CDM Smith at Texas Water 2019

2:30 PM - Potential Sources of Cont­a­m­i­na­tion in Rural Texas Source Water and Oppor­tu­ni­ties for Outreach and Engagement with Rose Sobel and William Garde. Hot Topic: Source Water Protection

3:30 PM - Protecting Your Source Water and Water Facilities: A Discussion on Protection of Public Drinking Water Through Developing a Source Water Protection Plan and Vulner­a­bil­ity Assessment with Kimberly Chanslor and Rose Sobel. Hot Topic: Drinking Water Risk and Resilience 

4:00 PM - Bioenergy Modeling to Evaluate Economic Scenarios and Risks/ Sensi­tiv­i­ties of Biogas-to-RNG Production for WRRFs with Justin Rackley. Hot Topic: Biosolids

4:30 PM - SCADA Imple­men­ta­tion in a Large Pipeline and Pumping Project with Jesus Lomas and co-authors John Robinson and Joe LaRosa. Hot Topic: Electrical and SCADA

10:30 AM - The Visualizers – We See the Future Now! Leveraging Mixed Reality to Transform Design with Suparna Mukhopad­hyay. Hot Topic: Young Profes­sion­als

11:30 AM - Lessons Learned: Managing Zebra Mussels at Lake Belton Surface Water Treatment Plant and Designing the Lake Stillhouse Hollow Intake with Zebra Mussel Management in Mind with Melissa Woo. Hot Topic: Water Treatment and Operations

1:15 PM - It’s A Gritty Situation: Tackling Grit at Village Creek WRF with Amy Robinson and Samir Mathur. Hot Topic: Wastewater Treatment and Operations

2:15 PM - From Nightmare to Dream Come True: Improving Screening and Pumping Operations at One of the Largest Influent Pump Stations in Texas with Adam Evans. Hot Topic: Wastewater Treatment and Operations

4:00 PM - Keeping Up with the Times: How A Membrane Replacement Can Help the KBH Desali­na­tion Plant to Produce Water at its Design Capacity Once More with Isaac Campos, Sarah Guemez, and co-authors Jorge Arevalo and Doug Brown. Hot Topic: Drinking Water Quality

4:00 PM - Avoiding Construc­tion Pitfalls: A New Integrated and Collab­o­ra­tive Approach to Startup and Commis­sion­ing with Daniel Bond and Samir Mathur.  Hot Topic: Construc­tion

8:30 AM - Cleaning Up Odors and Biogas for Solids Handling Processes with Digestion and Thermal Hydrolysis with Melissa Woo. Hot Topic: Odor and Corrosion Control

9:00 AM - Lean Doesn’t Mean Skinny: How the Fabens Water District Stays in Budget But Keeps its Infra­struc­ture at the Cutting Edge with Isaac Campos and Horacio Juarez. Hot Topic: Infra­struc­ture Financing

10:30 AM - Odor Control and Corrosion Protection for Air Release Valves at EPWater Force Mains & Lift Stations with Horacio Juarez and Ajay Shrivastav. Hot Topic: Odor and Corrosion Control

11:00 AM - Critical Conser­va­tion: How Demand Management Modeling Can Inform Conser­va­tion Initiatives with William Garde. Hot Topic: Water Conser­va­tion