AFTERNOON SESSION
MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPLICATIONS Track
ROOM 254 ROOM 255 Room
WED09—TESTING IN MEMBRANE SYSTEMS WED12—MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IN POTABLE WATER
PRODUCTION Session Title
Moderator: Steven Coker
Moderator: Daniel Hugaboom
Rethinking Integrity: Turbidity as a Direct Integrity Test for Low
Pressure MF/UF Membranes, Challenges and Future Potential EMWD’s Perris II Desalter Design Refi nements: Source Water Quality/
Equalization, Pre-Treatment, Phasing/Integration, and Beyond!
Martin Gravel, AECOM, YuJung Chang, Derek Senior James DeCarolis, Black & Veatch, Phil Lancaster, Jeff Neemann,
Lee Portillo, Brad Sours, Srinivas Veerapaneni, Corey Wallace
Application of ATP and Rejection of Chloramines by Reverse
Osmosis Membranes for Detection of Biological Fouling A Business Case for 2-stage RO System Design
Lauren Breitner, Trussell Technologies, Elise Chen,
Aviv Kolakovsky, Aleks Pisarenko, Joseph Quicho, R. Trussell
Overcoming Compliance Challenges for RO Pathogen Removal
Using Conductivity Profi les
James Vickers, Separation Processes Inc., Mike Dummer,
Thaxton VanBelle
1:30–2:00
2:00–2:30
Dylan Uecker, Carollo Engineers, Thomas Seacord, Brandon Yallaly
Membrane Condition Evaluation for Three 100-MGD Plants
2:30–3:00
Teodor Kochmar, Region of Peel, YuJung Chang, Brian Sahely
NETWORKING BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL EDUCATION SESSIONS (SEE PAGE 32 FOR DETAILS)—EXHIBIT HALL
3:00– 3:30
MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION EXPERTS IN THE ROUND Track
ROOM 254 TBD Room
WED13—DISINFECTION CONCERNS WED14—EXPERTS IN THE ROUND Session Title
Moderator: Steven Coker Moderator: Harold Fravel
Membrane-Disinfectant Reactions: Developing Methods for
the Detection of Membrane Leachates and By-products
Alma Beciragic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
(USBR-AMTA Fellowship Awardee),
Howard Weinberg
Effects of Chloramines and Bromamines Residuals on RO
Membranes in Potable Reuse
Aleks Pisarenko, Trussell Technologies, Inc., Elise Chen,
Brett Faulkner, John Kenny, Rodrigo Tackaert, R. Trussell
Back to the Future: Evaluation of RO Membranes for a Return to
Free Chlorine
3:30–4:00
The MTC “Experts in the Round” is a popular roundtable
networking program designed to give you direct access to
experienced, knowledgeable professionals in the membrane
industry. During this 90 minute session, participants move among
tables in regular intervals as they select the topics most relevant to
them. Industry experts will guide the indicated table topic discussion,
including Q&A driven by each participant.
See page 24 for topics and facilitator details.
4:00–4:30
4:30–5:00
Kristen Cope, Hazen and Sawyer, Robert Boysen, Rafael Martinez,
Gabriel Ramirez, Marc Santos, Crystal Ybanez
POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL HOUR–EXHIBIT HALL
(SEE PAGE 22 FOR POSTER DETAILS)
AMTA MEMBER MEETING—HILTON RIVERSIDE—COMPASS ROOM
ALL AMTA MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND! MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES!
STUDENT & YOUNG PROFESSIONAL RECEPTION—HILTON RIVERSIDE—COMPASS ROOM
ALL STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE INVITED, NO PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
ENJOY APPETIZERS, DRINKS, AND PRIZES ALL BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMTA AND AWWA.
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5:00–6:00
6:15–6:45
7:00–8:30