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PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
WED39 
Lessons Learned in Outdoor Efficiency
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Room: Lagoon IJ
Track: Water Use Efficiency Practices
Moderator: Veronica Blette
This session presents recent advances in research and utility
application of outdoor water use efficiency.
1:30 
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2:00 
Lessons Learned in Commercial Irrigation Efficiency
Margaret Hunter, American Water, John Kij
2:30 
The Success (and Shortcomings) of Long-Term Residential
Irrigation Restrictions in Southwest Florida
Mackenzie Boyer, University of Florida, Michael Dukes
3:00 
Implementing Two Day per Week Watering in Four of the Most
Affluent Towns in America
Robert Ulrich, Aquarion Water Co. of Connecticut
3:30 
AWE Landscape Transformation Research: Early Results from
the Outdoor Water Savings Phase II Project
Thomas Chesnutt, A & N Technical Services, Inc.,
Mary Ann Dickinson, Alliance for Water Efficiency
4:00 
The Smart Home and the Future of Demand Management
Clay Kraus, Rachio, Inc.
WED40 
Joker’s Wild: New Frontier in Groundwater Treatment
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Room: Breakers AB
Track: Water Resource Management & Potable Reuse
Moderator: Nicole Blute
Elevated and increasing levels of nitrate, arsenic, and other
contaminants in groundwater are of significant concern to water
utilities that depend on groundwater as a source of drinking
water. This session highlights innovative removal techniques and
progress on promising technologies for addressing groundwater
treatment.
1:30 
Pilot-Scale Demonstration of Combined Ion Exchange
and Alternative Regeneration for Softening and
Contaminant Removal
Jerrine Foster, HDR, Treavor Boyer
2:00 
Innovative Catalytic Reduction of Nitrate and Other
Co-occurring Groundwater Contaminants
Lauren Weinrich, American Water, Hovav Gilan, Paige Minka,
Orren Schneider, Ben Stanford
3:00 
Biological Filtration of Groundwater Well No. 9 to Remove
Hydrogen Sulfide
Duncan Lee, City of Huntington Beach, Keisuke Ikehata,
Jay Kleinheinz, Andrew Komor, Yuan Li
3:30 
Removing Carbon Dioxide from Groundwaters in
Pressurized Piping
Sarah Pope, University of New Hampshire, M. Robin Collins
4:00 
Progress in the Development of a Fiber-Based Ion Exchange
Material for the Treatment of Arsenic in Drinking Water
Philip Brandhuber, HDR, Jeff Vercellone
WED41 
Illustrations of Pilot and Demonstration Testing
Helping to Support Reuse Projects
1:30–4:30 p.m.
Room: Breakers CD
Track: Water Resource Management & Potable Reuse
Moderator: Adam Arnold
This session includes a number of case studies and testing
results to show how pilot and demonstration testing can help
support the implementation of reuse projects.
1:30 
Do I Really Need to Pilot Test?
Bruce Chalmers, CDM Smith, Jen Hooper, Greg Wetterau
2:00 
Evaluation and Bench Testing to Retrofit a Conventional WTP
for Potable Reuse
Hilary Feier, CH2M, Larry Schimmoller
2:30 
Evaluating Biofiltration for Potable Reuse Applications
Samantha Black, HDR, Christina Alito, Peter D’Adamo,
Chance Lauderdale
3:00 
Are TOC and COD Limits Appropriate for Regulating
Potable Reuse? Analyzing Organics Through the Domestic
Water Cycle
Larry Schimmoller, CH2M, Jason Assouline, Jim Lozier
3:30 
Utilizing Water Quality Modeling and Pilot Testing Data to
Optimize the Design for the GWRS Final Expansion
Lee Portillo, Black & Veatch, Bill Dunivin, Jeff Nemann,
Mehul Petal, Sandy Scott-Robert, Rich ten Bosch,
Srinivas (Vasu) Veerapaneni
4:00 
SWIFT: Highlighting HRSD’s Innovative Approach to Managed
Aquifer Recharge
Tyler Nading, CH2M-Jacobs, Charles Bott, J. Dano,
Jamie Mitchell, Germano Salazar-Benites, Larry Schimmoller,
Christopher Wilson
2:30 
Sunny Slope Water Company Implements an Innovative
Biological Nitrate Removal System
Adrian Williams, Westech Engineering, Inc., Ali Dorri,
Andy Findlay, Ameen Razavi
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