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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
TUE20 
Using Tools at Your Desk to Start Planning Distribution
System Improvements
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Lagoon G
Track: Distribution System Management & Operations
Moderator: Ken Morgan
As utilities are stressed financially from blindly improving or
replacing infrastructure based on age, this session discusses
some of the desktop efforts utilities should consider conducting
to focus efforts on the most problematic areas of the system.
3:00 
Are Your Commercial and Industrial Meters Delivering on
Their Full Revenue Potential?
Jeff Zillmer, Sensus, a Xylem brand, Jeff Cunningham,
Robert “Bob” Rider
3:30 
An Overview of AWWA’s Guidance Report on Managing the
Implementation of Residential Fire Sprinklers in Community
Water Systems
George Kunkel, Kunkel Water Efficiency Consulting,
Gary Trachtman
2:00 
Strengthening the Bonds of Your Distribution System Using
AWWA’s Partnership for Safe Water Program
John Civardi, Gert van der Walt 4:00 
Is Digital Metering Technology Overtaking Testing
Technology? A Review of Common Test Methods and
Associated Uncertainties
Mette Kristensen, Kamstrup A/S, Denis Hinz
2:30 
Optimization—Starting Small for Broader Applications;
Case Study of Water Distribution System Planning Through
Optimization
Patrick Parault, Arcadis, Joshua Cantone, Kimberly Six 4:30 
Completion of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Pilot
Study: Backflow, Resiliency, and Tampering
Nelson Mix, USEPA, Alan Lai, Ken Thompson
3:00 
Is Your ‘Smart Water System’ Truly Smart? Road Mapping for
Success and Lessons Learned
Craig Benson, Mott MacDonald, Getachew Melsew,
Essey Woldemariam
3:30 
City of Houston Self-Assessment—Continuous Water Quality
and Water Operations Improvement
David Munn, AECOM, Kristopher Glende, Vishakha Kaushik,
Shannon Rodriguez, Kira Smith
4:00 
Infrastructure Software Tools to Support Water Security and
Resilience
Robert Janke, USEPA, Jonathan Burkhardt, Hiba Ernst,
Terra Haxton, Regan Murray, Michael Tryby
4:30 
Improving and Standardizing Failure Data Collection:
The Foundation in Developing a Predictive Linear Asset
Maintenance Program
Jaclyn Gorman, Denver Water, Garth Rygh
TUE21 
The Precision of Water Use: How to Control, Measure,
and Change
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Lagoon H
Track: Distribution System Management & Operations
Moderator: Jonathan Gunn
As technology improves, water utilities are setting more stringent
metrics for their system to measure and control water uses. This
session presents some of the ideas and tools utilities can use as
we gather and analyze the data from these efforts.
2:00 
Are We Promoting Apparent Water Loss and Unbilled Water
and Sewer Revenue?
Craig Hannah, Johnson Controls, Inc.
2:30 
When Is AMI More Than Just New Technology?
Terry Brueck, EMA, Inc., Marie Asgian, Minneapolis Water
Works, Glen Gerads, Mark Germscheid
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TUE22 
Wastewater Management from Design to Discharge
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Room: Surf AB
Track: Wastewater & Stormwater Management
Moderator: Lara Kammereck
This session treats attendees to the landscape of wastewater
issues from capital improvement planning case studies, to
collection system improvements, to secondary and final effluent
discharge. Hear from experts how solutions are determined and
delivered to protect the environment and sources the drinking
water industry relies on.
2:00 
No One Wants It but Everyone Needs It—Building an 8.5 mgd
Wastewater System for the 5-Billion Dollar Mile
Clayton Barnard, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Arthur Hartle, Mazen
Kawasmi, Jacob Pannell
2:30 
Alternative Treatment Facility Heating: Part of NYCDEP’s
Plan for a Low Carbon Future
Paul Knowles, Hazen and Sawyer, Evan Bowles, Norman
Bradley, Julie Herzner, Erika Jozwiak, Dennis Stanford
3:00 
Integration of Sewer Tunnel System into Enterprise Asset
Management
Prasad Manthena, Greeley and Hansen, Monica Outland
3:30 
Peracetic Acid Full-Scale Trial at East Bay Dischargers
Authority for Disinfection of Secondary Effluent
Melanie Holmer, Kati Bell, Mike Connor, Joseph Donabed
4:00 
Craft Brewing Growing Pains
Tim Rynders, CDM Smith, Tony Actis, Ben Holloway, Ryan Reid,
Jillian Vandegrift
4:30 
Being Good Stewards: Improving Effluent Quality on a
Barrier Island
Brett Messner, Tetra Tech, Fred Mittl