Aug 25, 2025
Don't miss our experts' presentations at the 2025 WEFTEC conference.
Sunday, September 28th
- 8:30 AM - W17 Thermal Drying: State of the Practice, Advancements, and Future Applications presented by Vincent Apa
- 8:30 AM - W16 Climate Change and Extreme Rainfall Projections facilitated by Mark Maimone
Monday, September 29th
- 1:30 PM - Disinfection is FUN-damental presented by Rasha Maal-Bared and Jacob Van Geffen
- 3:30 PM - MBR: What It Can Do For You presented by Akshay Jain (assistant facilitator)
- 3:30 PM - Full-Scale Shortcut Nitrogen Removal moderated by Emily Korot
- 3:30 PM - Techniques for Modeling I/I Source Reduction Benefits presented by Pradeep Sudini
- 4:30 PM - Comparing the effects of nanobubbles and conventional aeration on wastewater properties: can nanobubbles reduce disinfectant demand? presented by Brian Hilts, Rasha Maal-Bared, and Samir Mathur
Tuesday, September 30th
- 8:30 AM - Ozonation Dynamics: Exploring Micropollutant Formation and Effective Removal moderated by Eduardo Arispe
- 8:30 AM - Fort Wayne's Journey Towards Resilience and Clean Energy - Implementation of a Microgrid Program and RNG Injection presented by Laurel Schaich
- 1:30 PM - The Struvite Scourge: Practical Operations & Maintenance Considerations for Handling Nuisance Struvite Formation presented by Dustin Craig
- 1:30 PM - Exploring the Capability and Flexibility of MABRs moderated by William McConnell
- 1:30 PM - Learning Exchange: Public Communications presented by Taeilorae Levell-Young (lead facilitator)
- 3:30 PM - Water Reuse: Today's Landscape and Tomorrow's Path moderated by Eduardo Arispe
- 3:30 PM - Navigating the Storm: Disinfecting Wet Weather Events presented by Brian Hilts (lead facilitator)
- 3:30 PM - Technology Spotlight: Introduction to Wastewater Biological Treatment Technologies presented by Akshay Jain
Wednesday, October 1st
- 8:30 AM - GSI Performance Tools: Optimizing GSI Placement and Performance moderated by Cynthia Baumann
- 8:30 AM - Shaping the Future of Water Reuse: Drivers, Feasibility & Challenges presented by Akshay Jain and Nona Jesmani (assistant moderators)
- 9:30 AM - Strategic Placement of Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Efficiency and Equity presented by Michael Dodson
- 10:30 AM - Full-Scale Primary Sludge Fermentation moderated by Emily Korot
- 11:00 AM - Seeding, Startup, and Commissioning of THP Systems at Three WRRFs presented by Laurel Schaich and Daniel Bond
- 1:30 PM - Optimizing the Treatment Train using Advanced Primary Filtration and its Impact on Secondary Treatment moderated by Emily Korot
- 1:30 PM - Removal, Fate, and Sequestration of PFAS in Biosolids presented by Kwok-Wai (Richard) Tsang and Eric Spargimino
- 2:00 PM - A Framework for Prioritizing the Monitoring of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater and Biosolids: The Paradox of Choice presented by Javier Locsin, Rasha Maal-Bared, and Deborah Ross
- 2:30 PM - Opportunities for Managing PFAS Utilizing Existing Processes presented by Eric Spargimino
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Samir Mathur
Water Reclamation Practice Leader
CDM Smith is a privately owned engineering and construction firm providing legendary client service and smart solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy, and facilities. Passionate about our work and invested in each other, we are inspired to think and driven to solve the world’s environmental and infrastructure challenges.