and what can it tell you? This paper will

present a case study and discussion of how "ordinary" data

collection lead to the discovery of a system problem we

didn't know existed, right in the heart of town. We will also

discuss tools and technology that might provide an even

better picture of what your system data might be trying to

tell you.

Low Pressure Events

Eric Medlock, Missouri DNR, Mike Klender,

Kansas City Water, Charles Stevens, Kansas City

Water, Curt Skouby, St. Louis City Water, Traci

Lichtenberg, Missouri American Water

and Shelley Lane Missouri American Water,

It is estimated that over 700 water main breaks occur in the

United States each day. A break in a water main, which could

cause a low-pressure event (LPE), is an opportunity for

contamination to enter the drinking water system if not

repaired properly within a timely manner. There are

currently no federal regulations regarding LPEs. The

Missouri Department of Natural Resources (Department) –

Public Drinking Water Branch (PDWB) is the primacy

agency in Missouri for implementing the Safe Drinking

Water Act, The Department uses a combination of two state

regulations to require public water systems to notify the

Department within 48 hours of a LPE of less than 20 pounds

per square inch (psi). A “Report of Low Water Pressure” by

the water system is to be provided to their regional office by

means of providing details of the break area affected,

corrective actions taken to resolve the issue and also the

communication with the residents and businesses affected.

In 2015, the Department initiated a pilot project to evaluate

LPEs. The Department’s goal with the project was to

develop and implement a program to better define water

system requirements during LPEs. During the LPE Pilot

Program, current practices and notification requirements for

water main breaks and LPEs were modified for the

participating systems. The water systems for the City of

Independence, City of St. Louis, Kansas City Water Services

Department, Lee’s Summit, and MO American Water

Company (St. Louis Co) participated in the voluntary

program’s development and during the 12-month pilot

program. The five water systems that participated in the LPE

Pilot Program provide drinking water to over 2 million

residents, or approximately forty percent (40%) of the state

population served by community systems. The LPE Pilot

Program was developed in correlation with the Water

Research Foundation (WaterRF) Project #4307, Effective

Microbial Control Strategies for Main Breaks and

Depressurization. The WaterRF project took a risk

management approach to main break classification and main

break repair practices. Project #4307 provided the technical

basis for revisions of the AWWA Standard, ANSI/AWWA

C651-14 Disinfecting Water Mains. A follow-up WaterRF

project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC) is in the process of being completed. The final report

for Project #4390, CDC Water and Health Study: Pilot for

an Epidemiologic Study of Low Pressure Events in Drinking

Water Distribution Systems, is expected to be published in

2018. MO American St. Louis participated in both the LPE

Pilot Program and the WaterRF #4390 CDC project. This

presentation will cover the Missouri LPE Pilot Program,

feedback from some of the participating water systems as

well as a water system perspective in their participation of

the WaterRF/CDC Epidemiologic Study of Low Pressure

Events.

Source Water Wells No. 1 Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Room: Redbud

Moderator – Karen Dietze

Source Water Protection Program-Using ArcMap

Desktop and ArcGIS Online

Kerry Zwierschke, Bennett & Williams, ECI and

Mark D. Bennett, Bennett & Williams, ECI

In 2013, the City of Canton in Ohio started an extensive

source water protection program for their three wellfields-

the Northeast Wellfield, the Northwest Wellfield and the

Sugar Creek Wellfield. Canton pumps an average of 24

million gallons per day from these wellfields, and supplies

over 70,000 people with water. In order to protect their

valuable groundwater resources, Canton initiated their

source water protection program in 2013. This program

included three-dimensional groundwater modeling to

delineate the one- and five-year time of travel zones for each

of the wellfields; creating lists of potential pollution sources

within each time of travel zone; and creating a management

plan, including education and outreach, contingency

planning and source control strategies.

GIS has formed the basis of many of these activities. First,

ArcMap was used to generate datasets used as the base of the

MODFLOW model and, subsequently, ArcMap was used to

visualize model results and educate the Source Water

Protection Committee and the community about the source

of their water and facilitate discussions about how best to

protect the City’s water resources. The Potential Pollution

Source Inventory was completed using ArcMap and the

inventory has become a dynamic dataset within the city’s

GIS program. Canton is implementing a program to track

potential pollution sources within the source water

protection areas. Interviews at businesses and facilities in

each of the wellhead protection areas are conducted and data

and photographs are collected using Survey123. In addition,

facilities within the source water protection zones are

required to register with the Water Department and provide

information on current work practices that have the potential

to cause groundwater pollution. Registration occurs every

two or every six years depending on the facility. The

WorkForce application is used to create work orders when

registration letters are required to be sent out and interview

follow ups scheduled. Management for the City of Canton

Water Department use dashboards to track the progress of

interviews and registration throughout the source water

protection zones. Dashboards are used to analyze data

collected from facilities in the source water protection zones

and provide information to City officials on the progress of

full implementation of the source control portion of the

management plan.

This presentation will include discussion of the application

of both desktop and online GIS in the development and

application of source water protection programs, as required

by the Safe Drinking Water Act. In the past, source water

delineations, potential pollution source inventories and

management plans have collected data at a single point in

time and were updated infrequently, if at all. The application

of mobile GIS technology and the use of dashboards to track

the ongoing collection of data about new and existing

potential pollution sources in source water protections areas

offer municipalities and water companies improved options

to actively protect their source of drinking water from

contamination.

Are You Under the Influence? Classification of

Water Supply Wells as Either Ground Water or

Ground Water Under Direct Influence of Surface

Water

Luca DeAngelis, Burns and McDonnell

Many communities in Missouri obtain their water supply

from alluvial well fields that are located adjacent to major

river systems such as the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

Classification of these water sources as either Ground Water

(GW) or Ground Water Under Direct Influence of Surface

Water (GWUDI) has a profound impact on the level of

treatment required. This presentation will summarize the

various well construction types that are used in alluvial

environments, including horizontal collector wells, and will

describe how source water classification can vary based on

well construction types. The presentation will review

current MDNR guidelines with regards to source water

classification and will review the protocol used by the

MDNR to designate groundwater sources as either GW or

GWUDI. Case histories where Microscopic Particulate

Analysis (MPA) sampling was used to determine the source

water classification of alluvial wells will be presented. MPA

analyses quantify the presence of a number of biological

indicators in groundwater; however, only some of these are

considered evidence of direct surface water influence and are

included in the calculation of a risk score. The case histories

will review MPA sample collection procedures and will

summarize how those results are used to develop a surface

water contamination risk score using the EPA consensus

method.

Pump Station Design Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45

Room: 60/61

Moderator – Diane Grossenheider

Maximizing Efficiencies of Water and Wastewater

Pumping Systems

Thomas Crowley, Carollo Engineers, Inc.

Pumping Station Design, Pumping Station Operation,

Maximizing Efficiencies, Lessons Learned. Useful to both

water and wastewater professionals and operators

Application of Adjusting Speed Motor Controllers

to Vary Flow from Centrifugal Pumps

George Wootten, Engineered Fluid, Inc.

Varying Flow to Meet Demand: Public Water systems often

have the need to vary the flow from pumps in response to

varying demand. In the past, mechanical means were

employed to vary flow while pump speed remained

constant. Today the use of adjustable speed motor

controllers has become widespread.

Presentation will discuss aspects of variable speed control

application and review best practices for a variety of

operating scenarios.

Trenchless Technology Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45

Room: 74/75

Moderator – Jeff Kaestner

The Explosive Truth about Cross Bores Through

Sewers

David Hamberlin and Ron Thomann, TREKK

Design Group

In an effort to reduce surface disruption, utility contractors

are turning to less invasive means to install underground

utilities by utilizing directional drilling. As more utilities are

being installed underground and the need to update our

existing utilities, the utility easements are becoming over

crowded. With a limited width to work within, utility

services are being installed at greater depths. Going deeper

with directional drilling has created a problem with cross

bores through sanitary sewer mains and service laterals. Gas

and electrical lines that have been directionally drilled

through a sewer pipe pose a life-threatening situation.

Problems arise when a plumbing contractor or mainline

cleaning contractor is dispatched to clear a blocked sewer

service or mainline and cuts the utility that has been cross

bored or when the gas line is leaking into the sewer service

and ultimately into buildings.

Goals of the Presentation: Perspective is taken from sanitary

sewer system evaluation surveys (SSES) conducted

throughout the Midwest in an effort to identify system

Infiltration and Inflow (I/I). The ultimate goal is to inform

and educate attendees of the concern for cross bores through

sanitary sewer pipes and the potential hazard created. This

presentation will also present cross bore findings from sewer

investigation projects along with a brief overview of the

impact trenchless technologies are having on the sewer

industry.

Lessons from the Trenches – 100-Year Old Sewer

Rehabilitation

Laura Gray, Larkin Lamp Rynearson and Julie

Jenson, Kansas City Water Services

Abstract: Rehabilitation of Kansas City Missouri's collection

system is providing lessons from the trenches on what

works, what doesn't, and how to deal with the unexpected.

This $13 million-dollar construction project, with 500 open

cut point and lateral replacements, 5000 feet of pipe

bursting, 92,000 feet of CIPP, 140 manhole rehabilitations

and 600 planned trenchless lateral liners, is providing lots of

lessons learned to share with designers and city staff who are

evaluating CCTV and manhole inspections. What do you

look for when deciding on open cut or CIP lateral liners?

Construction conflicts such as utilities, cross-bores, garages,

landscaping walls, and many more. We will share our

lessons learned to help you decide on trenchless or open cut,

construction sequencing, surface conflicts to watch out for,

and with construction only half complete, there will be a few

more lessons learned before MWEA.

Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45

Room: 72/73

Moderator – John Killips

Intelligent Stormwater Management in Combined

Sewer Systems in Kansas City, MO

Andy Sauer, Burns & McDonnell

Traditional stormwater infrastructure for improving water

quality, preventing flooding, and maintaining healthy

natural environments is designed passively, allowing for

infiltration or slow-release of a fixed design volume.

Continuous monitoring and adaptive control (CMAC) is an

intelligent management strategy that integrates the weather

forecast with stormwater infrastructure operations to

optimize the outflow hydrograph from best management

practices (BMPs). This adaptive strategy allows more water

to be treated in a standard-sized BMP, without

compromising flood control or erosion mitigation benefits.

Kansas City, Missouri’s Smart Sewers program is helping to

lead the way in intelligent stormwater management by

utilizing CMAC for the existing Gardner Avenue detention

facility. This 1.6-million-gallon dry detention pond with 65

acres of contributing drainage was retrofitted with CMAC

technology in early 2017. The CMAC software uses a

control algorithm to continuously and autonomously

modulate the discharge valve installed on the outlet structure

based on the pond water level and the precipitation forecast.

The objective of control for this installation is to provide a

consistent post-storm retention time to control release of

stormwater runoff to an existing combined sewer system

with limited capacity. In advance of wet weather, the

actuated valve closes, capturing storm runoff in the pond.

After a storm event, stormwater runoff is retained in the

pond for a specified retention period, then gradually released

downstream.

This presentation will provide an overview of the design and

installation of the CMAC system for the Gardner Avenue

detention facility. Results from the 2017 season will be

shared, as well as next steps for expanding this technology’s

use as part of the City’s overflow control program.

Current Trends in Green Infrastructure for

Stormwater Management and CSO/SSO Control

Carol Hufnagel, Tetra Tech

The purpose of this presentation will be to inform the listener

on current regional and national trends for the use of Green

Infrastructure. Several main topics will be discussed

including:

• Cost trends for installation of Green Infrastructure

• Evaluation of small-scale vs. large-scale

implementation of Green Infrastructure

• Observed community benefits from Green

Infrastructure

• How communities have used a mix of green and

gray to be successful

• Making a business case justification for Green

Infrastructure, and the evolution of the triple-

bottom-line analysis

• Changes in project delivery of green

infrastructure, and how it has shifted from a

stormwater issue to a multi-agency issue

• Understanding the private sector, and how grants,

P3 and coordination with private entities has

changed

• Review of standards and new advances in

technology for Green Infrastructure

Information will be presented based on information and case

studies from numerous communities including New York

City, Detroit, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Toledo,

Philadelphia, and Cleveland.

Regulatory Issues Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45

Room: Parasol II

Moderator – Chris Horvath

Latest State and National Regulatory Drivers:

How Will These Impact Wastewater and

Stormwater Utilities?

Trent Stober and David Carani, HDR

Missouri municipal wastewater and stormwater utilities are

facing an ever-increasing number of water quality regulatory

drivers at both the state and national levels. At the state

level, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources

(MDNR) has proposed water quality standards in late

September 2017, including revisions to mixing zones, pH

criteria, hardness assumptions for metals criteria,

implementation of federal regulations, and lake nutrient

criteria. At the federal level, the US Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA) has finalized MS4 regulation

updates and working towards virus and aluminum criteria

and other parameters. All of these could significantly impact

wastewater and stormwater utilities. Wet weather programs

are also evolving with the latest court rulings on blending,

effluent regulation changes, and Missouri’s latest Phase 2

municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit

renewal. While Missouri’s 2018 water quality standards will

address several important rule changes, we expect to see

ammonia, bacteria, wetlands, and stream nutrient criteria in

future rulemakings. With all of these state and national

drivers, utilities are making efforts to prioritize water quality

issues and controls through integrated planning approaches

endorsed by MDNR and USEPA. This presentation will

provide the latest developments on the most important

regulatory changes and simplify the intricacies to allow a

better understanding to the potential impacts on municipal

wastewater and stormwater utilities. Potential paths forward

for municipal utilities will also be discussed in light of these

potential impacts.

The Case for Pro-Active Optimization in

Stormwater Management

Nick Muenks, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Communities across the country face enormous challenges

related to precipitation-driven discharges. For communities

regulated under the municipal separate storm sewer system

(MS4) program, these include requirements associated with

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permits to meet water quality objectives in local streams and

rivers. For most communities, these challenges include

funding, flooding, and failing, or even lack of, infrastructure.

Challenges are institutional, societal, programmatic, and

engineering in nature. US EPA and state agencies, including

Missouri Department of Natural

Resources, have been working to strengthen the NPDES

program for MS4s, including adoption of total maximum

daily loads (TMDLs), different NPDES requirements, and

research on the need for regulation of flow (versus

pollutants). US EPA also contemplated expanding these

requirements to address geographic areas outside of the MS4

areas specified in the Clean Water Act. In US EPA’s

proposed National Program Manager Guidance for Fiscal

Years 2018-2019: Office of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance, the agency proposes continuing the National

Enforcement Initiative of Keeping Raw Sewage and

Contaminated Stormwater Out of Our Nation’s Waters,

including tracking and reporting on the number of Phase I

MS4 permit assessments conducted. This presentation will

cover the benefits that communities can experience by taking

a more pro-active approach to optimizing their stormwater

management, regardless of MS4 status.

Specifically, the presentation will cover:

• What runoff effects can be controlled and what

cannot

• A summary of US EPA’s analysis of MS4 general

permits, including water quality-based

requirements

• Optimization tools include monitoring and

modeling tools and new technologies

• Novel stormwater challenges that can be

addressed through integrated planning

• Linking community master planning with

stormwater management planning

Asset Management Monday, March 26, 10:00 to 11:45

Room - 64

Moderator – Jeff Gratzer

Low Hanging Fruit in Asset Management

(Reliability-Centered Maintenance)

Abel Assefa, KC Water and Blake Anderson, KC

Water First, KC Water focused on the functionality of equipment

to determine the most critical equipment’s to achieve

operations expectations. If the development of RCM is

deployed effectively, it’s almost certain that unnecessary

failures could be eliminated without the collateral damage

from unplanned equipment failures avoided. It will also

allow both maintenance and operational group to focus on

being proactive and planned work, instead of daily

firefighting.

In return, we can expect to see a higher level of plant

reliability and achieve performances that are key for set for

our business, which are centered on safety, compliance and

reduction of cost.

Condition monitoring is necessary to generate the data to

determine equipment conditions to prevent unplanned

failures. The current test methods employed are Non-

Destructive Testing (NDT) and Condition Based Monitoring

(CBM) utilizing Full spectrum vibration monitoring,

Infrared thermography, lubrication analysis, Motor circuit

analysis, and Performance testing.

Currently, NDT’s or CBM’s play a major role in providing

the condition in the current state for our critical equipment

and directs our maintenance activities.

Asset Management – Value and Implementation

Craig Heisel, Donnohue & Associates

Investor owned utilities and contract services groups offer

different perspectives and motivations for implementing

asset management programs than a traditional utility model.

Their motivations to invest and innovate in asset

management are related to cost competitiveness, equipment

reliability, corporate policy, contractual obligations and

other legal structures. Evaluating the asset management

approach of these operating models may offer a different

perspective for utilities considering implementation of an

asset management program.

For many publicly-owned utilities present funding sources

do not support the capital needs to provide for the required

level of service and investment. Ultimately the industry is

moving towards formal asset management strategies either

through cost justification or regulatory obligations. When

implemented properly, asset management can improve

maintenance performance, extend the life of assets, support

equipment repair and replacement planning and provide a

roadmap for future capital needs. Asset management also

provides the data modeling framework necessary to support

investment decisions.

This presentation will present first-hand experience of

utilizing asset management in the private sector. Case

histories will be utilized along with presentation of hands on

tools to illustrate how the private sector utilizes asset

management as a business management tool to achieve cost

efficiencies and financial performance. Opportunities for

public utilities to learn from will be presented and discussed

along with actions that a publicly owned treatment plant

manager can utilize.

Distribution System Asset Management Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05

Room: 72/73

Moderator – Eric Farrow

Water Renewal Planning

Phil Harris, City Utilities

City Utilities of Springfield is now targeting potential water

main renewals and managing its overall infrastructure

replacement program in the GIS environment through

spatial analysis of available data including leak history. City

Utilities is also benefiting by the integration of work

management system data with the core GIS environment.

This enables collaboration and coordination with City,

County, and State projects via map services showing work

by all entities as spatial polygons in a map together with the

business knowledge as “attributes” to spatially enable better

situational awareness for the engineering area.

At City Utilities, we are striving to work towards a 100-year

replacement cycle for water distribution mains. One thing

we are learning from our available data, however, is that age

alone is a poor indicator of what mains should be an

immediate priority in a main replacement program. Things

such as Water modeling analysis, significant one-way feeds,

location of key customers, leak history, and other conflicting

municipal agency projects in the city, all play a vital role in

determining what should be renewed and when, to bring

down the overall maintenance costs while reducing

customer and utility risks. When all of this is considered,

we as a utility can work towards the 100-year replacement

cycle.

The information needed to make the best decisions,

oftentimes, exists in various “siloed” databases. The

problem with this is that these databases are primarily

informational only, like spreadsheets, with no spatial

relationship. Once a utility can take the water business

decision-making data and integrate it with other relevant

data in a spatial environment like GIS, the important

decisions you need to make will visibly appear without

investing a large amount of time researching volumes of

disconnected data.

Approaches to Metallic Pressure Pipelines

Condition Assessment-Current State of the

Technologies

Lisa Douglas, Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc.

Over the last five years there has been considerable and

important developments in metallic pressure pipe condition

assessments for pipes larger than 20-inches in diameter.

This would include water and transmission and distribution

mains as well as wastewater force mains. The research has

specifically with dealt with:

• Understanding how metallic pressure pipes fail;

• Assessing for those failure risks specific to

metallic pressure pipe; and

• Modeling the deterioration rates of metallic

pressure pipe.

The purpose of this presentation is to present the current

research that has provided the understanding of metallic

pressure pipe failure mechanics as well as the current

methodologies to understand the mechanics of the pipeline

failures and to apply current technologies to provide a

reliable and cost-effective condition assessment. If you

know how a pipeline will deteriorate and fail you can

pinpoint with accuracy the current state of condition for a

linear asset.

Some of the mechanics for metallic pressure pipe failure

include:

• Patch corrosion is a very consequential pipe

failure that usually manifests as a leak before pipe

failure;

• Pitting is not as consequential as patch corrosion;

• Patch corrosion is also manifested through

longitudinal cracks;

• Internal pressure loading is much more

consequential to pipeline failures than from

overburden and traffic loading.

Therefore, an approach to diagnosing the condition of a

pipeline for these failure attributes include:

• Internal pipe visual inspection data to identify

longitudinal cracks and patch corrosion, including

a standardized visual coding system;

• Precision internal acoustic leak detection data to

identify leaks along the barrel vs. at the joints;

• Transient pressure monitoring data to identify

operational pressures that can fatigue metallic pipe

and cause premature pipe failure;

• Discrete pipe wall thickness testing to understand

where critical areas of patch corrosion have

created critically thinned pipe walls.

Based on a knowledge and understanding of these attributes,

a condition assessment with high data resolution can identify

any immediate, critical action items, as well as provide data

to understand a pipeline’s end of useful life and asset

management strategy.

Innovations in Mobile GIS Technologies for

Comprehensive Water Utility Management

Kerry Zwierschke, Bennett & Williams, ECI and

Mark D. Bennett, Bennett & Williams, ECI

Industry specific designed applications (apps) have created

new ways to communicate and share information across

rural water utilities. Several water utility case studies will

be presented highlighting the GIS-based technologies used

to advance utility-wide communications and promote

operational efficiencies. The popularity of mobile GIS

solutions is on the rise in the water industry due to the

necessity of data collection to support asset management

initiatives. In addition, the urgent need to gather

“institutional knowledge” of system operations for next

generation managers are some of the primary reasons why

GIS-centric solutions are being adopted by utilities.

Newer industry technologies such as the ESRI ArcGIS

Online (AOL) cloud based platform when designed around

engineering, customer service, managerial and

administrative needs can produce unique comprehensive

GIS-centric solutions for rural water. ESRI apps (Explorer,

Survey 123, Collector with GPS, Workforce, and

Managerial and Operational Dashboards). will be used to

demonstrate deployment and leveraging of GIS data and

customer information and billing system integration to

increase operational efficiencies in water utilities.

Corrosion Control Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05

Room: 60/61

Moderator: Chris Bergmann

Polyethylene Encasement for External Corrosion

Control for Iron Pipelines

Allen Cox, Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assn. and

Kem Reed, City Utility of Springfield, MO

This presentation includes the discussion of ways to identify

corrosive conditions and the means to protect ductile iron

pipe in these environments. It also outlines the development

and performance of polyethylene encasement as the most

commonly recommended corrosion protection system for

Ductile Iron pipe. Also presented in this lecture is a review

of the type of research that led to the adoption of the

American National Standard for Polyethylene Encasement

for Ductile Iron Pipe Systems (ANSI/AWWA C105/A21.5)

and numerous case histories that establish the efficacy of

polyethylene encasement. Throughout the presentation 75-

years of corrosion research and development are

highlighted. As the talk begins to close, the development of

the Design Decision ModelTM (DDMTM) is introduced to

the audience along with its associated statistical analysis.

Finally, the up-to-date information on the newest type of

polyethylene, V-BioTM, will be detailed and how its

biocide and inhibitor laced inner layer grants an even greater

level of protection.

A Summary of EPA's Guide to Optimal Corrosion

Control

Jessica Adams-Weber, HDR Inc.

The presentation will provide an overview of the EPA's

Guidance for Optimal Corrosion Control Treatment

Evaluation Technical Recommendations for Primacy

Agencies and Public Water Systems. The purpose of the

Guide is to assist water systems and primacy agencies in the

compliance with corrosion control treatment (CCT)

requirements presented in the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)

including, identifications of the systems to which it applies.,

and The Guide provides steps for water systems to evaluate

CCT alternatives and to identify the optimal corrosion

control treatment (OCCT). Guidance is provided for primacy

agencies in the review and designation of the water system’s

recommended OCCT.

Coating Systems for Water Storage Tanks: Recent

Updates to D102-17

Mile Cerutti and Randy Moore, Tnemec Company,

Inc.

The AWWA D102-17 "Standard for Coating Steel Water

Storage Tanks" has recently been updated. This presentation

will review all the new changes to the standard and discuss

the interior and exterior systems listed. Panels for many of

the coatings systems will be available for examination along

with case studies of water storage tanks in Missouri.

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WTP Disinfection By-Products Reduction

Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05 Room: 74/75

Moderator – Doug Hickey

Using Ozone to Prevent Formation of Chlorinated

Disinfection By-Products

Jessica Hart-Terry, BlueInGreen

The Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR), established by

the EPA in 1989, was the first significant change to drinking

water regulations since the introduction of Safe Drinking

Water Act in 1974, which authorized the EPA to oversee the

public drinking water system. This amendment required the

EPA to set maximum contaminant level goals (MCLG) and

maximum contaminant levels (MCL) for 83 pathogens

including Cryptosporidium, Legionella, and Giardia

lamblia.

Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1996

mandated the EPA create rules which would weigh the

threats between microbial contaminants and disinfection by

products that form from reactions between chemical

disinfection agents and organic matter in water. These

byproducts, such as Trihalomethanes (THM) and Haloacetic

Acids (HAA5), have shown to be potentially negative

impacts on human health. This amendment brought about

the next substantial change to the SWTR with the Enhanced

Surface Water Treatment Rule (EHSWTR) and Disinfection

and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (D/DBPR) addendums in

1998. These rules, enacted in two stages, introduced even

more stringent disinfection criteria to strengthen the

protection against microbial contaminants, while lowering

potential risks of disinfection by products.

These regulations pose a considerable problem for public

water systems. Meeting the disinfection criteria often means

increasing the disinfectant residual or the CT value. If a

longer CT is required, the disinfectant application point is

often moved to the head of the plant or before filtration. In

the case of chlorine or chlorine- derivative disinfectants,

which almost all US drinking water facilities use, the

increased organic matter levels at these locations can mean

increased THM or HAA5, such that drinking water facilities

cannot meet their disinfection byproduct requirements.

This presentation will cover the use of ozone as an

alternative disinfectant to meet CT requirements, while

delaying the addition of chlorine until after filtration where

organic matter levels are significantly reduced. Discussion

will include the primary benefits of ozone, including a

decrease in the possibility of THM and HAA5 formation,

secondary benefits, such as contaminants of emerging

contaminant oxidation, improved coagulation, color

removal, and taste and odor improvement. This presentation

will also discuss the risks of bromate and NDMA

production, as well as possible control methods, and the

relative costs associated with ozone and its use for

disinfection.

DBP Control for Small to Medium Sized WTPs

Karen Dietze, Black & Veatch

The Stage 2 DDBP Rule requires compliance monitoring for

total trihalomethane (TTHM) and the five regulated

haloacetic acids (HAA5) to be conducted on a locational

running annual average (LRAA) with maximum

contaminant levels (MCL) of 80 and 60 ug/L, respectively.

This paper will discuss common methods used to minimize

disinfection byproduct formation, including enhanced

coagulation; addition of an alternative preoxidants; use of

chloramines as a secondary disinfectant; modifications to

disinfectant feed points; use of granular activated carbon and

other alternative technologies for DBP precursor removal.

The presentation will provide a summary of each treatment

alternative and their respective advantages and

disadvantages. Case studies will focus on DBP formation

issues faced by small utilities and major considerations that

lead to selection of the preferred DBP reduction approach.

The presentation will benefit utilities that are interested in

reducing TTHMs and HAA5 and/or utilities that are near the

MCL on a LRAA.

The Use of Online UV Spectrometers for Monitoring of

the Water Treatment Disinfection Process, Specifically

Chloramination Process, In Order to Optimize

Distribution System Water Quality

David Roskowic, ASA Analytics

Optimal disinfection of drinking water can include many

different process steps at a WTP before sending finished

water out to the distribution system. During the process,

many different on-line analyzers have been used to monitor

or control the steps in order to remove DBP precursors as

well as to minimize Free Ammonia in finished water. This

discussion will focus on Chloramination monitoring with

On-Line Spectrometer, reagent assisted process Analyzers.

The use of online spectrometers has been of significant

interest and success.

Planning & Management

Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05 Room: Parasol II

Moderator – Jim Burks

The Power of a Vision: Comprehensive Water &

Sewer Planning

Jennifer Anders, Woodard & Curran and Mike

Pratt, City of O’Fallon

The needs and pressures water and wastewater utilities

confront are diverse and constantly evolving. Preparing

effectively to meet both the challenges of today and those of

the future is a difficult task. It is all too easy to manage

reactively or treat different aspects of the work of a utility

separately. This usually leads to duplicate work,

inefficiencies, and sub-optimal capital investment. Utilities

can ill afford these issues.

To avoid falling into the trap of reactive management, a

utility needs to establish a clear vision of what it wants to do

now and into the future. The City of O’Fallon, MO is an

excellent example. By creating a unifying vision and

considering various aspects of its planning as

interconnected, O’Fallon set itself up for success. This

presentation will examine how that vision was established,

and how it was implemented in the Water & Sewer

Department’s planning in areas such as staffing, capital

planning, stake holder engagement, rate setting, and more.

Using specific examples, the presentation will illustrate how

other communities can learn from O’Fallon and develop

comprehensive visions and planning that supports their

unique goals.

Bridging the Workforce Gap

Rachel Drain and Miranda Sloan, Burns &

McDonnell

The water industry seems to continuously face difficulty in

recruiting, training, and retaining skilled employees,

especially for small systems. Likewise, a large number of

water industry employees are nearing or are currently

eligible for retirement; this group represents a significant

amount of institutional knowledge that could be lost without

proper succession planning and process documentation.

How do organizations tackle the challenge of knowledge

transfer to overcome the workforce gap? How can future

leaders in the water industry be effectively trained and

inspired? Are these challenges best addressed from the top

down or from the bottom up?

This presentation tackles some of these questions, looking at

the impact and implications for the water industry as a

whole. To bring the point closer to home, we will explore

recent efforts by some local companies, organizations, and

utilities to address these types of issues in their own

workforce. Attendees at this session will be encouraged to

identify areas in their own organizations where they can

motivate change and will hear the hurdles and successes

experienced by others on similar journeys.

Workforce Innovations: Building Credentials into

Your Engineering Team

Jim Wathen, National Institute for Certification in

Engineering Technologies

The Importance of Certification to the construction process:

The current workforce is changing and innovation is needed

to replace experience that is leaving through retirement and

overall attrition. As stated in the Task Force on Workforce

Sustainability Final Report published by the Water

Environment Federation (WEF), “It’s projected that in the

next 10 years, 37 percent of the water utility workers and 31

percent of wastewater utility workers will retire.” Other

estimates may even be higher.

This presentation describes, “How a third party, 4-level

credential program, can enable workforce development and

agency confidence.” Learn why water agencies and

engineering firms are integrating the National Institute for

Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) testing

to measure employee capabilities and to achieve quality in

their capital improvement program (CIP). Learn how your

rate payers can benefit from NICET inspection certification

credentials to ensure there is a pool of qualified professionals

on your engineering teams. Learn how your agency can

contribute expertise to the ongoing NICET platform

development to align with your program needs

Biosolids Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05

Room: Redbud

Moderator – Jim Bunajcik

Incinerator Emissions Controls Improvements &

Project Strategies

Alan Christanell, Black & Veatch, Neil

Frankenberg and Becca Coyle, MSD The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is faced with the

need to make smart decisions about their assets using limited

resources. MSD operates and maintains their system which

consists of wastewater, stormwater and combined collection

sewers, pumping stations, and wastewater treatment

facilities and the plants have a combined treatment capacity

of 356 MGD. The District is required to make major

infrastructure improvements resulting from a Consent

Decree and plans to spend $4.7B over the next 23 years to

improve their system to eliminate system overflows. And

like many other utilities, MSD is challenged with deciding

on the best way to balance several competing priorities for

capital and Operations and Maintenance dollars to meet their

level of service commitments to their rate payers.

MSD decided to proactively implement asset management at

their treatment plants. The vision of the MSD Asset

Management Program is to responsibly sustain the

infrastructure for generations to come. The District wanted

a practical, efficient, and straightforward approach to asset

management to enable them to make the right decisions first

on their most critical assets. This approach will allow the

District to optimize their limited dollars on the most

important components of their treatment operations right

away. Overall, the asset management program that MSD is

developing will lead to better decision making regarding

operations and maintenance and long-term investments.

The presentation highlights the steps that MSD has taken to

develop and implement their asset management journey at

both the strategic and tactical levels. All elements of asset

management including information management,

communication, asset hierarchy and inventory, level of

service/performance management, maintenance

management and capital improvement programs are part of

the project. And to ensure long term success, MSD has

elected to involve key players from Operations, Engineering,

Finance, and Training to ensure organizational

standardization and engagement by the entire organization.

Green Energy Partnership: How the Maxson

WWTP Biogas Partially Fuels the New 1-

Gigawatt Allen Combined Cycle Power Plant in

Memphis, Tennessee

Dustin Craig, CDM Smith and Laurel Schaich,

CDM Smith

The T.E. Maxson Wastewater Treatment Plant located in

Memphis, Tennessee is a 265,000-cubic meter/day (70

MGD) primary and secondary treatment facility. The sludge

produced from WWTP is pumped to be processed in a

nearby series of covered lagoons. Currently arrangement

biogas generated within the anaerobic process in the lagoons

withdrawn and combusted in waste gas burners on-site.

Directly adjacent to both the T.E. Maxson facility and the

lagoon facility, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is

constructing the Allen Combined Cycle Plant, which is a

1,000 MW two-on-one combined cycle natural gas power

plant. Additionally, the Allen Plant will include a 1MW solar

farm in addition to an auxiliary boiler fueled by the biogas

generated from the Maxson lagoon facility. The City of

Memphis and TVA have entered into an agreement for the

long-term supply and utilization of the biogas for renewable

energy from biogas, which is anticipated to produce about 5

MW of power.

CDM Smith is the Engineer of record for the biogas

improvements at the Maxson lagoon facility and will outline

the approach for this innovative beneficial utilization of

biogas at the power plant.

The biogas handling system was designed to process and

treat a maximum flow of 6,955 cubic meter/hour (4,100

scfm) with a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) concentration of 4,000

ppm produced from the lagoon(s) and convey the treated

biogas to Allen Combined Cycle Power Plant.

The biogas improvements at the facility included new

blower buildings with new centrifugal multi-stage blowers,

new candlestick waste gas burners, an innovative biological

hydrogen sulfide removal, moisture removal system, and a

delivery pipeline. The biological H2S system is a series of

four large vessels which utilize Thiobacillus genus of

bacteria to oxidize the H2S into sulfuric acid and elemental

sulfur, which provides cost effective treatment for high H2S

loading applications. The presentation will include the

upgraded controls and biogas quality monitoring systems

installed as well as the operational and maintenance (O&M)

of the process.

Construction of the improvements is nearly complete with

final startup of all facilities scheduled for October 2017. The

presentation will include lessons learned regarding startup of

the biological H2S removal system as well as an update on

treatment performance and beneficial utilization of the

biogas at the Allen Combined Cycle facility.

Impact of Biosolids Handling on Liquid Stream

Process

Jeff Barnard, Burns & McDonnell and Keith

Arbuckle, Duckett Creek Sanitary District

Biosolids handling and liquid stream process control are

intimately related. An activated sludge facility may be

designed for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removal,

complete nitrification, or nutrient removal depending on

receiving stream water quality requirements. Solids

handling systems commonly include processes that produce

nutrient-rich sidestreams that are recycled into the biological

treatment process. The ability to waste, thicken, stabilize,

and dewater solids without disrupting the nutrient balance or

the sludge age in the liquid stream process is directly related

to a wastewater treatment facility’s ability to meet effluent

discharge permit limits reliably.

This presentation will provide an overview of recent project

improvements at facilities around the Midwest, including

conversions for ammonia removal and nutrient removal and

the associated impacts on process control and biosolids

handling. Biosolids handling is oftentimes an afterthought,

but given the ever-tightening water quality requirements

around our state, solids processing design will become a

cornerstone for liquid stream permit compliance.

CSO/Wet Weather Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05

Room: 62/63

Moderator – Bridget Harper

Building and Implementing a Smart Wastewater

Network to Eliminate Overflows and I&I

Brandon Freeman, TREKK Design Group, LLC

Studies show that, on average, 80% of collection system

issues reside in 20% of the entire system. Sanitary sewer

evaluations and flow monitoring have long been used to find

these issues. Traditional flow monitoring technologies are

limited to the basin size in which detection of “micro” flows

can be found, thus limiting detection of I/I to basin sizes of

45,000 LF to 100,000 LF. This presentation will discuss

further refined technologies of breaking down the collection

system into smaller “basins” or micro-detection of issues to

aid in locating surcharging, overflows and infiltration and

inflow.

Micro-detection can be accomplished quickly and

inexpensively with low-cost sensors, wireless connectivity,

high speed analytics, and sensor-driven cameras, which can

help visually confirm the exact cause of the problem.

Together, these tools form the backbone of an intelligent

wastewater network, which helps target rehabilitation

budget spending to where the system needs the most

attention today. Rich data sets can further be used to perform

quality control on hydraulic models built with traditional

methods. Cost of implementation, demonstration of

technologies, and analytics for analysis will be discussed,

using real case studies throughout Missouri.

Pretreatment Devices for Green Infrastructure

and Stormwater Management Systems

Scott Schmoker, Tetra Tech

This presentation reviews and compares pretreatment

devices for a variety of green infrastructure and stormwater

management systems including bioretention and stormwater

storage facilities. The presentation reviews the purpose and

appropriate application of a variety of available pretreatment

technologies. Technologies reviewed include screens,

settling devices, hydrodynamic separators, vegetated filter

strips, simple manholes with sumps, as well as a variety of

other manufactured (off the shelf) devices. Appropriate

application (where to use which technology), installation

requirements, relative costs, maintenance requirements, and

relative effectiveness are discussed. A recent urban setting

green infrastructure project using multiple types of

pretreatment devices is also discussed.

Understanding Your Stormwater System for

Sustainable Integrated Solutions

Jason Garder, Burns & McDonnell and

Kyle Bruemmer, City of Fulton

Stormwater systems have been designed over multiple

decades using different design standards or in some cases no

design standards. So how do you know what your

stormwater system performance is? The answer to this

question starts with first understanding your stormwater

system. Many cities and counties have limited information

on their stormwater infrastructure beyond mapping the inlets

and the outfalls which are required for MS4 permits.

Collecting field data is the first step in understanding your

system. The good news is that GIS mapping and GPS

technology is more accurate and more cost effective than

ever, so data collection can be achieved in a cost-effective

manner. However, the challenge is to collect the right data

to evaluate your stormwater system and then applying that

information to understand your stormwater system

performance.

In 2017, Burns & McDonnell assisted the City of Fulton,

Missouri in completing a pilot study of two drainage areas

in downtown Fulton. The objective of this initial pilot study

was to develop the procedure and tools to effective collect

field data on the stormwater system; create a process to

integrate this data with existing GIS layers; create

spreadsheet tools to evaluate the stormwater system from

inlet calculations to pipe capacity; train City staff on the

equipment and procedures; and provide recommendation for

stormwater improvements needs and next steps. This

presentation will provide an overview of this pilot study,

demonstrate the tools developed for data collection, and

provide examples of the stormwater system evaluation

approach.

A key outcome from understanding your stormwater system

is being able to optimize your existing stormwater system by

planning future projects that improve overall stormwater

performance without pushing a flooding problem

downstream. Collecting the right asset data and using that

information to make meaningful decisions is the crux of

integrated stormwater solutions. This allows you to better

optimize your existing stormwater system by planning future

projects that improve overall performance without pushing a

flooding problem downstream. This requires a different

approach to the design of stormwater improvement projects

which requires both storage and conveyance solutions.

Integrated stormwater solutions provides the opportunity to

utilize green solutions that can temporary store stormwater

near the source of the runoff rather than only looking at

conveyance solutions that might cause more flooding

downstream. In Fulton, by understanding their stormwater

system, pervious pavement with underground storage was

used to address a localize flooding issue that in the past may

have been solved with a larger pipe, ultimately pushing the

flooding problem downstream. Moving forward, the City of

Fulton now has a process to collect data, evaluate the data,

and plan more sustainable stormwater solutions.

WW Topics Monday, March 26, 2:00 to 5:05

Room: 64

Moderator – Christy Willson

Pathway to Plant Selection for Greenfield

Consolidation!

James McCleish, Horner & Shifrin and Brian

Strickland, Strickland Engineering

The Cape Girardeau County Reorganized Common Sewer

District (CGC RCSD) has initiated the wastewater

centralization of over twenty localized satellite treatment

facilities. The overall project includes the design and

construction of a new centralized collection network and

mechanical treatment facility to produce a singular

controlled discharge. This case study presents the challenges

faced and solutions found in development of the treatment

facility site and process selection, antidegradation

evaluation, geological challenges, local food processing

wastewater generators, and the phasing of the project to

allow for district expansion.

Treatment process selection was determined to utilize

influent screening, sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

secondary treatment, ultraviolet disinfection, and aerobic

sludge digestion to produce Class "B" biosolids for land

application. The SBR process was chosen to help simplify

the facility footprint by combining equalization, biological

treatment, and clarification into a common basin. Hydraulic

and organic capacities were strongly considered for the

initial process and site layout design to allow for the future

expansion of the district to integrate additional bordering

communities into the centralized collection system.

The treatment facility site was determined based on land

availability and centralization, as well as the natural grading

which allowed for simplified gravitational flow through the

process. Geological features in the area, however, have

shown multiple structural challenges such as Karst features,

sink hole areas, and fault lines. The facility hydraulic profile

was developed in conjunction with the geotechnical reports

to produce a treatment facility that both takes advantage of

natural gradients as well as creates a structurally sound

foundation in the feature rich area.

Effective Use of the Sequencing Batch Reactor

Process

Srini Sundaramoorthy, Tetra Tech

The Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) is an activated sludge

process designed to operate as a batch process with the

aeration and clarifier operated in a time sequence mode

rather than the conventional continuous flow reactor (CFR)

systems that operate in a space sequence mode. The SBR

process offers certain space and operational flexibilities that

are often The SBR process has both the aeration and clarifier

functions occurring in the same tank. This can reduce the

footprint of a wastewater treatment facility. Another

advantage of the SBR process is its flexibility in treating a

wide range of influent flows and strength.

Although the sequencing batch reactor (SBR) process has

been successfully used for over 40 years, it is often

overlooked as a viable process option for municipal

wastewater systems. The SBR process offers certain space

and operational flexibilities that can be effectively used to

meet long term needs including nutrient removal.

This presentation will provide a concise summary of the

SBR process and its comparison to the conventional CFR

process; discuss the critical design decisions during the

design and implementation of the project, provide unique

design features of major SBR systems available in the

market, and will explain the benefits and operational

flexibility and will provide specific case studies.

Upgrading and Expanding Existing WWTF’S

Case Studies - Case Histories

Alan Callier, Donnohue & Associates Municipalities are continually responding to meet stricter

effluent and water quality regulations and/or faced with

expanding facilities due to increased flow. Most of these

communities are cashed strapped and not able to provide all

the necessary funding for the needed improvements. This

presentation will present case studies from through-out the

Midwest where existing structures and tankage were

considered for repurposing to save money but yet provide a

sensible solution to a plant upgrade or expansion. Case

Studies will also present situations were repurposing initially

thought as a good idea were no pursued for unobvious

reasons.

Cyano Toxins, Odor & Other Emerging Contaminants Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: 64

Moderator – Tom Inman

The Effectiveness and Pathway of Microcystis

Aeruginosa Algal Bloom and Cyanotoxins Control

by Algaecide Treatment Studied by Single Cell-

ICP-MS

XZiaolong He & Xing Shen, University of Missouri,

Science & Technology

With the increase of water pollution and water

eutrophication, harmful algal bloom (HAB) are more and

more common. Microcystis aeruginosa (M. aeruginosa), the

dominant species during the most HABs, commonly

produces microcystin-LR (MC-LR) in large quantities

which is harmful for both animals and human. Single cell

inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SC-ICP-

MS) can rapidly analyze individual cells for intracellular

metal content, and can simultaneously detect the

extracellular metal concentration. In this study, active metal

uptake of the algaecide by unicellular M. aeruginosa cell and

subsequent cell status (i.e., rupture) were monitored by a

novel SC-ICP-MS method during copper-based algaecides

(i.e., CuSO4, and EarthTec) or/and permanganate treatment.

Cell concentration, element mass in each cell, mass

distribution in cells, and extracellular metal concentration

were all obtained in a few minutes within the method. An

ultra-fast liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

(UFLC-MS/MS) method was employed to monitor both the

extracellular and intracellular MC-LR concentrations.

Therefore, the pathway for control of cyanotoxins and

cyanobacteria in aquatic system and in each cell could be

studied at the same time. This study could provide essential

information to explore the principle pathway of M.

aeruginosa algal bloom control by algaecides. The detailed

procedure and results will be presented at the conference.

This research is supported by Missouri Department of

Natural Resources (MDNR).

Occurrence, Formation, and Control of Taste and

Odor Compound 2, 4, 6-Trichloroanisole in

Missouri Drinking Water Systems

Haiting Zhang, University of Missouri, Science &

Technology

Drinking water taste and odor (T&O) issues are a common

problem for many drinking water systems treating surface

water. The most well-known chemicals causing T&O

problems in drinking water are geosmin and 2-

methylisoborneol (MIB). Our previous study for several

T&O events occurred in Missouri drinking water systems

discovered that the major cause of the taste and odor was

2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA), a compound with extremely

low taste threshold. Thus, this continuing study was focused

on investigation of the resource/precursor(s) of TCA and its

formation, control, and removal from source water. Different

treatments include disinfection, algaecide treatment, and

removal methods under different conditions were all

evaluated. The detailed results will be presented at the

conference. This research is supported by Missouri

Department of Natural Resources and Missouri River Public

Water Supplies Association.

Sources and Fate of Taste-and-Odor Causing

Compounds in the Missouri River (Water

Research Foundation Project)

Craig Adams, St. Louis University, Ruth Marfil-

Vega, American Water, Amlan Ghosh, Corona

Environmental, Walter Grayman, Walter Grayman

Consulting, and Zoe Rodriguez, Corona

Environmental

Taste-and-odor (T&O) events are a major concern for water

utilities in Missouri due to the impacts on customers, and

customer concerns generated about water safety. Drinking

water utilities must be able to quickly and accurately

determine the compounds causing the T&O event, and adjust

treatment accordingly. This is complicated by the fact that in

recent years, some significant T&O events in drinking water

in Missouri have been determined to have been associated

with unknown compounds, and not the well-known MIB and

geosmin compounds.

This presentation will present results from an ongoing Water

Research Foundation Project (# 4683) that focuses on T&O

causing compounds affecting utilities on the Missouri River

and its tributaries. In the presentation, we will discuss

previous hydrologic and water quality models that have been

developed and applied to the Missouri River watershed. We

will present recommendations for an early warning

monitoring program for the Missouri River watershed to

help predict algal blooms and manage T&O events. This

presentation will address identification and treatability

research conducted under this WRF grant for a wide suite of

T&O compounds potentially impacting drinking water

utilities in Missouri.

How Emerging Contaminants Will Impact Your

Utility - Now and the Future

Jake White, Burns & McDonnell.

Created in 1974, the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed by

Congress to protect public health by regulating the nation’s

public drinking water supply. Fast forward 43 years, and

Public Water Suppliers throughout Missouri find themselves

in a position where regulations on water contaminants have

increased, and more regulations are most likely coming

down the pike. There are two approaches that PWSs can

take: 1) sit back and wait for regulations to change and then

react, or 2) be proactive in your understand of new

regulations and develop a plan. This presentation will

summarize the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule,

identify those contaminants that may be of concern for

Missouri PWSs, and discuss mitigation strategies.

Drinking Water Distribution System Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: 60/61

Moderator – Drew Hess

Kirkwood, MO: Understanding Unaccounted

Water and Steps to Reduce It

Bill Bensing and Clarence Patterson, City of

Kirkwood, MO and Taimen Taylor, TREKK Design

Group, LLC

The City of Kirkwood, MO is providing this case study

on the methods used to lower its unaccounted water loss

including auditing, meter change outs, leak detection and

repairs, and future plans for installing pressure reduction

valves. Historically the City has recorded an

unaccounted water rate, that doesn’t include water main

breaks and flushing exercises of 20-25% with water

purchased from Missouri American Water and costing

the city ~$275k/year. Between 11/2014 and 7/2016 all

commercial and residential meters were updated or

replaced with radio read meters. Replacing meters only

slightly lowered the unaccounted water rate. Kirkwood

hired TREKK Design Group, LLC to complete 135 miles

of water main leak detection services. ~40 anomalies

(potential leaks) and 5 buried valve boxes were identified

with 2 of the anomalies being confirmed as leaks so far.

In 2018 the city plans to further investigate the leak

detection findings and install pressure reduction valves as

some sections of the city have more than 150+ psi which

is believed to be a major component of the 150 water

main breaks the city experiences per year.

Solving Real Problems with a Water System

Hydraulic Model

Gary David and Travis Bruemmer, Bartlett & West

A water system hydraulic model can bring value to the

design and operation of water systems. This presentation

covers three case studies, two rural water and one municipal,

where hydraulic models were used to provide design and/or

operational solutions to real problems. All content will be

based on Bentley WaterGEMS software for ArcMap.

Steps to Implementing a Water Supply Project –

Obstacles or Opportunities

Roddy Rogers

City Utilities of Springfield

The steps to establish a water supply project can take on the

characteristics of their region but are essentially the same no

matter where you are at and can be applied globally;

however, depending on where you are at and the lens

through which you view them, they can play out very

differently. This presentation will look at these steps based

on experience implementing them in SW Missouri and in

West Africa. The steps will be compared and contrasted

through two extreme perspectives of our world and the

developing (third) world. The value of water will be

accentuated by confirming that we aren’t important to

water—it’s the other way around.

Water Quality Evaluation Techniques: ATP

Testing for Biological Information

Todd F. Brewer, Matt Kirsch and R. Chuck

Aderhold, City Utilities of Springfield, MO

City Utilities has continually evaluated options for quickly

assessing water quality - for both chemical and biological

contaminants. The ATP testing, along with other water

quality evaluation techniques, will be discussed in terms of

applicability to new mains, dead end mains, source water

changes, and response to customer concerns. The approach

provides information quickly, and though there are

limitations, can provide valuable and actionable information

hours ahead of culture-based techniques for microbiological

analysis.

Water Treatment Plant Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: 72/73

Moderator – Charles Stevens

Negotiating a WTP Residuals Lagoon Discharge

Permit after a Major Chemical Spill

Kevin Castro, GHD

The Mohawk Valley Water Authority experienced discharge

of TSS in excess of its permit limits during a cleaning event.

This event caused a investigation and impacted the plant’s

permit renewal process. This presentation discusses the

extensive permit renewal process and negotiations that lead to

significant changes in the plant operations and contingency

plans. The project also included remedial activities in

response to the spill.

Ozone to the Rescue for Small Water Utilities

Tyler Shoemaker, Burns & McDonnell

The popularity of ozone has increased in drinking water

applications over the past few decades due to its effectiveness

as a preoxidant and disinfectant. Ozone has become an

upgrade for many conventional water treatment facilities that

are currently using chlorine due to its strong disinfection

properties and as more stringent chlorinated DBP regulations

are being considered. As a preoxidant, ozone can provide a

number of improvements to the treatment process beyond

oxidation of iron and manganese, including flocculation,

sedimentation, filtration, DBP precursor removal, and taste

and odor reduction.

Traditionally, ozonation has not been cost-effective for

smaller utilities due to large capital cost for implementation.

Recent technological advances, however, have shown that

ozone can be cost-effective in small-scale applications and

provide flexibility for utilities to plan for future regulatory

changes and enhance protection of public health.

This presentation will provide an owner and engineer’s

perspective of how ozone can benefit drinking water utilities.

A case-study approach will focus on the evaluation and

design of the ozone system at the Harrisonville WTP, one of

the few drinking water utilities in Missouri to utilize ozone.

We will discuss the overall process evaluations that lead to

the recommendations for selecting ozone, review of the

appropriate technologies, and how ozone impacts the overall

treatment strategy and finished water goals.

Vortex Grit Systems at Water Treatment Plants –

What?!?!

Isaiah LaRue, Smith and Loveless

Recent applications of vortex grit system in water treatment

plant applications – surface water grit removal and mussel

shell removal.

Use of Mixing Zone Study to Evaluate Water

Quality Impacts of Proposed Lime Residual

Discharge

Rishab Mahajan and Tom Crowley, Geosyntec

Consultants

The City of Columbia, MO is currently evaluating expansion

options at their water treatment plant (WTP) to

accommodate growth in the service area. Currently, water

treatment residuals are decanted and held in a four-cell

lagoon until they are dredged and land applied. As part of

the WTP expansion, the City is undertaking a Best

Professional Judgement (BPJ) study to evaluate disposal

options of lime residuals from the increased plant capacity.

A direct discharge of water treatment residuals to the

Missouri River was determined to be the most cost

affordable and effective option.

In conjunction with the BPJ study, Missouri Department of

Natural Resources (MDNR) also requires a Water Quality

and Antidegradation Review (WQAR) for permitting any

new or expanding discharge. The WQAR outlines primary

parameters of concern which include; pH, color, turbidity,

and total suspended solids (TSS). MDNR allows the use of

a mixing zone to determine site specific water quality limits.

A site-specific mixing zone study is being undertaken to

demonstrate that compliance with water quality standards

can be achieved with the use of a diffuser and additional Best

Management Practices (BMPs). This presentation

highlights various elements of the mixing zone study such

as, instream data collection, bench scale testing and near-

field modeling. Preliminary results of near-field modeling

are provided. Final results of the mixing zone study would

be used to calculate water quality based effluent limits for

the proposed discharge.

Alternative Delivery 2 Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: Parasol II

Moderator – Jim McCleish

Get Quality Equipment You Want with Better

Project Specs and Delivery

Doug Wachsnicht, Goodwin Brothers Construction,

Scott Knight, CMT, Bobby Lyerla, Municipal

Equipment Company, and Jennifer Berger,

Missouri American Water

This presentation would include a panel with representatives

from the Owner, Designer, Manufacture, Manufacture’s Rep

and Contractor to give their individual perspectives on

equipment procurement from conceptual design to executing

purchase orders. Panel would discuss challenges of today’s

procurement and delivery methods, while exploring options

for improvement, both individually and as a group.

Hybrid Design Build Contracting Allows for

Expedited Project Delivery

Norton Fogel and Bob Januska, GHD

A new industrial wastewater treatment plant was needed for

a manufacturing facility. The owner required early cost

certainty and the ability to meet an aggressive schedule. A

hybrid contract allowing was used to allow for critical site

work to have an early start and to properly apportion project

risks between the owner in cost plus elements and the design

builder in fixed price project elements.

Presentation will also describe technologies applied to

complex industrial waste streams. Project is scheduled to go

online prior to the conference - we anticipate presentation of

start-up data.

The Successes and Hurdles of Kansas City

Water’s Largest Design Build Project

Katie Werner, Black & Veatch and Blake Anderson,

Kansas City Water

This case study will present how utilities new to alternative

delivery can leverage best practices for project

development, communication and collaboration to create a

successful project and set a standard for implementation for

larger, more complex projects in the future.

The City of Kansas City, Missouri Water Services

Department (WSD/Owner) is a traditional, city-owned

utility that has focused on improving its facilities in a design-

bid-build manner in the past. In 2016, due to safety concerns

associated with aging equipment, it was determined there

was an immediate need for additional odor control to reduce

hazardous levels of hydrogen sulfide in specific areas of the

Blue River Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). This

pressing need provided an opportunity and driver for WSD

leadership to implement an alternative delivery method for

the first time on a small, new equipment-focused project as

a test case for additional projects in the future. Under the

approval of senior WSD leaders, the project was designed by

WSD’s in-house engineering department for a Fixed Price

Design-Build bidding process and was awarded to Foley

Company with Black & Veatch Corporation as a

subconsultant. This project provided for three odor control

bio-scrubbers and associated equipment at various locations

throughout the 105 MGD WWTP.

The presentation will focus on the efforts by the Owner to

find the right level of detail for fixed fee design build as well

as communications lessons and best practices learned by the

entire team throughout the alternative delivery process.

This project has been an example of the unique challenges

that face design-build teams in the water/wastewater sector

to deliver successful design build projects to capitalize on

the distinct schedule and price advantages of alternative

delivery. The WWTP facility is not a cookie cutter plant that

had one solution for dealing with the environmental

concerns of hydrogen sulfide, and operations could not be

curtailed for any length of time during construction.

Understanding the need of early buy-in from suppliers and

subconsultants for equipment procurement and timely

material delivery was an initial struggle and through

continued communication the stumbling blocks became

lessons and best practices for the future. This project has

been an example of the unique challenges in the

water/wastewater sector to deliver successful alternative

delivery projects to capitalize on the distinct schedule and

price advantages of alternative delivery.

Comprehensive Teamwork to Provide a

Flexible Project Delivery for the Parkville,

WTP

Gina Gansmann and Mel Peterein, Black &

Veatch and Jennifer Birger, Missouri American

Water

Originally billed as a Construction Manager at Risk

(CMAR) project, the new Missouri American Parkville

Water Treatment Plant in Parkville, Missouri demanded

flexibility with a number of design and delivery changes

from early design through construction; ultimately

resembling a design-build project delivery. The 4 MGD

water treatment plant expanded to 5 MGD shortly before

regulatory review with future expansion measures put in

place for ultimate capacity of 10 MGD. Black & Veatch

worked closely with Missouri American Water Company

and the selected Contractor through a number of value

engineering efforts. Unsuitable sub-grade required ground

improvements including columns located beneath most

major site structures. Natural disasters in other parts of the

country delayed key equipment delivery with an already

tight construction schedule. Submittals and similar

contract documents were reviewed and released, on

average, in less than seven days. With a project substantial

completion date of December 31, 2017 and land

disturbance permitting completed in November of 2016, all

hands were on deck to facilitate quick and efficient project

delivery.

Advanced Biological Treatment Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: 74/75

Moderator – Brandon Freeman

Oxidation Ditch Applications: Brush vs. Disc

Aerator Technologies & Parallel vs. Series

Operation

Brandon Olson, Evoqua

Navigating the proper selection of equipment and plant

operation in oxidation ditches has become increasingly

difficult over time with the plethora of options in today’s

market. During this session, we will discuss the differences

of disc aerators and series operation as it relates to mixing

efficiency, energy savings, & BNR effluent. Additionally,

case studies with plant data will be provided to further

explain the advantages of the topics mentioned above.

Rock Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Simultaneous Nitrification / Denitrification

Cole Duckworth and Matt Say, HDR

The City of Independence, Rock Creek Wastewater

Treatment Plant (WWTP), collects and treats flows

generated in the western portion of the City. The treatment

plant was placed into operation in 1978. The WWTP has a

permitted design average daily flow of 10 MGD. In 2012,

the WWTP was updated to bring the plant into compliance

with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) permit for ammonia removal and disinfection, and

to provide adequate capacity to treat peak flows. The peak

flow capacity was increased to 32 MGD. The 2012

treatment process improvements expanded the secondary

treatment system, and brought existing disinfection facilities

online and expanded them. The secondary treatment

expansion included four additional aeration basins (Aeration

Basins 5-8), operated in parallel to the existing four basins

(Aeration Basins 1-4), and four additional secondary

clarifiers, operated in parallel with the existing clarifiers, to

provide peak flow hydraulic capacity.

Since the WWTP improvements were completed in 2015,

the City staff has been working to optimize the plant

operations. This has included optimizing the dissolved

oxygen concentration throughout the aeration basins. This

effort has resulted in significant reduction in total nitrogen

into the WWTP discharge. This presentation highlights the

changes in operation and resulting simultaneous

nitrification/denitrification occurring in the process.

Oxidation Ditch with MBR - A Cost Effective

Approach to Meet Stringent Nutrient Limits

Ladan Holakoo, GHD

Oxidation ditch process with membrane bioreactor (MBR)

combines the benefits of the two processes into a cost

effective and reliable approach to meet stringent effluent

nutrient limits. While the oxidation ditch processes have

the inherent advantage of achieving simultaneous

nitrification-denitrification (SND), and even in some cases

biological phosphorus removal (bio-P), resulting in a

significant chemical savings, the MBR technology

complements the process by enhancing the solids removal

irrespective of the sludge quality, operating sludge age or

MLSS concentration. MBRs allow a longer SRT and a

higher MLSS to be maintained in the oxidation ditch, and

thus help achieving enhanced nutrient removal in a smaller

basin volume, and/or increase the capacity of the existing

basins. MBRs also help better retain the slow growing

nitrifies. This is particularly helpful for processes like

oxidation ditches with surface aerators where the growth

rate of nitrifiers is suppressed as the result of operating at

DOs that are on average less than 2 mg/L. A case study of

the Northeast River Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant

(WWTP) will be used to show the benefits of retrofitting

an existing oxidation ditch with MBR system. While

discussing the advantages of merging the two technologies,

this presentation discusses the provisions to be considered

for such systems that are not specifically designed for

biological phosphors removal but inherently achieve bio-P.

Energy Efficient Process Intensification by

Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors:

Technology Overview and Pilot Scale Studies

Kelly Gordon, Black & Veatch

Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactors (MABRs) hold

promise to revolutionize the delivery of oxygen for

biological treatment in Water Resource Recovery Facilities

(WRRFs). In the MABR, oxygen is pressurized in the lumen

of the membrane, and by diffusion through the membrane

wall, is directly delivered to the biofilm growing on the

membrane surface. The MABR combines the benefits of a

biofilm technology (e.g., maintains slow-growing

organisms, increases loading capacity, reduces sludge

production), while delivering oxygen with aeration

efficiencies up to 2 times higher than fine bubble aeration,

as reported by the manufacturers. High concentrations of

nitrifying organisms are supported in the inner regions of the

biofilm where the oxygen concentrations are greatest. With

controlled intramembrane pressures, the oxygen can be

consumed within the biofilm, leaving the outer regions of the

biofilm and bulk liquid anoxic for denitrification. MABRs

then can provide substantial benefits to WRRFs requiring

upgrades through process intensification, which could

include: 1) decreased air requirements for

carbon/nitrification oxidation, 2) increased throughput

within the same reactor volume, 3) reduced secondary

clarifier loading for enhancing dry or wet weather

clarification, and 4) reduced external carbon requirement for

denitrification. While the concept and principles have been

extensively evaluated at the lab-scale for over three decades,

commercially available MABR technologies in the

marketplace are relatively recent. Black & Veatch has been

in efforts with Suez to identify key factors influencing the

performance and stability of MABRs performing biological

nutrient removal. Together with the City of Hayward, B&V

and Suez are piloting their technology (ZeeLung) in

Hayward, California with a focus on answering fundamental

questions related to MABR design and operation. This

presentation will include: 1) an introduction to the

technology and advantages/challenges related to its unique

configuration, 2) available technology providers and their

MABR modules, 3) modeling studies that evaluate process

schemes to achieve a range of nutrient limits, and 4) pilot

study results with discussion of implications for MABR

design and value integration within a WRRF.

Biosolids 2 Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: 62/63

Moderator – John Choinka

Biosolids: The Engine Pulling the Nutrient

Removal, Resource Recovery, and Energy

Neutrality Train

Mario Benisch, HDR

The general trend towards energy neutrality and resource

recovery increases the scope and complexity of the solids

treatment and its impact on the liquid treatment and permit

compliance. Solids treatment no longer is a necessary

byproduct of sewage treatment but rather becoming the

center of the plant operation both with regard to permit

compliance as well as overall operation and capital cost.

The gradual shift from mere cleaning and disposal to

environmental stewardship, low level nutrient removal,

energy neutrality and resource recovery is moving the focal

point of treatment plant design and operation to the solids

side, dewatering, and disposal. Permit compliance remains

the primary driver that sets the level of treatment. Liquid

treatment changes, especially towards meeting lower

nutrient standards impact solids processing directly and

indirectly. Dewaterability declines, polymer cost increase,

scaling and grit problems can occur as a result of enhanced

biological phosphorus removal (EBPR), increase

phosphorus content in sludge that can limit land application

and similarly wetter cake will have a higher nitrogen load

with the same potential limitation.

The same is true in reverse. Nutrient removal processes are

sensitive to recycle loads and processes like thermo

hydraulics increase those loads and add significant non-

biodegradable phosphorus, nitrogen, and COD. Codigestion

of organic waste impacts dewaterability, the quality and

amount of biosolids generated, and the recycle load. EBPR

allows the recovery of up to 50% if the phosphorus it also

mitigates the impact of phosphorus removal on the biosolids

P content. THP and codigestion can increase centrate

ammonia concentrations to levels where ammonia recovery

is practical.

In this new world were often competing treatment objectives

and highly interrelated treatment plant processes create a

circular argument like problem it is prudent to carefully

review how each unit process change will impact the rest of

the plant. This presentation will review how different

technologies deployed to recover resources, produce more

energy, become more stainable, and to reduce operation cost

interact with rest of the process and vice versa as well as how

the in all of this biosolids are becoming the focal point of

plant design and operation.

Biosolids: Get the Water Out!

Sean Mickey, Horner & Shifrin and Kent Peetz,

City of Jackson, MO

The City of Jackson produces up to 200 dry tons (design of

376) of class B biosolids every year. The aerobic digestion

process was upgraded in 2001 to improve the system and

allow for a higher processing and storage capacity. The

improvements, however, still relied upon a manual decant

process for dewatering and thickening the WAS and treated

biosolids inside the digesters and storage tanks. The manual

batch decant process creates a chokepoint in the system,

inhibiting solids stabilization to remove excess water

volume. A study was performed to analyze various system

upgrades that would allow the digestion process to perform

continuously and eliminate the batch process

chokepoint. The options available including WAS

thickening before feeding the digesters, an external

dewatering loop connected to the digester tanks, and in in-

situ membrane thickening system. The systems were

evaluated for both technical and economic feasibility before

determining that the in-situ membrane thickening system

had best fit for the facility. The City was able to obtain

funding through the LIFT program to gain full understanding

of the process through both current end users as well as direct

manufacturer input prior to any formal commitment to the

recommended project. The discussion presents three points

of view along the pathway from problem definition through

project realization: that of the operator, the engineer, and the

equipment manufacturer.

Finding Efficiency Through Sludge Management

Upgrades

Todd Dablemont and Cameron Jones, Benton &

Associates, Inc.

The Macon, Missouri WWTP recently underwent a sludge

management system upgrade which included a full

replacement of the sludge pumping and dewatering systems.

The improvements replaced two old vacuum coil filters with

new stainless-steel screw presses inside an existing room

with modification of the existing lime silo for lime

stabilization of the dewatered sludge. The project has

performed so efficiently that the City has been able to cover

the loan repayment through operational cost savings. This

presentation will cover the details of the upgrades and go

through how this application is able to see such drastic

reductions in operational costs.

Energy Recovery from Thermal Oxidation of

Wastewater Solids: State of Science Review

Webster Hoener, Black & Veatch

Many water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) use

thermal oxidation (incineration) to manage solids produced

by the wastewater treatment process. While this

management option has typically been used to achieve

volume/mass reduction and sterilize the solids, energy

recovery from thermal oxidation is of increased interest as a

component of approaches to attain energy neutrality.

Because of the increased interest in energy recovery, the

Water Environment Research Foundation has undertaken a

state of science review, with the objectives to:

• Evaluate the potential for energy and heat

recovery from the thermal oxidation of wastewater

solids based on the latest generation of thermal

oxidation technology

• Compare the value of energy recovered from

wastewater solids by thermal oxidation with that

from coal, based on a triple bottom line (TBL)

approach, evaluating economic, environmental,

and social criteria.

• Estimate the quantity of renewable energy

available from thermal oxidation of wastewater

solids and residuals from domestic wastewater and

associated feedstocks, such as fats, oil, and grease

(FOG), scum, and imported biomass

To meet these objectives, this presentation summarizes the

findings from three major research activities; documentation

of the potential recoverable energy from wastewater solids

and residuals, a TBL life cycle assessment comparing

thermal oxidation of wastewater solids with coal, and a state

of technology summary reviewing the different systems

available for recovering energy from incinerators.

CSO/Wet Weather 2 Tuesday, March 27, 8:00 to Noon

Room: Redbud

Moderator – Cliff Cate

Sewer Separation within a Heavy Industrialized

Area - Design and Construction Challenges

David Poirier and Curtis Bowling, Tetra Tech, Inc.

This paper will address the challenges encountered during

the design and construction of a complicated sewer

separation project located within a fully industrialized area

of Kansas City, MO. The primary challenge was in the

development of a viable, low cost sewer separation

alternative for an area located within a much larger

watershed still served by a combined sewer. This was

significant, since during periods of wet weather, adjacent

combined sewer watersheds would be surcharged and

gravity discharge from the separated area to the downstream

interceptor was not possible. This made what appeared to be

a simple sewer separation project a complicated hydraulics

problem that required innovative and creative solutions.

Alleviating CSOs in St. Louis - Harlem Baden

Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation

Melissa Carver, Gresham, Smith & Partners

and John Ferguson, St. Louis MSD

Gresham Smith & Partners served as the prime consultant

for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on the

rehabilitation design of approximately 7,000 lf of combined

trunk sewer within the Harlem Baden watershed. The

Harlem Baden watershed encompasses a 300-acre drainage

area covering approximately 10 miles of combined, sanitary

and storm sewers. The sewer system within the watershed

is set to undergo a combination of rehabilitation, soft

separation and regional detention storage to alleviate CSOs.

These projects were phased into eight design and

construction packages. We will focus on, Package 8, the

rehabilitation of existing combined trunk sewer, ranging

from 4’x4’ RCB to 12’ Concrete Horseshoe and

the considerations that went into selecting a rehabilitation

method and material with respect to the long-term planning

of the watershed and goal to alleviate CSOs.

Cost isn’t always the driving factor in selecting a

rehabilitation method or material. Long term planning

considerations when selecting a design is crucial in

protecting our infrastructure and making the best use of

ratepayer funds.

The presentation will be focused to briefly present an

example of how to tackle combined sewer overflow issues

on a watershed level, which is a current problem being faced

by many regulators and communities today. Consider the

long-term plan of the watershed when designing solutions to

alleviate overflows. Sewer rehabilitation methods are not a

one size fits all. With many options on the market today,

designers have a choice on which method may best fit the

overall client goal, schedule and budgetary constraints.

Joint Wet Weather Analysis of Collection System

and WWTP Improvements

Felix Belanger, Tetra Tech

When communities are faced with eliminating SSOs from

their wastewater systems, they often decide to simply build

larger pipes, storage basins, and treatment facilities. Other

communities decide to rehab the system and try to eliminate

the I&I at its source. Both solutions offer advantages and

one solution may be more cost-effective than the other.

Finding the right mix of rehab, capacity enhancements, and

wet weather storage has previously required a painstaking

and costly analysis of many, many different scenarios. But

now software is available that uses genetic algorithms and

the power of cloud computing to hone in on the optimum

balance of rehabilitation, relief lines, and wet weather

storage basins that will yield the lowest cost solution to SSO

problems.

Tetra Tech uses an optimization engine to solve a chronic

SSO problem that had plagued the City of Tulsa for over 20

years. This SSO occurred at junction box 782 near the

Arkansas River during moderate to heavy rainfall. During

the historically high rains that occurred in May of 2015, this

location overflowed twice, triggering a DEQ Notice of

Violation. Tulsa responded to the NOV and committed to

evaluating the collection system and developing a long -

lasting solution to the problem.

The service area that was evaluated contains approximately

4 million feet of pipe up to 60-inches in diameter, a 42 MGD

treatment facility, and 45 MG of wet weather storage.

The optimization software used to assist with the analysis,

Optimizer by Optimatics LLC, uses genetic algorithms to

perform hundreds of thousands of hydraulic-model runs,

learning from each run and ultimately converging on the

lowest cost solution. Optimization software such as was

used on this project represents the next step forward in

evaluating wastewater systems to accommodate wet weather

events.

Our presentation will describe the Optimization tool, the

data used to perform the evaluation, alternatives evaluated,

and the final solution that was implemented by the City of

Tulsa, including our approach to I&I abatement using

historical costs and I&I coefficients (R-values), techniques

used to ensure accurate relief line sizing and costs, wet

weather storage sizing, how potential treatment plant

improvements were factored in, and other innovative

approaches that were used to find the best, lowest cost

solution.

Biological Nutrient Removal – An Operations View

Bob Campbell, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

The presentation addresses operational issues with the BNR

process. Operational parameters for total phosphorus and

total nitrogen removal will be provided. In addition, side

stream and wet weather operational issues will also be

discussed. Lessons learned on a number of wastewater

operational issues will also be discussed.

Water Quality Distribution System Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m.

Room: Redbud

Moderator – Jenny Doyle

Reduce the Consequences of Failure by Assessing

and Rehabilitating Critical Valves

Wayne Pratt, Wachs Water Services

Critical valves are the backbone of transmission and

distribution systems. Their operability directly affects

control of your water system and therefore reduces the

consequence of failure when a main break occurs. That is

why evaluation of critical assets should be considered a core

activity within any water utility. The AWWA Manual of

Water Supply Practices (M44 3rd Edition) recommends that

valves deemed critical be inspected and operated on an

annual basis however, competing priorities and lack of

resources often makes this a difficult objective to achieve for

many utilities.

Utility Challenges:

• Significant cost of replacing inoperable valves

• Disruption of service associated with large valve

replacements

• Duration and footprint of water main failure

leading to collateral damage and exposure to

media

• Apprehension of handling large valves for fear of

breaking them

Operability of critical valves allows a utility to respond

faster and more effectively to a main failure which limits the

severity of damage and the duration of outage.

Benefits of a critical valve assessment:

• Identify the operability status of the critical valves

in your water system

• Minimize the duration and footprint of water

transmission and distribution main failures

• Gain knowledge of the concepts used to determine

if repairs are economically feasible

• Understand prioritization of repairs and

replacement

• Improve data accuracy, meaningfulness, and

accessibility

Benefits to Attendees/Conclusion - This presentation will

give attendees valuable insight into the strategies and

benefits related to implementing and managing a critical

valve assessment and rehabilitation program. The attendee

will learn, from examples provided by our utility partners,

how to identify usability and determine feasibility of

repairing inoperable critical valves rather than replacing

them and how to prioritize those repairs and replacements.

Utilization of Mixed Oxidants to Improve

Residual and Overall Water Quality in

Distribution System

Thomas Muilenberg, Johnson Matthey - MIOX

Mixed oxidants (MOS) are approved by EPA and follow the

same standards of chlorine. Mixed oxidant chemistry has

provided water municipalities with chlorine residual

enhancement, biofilm control, taste & odor improvement,

disinfection by product (DBP) reduction, and alum/polymer

savings by micro-flocculation in conventional surface water

treatment plants.

Data and research from sites across the country has shown

that MOS is able to penetrate the polysaccharide substrate of

biofilm uses to attached to pipe distribution walls where

standard chlorine and bleach chemicals could not. Recent

evidence from laboratory research indicates that mixed

oxidants include H2O+ and other reactive oxygen species.

Research on the composition continues; but the evidence on

the chemical and biocidal behavior continues to show, as it

has for the past 20 years, that MOS is a superior oxidant

compared to sodium hypochlorite alone. The presentation

will discuss the onsite generation process, including mixed

oxidant (MOS) chemistry used at water utilities and the

evaluation of the field data collected and how it has

significantly improved water quality and how it has saved

municipal utilities significant costs.

Chloramine Control through Reformation and

Boosting in the Distribution System

Kevin Castro, GHD

This project included the design and construction of the

region’s first chloramine reformation and boosting station

within the distribution system. The reformation and booster

station was installed at an existing water storage facility and

was designed to provide robust water quality monitoring,

nitrification control through chloramine reformation and

boosting. The system has been in operation since 2015 the

presentation will include operating data.

TTHM Removal without Changing Present

Infrastructure

Mike Christensen and Drew Hess, Medora

Corporation & Municipal Equipment Company

THM compliance continues to be a discussion point

throughout the municipal water industry. There are a variety

of ways to deal with the high levels. This presentation will

explain how to apply equipment to reduce TTHM's with very

little change to the present infrastructure. Both in tank

treatment and a new inline/skid type of system located at a

facility in IL will be discussed with case study information

presented on each.

Large Systems Drinking Water Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 62/63

Moderator – Mickey Bernard

Chouteau to Brighton 36” Transmission Main

Design Collaboration and Envision Platinum with

KCMO Water Services

John Blancett, HNTB and JC Alonzo, Shockey

Consulting

In 2015, the City of Kansas City Missouri – Water Services

Department selected HNTB for the design of a 9,000LF 36”

water transmission main from Chouteau Avenue to North

Brighton Avenue north of the Vivion Road corridor. HNTB

exclusively teamed with Taliaferro & Browne (MBE) and by

including Shockey Consulting (WBE), TSi Geotechnical,

and Donoho Appraisals, the optimum team was assembled.

HNTB was involved in the 2009 alignment study, and during

this 2015 project, those ideas were considered along with the

future Vivion Trail alignment that Public Works was

considering through the Mill Creek Park / Big Shoal

Greenway, that could double as maintenance access for the

transmission main. This provided a great opportunity for

three City departments (Water Services, Parks & Rec, and

Public Works) to work in unison for the benefit of the public.

The beautiful park includes a creek, grassy clearings, and

mature specimen trees, and unfortunately it has been

inaccessible due to connectivity issues. To minimize

disturbance, the trail and transmission main were both

carefully threaded through the park, with consideration of

the pedestrian and hydraulic constraints and economy. The

water project also included three bore installations to avoid

two recent road improvement projects and to avoid

streambank instability. There was also an impressed

cathodic system on gas line in the region that was

recognized, analyzed and then decided to be relocated.

Regionally entities like the Boy Scouts were contacted, for

consideration of future service projects, for park clean up

and the removal of invasive vegetation. From the technical

design considerations, landscaping improvements,

collaboration, and public involvement, Shockey Consulting

was able to help the Project Managers (Kelly Finn WSD and

John Blancett HNTB) focus their direction and recognize the

meaningful aspects to allow this project to be slated as the

very first water transmission project in the nation with a

verified Envision Platinum rating.

Fortification of a Major Transmission Line When

There’s Trouble Lurking

J.R. Landeck, Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc.

and Beth Matthews, Illinois American Water

Company

The primary transmission main for Illinois American Water

Company’s (ILAWC) water treatment plant was constructed

in the early 1900’s of concrete and cast iron, and

subsequently experienced the typical effects of pipe aging

and increased demands. ILAWC was presented with the

challenge of either repairing or replacing the main, all in

tight proximity with the Mississippi River levee, five

railroads, and multiple other utilities. Working together with

TWM, a combination of solutions were evaluated, including

replacement with 36” and 20” mains, slip lining, and CIPP.

Based on the conflicts present and the condition of the main,

the applicable improvement was selected, all while focusing

on avoiding disruptions to service.

KUB’s Sodium Hypochlorite Conversion Project

Mike O’Connell & Jess Borries, Burns &

McDonnell

The Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) operates four

wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and one Water

Treatment Plant (WTP) in Knoxville, TN. Until recently, all

five facilities used chlorine gas for disinfection. Due to

operator health and safety concerns, the required safety

equipment, and the need to maintain training staff Risk

Management Plan (RMP), KUB contracted with Burns &

McDonnell in 2014 to conduct a business case evaluation

(BCE) to assess the cost and non‐cost implications of

chlorine gas alternatives. This presentation will focus on the

BCE and the recently‐completed construction of a new bulk

sodium hypochlorite storage and feed facility for

disinfection and new Purate based chlorine dioxide

generation system for pretreatment at their 60 million gallon

per day (MGD) surface water treatment plant. Unique design

features include a 4,000 square foot steel and brick structure

with four 16,000-gallon fiberglass hypochlorite storage

tanks, four chemical feed skids, and two Purate based

chlorine dioxide generators. This presentation will include a

discussion of value engineering which occurred following

the sixty percent design, and other unique features of the

facility design and construction process.

Waldo Pumping Station and Reservoir

Rehabilitation

Chad Laucamp, AECOM

AECOM performed engineering design and construction

administration services for the 80 mgd Waldo Pumping

Station and 10 MG Reservoir Rehabilitation project. This

work included an initial facility evaluation of the pumping

station to identify the improvements recommended to be

included in the rehabilitation project. A technical

memorandum was prepared that formulated

recommendations and defined criteria for a pump

replacement or pump rehabilitation plan to extend the pump

station’s useful life an additional forty (40) years through the

year 2050. The design included installation of one (1) new

12 mgd vertical turbine pump and motor;

rehabilitation/replacement of five (5) existing 12 to 16.7

mgd vertical turbine pumps/motors; replacement of sixteen

(16) existing 36-inch butterfly valves; replacement of six (6)

existing 24-inch butterfly valves; replacement of five (5)

existing 16-inch cone valves with new 16-inch ball valves

with motorized operators; and installation of FRP baffle wall

panels inside of existing below-grade finished water

reservoir. The project also included rehabilitation of an

existing dewatering pump and motor; construction of a new

building addition; replacement of indoor and outdoor

switchgear, two variable frequency drives, phased removal

and replacement of existing PLC and associated controls and

wiring; and a phased removal and replacement of an existing

emergency backup battery system. Project challenges

included coordination of a “black-out” period from June 1st

through June 1st during construction where five pumps were

required to be continuously available for operation,

maintaining existing telemetry in service until new PLC was

in place, and coordination of valve replacement to minimize

shutdown times.

Source Water Wells

Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m. Room: 74/75

Moderator – Melissa Peterein

Water Supply Sustainability, A Local Perspective

Martha Silks, Leggette, Brashears and Graham

Developing a sustainable water supply requires an

understanding of the aquifer, water system demands, and

how the two can be managed. The approach to sustainability

is to not deplete the source, not restrict the growth of the

local economy, and to not create a long-term negative impact

on the environment. Presentation will discuss the advantages

to making water supply more sustainable, ways to

accomplish sustainability, and motivations for doing so.

High-Throughput DNA Sequencing to Support

Potable Groundwater Investigations

Cody Luebbering, Geosyntec Consultants

Environmental microbial diagnostics is a rapidly evolving

field that enables understanding of relationships between the

microbial community and their environment that would be

too challenging to otherwise investigate. High-throughput

sequencing has been successful in characterizing both

prokaryotic and eukaryotic populations in a number of

habitats, including the investigation of potable groundwater

for bioindicators of surface water intrusion. Sequencing total

sample DNA for 16s and 18s ribosomal RNA genes allows

the taxonomic classification of each unique gene sequence

to the degree supported by available nucleotide reference

databases. High-throughput sequencing of environmental

samples illustrate the ability of this technology to capture

molecular signatures that may signify leading or lagging

indicators of environmental changes which may affect water

quality or process outputs. In addition, this technical

approach is specifically beneficial to meeting regulatory

requirements with greater fidelity than currently practiced;

including addressing EPA’s Surface Water Treatment Rule

(SWTR), Total Coliform Rule, and Groundwater Rule. This

presentation discusses the use of high-throughput DNA

sequencing technology to investigate potable groundwater

for bioindicators of surface water intrusion.

Mapping Karst Features with Surface Geophysics

Aaron Collier, Collier Consulting

Karst features are common in much of Missouri and can

have significant impacts on developing new water sources,

maintaining water quality, and maintaining infrastructure

such as pipelines, foundations and reservoirs. Karst features

occur at a wide variety of scales and can be difficult to locate

by conventional methods like drilling. It can be virtually

impossible to reliably screen proposed building sites or

pipeline right-of-ways for karst features which can lead to

delays and cost overruns during construction. Surface

geophysical methods can screen large areas quickly to

identify karst features such as voids, sink holes, incompetent

rock, or bedrock pinnacles that may interfere with

construction projects. This presentation will present the

geophysical methods most commonly used to map karst and

show examples of how the methods can be used to screen

sites for karst features, find seepage zones in surface

reservoirs, or bedrock fractures to site high capacity wells.

Aquifer Pump Tests

Paul Brotcke, Brotcke Well & Pump, Inc.

Determine length of pump test to evaluate hydrologic

properties of Well & Pump systems.

Potpourri Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00PM

Room: 72/73

Moderator – Lisa Douglas

Disinfection Study at a Trickling Filter WWTP

Amy D. Kliewer and Todd Archer, CDM Smith

Disinfection of wastewater effluent at a trickling filter

treatment facility can be challenging, especially when many

variables come into play. A phased approach was developed

including sampling, bench scale testing, pilot testing,

analysis, and evaluation of various alternatives. The results

of the study and evaluation will be presented.

Making a Horrible Presentation: How to Avoid

Pitfalls, Problems, & Meltdowns

Phil Walsack, Burns & McDonnell

Utility professionals are being asked more frequently to

make presentations and speak publicly. Most of us have

received little to no training in this subject matter, yet we are

being judged by how convincing we are standing before city

councils, business associates, and our rate-payers. This

presenter will vividly illustrate how to make a better

presentation, avoid common (and a few uncommon)

mistakes, and share his most embarrassing presentation

moments with the audience.

Considerations in Evaluating Chronic Whole

Effluent Toxicity (WET) Tests

Cody Luebbering and Randy Crawford, Geosyntec

Consultants

Environmental microbial diagnostics is a rapidly evolving

field that enables understanding of relationships between the

microbial community and their environment that would be

too challenging to otherwise investigate. High-throughput

sequencing has been successful in characterizing both

prokaryotic and eukaryotic populations in a number of

habitats, including the investigation of potable groundwater

for bioindicators of surface water intrusion. Sequencing total

sample DNA for 16s and 18s ribosomal RNA genes allows

the taxonomic classification of each unique gene sequence

to the degree supported by available nucleotide reference

databases. High-throughput sequencing of environmental

samples illustrate the ability of this technology to capture

molecular signatures that may signify leading or lagging

indicators of environmental changes which may affect water

quality or process outputs. In addition, this technical

approach is specifically beneficial to meeting regulatory

requirements with greater fidelity than currently practiced;

including addressing EPA’s Surface Water Treatment Rule

(SWTR), Total Coliform Rule, and Groundwater Rule. This

presentation discusses the use of high-throughput DNA

sequencing technology to investigate potable groundwater

for bioindicators of surface water intrusion.

City of Salina Design-Build Procurement - The Value of

an Owner's Representative

Jessica Adams-Weber, HDR Inc.

The City of Salina, Kansas initiated the South Well Field and

WTP Improvement Project with the intent to provide water

supply redundancy to its customers during drought

conditions. This Project includes improvements to five of the

City’s existing wells, previously owned by the Federal

Government for the Schilling Air Force Base, and

construction of a new 3.5 MGD water treatment plant. The

City elected for the Project to proceed using a progressive

design-build project delivery method. Serving as Owner’s

Representative for the Project, HDR is assisting and advising

the City from procurement through construction of the

Project.

This presentation will focus on the Design Build

procurement method utilized for this Project including

development and advertisement of the RFQ, preparation of

the design build contract, shortlisting and selection of the

Design Build Team, and, ultimately, execution of the Design

Build Contract. The presentation will also detail how the

City embraced the progressive delivery method to achieve

its objectives, even as early as procurement, to assemble the

most effective team to reduce risk and to enable successful

execution of the Project.

Lagoons and Small Systems Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 60/61

Moderator – Samantha Weidenbenner

CFD Modeling for Aerated Lagoon Systems

Patrick Hill, Triplepoint Environmental

Operator dissatisfaction with grit removal systems is all too

common. Design of grit removal processes has been labeled

as inadequate and misunderstood. Conventional guidelines

target removal of grit larger than 212 micron while

minimizing organic content. In fact, many wastewater

treatment plants across the country find over 50% of their

influent grit is smaller than 212 micron. In addition to

designing for inadequate removal based on size alone other

factors contribute to grit system failure. Conventional design

assumes that municipal grit behaves like clean sand particles

in clean water. Grit removal systems are traditionally based

on settling velocities of perfect spheres of silica sand

particles with a 2.65 specific gravity in clean water. In

reality, wastewater grit is comprised of silica sand as well as

asphalt, concrete and various other materials that do not have

a specific gravity of 2.65. Further, grit particles are not all

perfect spheres and finally, grit is exposed to fats, oils,

greases, and soaps in the collection system which coats the

grit and changes its settling velocity. Grit systems can work

as intended when designed with an accurate understanding

of the nature and characteristics of the grit arriving at the

treatment plant and how this grit actually behaves in

wastewater. Advancements in grit management technology

now allow 95% capture of grit ≥ 75 micron while producing

a clean, dry product.

Challenges of Ammonia Removal with Lagoon

Systems - Case Study at Holden, MO

Phil Burns, Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc. and Tony

Lerds, City of Holden, MO

Small communities with lagoon systems face a major

challenge to achieve ammonia removal. The challenges

include limited available technologies for lagoon systems,

locating funding sources, operation of a more advanced

treatment system and handling large changes in flow during

extreme rainfall event.

The City of Holden, Missouri has faced all of these

challenges since the ammonia removal requirement was

enacted by the EPA. In 2009, they prepared a Facility Plan

with recommendations for ammonia removal. At that time

were few alternatives for add-on technology that would

allow them to re-use their existing lagoon. They still had

more than 10 years remaining on the bond that financed their

existing lagoon system and could not afford to replace their

system with a new mechanical treatment plant. Because of

this, they did not actively move forward with improvements.

During this period, there were several emerging technologies

that were being considered by MDNR for add-on treatment

for ammonia removal. In addition, the technology that was

recommended in the 2009 report had subsequently failed.

As a result, in 2013, the Facility Plan was updated with a

review of new technologies that were being considered by

MDNR and with information from pilot testing of ammonia

removal systems in Archie and Lamar. Based upon this

information, the Submerged Aqueous Growth Removal

(SAGR) system was selected. However, the cost of the

improvements were still not affordable for the City of

Holden.

In 2014, a Rural Sewer Grant became available and the

project moved forward. It was bid and constructed in 2015

with kickoff in October 2015. During kickoff, the City

experienced back to back extreme rainfall events that

challenged the hydraulic capacity of the existing lagoons and

the new SAGR system. During the following months, the

City, manufacturer and engineer developed a plan for

handling the higher than anticipated inflow and infiltration

flows. A peak flow pipe was retrofitted to convey high peak

flows from the final polishing lagoon to the SAGR system

to prevent overflows.

In the summer and fall of 2017, the Holden area experience

back to back rainfall events with rainfalls of several inches

in less than an hour. They experienced flooding of the

SAGR system from surface run-off and were able to

maintain ammonia removal through their system.

Nutrients: Removing the Mystery

Sean Mickey, Horner & Shifrin

Nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus containing

compounds, are essential for biological reproduction.

Excessive concentrations, however, can produce adverse

side effects on local wildlife and ecosystems. High nutrient

concentration in water bodies increases algal growth,

reducing dissolved oxygen levels, and in turn affects local

aquatic wildlife, further disrupts local food chains, and can

deteriorate drinking water quality. High phosphorous

loading can result in red algae blooms, which can be toxic to

aquatic life

Nutrient pollution can result from sources such as

stormwater runoff of fertilized soils, industrial sources, or

municipal wastewater discharges. Studies performed by the

EPA on Chesapeake Bay have shown that after agricultural

runoff, regulated municipal wastewater is the next largest

contributor to nitrogen and phosphorus loadings. Nutrient

removal and effluent limits from municipal wastewater have

been a long-standing requirement in many European

countries as well as certain regions of the USA such as

Florida, Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. As many

water bodies in the USA travel between states, and therefore

have multiple regulating agencies, coordination of water

quality regulations can be a difficult task. Strict regulations

in Florida have led to increased awareness and criteria

developments in Georgia; are similar trends expected to

develop around the many nearby borders surrounding

Missouri?

Typical nutrient removal processes include either a

biological or chemical treatment process and can meet very

stringent effluent limits. Typically, any existing activated

sludge process can be retrofitted or modified to allow

biological nutrient removal (BNR) the difficult task is fitting

the proper BNR process to the existing biological treatment

system, and the determination of whether additional

chemical or other tertiary treatments will be necessary.

Hands-on Process Control Operator Training

Empowers the Next Generation.

Paul Dombrowski, Woodard & Curran

and Susan Guswa Woodard & Curran,

As the current utility workforce ages, new training

techniques are needed as we transition to the next generation

of O&M professionals. Toward that goal, two specific

hands-on training courses were developed to engage and

advance the emerging O&M leaders in our industry; focused

on both fundamentals and current technologies. The two

hands-on training programs that have been delivered

include: (1) activated sludge settling testing for use with

State Point Analysis training and (2) process model

simulators for biological nutrient removal training.

State Point Analysis training incorporated hands on

activated sludge settling column tests, background theory to

demonstrate practical use of the state point approach for

clarifier operation and came full circle with development of

gravity flux curves from the sludges tested. The presentation

will include an overview of secondary clarifier operation

using the state point approach, how column testing was used

as a training tool and how the actual results compare to

previously published settling characteristics.

WEF and numerous member associations have partnered to

incorporate process modeling software into the Operations

Challenge Process Control Event. Software developer,

Hydromantis, has expanded this platform into an operator

training module that has been used for numerous hands-on

operator training sessions throughout New England and

several in the Midwest. This presentation will provide a

demonstration of the how the software was used for BNR

process control training, how it contrasts from typical lecture

based training and feedback from participants.

Industrial Wastewater Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m.

Room: 64

Moderator – Jeff King

Force Main Odor and Corrosion Control with

Super Oxygenation

Kenton Newport, HDR Engineering, Inc.

Using pure oxygen for odor and corrosion prevention has

gained significant momentum in recent years due to its low

operating cost and advances in technologies to efficiently

dissolve oxygen into wastewater. Foul odors emanating

from wastewater collection and treatment plants are largely

caused by the presence of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which is

formed under anaerobic conditions. A logical solution to

H2S control is therefore the addition of pure oxygen to

induce aerobic conditions.

The presentation will give background information on the

root cause of odor and corrosion and how it can be prevented

through the targeted addition of dissolved oxygen. A case

study of an installation in Raymore, MO will be presented.

The City of Raymore, MO has an extensive sewerage system

including a 17,000ft long Force Main that discharges near

City Hall, causing significant odor and corrosion issues for

the City. H2S concentrations in the downstream interceptor

were measured as high as 1,000ppm, causing not only health

concerns for nearby businesses but also safety risks for

employees.

HDR was hired to do a comparison of chemicals and

Superoxygenation Systems to combat the problem. As the

SuperOxygenation System prevents H2S formation rather

than treat the extremely high concentrations, results were

expected to be more consistent and at a lower life cycle cost.

Testing results to date have shown that to be true.

Results of the study along with pictures of the installation

will be presented.

Innovative GWTP Upgrade & Operational

Challenges

Roland Hauck and Bob Hughes, Burns &

McDonnell

Existing GWTP for the Dept. of Energy had to be upgraded

with newer technologies. This presentation describes the

engineering behind this upgrade as well as provides

operational data and challenges after the new GWTP was

installed.

Stormwater Pollution Prevention at Industrial

Site

Christina Luebbert, P.E., Luebbert Engineering

A case study of a project to address stormwater pollution

prevention at an industrial (manufacturing) site in Missouri

through development of non-structural and structural Best

Management Practices.

Seal the Sewers: A Case Example of Air Quality

Regulation Driving Stormwater System

Improvements on a Large Refinery

Susan Fahnestock, Jacobs

The primary business objective of an ongoing stormwater

conveyance and treatment improvements project is

compliance with air quality regulations in addition to

discharge requirements. During rain events, runoff from

refinery process areas overflows to the stormwater

conveyance system and may contain limited quantities of

benzene and other VOCs. This presents a potential release

of regulated benzene/VOC air emissions as gravity sewers

vent air as water levels fluctuate. Stormwater is currently

pumped to both closed and open-air storage facilities and

released to the on-site waste treatment plant as capacity

becomes available.

Two major project elements are intended to comply with air

quality regulations designed to reduce benzene and other

VOC emissions. The first includes sealing the process area

stormwater structures and lift stations and providing carbon

canisters to treat air releases. The second is replacement of

open air storage basins with two large closed storage tanks.

Another key objective is segregating runoff from “clean”

areas from process area runoff to reduce storage needs and

treatment capacity. Additional project components include a

new 63,000 gpm lift station and upgrades to the treatment

plant.

Collections Systems 2 Tuesday, March 27, 1:15 to 5:00 p.m.

Room: Parasol II

Moderator – Mary West-Calcagno

Attacking Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) on the

Private Side: A Tale of Two Cities

Dustin R. Hill, Burns & McDonnell, Cliff Cate,

Burns & McDonnell, Andy Shively, KC Water

Services and Jeff Shiner, St. Louis MSD

While St. Louis and Kansas City share a state and a common

goal of removing inflow and infiltration (I/I) from their

wastewater collection systems, they have taken vastly

different approaches to evaluating and removing I/I from the

private sector. With both programs being successful in their

own right, we are going to take a look at the different

approaches and the results both programs have received.

From the philosophy of each program, whether mandatory

versus voluntary, the disconnection process, or competitive

bidding versus unit cost, the programs have differed but

again have been very successful. Kansas City’s “Keep out

the Rain” program (KOTR) has completed its first year and

well into its second year by March of 2018. Initial flow

monitoring analyses have indicated a tremendous success in

private sector I/I removal while staying well under the

$1.15/gpd removal goal of the program. KOTR is currently

a completely voluntary program targeting areas within the

separate sewer system with high I/I. Both interior and

exterior evaluations are conducted for all parcels located

within the area to identify cost-effective sources to be

removed. Once identified as cost-effective, a certified

“qualified” plumber contracted with the City coordinates

with the property owner to schedule the disconnection of the

source. Unit costs for typical source disconnections were

predetermined and agreed upon by all contracted plumbers

with the City. Over 13,700 building evaluations were

completed during the first year identifying approximately

2,460 sources of I/I from the private sector. Below are the

goals of results from the first year of the KOTR program: •

Building Evaluations (Internal/External) : Goal (90%)/

Actual (53%) • Properties with Cost-Effective Sources: Goal

(15%-25%) / Actual (8%) • Voluntary Agreement for Source

Disconnection: Goal (95%) / Actual (84%) • Flow

Identified: 13 MGD • Cost-Effectiveness ($/GPD

Removed): Goal ($1.15) / Actual ($0.58) • Customer

Satisfaction: Goal (95%) / Actual (99%) On the opposite

side of the state, the Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District

“Get the Rain Out” initiative for the Lemay Sanitary Sewer

Service area is in the fifth year of the program. The private

I/I program began in 2013 and has focused on providing

private I/I reduction for the consent decree program. The

program does not have measurable goals for specific

wastewater basins, but rather focuses on removal of cost-

effective I/I ($1.00/gpd removed) within a defined project

boundary. In most instances, the private I/I reduction is

scheduled and completed prior to sanitary relief efforts

within each watershed. The program is set up as a design-

bid-build model as the engineering teams are tasked with

providing field inspection, rehabilitation recommendations,

property owner negotiations, and construction/bid package

preparation. The construction packages consist of all the

properties identified as significant source and cost-effective

within the defined project boundary. This construction bid

package is then competitively bid to qualified MSD’s

contractors. Below is a summary of MSD Lemay Sanitary

System Private I/I Program to date: • Total Number of

Project Areas: 59 • Total Property Inspections to date:

48,900 • Compliant Properties identified: 24,900 (51%) •

Non-Significant Source Properties identified: 24,000 (49%)

• Significant Source, Cost-Effective properties –

Rehabilitation Recommendations: 4,495 (9%) • Property

Owner Release Acquisition: 3,958 (88%) • Cost-effective

removal ratios by project: Program range 0.17 – 0.65 This

presentation will focus on the different philosophies,

evaluation techniques/technologies, disconnection methods

and public outreach and engagement activities that have

made both programs successful for each organization.

Private Property Inflow and Infiltration Programs

Jonathan Hoflander and Kevin Waldron, Olsson

Associates

Discussion of the principles, procedures and objectives of an

effective Private Property Inflow and Infiltration Program,

including examples and performance indicators from

local/regional programs and a national perspective.

When Private Plumbing Modifications Can Cause

Big Problems in the Collections System

Sarah Limb, City of Springfield

It’s the Friday night dinner rush and the drains start backing

up into the restaurant’s kitchen. The Health Department

could show up at any minute to close the place down so the

owner needs his plumber to fix the problem NOW. There’s

no time for a permit but the plumber knows exactly what to

do. Who needs some city inspector telling him how to do his

job? Many illegal plumbing modifications happen in

restaurants and your sanitary sewer department might not

know about them until there is a grease blockage

downstream. This presentation will cover some of the more

creative private plumbing modifications that our FOG staff

has uncovered in Springfield. What are some clues that your

FOG staff can follow to diagnose the problem in the private

sewer before it becomes a bigger problem in the public

sewer?

Winning the War Against Wipes

Tim Miller, JWC

Wastewater infrastructures were not designed to handle

flushable wipes and other non-dispersible fabrics. We will

review today’s status of the wipes market, PSA and legal

efforts to curb disposal of non-dispersibles in sewage

systems, and look at technical options in pumps and grinders

to pre-condition these difficult solids.

2018 Speaker Directory

Craig Adams St. Louis University 3450 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63103

Jessica Adams-Weber HDR Inc. 3741 NE Troon Drive Lees Summit, MO 64064

Jennifer Anders Woodard & Curran 1520 South Fifth St, Ste 306 St. Charles, MO 63303

Abel Assefa KC Water 7300 Hawthorne Rd Kansas City, MO 64120

Jeff Barnard Burns & McDonnell 425 South Woods Mill Dr Chesterfield, MO 63017

Felix Belanger Tetra Tech 7645 E 63rd Street, Ste 301 Tulsa, OK 74133

Mario Benisch HDR 1001 SW 5th Ave , Ste 1800 Portland, OR 92229

Bill Bensing City of Kirkwood 139 S. Kirkwood Rd Kirkwood, MO 63122

John Blancett HNTB 715 Kirk Dr Kansas City, MO 64105

Todd Brewer City Utilities of Springfield P.O. Box 551 301 E. Central St. Springfield, MO 65801

Paul Brotcke Brotcke Well & Pump, Inc. 750 Mrus Ct Fenton, MO 63026

Phil Burns Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc. 11250 Corporate Ave Lenexa, KS 66219

Bob Campbell Stantec Consulting Services Inc

1859 Bowles Ave, Suite 250 Fenton, MO 63126

Melissa Carver Gresham, Smith & Partners 4240 Duncan Ave., Ste. 200 St. Louis, MO 63110

Kevin Castro GHD One Remington Park Drive Cazenovia, NY 13035

Mike Cerutti Tnemec Company, Inc 530 Orchard Lane Eureka, MO 63025

Alan Christanell Black & Veatch 16305 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 230 Chesterfield, MO 63017

Michael Christensen Medora Corporation 3225 Hwy 22 N Dickinson, ND 58601

Aaron Collier Collier Consulting, Inc. 590 E South Loop Stephenville, TX 76401

Allen Cox Ductile Iron Pipe Aesearch Assn.

4405 Birdseye Court Hermitage, TN 37076

Dustin Craig Craig CDM Smith 9200 Ward Parkway, Ste. 320 Kansas City, MO 64114

Tom Crowley Carollo Engineers, Inc. 903 East 104th St, Ste 230 Kansas City, MO 64131

Todd Dablemont Benton & Associates, Inc. 806C East State Route 72 Rolla, MO 65401

Gary Davis Bartlett & West 1719 Southridge Dr. Ste 100 Jefferson City, MO 65109

Luca DeAngelis Burns and McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Karen Dietze Black & Veatch 8400 Ward Pkwy Kansas City, MO 64114

Paul Dombrowski Woodard & Curran 47 Pleasant St, Suite 1-SW Northamton, MA 1060

Lisa Douglas Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc. 4410 Hunt Avenue St. Louis, MO 63110

Rachel Drain Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Cole Duckworth HDR 3741 NE Troon Drive Lees Summit, MO 64064

Susan Fahnestock Jacobs One Financial Plaza 50 N. Broadway St. Louis, MO 63102

Norton Fogel GHD 11971 Westline Industrial Dr Suite 101 St. Louis, MO 63146

Brandon Freeman TREKK Design Group, LLC 1900 West Sunset Suite C-106 Springfield, MO 65807

Gina Gansmann Black & Veatch 16305 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 230 Chesterfield, MO 63017

Jason Garder Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Kelly Gordon Black & Veatch 8400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Laura Gray Larkin Lamp Rynearson 9001 State Line Rd, Ste 200 Kansas City, MO 64114

David Hamberlin TREKK Design Group 1411 E 104th St. Kansas City, MO 64131

Phil Harris City Utilities Springfield P.O. Box 551 301 E. Central St. Springfield, MO 65801

Jessica Hart-Terry BlueInGreen 700 W. Research Center Blvd., Suite 1207 Fayetteville, AR 72701

Roland Hauck Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Xziaolong He Missouri U of S&T 400 West 11th Street Rolla, MO 65409

Craig Heisel Donnohue & Associates 211 W. Washington Street Suite 2100 South Bend, IN 46601

Dustin Hill Burns & McDonnell 425 S Woods Mill Road Chesterfield, MO 63017

Patrick Hill Triplepoint Environmental 1140 West Lake St, Suite 201 Oak Park, IL 60301

Webster Hoener Black & Veatch Two North Riverside Plaza Suite 2050 Chicago, IL 60606

2018 Speaker Directory

Jonathan Hoflander Olsson Associates 1251 NW Briarcliff Parkway Kansas City, MO 64116

Ladan Holakoo GHD 16701 Melford Boulevard Suite 330 Bowie, MD 20715

Carol Hufnagel Tetra Tech 710 Avis Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Amy Kliewer CDM Smith 9200 Ward Parkway, Ste. 320 Kansas City, MO 64114

J.R. Landeck Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc.

720 Olive St., Suite 200A St. Louis, MO 63101

Isaiah LaRue Smith & Loveless 14040 Santa Fe Trail Drive Lenexa, KS 66215

Chad Laucamp AECOM 303 E. Wacker Dr, Ste 1400 Chicago, IL 60601

Jeff Lettington City Utilities of Springfield PO Box 551 Springfield, MO 65801

Sarah Limb City of Springfield 755 N Franklin Ave Springfield, MO 65802

Cody Luebbering Geosyntec Consultants 2009 East McCarty St. Suite 1 Jefferson City, MO 65101

Christina Luebbert Luebbert Engineering 304 Travis Ct Jefferson City, MO 65101

Rishab Mahajan Geosyntec Consultants 1420 Kensington Rd, Ste 103 Oak Brook, IL 60523

Eric Medlock MDNR PO Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102

Sean Mickey Horner & Shifrin 401 S 18th St Ste 400 St. Louis, MO 63103

Tim Miller JWC 2850 Red Hill Ave Santa Ana, CA 92705

Nick Muenks Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. 2009 East McCarty St, Suite 1 Jefferson City, MO 65101

Thomas Muilenberg Johnson Matthey - MIOX 36939 127th Street Unionville, MO 63565

Kenton Newport HDR Engineering, Inc. 3741 NE Troon Dr. Lees Summit, MO 64064

Mike O'Connell Burns & McDonnell 9450 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Brandon Olson Evoqua 2607 N. Grandview Blvd, Ste 130

Waukesha, WI 53188

David Poirier Tetra Tech, Inc. 415 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64106

Wayne Pratt Wachs Water Services 801 Asbury Drive Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Roddy Rogers City Utlities of Springfiled 301 E Central Springfield, MO 65801

David Roskowic ASA Analytics 312 N. Gardiner Avenue Rockford, IL 61107

Andy Sauer Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Scott Schmoker Tetra Tech 6307 Center Street, Suite 210 Omaha, NE 68106

Tyler Shoemaker Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Martha Silks Leggette, Brashears and Graham

405 E. 19th Ave North Kansas City, MO 64116

Trent Stober HDR 3610 Buttonwood Drive, Ste. 200 Columbia, MO 65201

Srini Sundaramoorthy Tetra Tech 7645 East 63rd St, Suite 301 Tulsa, OK 74133

Doug Wachsnicht Goodwin Brothers Construction 4885 Baumgartner Road St. Louis, MO 63129

Phil Walsack Burns & McDonnell 9400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Jim Wathen National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies

6841 Shadow Ridge Road Lincoln, NE 68512

Katie Werner Black & Veatch Corporation 8400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

Jake White Burns & McDonnell 9400 Wark Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114

George Wooten Engineered Fluid, Inc. PO Box 723, 1311 N. Maple St Centralia, IL 62801

Haiting Zhang Missouri U of S&T 400 West 11th Street Rolla, MO 65409

Kerry Zwierschke Bennett & Williams, ECI 98 County Line Road, West, Ste C

Westerville, OH 43082

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

Ace Pipe Cleaning, Inc. Booth #40 Lisa Douglas Steve Hontz 6601 Universal Ave. Kansas City MO 64120 (816) 241-2891 shontz@acepipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems Booth #45 Craig Dahlgren 127 Windcliffe Drive Ballwin MO 63021 (314) 296-1595 Craig.dahlgren@ads-pipe.com AdEdge Water Technologies, Inc Booth #57 Martin Lawrence 1434 Hillcrest Drive Greenville IL 62246 (618) 664-4469 bsmith@aquaflotech.com Aerzen USA Booth #4 Kevin Grant 108 Independence Way Coatesville PA 19320 (717) 768-0604 kgrant@aerzenusa.com American Marsh Booth #29 Troy Firstenberger 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. Booth #54 Steve Stanish 6306 N. Alpine Road Rockford IL 61130 (815) 222-5410 SStanish@aqua-aerobic.com

Aquaflo Technologies, Inc. Booth #57 Bruce W. Smith 1434 Hillcrest Drive Greenville IL 62246 (618) 664-4469 bsmith@aquaflotech.com Auma Booth #29 Frank Kessler 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com Axiom Instrumentation Services Booth #26 AJ. Wiese 5400 Johnson Dr., Ste 161 Mission KS 66205 (913) 543-1690 aj@axiominst.com Blue Water Solutions Group, Inc. Booth #17 James Fisher 5020 Bob Billings Pkwy, Ste D Lawrence KS 66049 (785) 832-2300 jfisher@bluewatersolutionsgroup.com

Brooks and Associates, Inc. Booth #46 Joe Eversmeyer Ed Winter 3100 West Osage St. Pacific MO 63069 (636) 451-6969 brooksaa@usmo.com Brotcke Well & Pump, Inc. Booth #38 Paul Brotcke Dana Heck Derek Nees 750 Merus Ct. Fenton MO 63026 (636) 343-3029 dana@bwp-inc.com

Building Crafts, Inc. Booth #118 Greg Stone 2 Rosewood Drive Wilder KY 41076 (859) 781 -9500 gslone@buildingcrafts.com Cady Aquastore, Inc. Booth #111 Dave Hemauer 920 W Prairie Dr, Ste G Sycamore IL 60178 (815) 899-5678

daveh@cadyaquastore.com

Clear Water Equipment Booth #19 Charlie Wheeler 11400 Riley Overland Park KS 66210 (913) 449-8320 cwe@everestkc.net Coe Equipment, Inc. Booth #82 Marty Coe Scott Ostrowski 5953 Cherry Street Rochester IL 62563 (217) 498-7200 Marty.coe@coe-equipment.com Core & Main LP Booth #74 Abby Evans Jeff Sheehan Steve Schaller 5454 New Baumgartner Rd St Louis MO 63129 (314) 487-8684 abby.evans@coreandmain.com Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. Booth #51 Scott Knight Heather Gippp Matt Sainz Tony Russo One South Memorial Drive, Ste 500 St Louis MO 63102 (314) 571-9057 sknight@cmtengr.com

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

Dakota Pump Booth #30 Bill Siebert 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com DanCo Systems Booth #81 Daniel Pflumm 11101 Johhnson Dr. Shawnee KS 66203 (913) 962-0622 dpflumm@dancosystems.com DN Tanks Booth #80 Dave Ornduff 12980 Metcalf Avenue, Ste 325 Overland Park KS 66213 (913) 681-6006 dave.ornduff@dntanks.com D.R. Cordell & Associates, Inc. Booth #7 Steve Cordell 95 W. Butler Avenue Chalfont PA 18914 (215) 822-9345 Steve@cordellmfg.com DXP/Pump & Power Booth #123 Bill Biron 11691 W 85th St Lenexa KS 66214 (913) 888-0108 Bill.biron@dxpe.com Ebara Pumps Booth #31 Justn Hovinen 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com

Electric Controls Co. Booth #126 Jim Copeland 2735 Mercantile Drive St Louis MO 63144 (314) 223-2143 jcopeland@eccstl.com Elliott Equipment Company Booth #94 John Menendez 14001 Botts Road Grandview MO 64030 (816) 761-4840 Johnm@elliottequipco.com Emerson – Rosemount Booth #32 Dave Marszalec 519 Main Street St. Joseph MI 49085 (269) 932-8134 danhufker@flosystems.com Enviro-Line Company, Inc. Booth #88 & 89 Dick Bowers Mark Mayer Chris Dickason Brandon Bowers PO Box 308 Osawatomie KS 66064 (913) 755-2161 Dick.bowers@enviro-line.com EDI Booth #84 Patrick Ely Tim Canter 1550 Larkin Williams Road Fenton MO 63026 (314) 799-6994 bnienaber@vandevanter.com Enviro-Line Company Booth #88 & 89 Dick Bowers Mark Mayer Chris Dickason Brandon Bowers PO Box 308 Osawatomie KS 66064 (913) 755-2161 Dick.bowers@enviro-line.com

Environmental Resources Training Center @ SIUE Booth #91 Matthew Maas Drew Hoelscher Campus Box 1075 Edwardsville IL 62026-1075 (618) 650-2214 mmaas@siue.edu E-One Booth #62 Brandon Foster 15725 Pflumm Road Olathe KS 66062 (913) 782-4962

kgabbert@haynesequip.com E-One Booth #30 Greg Wall 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com ESI Booth #121 Robb White Tony Grant Sandy Tatman Robb White 4343 Merriam Dr Overland Park KS 66203 (816) 468-9119 rwhite@esiwater.com Fab-Tech Booth #21 & 22 Brian Korber Laurel Fracaro Roger Roderick Blake Roderick Mike Winterer Brad Windsor 865 Midpoint Dr. O’Fallon MO 63366 (314) 477-3219 Dave.u@fabtechwws.com

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

Fiberglass Tank Solutions Booth #127 Kevin Hawthorne Kyle Cribb 278 Nomore Lane Montreal MO 65591 (573) 317-9620 Hawthorne.kevin1@gmail.com Flo-Systems Booth #28 Dan Hufker Tom Caraker, Jr. Bandon Ward Don Brinker 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com Fluid Equipment Booth #70 - 72 Dave McClure John Clary John Rosson Dan Bailey 500 W 5th Street Kansas City MO 64105 (816) 795-8511

jpowell@fluidequip.com FTC Equipment LLC Booth #138 & 139 Jim Swallow Mike Malasek Paul Ryals Zach Castilleja 5238 Winner Road Kansas City MO 64127 (816) 833-7200 jims@ftcequipment.com GBA Booth #25 Gary Beck A.J. Girondo 9801 Renner Blvd Lenexa KS 66219 (913) 577-8225 sbaylor@gbateam.com Geosyntec Consultants Inc. Booth #128 Nick Muenks Tom Wallace 2009 East McCarty St., Ste 1 Jefferson City MO 65101 (573) 499-5447 nmuenks@geosyntec.com

Gonzalez Companies Booth #112 Terry Adams John Kremer 1750 S. Brentwood, Suite 700 St Louis MO 63144 (314) 961-1888 tadams@gonzalezcos.com Goodwin Brothers Construction Booth #56 Doug Wachsnicht 4885 New Baumgartner Road St Louis MO 63129 (636) 931-6084 dougw@goodwinbros.com Hach Company Booth #119 Darren Waclawski 6250 Walsh Street St Louis MO 63109 (970) 214-9383 dwaclaws@hach.com Haynes Equipment Co. Booth #63 - 66 John Bellerive James Bellerive Kevin Gabbert Brian Johnson Tony Chaney 15725 Pflumm Road Olathe KS 66062 (913) 782-4962 jmbellerive@haynesequip.com Hayward Gordon Booth #54 Dave Miller 2128 Lyncris Lane Miamisburg OH 45342 (937 234-3810 davemiller@haywardgordon.com Hobas Pipe USA Booth #58 Jim Mahony Vince Paparozzi 1413 E. Richey Road Houston TX 77073-3508 (515) 306-6000 eboudreaux@hobaspipe.com

HR Green, Inc. Booth #100 John Choinka Josiah Holst Carlie Aksamit Chad Mason 16020 Swingley Ridge Rd, Ste 205 Chesterfield MO 63017 (636) 812-4220 jchoinka@hrgreen.com Huber Technology ULC Booth #4 Gary Wesselschmidt 2235 Martha Lane Greenwood MO 64034 (816) 623-9955 gary@hhusa.net Hydro-International Booth #71 Patrick Herrick 500 W 5th Street Kansas City MO 64105 (816) 795-8511

jpowell@fluidequip.com Hydro-Kinetics Corp. Booth #2 Mickey Bernard Jeff Clarke Nick Davis Jeff Loosmore 5741 Manchester Ave. St Louis MO 63110 (314) 647-6104 jclarke@hydro-kinetics.com Insituform Technologies USA Booth #18 Greg Patton Brian McCrary 1614 NE 83rd Street Kansas City MO 64118 (816) 206-7703

resmith@aegion.com

IPEG Booth #41 Kelly Sulwer John Matejcic Jim Newman Joe Schroeder 6823 Hazelwood Avenue St Louis MO 63134 (314) 534-3100 ksulwer@ipegstl.com

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

JCI Industries, Inc. Booth #131 - 134 Paul Koehler Ty Cooper Mark Swendrowski Ari Herrera 1161 SE Hamblen Road Lee's Summit MO 64081 (816) 525-3320 kgraham@jciind.com Kim Hoskins Environmental Consulting Booth #137 Kim Hoskins Paul Maske (Azimuth Energy) 628 Yeddo Avenue St Louis MO 63119 (314) 276-9575 Kim.hoskins@kimhec.com Kupferle Foundry Company Booth #90 Dan McKeague Daniel Lorentz 2511 N. Ninth St St. Louis MO 63102 (314) 374-6470 danm@hydrants.com KWS Booth #53 James Dufinetz 3041 Conveyor Dr Burleson TX 76028 (817) 707-5749 jdufinetz@kwsmfg.com Layne Booth #42 Taylor Busch Henry Hunt Austin Johnson 620 S. 38th Street Kansas City KS 66106 (913) 579-0113 Taylor.busch@layne.com

Letts Van Kirk & Associates Booth #24 Jim Stone Rick Van Kirk Shawn Walker Joe Van Kirk 5600 Inland Drive Kansas City KS 66106 (913) 713-7111 jim@lettsvankirk.com LF Manufacturing Inc. Booth #76 Terry Anderson 5528 East Hwy 290 Giddings TX 78942 (713) 202-7548 Terry.anderson@lfm-frp.com Magnolia River Booth #120 Yancey Molner 408 Bank Street Decatur AL 35601 (256) 773-9420 Yancey.molner@magnolia-river.com

Maguire Iron, Inc. Booth #10 Joel Ogle 1610 Minnesota Avenue Sioux Falls SD 57101-1446 (314) 449-5909 oglej62@gmail.com McClure Engineering Booth #136 1901 Pennsylvania Dr. Columbia MO 65202 (573) 814-1568 jjustice@mecresults.com Mellen Inc. Booth #35 Ken Woods 4224 S. Hocker Dr., Bldg. 11 Suite 102 Independence MO 64055 (816) 836-0202 ken@melleninc.com

Merrell Brothers Inc. Booth #37 Timothy J. Stewart 8811 West 500 North Kokomo IN 46901 (765) 438-5810 tim@merrellbros.com Metro-Ag Inc. Booth #99 Brian L. Kramer Mary Jo Kamer 550 N. 2nd Street, Ste 202 Breese IL 62230 (618) 526-2341 Metroag@metroag.com Mid-America Valve & Equip. Booth #75 Tom Miller Todd Nason PO Box 6007 Leawood KS 66206 (913) 642-2442 tommiller@midamericavalve.com Mission Communications Booth #1 Eddie Stewart 3170 Reps Miller Road, Ste 190 Norcross GA 30071-5403 (678) 969-0021 X 1038 eddies@123mc.com MMG Booth #20 Mark McIntire Eric Luschen 120 E. 15th Avenue Kansas City MO 64116 (816) 588-8700 mark@mmgonline.net Municipal Equipment Co., Inc. Booth #106 - 109 Drew Hess Bobby Lyerla Derrick Brandt Don Buerk 2735 Mercantile Drive St Louis MO 63144 (314) 203-1661 dhess@munequip.com

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

Onyx Valve Booth #33 Jim Campbell Chuck Witherow 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com PDC Laboratory Booth #36 Mark J. Schrader 3278 N. Highway 67 Florissant MO 63033 (314) 432-0550 mschrader @pdclab.com PerkinElmer Booth #59 Jack Quade 1965 Lanchester Ct. Chesterfield MO 63017 (636) 346-8866 Jack.Quade@PerkinElmer.com Preload, LLC Booth #93 Hal J. Boyd 2613 Industrial Ln Garland TX 75041 (972) 841-7822 dwilson@preload.com Primex Booth #5 Michael Schmidt 13005 16th Avenue North, Suite 100 Plymouth MN 55441 (763) 258-4020 Michael.schmidt@primexcontrols.com

Progress Environmental Booth #12 - 16 Tyler Russell Bob Hawkins 371 Consort Drive Ballwin MO 63011 (636) 532-1600

trussell@progress-e.com

ProMinent Fluid Controls Booth #6 Keith “Harry” Harrison 136 Industry Drive Pittsburgh PA 15275 (412) 788-7908 Harrison.keith@prominent.com R.E. Pedrotti Company Booth #48 - 50 Gary Moxley Marc Pedrotti Dick Pedrotti Karl D’Arcy 5855 Beverly Ave, Ste A Mission KS 66202 (913) 677-3366 garym@repedrotti.com Ray Lindsey Company Booth #101 - 105 Erin Johnson Joe Maris Trent Ropp Bob Starr 17221 Bel-Ray Place Belton MO 64012 (816) 388-7440 tropp@raylindsey.com Red Valve Booth #3 Joe Merzlak 600 North Bell Avenue Carnegie PA 15106 (412) 279-0044 x248 JMerzlak@redvalve.com Ressler & Associates, Inc. Booth #67 - 69 Jim Hopkins Jim Martin Phil Peaks Ken Ressler PO Box 4018 Ballwin MO 63022 (636) 391-8992 cmilne@resslerassociates.com RJN Group, Inc. Booth #73 Tom Inman Jennifer Gerwitz Ed Laux Clay Thompson 2000 S. 8th Street St. Louis MO 63104 (314) 588-9764 tinman@rjnmail.com

Roberts Filters Booth #34 Gary Hunkele 905 Cherry Lane Troy IL 62294 (618) 667-7890 danhufker@flosystems.com Rotork Controls, Inc. Booth #8 Chris Perdzock 5607 W. Douglas Avenue Milwaukee WI 53218 (913) 213-4978 Chris.perdzock@rotork.com SAK Construction LLC Booth #77 Cary Shaw Randy Mather 864 Hoff Road O’Fallon MO 63366 (636) 385-1000 ccope@sakcon.com Second Sight Systems Booth #135 Todd Deibel Jim Strite PO Box 1003 Hillsboro MO 63050 (636) 789-9999 Jim.strite@sssrf.com Seiler Instrument Co. Booth #23 Joe Madej Carol Burnis 3433 Tree Court Ind. Blvd. St Louis MO 63122 (314) 218-6327 mapping@seilerinst.com Shafer, Kline & Warren Booth #130 Philip Burns Elke Boyd Dennis Stith Mark Pearson Philip Wilson Maggie Jones 11250 Corporate Avenue Lenexa KS 66219 (913) 888-7800 philip.burns@skw-inc.com

2018 MO – AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference Exhibitors

Shelter Works Booth #9 Dana Woodall 2616 South Third Street St Louis MO 63118-1918 (314) 664-9300 dana@shelterworks.com Sidener Environmental Services Booth #83 Mike Robertson 1829 Borman Circle Drive St Louis MO 63146 (314) 991-0730 mike@sidener.net Sierra Environmental Tech Booth #27 Dave Nokes 18545 Bridlegate Lane Wildwood MO 63069 (636) 273-5189 dnokes@setodorcontrol.com Smith & Loveless, Inc. Booth #110 Michael Tuel Isaiah LaRue 14040 Santa Fe Trail Lenexa KS 66215 (913) 888-5201 dritter@smithandloveless.com Suez Advanced Solutions Booth #117 Tom Stechmann 1230 Peachtree St., NE, Ste 1100 Atlanta GA 30309 (855) 526-4413 sjohnson@utilityservice.com SUEZ Treatment Solutions, Inc. Booth #52 John Hughes PO Box 1129 Paramus NJ 07653 (804) 756-8428 John.Hughes@suez-na.com

SUEZ WTS Analytical Instruments Booth #52 Dan Achina 6060 Spine Road Boulder CO 80301 (913) 706-5592 Sunbelt Rentals Booth #39 Joe McIntosh Greg Brown 2341 Deerfield Drive Fort Mill SC 29715 (803) 578-6672 Mc.perrryman@sunbeltrentals.com TREKK Design Group LLC Booth #92 Brandon Freeman Jeff Kaestner Lucas Gillen David Hamberlin Charles Raab 1411 E 104th Street Kansas City MO 64131 (816) 874-4655 bfreeman@trekkdesigngroup.com TWM, Inc. Booth #55 Chad Ross Chris Bergmann J.R. Landeck Josh Saunders 720 Olive Street, Ste 200A St Louis MO 63101 (314) 241-6300 cross@twm-inc.com UGSI Solutions Booth #122 John Koch 5902 Hidden Lakes Dr. Kingwood TX 77345 (281) 636-6129 grock@ugsicorp.com

Vandevanter Engineering Booth #84 - 87 Brandon Nienaber Issac Wouk Brian Gorniak Jesse Kuntz Jason Schneider Joe Beffa 1550 Larkin Williams Road Fenton MO 63026 (314) 799-6994 bnienaber@vandevanter.com

Velodyne Booth #70 Nick Basham 500 W 5th Street Kansas City MO 64105 (816) 795-8511

jpowell@fluidequip.com Victaulic Company Booth #11 Scott Phillips 1552 Smiley St Liberty MO 64068 (816) 401-0424 Scott.phillips@victaulic.com Visu-Sewer of Missouri, LLC Booth #129 Barry Howell Dan Frawley 7895 St. Clair Avenue East St Louis IL 62203 (618) 397-9840 Visu-info@visu-sewer.com Water For People Booth 43 & 44 Silent Auction Items Contact Ken Gambaro (314) 646-2421 kmgamb@stlmsd.com Westfall Company, Inc. Booth #47 Zachery Westfall 124 Workman Court Eureka MO 63025 (636) 938-3113 zwestfall@westfallcompany.com

NOTES

Building B Meeting Rooms Crystal Ballroom: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down three flights of stairs to the Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, on the left. Drawing Room Terrace: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down three flights of stairs to the Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of tile steps down, go past the entrance to the Black Bear Lodge Restaurant and the Bowling Alley. Proceed down the ramp, turn right and go straight ahead to the Drawing Room Terrace. Hawthorn: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past the #1 Gift Shop. Hawthorn is on the right side of the hallway, across from Wood’n Ya WanIt. Sycamore: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past Wood’n Ya WanIt. Sycamore is on your left before Lindee’s. Magnolia: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down one flight of stairs. Magnolia is on your right. Dogwood: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down one flight of stairs. Dogwood is on your left. Cedar Cove: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down two flights of stairs. Instead of going down the next flight of stairs to the Social Lobby, Cedar Cove is on your left. Eastwinds: On the 7th floor of Building A (floor above the Main Lobby) go down Market Lane, past all the gift shops, down two flights of stairs. Instead of going down the next flight of stairs to the Social Lobby, go around to your left, up a short flight of steps. Eastwinds is on your right.

Building B Meeting Rooms

Having trouble with stairs?

Take the connecting corridor from Building A to Building B. From Building A, go to the double elevators where the guest rooms are located and ride to level 4. Go through the guest room hallway, exiting at the end. Turn left and follow the hallway to Building B.

Auditorium

The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Proceed down our main road, toward the Marina and the Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see the Playground. The Auditorium is located to the right of the Playground.

Building D Meeting Rooms Northwinds: Take the escalator or elevator from the Main Lobby to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk, walking to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and exit into the stairwell. Exit the building using the door on your left. Go across the road and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. Northwinds is straight ahead. Suite G: Take the escalator or elevator from the Main Lobby to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk, walking to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and exit into the stairwell. Exit the building using the door on your left. Go across the road and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. Suite G is straight ahead, on your right.

SYCA- MORE

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, Magnolia is on your right and Dogwood will be on your left.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

REDBUD: Go up the escalators to Level 7, go down Market Lane, Redbud will be on the right, just past the restrooms.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator or elevator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the road and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. Northwinds and Suite G are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the Auditorium.

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DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

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E

DOWNSTAIRS TO MAIN LOBBY

ROOM ELEVATORS

LEVELS

PARKING ELEVATOR

WALKWAY TO “E” BUILDING

PARASOL II

PARASOL I

Level 7

ELEVATOR

MENS

WOMENS

MULTI-LEVEL

4th-

LEV

EL

STREET-LEVEL UPPER-LEVEL

E E E

DOG-WOOD

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs to Keepsake Photography / “Old Tyme Photos” Studio, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

CEDAR COVE

ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

MEETING ROOM

SYCA-MORE

FRONT DESK

SOCIAL LOBBY

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, Magnolia is on your right and Dogwood will be on your left.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

REDBUD: Go up the escalators to Level 7, go down Market Lane, Redbud will be on the right, just past the restrooms.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator or elevator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the road and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. Northwinds and Suite G are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

PARKING ELEVATOR

Level 6

698

697

696

695

694

693

692

691

690

689

688

687

686

685

684

683

682

681

BALLROOM GARAGE

SALON C

SALON B

SALON A

EE

E

SODA ICE

GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

RAMP

UPSTAIRS TO SHOPS

HOUSE PHONES

MAIN LOBBY

MR. D'S LOUNGE

60

61

62

63

64

MENS

WOMENS

WINDGATE PLAZA

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

GUEST SERVICES

EXIT

CONVENTION REGISTRATION DESK

BURGER KING

SBARRO PIZZA

OUTDOOR DINING

BLACK BEAR LODGE

RESTAURANT/BAR

BEAR’S DEN ARCADE

RAMP D

WN TO LEVEL 4O

REST ROOMS

DRAW

ING

ROOM

TER

RACE

BOWLING CENTER

EXEC.SALES OFFICE

STAIRS

UPSTAIRS CRYSTAL BALLROOM

KID’S KABIN

MAG

NOLI

A

POWERS ENTERTAIN.

DOWN TO STREET LEVEL

WOO

D 'N

YA

WAN

IT

LINDEES

#1MARKET LANE

COUNTRY CORNER

RED BUD

STAIRS DOWN TO LEVEL 6

SOUTH BANK

70 71 72 73

SODAICE 77 76 75 74

8th

FLOO

R GU

EST

ROOM

S 88

1 to

898

MAR

KET

LANE

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

E

DOWNSTAIRS TO MAIN LOBBY

ROOM ELEVATORS

LEVELS

PARKING ELEVATOR

WALKWAY TO “E” BUILDING

PARASOL II

PARASOL I

Level 7

EASTWINDS

ELEVATOR

MENS

WOMENS

MULTI-LEVEL

4th-

LEV

EL

STREET-LEVEL UPPER-LEVEL

E E E

DOG-WOOD

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs to Keepsake Photography / “Old Tyme Photos” Studio, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

CEDAR COVE

ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

HAWTHORN

PARKING ELEVATOR

Level 6

698

697

696

695

694

693

692

691

690

689

688

687

686

685

684

683

682

681

BALLROOM GARAGE

SALON C

SALON B

SALON A

EE

E

SODA ICE

GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

RAMP

UPSTAIRS TO SHOPS

MAIN LOBBY

MR. D'S

60

61

62

63

64

MENS

WOMENS

WINDGATE PLAZA

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

EXIT

CONVENTION REGISTRATION DESK

BURGER KING

SBARRO PIZZA

OUTDOOR DINING

BLACK BEAR LODGE

RESTAURANT/BAR

BEAR’S DEN ARCADE

RAMP D

WN TO LEVEL 4O

REST ROOMS

DRAW

ING

ROOM

TER

RACE

BOWLING CENTER

EXEC.SALES OFFICE

STAIRS

UPSTAIRS CRYSTAL BALLROOM

KID’S KABIN

MAG

NOLI

A

POWERS ENTERTAIN.

DOWN TO STREET LEVEL

WOO

D 'N

YA

WAN

IT

LINDEES

#1MARKET LANE

COUNTRY CORNER

RED BUD

STAIRS DOWN TO LEVEL 6

SOUTH BANK

70 71 72 73

SODA/ ICE 77 76 75 74

8th

FLOO

R GU

EST

ROOM

S 88

1 to

898

MAR

KET

LANE

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

E

DOWNSTAIRS TO MAIN LOBBY

ROOM ELEVATORS

LEVELS

PARKING ELEVATOR

WALKWAY TO “E” BUILDING

PARASOL II

PARASOL I

Level 7

ELEVATOR

MENS

WOMENS

MULTI-LEVEL

4th-

LEV

EL

STREET-LEVEL UPPER-LEVEL

E E E

DOG-WOOD

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs to Keepsake Photography / “Old Tyme Photos” Studio, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

CEDAR COVE

ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

MEETING ROOM

SYCA-MORE

FRONT DESK

SOCIAL LOBBY

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, Magnolia is on your right and Dogwood will be on your left.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

REDBUD: Go up the escalators to Level 7, go down Market Lane, Redbud will be on the right, just past the restrooms.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator or elevator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the road and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. Northwinds and Suite G are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

PARKING ELEVATOR

Level 6

698

697

696

695

694

693

692

691

690

689

688

687

686

685

684

683

682

681

BALLROOM GARAGE

SALON C

SALON B

SALON A

EE

E

SODA ICE

GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

RAMP

UPSTAIRS TO SHOPS

HOUSE PHONES

MAIN LOBBY

MR. D'S LOUNGE

60

61

62

63

64

MENS

WOMENS

WINDGATE PLAZA

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

GUEST SERVICES

EXIT

CONVENTION REGISTRATION DESK

BURGER KING

SBARRO PIZZA

OUTDOOR DINING

BLACK BEAR LODGE

RESTAURANT/BAR

BEAR’S DEN ARCADE

RAMP D

WN TO LEVEL 4O

REST ROOMS

DRAW

ING

ROOM

TER

RACE

BOWLING CENTER

EXEC.SALES OFFICE

STAIRS

UPSTAIRS CRYSTAL BALLROOM

KID’S KABIN

MAG

NOLI

A

POWERS ENTERTAIN.

DOWN TO STREET LEVEL

WOO

D 'N

YA

WAN

IT

LINDEES

#1MARKET LANE

COUNTRY CORNER

RED BUD

STAIRS DOWN TO LEVEL 6

SOUTH BANK

70 71 72 73

SODAICE 77 76 75 74

8th

FLOO

R GU

EST

ROOM

S 88

1 to

898

MAR

KET

LANE

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

E

DOWNSTAIRS TO MAIN LOBBY

ROOM ELEVATORS

LEVELS

PARKING ELEVATOR

WALKWAY TO “E” BUILDING

PARASOL II

PARASOL I

Level 7

EASTWINDS

ELEVATOR

MENS

WOMENS

MULTI-LEVEL

4th-

LEV

EL

STREET-LEVEL UPPER-LEVEL

E E E

DOG-WOOD

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs to Keepsake Photography / “Old Tyme Photos” Studio, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

CEDAR COVE

ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

HAWTHORN

PARKING ELEVATOR

Level 6

698

697

696

695

694

693

692

691

690

689

688

687

686

685

684

683

682

681

BALLROOM GARAGE

SALON C

SALON B

SALON A

EE

E

SODA ICE

GRAND BALLROOM FOYER

RAMP

UPSTAIRS TO SHOPS

MAIN LOBBY

MR. D'S

60

61

62

63

64

MENS

WOMENS

WINDGATE PLAZA

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

EXIT

CONVENTION REGISTRATION DESK

BURGER KING

SBARRO PIZZA

OUTDOOR DINING

BLACK BEAR LODGE

RESTAURANT/BAR

BEAR’S DEN ARCADE

RAMP D

WN TO LEVEL 4O

REST ROOMS

DRAW

ING

ROOM

TER

RACE

BOWLING CENTER

EXEC.SALES OFFICE

STAIRS

UPSTAIRS CRYSTAL BALLROOM

KID’S KABIN

MAG

NOLI

A

POWERS ENTERTAIN.

DOWN TO STREET LEVEL

WOO

D 'N

YA

WAN

IT

LINDEES

#1MARKET LANE

COUNTRY CORNER

RED BUD

STAIRS DOWN TO LEVEL 6

SOUTH BANK

70 71 72 73

SODA/ ICE 77 76 75 74

8th

FLOO

R GU

EST

ROOM

S 88

1 to

898

MAR

KET

LANE

ESCALATOR

ESCALATOR

E

DOWNSTAIRS TO MAIN LOBBY

ROOM ELEVATORS

LEVELS

PARKING ELEVATOR

WALKWAY TO “E” BUILDING

PARASOL II

PARASOL I

Level 7

ELEVATOR

MENS

WOMENS

MULTI-LEVEL

4th-

LEV

EL

STREET-LEVEL UPPER-LEVEL

E E E

DOG-WOOD

EASTWINDS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down two short flights of stairs to Keepsake Photography / “Old Tyme Photos” Studio, proceed around corner instead of down next flight of stairs and go straight ahead. Eastwinds is the room just up a short set of stairs on the right, in the corner.

DOGWOOD & MAGNOLIA ROOMS: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down one short flight of stairs, the Magnolia Room is on your right and Dogwood Room will be on your l;eft.

CRYSTAL BALLROOM: Go down Market Lane, past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby take the short flight of carpeted steps up to the Crystal Ballroom, which is on your left.

DRAWING ROOM TERRACE: Go down Market Lane past all shops, down three flights of stairs, to our Social Lobby. At the Social Lobby, take the short flight of steps down, past the Bowling Alley and Black Bear Lodge Restaurant entrance and proceed down the ramp. At the end of the ramp, turn right and the Drawing Room Terrace is straight ahead.

NORTHWINDS AND SUITE G: Take escalator from the Main Lobby up to the catwalk to Building E. Cross the catwalk to the 3rd level of Building E. Go left at Building E’s main corridor and proceed out the side door into the stairwell where you will exit through the door on your left. Go across the rood and into Building D, entering through the double glass doors on your left. These meeting rooms are in Building D, next door to each other.

AUDITORIUM: The Auditorium is a building on the waterfront. Pro-ceed down our main road, toward the marina and Arrowhead Pool. When walking toward these areas, you will see our playground. To the right of the playground is the building that houses the Auditorium.

BUILDING A & B(Meeting and Facilities Directional Map)

CEDAR COVE

ADVENTURE PHOTOGRAPHY

MEETING ROOM

SYCA-MORE

FRONT DESK

SOCIAL LOBBY

41-01LP

HOSPITALITY HOSTS FOR 2018 JOINT CONFERENCE

The companies listed below have each generously donated $100 to help defray the costs for the two Meet & Greet receptions at the 2018 Joint Conference.

COMPANY

Ressler & Associates, Inc.

RJN Group, Inc.

Aquaflo Technologies, Inc.

Victaulic

Seiler Instrument Company

Core & Main LP

Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.

Kim Hoskins Environmental Consulting

ESI

EA Tanks, Inc. (formerly Engineering America, Inc.)

Larkin Lamp Rynearson

Tetra Tech

Horner & Shifrin, Inc

Enviro-Line Co., Inc.

Municipal Equipment Co.