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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM Tuesday, June 12, 2018 TUE04 Small Distribution System: Hazards and Solutions 2:00–5:00 p.m. Room: Lagoon B Track: Small Systems Management & Operations Moderator: Hatem Fadel This session presents hazardous health problems that can occur for consumers in small distribution systems as a result of conditions such as dead-end lines. The presentations also introduce novel solutions to overcome these problems. 2:00 Decontamination of Plastic Drinking Water Pipe: Will Flushing Work? Levi Haupert, ORAU/USEPA, Matthew Magnuson 2:30 Improving Water Quality by Identifying and Eliminating Hazardous Dead-Ends Wayne Pratt, Wachs Water Service 3:00 Bypass System Eliminates Dead Ends in Water Distribution Networks Jahangir Chowdhury, AECOM 3:30 Making Service Pipe Material Identification a Lead Pipe Cinch Chandan Venkatesh, American Water Company, David Hughes 4:00 Dead-End Main Mitigation: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Optimize Water Quality Improvement Jennifer Klidies, City of Corpus Christi, Esteban Ramos, City of Corpus Christi, Wes Nebgen, Gabriel Ramirez 4:30 Panel Discussion Jahangir Chowdhury, AECOM Levi Haupert, ORAU/USEPA Jennifer Klidies, City of Corpus Christi Wayne Pratt, Wachs Water Service Chandan Venkatesh, American Water Company TUE05 Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About P3s (But Were Afraid to Ask) 2:00–4:00 p.m. Room: Lagoon KL Track: Financing, Rates and Affordability Moderator: G. Tracy Mehan III This session is a guided discussion by and with leading experts on Public Private Partnerships (P3s) in the water sector (from the financing, utility, and ratings worlds), covers a wide range of useful topics relating to P3s and their potential use in water utility financing, and is designed to answer all the questions water utility leaders have about P3s…but were afraid to ask. 2:00 Panel Discussion Stephen Auton-Smith, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC Nina Hawk, Santa Clara Valley Water District Ben MacDonald, S&P Global Andrew Prindle, Goldman Sachs & Co. Maureen Stapleton, San Diego County TUE07 Water Policy for Utility Managers 2:00–5:00 p.m. Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom I Track: Water Policy & Regulatory Actions Moderator: Patrick Kerr Federal water policy in 2018 reflects continuing challenges, new policy priorities, and new opportunities. Infrastructure renewal is near the top of the national agenda, as reflected in new federal programs like WIFIA and federal legislation. Protecting the integrity of the nation’s drinking water supply is being pursued through improving infrastructure and federal-state coordinated regulatory and non-regulatory risk management efforts. 2:00 SDWA Reauthorization—Status and Overview Kurt Vause, StreamlineAM 2:30 EPA’s Water Policy Priorities Peter Grevatt, USEPA 3:00 WIFIA Implementation—Learning from First-Round Applicants Troy Brogden, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Jorianne Jernberg, USEPA 3:30 Addressing Affordability and Environmental Justice Tom Morgan, Montgomery Water Works, Kati Bell, Mami Hara, Seattle Public Utilities, Jack Bebee, Fallbrook Public Utility District 4:30 Advancing Lead Service Line Replacement, Ongoing Efforts Tom Neltner, Environmental Defense Fund ACE18 CONFERENCE | AWWA.ORG/ACE 51

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