Conference Agenda

One Doesn’t Just Walk into a Proactive Rehabilitation Program: SPU’s Strategic Quest.

Caroline Barlow¹, Julie Crittenden¹, David Gordon²

1: Seattle Public Utilities; 2: Blue Cypress Consulting, LLC

Klamath Falls Evaluates What to Do With Its Final Effluent

Randy Zollinger, Nigel Beaton, Eva Steinle-Darling

Carollo Engineers, Inc., United States of America

Boise’s SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Dataset and the Future of PCR Testing at WRFs

Haley Falconer¹, Tyson Schlect², Kyle Patterson¹, Dave Clark², Michael Kasch²

1: City of Boise; 2: HDR

Beavers Improve Water Quality in an Urban Watershed

Katie Holzer

City of Gresham, Oregon, United States of America

Transforming Design-Bid-Build to Improve Collaboration and Teamwork

Jason King, Michael Schulz

Keller Associates, Inc., United States of America

Panel Discussion: Leadership Perspectives from the Future Workforce

Amy Dammarell¹, Lara Kammereck², Laurelei Mc Vey³, Kristi Steiner⁴, Andrew Matsumoto⁵, Jamie Eichenberger⁶, Lindsey Smoot⁷

1: HDR, United States of America; 2: Carollo; 3: City of Meridian, Idaho; 4: Jacobs Engineering Group; 5: CivilWest Engineering Group; 6: HDR; 7: University of Idaho

Screen Capture Efficiency Sampling & Testing Protocol for Waste Water Treatment Plant Screens at Start-up

James Impero

Ovivo USA, LLC, United States of America

Changing the Airplane Engine Mid-flight: Best Practices to Manage Construction at Operational Facilities.

Michelle Green

Jacobs, United States of America

Assessing Future Coastal Flood Hazards to Water Infrastructure with the Puget Sound Coastal Storm Modeling System (PS-CoSMoS)

Eric E. Grossman¹, S.C. Crosby¹, B. Tehranirad¹, C.M. Nederhoff¹, N.R. vanArenonk¹, P.L. Barnard¹, Shelby Smith², Clare Fogelsong³

1: United States Geological Survey; 2: Brown & Caldwell; 3: City of Bellingham Public Works

City and County Collaboration – Solving Wastewater Concerns Together

Eric Roundy¹, Kyle Meschko¹, Dennis Weed²

1: Keller Associates, Inc., United States of America; 2: Boundary County, United States of America

Investigating Nitrogen Removal Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint

Lindsey Smoot, Erik R. Coats

University of Idaho, United States of America

Full-scale Digester Micro-Aeration Study to Reduce Hydrogen Sulfide in Biogas

Bart Kraakman¹, Terri Prather², Matt Noessen¹, Matt Kennelly²

1: JACOBS, United States of America; 2: LOTT Clean Water Alliance, United States of America

Clackamas Water Environment Services and the City of Gladstone Oregon – Joining Forces in the Fight Against I/I

Jessica Rinner

Clackamas Water Environment Services, United States of America

Pump Performance Assessment; A Panacea for Predictive Maintenance?

Jennifer E. Murphy, Brandon Moss

Parametrix, United States of America

CFD in Wastewater Treatment: A Useful Design Tool or Design Dollars Down the Drain

Zachary Hahm Taylor

Osborn Consulting, Inc., United States of America

Exploring an Alternative Alkalinity Source - Full Scale MBR Pilot Using Ultra-Fine Calcium Carbonate

Anthony Benavidez¹, Jeremy Weisser², Stan Heimburger³

1: Jacobs, United States of America; 2: Columbia River Carbonates, Woodland, WA; 3: Heimburger & Company, Blaine, WA

Septage: Regional Water Quality and Practical Considerations in Managing and Treating High-strength Wastes

Patrick Roe

HDR, United States of America

Return Activated Sludge Rate Impacts to Biological Phosphorus Removal

Brent Deyo^1,2, Erik Coats²

1: T-O Engineers; 2: University of Idaho

Rehabilitation Analysis Of The 100-Year Old Whatcom Creek Trunk Main

Erik Waligorski, Austin Wong

Carollo Engineers, Seattle, WA

Planning for Seattle’s Future – The Wastewater System Analysis Episode

Kevin Cook¹, Andrew Henson¹, Annalisa McDaniel²

1: Murraysmith, United States of America; 2: Seattle Public Utilities