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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM Tuesday, June 12, 2018 TUE23 Workplace Safety 2:00–3:30 p.m. Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom K Track: Operator Forum Moderator: Charlie Chapman Protecting the safety and health of employees is a key concern in any organization. Whether regulated or not, some basic activities must be performed by employees in order to be safe in the work environment. This session talks about OSHA requirements, fall arrest and rescue, working with chemicals and how to handle laboratory waste. 2:00 Fall Protection Standards Brian Exendine, Las Vegas Valley Water District 2:30 Management of Bulk Chemical Receipt and Safe Storage Thomas Clark, Monroe County Water Authority 3:00 L aboratory Waste Management A to Z Steven Ross, Las Vegas Valley Water District TUE24 Utility Optimization—Innovations and New Technologies 2:00–5:00 p.m. Room: Breakers GH Track: Water Utility Management & Leadership Moderator: Randy Moore This session showcases the experiences of utility managers, consulting engineers and technology providers through case studies featuring the performance of new technologies and innovative approaches that can be used by utilities looking to optimize their system. This discussion will be framed around the water quality and operational optimization goals of AWWA’s Partnership for Safe Water and Partnership for Clean Water programs for drinking water and wastewater utility optimization. 2:00 Partnership Programs a Pathway to Optimization Todd Brewer, American Water Works Association 2:15 Innovative Hexavalent Chromium Remediation System Richard Bacon, Aqua Metrology Systems Limited 2:40 A Disruptive Technology for Water Quality Testing Richard Brown, Cornwell Engineering Group 3:05 Data as Innovation Travis Wagner, Pure Technologies US 3:30 OCWA’s Continuous Adoption of Innovative Technologies Michael Hooker, Onondaga County Water Authority 3:55 The Water Sector’s Long Awaited Digital Transformation Gigi Karmous-Edwards 4:20 Innovative Approach to Predict Algal Blooms Lisa Brand, LG Sonic, BV 4:45 Panel Discussion Richard Bacon, Aqua Metrology Systems Limited Lisa Brand, LG Sonic, BV Todd Brewer, American Water Works Association Richard Brown, Cornwell Engineering Group Michael Hooker, Onondaga County Water Authority Gigi Karmous-Edwards Travis Wagner, Pure Technologies US TUE25 Lightning Session—Fresh Ideas Poster Participants 3:30–5:00 p.m. Room: Breakers KL Track: Water Quality Challenges Moderators: Jeff Blakely and Rebeca Hamel Join the best and the brightest from AWWA’s Sections for this new, fast-paced lightning session featuring the Fresh Ideas Poster participants. These students and young professionals won their Section poster competitions to attend and compete at ACE18. Presenters will have 3–5 minutes to summarize their posters at the podium prior to the poster competition. Come support these impressive water professionals and explore a wide range of important water industry topics and challenges. For presenter details, please refer to the online program and/or Mobile App. TUE26 Addressing Lead in Schools 2:00–3:30 p.m. Room: Breakers KL Track: Water Policy & Regulatory Actions Moderator: Stan Van Wagenen With the attention surrounding the issue of lead in drinking water, there is a renewed pressure to test for the problem in schools. While schools bear the responsibility of minimizing lead exposure in their facilities, some water systems may be in a position to provide valuable assistance for monitoring and managing lead. This session highlights progress and approaches for assisting schools develop and implement a sampling protocol to test for lead in their drinking water as well as the process for undertaking remediation. 2:00 Lead Mitigation in Schools—A Case Study John Donahue, North Park Public Water District, Crystal Draffkorn 3:00 A Progress Report on Efforts to Address Lead by Public School Districts Lily Sanborn, Adam Carpenter ACE18 CONFERENCE | AWWA.ORG/ACE 57

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