Session Overview |
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7:00am - 8:15am |
Breakfast—Monday Breakfast Location: Room 400A |
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7:00am - 5:00pm |
Speaker Ready Room is Open Location: Room 110C1 |
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7:00am - 6:30pm |
Registration Desk is Open Location: Main Lobby |
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8:30am - 10:00am |
00B Opening: Keynote Presentation - Livestream Location: Room 400BC Dr. Dan Prinzing, Executive Director of the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights & Tai Simpson, Organizer for the Indigenous Idaho Alliance |
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10:00am - 10:30am |
Monday Morning Break |
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10:30am - 12:00pm |
Session 01A: Planning & Regulatory - Livestream Location: Room 400BC One Doesn’t Just Walk into a Proactive Rehabilitation Program: SPU’s Strategic Quest. 1: Seattle Public Utilities; 2: Blue Cypress Consulting, LLC 11:15am - 12:00pm Klamath Falls Evaluates What to Do With Its Final Effluent Carollo Engineers, Inc., United States of America |
Session 02A: Social Equity - Livestream Location: 120AB How Do We Make Outreach More Equitable? A Case Study at Murraysmith + Quincy Murraysmith, United States of America 11:15am - 12:00pm Walking a Mile in Our Communities' Shoes The Formation Lab, United States of America |
Session 03A: Wastewater Process: Planning & Compliance - Livestream Location: Room 430AB What? When? How Sensitive? Evaluating Capacity At King County’s Three Regional Plants 1: Brown and Caldwell, United States of America; 2: King County Wastewater Treatment Division, United States of America 11:15am - 12:00pm Dairy Cows Speak a Different Language: Jerome’s Journey to Wastewater Compliance 1: Keller Associates, Inc., United States of America; 2: City of Vancouver, Washington |
Session 04A: Resource Recovery Location: 410ABC Beyond Net Zero – Reaching the Next Level of Renewable Energy through Beneficial Use of Food Waste 1: Jacobs; 2: The City of Gresham, Oregon 11:15am - 12:00pm Linking Anaerobic Digester Microbiomes With Resistance To Organic Overloads Oregon State University, United States of America |
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Session 05A: Stormwater Location: 110AB Advanced Stormwater Treatment Innovation for Materials Recovery Facilities Clear Water Services, United States of America 11:15am - 12:00pm Cold Climate Impacts on Green Stormwater Infrastructure Mead & Hunt, United States of America |
Session 06A: Facility Operations Location: Room 130 Operations and Maintenance Initiatives in the Water Environment Federation Clean Water Services, United States of America 11:15am - 12:00pm “Plan the Work, Work the Plan” Start up of the Tri-City Solids Handling Improvement Project Water Environment Services, United States of America |
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12:00pm - 1:15pm |
Lunch—Monday Networking Luncheon Location: The Grove Plaza |
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1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Recorded Facility Tour Location: 420 AB Piece County Tour 1:00pm - 2:00pm Pierce County’s Cascadia Wastewater Treatment Plant is a state-of-the-art MBR facility, serving the Employment Based Planned Community of Tehaleh in Bonney Lake Washington. Currently operating in the midst of a phased construction plan, the plant treats an average of .35 MGD to the highest standards in the Pacific Northwest, with plans for much more! Some of the unique highlights of Cascadia include:
Follow along with Jon Kercher as we tour the facility and learn more about what makes Cascadia and Tehaleh unique. |
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1:15pm - 2:45pm |
Session 01B: Risk Assessment/Stormwater - Livestream Location: Room 400BC Boise’s SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Dataset and the Future of PCR Testing at WRFs 1: City of Boise; 2: HDR 2:00pm - 2:45pm Beavers Improve Water Quality in an Urban Watershed City of Gresham, Oregon, United States of America |
Session 02B: Workforce Development - Livestream Location: 120AB Be the Catalyst: How Individuals Can Shape an Organization and Transform the Water Workforce Brown & Caldwell, United States of America 2:00pm - 2:45pm Sharing Your Privilege – the Criticality of Advocacy in Diversifying the Pacific Northwest Water Industry Leeway Engineering, United States of America |
Session 03B: Wastewater Process: Nutrient Removal - Livestream Location: Room 430AB How a Full-Scale Pilot Guided a WRRF Path to Chemical P Removal 1: Stantec, United States of America; 2: City of Englewood - South Platte Renew 2:00pm - 2:45pm Pilot Testing Nuvoda’s Mobile Organic Biofilm at the Edmonds WWTP 1: BHC Consultants; 2: City of Edmonds, WA; 3: Jacobs; 4: Nuvoda; 5: University of Washington |
Session 04B: Energy Recovery Location: 410ABC The Future of Meeting Permit with Energy Efficient Operations is Here Cascade Energy 2:00pm - 2:45pm Lewiston, Idaho Revamps their Aeration Basins to Save Energy and Improve Process Control Keller Associates, Inc., United States of America |
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Session 05B: Stormwater Location: 110AB Characterization and Application of Hydraulic Modeling to Assess Instream Enhancement Clean Water Services, United States of America 2:00pm - 2:45pm Rapid and Efficient Modeling of Citywide Urban Flooding for Extreme Storms Brown and Caldwell, United States of America |
Session 06B: Facility Operations Location: Room 130 Creating an Electronic O&M Manual for Pierce County’s Chambers Creek WWTP 1: Brown and Caldwell; 2: Pierce County Planning and Public Works 2:00pm - 2:45pm CFD Modeling for Trickling Filter/Activated Sludge Secondary Clarifier Optimization 1: Hazen and Sawyer; 2: City of Salem, OR |
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2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Tours: Lander Street Water Renewal Facility Location: 420 AB Lander Street Water Renewal Facility hosted by Jesse Hartman The Lander Street Water Renewal Facility (LSWRF) is in Northwest Boise near State Street and Veterans Memorial Parkway near the Boise Greenbelt. Lander Street was built in 1948 and currently treats 10-12 million gallons each day. LSWRF is comprised of the following treatment processes:
The Lander Street Facility has a seasonal Total Phosphorus limit of 1.0mg/L May-September that is met using enhanced biological phosphorus removal. The facility produces high quality effluent that consistently meets effluent TSS, BOD, and Ammonia limits. |
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2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Monday Afternoon Break |
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3:00pm - 4:30pm |
Session 04C: Facility Operations Location: 410ABC Development and Deployment of Gamified Simulation Software for Training Wastewater Operators - Cancelled Maia Analytica, Portland, OR, USA 3:45pm - 4:30pm Improving Operations at an Aging and Overloaded WWTP Wallis Engineering |
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3:00pm - 5:15pm |
Session 01C: Alternate Delivery/Leadership/Wastewater - Livestream Location: Room 400BC Transforming Design-Bid-Build to Improve Collaboration and Teamwork Keller Associates, Inc., United States of America 3:45pm - 4:30pm Panel Discussion: Leadership Perspectives from the Future Workforce 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 4:30pm - 5:15pm Screen Capture Efficiency Sampling & Testing Protocol for Waste Water Treatment Plant Screens at Start-up Ovivo USA, LLC, United States of America |
Session 02C: Stormwater - Livestream Location: 120AB A Scalable Decision-Making Framework For Stormwater Retrofit Investments 1: King County; 2: Robin Kirschbaum Inc. 3:45pm - 4:30pm A Greenhouse Evaluation of Stormwater Remediation Of Heavy Metals And PFAS By 10 Native Oregon Plants Oregon State University, United States of America 4:30pm - 5:15pm Emerging Technologies for Stormwater: A CMAC Pilot Project 1: Osborn Consulting, Inc.; 2: City of Redmond |
Session 03C: Wastewater Process: Biological Intensification - Livestream Location: Room 430AB CFD Modeling Provides Insights into Granular Sludge Separation Devices 1: Carollo Engineers, United States of America; 2: NEWhub; 3: HRSD; 4: UOSA; 5: DC Water 3:45pm - 4:30pm Experience With Densified Mixed Liquor And Nutrient Removal At Two WWTFs In Washington RH2 Engineering, Inc, United States of America 4:30pm - 5:15pm Advanced Aeration Control with Densification Achieves BNR Intensification: A Full-scale Demonstration of the Ntensify Process Brown and Caldwell, United States of America |
Session 05C: Regulatory Challenges Location: 110AB PFAS in Biosolids Products - What To Do Next? Jacobs, United States of America 3:45pm - 4:30pm Water Quality Modeling and Monitoring to Support an Update of the Tualatin River Phosphorus TMDL Clean Water Services, United States of America 4:30pm - 5:15pm Seeing the Whole Picture – Addressing Puget Sound Nitrogen Regulation Uncertainty as part of Biosolids Planning at Bellingham, WA 1: Carollo Engineers; 2: Brown and Caldwell; 3: City of Bellingham |
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Session 06C: Wastewater Process Location: Room 130 Meeting Stringent Ammonia and Disinfection Byproduct Limits with Preformed Monochloramines 1: Jacobs, United States of America; 2: Clean Water Services, Oregon 3:45pm - 4:30pm BNR Conversion of the Oro Loma/Castro Valley Water Pollution Control Plant Kennedy Jenks, United States of America 4:30pm - 5:15pm Primary Sludge Fermentation: A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy Clean Water Services, United States of America |
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4:30pm - 5:45pm |
Women’s Networking Reception Location: The Grove Plaza |
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5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Exhibitors Opening Reception Location: Exhibit Hall |
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7:00pm - 8:00pm |
Dinner—Monday Night Dinner Location: Room 400A |
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7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Networking Night Location: The Grove Plaza New this year – PNCWA is excited to host a Monday Night Networking evening in lieu of separately hosted consultant events. This will serve as a chance for all PNCWA members and attendees to get together and celebrate being together after the last year and a half and build excitement for the future. The combined event will be open to all conference attendees, creating an open and inclusive event that aligns with our vision as an organization. Through this event, we’ll be extending Monday Night Football beyond the exhibit hall floor! Join us outside on the Grove Plaza for the networking event of the evening! We will have screens available for viewing the game, light appetizers, and tons of networking. Each attendee will receive 1 complimentary drink ticket from PNCWA to use at the beverage tent. We are looking forward to bringing everyone together after a challenging year. |