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Spring Exhibition and Conference

Thank You!!!! NEWWA's 2008 Spring Joint Regional Conference and Exhibition was another huge success with another record-breaking attendance of 2,673!

We look forward to seeing you next year on April 1 & 2, 2009 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

Click here to download the 2008 program book.

2009 Vendor Information

Due to the trade floor SELLING OUT in 2008, NEWWA is reconfiguring the exhibition hall for 2009. New booth space has been added in what was the registration area. Please click here to download the 2009 floor plan. Contact Iseult Kavanagh by either e-mail (click on her name) or by calling (508) 893-7979 to book your booth space NOW for 2009. Prime spots are already going fast!

Conference Presentations

Click on the links below to view presentations from each session (saved as individual Web pages). For missing presentations, please contact the authors directly. Please be patient when downloading.

Session 1 - Distribution I
"Acoustical Leak Detection" - Steve Horn, Neptune Technology Group
"Responding to E.Coli Outbreak" - Michael Martin, Wareham Fire Dist.; and Tim Stinson, SEA Consultants
"Physical Improvements and Changes in Operational Philosophy - Critique of AWWA D102 Coating Steel Water Tanks" - Tex Enoch, Carboline Company
"Physical Improvements and Changes in Operational Philosophy" - Mark Johnson, MWRA
Session 2 - Water Treatment I
"Design Challenges for a New Parallel Lake Water Intake in South Burlington, VT" - Darrin Lary, Wright-Pierce
"Design & Cost Considerations for Conventional and High Rate DAF" - Simon Breese, Earth Tech
"Filter Reconstruction and Operational Improvements at the Philip J. Holton Water Purification Plant, Scituate, RI"
"Addition of UV Disinfection to MWRA's John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant" - Bill Sullivan, MWRA
Session 3 - Dams
"Cobble Mountain Dam Diversion Tunnel Outlet Works Improvements" - Neill Hampton, CDM; and James Constantino, Jr., SWSC
"Fast-Tracking Stability Improvements at a Large Dam" - Donald Cordell, Hazen & Sawyer; and Robert Kline, Gannett Fleming
"Water, Water Everywhere - Developing an Effective Emergency Action Plan for Your Dam" - Elizabette Batista, Graduate Engineer; and Tom LeCourt, Tighe & Bond
"Wachusett Reservoir Spillway Improvements" - Peter Baril, GZA GeoEnvironmental; Tiffany Tran, and John Gregoire, MWRA
Session 4 - Young Professionals
"Indirect Potable Reuse to Mitigage Water Withdrawals" - Natalie Brown, Tetra Tech
"Improving Distribution System Operations With the Aid of Hydraulic Models" - Megan Bogle, CDM
"Silver Lake Water Treatment Plant Clearwell Baffle System" - Louis Soracco, Stantec Consulting
"A Systematic Approach to Disinfection By-Product Reduction Without Changing Disinfectant" - Christopher Berg, Wright-Pierce
Session 5 - Safety/OSHA
"Evaluating Chemical Feed System Operations to Identify Vulnerabilities that Could Cause Chemical Overfeed into the Water System - Lessons Learned from the Water Treatment Chemical Overfeed Incident in Spencer, Massachusetts" - Ali Parand, AP Associates, Inc.
"The High Hazards of Waterline Construction" - Carol Bates, OSHA; and Nancy Comeau, Mass. DOS
"Health & Safety Considerations in New Plant Startup" - Nicole Ivers, CDM
"Building and Maintaining a Successful Construction Safety Program" - Phillip Watson, Natgun
Session 6 - Distribution II
"Dodging a Lead Bullet...Managing and Correcting a Lead Action Level Exceedence" - Raymond Esponda, New Britain Water Dept, CT; and Katherine Mello, CDM
"Out with the Old/In with the New" - Peter Grabowski and Elizabeth Baldwin, Tighe & Bond; and John Proulx, MDC Hartford
"Feasibility of Trenchless Water Main Replacement Methods - A Success Story of a Recent Project in Hudson, Mass." - Ali Parand, AP Associates, Inc.
"Water Main Replacement Prioritization Model" - Christopher Whiteside, Earth Tech
Session 7 - Water Treatment II
"Advanced Oxidation and Biofiltration at the Brantford Water Treatment Plant" - Dennis Mutti, Stantec
"GAC Filter Adsorbers: An Effective, Lower-Cost Option for Stage 2 D/DBP Rule Compliance" - Andrea Traviglia, Malcolm Pirnie
"Compliance with Stage 2 - Four Slow Sand Filtration Case Studies Using Low-Tech Approaches" - Jeffrey Musich and Naleen Mayberry, Wright-Pierce
"Chloramination - Applicability, Operation, and Limitations" - Paul Millett, Environmental Partners Group
Session 8 - Energy/Sustainable Resources
"Local Solutions to Global Climate Change" - Amelia Ravin, CDM
"Building a 'Green' Water Project" - Mark Wetzel, Stantec
"Energy Management: How to Save Money $$" - Jason Turgeon, EPA New England
"Renewable Energy, Is the Time Right for You?" - Jon Abe, Mass. Technology Collaborative
Session 9 - Operations & Maintenance
"The Importance of Fire Flow Testing" - Kristen Berger, Earth Tech
"The Importance of a Hands-on-the-Wall Internal Tank Inspection" - Robert Sims, Pare Corporation; Jonathan Pratt, Town of Westerly, RI; and Edward Rudegeair, Div. of Facilities & Maint, State of RI
"Reduce Flow Meter Maintenance With On Board Diagnostics" - Thomas Johnson, Flow Measurement Products
"SCADA System Service Contracts: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Optimizing and Increasing the Reliability of Your System" - Leroy Kendricks, Woodard & Curran
Session 10 - GIS/Asset Management
"WebGIS System Improves Customer Service and Lays Groundwork for Future Water System Improvements" - Anthony Catalano, Woodard & Curran
"Implementing GIS at All Levels of Your Organization" - Jayson Brennen, CDM
"Steps and Standards for Developing a Pipeline Assessment GIS Dataset" - Brian Lendt, Black & Veatch
"GIS Professionals Are From Venus, Hydraulic Modelers Are From Mars" - John McClellan, Tight & Bond; and Michael Olkin, Town of Amherst, MA
Session 11 - Distribution III
"Sudbury, Massachusetts - A Case Study" - Al Renzi, Sudbury Water District, MA
"The How's and Why's of Water Storage Tank Inspections" - Leo Yuskus, Haley and Ward
"Sutton Avenue Water Storage Tank" - Donald Tata, Tata & Howard; Joseph Zeneski, Town of Oxford, MA; and Larry Bingaman, Aquarion Water Company
"Storage Tank Ice Management" - Elaine Sistare, CDM
Session 12 - Water Resources
"Evaluation of On-Site Water Sources for the Redevelopment of South Weymouth Naval Air Station" - Hunter Bennett-Daggett, Tetra Tech
"Filling Wetlands is an Option" - Thomas Mahanna, Stantec
"Demographics, Demands and Trends of the Five Largest Public Water Systems in New Hampshire" - Brian Goetz, Weston & Sampson
"New Approach to Drought Planning in Three Surface Water Systems" - Peter Galant, Tighe & Bond; Lan Mu, Aquarion Water Company; and Miranda Foster, Yorkshire Water Ltd., UK
Session 13 - Customer Service
"Communication - Do You Have the Tools to Get to the Heart of the Problem?" - Ron Salois, Pawtucket Water Supply Board
"Customer Service Exercises" - Beth Flick, Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Water Department, MA
"Conflict Resolution - Case Study" - Kathleen Hickson, BWSC
Session 14 - Residuals
"Residuals 101" - David Miller, Manchester Water Works and Christopher Countie, Pennichuck Water Works
"Regulatory Roundtable on Management of Water Treatment Residuals" - Michael Rainey, NH DES
"What Would You Do? - Case Studies of New England Residuals Management Practices" - Lewis Zediana, Tewksbury Water Treatment Plant, MA; and Robert Little, Woodard & Curran
Session 15 - Water Treatment III
"Optimizing Filtration: The Roles of Oxidants - Revisited" - William Becker, Hazen and Sawyer
"Deaconess Water Treatment Facility" - Paul Howard, Tata & Howard and Alan Cathcart, Town of Concord, MA
"Different Approaches for the Use of UV for SDWA Compliance" - James Pescatore and Jennifer Osgood, CDM
"The Importance of Particulate Lead in the Pb/Cu Rule" - Andy Reid, Earth Tech and Lawrence Guilmartin, H20 Software
Session 16 - Management
"Public Information Program for Chloramine Conversion and Unidirectional Flushing - Providing Top Notch Customer Service" - Christina Udden, CH2M Hill
"Controlling Capital Costs: Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Water Infrastructure" - Jason Jennings, Black & Veatch
"Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for Water Utilities - A Benefit Analysis" - Jennifer Diglaw, ArKion Systems
"Water Treatment Facility Managers Alleviate Staffing Crisis with Process Control Enhancements" - Jonathan Himlan, Woodard & Curran
Session 17 - Security/Emergency Response
"Recovering from Contamination: Accessing Treatment and Decontamination Information with EPA's Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT)" - Lori Apodaca, U.S. EPA and Gregory Beumel, CSC Water Programs
"Security of Water Facility Information Protects the Consumer" - John Doherty, CDM
"Developing a Consequence Management Plan for a Contamination Warning System" - Jeff Fencil, U.S. EPA
"WARN Update: What You Need To Do" - Tom Noble, Horsely Witten Group
Session 18 - International
"Australian City Moves to Indirect Potable Water Reuse" - Michael McWhirter, MWH Global
"Design of a 25 MGD Advanced Oxidation System for Water Reuse in Australia" - Heather Landis and Jeff Neemann, Black & Veatch
"Water For People Preview" - Larry Durkin, Chair, NEWWA WFP Committee
"Commissioning of the Marina Barrage Project in Singapore" - Brendan Harley, CDM; Moh Wung Hee, Public Utility Board, Singapore; Quek Cheng Kwee and Robert Hurdle, CDM
"Arsenic Removal from Water in West Bengal" - Richard Fahey, Hazen and Sawyer

Thank you again to all our conference sponsors, attendees, and volunteers.
Without you this event would not be possible.

 

 

 

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