Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s conference and helped make it a success. For copies of the presentations and photos, click the ‘2017 – Columbus’ link at the top of the page. See you next year!
Conference Schedule |
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Tuesday, August 15 |
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9:30 AM to 2:30 PM |
Golf Outing: Bent Tree Golf Course |
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12:00 PM |
Registration Opens: Renaissance Hotel |
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1:00 PM to 3:00 PM |
Green Infrastructure Tour: Heritage Park, Grange Audubon, Scioto Mile |
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4:00 PM to 6:00 PM |
Meet and Greet: Renaissance Hotel |
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6:00 PM |
Registration Closes: Renaissance Hotel |
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6:00 PM to 9:00 PM |
Networking and fun: Pins Mechanical |
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Wednesday, August 16: Morning |
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7:30 AM |
Registration Opens: Renaissance Hotel |
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7:30 AM to 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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Technical Sessions |
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Track |
Meeting Room 20: Focus on Tunnels |
Woody Hayes C: Green Infrastructure I |
Woody Hayes B: Treatment Plants I |
Woody Hayes A: System Compliance |
9:00 AM to
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OARS – The Massive Tunnel to Protect Downtown Columbus, Part 1Speakers: Raisa Pesina, City of Columbus & Jeff Coffey, DLZ |
Throwing Shade on Indy: Planting Trees for Stormwater and Community HealthSpeakers: Olivia Hawbaker & John Trypus, Citizens Energy Group |
Meeting Columbus’s Treatment Limits – Even When Wet Weather Changes ThemSpeakers: Stacia Eckenwiler, City of Columbus & Chad Dunn, Arcadis |
Achieving Compliance with Lexington’s Consent DecreeSpeaker: Jennifer Carey, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
9:40 AM to
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OARS – The Massive Tunnel to Protect Downtown Columbus, Part 2Speakers: Kim Brown, City of Columbus & Ed Heyob, CDM |
City of Akron Middlebury – “Greening the Gray Pipe”Speakers: James Andrew Hewitt, City of Akron & Scott Ankrom, Hazen and Sawyer |
Stress Testing for Consent Decree Compliance Case Study: Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s Lemay WWTFSpeakers: Kelly Hunter, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District & Doug Hickey, HDR |
Lexington’s Remedial Measures Plan – Lessons LearnedSpeaker: Vernon Azevedo, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government |
10:10 AM to 10:30 AM |
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10:30 AM to
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The Columbus BCSIS Tunnel – from Design into ConstructionSpeakers: Nick Domenick, City of Columbus & Michael Keller, EMH&T, Inc |
St. Louis MSD CSO Volume Reduction Green Infrastructure Program – MSD Rainscaping Grant ProgramSpeaker: Melantha Norton, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District |
The Future of Wastewater Treatment in Louisville – Part 1Speakers: Robin Burch, Brian Bingham & Alex Novak, Louisville MSD |
Louisville MSD Construction Inspection ProgramSpeaker: Bob Stauble, Louisville MSD |
11:10 AM to
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Decrypting Diversions – Eliminating Drop Shafts with Preferential OffloadingSpeakers: John Trypus & Jessica Bastin, Citizens Energy Group |
Incorporating CSO 033 Homeowner FeedbackSpeakers: Craig Cordi & Michael Miller, Citizens Energy Group |
The Future of Wastewater Treatment in Louisville – Part 2Speakers: Robin Burch, Brian Bingham & Alex Novak, Louisville MSD |
CMOM Program Lexington-Fayette Urban County GovernmentSpeaker: Chase Azevedo, Lexignton-Fayette Urban County Government |
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM |
Woody Hayes D/E: Lunch with Guest Speaker Brandi Braun – Deputy Innovation Officer |
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Wednesday, August 16: Afternoon |
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Track |
Meeting Room 20: Collection System I |
Woody Hayes C: Green Infrastructure II |
Woody Hayes B: Treatment Plants II |
Woody Hayes A: Operations Outside the Fence: Collection System Practices |
1:40 PM to
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Growing Indiana’s Future Engineers through Citizens Partnership for Excellence in Research and Learning ProgramSpeakers: Jessica Bastin & John Trypus, Citizens Energy Group |
Blueprint Lessons LearnedSpeakers: Jason Sanson, City of Columbus & Kathleen Smith, Hazen and Sawyer |
Structuring the Procurement Phase of a Progressive Design Build ProjectSpeakers: Bryon Wood, Great Lakes Water Authority & Rich Atoulikian, HDR |
Sewer Collection Systems Operations & Maintenance Roundtable
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2:20 PM to
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Why did you close two lanes of Fall Creek Parkway!? – Fall Creek CCS Phase 1Speakers: Michael Miller & Jessica Bastin, Citizens Energy Group |
The Benefits of Lateral Lining – One of The Four Pillars in Blueprint ColumbusSpeakers: Hunter Kelly, City of Columbus & Qiuli Lu, Arcadis |
Sodium Hypochlorite – Problems in SolutionSpeaker: Thomas Sanderson, City of Akron |
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2:50 PM to 3:10 PM |
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3:10 PM to
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The City of Columbus Odor and Corrosion Control Program: Then & NowSpeakers: Jeremy Cawley, City of Columbus & Lee Weber, Black & Veatch |
Green Infrastructure Workshop
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Ohio’s First Nutrient Mass Balance Study of Major WatershedsSpeaker: Guy Jamesson, City of Columbus |
Taking Stock: Using a Water Quality Model to Assess LTCP Benefits and Guide Future DecisionsSpeakers: Wendy Reust, City of Fort Wayne & Dante Zettler |
3:50 PM to
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Extending the Useful Life of Sewer Access Shafts through Condition Assessment and RehabilitationSpeakers: Grace Lange, City of Columbus & Kyle Schwieterman, HDR |
Negotiating Nutrient Removal Terms – What’s in Your Back Pocket?Speakers: Guy Jamesson, City of Columbus & Elizabeth Toot-Levy, Geosyntec Consultants |
SSO 700 Integrated Watershed Action Plan: Continuous Calibration of a Collection System Model Using a Robust Set of DataSpeaker: Matt Spidare, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati & Victoria Berry, CH2M HILL |
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5:00 PM |
Registration Closes: Renaissance Hotel |
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6:00 PM to 10:00 PM |
Night at the Museum: Ohio History Center |
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Thursday, August 17 |
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7:30 AM |
Registration Opens: Renaissance Hotel |
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7:30 AM to 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Registration Closes: Renaissance Hotel |
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Technical Sessions |
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Track |
Meeting Room 20: Collection System II |
Woody Hayes C: Public and Private I/I Reduction |
Woody Hayes B: Treatment Plants III |
Woody Hayes A: Planning for Successful Sewers |
9:00 AM to
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The Sweet Sound of Sewer InspectionsSpeaker: Bret Berthold, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District |
Monitoring Residential Sump Pump Pilot Program in Columbus, OhioSpeaker: Fang Cheng, City of Columbus |
SEEIT Scholarship: A Journey through the United Kingdom for Biosolids Processing SolutionsSpeakers: Zonetta English & Alex Novak, Louisville MSD |
The Path to “Utility 3.0”Speaker: Alan Heymann, DC Water |
9:40 AM to
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Man-Entry versus Multi-Sensor CCTV Inspections of Large Sewers and ManholesSpeakers: John Schroeder & Drew Richards, CDM Smith |
Blueprint Columbus – Mitigating RDII at Private Sources, Challenges and OpportunitiesSpeakers: Jason Sanson, City of Columbus & Hazem Gheith, Arcadis |
Planning for Now and the Future – The Development of a PCS Master Plan for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer DistrictSpeakers: Robin Rupe, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District & Calcino Rozario, HDR |
Proactive Solutions Provide Success on a Fast-Track Project: A Discussion of Lessons Learned on a Time Sensitive Sanitary Sewer ProjectSpeakers: Michael Wytrzyszczewski, City of Akron & Bryan Celik, H.R. Gray |
10:10 AM to 10:30 AM |
BREAK |
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10:30 AM to
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Engaging the Community in Conversation Regarding Critical Infrastructure Risks to Public Health and SafetySpeaker: Angela Akridge, Louisville MSD |
Operations and Maintenance Success Stories: Interceptor Sewer I&I ReductionSpeaker: Mark Barton & Brian McGownd Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District |
Akron Water Reclamation Facility’s Plan to Become Energy NeutralSpeakers: Thomas Smith, City of Akron |
Louisville MSDs MS4 ProgramSpeaker: Wesley Sydnor, Louisville MSD |
11:10 AM to
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Where Have You Bean? Outreach and Innovation to Avoid Sewer FailureSpeakers: Olivia Hawbaker & Craig Cordi, Citizens Energy Group |
Lessons Learned from the Barthman Parsons Green Infrastructure Project- Checking in 1 Year After ConstructionSpeakers: Jehan Alkhayri, City of Columbus & Eric Onderak, AECOM |
Benefits of Effectively Tracking and Managing Your Energy UseSpeakers: Craig Calvert and Tony Marconi, Louisville MSD |
Citizens Innovative Cost Savings Approach for the Septic Tank Elimination Program (STEP)Speakers: John Trypus & Jessica Bastin, Citizens Energy Group |
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM |
Woody Hayes D/E: Lunch & Directors’ Report |
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1:45 PM to 3:00 PM |
Meeting Room 22: Board of Directors Meeting |