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Spring Exhibition and Conference

Thank you for attending our Spring Joint Regional Conference and Exhibition this past April 1 & 2, 2009 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., which brought 2,401 water works professionals together.

Save the date for the 2010 conference, from March 31 - April 1

Click here for the full 2009 conference program.

To view pictures of the show, click here.

Exhibitors! To sign up early for 2010 and ensure a prime spot on the floor, contact Iseult Kavanagh.

2009 Conference Presentations (.pdf format):

Session 1 - Distribution 1 Session 2 - Water Treatment I
Planning, design, and construction of the new 1.2-million-gallon storage tank for Grafton Water District Use of magnetic ion exchange resin for total organic carbon (TOC) removal to allow compliance with EPA disinfection by-product rules
Progression planning: who's going to run your water system in 10 years? Packaged water treatment plant treats difficult waters
Hydrants: maintaining your inventory Membrane integrity testing of pressurized membrane systems
Design of appurtenances for water mains The application of simplified process statistical variance techniques to enhance the detection of filtration integrity loss
Session 3 - Young Professionals Session 4 - Safety/OSHA
Tools for success: planning ahead ensured a smooth startup for the Stamford WTP Lessons from workplace fatalities - 1
Silver Lake part 2 - the tracer study Lessons from workplace fatalities - 2
The importance of in-stream hydraulics in river water quality modeling Partnership for Safe Water (PSW) program
Installation of 48-inch line stops on 50-year-old steel water main Maintaining safety awareness at water treatment facilities
Session 5 - Dams Session 6 - Distribution II
Thirteen bad apples and what Massachusetts is doing with them What is on the bottom of your storage tank?
Franklin dam replacement - working together to protect a sole-source water supply The science of mixing water storage tanks
Ashley Lake dam repair - overcoming design and permitting challenges to meet project milestones Water tank maintenance program
Rehabilitation of the Palmer Dam Operational improvements to decrease residence times in storage tanks and enhance water quality: An alternative to mixing systems
Session 7 - Water Treatment II Session 8 - Water Resources
  No presentations available - please contact authors directly
Optimizing for DBP control: the New York City experience  
Reducing disinfection by-products using high-rate ballasted microsand clarification  
Review of the efficacy of magnetized ion exchange versus ballasted flocculation as a pre-treatment for the removal of organic carbon  
Session 9 - Sustainability Session 10 - Operations & Maintenance
Engineers Without Borders - Amazon developmental project through community empowerment Contaminant accumulation in many New England lead pipe scales
Optimizing pump scheduling to reduce energy costs in water utilities A MAP to quality - the management assessment profile benchmarks performance
Sustainable upgrade makes Stamford water treatment plant a good neighbor  
Massachusetts energy management pilot for drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities Innovative use of trenchless technologies and an integrated corrosion protection system on an MWRA water main
Session 11 - Distribution III Session 12 - Groundwater
  Modeling a contaminant plume threatening a municipal groundwater supply
How much strength is left in old cast iron pipe? Elevated manganese and color removal using ultrafiltration on a challenging groundwater supply
East and west Spot Pond supply mains rehabilitation project Dealing with contaminated wells: a perchlorate case study
  Ground Water Rule, the basics
Session 13 - Regulations Session 14 - Management/Finance
No presentations available - please contact authors directly No presentations available - please contact authors directly
Session 15 - Water Treatment III Session 16 - Cross Connections
No presentations available - please contact authors directly Types of testable devices - how they work and where they are located
  Troubleshooting backflow prevention devices
  Review of test procedures - common mistakes and misconnection
Session 17 - Security/Emergency Response Session 18 - International
Latest security emergency response tools for you The Thu Duc water supply BOO project in Vietnam
  Zimbabwe water supply project
MAWARN Developing a Sustainable Water System in Flores, Honduras
CTWARN Tasmanian flume restoration

 

Thank you to all our conference sponsors.

-ADS - Booth #912
-Atlantic States - Booths #204, 206, & 208
-CH2MHill
-DYK Incorporated - Booth #906
-Heitkamp - Booth #711
-REHAU Unlimited Polymer Solutions - Booth #413
-Victaulic - Booth #222



 

 

 
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