This year, AWWA’s Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE25) will be held in Denver, Colorado, June 8-11, 2025. Don't miss out on these informative presentations.
Sunday, June 8th
- Session PCW05 - 9:00 am - Scenario Planning for Lead Service Line Replacement Programs presented by Claire Baldwin, Sandy Kutzing, moderated by Kristin Epstein
Monday, June 9th
- Session MON019 - 3:15 pm - Implementing and Maintaining Optimal Corrosion Control and Improving Water Quality Stability presented by Richard Giani
Tuesday, June 10th
- Session TUE004 - 9:00 am - Enhanced Aeration and Scum Recovery for Physical Removal of PFAS from Wastewater (WRF 5212) presented by Charles Schaefer
- Session TUE019 - 9:30 am - Service Line Material Identification Without Excavation: Insights from DC Water's Pilot Study presented by Javier Locsin
- Session TUE043 - 10:00 am - Understanding DBPs from Chemistry to Control moderated by Jihyon Im
- Session TUE043 - 11:00 am - There Is No One-Size-Fits-All When It Comes to DBP Management - A Review of 4 Tailored Solutions presented by Anne Malenfant
- Session TUE074 - 11:20 am - Bench-Scale Comparison of Shelf-Stable Chlorine Dioxide, Free Chlorine, Permanganate for Drinking Water Oxidation presented by Baris Kaymak
- Session PST02 - 1:30 pm - Enhancing Hydraulic Model Calibration and Operational Insight with Multi-Hydrant Pressure Monitoring presented by James Kim
- Session PST02 - 1:30 pm - Resilient, Sustainable, Affordable Water Supply Planning under Climate Change Challenges for Utilities in Fast Growing Communities presented by Ghina Yamout
- Session TUE083 - 1:30 pm - Examination of Alternative Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Approaches for Direct Filtration Plants presented by Bilal Abada
- Session TUE109 - 2:30 pm - Small Water Systems and Complex Decisions - How One Utility Planned for Future Resiliency through Regulatory Uncertainty presented by Anne Malenfant
- Session TUE099 - 3:00 pm - Physical Inspection Methods for Water Service Line Identification with No Excavation presented by Kristin Epstein
- Session TUE129 - 3:30 pm - Under Pressure: Protecting Dallas' 84-inch White Rock North Transmission Main from Surge Events presented by James Kim
Wednesday, June 11th
- Session WED013 - 8:30 am - Risk-Based Optimization As A Decision-Making Framework & Tool to Prioritize Water Infrastructure Investments presented by Ghina Yamout
- Session WED014 - 9:14 am - Boosting Efficiency at Westminster's 15 MGD Drinking Water Facility with Collaborative Digital Solutions presented by Tim Rynders, co-authors Rakesh Saka, Carl Lundin, Jonathan Reed
- Session WED051 - 10:00 am - Surface Water PFAS Pilot Testing - Performance and Lessons Learned from Operating the Largest PFAS Pilot in North America presented by Amalia Terracciano
- Session WED078 - 10:00 am - Empowering the Next Generation: Growing and Sustaining the Water Workforce moderated by Natalie Gayoso
- Session WED051 - 10:30 am - Phone a Friend: Piloting and RSSCT for a Greenfield Water Treatment Plant in North Carolina presented by Kara DeGroote, co-author Trent Jackson
- Session WED088 - 2:00 pm - Three Facilities, Two Phases - Commissioning Houston's First Ozone Disinfection System presented by Lander Kennedy
- Session WED088 - 2:30 pm - Physical Modeling to the Rescue; Addressing the Design Challenges of a 50 MGD Expansion of Eagle Mountain WTP in Fort Worth, TX presented by Chetan Soni
- Session WED114 - 3:00 pm - GAC Is Not Just for PFAS - Meeting Both Short-Term & Long-Term DBP Compliance with GAC presented by Jihyon Im, co-author Al LeBlanc
- Session WED134 - 3:00 pm - How AI is Reshaping the Workday and Boosting Efficiency presented by Alfredo Zendejas Rodriguez
I get to help clients deliver safe water to their customers, solve water quality issues, and plan for the future of their communities, all while collaborating with some of the brightest engineers in the field.
Jihyon Im
Environmental Engineer
My direct managers and technical mentors have worked hard to get to know my strengths, support me in my weaknesses, and give me a world of opportunity to be the most valuable engineer I can be. It’s our talented people that make up CDM Smith’s empowering culture.
Tim Rynders
Associate, Discipline Leader — Climate Resilience for Drinking Water | Treatment Process & Piloting
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.

