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The following are papers presented at the NC AWWA-WEA 88th Annual Conference held November 16-19, 2008 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Papers are organized by the session in which they were presented and in the order they were presented. If the title and author of a paper do not appear in blue, the paper is not available and you must contact the author for more information.
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WASTEWATER SESSION
COLLECTION & DISTRIBUTION SESSION
WATER SESSION
INDUSTRIAL SESSION
FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SESSION
SPECIAL TOPICS SESSION
FORUMS
WASTEWATER SESSION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00am Successful Commissioning of the Carolinas’ Largest Biosolids Drying Facility
Kent Lackey, Black & Veatch
10:30am Is ‘Going Green’ the New Paradigm in Biosolids Management
Walt Bashaw, Jordan, Jones & Goulding
11:00am Evaluation of Dewatering Technologies at the North Cary Reclamation Facility
Ross Stroud, Arcadis
11:30am Class A High-Rate Anaerobic Digestion Couples with Green Power Generation
Peter Schuler, Brown and Caldwell
1:45pm Two Birds with One Stone –MSD’s Facility for Septage Haulers’ Waste and Vacuum
Truck Debris
Ed Bradford, Buncombe County MSD
2:15pm Wastewater Treatment Instrumentation: Present and Future
Dave Kinnear, HDR
2:45pm More Capacity/Less Construction – Rerating the WCRSA Gilder Creek WWTP
Sean Scuras, CDM
3:45pm Use of Nitrifier Growth Rate Testing as an Operations and Capacity Planning Tool
Mary Knosby, Black & Veatch
4:15pm ‘Going Green’: An Evaluation of Denitrification as a Cost Savings Measure
Mike Benechich, HDR
4:45pm Full-Scale Dynamic Testing and Vertical Profiles Advance Understanding of
Denitrification Filters
Katya Bilyk, Hazen and Sawyer
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
8:00am Large Mountain Resort Community Goes Green Through 100% Water Reclamation
Utilizing MBR Treatment Technology
David Honeycutt, McGill Associates
8:30am A Water Quality Assessment of the Use of Reclaimed Water for Evaporative Cooling
Tower Makeup
Charles Riley, McKim & Creed
9:00am Wastewater Reclamation Utilizing an Abandoned Limestone Quarry – An Innovative Non-
Discharge Alternative
Blaine Humphrey, Rivers and Associates
10:00am MBR Process Design Optimization: A Case Study of a Split Conventional/MBR Design
Ron Latimer, Hazen and Sawyer
10:30am Removing it All: Advanced Treatment Piloting Using Membrane Technology to Meet
Stringent TN & TP Limits
Enrique Vadiveloo, Hazen and Sawyer
11:00am Practical Considerations for Design and Operations of Integrated Fixed Film Activated
Sludge (IFAS) Systems
Heather Phillips, Black & Veatch
11:30am IFAS Full-Scale Piloting in Greensboro, NC – When a Conventional Design-Bid-Build
Approach is Unconventional
Leslie Samel, CDM
1:45pm Waste Sludge + Waste Heat = Usable Biosolids Product at Catawba County’s Regional
Residuals Drying Facility
Jonathan Treadway, CDM
2:15pm No Shortage of Gas at the Wilson WWTP!
Gus Simmons, Cavanaugh & Associates
2:45pm Investigation of Trihalomethane Generation and Fate at 25 Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Plants in NC
Kenneth Pohlig, NC DWQ
COLLECTION & DISTRIBUTION SESSION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00am Managing Pressures in Growth and Psi, Asheville, NC
Eric Nease, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
10:30am Combining Hydraulic Modeling with a Business Case Evaluation: Alternatives for the Steele
Creek Pumping Station Replacement Project
Jay Fulmer, Brown and Caldwell
11:00am Interconnecting Water Systems in Response to Drought
Jeff Cruickshank, Hazen and Sawyer
11:30am A New Paradigm for Distribution System Monitoring
John Cook, Advanced Data Mining
1:45pm It’s Critical – Force Main Failure Risk and Condition Assessment in a Large
Regional System
Chris Wilson, Brown and Caldwell
2:15pm CSI: Distribution System – Qualifying the Water Age and Quality in Your Distribution System
Kevin Irby, CDM
2:45pm Freshman Lead: A High School Chemistry Class Triggers Lead Sampling
for a NC Water System
Matthew Shoesmith, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
3:45pm Saving Time and Resources by Automating Rehabilitation Design
Hatem El-Sayegh, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
4:15pm Inspection and Condition Assessment of Wastewater Force Mains
Kelly Derr, Brown and Caldwell
4:45pm Importance of Comprehensive Cross-Connection Control Systems at Water and
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Steven Bledsoe, URS
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
8:00am Constructing A Water Main Break Database in GIS for the City of Raleigh – Fighting Drought
From the Computer Desk
Sarah Sheldon, City of Raleigh
8:30am Benefits of a Comprehensive Approach – Lessons Learned from the City of Raleigh’s First
City-Wide Wastewater Master Plan
Chris Nesbit, CDM
9:00am Condition Assessment of Large Diameter Sewer Outfalls
Travis Wagner, Brown and Caldwell
10:00am Leaks in the System? Make Sure the Public Knows You’re Plugged into the Solutions
Marci Davis, Jordan, Jones, and Goulding
10:30am Pump Station Criticality Model and CIP Development
Richard Stahr, Brown and Caldwell
11:00am Urban Pipeline Design – Coordination and Evolving Techniques Pave the Way for
Efficient Implementation
Jonathan Lapsley, CDM
11:30am Recovery of Non-Revenue Water – Holly Springs AWWA Water Audit
Steve Cavanaugh, Cavanaugh & Associates
1:45pm CMU Water Distribution System Master Plan
Barry Dezwell, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities
2:15pm Staying Ahead of the Growth Curve: Distribution System Master Planning for
Water Utilities in our Growing Region
Sheri Smith, CDM
2:45pm Where’s the Valve? The Map Says it’s Right Here!
Gary Eddins, Cavanuagh & Associates
WATER SESSION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00am Managing the Catawba Water Supply During the 2007 Drought Using a Collaborative
Process with the CW-DMAG
Ed Bruce, Duke Energy
10:30am The Fate of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Product Chemicals, and Endocrine Disruptors
in our Water Treatment Plants
Bill Dowbiggin, CDM
11:00am Membrane System Design – It Goes Beyond Membrane System Selection
Paul Delphos, Black & Veatch
11:30am Challenges of Implementing the First Direct Filtration Membrane WTP in Georgia
Frank Rombardo , Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
1:45pm Help We Need Water! – A Construction Update on How One Coastal New England
Community is Using Desalination to Solve its Current and Future Water Needs
Randy Osburn, Black & Veatch
2:15pm Preparing for Future Challenges: Process Pilot Testing at SJWD Water District
Paul Hargette, Black & Veatch
2:45pm The Utility Perspective on Lead in Tap Water and the Changes in Process
Terry Rolan, McKim & Creed
3:45pm A Novel Approach to Coliform Reduction in a Raw Water Supply
William Frazier, City of High Point
4:15pm Drought Poor Water Quality Assessment for the Cary/Apex WTF
Cory Hopkins, Hazen and Sawyer
4:45pm From Reservoir to Tap: Improving Water Quality via Radical Flow Long-Distance Circulation
(LDC) in Lakes and Treated Water Storage Tanks
Michael Lipparelli, SolarBee
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
8:00am “Popping the Top” on a Hydraulic Bottleneck
Vincent Hart, Carollo
8:30am Evaluation of Package Water treatment Plants for Severe Drought Conditions for
City of Raleigh, NC
Russell Jones, Hazen and Sawyer
9:00am Managing Water Supply in Turbulent Times
Dave Zimmer, CDM
10:00am The Role of Groundwater in Public Water Supply Strategies
Charles Pippin, Golder Associates
10:30am Assessing the Carbon Footprint of Water Production
Holly Shorney-Darby, Black & Veatch
11:00am Evaluating Alum Sludge Handling for the City of Concord
David Parker, Carollo
11:30am Unlocking Hidden Capacity – Cost Effective Expansion of the Myrtle Beach SWTP
Kelly Comstock, Brown and Caldwell
1:45pm It’s Alive: Bringing the William Debruhl Water Treatment Plant Back to Life for Asheville
Leslie Jones, Brown and Caldwell
2:15pm Drought Related Raw Water Intake Structures – How Long Can You Go?
Raymond Cordon, WK Dickson
2:45pm NRWASA Water Treatment Plant From Construction to Commissioning –
Challenges Associated with Bringing a New 15-mgd Water Treatment Plant into Service
Bill Mason, CDM
INDUSTRIAL SESSION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00am Nitrate Removal from a High Strength Industrial Waste Stream
Dan Wilkinson, O’Brien & Gere
10:30am Nitrogen Removal Techniques for Industrial Wastewaters
Ned Fiss, Jr., AWARE Environmental
11:00am Nitrogen Removal from Dairy Waste Using Deammonification Fueled by Fermented
Dairy Manure
Jason L. Beck, CDM
11:30am Fixed Film Media in a Sequencing Batch Reactor for Nitrification and Denitrification of
Confined Pig Waste Farms
Dick Peherson, Entex Technologies 1:45pm Greenhouse Gas Inventories at Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants
George Tyrian, AWARE Environmental
2:15pm Use of Coupled Activated Sludge/Dissolved Air Flotation Processes for Treatment of Food &
Dairy Processing Wastewaters
Charles Ross, Environmental Treatment Systems
2:45pm Use of On-Site Supplemental Oxygen at Industrial Wastewater Plants
John Christiansen, Novozymes Biologicals
3:45pm Optimizing Wastewater Reuse at Buckeye, Mt. Holly, NC
Ron Ruocco, WPC
4:15pm Ultrafiltration for Only Industrial Wastes
Ivan Cooper, WPC
4:45pm Membrane Filtration for Industrial Recycling at GN-GNF Wilmington, NC
Michael C. Wicker, Withers & Ravenel
FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SESSION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
8:00am It’s Not Your Parent’s Workforce
Ilke McAliley, HDR
8:30am Throw Out Your Spreadsheets! Easy Ways to Collect, Manage, and Make Data Work for You
Eric Hancock, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
9:00am Start a Ruckus! The Benefits of Constructive Conflict
Linda F. Vaughn, McKim & Creed
10:00am Planning Tools to Support Regulatory Compliance and Infrastructure Sustainability
Theresa Benson, Brown and Caldwell
10:30am Resource Management for Utilities (More Than Just Asset Management)
Joe Stowe, Jr., McKim & Creed
11:00am Harness the Power of Your Data: A Tool for Consolidating Information to Facilitate
Decision-Making
Ricardo Campos, Brown and Caldwell
11:30am Putting the “Plan” in Your Information Management and Capital Improvements Plans
Rosemary Harman, Jordan, Jones, and Goulding
1:45pm Quantifying Risks in the Capital Improvement Plan: A Federal Tool for Local Success
Jason Gillespie, HDR
2:15pm Times are Hard – How to Build the Case for Funding and Spend the Money in the
Right Places
Richard Stahr, Brown and Caldwell
2:45pm Wall Street’s Perception of North Carolina Water and Sewer Utilities – Positioning
for Success
Jeff McGarvey, HDR
SPECIAL TOPICS SESSION
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
10:00am Design Build: Is it Right for Your Next Wastewater-related Project
John Lucey, HDR
10:30am Implementing Emerging Technologies in Design-build Projects
Brent Reuss, Black & Veatch
11:00am Bridging the Gap…In a Hurry: Design/Build Makes Water Transmission Project Success
Neal Stubblefield. Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
11:30am Design-Build Delivery of Treatment Plants – Keys to Success from an Engineer’s
and a Contractor’s Perspective
Blake Childress, CDM
1:45pm Construction Collaboration – Creating a Team Toolbox to Keep the Plant Online While
Completing Major Renovations
Robert Wierzbicki, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
2:15pm You Want It When? Utilizing 3D Design to Assit with Fast Track Delivery
Robert Teem, Brown and Caldwell
2:45pm Does P.E. Really Stand for “Perfect Engineer”? Pro-active Construction Management –
A Positive Approach to Managing Construction Projects and Avoiding Litigation, Re-Work,
and Change Orders
Andy Mitchell, Brown and Caldwell
3:45pm Combining Design-Build with Innovative 3D Design Enhances WWTP Construction Quality
and Reduces Costs
Ted Hortenstine, CDM
4:15pm Instrumentation Woes? What Commonly Goes Wrong and How to Fix or Prevent it.
Jeff Miller, Black & Veatch
4:45pm Construction Management Done Spatially: GIS Integration Pipeline Construction
Inspection and Management
Nicholas Dierkes, Brown and Caldwell TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008
8:00am Sustainability: Are You a Part of the Revolution or About to be Overtaken
Stephen Lathrop, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
8:30am Incorporating Sustainable Design into the Sugar Creek WWTP Expansion Project
Kevin Mosteller, HDR
9:00am Growing and Greening an Urban University Through Integrated Master Planning for
Stormwater, Water and Wastewater Management
Yan Zhang, Jordan, Jones, & Goulding
10:00am Building a LEED-Certified Environmental Laboratory
Julie McLelland, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities
10:30am A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting Model for Biosolids Management Planning –
NC Case Studies
Mark Gould, CDM
11:00am Fats, Oils, and grease to Green Fuel
Bill Partenan, Stantec
11:30am Are Climate Variations Reducing the Reliability of Our Water Supplies?
Pam Kenel, Black & Veatch
1:45pm Bench-Scale Denitrification Testing of Supplemental Carbon Donors Facilitates
Product Comparison
Joe Rohrbacher, Hazen and Sawyer 2:15pm Charting a Cooperative Course for Complex Environmental Permitting of the Dempsey
E. Benton Water Treatment Plant
Mary Sadler, Arcadis 2:45pm Wake County's Plan for Holistic Watershed Management: Leveraging Funding and
Programs for Water Quality Protection
Francine Durso, CH2M Hill
INTERACTIVE FORUMSTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 Forum #1: Wastewater Process Modeling - Successful Use and Limitations Forum #2: Hot Topics in Utility Management: A Look at the Management Environment Including a Funding Update and State Policy on Dealing with Drought Forum #3: Private Property Issues: Implementing Policies & Legalities Forum #4: Drought Issues: Local to Global Perspective • Responding to Drought in Australia
Warren Traves, GHD Australiab
• Realizations to Innovations: Water Efficiency & Demand Management
Lloyd Hathcock, Niagara Conservation
• Position Analysis, Gaming, and Computer Aided Participation - A Basin-wide Modeling Sampler
Dr. Megan Wiley Rivera, HydroLogics
Forum #5: AWWA Town Hall Meeting WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDC's) - What Do They Mean to You? • Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, Pharmaceuticals and Trace Organic Microconstituents
Presentation Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, Pharmaceuticals and Trace Organic Microconstituents
Handout
Regina Guyer, UNC Charlotte
• Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, Antibiotics, and other Organic Wastewater Compounds:
USGS Activities in the U.S. and NC
Dr. Jerad Bales, U.S. Geological Survey
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) –
What do they mean to a water and wastewater utility?
Martie Groome, City of Greensboro
• Pharmaceuticals in Water
Doug Finan, GlaxoSmithKline Return to Top
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