Texas Water '24

Conference Program

April 9–12, 2024

Fort Worth Convention Center

Fort Worth, Texas

Welcome to Fort Worth!

Howdy! Welcome to Fort Worth, where cowboys and culture combine to make our city unique. We are excited to welcome you to this year’s Texas WaterTM 2024 annual conference and exhibition—widely recognized as the premier water and wastewater conference in the Southwest.

Texas Water is proudly sponsored by both the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas American Water Works Association (Texas AWWA).

We had a great team of water professionals on our local host committee to make sure this year’s conference is both an educational and entertaining experience. We want it to be the best one yet! Check out the committee list on Page 46 and please be sure to thank them.

Maximize your conference experience by participating in the technical sessions and special events. Network with your industry peers and friends. Visit the Exhibit Hall to take in the more than 650 booths showcasing many leading-edge products and services in the water sector. Plus, there you can experience the excitement of the competitions.

We look forward to seeing you throughout the week. Have a great conference!

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We’ve spent 45 years proving that water and wastewater projects and the environment can thrive together. Take it from our decades of experience with the Trinity River and the hundreds of clients we’ve supported through the full project lifecycle.

Need some environmental creativity for your water project?

We have the solution!

Visit us at booth 1119.

Welcome to Texas Water!

On behalf of the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas American Water Works Association (Texas AWWA), welcome to the Texas WaterTM 2024 annual conference and exhibition! This year we proudly return to the great city of Fort Worth, graciously hosting our conference attendees, exhibitors, speakers, competitors and volunteers, while offering amazing amenities and cultural experiences.

As the Largest Regional Water Conference in the U.S.©, both WEAT and TAWWA proudly plan, coordinate, and implement the annual conference with an outstanding group of volunteers guided by Laura Wilson and Mary Gugliuzza, both with the City of Fort Worth, and supported by the dedicated leadership of both organizations.

For those working in the water and wastewater industry, Texas WaterTM 2024 is the premier opportunity to collaborate with a broad range of industry leaders, operators, engineers and manufacturers. We encourage all attendees to visit with exhibitors, attend technical sessions and participate in the many conference events to share knowledge and experience. Be sure to check out all of our amazing exhibitors and visit the Innovation Lounge. Located in the Exhibit Hall, the Innovation Lounge will feature some of the newest companies presenting leading edge technologies in our industry. We hope you enjoy the conference!

Download the Texas Water 2024 Conference App

Use your smartphone’s camera or a free QR reader app and scan the QR code below. Your phone should direct you to the Texas Water app in the app store so you can download it for free to your smartphone. Or search for “Texas Water Conference” in the Google Play or Apple’s App Store.

For desktop use, visit the basic version at https://m4.goeshow.com/txawwa/annual/2024.

For iOS/Apple:

For Android:

Special thanks to Harutunian Engineering for sponsoring the TW24 app!

Kristin O’Neill WEAT President

Amy Middleton Texas AWWA Chair

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

7:00 am Golf Tournament The Golf Club at Fossil Creek

7:30 am–2:30 pm Exhibitor Move-In Exhibit Hall

8:30 am–11:30 am Curtis Smalley Environmental Event Trinity Park

1:00 pm–4:00 pm WEAT Annual Board Meeting & Leader Networking Ballroom A (Convention Center)

1:00 pm–4:00 pm TAWWA Annual Board Meeting

4:00 pm–5:00 pm

4:00 pm–6:30 pm

4:30 pm–6:30 pm Meet & Greet Exhibit Hall

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

5:30 am Dodson Drive Fun Run (6:30 am start time)

8:00 am–8:15 am WEAT Ops Challenge Check In 121AB

pm

9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Hydrant Hysteria Pre-Competition Meeting Exhibit Hall

9:00 am–10:00 am

9:00 am–1:30 pm

9:30 am–4:00 pm TAWWA Hydrant Hysteria Exhibit Hall

10:00 am–10:30 am TAWWA Business Meeting Ballroom C

10:00 am–11:00 am Refreshment Break Exhibit Hall

10:00 am–5:00 pm Exhibits/Innovation Lounge Open Exhibit Hall

10:00

11:30 am–1:00 pm

1:00 pm–1:15 pm

1:00

1:00

1:20

3:00 pm–3:30 pm Biosolids Beauty Contest

Exhibit Hall

3:00 pm–5:00 pm Fastest Saw Cut Competition Exhibit Hall, Ops Challenge area

7:15

7:30 am–5:00 pm

8:00

8:30 am–9:30 am

Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall

8:30 am–1:15 pm Water For People Silent Auction 12th Street Entrance Cove

8:30 am–4:00 pm Exhibits/Innovation Lounge Open Exhibit Hall

9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Top Ops Pre-Competition Meeting Exhibit Hall

9:00 am–9:30 am TAWWA Pipe Tapping Pre-Competition Meeting Exhibit Hall

9:00 am–11:50 am Technical Sessions

201A/B/C, 202A/B/C/D, 203A/B, 204A

9:00 am–11:50 am Value of Water Program 202D

9:00 am–5:00 pm Poster Displays 2nd Floor

9:30 am–1:30 pm TAWWA Top Ops Competition Exhibit Hall

9:30 am–4:00 pm TAWWA Hydrant Hysteria Exhibit Hall

9:30 am–4:00 pm TAWWA Pipe Tapping Competition Exhibit Hall

12:00 pm–1:00 pm Box Lunch with Exhibitors ‣ TICKET REQUIRED Exhibit Hall

12:00 pm–1:05 pm Awards Celebration Ballroom C

TICKET REQUIRED FOR BOX LUNCH

1:10 pm–2:50 pm Technical Sessions

201A/B/C, 202A/B/C, 203A/B, 204A

1:30 pm–3:00 pm Professional Ethics Workshop for Engineers 204B

1:30 pm–3:00 pm

2:45 pm–4:00 pm

2:50 pm–3:20 pm

TAWWA Best-Tasting Drinking Water Event Exhibit Hall, Top Ops Area

WEAT Operations Awards & Biosolids Beauty Ballroom C

Contest Ceremony

Networking Break/Match the Name Game Drawing Exhibit Hall

3:20 pm–5:00 pm Technical Sessions 201A/B/C, 202A/B/C, 203A/B, 204A

4:00 pm Exhibit Hall Closes/Exhibit Breakdown Exhibit Hall

6:15 pm Gavel Passing Billy Bob’s Texas

6:30 pm–8:30 pm

7:00 am–8:30 am

FRIDAY, APRIL 12

7:00 am–12:00 pm Registration Convention Center Lobby

8:00 am–9:00 am

8:00 am–12:00 pm

Tuesday, April 9

8:00–9:00 am WEAT Philanthropy Committee ‣ 106

11:00–12:00 pm WEAT Workforce Development Committee ‣ Offsite

Wednesday, April 10

8:00–9:00 am WEAT Industrial Committee ‣ 106

10:00–11:00 am WEAT InFLOW Program ‣ 121C

10:00–11:00 am WEAT Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Committee ‣ 111

10:00–11:00 am WEAT Section Engagement Committee ‣ 107

11:00 am–12:00 pm WEAT Student Section Committee ‣ 111

11:00 am–12:00 pm WEAT Advanced Operator Training Committee ‣ 107

1:00–2:00 pm TAWWA Regional Activities Committee ‣ 106

1:30–2:30 pm WEAT Pretreatment Committee ‣ 110A

2:00–3:00 pm WEAT Biosolids Committee ‣ 107

2:00–3:00 pm WEAT Stormwater/Watershed Management Comm. ‣ 111

3:00–4:00 pm WEAT Collections Committee ‣ 106

4:30–5:15 pm Texas Water Reuse Association Meeting ‣ 121C

5:10–6:00 pm

5:30–6:15 pm

Government Affairs Committee ‣ 202A

TEXAS WATER 2024 WELCOMES SPECIAL GUESTS

WEF Trustee visits TW24

WEF Trustee Corey Williams will represent the Water Environment Federation at Texas WaterTM 2024.

Williams currently serves as president and CEO of SmartCover Systems, the innovation leader for intelligent, realtime wastewater monitoring systems. Prior to his role at SmartCover, Williams served as the CEO of a Suez subsidiary, Optimatics; as vice president and general manager of Inflection Point Solutions, a software development and management consulting firm also serving the water industry; and at Black and Veatch as the director of environmental information systems.

A WEF member for his over 30-year career, Williams has guided multiple companies, engaged in advisory board positions for startups, and served as project manager or executive in charge of more than 125 projects for water and wastewater utilities throughout the United States, Australia and Europe. Williams has authored more than 75 papers in IT, OT, IoT, and the smart water and innovation space for the water industry.

Williams is active in many professional associations and has been the co-principal investigator in research initiatives related to the application of technology to drive business value in utilities.

He is the co-founder and moderator of both the Water and Wastewater CIO and CFO Forums. He founded these forums with the mission of bringing together innovative water and wastewater utility leaders from all over the country and creating a valuable space for knowledge transfer and networking.

Williams earned a B.S in civil engineering from Kansas State University.

Texas WaterTM 2024 is a registered trademark of Texas AWWA for the exclusive use for this joint conference with WEAT. All rights reserved.

TW24 welcomes AWWA Chair

Kate Nutting, chair of the American Water Works Association’s Technical and Educational Council, will represent AWWA at Texas WaterTM 2024.

Nutting is the General Manager, Southwest District at Golden State Water Company.

She manages customer service, community relations, and water system operations and maintenance in potable water systems in southwestern Los Angeles County.

Nutting actively participates in wholesale and regional water agency meetings, programs and functions. She oversees the development of operations and maintenance budgets; analyzes and reports on variances and makes operational adjustments as necessary to ensure compliance with authorized budgetary levels. Nutting provides key data and information in preparation of asset planning documents and capital budgets. Additionally, she participates in the preparation of general rate case applications and long-term planning for the District.

MATCH THE NAME GAME

In the Exhibit Hall, join in the fun and play MATCH THE NAME GAME! Winning one of the great prizes in the Match the Name Game is easy: Match the names on the Game Card with the same name imprinted on a label randomly distributed at exhibitor booths throughout the Exhibit Hall. When all matching labels have been affixed to the Game Card, place your Game Card in the Door Prize Drum, located near the back of the Exhibit Hall.

One Game Card is designated for Wednesday and one for Thursday. Drawings will be held both days so you have two chances to win! Game Cards are not interchangeable. You do not need to be present at the time of the drawings; see back of Game Cards for details of drawing times.

Please note: Exhibitors are not eligible to win. Prizes will be shipped to winners after the conference.

National expertise. Texas experience.

We don’t just work in Texas, we live here. With offices in 14 cities around the state, we’re committed to understanding and finding solutions to the water and wastewater issues we face today and anticipating those of tomorrow. We have the cutting-edge technical expertise you need and over a century’s worth of experience you can count on.

Searching for the best firm?

Look for us in one of our office locations in these 14 cities in Texas. Complete this word search and return it to booth 1205 for a prize. Circle the words, then circle back with us.

Amarillo

Austin

College Station

Dallas

El Paso

Fort Worth

Frisco

Georgetown

Harlingen

Houston

Lubbock

McKinney

San Antonio

Tyler

TEXAS WATER 2024 WELCOMES SPECIAL GUESTS

Texas WaterTM 2024 opens with remarks from Mayor Mattie Parker

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker will provide the keynote address during Texas Water’s Opening Session at 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 10 in Ballroom C. WEF Board of Trustee member Corey Williams and chair of AWWA’s Technical and Educational Council Kate Nutting will also be in attendance.

Reelected in 2023 with 70% of the vote, Mayor Parker has served as the 45th Mayor of Fort Worth since 2021. Parker is focused on building a safer and stronger Fort Worth, nurturing thriving families, and fostering the highest quality of life in every zip code of the nation’s 13th largest city.

Launching her vision to build Fort Worth into a world-class city, Mayor Parker’s next-generation leadership includes key efforts and community partnerships to bolster Fort Worth’s development to compete in a global economy, improve public safety, expand access to education and workforce opportunities, and preserve the city’s rich heritage with a pioneering spirit and determination to leave things better than she found them.

Recover. Revitalize. Reinvent.

We believe access to clean water is a basic human right. So to ensure that communities of the future have more resilient water supply, we’re committed to helping industries and municipalities become more effective stewards of the water we depend on.

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Mayor Parker is a licensed attorney, with more than seventeen years of experience in national, state and local public affairs, including her service as the chief of staff for Mayor and the Fort Worth City Council. She was the founding CEO of Fort Worth Cradle to Career and the Tarrant To & Through (T3) Partnership.

She and her husband David are the proud parents of one daughter and two sons.

Post to our Social Media Wall with #txwater24 or by sending a text to 817-859-6169!

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 7 A.M.

The Texas Water 2024 Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held at The Golf Club at Fossil Creek. The tournament benefits the scholarship programs of both WEAT and TAWWA.

CURTIS SMALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 8:30 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.

This year the Curtis Smalley Environmental Event is teaming up with the City of Fort Worth volunteers and Tarrant Regional Water District to make a tangible impact on the protection and restoration of the beloved waterways along the Clear Fork Trinity River. Transportation will be provided from the Omni hotel to the site beginning at 8 a.m. Pick up and drop offs will occur every 20 min and the last shuttle will leave the park at noon. You are also welcome to drive yourself to the park.

EXHIBITION

TUESDAY, APRIL 9 – THURSDAY, APRIL 11

EXHIBIT HALL

Texas WaterTM 2024 will host the largest regional water exhibition on the continent. More than 650 exhibit booths are in one place, at one time, in the Exhibit Hall. See pages 54-67 for a list of exhibitors.

INNOVATION LOUNGE

TUESDAY, APRIL 9 – THURSDAY, APRIL 11

EXHIBIT HALL

The Texas Water™Conference has always promoted innovation and creative design to solve some of our most complex water problems. The Innovation Lounge highlights innovative and advanced technologies from across North America. Don’t miss this opportunity to check out these new technologies while collaborating with your colleagues in the Innovation Lounge inside the Exhibit Hall. There is no additional fee to visit the Innovation Lounge.

Thanks to our sponsor!

Post to our Social Media Wall with #txwater24 or by sending a text to 817-859-6169!

MEET & GREET/EXHIBIT HALL

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 4:30 TO 6:30 P.M.

Texas Water attendees Meet & Greet in the Exhibit Hall at the Fort Worth Convention Center for refreshments. Registration opens at 4 p.m., then you can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Exhibit Hall at 4:30 pm.

Thanks to our sponsors!

YPS’ DODSON DRIVE FUN RUN

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 5:30 A.M. CHECK IN; 6:30 A.M. START TIME

The Dodson Drive was created in 2011 to honor the life and work of Kenneth Dodson. Kenny D worked in the wastewater industry for 20 years and was a tireless supporter of YP education and growth. The net proceeds from the registration fees for timed runners and teams benefit our young professionals by providing contributions for scholarships and assisting them to attend the annual Young Professionals summit. All timed-donation participants will receive an official event tech shirt and eligibility for team and single participant awards! Runners are also welcome to join us as untimed participants. There is no fee to run as an untimed participant, however, you are still welcome to make a donation to the Dodson Drive; any amount is appreciated. The route will go through downtown Fort Worth starting from the Convention Center. The run will start at 6:30 a.m. Plan on arriving prior to 6 a.m. to check-in/register and warm up. Water will be distributed during the race. Afterwards, join us for a post-race party with breakfast tacos and fruit. A map of the route is provided on page 32. All finishers will receive their very own conference ribbon to display on their badges proudly. Awards will be during the YP Reception! Be sure to follow our social media pages for other event updates www.facebook.com/YPDD5k and https://www.linkedin.com/company/yp-dodson-drive/

Thank you so much to our generous sponsors for their support of this year’s YP Dodson Drive 5k!

OPENING SESSION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 9 TO 10 AM

BALLROOM C

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker will keynote the Opening Session at Texas WaterTM 2024. WEF Board of Trustee member Corey Williams and chair of AWWA’s Technical and Educational Council Kate Nutting will also be present.

Thanks to our sponsors!

AM/PM NETWORKING & EXHIBIT HALL BREAKS

EXHIBIT HALL

Come grab your beverage of choice and good conversation in the exhibit hall during the morning and afternoon Networking/Exhibit Hall Breaks.

Thanks to our sponsors!

WATER FOR PEOPLE SILENT AUCTION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 – THURSDAY, APRIL 11

OUTSIDE OF THE EXHIBIT HALL (BY 12TH ST LOBBY)

Water For People volunteers have been rounding up treasures to offer in the annual silent auction. All proceeds benefit the Water For People effort to assist developing countries in providing safe drinking water and sanitation services for their communities. Check out the offerings in the Exhibit Hall by the entrance. All bidding is through the Handbid app/website. See our ad on page 49 or stop by the auction for more information. The auction ends at 1:15 pm Thursday.

AWARDS LUNCH

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 11:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.

BALLROOM A/B ‣ TICKET REQUIRED

Enjoy a great meal with your colleagues at the Awards Lunch. The luncheon will feature the first of the conference award ceremonies, recognizing some of the longtime leaders of our water/wastewater community. Your ticket to the luncheon is included with Full or Wednesday-Only Registration.

Thanks to our sponsors!

Thanks to our sponsor!

WEAT AWARDS

WEAT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

WEAT Exemplary Employer Awards

WEAT Outstanding Public Official Awards

WEAT Dennis Laskowski Membership Recruitment Award

WEAT Outstanding Service Award

WEAT Workforce Development Award

WEAT Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Year

WEF George W. Burke, Jr. Award

WEF/WEAT Lifetime Members

WEAT Sidney L. Allison Award

WEF William D. Hatfield Award

WEAT Winfield S. Mahlie Award

WEAT Alan H. Plummer Environmental Sustainability Award

WEAT Earnest F. Gloyna Pillars of the Profession Award

WEAT Walter Chiang Lifetime Achievement Award

WEF Arthur Sidney Bedell Award

TAWWA AWARDS

TAWWA Young Professional Maverick Award

TAWWA Membership Recruitment Awards

TAWWA Operator Meritorious Service Awards

TAWWA 5 Under 35 Outstanding Young Professional Nominees

AWWA Honorary Member Award Nominee

Outstanding Service to AWWA Award Nominee

AWWA A.P. Black Research Award Nominee

AWWA Water Industry Hall of Fame Award

AWWA Silver, Life and Gold Awards

AWWA William T. “Doc” Ballard Award

AWWA George Warren Fuller Awards

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

WOMEN OF WATER BREAKFAST

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 7:15 A.M. TO 9:00 A.M. BALLROOM A/B ‣ TICKET REQUIRED

Each year at the Texas WaterTM Conference, we host the Women of Water breakfast. At this event, attendees will hear from women entrepreneurs and the challenges and successes they have achieved and so much more! This year, Fiona Allen, Senior Advisor for HR Green, will moderate a panel of entrepreneurs that include Cristina Criado, PE, President/CEO of CRIADO and Associates; Nancy Lerner, Founder and President of Brio Consulting, LLC; and Stephanie Corso, co-founder and leader of two mission-driven organizations. We look forward to having you join us for breakfast as these women discuss entrepreneurship and their experiences while providing a forum for future entrepreneurs in the Water Industry to network with experienced professionals. One ticket is included with Full Registration.

Thanks to our sponsors!

BOX LUNCH

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, NOON TO 1:00 P.M. EXHIBIT HALL ‣ TICKET REQUIRED

Thursday is a big day at the Texas Water Conference. In addition to the great Technical Programs and the full day of Exhibits, Thursday is also your opportunity to cheer on your favorite team at the Exhibit Hall competitions –Pipe Tapping, Operations Challenge, Hydrant Hysteria or Top Ops. So you won’t miss a minute of the action, we’ll serve a great Box Lunch at numerous locations in the Exhibit Hall. Your Full Registration or Thursday-Only Registration includes a ticket for the Box Lunch; extra tickets are $50.

Thanks to our sponsors!

AWARDS CELEBRATION

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 12:00 TO 1:05 P.M.

BALLROOM C ‣ TICKET REQUIRED FOR BOX LUNCH

Texas Water will honor WEAT and TAWWA friends and colleagues who have demonstrated their commitment to the water and wastewater profession. This fast-paced, live and fun event will take place in Ballroom C of the Convention Center. Doors will open at 12 pm. Box lunches will be available at the event, however, seating and space to eat will be limited and on a first come, first served basis.

Thanks to our sponsors!

VALUE OF WATER PROGRAM

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 9 A.M. TO 11:50 A.M. ROOM 202D

Join us on Thursday, April 11, in the Value of Water session for four exciting presentations that dive into the stories we tell for different water communication goals. This will be followed by a One Water showcase featuring a conversation with Texas utility leaders who are using these resources and approaches to integrate and operationalize efforts across their own communities. This unique session will also include games, trivia, and prizes you don’t want to miss!

WEAT AWARDS

WEAT Clean Shores Competition Awards Innovative Technology Award

TAWWA AWARDS

TAWWA Chapter Awards

TAWWA Water Conservation & Reuse Awards

JOINT AWARDS

Ken Miller Water For People Founders Award Watermark Awards

One Water Solutions Start Here

Through holistic planning, we help communities address the challenges of today and tomorrow, whether tackling the latest regulations (PFAS, LCRR), protecting our water supplies (pre-treatment, nutrient removal), or assuring water supply resiliency. Our One Water approach focuses on affordable, implementable, and equitable design.

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PROFESSIONAL ETHICS WORKSHOP FOR ENGINEERS

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M.

ROOM 204B

The Texas Water Engineer’s Ethics Seminar is an interactive and thought-provoking session led by Bob Pence and Gina Smith from Freese and Nichols, Inc. While earning one Professional Development Hour and satisfying the annual ethics requirement, you will learn to recognize ethical situations faced by engineers, analyze the issues of ethical situations and discuss how to resolve ethical situations in a creative and professional manner. There is no additional fee or need to preregister for this training.

BADGES

All participants of Texas WaterTM 2024 must register. Your badge is proof of registration and must be worn at all times. Your badge is your admission for all technical sessions, the Exhibit Hall and non-ticketed conference events. Admission will not be granted without a badge. Your badge will also be scanned at technical sessions to track your TCEQ credit hours. Replacement of lost badges is available at the Registration Counter at a cost of $10.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM

STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 9 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M.

ROOM 204B

The WEAT Student Design Competition (SDC) gives students the opportunity to design and present a project based on a real-world wastewater treatment plant design problem. Students will be competing to represent WEAT at the Student Design Competition in New Orleans at WEFTEC 2024. The 2024 WEAT SDC will focus on the Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant (PCWRP) located in Denton, Texas. The plant was constructed in 1961 and later expanded four more times before reaching its current permitted flows of 21-mgd AADF and 46-mgd P2H. Denton is experiencing unprecedented growth and the plant will expand to accommodate the population increase. Students participating in the competition are tasked with expanding the plant to 26-mgd AADF and 69-mgd P2H, upgrading the adjacent Dyno-Dirt Composting Facility to accommodate the increase of plant biosolids, along with addressing other improvements. Come out and support your alma mater or see some prospective future leaders in the industry!

Thanks to our sponsors!

YP TECHNICAL SESSION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1:20 P.M. TO 5:10 P.M.

ROOM 202C

Young Professionals will share their knowledge and experiences on an array of matters aimed at engaging YPs and seasoned professionals alike. Reference the program lineup for details.

YP & STUDENT AWARD CEREMONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 5:15 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.

BALLROOM C

Winners of the Student Design Competition, the University Forum, the Dodson Drive Run and InFLOW will be honored and celebrated at this ceremony ahead of the YP & Student Reception/Mentoring Program networking event.

YP & STUDENT RECEPTION/MENTORING PROGRAM NETWORKING EVENT

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 5:30 P.M. TO 6:15 P.M.

BALLROOM C

Join the YPs and seasoned professionals for drinks and hors d’oeuvres during this networking event. The Networking Event will provide Young Professionals an opportunity to meet with Mentors and discuss their career journey. Join us to learn more about the Mentoring Program and how you can participate.

Thanks to our sponsors!

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

CONFERENCE NIGHT OUT

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 6:15 P.M. TO 8:30 P.M.

BILLY BOB’S TEXAS ‣ TICKET REQUIRED

Our conference night out event will take place at the Historic Billy Bob’s Texas, conveniently located in the Stockyards. Billy Bob’s Texas first opened April 1, 1980 with a live concert from Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers. It is the world’s largest honky-tonk. The event will feature live music, various Texas-style appetizers to

satisfy your hearty appetites and live armadillo races. The Conference Night Out tickets include one Old West Photo (1 photo ticket) and a deluxe bar service that includes a variety of wines, beers and cocktails (2 drink tickets, followed by a cash bar).

Shuttle buses will leave from the Convention Center at 6 pm. The Gavel Passing ceremony will start at 6:15 pm.

A Conference Night-Out ticket is included with Full Registration or with the Guest Badge.

Billy Bob’s Texas is located at 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX 76164.

Thanks to our sponsors!

Thursday, April 11 9:35 am

David Stanley, PE and Terry Winn, PE “Solve

Thursday, April 11 1:10 pm

Marisa

PE

Thursday, April 11 3:20 pm

Swaroop Puchalapalli, PE “Comparative Analysis of Water Flushing Techniques”

Friday, April 12 9:40 am

Tom Entsminger “EPA’s

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

GLOYNA BREAKFAST

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 7 TO 8:30 A.M.

BALLROOM B

TICKET REQUIRED

Larry Patterson will be the featured speaker at the Gloyna Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Friday, April 12.

Patterson is the Executive Director of the Upper Trinity Regional Water District. He is a Licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of Texas with 50 years of experience in the water/wastewater utility industry. Patterson joined Upper Trinity Regional Water District in 2002 after his retirement from the Dallas Water Utilities Department, where he served as Assistant Director for Wastewater Operations.

Patterson began his employment with Upper Trinity as the District’s Chief Engineer and steadily progressed through positions of increasing responsibility leading to his appointment as Executive Director in March 2018. Upper Trinity operates water and wastewater facilities that serve 29 communities located in Denton and Collin counties.

Patterson is an active member of the Water Environment Association of Texas, the Water Environment Federation, the American Water Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers and served in leadership positions with both the Texas and National Association of Clean Water Agencies (TACWA and NACWA).

Patterson also served for 30 years in the Texas Army National Guard as an engineering officer, ending his military career achieving the rank of Brigadier General. He holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Texas A&M University and a master’s in environmental sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Patterson is a Distinguished Graduate of the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University.

The breakfast honors the long and distinguished career of the late Earnest F. Gloyna, professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Gloyna’s teaching, research and professional practice have touched a large number of students, educators, engineers and the public leadership not only in Texas but throughout the world. Tickets for the Gloyna Breakfast are $50 and are sold separately.

Thanks to our sponsor!

Texas WaterTM Code of Conduct

The Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas Section of American Water Works Association (TAWWA) are dedicated to providing a safe, harassmentfree experience for everyone during Texas WaterTM and official Texas WaterTM conference events. WEAT and TAWWA will not tolerate harassment of conference attendees, exhibitors, speakers, volunteers, or staff. WEAT and TAWWA prohibit Texas WaterTM participants from intimidating, harassing, unwelcome, abusive, disruptive, violent or offensive conduct. Texas WaterTM participants asked to stop any such behavior must comply immediately. Violators may be subject to expulsion without refund. Harassment should be reported to conference staff immediately.

Please refer to our full Code of Conduct at www.txwater.org/codeofconduct_2024.cfm for more information including contact information for reporting actions contrary to the Texas WaterTM code of conduct.

FACILITY TOURS

Attendees who purchased tickets will enjoy one of these tours on Friday morning. Tours will depart at 8 am from the Fort Worth Convention Center on Friday, April 12.

Tour of Bureau of Engraving & Printing’s Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth

The Western Currency Facility opened in 1990 in Fort Worth as the first government facility outside Washington, DC, to print United States paper money. The facility serves the currency needs of the western half of the nation and acts as a contingency operation in case of an emergency at the DC facility. The facility was recently named Industry of the Year and additionally earned a Pretreatment Partnership Award and Pollution Prevention award in their sweep of 2019 City of Fort Worth Environmental Awards. The production of U.S. currency is not an easy or simple task, but one that involves highly trained and skilled craftspeople, specialized equipment, and a combination of traditional old world printing techniques merged with sophisticated, cutting-edge technology. NOTE: The BEP is a secure facility. Visitors are subject to security screening prior to entering the Visitor Center. Please leave cell phones, laptops, iPads, iWatches or any electronic devices, electronic equipment, backpacks, cameras, weapons (including knives, pellet guns, mace, etc.), explosives, food, and or drinks back at the hotel or on the bus. They are NOT allowed on the tour.

Schedule:

8:00 am: Leave from the Fort Worth Convention Center

8:30-9:00 am: Arrive at Western Currency Facility and go through Security

9:00-11:00 am: Tour of production room floor (Self-guided tour)

11:00 am: Depart Western Currency Facility

11:30 am: Arrive at Fort Worth Convention Center

City of Fort Worth Westside Water Treatment Plant

The Westside Water Treatment Plant started operating in 2012. It is the newest and smallest of Fort Worth’s five water treatment facilities. The Westside WTP is the utility’s first, and currently only, water plant to use membranes. The plant started with a capacity of 12 million gallons a day and has since been expanded to 15 MGD. An expansion to 18 MGD is in progress. Ozone is used for primary disinfection, mainly for taste and odor control and treatment preconditioning. Secondary disinfection is with chloramines, using sodium hypochlorite and liquid ammonia sulfate. The plant has full conventional treatment in front of the low-pressure membranes. Hard infrastructure was constructed for a 35 MGD facility. This allows it to be easily expanded without major construction activity. It just requires adding plate settlers to sedimentation basins, filter media to filtration basins and membrane racks to existing empty

slots as the need for more capacity occurs. Fort Worth operates a blended system, but the water from this facility is primarily used on the city’s rapidly growing west side and by the cities of Aledo, Hudson Oaks and Willow Park. In early 2024, improvements related to winter weatherization will be operational. This includes backup power generation using two 2.5-megawatt generators and enclosing the high-service pump station. These improvements are part of the utility’s efforts to comply with the requirements of SB3.

Schedule:

8:00 am: Leave from the Fort Worth Convention Center

8:30-9:00 am: Arrive at Westside WTP and check in 9:00-11:00 am: Tour of the Facility led by City Staff

11:00 am: Depart Facility for Convention Center

11:30 am: Arrive at the Fort Worth Convention Center

Trinity River Authority CRWS Thermal Hydrolysis Process Facility

The Trinity River Authority Central Regional Wastewater System provides wastewater collection and treatment services to all or portions of 21 jurisdictions in the DallasFort Worth metroplex, as well as the DFW International Airport. The Solids Management Program included significant improvements to the plant’s solids handling facilities and incorporated a Thermal Hydrolysis Process to produce a Class A biosolids product. Thermal hydrolysis is a process that heats and pressurizes sludge in order to break down sludge cell walls. This enhances digestion and solids destruction; and consequently, reduces the amount of solids to be moved offsite, thus reducing transportation costs. Biogas production is also enhanced. When used in combination with downstream mesophilic digestion, the process generates Class A biosolids. One of the primary benefits of THP is the ability to decrease the digestion reactor volume required, since the digesters post-THP can be fed at almost double the solids concentration when compared to typical mesophilic digesters. THP treated solids followed by mesophilic digestion will meet or exceed EPA 503 Class “A” biosolids requirements. The final product exhibits excellent properties for soil blending and land application with low odor biosolids.

Schedule:

8:00 am: Leave from the Fort Worth Convention Center

8:30-9:00 am: Arrive at THP Facility and check in 9:00-11:00 am: Tour of the Class A Thermal Hydrolysis Facility led by TRA Staff

11:00 am: Depart THP Facility for Convention Center

11:30 am: Arrive at the Fort Worth Convention Center

COMPETITIONS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10–THURSDAY, APRIL 11

Operations Challenge

See full event schedule on page 29

Wednesday, April 10, 8 am–

Thursday, April 11, 2:45 pm

Watch the nation’s best operators and maintenance staff compete in the Operations Challenge Competition. This multi-day competition challenges utility teams to test their knowledge in different aspects of their day-to-day responsibilities. Operations Challenge is composed of five individual events that carry over to nationals. Texas has also created additional events to provide other opportunities for teams to compete. The competitions include:

Freese and Nichols Process Control Event

Teams will complete a written test consisting of short math and process scenario questions, electronic multiple-choice questions and process simulation.

Hartwell Environmental Laboratory Event

Analyzing and determining total suspended solids, conductivity / TDS and performing solids mass balance across a treatment system.

Walter Chiang Maintenance Event

Sponsored by STV

The purpose of this event is to test the skills of a maintenance team to respond to trouble at a wastewater lift station that has resulted in an alarm and replace a Vaughan pump impeller.

AECOM Collection System Event

Teams are required to cut out a section of an 8-inch PVC wastewater pipe with water flowing through it, drill and install a 4-inch service saddle in the replacement pipe, cut and install the replacement section with couplings.

Carollo Safety Event

Teams will be required to rescue an unconscious worker from a lift station. Team members will set up a retrieval system, perform a permit required confined space entry and rescue the downed worker.

Gupta Electrical Event

A race to troubleshoot a lift station control panel and power supply.

Seepex Exhibition Event

Competitors will race to replace the stator and rotor in a seepex Smart Conveying Technology (SCT) pump.

Victaulic Exhibition Event

A race to put together a style 31 coupling tree arrangement using Victaulic couplings, pipes and impact drivers.

Garver Fastest Saw Cut Event

3 pm-5 pm, Exhibit Hall, Ops Challenge Area

Who is the fastest draw on cutting a piece of 8-inch SDR 35 pipe with a hand saw? It’s time to show who really has the quickest hands in Texas at the annual Texas Fastest Saw Cut. This competition is designed to demonstrate elements of the Operations Challenge’s Collection event. The event is open to all. The $5 entry fee proceeds go to Curtis Smalley Memorial Fund. First place in all events will receive a plaque. Contact Grace Sober at gdsober@lan-inc.com for more information and to sign up.

YP Process Control Competition Event

Test your knowledge out on the plant process simulator that our operations challenge teams complete. Sign up to compete in the Young Professionals Open Competition during the day Wed., April 10 from 9:30 am-2 pm OR Thurs., April 11 from 9 am-1 pm. This challenge includes 15 minutes in the process simulator and one written scenario. Teams of two YPs are eligible to compete. Find information on the event: https://www.rmwea.org/ docs/2024.01.31_OpsChallenge_2024_ProcessEvent. pdf

Operations Awards Ceremony

Awards for the Operations Challenge Competition, Biosolids Beauty Contest and other operations-focused awards will be handed out at the Operations Awards Ceremony at 2:45 pm in Ballroom C.

5S Awards

New Utility Member of the Year

WEF Laboratory Analyst Excellence

Susan B Heir Award for Excellence in Education and Licensing

Ronald B. Sieger Biosolids Management

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Year

Bill Tatum Operations Excellence

Emerging Leader

Outstanding Operator of the Year

Clean Water Service

Philanthropy

Hydrant Hysteria

Wed., April 10 & Thurs., April 11, 9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall

Hydrant Hysteria is a fast-paced competition where two member teams assemble a specified hydrant as quickly as they can. The Section winners will compete at AWWA ACE24 in Anaheim, CA, in June.

Fastest Saw Cut

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Fastest Saw Cut Competition

Schedule of Events:

3 – 4:15 p.m.

Utility Management Tournament

4:15 – 5 p.m.

Traditional Head to Head Sawcut

All events are open to all TX Water attendees.

Proceeds benefit the Curtis Smalley Memorial Fund

Entry Details:

$5 per entry · All equipment provided

For pre-registration (recommended, not required)

Which division title will you take home? Women · Ops Challenge Competitor · Men

COMPETITIONS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10

Junior Meter Challenge Contest

1 pm-2:30 pm, Exhibit Hall

The Junior Meter Challenge Contest matches students from high school environmental programs for a test of their meter-assembling skills and dexterity. Please support these future water professionals by attending.

Meter Challenge

2:30 pm-4:30 pm, Exhibit Hall

Contestants race to assemble a 5/8-inch meter from loose parts and test for leaks. The winner represents Texas at AWWA ACE24 in Anaheim, CA, in June.

Biosolids Beauty Contest

Wed., April 10: 3 pm-3:30 pm, Exhibit Hall - Judging

Thurs., April 11: 2:45 pm-4 pm, Ballroom C - Awards

Biosolids Beauty Contest categories include Class B, Class A/AB, Overall Winner, People’s Choice and Most Creative Presentation.

Thanks to our sponsor!

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

Top Ops

9:30 am-1:30 pm, Exhibit Hall

Water operations personnel can impress their coworkers and dazzle their bosses with their technical knowledge by competing in this quiz show-style event. The winning team advances to the National Top Ops Competition at AWWA ACE24 in Anaheim, CA, in June.

Pipe Tapping Contest

9:30 am-4 pm, Exhibit Hall

Four-person teams from across the state compete to determine who will represent Texas at the National Pipe Tapping Competition at AWWA ACE24 in Anaheim, CA.

Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest

1:30 pm-3 pm, Exhibit Hall

The Best Tasting Drinking Water Contest brings together entries representing utilities across Texas. A panel of celebrity judges will grade the samples. Along with Texas bragging rights, the winning entrant competes at AWWA ACE24 in Anaheim, CA, in June.

INFO ABOUT TCEQ OPERATOR HOURS

TCEQ has approved Texas WaterTM 2024 for a maximum of 11.5 hours of Operator Training Certification credit for water and wastewater personnel. Credit hours will be available for attending some technical sessions. Please refer to the schedule on pages 38-45 to see which sessions count for credit hours.

Reporting hours will be done through an online form— you will not have a paper form to turn in (except for competition hours; read more about that below).

Before you leave a technical session, make sure a Texas Water official has scanned your badge. You only need to have your badge scanned if you will be requesting TCEQ credit hours.

Take note of which sessions you attend in your program (mark/circle the ones you attend in the grid) - you are ultimately responsible for keeping track of your attendance. The program will show which sessions count towards w = water, ww = wastewater and w/ww = water and wastewater credit. Each technical session counts as .5 hour.

After the conference, complete the online form via the link below or scanning the QR code at right with your smartphone:

www.txwater.org/tceq_creditform_2024.cfm

You only need to submit this form one time after the end of the conference. We’ll need your contact info, license number(s) and the total number of hours you are seeking.

BADGES

All participants of Texas WaterTM 2024 must register. Your badge is proof of registration and must be worn at all times. Your badge is your admission pass for all technical sessions, the Exhibit Hall and non-ticketed conference events. Admission will not be granted without a badge. Replacement of lost badges is available at the Registration Counter at a cost of $10.

TICKETS REQUIRED

Admission tickets to all events, including the Awards Lunch, Women of Water Breakfast, Box Lunch, Conference Night Out Event, Gloyna Breakfast and Facility Tours are the same as cash. Lost tickets will not be replaced.

Completing this online form is your way of “turning in” your hours. We will check the hours you enter with the scan report from the sessions and report the total hours to TCEQ.

The deadline for submitting the online form for hours is May 10, 2024. Please allow up to six weeks for processing hours to TCEQ. Hours will not be processed until payment for the conference is received.

Engineers may also receive licensing CE hours for attending on a self-reporting basis (please note: we will not have Engineering forms on-site and you do not need to complete the online form; it’s up to you to report your CE hours). The Professional Ethics Workshop for engineers course offered on Thursday satisfies the Professional Ethics requirement.

WEAT’s Operations Challenge competitors can receive 14 hours of wastewater credit and Top Ops competitors can receive 4 of water credit. Paper forms will be available to record competition hours (competitors do not need to complete the online form).

Scan the QR code to be taken to the online form. Please only complete this form one time after the conference.

COVID STATEMENT

For your own health and those Texas WaterTM 2024 attendees around you, we do encourage you to stay home if you’re feeling ill and consider wearing masks as well as social distance whenever possible while inside. We also strongly encourage you to be vaccinated.

Texas WaterTM 2024 will follow all local, state, and federal guidelines regarding COVID-19.

Volunteer Room

For the full exhibit hall map, please see WFP

see pages 52-53

REGISTRATION

Awards Lunch: Ballroom A/B

Women of Water: Ballroom A/B

Gloyna Breakfast: Ballroom B

Opening Session: Ballroom C

YP Reception: Ballroom C

Awards Celebration: Ballroom C

Operations Awards: Ballroom C

Speaker Ready Room/Moderator Check In

Texas WaterTM 2024 will give attendees an expanded opportunity to learn with a series of posters. The posters give authors the opportunity to display their research topics and to share the information they discovered. The posters will be displayed on the second floor of the Fort Worth Convention Center from Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. Authors are encouraged to spend time at their posters to answer questions and discuss their results with colleagues. Stop by the technical session area to join us for an informal, interactive opportunity to discuss some of the most interesting and challenging projects in our industry.

Thanks to our sponsors!

ARPA Funds in Support of Small Systems: From a Map to a Model to a Plan

Leigh Thomas, HR Green

Austin Water’s OSCAR and CLARA Innovative Onsite Reuse System Case Study

Robert Stefani, Austin Water

Breaking the SSO Cycle: How Houston’s Data Journey is Changing the Game

Nish Senthikumar, HR Green

Commonly Overlooked Aspects of Non-Potable Reclaimed Water

Lindsay Kovar, BGE

Design and Construction of a Deep Wastewater Interceptor for the City of Georgetown

Casey Roser, Walker Partners

Enhancing Treatment Plant Operations with Digital Twin Technologies

Mel Meng, Autodesk

External Funding: Opportunities, Priorities and Strategies for Success

Susana Blauser, Brown & Caldwell

Fistful of Data: Implementing a Platform that Grabs Ahold of Real-Time AMI Data to Model and Locate Leaks in a Water System

Andrew Boyle, Ultimatics

If You Build It, Solutions Will Come: Improving Flow Distribution Though Physical Modeling

Chris Varnon, CDM Smith

Keeping up with LCRR Lead & Copper Regulations: Compliance Strategies for the New LCRI

Wendy Lundeen, CDM Smith

Marketing the Water Industry to the Future Generation

Ola Wenno, Plummer

Multi-benefit Stormwater Management: Managing Flooding and More in Texas and Beyond

Jason Wright, Tetra Tech

Power Play: Utilizing Power BI to Monitor a $1.9 Billion CIP Program

Chris Rosales, Austin Water

Preparing for the Very First National Primary Drinking Water PFAS Regulation: Sharing Resources and Lessons-learned from Assisting Various Water Utilities

Xi Zhao, Black & Veatch

PSA: There is No Such Thing as Free Money!

Alan Black, Quiddity

Reimagining Austin’s Wastewater System Along the I-35 Capital Express Central Corridor - Lady Bird Lake Section

Lorraine Liu, Pape Dawson

Role of Decentralized WWTPs in the Recent Growth of Texas Alok Shah, AUC Group

Simple Tests to Improve Water Treatment and Disinfection

Ashley Pifer, Garver

Simulation Based Reality (SBR): Demonstrating the Benefits of Dynamic Process Modelling of Sequencing Batch Reactors

Prachi Salekar, Black & Veatch

Specialized Tunnel Boring Machine Excavation Inspection During Construction of the Sister Grove Outfall Pipeline

Richard Yovichin, Delve Underground

Utilizing SCADA Infrastructure for Assessment and Enhancement of Utility Billing System for Wholesale Water Delivery

Amey Dhaygude, Arcadis

Water Woes Begone: ChatGPT is Your New Versatile Assistant!

Keval Satra, HR Green

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800.523.5826

1:201:50 pm

Moderators

Justin Bartlett

Civitas Engineering

Randy Palachek

Civitas Engineering

204A

Moderators

Sean McMillan

Quiddity Engineering

Sahar Saffar Ardurra

203B

Moderators

Alex Johnson NTMWD

Adam Niederpruem

Happy Camper Productions

203A

Moderators

Camille Sowells

Trilogy Engineering

Erika Crespo TCEQ 202D

Moderators

Kai Summerall

Ardurra

Michael McBee

Freese & Nichols

202C

Drinking Water Quality Electrical, SCADA and I/C Public Information Diversity/Equity & Inclusion Young Professionals

Best Practices and Key Findings from TCEQ’s Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program

Seth Kramer TCEQ

Shannon Evanchec TruePani W

1:552:25 pm

2:303:00 pm

Boost Your Way to Compliance: Proven Chloramine Residual Control Systems for Elevated Storage Tanks

Nick Landes Freese and Nichols Spencer Lindsay Freese and Nichols W

The Role of Zeta Potential in Optimal Water Treatment Operation

Lilian Nguyen, City of Houston Hunter Adams, City of Wichita Falls

Matthew Wolff, City of Houston Patrick Rightmyer, City of Houston W/WW

Future Proofing a WTP SCADA System in Round Rock Texas

Nick Toussaint Plummer

Miranda Whiteard

City of Round Rock W/WW

Creating Value with Digital Twins: Case Studies and Real World Examples

Diana Qing Tao Tetra Tech

Melinda Tam Tetra Tech W/WW

Safety and Security Rehabilitation of DWU Wastewater Facilities

Roger Williamson

Mbroh Engineering

Mario Ruiz

Dallas Water Utilities

Gennady Boksiner

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Public Trust or Public Bust

Valerie Miller

Olsson

Arianne Shipley

120Water

Greg Wukash

San Antonio Water System W/WW

Alright, Stop, Collaborate, and Listen…the City of Dallas is Back with a BrandNew Dam Rehabilitation Outreach Approach

Amy Campbell Stantec

Marc Cottingame

Dallas Water Utilities W/WW

Panel Discussion: Assessing the Past to Pave the Future Initiatives

Ryon Bell, Dedra Ecklund, Aurora Gonzalez, Tanya Miro, Archana Sharma and Camille Sowells

Moderator: Ana Pena-Tijerina N/A

DEIJ Under Attack: Progress and Resilience Through Adversity

Lisa Lattu Lockwood Andrews & Newnam

Dedra Ecklund

Lockwood Andrews & Newnam W/WW

From the Field to Design:

How Sampling Results and Biological Process Modeling

Uncovered Valuable Insights for Biological Phosphorus Removal at the Bull

Hide Creek WWTP

Marielle Hollstein, CDM Smith

Alexandra Doody, CDM Smith

Kimberly Chanslor, CDM Smith WW

Apples vs Oranges: Alternative Analysis and Preselection of UV Disinfection System for Rehabilitation of 40 MGD WWTP

Keval Satra, HR Green

Scott Landers, HR Green WW

3D Print the WTP: Another Method to Teach and Outreach

Daniel Parish City of Denton W/WW

Embracing Generational Diversity: Leading, Managing and Collaborating

Across a Multi-Generational Workforce. Is Our Umbrella Big Enough?

Aurora Gonzales

Kennedy Jenks Consultants W/WW

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 3:00 - 3:30 PM

Optimizing Reuse to Find Value in Reclaimed Water

Heather Morriss Brown and Caldwell W/WW

3:304:00 pm

The Evolution of Need: Adapting Older Facilities to Meet New Water Quality

Goals and Regulations While Overcoming Past Design Constraints

David Jackson, Freese and Nichols

Daniel Parish, City of Denton

James Naylor, Freese and Nichols

David Brown, City of Denton W/WW

4:054:35 pm

Advancing Membrane Integrity Verification; The First TCEQ Approved Marker Based Direct Integrity Test

Steve Walden

Steve Walden Consulting W/WW

Freeze Protection that Beat Winter Storm Uri –Reinventing Freeze Protection to Maintain Service During Extreme Conditions

Thomas Paulmann

Hazen and Sawyer

Karl Moellering

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Roger Williamson

Mbroh Engineering W/WW

City of Mansfield’s Selfperformed Lift Station Control Upgrades

Patrick Moseley Plummer W/WW

Strategies for SCADA

Touchdown! How to Score with Customers Using Social Media

TAWWA Education DivisionConsumer Outreach Committee W/WW

No One Left Behind: DC

Water’s Comprehensive Approach to Community and Stakeholder Engagement

Autumn McNeill CDM Smith W/WW

Because I Said So! Partnering with Moms to Strengthen our Workforce

Grace Sober, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam

Rachel Ickert, Tarrant Regional Water District

Ashlyn Morgan, Kimley-Horn

Ellen Musallam, NTMWD W/WW

Getting Back to Basics: Two Stepping our way to DEI

Dedra Ecklund Lockwood Andrews & Newnam N/A

Hydraulic Avengers in Urban Oasis: Revolutionizing Texas Utilities’ Water Infrastructure with Advanced Modeling and Vigilant Distribution Oversight

Varenya Mehta, Civitas Engineering Group

Showri Nandagiri, North Harris County Regional Water Authority

Julian Kelly, City of Pearland

Sunil Kommineni, Civitas Engineering Group W/WW

Squeeze Your Solids, Not Your Budget: Beneficial Biosolids End Use Evaluation

Nohemi Rey Brown and Caldwell

Angel Bustamante

El Paso Water

WW

4:405:10 pm

Navigating Changes with the Lead and Copper Rule

Laura Higgins TCEQ

W

Master Planning for City of Shreveport, LA

Kunal Raithatha

Burns and McDonnell

Randall Patchett

Burns and McDonnell W/WW

Quenching our Thirst to Communicate with Customers: Getting Attention and Changing Behaviors During Drought Messaging

Lilliana Gonzalez

San Antonio Water System W/WW

Unlocking the Inclusivity

Oasis: Strategies for Recruiting in NonDiverse Territories

Anita Cobb Mead & Hunt W/WW

Filtering Out the Noise: Incorporating Primary Filters into a WWTP Expansion

James Nash, Black & Veatch

Elaine Hung, Trinity River Authority of Texas

Eric Redmond, Black & Veatch

Christopher Munson, Black & Veatch

WW

TECHNICAL SESSIONS • WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10

Moderators

Tres Koenings, Plummer

Sean Trainor, Xylem

Maryam Salehi, Carollo 202B

Moderators

Tammy West

Austin Water

Phillip Goodwin City of Houston 202A

Moderators

Kayleigh Millerick

Texas Tech University

Luis Soares da Silva Jr

Texas Tech University 201C

Moderators

Imaya Ferrell

Plummer

Joseph Fielding TRA 201B

Moderators

Jessica Woods

City of Round Rock

Jennifer Nations

City of College Station 201A

Industrial Legislative/Regulatory University Forum WFP/International Water Conservation

Microplastics - How

Managing a Small Particle can Become a Macro-Challenge

Susan Spore

Brown and Caldwell W/WW

Semiconductor

Wastewater 101

Daniel Wilson Kiewit W/WW

Innovative Treatment

Process for High TDS Water:

Improving Recovery and Reducing Waste to Meet New Water Demands in Texas

Joel Camann, Tetra Tech

Ambrose Lessard, Crystal Clearwater Resources

Kenneth Nichols, Tetra Tech W

Odor & Corrosion Control

Finishing the Job: Keeping

Stainless Steel Stainless

Douglas Sherman

Corrosion Probe

Chad Khattar

Corrosion Probe W/WW

Odor Control Stinks

Without Effective Capture

Richard Pope Hazen and Sawyer WW

Organic to Inorganic –Design Details and Lessons

Learned for Renovating and Expanding an Existing Biofilter System

Amy Robinson, CDM Smith

Farida Goderya, City of Fort Worth

AWWA National Update

Kevin Morley AWWA W/WW

TCEQ Regulatory Updates on Water/Wastewater Issues

Jennelle Crane TCEQ

W/WW

It’s Always a Water Session in Texas

Julie Nahrgang WEAT/TACWA W/WW

Application of Bias Corrected Downscaled CMIP6 Dataset to Predict Future Drought and Flood Trends

Kushum K C

Lamar University

Annette Hernandez

Lamar University N/A

Electrocoagulation of Produced Water: Surfaceand Electrochemistry Considerations

Sanket Joag

Texas A&M University

Shankar Chellam

Texas A&M University N/A

Sand Filter Remaining Useful Life Prediction via Machine Learning

Caylor Petty

LeTourneau University

A. Davis

LeTourneau University D. Low

LeTourneau University N/A

Championing MicroMunicipalities in Rural Panama

Chandler Crouch Garver N/A

Egypt’s Crystal Clear

Decision: El Hanady Water Treatment Plant in Luxor Governate Chooses Direct Filtration

Karla Abella CDM Smith N/A

Planning Water Treatment at a Record Scale in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alicia Mata Hazen and Sawyer N/A

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 3:00 - 3:30 PM

Pretreatment

Expansion of the TWDB Water Loss

Control Program

Mark Mathis

Texas Water Development Board W 1:201:50 pm

Pfighting Peak-day Demand During Drought: Pflugerville’s Progress to Promote Water Conservation

Brandon Pritchett

City of Pflugerville

Elisabeth English

City of Pflugerville W 1:552:25 pm

Conservation Through Education: How an Education Program in Dallas became a Major Contributor to Water Conservation

City of Dallas W/WW 2:303:00 pm

Alicia Lee

Phase II (Small) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System General Permit 2024 Renewal Changes

Rebecca Villalba TCEQ WW

View from Washington: Federal Update from NACWA or WEF

Steve Dye WEF W/WW

Melissa Woo, CDM Smith WW EPA Regulatory Updates on Water/Wastewater Issues

Bryant Smalley EPA Region 6 W/WW

Maximizing Facultative Bacteria Growth for Bioremediation of Facultative Wastewater Lagoons

Drew Lessert, Emily Shea, Jordan Valdez & Darryl Low LeTourneau University N/A

Quantifying Particle-associated and Planktonic Legionella in Building Plumbing and Drinking Water Distribution Systems Across the U.S. Lan Nguyen, Danielle M. Angert, Katherine Dowdell, Eric D. Cambronne & Mary Jo Kirisits, University of Texas at Austin

Jess Brown, Caroline Russell & Melina Bautista, Carollo Engineers N/A

Advancing Flood Risk Management: Integrating Physics-Based Machine Learning into Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Aalok Kafle

Lamar University

Venki Uddameri

Lamar University N/A

Down the Drain: An Investigation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in an Island Community’s Wastewater Collection System Eric Spargimino, CDM Smith

Samir Mathur, CDM Smith W/WW

Pretreatment Program Audits – A TCEQ Perspective

Colleen Cook TCEQ WW

Wanting to be Proactive on PFAS?: Look to Pretreatment Coby Gee Freese and Nichols

Nathan Vassar

Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend W/WW

Maximizing Your Water Conservation Program in Niche Communities

Jacey Stewart

City of Georgetown W/WW 3:304:00 pm

How the Danes Found Hidden Source of Water

Rosa Marie Mathiasen

Danish Water Technology Alliance W 4:054:35 pm

The Importance and Impact of Water Efficiency Codes, Standards, and Regulation on Past and Future Water Supplies in Texas

Bill Hoffman HW (Bill) Hoffman & Associates W 4:405:10 pm

9:009:30 am

Moderators

Paula Barrera

Civitas Engineering

Matt Noland City of Deer Park 204A

Drinking Water Quality

From Old to NewArlington’s Water Modeling Journey

Michael Mosier

Arlington Water Utilities

Brendan Hamilton

Arlington Water Utilities W

9:3510:05 am

Brominated and Iodinated DBPs in Texas Water Systems

Zaid Chowdhury Garver W

Moderators

Denney Howard LAN

Robert Warren TRA 203B

Resiliency, Safety & Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Tabletops –Building Resiliency and Relationships

Randy Petersen

San Jacinto River Authority W/WW

Moderators

Nicholas Cook City of Deer Park

Keith O’Connor

Civitas Engineering 203A

Moderators

Madeline Seiser

CDM Smith

Nyla Langford

Signature Automation 202D

Moderators

Mike Clough

Walker Partners

Katherine Overstreet SARA 202C

Water Treatment & Operations Value of Water Small Systems

FilterMAP – The Road to Optimized Filter Performance

Trey Stewart

Austin Water

Olivia Beck

Austin Water W/WW

Worst Case Scenario –Re-imagined Lift Station Design for Emergency Response

Paul Banschbach Garver

Blayne Johnson

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Tom Davies

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Steven Metzler

Trinity River Authority of Texas W/WW

Unmanned Plant Operations: A Journey from Concept to Reality

Jimmy Didehbani

City of Grapevine

Kent Conkle

City of Grapevine

Mike Ashley

City of Grapevine W/WW

Promising Practices of One Water in Texas: Transformative Solutions to Key Water Challenges

Emily Simonson

US Water Alliance

Sarah Robinson

US Water Alliance W/WW

Leveraging Triple Bottom Line Analysis and Values of Water Indicator to Advance Sustainability and Water Stewardship Sarah Ko CDM Smith W/WW

Community Engineering Corps – Striving Towards Equitable Access to Infrastructure

Molly Sullivan

American Water Works Association W/WW

Integrated Approach to Wastewater System

Revitalization: A Case Study of the City of Copperas Cove

Tristan Nickel RJN Group

Christopher Altott

City of Copperas Cove

Daniela Lopez RJN Group W/WW

From Sea to Shining Sea: Determining the Most Suitable PFAS Removal Technology across the United States

Viraj deSilva Freese and Nichols

Donald Petrovich

Plainfield Charter Township Phuong Watson

Water Replenishment District W

Lessons for Water Utilities from Texas Electric Utilities

Matthew Thomas Xylem

Marty Baker

Fort Worth Water W/WW

Hydraulic Energy Recovery in Water Systems –How, When and Where it Makes Cents

Eric Dole Garver W/WW

There’s a Flag on the Play!

Learn How to Use Water UMP for Your Utility Communications Needs!

TAWWA Education DivisionConsumer Outreach Committee W/WW

Kerr County: CenterPoint Septic to Sewer

Charan Tej Tanneru

Tetra Tech

Don Burger

Tetra Tech

Charlie Hastings

Kerr County W/WW

11:15 am

A+ Strategies for Developing Plans for LCRR School and Childcare Sampling

Trevor McProud CDM Smith W

Holistic Security Approach to Prevention & Protection Water Sector

Robert Starnes

Brazos River Authority W/WW

Challenge to the Central Texas Water Supply: Strategy to Control Zebra Mussel Proliferation in Water Treatment Plants Serving Over One Million People

Alexander Kuzovkov, Black & Veatch

Dustin Rhodes, Austin Water

Minda Sarmiento, Austin Water W

Irving Summer Camps: Working with Kids to Build Civic Awareness and Understanding of Water Challenges

Donna Starling

Irving Water Utilities W/WW

Addressing Challenges to Regionalization in RapidlyDeveloping Areas

Mark Perkins Mead & Hunt W/WW

11:20 am11:50 am

No Data? No Problem!

Predicting Water Quality in a Lake that does not Exist

Roger Scharf Jacobs W

Performing Secure Data

Driven Process Control Decisions and Design, and Mitigating Against Human Factors by Building a Process Control

Digital Twin

David Naranjo

Trinity River Authority of Texas W/WW

Pivoting to a “CMAR” Chapter of a WTP Expansion through Collaborative Delivery

Yue Sun, Ardurra

Brandon Pritchett, City of Pflugerville

Joao Lopes Farias, PLW Waterworks

Jonathan Degen, Ardurra W/WW

Championing the Shift to One Water: Stories from Texas Utility Leaders N/A

Evaluating Alternative Treatment Technologies for a New, Greenfield WWTP Isaac Huacuja Garver W/WW

Moderators

Ikram Sayed Garver

Srinivas Prabakar

University of Texas at Arlington 202B

Applied Research

Dueling Banjos:

Performance Evaluation of Two Ceramic

Membrane Pilots

Yue Sun, Ardurra

Hunter Duncan, GuadalupeBlanco River Authority

Nathan Virdell, GuadalupeBlanco River Authority

Cecil Holliday, GuadalupeBlanco River Authority W/WW

Avoiding Unintended Consequences During an 840-MGD WTP Biofiltration

Conversion: The Role of Pilot Testing

Steven Hand, Carollo

Greg Pope, Carollo

Kimberly Nield, North Texas Municipal Water District

John Montgomery, North Texas Municipal Water District W/WW

Development of Rapid In-Field Technologies for Virus Quantification:

Comparing Performance of Microfiltration Versus Ultrafiltration (WRF 5209)

Dave MacNevin CDM Smith W/WW

PFAS Adsorption, Destruction and Regeneration: Updates on the Latest in PFAS Adsorption and Application of HALT for PFAS

Destruction in Exhausted GAC and Adsorbent Regeneration

Charlie Liu, Kennedy Jenks Consultants

Ori Soker, Colorado School of Mines W/WW

Rapid Removal of Scalants from Reverse Osmosis

Concentrate Using Mixed Diatom Cultures from Brackish Wetlands in South Texas

Keisuke Ikehata, Texas State University

Emma Clow, Texas State University

Jacob Palmer, Texas State University

Lokendra Acharya, Texas State University W/WW

Moderators

Justin Rackley

Garver

Carlos Torres Brown & Caldwell

202A

Workforce Development

The Operations Challenge Competition - A Workforce Development Program for Utilities

Jeffrey Sober

Garver

John Bennett TRA W/WW

Growing the Industry –Attracting the Next Generation of Talent

Kitt Crabb

San Jacinto River Authority

Carlos Gularte

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Facing the Workforce Challenge Head On: Fort Worth Water Utility’s Multi-Faceted Approach

Dylan Christenson, Garver

Shane Zondor, Fort Worth Water

Shannon Dunne, Fort Worth Water

Julie Nahrgang, WEAT/TACWA W/WW

Tapping into the Future Generation of Water Workers

Riley Teague Garver

Abigail Hall Garver W/WW

Priming the Pump: What to do When the Talent Well Runs Dry!

Archana Sharma, Mead & Hunt

Ashok Perera, Atkins North America

Jake Whited, Arcadis

Karen Steele, Oklahoma

Department of Environmental Quality W/WW

Moderators

Robert Adams, Plummer

Ben Fuentes, Kennedy Jenks

Kimberly Chanslor, CDM Smith

201C

Moderators

Jeff Lange

Brown & Caldwell

Greta Zornes CDM Smith 201B

Moderators

Marisa Palmer

SAWS

Noe Martinez

Austin Water 201A

Watershed Mgmt/ Stormwater Water Reuse Biosolids

A Flood-Soaked History: Harris County Flood Control

District’s Historic Partnership Response

Tara Delagarza

Burns & McDonnell

Scott Elmer Harris County Flood Control District W/WW

Removing a Barrier by Recognizing a Barrier: Strategies for Gaining Pathogen Removal Credit Using Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Eric Kong, Freese and Nichols

Hunter Adams, City of Wichita Falls

Manish Kumar, University of Texas - Austin

Mark Southard, City of Wichita Falls W/WW

Solve the Design Flood Maze with a Labyrinth Spillway

David Stanley STV

Terry Winn STV WW

A Case Study on Water Supply Protection Through Integrated Stream and Stormwater Protection Measures

Troy Dorman Halff Associates W/WW

Flood Plan on the Horizon: What Texas Water Utilities Should Know and Do

David Rivera

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Urban Flood Resilience for Texas and Beyond:

Global Lessons for Climate Adaptation

Dan Christian

Tetra Tech

Nefi Garza

Tetra Tech

Sabrina Santiago

City of San Antonio W/WW

Thinking Outside the Reservoir: How TRWD is Using Constructed Wetlands to Defer Building the Next Reservoir

David Schoeder, Tarrant Regional Water District

Alan Swartz, Plummer

Stephen Bianchetta, Jacobs Christopher Haeckler, HDR W/WW

Removal of PFAS from Biosolids Using Several Technologies – The Latest Experimental Data, Regulations, and Future Directions

Arifur Rahman Jacobs

Todd Williams Jacobs W/WW 9:009:30 am

Unlocking the Potential of Your POTW: Generating Renewable Energy and Maximizing Its Value

Jeff VanVoorhis

Mead & Hunt WW 9:3510:05 am

Planning a Reclaimed Water System: The Best Customer May Be Yourself

Alan Moon

Quiddity Engineering

Brandon Pritchett City of Pflugerville W/WW

A Detailed Explanation and Examples of the Latest Updates to 30 TAC Chapter 217: Design Criteria for Wastewater Systems for Reclaimed Water Distribution Systems

Louis Herrin TCEQ W/WW

Implementing SB 1289 and its Changes to the Disposal of Reclaimed Water

Erika Crespo TCEQ W/WW

Knock Out, Drag Out Fight: Centrifuge vs. Belt Filter Press – Title for Best Dewatering Technology to Squeeze the Poop at Dunn Water Reclamation Facility!

Shyam Sivaprasad Stantec

Manuel Moncholi Stantec WW 10:1010:40 am

Ferric, the Swiss Army Knife of Solids Processing: Odor, Phosphorus, Struvite, H2S and SOx Control

Scott Hardy Hazen and Sawyer W/WW 10:4511:15 am

Model-Based Performance and Financial Comparison of Struvite and Brushite Sequestration of Phosphorus

Nicole Stephens Stantec

Sara Arabi Stantec WW 11:20 am11:50 am

1:101:40 pm

1:452:15 pm

Moderators

David Garcia

Aguaze

Grace Sober LAN

204A

Moderators

Dan Olson

Garver

Freddie Guerra GHD

203B

Wastewater Collection Utility Management

Under a Creek and Through the Woods…and a Golf Course, Dog Park, Baseball Fields…and Parks and Recreation Trail System

Amanda Voss

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Carlos Ramos

Trinity River Authority of Texas WW

Enhancing Wastewater Management Using Full-System Hydraulic

Models: The City of Waco’s

Comprehensive Master Plan Update

Daniela Lopez

RJN Group

Mike Norman

City of Waco Water Utilities WW

2:202:50 pm

Non-clog Pump Selection: More Than Just an Operating Point

Bo Copeland Hazen and Sawyer W/WW

Aging Infrastructure vs. Growing Water Demands – Who Will Win?

Marisa Vergara STV

Drew Molly

Corpus Christi Water Utility

Gil Barnett STV W/WW

Behind the Scenes: Implementing Our Newly Defined CIP Process Governance and Workflow at DWU

Rob Hoffman HDR

Marc Cottingame

Dallas Water Utilities W/WW

Transforming a Municipality into a Smart City Ava Cares

City of Galveston

Juan Berumen

City of Galveston

Mark Glaser

City of Galveston W/WW

Moderators

Varenya Mehta

Civitas Engineering

Kyle Swank

Civitas Engineering

203A

Water Treatment & Operations

AI-Enhanced Water Distribution and Quality Modeling with Real-Time IoT Data - A Case Study of the Houston Water

Satish Tripathi

City of Houston W/WW

Mud, Sweat and Tears: Lessons from Sludge Collector Testing

Ana Garcia Hazen and Sawyer

Drew Molly

Corpus Christi Water Utility

William Creech

Corpus Christi Water Utility W/WW

Resiliency is not Just About Infrastructure, It’s About People Too: Austin Water’s Approach to Making Our Employees

More Resilient

Stephanie Sue. Austin Water

Julie Hollandsworth, Austin Water

Teresa Dixon, Austin Water W/WW

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 2:50 - 3:20 PM

Moderators

Farida Goderya

Fort Worth Water

Ajay Shrivastav

CDM Smith

202C

MRRDC (Wastewater Treatment)

Doing More with Less: Innovative, Low-Cost Improvements to Increase WRRF Capacity

Anton Dapcic Carollo

Rupender Remanuri Carollo

Toshio Shimada Carollo W/WW

Required Changes to Activated Sludge Processing Units Resulting from the Latest Updates to 30 TAC Chapter 217: Design Criteria for Wastewater Systems

Baltazar Lucero-Ramirez TCEQ WW

PFAS in Wastewater – From Research to Reality

Samir Mathur

CDM Smith W/WW

3:203:50 pm

The Stakes are High: Emergency Lift Station Rehabilitation in a World Heritage Site

Elizabeth Lara Garver

Michael Salinas Garver W/WW

3:554:25 pm

Well That’s Going to be Difficult –Creating Austin Water’s PACP Inspection Difficulty Map

Brent Bassett

Austin Water W/WW

When Less Is More:

4:305:00 pm

A Wastewater Treatment

Consolidation Case Study

Kendall Ryan, Freese and Nichols

Jameson Appel, City of Pearland

Bailey Keller, Freese and Nichols

Jared Barber, Freese and Nichols WW

City of Houston Uses Goldilocks Timing of Wastewater Model Updates

William Kuehne Ardurra

Fazle Rabbi

City of Houston

Pratistha Pradhan

City of Houston W/WW

The Southwest Pump Station

Project: Juggling UTRWD’s Delivery Needs, Costs and Schedule…

Without Dropping the Ball

John Himanen, HDR

Kurt Staller, Upper Trinity Regional Water District

Adam McKnight, Upper Trinity Regional Water District

Jonathan Bailey, HDR W/WW

Innovative Design Tools - How is Digital Water Impacting Decisions?

Eric Redmond

Black & Veatch

Elaine Hung

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Prachi Salekar

Black & Veatch

Tania Ho

Trinity River Authority of Texas W/WW

Partitioning a Filtered Water Flume During Construction: Hydraulic, Space, and Backup Disinfection Considerations

Gabriel Trejo Arcadis W/WW

Intelligent Water Systems 101: How Big Data can be Packaged into Small Improvements to Optimize Operations

Ikram Sayed Garver

Peter Stencel

Dallas Water Utilities W/WW

Chemical SOPs Reinvented: Training for Tomorrow’s

Water Plant

Corey Smith Civitas Engineering Group

Mohamad Baydoun

CDM Smith

Mahith Nadella

Civitas Engineering Group W/WW

Innovative Technologies to Handle Increasing Loads with Existing Infrastructure

Brandt Miller

Hazen and Sawyer

Annie Jiang

Hazen and Sawyer WW

Decarbonization of Biological Nutrient Removal

Leon Downing

Black & Veatch

Eric Redmond

Black & Veatch WW

Square Pegs in Round Holes: HDR’s Innovative and Adaptive Approach to Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) Design

Hayden DeLay

HDR

Eric Evans

HDR WW

Moderators

Adrian Hill

City of Dallas

Christopher Bradley

City of Dallas 202B

Moderators

Wendy Chi

Mazen Kawasmi Freese & Nichols

202A

Wastewater Operations & Maintenance Asset Management

Two Mass Balances are

Better Than One: Solving

Solids Mysteries Coupling

Two DWU WWTPs

Caitlin Ruff, Black & Veatch

Regina Stencel, Dallas Water Utilities

Adeola Sorinolu, Black & Veatch

Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch W/WW

MBR 101 - Operational Mindset

Jenny Beth Murray Plummer

Paula Monaco Plummer

Ana Peña-Tijerina Plummer W/WW

Biofilm Enabled Resiliency in Wastewater Treatment to Extreme Wet

Weather Events

Priyanka Ali, Rice University

Lauren Stadler, Rice University

Jeseth Delgado Vela, Duke University

Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch W/WW

Bug Race: Using Nitrification Rate Testing to Troubleshoot Treatment and Calibrate Models

Noe Martinez

Austin Water

Wesley Tait

Austin Water WW

Energy Savings While Fighting Fires in Wastewater Treatment Operations

Marco Ramos

San Antonio Water System

Matt Jensen

Cascade Energy WW

Drain or Gain? Uncovering

the Secrets to an Effective Maintenance Management

Strategy to Increase Equipment Reliability

Simon Watson, Black & Veatch

Daniel Halter, Dallas Water Utilities

Robert Mikel, Dallas Water Utilities W/WW

Empowering a Robust and Sustainable Asset Management Program with Cutting-Edge Visualization Tools

Marcela Sion, Hazen and Sawyer

Marta Ortiz, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority

Dilip Kumar, Hazen and Sawyer W/WW

You Bet Your Assets: Reducing the Risk of Failure in Corrugated Metal Pipe Stormwater Systems

Fernie Silva

Brown and Caldwell

Oscar Camacho

El Paso Water WW

Using a Dynamic Risk Based Planning Approach for the City of Fort Myers Infrastructure Improvements Program Pradeep Nagarajan GHD W/WW

Moderators

Jaime Kypuros

Tetra Tech

Jorge Flores

Eagle Pass Water Works System 201C

Moderators

Perry Fowler

Fowler Group

Shah Rahman Arcadis 201B

Moderators

Crystal Ybanez, City of Corpus Christi

Elisa Snyder, Austin Water

Matt Berg, Jacobs

201A

Water Distribution Construction Issues Laboratory

A Decade+ in the Making, the Full Story of the Northeast Transmission Water Line

Mackrena Ramos, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam

Melissa Mack, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam

Venus Price, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam W/WW

Using Water AMI Data to Improve the Customer Experience and Utility Operations

Jeff Evans

VASS Solutions

Meghan Patronella

San Antonio Water System W

A 704-MGD Balancing Act: Modernizing Critical Transmission Infrastructure While Maintaining Operability

Donna Stephens

Tarrant Regional Water District

Andrew Richardson Freese & Nichols W/WW

Digging Deep: Tapping into Lake Travis for a Dependable Water Supply

Russell Gibson

Freese and Nichols

Karen Bondy BCRUA

Joerg Moser

Walker Partners W

Breaking the Mold: Austin Water’s Journey to Collaborative Delivery

Erik Kunkel

Austin Water

Jeff Dahm

Austin Water

Charles Celauro

Austin Water W/WW

Thinking Outside the Circle: Novel Use of Non-Circular Pipe Provides Solution to Shallow Large Diameter Interceptor Sewer Challenges in Dallas

Michael Hagen, Freese and Nichols

Joe Felipe, Dallas Water Utilities WW

Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall • 2:50 - 3:20 PM

Trust the Data: Lessons Learned from Water Quality Monitoring in the City of Galveston

Trino Pedraza

City of Galveston Water Department Brendt Thompson Badger Meter W

Austin Water’s Approach to a Transparent and Defensible CIP

Daniel Lamas

Austin Water W/WW

Lakes to Taps: Tyler’s Comprehensive and Holistic Water System Review and Improvement Plan

Preston Dillard, Halff Associates

Kate Dietz, City of Tyler

Jacob Yanker, City of Tyler

Emily Wright, Halff Associates W/WW

Comparative Analysis of Water Flushing Techniques: Unidirectional Flushing (UDF) vs. Neutral Output Discharge Elimination System (NO-DES) for Effective Distribution System Water Quality Management Swaroop Puchalapalli, STV W

Riding the Chloramine

Wave: A Rotational Approach to Boosting Residual in Ground Storage Tanks

Stuart Williams

Kimley-Horn and Associates W/WW

Taste, Odor, Appearance, and the Confusion with SMCLs

Hunter Adams, City of Wichita Falls

Andrea Dietrich, Virginia Tech

Gary Burlingame, ESPRI Keisuke Ikehata, Texas State University W/WW

“It’s Frankly Not Fair”: When Installing a 36” Force Main Through a Tight Corridor is EVEN More Challenging Than Expected

Victoria Burbridge, Kimley-Horn and Associates

Josh Kercho, Kimley-Horn and Associates

Liam Conlon, City of Fort Worth WW

Sequencing SuccessMaintaining Plant Operations While Expanding a Wastewater Treatment Plant

Darpan Chroghe, Freese and Nichols

Kevin O’Neill, City of College Station Gennady Boksiner, Freese and Nichols W/WW

Too Big to Fail: Construction Sequencing to Maintain Operation of East Water Purification Plant (EWPP) During Repairs and Replacements

Amanda Liu, CDM Smith Kresimir Begic, City of Houston W/WW

Cleansing the Flow Data: Unveiling the Power of Statistical Analysis for Masterful Wastewater Planning

Hasibul Hasan Garver W/WW 1:101:40 pm

The Achilles’ Heel of Water Quality Data: Sample

Collection QA/QC

Hunter Adams, City of Wichita Falls

Mark Southard, City of Wichita Falls

Steve Ash, Texas A&M

Engineering Extension Service

Elizabeth Turner, Pace Analytical W/WW 1:452:15 pm

Controlling Laboratory Documents Through Sharepoint

Anna Polanco-Ramos

San Antonio Water System W/WW 2:202:50 pm

Biosolids

Land Application Programs in the Time of PFAS

Jimmy Slaughter

Beverage and Diamond

Drew Silton

Beverage and Diamond N/A 3:203:50 pm

PFAS: The Pyrolysis Paradox Caitlin Ruff

Black & Veatch

Patrick McNamara

Black & Veatch W/WW 3:554:25 pm

Delivering a State-of-theArt Biosolids Management System for NTMWD’s Largest WWTP

Steve Frost, Carollo Engineers

Rudy Kilian, Carollo Engineers W/WW 4:305:00 pm

David Clisch, North Texas Municipal Water District

Arvind Damodara Kannan, Carollo Engineers

8:309:00 am

Moderators

Stephen Johnson

Freese & Nichols

Daniela Lopez RJN Group

204A

Moderators

Jerry Pressley

Fort Worth Water

Kim Probasco TRA

203B

Moderators

Denis Qualls

City of Dallas Kimberlie Brashear

City of Dallas

203A

Moderators

Suparna Mukhopadhyay

Plummer

Ayobamidele Bello

HR Green

202C

Wastewater Collection Utility Management Water Resources MRRDC (Wastewater Treatment)

Transitioning Away From Collection System Concrete Structures

Vibhuti Pandey Jacobs WW

am Design of a Large Diameter HDPE Wastewater Force Main via Horizontal Directional Drilling Under the Colorado River

9:059:35

Nick Lowe AECOM WW

Integrative Approach to Addressing Inflow and Infiltration in Houston’s Sanitary Sewer System: Insights, Mitigation Strategies, and Scalable Solutions

Fazle Rabbi, City of Houston

Hazem Gheith, Arcadis

When it’s Better to KISS than Fight: On-Call Repair Contracting and Keeping It Super Simple

Rafael Ortega

Aurora Technical Services

Jeffrey Hay

Aurora Technical Services N/A

Friendswood Resilience: An Operations-Driven Master Planning Wade Parks, Garver Jildardo Arias, City of Friendswood

Rene Ibarra, City of Friendswood

Gary Sober, Garver W/WW

Future of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure and Policy in Sugar Land – A Story of Collaboration Between Planning and Engineering

Ishita Rahman, Freese and Nichols

Katie Clayton, City of Sugar Land

Alexis Garcia, Freese and Nichols

Pumped Up: Hydraulic Design Challenges to Pump 55 MGD from Lake Ralph Hall

Sam Meisner, Freese and Nichols

Elizabeth Boddicker, Upper Trinity Regional Water District

Amanda Powers, Freese and Nichols

Jacob Pannell, Freese and Nichols N/A

Increasing Reliability and Certainty for State Water Management Through Proactive Endangered Species

Conservation Planning: The Case of the Guadalupe River

Habitat Conservation Plan

Jana Gray

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority N/A

Complex Raw Water Intake Construction Challenges on the Mighty Brazos

Samantha Stoughtenger Branson

Gulf Coast Water Authority

Naveen Chillara

Part 2: The Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility is Just Gritting Started

Amy Robinson

CDM Smith

Farida Goderya

City of Fort Worth W/WW

How to Successfully Start-Up a New BNR Process: A Case Study from Pflugerville’s Central WWTP Conversion to BNR

Chris Callahan, Freese and Nichols

Brandon Pritchett, City of Pflugerville

Coby Gee, Freese and Nichols W/WW 9:4010:10 am

Shah Rahman, Arcadis WW

Kendall Ryan, Freese and Nichols W/WW

You’ll Get More Flies with Honey than with PAA. . . Full-scale Disinfection Testing at the Hutto South WWTP

Michael Watts

Garver

Randy Lock

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Networking Break in Technical Session Area • 10:10 - 10:20 AM

City of Houston Utilizes Existing Wastewater Collection Models as Foundation for Real-Time Connections

William Kuehne, Ardurra

Lesny Mejia, City of Houston Pratistha Pradhan, City of Houston Fazle Rabbi, City of Houston WW

How to Cross that River! HDD as a Solution to Challenges of Serving Unsewered Communities

Don Burger

Tetra Tech

Charlie Hastings

Kerr County WW

Taylor-made for Development:

Samsung’s Coming to Town

Heather Lindner, HDR

Danny Applegate, HDR

Lou Portillo, HDR

Jim Gray, City of Taylor W/WW

1000 Leaks a Month - How SAWS

Distribution Managed the Hottest Summer on Record

Lance Rothe

San Antonio Water System

Carlos Mendoza

San Antonio Water System

Daniel Glenney

San Antonio Water System W/WW

Preparing Utilities for the Post - Digital Era

Freddie Guerra GHD Digital W/WW

From a Sprint to a Marathon: The Race to Restoring a Failing Water Distribution System in Jackson, MS

Patrick Brown, Stantec

Kristen Whatley, Stantec

Ted Henifin, JXN Water W/WW

Lubbock: Implementing a Perpetual Water Supply Strategy

Greg Baier

City of Lubbock

David Dunn HDR W/WW

Austin’s Water Supply Plan for the Future - ASR and Identifying Favorable Sites for Piloting and Testing

Kristi Shaw HDR

Helen Gerlach

Austin Water N/A

Time for an Upgrade: Emergency Spillway Gate Replacement at the Saltwater Barrier Dam

Daniel Worley

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

Chris Mason Black & Veatch W/WW

Brazos River Authority W/WW

Peninsula WRP - Expansion Design and Lessons Learned

Gage Guffy

Upper Trinity Regional Water District

Paula Monaco Plummer WW

IFAS, Not so Fast! Process Changes to Limit Impacts

Kennedy Reyes, Garver

Sean Scuras, Garver

Wade Parks, Garver

Zahra Anwar, Garver WW

High-Value, Low-Cost Disinfection: Human-Computer Teamwork Made the Dream Work!

Tania Ho

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Raudel Juarez

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Darpan Chorghe

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Moderators

Noel Pattengale Arcadis

Marco Ramos SAWS

202B

Wastewater Operations & Maintenance

Innovative Trickling Filter to BNR Conversion Plan for Nutrient Removal

Randall Wirtz

Strand Associates

Mark Rudolf

Strand Associates WW

Empowering Teamwork:

Achieving Remarkable Energy Efficiency and Enhanced Treatment at Leon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant

Tram Doan San Antonio Water System W/WW

Change Management, It’s Real!

Matthew Jalbert

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Jennifer Moore

Trinity River Authority of Texas

John Bennett

Trinity River Authority of Texas

Douglas Short

Trinity River Authority of Texas W/WW

Richmond Reclaims Even

More Treated Effluent

Howard Christian

City of Richmond

Devyn Warren

Kimley-Horn and Associates

Mike Shelton

Kimley-Horn and Associates W/WW

Wet Weather Woes?

The First Tertiary Filters

Approved for Storm Water

Flows at the City of Garland

Tasie Kade

Carollo Engineers

Barron Cooper

City of Garland WW

The Impact of PFAS on Water Reclamation Facilities; Current Regulatory Trends and How to Prepare

Eric Spargimino CDM Smith W/WW

Moderators

Jeff Masek AECOM

Randy Bush STV

202A

Asset Management

The Future is Here:

Leveraging AI Driven Failure Prediction for Houston Water Distribution Mains

Asset Management Prioritization

Nima Ghahremani, Grundfos CBS

Jin Ye, City of Houston W/WW

Affecting the Grand Trifecta - Integration of Condition Assessment Program to Launch Multi-Billion Dollar CIP Updates

Nicole Conner

Kennedy Jenks

Wes Pierce

Trinity River Authority of Texas W/WW

Living Platform for O&M, CIP, and Long-range Planning of Lift Stations by Integrating Condition Assessment, SCADA, and Work Order Management System Bo Cao, Jacobs

Fazle Rabbi, City of Houston Pratistha Pradhan, City of Houston W/WW

Moderators

Jaime Kypuros

Tetra Tech

Rob Jenkins Arcadis

201C

Water Distribution

The A, B, Cs of Making an Operational Water Model

Karen Burgi

Black & Veatch

Timothy Ybarra

San Antonio Water System W/WW

Investigate-Design-Build Solves Suspected Leak in a 72-inch PCCP Transmission Main under the Trinity River in Dallas, TX

Mike Larsen, Structural Technologies

Jeff Hadaway, Dallas Water Utilities

Luis Bodington, Dallas Water Utilities Murat Engindeniz, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger W

Up to Speed on LCRR/LCRI Inventory? Irving’s Customized Dashboard Shows at a Glance What We Know and How Fast We are Moving Patrick Forrest Irving Water Utilities W

Moderators

David Lozano DEC

Tara Delagarza

Burns & McDonnell 201B

Construction Issues

First Vertical Curve Microtunnel in Texas

Jesse Guerra Plummer N/A

Moderators

Marisa Vergara STV

201A

Infrastructure Financing

Keeping Up with Infrastructure and Growth: How Round Rock is Optimizing Impact Fees

Angie Flores

Raftelis Financial Consultants

Michael Thane

City of Round Rock N/A

8:309:00 am

Nailing It: Complex Point Repairs for Lift Stations

Paula Barrera Civitas Engineering Group

Alan De Leon

Houston Public Works Yongki Shim Civitas Engineering Group W/WW

Spicewood 54”/66”

Emergency Sewer Repairs Case Study and Lessons Learned

Michael Persyn

K Friese + Associates N/A

How Two Cities Improved Cybersecurity and Resilience Through Holistic Funding Strategies

Jeff Kanyuch Jacobs

Jennifer Henke Jacobs W/WW 9:059:35 am

EPA’s WIFIA Funding

Program: A Gem Hidden in Plain Sight

Tom Entsminger STV W/WW 9:4010:10 am

Networking Break in Technical Session Area • 10:10 - 10:20 AM

Capital Financing and Asset Management

Sheryl Parsons

Mead and Hunt W/WW

Radical Transparency: How

Austin Water’s R&B CIP

Allocation Process Depends

Upon and Benefits

Enterprise Asset Data

Martin Tower

Austin Water N/A

Locating Sewer Defects Using Remote Earth Observation

Cynthia Baughman

City of Garland W/WW

Into the Unknown: An Investigation into a Proactive Utility’s Water Loss Program

Dan Strub, Austin Water

Alicia Smiley, Black & Veatch

Andrew Chastain-Howley, Black & Veatch W

Operations to CIP: How a Calibrated Water Model Boosted a Utility’s Return on Investment

Adam Willard

New Braunfels Utilities

Dave Christiansen

Freese and Nichols W/WW

Waste Not, Want Not – ZeroDischarge Distribution Main Flushing and Filtration to Enhance Water Clarity

Justin Bartlett, Civitas Engineering Group

Joni Synatschk, City of Houston Phillip Goodwin, City of Houston Rutika Nanivadekar, Civitas Engineering Group W

How Will Unprecedented Times and Federal Investment Impact Utilities Now and in the Future?

Wayne Hofmann Wade Trim W/WW

Successfully Navigating Planning and Commissioning Challenges for a Greenfield $1.6B Water System

Aliza Caraballo NTMWD

Mark Miner

Garney Construction W/WW

How Drone Data is Being Used by Water Districts & Their Construction Partners to Manage Capital

Projects: A Case Study

Ryan Baker

Arch Aerial Chase Juhl DEC W/WW

Tapping into TWDB

Funding: Alternative Delivery Project Guidance For Dummies

Hillary Fontenot Burns & McDonnell W/WW 10:2010:50 am

Funding Programs: Are They Worth the Lift?

Determining the Best Funding Fit for Your Projects

Stacy Barna CDM Smith W/WW 10:5511:25 am

Transforming Texas Border Communities: The Impact of NADBank’s EPA-Funded Border Environment Infrastructure Fund (BEIF) on a Small Texas Town

Fernie Silva, Brown and Caldwell W/WW 11:30Noon

Susana Blauser, Brown and Caldwell

Jesus Garza, NADBank

TEXAS WATER 2024 HOST COMMITTEE

Chairs

Laura Wilson, Fort Worth Water (WEAT)

Mary Gugliuzza, Fort Worth Water (TAWWA)

Administrative

Christi Bilbo, Fort Worth Water

Best-Tasting Drinking Water

Mary Gugliuzza, Fort Worth Water

Isabel Carrillo, Fort Worth Water

Biosolids Beauty Contest

Scott Hardy, Hazen and Sawyer

Competitions

Russ Pior, Fort Worth Water

Curtis Smalley Environmental Event

Kelsey Kosik, Fort Worth Water

Chris Vela, Kimley-Horn

Dodson Drive 5K

John Logan, Hazen and Sawyer

Brandy Martinez Manske, Brown and Caldwell

Door Prizes

Kara Britt, BGE

Tina Hanson, Garver

Exhibits

Donald Lange, BGE

Events

Ignacio Cadena, Black & Veatch

Bruce Curtis, EBAA IRON SALES, INC.

Finance

Jeff Caffey, Plummer

Golf

Tim Allen, Fort Worth Water

Shannon Dunne, Fort Worth Water

Hydrant Hysteria

Pedro Garibay III, San Antonio Water System Meter Challenge/Jr Meter Challenge

David Sagistano, San Antonio Water System

Ops Challenge

Heather Wootton, Kimley-Horn

Jeff Sober, Garver

Allison Bennett, Garver

Pipe Tapping

Randy Payton, North Texas Municipal Water District

Posters

Nicole Conner, Kennedy Jenks

Program

Alissa Lockett, San Antonio Water System

Marisa Vergara, STV Publicity

Registration

Peggy Miller, Fort Worth Water

Shannon Swayzer, Fort Worth Water

Signs

Paul Dossett, Carollo

Steve Nutter, Fort Worth Water

Student Design Competition

Santos Sotelo, Kimley-Horn

Technical Program Support

Ana Pena-Tijerina, Plummer

Maria Wang, Fort Worth Water

Top Ops

Roy Aristizabal, Inframark

Jin Ye, Houston Public Works

Tours

Sid McCain, Trinity River Authority

Puneet Gupta, Gupta & Associates

Transportation

George Luke, Gupta & Associates

Jacque Morris, Gupta & Associates

University Forum

Kayleigh Millerick, Texas Tech University

Volunteers

Melissa Beasley, Halff

Pamela Jordan, Fort Worth Water

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Derek Schwanke, Garver

Kyle Welden, Kimley-Horn

Christopher Varnon, CDM Smith

Women of Water

Fiona Allen, HR Green

Young Professionals

Justin Halter, Ardurra

Michael McBee, Freese & Nichols

Staff Support

Mike Howe, TAWWA

Daniel Nix, TAWWA

Julie Nahrgang, WEAT

Alondra Hernandez, WEAT

Matias Pasch, WEAT

Claudia Bradley, WEAT

Seth Amaradasa, WEAT

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Lisa Nejtek, GCP Association Services

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120Water……………………………………1 (Innovation Lounge)

A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co..…………….…………………………131

A.W. Chesterton Co.…………………………………2042 & 2044

AAW Pumps, Motors, Controls………………………1847 & 1849

ABB Inc..………………………………………………………….745

ACCUCAST LTD…………………………………………………434

Accurate Meter & Supply.……………………………………….400

Ace Pipe Cleaning Inc..………………………………………….922

ACFM, Inc.………………………………………………………1631

ADS Environmental Services…………………………………1412

Advance Products & Systems, LLC.………………………….1945

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc..…………………………547

Advanced Process……………………………………………….809

Advanced Rehabilitation Technology.………………………….109

Advanced Valve Technologies LLC.………………………….1406

AECOM.……………………………………………….2310 & 2311

Aegion-Insituform Technologies, LLC-Underground Solutions, Inc.…………………….923

Aeromod…………………………………………………………1637

Aerzen, USA…………………………………………………….1343

Afton Pumps.……………………………………………………1444

Agilicus………………………………………2 (Innovation Lounge)

Aidentyx.………………………………………………………….749

AIMS Companies……………………………………………….2112

Airvac………………………………………………………………732

Albin Pump………………………………………………………1348

Alfa Laval.……………………………………………………….1419

Alliance for PE Pipe………………………….501, 600, 601 & 602

AMERICAN………………………………………………………1108

American AVK Company.……………………………………….331

American Pipeline Solutions……………………………………747

Amiad Water Systems.………………………………………….544

Amwell / WACO Products, Inc..……………………………….1726

Andritz Separation Inc.…………………………………………1334

APG-Neuros.…………………………………………………….1146

Aqua Metrology Systems………………………………………1647

Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc..………………………………….1336

Aqua-Metric Sales Company.…………………………………..509

Aquana, LLC……………………………………………………1745

Aquestia USA.………………………………………………….1405

Archer Western…………………………………………………1540

Armorock.……………………………………………………….2004

Asahi/America, Inc.………………………………………310 & 312

Assmann Corporation of America.……………………………1530

ASTERRA.………………………………………………..305 & 307

Atlas Copco………………………………………………………830

Atlas SSI.……………………………………………………….1929

AUC Group………………………………………………………828

Austin Water………………………………………………………108

AV Water Technologies.…………………………………………802

AWI - US.………………………………………………………….718

Axis Water Technologies.……………………………………….640

Badger Meter, Inc..………………………………………………535

Bartlett and West.………………………………………………1542

Bass & Hays Foundry……………………………………………542

BDP Industries, Inc.……………………………………………2028

Beacon Water Technologies.………………………………….2037

BECK, Harold & Sons, Inc.……………………………………1833

BenMark Supply Company.…………………………….447 & 449

BGE, Inc..……………………………………………………….1213

Big Wave Water Technologies Inc..………………………….1536

BioAir Solutions LLC.……………………………………………736

BioCOPE, Inc..………………………………………………….1009

Black & Veatch.…………………………………………………1831

Blue-White Industries…………………………………1527 & 1529

Boerger LLC…………………………………………………….1431

Brenntag Southwest Inc..……………………………………….335

Brentwood Industries……………………………………………723

BSI Online.………………………………………………………2210

Burgess & Niple, Inc..……………………………………………513

Butler & Land Technologies.……………………………446 & 448

C.C. Lynch & Associates, Inc..………………………………….627

Calgon Carbon Corp - GAC.……………………………………721

Carboline Global, Inc..…………………………………………1004

Carollo Engineers………………………………………………1123

Cattron.………………………………………………………….1522

CB Solutions LP.……………………………………………….1221

CCI Piping Systems……………………………………………1407

Centrisys…………………………………………………………1725

Champions Marketing……………………………………………637

Charter Machine / S & N Airoflo………………………………1446

Chemco Systems……………………………………………….1345

Chlorinators Inc. - Regal……………………………………….1532

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.……………………….648

CLA-VAL…………………………………………………………1912

Cleanwater1………………………………………………………837

Clear Stream / Sulzer/Nordic Water.…………………………1428

CLS.…………………………………………………….1047 & 1049

Coburns Supply Company………………………………………337

Collier Consulting, Inc.…………………………………………2040

Composite Access Products.………………………………….1410

Continental Blower LLC.……………………………………….1333

Continental Carbon Group Inc.…………………………………728

Control Panels USA……………………………………………1625

Core and Main.………………………………………………….1413

Cornell Pump Company.……………………………………….1827

Cortrol Process Systems, Inc.………………………….707 & 709

CPM Pipelines.………………………………………………….2100

Crane Pumps……………………………………………………1821

Creston Water Solutions………………………………………1433

Cretex Speciality Products.……………………………………1241

CST Industries, Inc..……………………………………………1349

D.R. Cordell.…………………………………………………….2027

Dakota Pump / Hallsten.……………………………………….1427

Danby, LLC……………………………………………….946 & 948

Danfoss Drives…………………………………………………1227

Daniel Company.……………………………………………….1430

Daupler, Inc.………………………………………………………744

DCCM.…………………………………………………….924 & 926

DEC, A Part of Gannett Fleming………………………………1621

Denali.……………………………………………………………1504

DeNora Water Technologies.………………………………….1344

Detection Instruments Corp.……………………………………405

DeZURIK.…………………………………………………………835

DFW Plastics, Inc..……………………………………….113 & 212

Diamond Fiberglass.…………………………………………….824

Diehl Metering LLC………………………………………………800

Diesel Fuel Maintenance, Inc..……………………………….1242

DN Tanks.……………………………………………………….1005

Double E Engineering Sales Inc.….….206, 208, 209, 210 & 211

Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association.…………………….1828

Duperon Corporation.…………………………………1141 & 1143

DuPont.………………………………………………………….1447

DXI/DPC Industries, Inc.………………………………………1008

Dynamatic, DSI…………………………………………………1730

Earth Science Laboratories……………………………………1605

EBAA Iron, Inc..………………………………………………….908

ECO Oxygen Technologies (ECO2)…………………………1322

ECS Environmental Solutions…………………………………1319

ECS House Industries.………………………………………….827

EGW Utilities, Inc. - Water & Plumbing Group.……….404 & 406

EJ.…………………………………………………………………704

Elston Johnson and Associates………………………………1249

Emerald Coast Manufacturing.……………………………….1534

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TEXAS WATER 2024 EXHIBITORS

Emerson Process Management………………………………1623

ENAQUA…………………………………………………………2025

Enchanted Rock………………………………………………….825

Enersponse.………………………………………………………742

Engineered Textile Products, Inc.………………………………727

Enprotec / Hibbs & Todd, Inc..……………………….1805 & 1807

Environment One Corporation………………………1705 & 1804

Environmental Improvements, Inc. (EI2)………………818, 820, 821, 822, 823, 826, 829, 832, 833, 843, 847, 848 & 849

EPCOR……………………………………………………………646

EquipSolutions………………………………………………….1731

Essential Equipment……………1649, 1742, 1744, 1746 & 1748

Evoqua Water Technologies……………………………………842

Fab-Tech, Inc..………………………………………………….1320

Felix Construction Company.………………………………….1642

Ferguson Waterworks.………………………………………….235

Fibracast…………………………………………………………1327

Five Star Electric.……………………………………………….1708

FKC Co., Ltd..…………………………………………………….725

Flo Trend LLC.……………………………………………………731

FLOTTWEG.…………………………………………………….2029

Flowserve Pump Company……………………………………1233

Fluence.………………………………………………………….2035

Force Flow / Halogen Valve Systems, Inc.……………………846

Fort Worth Water…………………………………………………106

Fortiline Waterworks……………………………………………1200

Fournier Industries.…………………………………………….1323

Foust Marketing, Inc..…………………………1244, 1246 & 1248

Freese and Nichols.……………………………………………1719

Fuquay, Inc.……………………………………………2011 & 2013

Future Pipe Industries…………………………………………2208

Gardner Denver / Hoffman Lamson / IRCO…………………1441

Garney Construction.…………………………………1209 & 1211

Garrison Minerals.……………………………………………….540

Garver.………………………………………….1205, 1207 & 1304

GBA.…………………………………………………………….1546

GEA Westfalia.………………………………………………….1149

GF Piping Systems…………………………………………….1806

Glasco UV / EcoVerde Technologies.……………………….1727

Global Pump Solutions…………………………………………1918

Global Treat Inc..…………………………………………………413

Global WET / Sulzer Blowers…………………………………1822

GlobaLogix.……………………………………………………….541

Goulds……………………………………………………………1825

GRM Custom Products.…………………………………………643

Gutermann, Inc.…………………………………………………1644

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Jacob & Martin, LLC……………………………………………2308

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc..……………………….932 & 934

Jaeger Aeration…………………………………………………1140

JCM Industries, Inc.……………………………………………1013

JCS Industries, Inc.………………………………………418 & 420

JDC Fluid Equipment.………………………………………….1707

JDV Equipment Co.…………………………………………….1321

Jet Stream by Pipelife……………………………………………129

Johnson Screens…………………………………………………734

JQ Infrastructure.……………………………………………….1307

JWC Environmental……………………………………………1331

Kamstrup Water Metering…………………………133, 135 & 137

Kando.……………………………………….3 (Innovation Lounge)

Kasco Marine.…………………………………………….309 & 408

Katronic…………………………………………………………1520

Kiewit……………………………………………………………2128

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.……………………1104 & 1106

KLP Construction Supply………………………………………2111

Komax Systems, Inc……………………………………………1346

Koppl Pipeline Services, Inc.……………………………………641

Krofta Technologies.…………………………………………….204

Kubota Membrane USA Corporation.………………………….841

Kurita (Tonka Water)……………………………………………1440

Kusters Water.………………………………………………….1729

Ladtech, Inc..……………………………………………………1409

Lakeside Equipment Corp.…………………………………….1432

Landia Inc.………………………………………………………1229

Landmark Structures…………………………………1306 & 1308

Liberty Pumps - Enginered Products…………………………1231

Lime Association of Texas………………………………………928

LJA.…………………………………………………….1947 & 1949

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc..……………………….1019

Lone Star Blower…………………………………………………819

Lonestar Municipal Equipment.……………………………….1749

Loprest, a division of WRT………………………………………720

Lovibond.………………………………………………………….421

M.E. Simpson Co., Inc..…………………………………………605

Macaulay Controls Company…………………………………1528

Madewell Products Corp.………………………………………1826

Magna Flow Environmental.………………….1041, 1043 & 1045 Maguire……………………………………………………………528

Mansfield Pumps.………………………………………………1829

MARS Company.……………………………………………….2005

Maslowski Controls, LLC.……………………………………….743

Master Meter, Inc..……………………………………………….430

Mastrrr……………………………………………………………1524

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McCain Waterworks Marketing.………………………………1404

McCarthy Building Company……………………………………419

McCrometer………………………………………………………902

McCrometer Hach Flow…………………………………………900

MCGARD.……………………………………………………….1904

McIntire Management Group.………………….…….1627 & 1629

McWane, Inc..…………….…………….341, 343, 345, 347 & 349

Mead & Hunt.…………………………………………………….443

Meurer Research Inc..…………………………………………1325

Midland Scientific, Inc.…………………………………………2312

Milford Companies.………………………………………440 & 442

Milton Roy Pumps………………………………………………1723

Mitsubishi Electric..…………………………………………….1832

Mixtec North America……………………………………………735

MLM Conveying Systems.…………………………………….1147

Moody Bros., Inc..………………………….…………….534 & 536

Mueller……………………1505, 1507, 1509, 1604, 1606 & 1608

Municipal Filtration Company LLC……………………………1920

Municipal Valve & Equipment Company.….431, 433, 435 & 437

Murray Energy Inc.………………………………………………806

Neel-Schaffer, Inc..…………………………………………….1006

NEFCO.………………………………………………………….1445

Neptune Technology Group, Inc..…………………………….1512

NETZSCH Pumps USA.……………………………………….1736

NewGen Stratigies and Solutions, LLC……………………….506

Newman Regency Group.…………………………………….1434

Newterra…………………………………………………………1645

Newterra.………………………………………………………….805

Nexom/EDI………………………………………………………1429

Next Turbo Americas.………………………………………….1936

Nicor Inc..…………………………………………………………700

North Water District Laboratory Services, Inc.………………1842

Northwest Pipe Company………………………………………936

Novinfra……………………………………………………………644

Novotx……………………………………………………………2313

NSF.……………………………………………………………….429

Nuove Energie.…………………………………………………1449

Nuvoda.……………………………………………………………807

Nuvonics…………………………………………………………1922

Odessa Pumps & Equipment.………………………………….713

Oldcastle Infrastructure…………………………………………313

Omicron Controls, Inc..………………………………………….445

Operational Technical Services LLC.……………….2315 & 2316

OR-TEC……………………………………………………………811

Orenco Systems, Inc.…………………………………2101 & 2200

Orthos Liquid Systems Inc.……………………………………1734

Ovivo Water.……………………………………2019, 2021 & 2023

Pape-Dawson Engineers, LLC………………………1941 & 1943

Park Process……………………………………………………1347

Parkson Corporation……………………………………………1720

Patterson Equipment Company………………………………1830

Pencco Inc..…………………………………………………….2006

Penn Valley Pump Company.……………………….1245 & 1247

Performance Services.………………………………………….407

Phoenix……………………………………………………………730

Phoenix Fabricators & Erectors, LLC.…………………………432

PICA Corp.………………………………………………………2206

Pierce Pump-FCX.…………………………….1506, 1508 & 1510

Pinnacle Industries.…………………………………………….1548

Pleasant Mount Welding, Inc. (PMWI)……………………….1930

TEXAS WATER 2024 EXHIBITORS

Plummer Associates, Inc.………………………………………1119

PLW Waterworks, LLC.………………………………………….423

PMC-STS, Inc.………………………………………………….1309

Poly Processing.………………………………………………….831

PowerSeal Pipeline………………………………………………329

PPG/Raven Lining Systems.……………………………………930

Precision Calibrate Meter Service……………………………1846

Preload, LLC.…………………………………………………….919

Prestige Worldwide Technologies LLC………………………2120

Primary Flow Signal, Inc..……………………………………….708

Prime Controls.…………………………………………………1010

Prime Resins.…………………………………………………….748

Process Control Dynamics, Inc..…………………604, 606 & 608

ProMinent Fluid Controls, Inc..……………………………….1518

Protectolite Composites Inc..………………………………….1934

Pulsco.…………………………………………………………….733

Pump Solutions, Inc .…………1709, 1710, 1712, 1713, 1808, 1809, 1811 & 1813

Pumps & Controls.……………………………………1541 & 1543

Pumps of Houston, Inc..……………………………………….1519

Purafil, Inc.………………………………………………………1435

Pureflow Filtration………………………………………………1732

Purifics.……………………………………………………………724

Quiddity Engineering.……………………………………………607

RACO MFG & Engineering, Co..………………………………808

Rangeline Group………………………………1400, 1607 & 1609

Rebuild-It.……………………………………………………….1425

Red Flint Sand and Gravel……………………………………1312

Reid Lifting………………………………………………………1442

REXA, Inc.………………………………………………………1324

RJN Group, Inc..…………………………………………918 & 920

RLG Consulting Engineers.…………………………………….741

Roberts Filter Group……………………………………………1928

Romac Industries, Inc.…………………………………………1311

Ron Perrin Water Technologies, Inc.…………………………2007

RootX.……………………………………………………………2118

Roto Pump………………………………………………………1448

S&B Technical Products…………………………………409 & 411

Sage Metering, Inc. / Sensidyne.…………………………….1526

SAK Construction, LLC…………………………………………125

SAM.………………………………………………………………213

SAMCO Leak Detection Services, Inc..……………………….319

SAMS by NJBSoft……………………………………………….746

Saveco.………………………………………………………….1342

Schnabel Engineering.……………………………….1641 & 1643

Schneider Electric.……………………………………….510 & 512

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Schwing Bioset Inc. / CB&I……………………………………1426

SciCorp International, Corp.……………………………………549

Sciphyn Inc..…………………………………………………….1142

Seaman Corporation.………………………………………….2009

Seepex, Inc..…………………………………………………….1330

SENTRY / MacroTech…………………………………………1443

Sepratech Corp.………………………………………………….545

SETH.…………………………………………………………….200

Shand & Jurs……………………………………………………1318

Shelter Works.……………………………………………………844

Sherwin Williams Co..………………………………………….1913

Siemens Industry Inc.……………………………………………804

Sigma Corporation.…………………………………………….1011

Signature Automation.………………………………………….2113

SIP Industries/Serampore………………………………………504

SippTech.…………………………………………………………548

Smith & Loveless Inc..………………………………..1418 & 1420

Smith Pump Company.……………………………….1235 & 1237

Southwest Fluid Products, Inc.…………………………………813

Specific Energy…………………………………………………1225

Specified Utility Associates……………………………………1935

SpectraShield Liner Systems…………………………………1905

Spectrum Water Technology……………………………………845

Spirac USA Inc.…………………………………………………2026

SPX Flow - Lightnin / PMS……………………………………1926

STA-CON INC……………………………………………321 & 323

Stan Roberts & Associates.…………………422, 424, 426 & 428 Stantec.…………………………………………………1110 & 1112

Star Pipe Products.…………………………………………….2110

Stenner Pump Company………………………………………1844

StormTrap…………………………………………………………508

Structural Technologies…………………………………………944

STV………………………………………………………………1513

Sulzer Pumps.………………………………………………….1823

Sundt Construction.…………………………………………….1907

Sunfish.………………………………………………………….1544

Supercover Composite Manhole Covers.……………………1243

Superior Tank Company Inc.……………………………………427

Sustainable Generation.……………………………………….2309

Swan Analytical USA.………………………………………….1909

Synagro Technologies, Inc..…………………………………….502

Syneco Systems, Inc..…………………………………………1408

Take Care of Texas - TCEQ.……………………………………609

Tank Builders Inc.………………………………………………2314

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Tank Industry Consultants………………………………………705

Tarsco Bolted Tank………………………………………………619

Techstar.…………………………………………….401, 402 & 500

Teledyne ISCO.………………………………………………….625

Tenoch Distribution LLC…………………………………………740

Tesco Controls……………………………………………………308

Tetra Tech.………………………………………………………1219

Texas Aquastore.…………………………………………………127

Texas AWWA.…………………………………………………….101

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality..……………….112

Texas Fluid Power Products……………………………621 & 623

Texas Municipal Equipment, LLC………………………105 & 107

Texas Tank Services.…………………………………1801 & 1802

Texas Underground Inc.….………………….205, 207, 304 & 306

Texas Water Development Board………………………………110

Thalle Construction Co., Inc..…………………………………2048

The Ford Meter Box Company.……………………………….1640

The Rios Group, Inc.……………………………………………1611

The Scruggs Company.……………………………………….1910

The Valve Agency, Inc. ……1840, 1841, 1843, 1845, 1940, 1942 & 1944

Thermal Process Systems.……………………………………1326

ThermoFisher.………………………………………………….2046

Thompson Pipe Group - Pressure.………….1501, 1600 & 1602

Thornton, Musso and Bellemin, Inc..………………………….333

Titan Enviromental.…………………………………………….1724

TNE Global.………………………………………………………719

TNEMEC - The Barry Group……………………………………436

Tomorrow Water.……………………….……………………….1927

Trenton Corporation……………………………………………1747

Trihedral VTScada………………………………………710 & 712

Trillium - WEMCO………………………………………………2031

Trinnex.………………………………………………………….1310

TrojanUV…………………………………………………………1437

TXWARN.…………………………………………………………100

U.S. Composite Pipe, Inc.………………………………………613

U.S. Pipe.………………………………………………2124 & 2126

U.S. Seal Mfg.……………………………………………………647

U.S. Underwater.……………………………………………….1305

UES.…………………………………………………………….1635

Ultraflote Corp.…………………………………………………1722

Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association…………………………………119

Unison Solutions.………………………………………………1924

United Blower, Inc..…………………………………………….1240

USABlueBook.………………………………………………….1633

USALCO…………………………………………………………2122

USEMCO.……………………………………………………….1819

USG Water Solutions……………………………………505 & 507

USP Technologies………………………………………………1835

UT Arlington, Environmental Training Institute.………………649

Utility Defender…………………………………………………2307

V&A Consulting Engineers………………………………………611

Vapex Environmental Technologies LLC.……………………1144

Vaughan Company, Inc..………………………………………1436

Vector Controls and Automation Group

………218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234 & 236

VeloDyne Systems.…………………………………………….1332

Veolia Water Technologies.………………………….1619 & 1718

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions………………………1340

Victaulic…………………………………2130, 2132, 2134 & 2136

Victaulic Bermad Technologies.………………………………1741

Vision Equipment.………………………………………………1145

Wachs Utility Products…………………………………………1007

Walker Partners.…………………………………………940 & 942

Water Environment Association of Texas.…………….102 & 104

WateReuse Texas………………………………………………2204

WEF……………………………………………………………….526

Weisinger Incorporated.……………………………………….2212

WesTech Engineering, Inc..…………………………………….834

Western Industrial Supply.………………………………121 & 123

Westlake Pipe & Fittings.……………………………………….219

Westwood Professional Services.…………………………….1411

Wey Valve.…………………………………………….1626 & 1628

Wharton-Smith, Inc..…………………………………………….635

Whipps, Inc..……………………………………………………2033

Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP……………………1700

Wigen / Primozone.…………………………………………….1421

Wilo USA LLC……………………………………………………327

Winters Instruments.…………………………………………….425

WSI International……………………………………………….1728

WWaterTech, Inc..……………………………………………….726

XIO, Inc..………………………………………………………….444

Xylem……………………………………518, 519, 520, 522 & 524

Xylem Treatment - Leopold/Wedeco.………………………….840

Xylem Treatment Sanitaire……………………………………1341

YSI - Xylem.………………………………………………530 & 532

Zenner……………………………………………………………1535

Zoeller……………………………………………………………1223

Zone Industries.…………………1545, 1547, 1549, 1646 & 1648

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TEXAS WATER 2024 PRESENTATION CONTACTS

Karla Abella

CDM Smith 12400 Coit Road, Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75251 abellak@cdmsmith.com

Hunter Adams

City of Wichita Falls/Water Purification 4801 Big Ed Neal Dr Wichita Falls, TX 76310 hunter.adams@wichitafallstx.gov

Priyanka Ali

Rice University 6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 pa26@rice.edu

Gregory Baier

City of Lubbock, Texas 406 Municipal Drive Lubbock, TX 79457 gbaier@mylubbock.us

Ryan Baker Arch Aerial LLC 3701 Yale Street Houston, TX 77018 rbaker@archaerial.com

Paul Banschbach Garver, LLC 500 W 7th Street Suite 803 Fort Worth, TX 76102 pmbanschbach@garverusa.com

Stacy Barna

CDM Smith Inc

8310-1 N Capital of Texas Hwy Suite 250 Austin, TX 78731 barnasl@cdmsmith.com

Paula Barrera

Civitas Engineering Group, Inc. 2000 W Sam Houston Parkway S Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77042 pbarrera@civitasengr.com

Justin Bartlett

Civitas Engineering Group, Inc. 2000 W Sam Houston Parkway S Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77042 jbartlett@civitasengr.com

Brent Bassett

City of Austin - Austin Water 10208 W Rutland Vlg Austin, TX 78758 brent.bassett@austintexas.gov

Cynthia Baughman

City of Garland 2343 Forest Lane Water Utilities Garland, TX 75042 cbaughman@garlandtx.gov

Susana Blauser

Brown and Caldwell 10777 Westheimer Rd Suite 975, Houston, TX 77042 sblauser@brwncald.com

Patrick Brown

Stantec Consulting Services 910 Louisiana Suite 2600 Houston, TX 77002 pat.brown@stantec.com

Victoria Burbridge

Kimley-Horn 801 Cherry St, Suite 1300 Fort Worth, TX 76102 victoria.burbridge@kimley-horn.com

Don Burger

Tetra Tech, Inc. 711 Navarro St Suite 560 San Antonio, TX 78205 don.burger@tetratech.com

Karen Burgi Black & Veatch Corporation 4600 S Syracuse St #800 Denver, CO 80237 burgikc@bv.com

Bo Cao

Jacobs Engineering, Inc 818 Town and Country Boulevard Houston, TX 77024 bo.cao@jacobs.com

Chris Callahan

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 10431 Morado Circle Suite 300 Austin, TX 78759 chris.callahan@freese.com

Joel Camann

Tetra Tech, Inc. 1500 Citywest Blvd Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77042 joel.camann@tetratech.com

Amy Campbell Stantec 6080 Tennyson Pkwy Suite 200 Plano, TX 75024 amy.campbell@stantec.com

Aliza Caraballo NTMWD

505 E. Brown Street Wylie, TX 75098 acaraballo@ntmwd.com

Ava Cares

City of Galveston Water Depart. 3015 Market Street Galveston, TX 77550 acares@galvestontx.gov

Darpan Chorghe

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 12770 Merit Drive Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75251 darpan.chorghe@freese.com

Zaid Chowdhury

Garver

1620 W. Fountainhead Pkwy Ste 503 Tempe, AZ 85282 zkchowdhury@garverusa.com

Dylan Christenson

Garver

12141 Wickchester Ln Ste 200 Houston, TX 77079 dcchristenson@garverusa.com

Dan Christian Tetra Tech 3497 Coolidge Road East Lansing, MI 48823 dan.christian@tetratech.com

Howard Christian

City of Richmond 600 Morton Street Richmond, TX 77469 hchristian@richmondtx.gov

Dave Christiansen

Freese & Nichols, Inc. 10431 Morado Circle Suite 300 Austin, TX 78759 david.christiansen@freese.com

Anita Cobb

Mead & Hunt, Inc 2605 Port Lansing Road Lansing, MI 48906 anita.cobb@meadhunt.com

Macayla Coleman

TCEQ

12100 Park 35 Circle MC148 Austin, TX 78753 macayla.coleman@tceq.texas.gov

Nicole Conner

Kennedy Jenks 777 Main Street Suite 600 Fort Worth, TX 76012 nicoleconner@kennedyjenks.com

Colleen Cook

TCEQ 12100 Park 35 Circle Austin, TX 78753 colleen.cook@tceq.texas.gov

Bo Copeland Hazen and Sawyer 1600 West 7th St. Suite 402 Fort Worth, TX 76102 bcopeland@hazenandsawyer.com

Kitt Crabb

San Jacinto River Authority 1577 Dam Site Road Conroe, TX 77304 kcrabb@sjra.net

Erika Crespo Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

12100 Park 35 Circle Austin, TX 78753 erika.crespo@tceq.texas.gov

Chandler Crouch

Garver

6001 Median Rd Austin, TX 78734 gccrouch@garverusa.com

Anton Dapcic

Carollo Engineers

14785 Preston Road STE 500 Dallas, TX 75254 adapcic@carollo.com

Hayden DeLay

HDR

17111 Preston Rd Ste 300 Dallas, TX 75248 hayden.delay@hdrinc.com

Viraj deSilva

Freese & Nichols

1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 100 Tampa, FL 33602 viraj.desilva@freese.com

Tara Delagarza

Burns & McDonnell

6200 Bridge Point Pkwy Ste 400 Austin, TX 78730 tldelagarza@burnsmcd.com

Jimmy Didehbani

City of Grapevine

501 Shady Brook Drive Grapevine, TX 76051

Preston Dillard

Halff Associates, Inc. 2601 Meacham Blvd. Suite 600 Fort Worth, TX 76137 pdillard@halff.com

Tram Doan

San Antonio Water System 2800 US Hwy 281 North San Antonio, TX 78212 tram.doan@saws.org

Eric Dole

Garver LLC 5251 E DTC Parkway Ste 420 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 ejdole@garverusa.com

Troy Dorman

Halff Associates 100 N.E. Loop 410 Suite 200 San Antonio, TX 78216 tdorman@halff.com

Leon Downing Black & Veatch 2915 Rutland Ave Des Moines, IA 50311 downingl@bv.com

David Dunn HDR 4401 West Gate Blvd Suite 400 Austin, TX 78745 david.dunn@hdrinc.com

Dedra Ecklund Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. 100 I-45 North, Suite 450 Conroe, TX 77301 daecklund@lan-inc.com

Tom Entsminger STV 13809 Research Blvd. Ste 300 Austin, TX 78750 tom.entsminger@stvinc.com

Jeff Evans VASS Solutions, LLC. 1351 W Altgeld St Unit 1H Chicago, IL 60614 jeff.evans@vasssolutions.com

Angie Flores

Raftelis Financial Consultants 3755 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Ste. 290 Austin, TX 78704 aflores@raftelis.com

Hillary Fontenot

Burns & McDonnell 1956 Alston Ave Fort Worth, TX 76110 hillarymholmes@gmail.com

Patrick Forrest

Irving Water Utilities 333 Valley View Lane Irving, TX 75061 pforrest@cityofirving.org

Steve Frost Carollo Engineers 14755 Preston Rd Ste. 500 Dallas, TX 75254 sfrost@carollo.com

Nima Ghahremani Grundfos CBS Inc. 14411 Locke Lane Houston, TX 77077 nghahremani@grundfos.com

Ana Garcia

Hazen and Sawyer 1100 NW Loop 410 Ste 700-773 San Antonio, TX 78213 agarcia@hazenandsawyer.com

Victor Garcia

City of Dallas 1500 Marilla St, 2AN Dallas, TX 75201 victor.garcia@dallas.gov

Coby Gee

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 10431 Morado Circle Bldg V, Ste. 300 Austin, TX 78759 coby.gee@freese.com

Russell Gibson

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 801 Cherry Street Suite 2800 Fort Worth, TX 76109 rlg@freese.com

Aurora Gonzales

Kennedy Jenks Consultants 7000 North Mopac Expy, Ste 200 Austin, TX 78731 auroragonzales@kennedyjenks.com

Lilliana Gonzalez

San Antonio Water System 2800 US Hwy 281 North San Antonio, TX 78212 lilliana.gonzalez@saws.org

Jana Gray

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority 2225 E. Common St New Braunfels, TX 78130 jgray@gbra.org

Freddie Guerra

GHD Digital 720 Castle Creek Drive Coppell, TX 75019 freddie.guerra@ghd.com

Jesse Guerra Plummer Assoiciates 12500 San Pedro Ave Ste 410 San Antonio, TX 78216 jguerra@plummer.com

Michael Hagen

Freese and Nichols Inc. 12770 Merit Drive Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75251 mike.hagen@freese.com

Steven Hand

Carollo Engineers 14755 Preston Rd Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75254 shand@carollo.com

Scott Hardy

Hazen and Sawyer 1600 West 7th St Ste 402 Fort Worth, TX 76001 shardy@hazenandsawyer.com

Hasibul Hasan Garverusa 1115 Enclave Houston, TX 77077 hhasan@garverusa.com

Louis Herrin

TCEQ 12100 Park 35 Circle Austin, TX 78753 louis.herrin@tceq.texas.gov

TEXAS WATER 2024 PRESENTATION CONTACTS

Laura Higgins

TCEQ 12015 Park 35 Circle Austin, TX 78758 laura.higgins@tceq.texas.gov

John Himanen

HDR 17111 Preston Rd Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75248 john.himanen@hdrinc.com

Tania Ho

Trinity River Authority of Texas 5300 S Collins Arlington, TX 76018 hotm@trinityra.org

Bill Hoffman HW (Bill) Hoffman & Associates, LLC 523 Christopher’s Cove Lockhart, TX 78644 billhoffmantx@earthlink.net

Robert Hoffman

HDR 17111 Preston Rd Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75248 robert.hoffman@hdrinc.com

Wayne Hofmann

Wade Trim, Inc. 3575 Lone Star Cir. Suite 410 Fort Worth, TX 76177 whofmann@wadetrim.com

Marielle Hollstein

CDM Smith 11490 Westheimer Rd Suite 700 Houston, TX 77077 hollsteinms@cdm.com

Isaac Huacuja Garver

1906 East Tyler Avenue Suite D Harlingen, TX 78550 ihuacuja@garverusa.com

Keisuke Ikehata

Texas State University 601 University Dr. Ingram School of Engineering San Marcos, TX 78666 kikehata@txstate.edu

David Jackson Freese & Nichols Inc 801 Cherry Street Suite 2800 Fort Worth, TX 76102 drj@freese.com

Matthew Jalbert

Trinity River Authority of Texas 5300 S. Collins Street Arlington, TX 76018 jalbertm@trinityra.org

Tasie Kade

Carollo Engineers 14755 Preston Road Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75254 tkade@carollo.com

Jeff Kanyuch

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1100 NE Circle Blvd Corvallis, OR 97330 jeff.kanyuch@jacobs.com

Sarah Ko CDM Smith Inc 75 State Street Suite 701 Boston, MA 02109 kosy@cdmsmith.com

Eric Kong

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 9601 McAllister Fwy Suite 1008 San Antonio, TX 78216 eric.kong@freese.com

Seth Kramer

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 seth.kramer@tceq.texas.gov

William Kuehne

Ardurra 3115 Allen Parkway, Suite 300, Houston, TX 77019 wkuehne@ardurra.com

Erik Kunkel City of Austin erik.kunkel@austintexas.gov

Alexander Kuzovkov Black & Veatch Corporation 4009 Banister Ln Ste 412 Austin, TX 78704 kuzovkova@bv.com

Daniel Lamas

Austin Water 625 E 10th St Austin, TX 78701 daniel.lamas@austintexas.gov

Nick Landes Freese & Nichols, Inc. 801 Cherry Street Suite 2800 Fort Worth, TX 76102 nclandes@gmail.com

Elizabeth Lara Garver USA 13750 San Pedro Ave Ste 350 san antonio, TX 78232 eslara@garverusa.com

Mike Larsen

Structural Technologies, LLC 110 vz County Road 4405 Ben Wheeler, TX 75754 mlarsen@structuraltec.com

Lisa Lattu

Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. San Marcos, TX lklattu@lan-inc.com

Alicia Lee

City of Dallas 1500 Marilla St #2AN Dallas, TX 75201 alicia.lee@dallas.gov

Heather Lindner

HDR 613 NW Loop 410 Suite 700 San Antonio, TX 78216 heather.lindner@hdrinc.com

Spencer Lindsay

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 12770 Meritt Drive Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75251 spencer.lindsay@freese.com

Amanda Liu

CDM Smith 11490 Westheimer Rd, Ste 700 Houston, TX 77077 liuah@cdmsmith.com

Charlie Liu

Kennedy Jenks Consultants 275 Battery Street Suite 550 San Francisco, CA 94111 charlieliu@kennedyjenks.com

Daniela Lopez

RJN Group, Inc. 14755 Preston Rd Suite 710 Dallas, TX 75254 daniela.lopez@rjnmail.com

Nick Lowe

AECOM

13640 Briarwick Drive Suite 200 Austin, TX 78729 nick.lowe@aecom.com

Dave MacNevin

CDM Smith

12400 Coit Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75251 macnevinde@cdmsmith.com

Noe Martinez

Austin Water

911 Battle Bend Blvd, #314 Austin, Texas, TX 78745 noe.martinez2@austintexas.gov

Chris Mason

Black & Veatch 14100 San Pedro Ave, Ste 570 San Antonio, TX 78232 masonce@bv.com

Alicia Mata

Hazen

1000 N Ashley Dr Suite 1000 Tampa, FL 33602 amata@hazenandsawyer.com

Rosa Marie Mathiasen

Danish Water Technology Alliance 2800 Post Oak Blvd. Suite 1910 Houston, TX 77056 rosmat@um.dk

Mark Mathis

Texas Water Development Board 1700 North Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 mark.mathis@twdb.texas.gov

Samir Mathur

CDM Smith 801 Cherry St Unit 33, Ste 1820 Fort Worth, TX 76102 mathurss@cdmsmith.com

Autumn McNeill

CDM Smith

2100 Riveredge Pkwy Ste 1250 Atlanta, GA 30329 mcneillam@cdmsmith.com

Trevor McProud

CDM Smith 75 State Street Boston, MA 02109 mcproudtc@cdmsmith.com

Varenya Mehta

Civitas Engineering Group 2000 West Sam Houston Parkway S Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77042 vmehta@civitasengr.com

Sam Meisner

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 12770 Merit Drive Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75251 sam@freese.com

Karen Menard

Trinity River Authority 5300 S. Collins St. Arlington, TX 76018 menardke@trinityra.org

Brandt Miller

Hazen and Sawyer 8150 North Central Expy Ste 700 Dallas, TX 75206 bmiller@hazenandsawyer.com

Valerie Miller Olsson 5700 Tennyson Pkwy 101 Plano, TX 75024 vmiller@olsson.com

Alan Moon

Quiddity Engineering 3100 Alvin Devane Blvd Ste 150 Austin, TX 78741 amoon@quiddity.com

Heather Morriss

Brown and Caldwell 10777 Westheimer Rd #975 Houston, TX 77042 hmorriss@brwncald.com

Patrick Moseley Plummer

1320 S. University Dr, Ste 300 Fort Worth, TX 76107 ntoussaint@plummer.com

Michael Mosier

Arlington Water Utilities

101 W. Abram St. Mail Stop 01-0200 Arlington, TX 76010 michael.mosier@arlingtontx.gov

Jenny Beth Murray Plummer 1320 S. Univesity Dr., Ste. 300 Fort Worth, TX 76107 jmurray@plummer.com

Pradeep Nagarajan GHD 2500 Clean Water Ct, Bldg A, Ste 301 Buford, GA 30519 pradeep.nagarajan@ghd.com

Julie Nahrgang

WEAT | TACWA 4908 Menchaca Rd Austin, TX 78745 julie@weat.org

David Naranjo

Trinity River Authority of Texas 5300 South Collins Arlington, TX 76018 naranjodl@trinityra.org

James Nash

Black & Veatch Corporation 920 Memorial City Way Suite 600 Houston, TX 77024 nashje@bv.com

Lilian Nguyen City of Houston / NEWPP 12550 Waterworks way Humble, TX 77396 lilian.nguyen@houstontx.gov

Tristan Nickel RJN Group Inc. 12160 Abrams Road Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75243-4523 tnickel@rjnmail.com

Rafael Ortega

Aurora Technical Services 2121 Sage Rd, Suite 150 Houston, TX 77056 rortega7@auroratechservices.com

Vibhuti Pandey

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1999 Bryan St Ste 3600 Dallas, TX 75201 vibhuti.pandey@jacobs.com

Daniel Parish

City of Denton 9401 Lake Ray Roberts Dam Rd Aubrey, TX 76227 daniel.parish@cityofdenton.com

Wade Parks

Garver

12141 Wickchester Ln Ste 200 Houston, TX 77079 wpparks@garverusa.com

Sheryl Parsons

Mead and Hunt, Inc. 4401 Eastport Park Way Port Orange, FL 32127 sheryl.parsons@meadhunt.com

Thomas Paulmann

Hazen and Sawyer 1600 West 7th St Ste 402 Fort Worth, TX 76102 tpaulmann@hazenandsawyer.com

Mark Perkins

Mead & Hunt 6001 Interstate 20 West, Ste 219 Arlington, TX 76017 mark.perkins@meadhunt.com

Michael Persyn

K Friese + Associates

40 NE Loop 410, Suite 545 Sa Antonio, TX 78216 mpersyn@kfriese.com

Randy Petersen

San Jacinto River Authority 1577 Dam Site Road Conroe, TX 77304 rpetersen@sjra.net

Anna Polanco-Ramos

San Antonio Water Systems 3610 Valley Rd San Antonio, TX 78221 arpolanco@saws.org

Richard J Pope

Hazen and Sawyer 8150 N Central Expry Ste 700 Dallas, TX 75206 rpope@hazenandsawyer.com

Brandon Pritchett

City of Pflugerville P.O. Box 589 Pflugerville, TX 78691 brandonp@pflugervilletx.gov

Swaroop Puchalapalli STV Inc 1820 Regal Row #200 Dallas, TX 75235 swaroop.puchalapalli@stvinc.com

Fazle Rabbi

City of Houston 611 Walker Houston, TX 77002 fazle.rabbi@houstontx.gov

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TEXAS WATER 2024 PRESENTATION CONTACTS

Arifur Rahman

Jacobs

1999 Bryan St. Suite 3500 Dallas, TX 75201 arifur.rahman@jacobs.com

Ishita Rahman

Freese & Nichols Inc.

11200 Broadway St Ste 2320 Pearland, TX 77584-9786 ishita.rahman@freese.com

Kunal Raithatha

Burns and Mcdonell

617 W 7th Street Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 91601 kraithatha@burnsmcd.com

Mackrena Ramos

Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. 2925 Briarpark Dr Ste 400 Houston, TX 77042 mlramos@lan-inc.com

Marco Ramos

San Antonio Water System 3495 Valley Rd San Antonio, TX 78221 marco.ramos@saws.org

Eric Redmond

Black & Veatch 2915 Rutland Ave Des Moines, IA 50311 redmonde@bv.com

Nohemi Rey

Brown and Caldwell

1200 Golden Key Cir #430 El Paso, TX 79925 nrey@brwncald.com

Kennedy Reyes

Garver

12141 Wickchester Ln, Suite 200 houston, TX 77079 kareyes@garverusa.com

David Rivera

Freese and Nichols, Inc 5805 Main Street, Suite B Frisco, TX 75034 david.rivera@freese.com

Amy Robinson

CDM Smith 801 Cherry St Unit 33, Ste 1820 Fort Worth, TX 76102 robinsonar@cdmsmith.com

Sarah Robinson

US Water Alliance 350 Medford Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80921 srobinson@uswateralliance.org

Lance Rothe SAWS - Distribution and Collection 3930 East Houston St. San Antonio, TX 78220 lance.rothe@saws.org

Caitlin Ruff Black & Veatch 5420 LBJ Freeway Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75240 ruffc2@bv.com

Kendall Ryan

Freese and Nichols, Inc. 9601 McAllister Frwy Ste 1008 San Antonio, TX 78216 kendall.ryan@freese.com

Marie Samson marie.samson@kiewit.com

Keval Satra

HR Green Inc. 11011 Richmond Ave Ste 200 Houston, TX 77042 ksatra@hrgreen.com

Ikram Sayed Garver 3010 Gaylord Pkwy Suite 190 Frisco, TX 75034 ijsayed@garverusa.com

Roger Scharf

Jacobs 12750 Merit Dr Ste 1100 Dallas, TX 75251 roger.scharf@jacobs.com

David Schroeder

Tarrant Regional Water District 808 East Northside Drive Fort Worth, TX 76107 david.schroeder@trwd.com

Archana Sharma

Mead & Hunt 6001 Interstate 20 Frontage Rd Arlington, TX 76017 archana.sharma@meadhunt.com

Kristi Shaw HDR Engineering, Inc. 4401 West Gate Blvd Suite 400 Austin, TX 78745 kristi.shaw@hdrinc.com

Douglas Sherman Corrosion Probe, Inc. 29321 S. Plum Creek Dr Spring, TX 77386 shermand@cpiengineering.com

Fernie Silva

Brown and Caldwell 1200 Golden Key Circle Suite 430 El Paso, TX 79925 fsilva@brwncald.com

Emily Simonson

US Water Alliance 1342 W Randolph St #2D Chicago, IL 60607 esimonson@uswateralliance.org

Marcela Sion

Hazen and Sawyer Barton Oaks Plaza III, 901 Mopac Expressway South Suite 305 Austin, TX 78746 msion@hazenandsawyer.com

Shyam Sivaprasad Stantec 1102 S Abel St, Apt 219 Milpitas, CA 95035 shyam.sivaprasad@stantec.com

Alicia Smiley Black & Veatch 4009 Banister Ln Austin, TX 78704 asmiley@smu.edu

Corey Smith

Civitas Engineering Group

2000 West Sam Houston Parkway South Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77042 csmith@civitasengr.com

Grace Sober

Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. 263 Steeplebrook Spring Branch, TX 78070 gdsober@lan-inc.com

Jeffrey Sober

Garver

500 West 7th Street Suite 803 Fort Worth, TX 76102 jlsober@garverusa.com

Eric Spargimino

CDM Smith

670 N. Commercial St Manchester, NH 03101 spargiminoem@cdmsmith.com

Susan Spore

Brown and Caldwell 1920 McKinney Ave #700 Dallas, TX 75204 sspore@brwncald.com

David Stanley STV, Inc. 505 Padon Street Longview, TX 75601 david.stanley@stvinc.com

Donna Starling

Irving Water Utilities 3508 Veronica Drive Flower Mound, TX 75022 dstarling@cityofirving.org

Robert Starnes

Brazos River Authority 4600 Cobbs Drive Waco, TX 76710 robert.starnes@brazos.org

Donna Stephens

Tarrant Regional Water District 800 E. Northside Drive Fort Worth, TX 76102 donna.stephens@trwd.com

Nicole Stephens Stantec

6080 Tennyson Pkwy Suite 200 Plano, TX 75024 nicole.stephens@stantec.com

Jacey Stewart

City of Georgetown 142 Sierra Rose Loop Georgetown, TX 78626 jacey.stewart@georgetown.org

Trey Stewart

Austin Water 3500 West 35th St Austin, TX 78703 donald.stewart@austintexas.gov

Samantha Stoughtenger Branson

Gulf Coast Water Authority 4243 Emmett F. Lowry Expy Texas City, TX 77591-2629 sstoughtenger@gcwater.org

Dan Strub

Austin Water PO Box 1088 Austin, TX 78767

dan.strub@austintexas.gov

Stephanie Sue

Austin Water 625 E 10th St. Suite 300 Austin, TX 78702 stephanie.sue@austintexas.gov

Molly Sullivan

American Water Works Association 6666 W. Quincy Ave. Denver, CO 80235 msullivan@awwa.org

Yue Sun Ardurra 3115 Allen Parkway, Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77019 ysun@ardurra.com

Brendt Thompson Badger Meter, Inc. 4545 W. Brown Deer Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53224 bthompson@badgermeter.com

Charan Tej Tanneru Tetra Tech, Inc 1500 City West Blvd Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77042 charan.tanneru@tetratech.com

Diana Qing Tao Tetra Tech 711 Navarro St Ste. 560 San Antonio, TX 78205 dianaqing.tao@tetratech.com

Riley Teague Garver 500 W 7th Street Suite 803 Fort Worth, TX 76102 rkteague@garverusa.com

Matthew Thomas Xylem Inc. 733 Forest Lane Dr Conroe, TX 77302 matthew.thomas@xylem.com

Nick Toussaint Plummer 1221 Auraria Parkway Denver, CO 80204 ntoussaint@plummer.com

Martin Tower

Austin Water 625 E. 10th St Suite 701 Austin, TX 78701 martin.tower@austintexas.gov

Gabriel Trejo Arcadis 300 South Pearl Expy Ste 650 Dallas, TX 75201 gabe.trejo@arcadis.com

Satish Tripathi City of Houston 611 Walker Houston, TX 77002 satish.tripathi@houstontx.gov

Jeff VanVoorhis

Mead & Hunt 6737 West Washington St, Ste 3500 Milwaukee, WI 53214 jeff.vanvoorhis@meadhunt.com

Marisa Vergara STV, Inc. 12500 San Pedro Dr., Suite 450 San Antonio, TX 78216 marisa.vergara@stvinc.com

Amanda Voss

Trinity River Authority of Texas 5300 South Collins Arlington, TX 76018 vossaf@trinityra.org

Daniel Wilson

Kiewit 4901 Big Trail Circle Austin, TX 78759 daniel.wilson2@kiewit.com

Steven Walden

Steven Walden Consulting 13130 Bayfield Dr Austin, TX 78727 stevenwalden@sbcglobal.net

Simon Watson Black & Veatch 5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75240 watsonsl@bv.com

Michael Watts

Garver 2500 Clean Water Court Buford, GA 30338 mjwatts@garverusa.com

Adam Willard

New Braunfels Utilities 355 FM 306 New Braunfels, TX 78130 awillard@nbutexas.com

Stuart Williams

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. 260 East Davis Street Suite 100 McKinney, TX 75069 stuart.williams@kimley-horn.com

Roger Williamson

Mbroh Engineering, Inc. 13601 Preston Road Suite 900W Dallas, TX 75240 rwilliamson@mbroh.com

Randall Wirtz

Strand Associates, Inc. 1906 Niebuhr Street Brenham, TX 77833 randy.wirtz@strand.com

WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS

WEF 2023-2024 Officers

President: Aimeé R. Killeen

President Elect: Howard Carter

Vice President: Keith L. Hobson

Treasurer: Christine Volkay-Hilditch

Past President: Ifetayo Venner

Secretary & Interim Executive Direc-

tor: Wm. Patrick (Pat) Nichols

Water Environment Association of Texas Staff

Executive Director

Julie Nahrgang

Water Environment Association of Texas 4908 Menchaca Rd Austin TX 78745 512-693-0060 julie@weat.org

Association Manager Alondra Hernandez alondra@weat.org

Membership Analyst

Claudia Bradley claudia@weat.org

Operations Coordinator

Matias Pasch matias@weat.org

WEAT Officers, Directors and Management Review Committee Members

President Kristin O’Neill Brown and Caldwell koneill1@brwncald.com

President-Elect

Dylan Christenson Garver dcchristenson@garverusa.com

Vice President

Alissa Lockett

San Antonio Water Systen alockett@saws.org

Past President & Junior WEF Delegate

Matt Jalbert

Trinity River Authority jalbertm@trinityra.org

Secretary

Allison Hage

Freese and Nichols allison.hage@freese.com

Treasurer

Brianna Morales Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions bri.morales@veolia.com

Deputy Treasurer

Jennie Almerico 5engineering jennie@5engineering.com

Historian

David Briggs CDM Smith briggsdc@cdmsmith.com

Senior WEF Delegate

Kyle Kubista

Kimley-Horn kyle.kubista@kimley-horn.com

Senior WEF Delegate (outgoing)

Leigh Thomas

HR Green leigh.thomas@hrgreen.com

Professional Wastewater Operator Representative

David Garza

McAllen Public Utility dgarza@mcallen.net

Member At Large

Connie Curtis

San Jacinto River Authority ccurtis@sjra.net

Parliamentarian Nathan Vassar

Lloyd Gosselink nvassar@lglawfirm.com

Young Professional Representative Justin Halter Ardurra jhalter@ardurra.com

Section Engagement Chair

Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com

Section Representatives

Panhandle Vacant

Lubbock

Brian Beach Plummer bbeach@plummer.com

North Texas Kaylee Waldo Upper Trinity Regional Water District kwaldo@utrwd.com

Northeast Texas

Scott Baggett City of Longview sbaggett@longviewtexas.gov

El Paso

Eric Dubrule El Paso Water edubrule@epwater.org

Midland/Odessa

Aurora Gonzales Kennedy Jenks auroragonzales@kennedyjenks.com

Abilene/San Angelo Vacant

Central Texas Chris Pasch Plummer cpasch@plummer.com

Southeast Texas Pavani Silaparasetty GHD pavani.silaparasetty@ghd.com

Beaumont/Port Arthur Vacant

San Antonio

Ron Emmons Garcia Infrastructure Consultants remmons@gicstx.com

Coastal Bend Daisy Fuentes City of Corpus Christi daisyf@cctexas.com

Bryan/College Station

Jennifer Nations City of College Station jnations@cstx.gov

Meg Pierce-Walsh Plummer mpierce-walsh@plummer.com

Middle Rio Grande Ignacio Hinojosa Ardurra ihinojosa@ardurra.com

Rio Grande Valley

Carlos Gonzalez McAllen Public Utility cagonzalez@mcallen.net

Port Lavaca Vacant

Waco Vacant

Wichita Falls Vacant

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Knowledge Committee Chairs

Asset Management

John D’Antoni Black & Veatch dantonijm@bv.com

Jeff Masek AECOM jeff.masek@aecom.com

Biosolids Management Matthew Berg Jacobs matt.berg@jacobs.com

Caitlin Ruff Black & Veatch ruffc2@bv.com

Noe Martinez

Austin Water noe.martinez2@austintexas.gov

Collections Systems

Derek Schwanke Garver dtschwanke@garverusa.com

Raghavender Nednur

Houston Public Works raghavender.nednur@houstontx.gov

Construction

Lars Erickson McCarthy Building Companies lerickson@mccarthy.com

Craig West Victaulic craig.west@victaulic.com

Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls Sahar Saffar Ardurra ssaffar@ardurra.com

Sean McMillan Quiddity semcmillan@quiddity.com

Industrial

Jonathan Sandhu Gulf Coast Authority jsandhu@gcatx.org

Tres Koenings Plummer tkoenings@plummer.com

Laboratory

Trinity O’Neal Austin Water trinity.oneal@austintexas.gov

Jennifer Whitaker Trinity River Authority whitakerj@trinityra.org

Manufacturers & Reps

Joju Abraham Global WET jabraham@globalwet.com

Municipal Resource Recovery Design Nicholas Landes Freese and Nichols nick.landes@freese.com

Samir Mathur CDM Smith mathurss@cdmsmith.com

Nutrient Management

Peter Reale Plummer preale@plummer.com

Chris Pasch Plummer cpasch@plummer.com

Odor & Corrosion Management Suparna Suvasish Mukhopadhyay Plummer smukhopadhyay@plummer.com

Troy Najar Environmental Group Southwest troy@egsw.us

Operations and Maintenance

Darrell Poore Dallas Water Utility darrell.poore@dallas.gov

Fritz Hurst

Dallas Water Utility fritz.hurst@dallas.gov

Raudel Juarez

Trinity River Authority juarezr@trinityra.org

Pretreatment

Joseph Fielding

Trinity River Authority fieldingjk@trinityra.org

Heather Goins Mead & Hunt heather.goins@meadhunt.com

Safety, Cyber and Infrastructure Security

Denney Howard LAN drhoward@lan-inc.com

Robert Warren

Trinity River Authority warrenrc@trinityra.org

Stormwater/Watershed Management

Gian Villarreal Seagull PME gvillarreal@seagullpme.com

Kim Chanslor CDM Smith chanslorkm@cdmsmith.com

Ben Fuentes

Kennedy Jenks benfuentes@kennedyjenks.com

Utility Management

Dan Olson Garver dnolson@garverusa.com

Shannon Dunne City of Fort Worth shannon.dunne@fortworthtexas.gov

Water Reuse

Quentin Geile Plummer qgeile@plummer.com

Megan Thomas Epic Cleantec megan@epiccleantec.com

Delivery Committee Chairs

Advanced Operator Training Rami Issa AECOM rami.issa@aecom.com

Chris Young Plummer cyoung@plummer.com

John Bennett

Trinity River Authority bennettj@trinityra.org

Awards

Kim Chanslor CDM Smith chanslorkm@cdmsmith.com

Randy Bush STV randy.bush@stvinc.com

Operations Challenge

Jeff Sober Garver jlsober@garverusa.com

John Bennett

Trinity River Authority bennettj@trinityra.org

Philanthropy

Chris Varnon CDM Smith varnonck@cdmsmith.com

Scholarship

Carol Serna Stantec carol.serna@stantec.com

Small Systems

Andrew McBride

Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation amcbride@seguintexas.gov

Kevin Patel Signature Automation knpatel@sig-auto.com

Workforce Development

Justin Rackley Garver jarackley@garverusa.com

Dylan Christenson Garver dcchristenson@garverusa.com

Utility Funding Ad-Hoc

Stacy Barna CDM Smith barnasl@cdmsmith.com

Stakeholders Committee Chairs

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Ana Peña-Tijerina Plummer apena-tijerina@plummer.com

Tanya Miro

Kimley-Horn tanya.miro@kimley-horn.com

Aurora Gonzales Kennedy Jenks auroragonzales@kennedyjenks.com

Government Affairs

Heather Cooke Austin Water heather.cooke@austintexas.gov

Nathan Vassar

Lloyd Gosselink nvassar@lglawfirm.com

Phillip Goodwin Houston Public Works phillip.goodwin@houstontx.gov

International

Hector Montanez Houston Public Works hector.montanez@houstontx.gov

Pedro Munive Houston Public Works pedro.munive@houstontx.gov

Public Communication & Outreach Nyla Langford Signature Automation nblangford@sig-auto.com

Archana Sharma Mead & Hunt archana.sharma@meadhunt.com

Student Sections

Caitlin Ruff Black & Veatch ruffc2@bv.com

Sam Jagtap HDR samruddhi.jagtap@hdrinc.com

WEAT PAST PRESIDENTS

The presiding officer was known as a Chairman of a Section from 19281961 and as President since 1962.

Chairman, Sewage Division, Texas Section, Southwest Water Works Association

1928-1931 W.S. Mahlie

1932-1933 Edgar Whedbee

1934-1936 W.S. Mahlie

1937 W.S. Stanley

1938-1943 R.M. Dixon

Chairman, Sewage Division, Texas Water Works and Sewage Short School

1944 E.J.M. Berg

1945 E.M. Dixo

1946 L.C. Billings

1947 J.H. Sorrels

Chair, Sewage and Industrial Waste Section Texas Water and Sewage Works Association

1951 C.H. Connell

1952 A.H. Ullrich

1953 A.C. Bryan

1954 K.E. Mills

1955 W.S. Mahlie

1956 Glen A. Doty

1957 John F. Conlon

1958 Roger Moehlman

1959 T.L. Satterwhite

1960 Cecil Williams

1961 John P. Wold

President, Texas Water Pollution Control Association

1962 W. N. Wells

1963 Robert L. Nichols

1964 S.A. Garza

1965 Harry O. Henkel

1966 M.T. Garrett

1967 Jack Huppert

1968 S.O. Brady

1969 James D. Gof

1970 David G. Chase

1971 Ronald D. Sadow

1972 Curtis E. Johnson

1973 James E. Laughlin

1974 Albert Breaaux

1975 Joe Malina

Student Design Competition Daniel Roberts Ardurra droberts@ardurra.com

Tori Haugvoll Black & Veatch haugvollt@bv.com

Texas Water University Forum

Kayleigh Millerick Texas Tech University kayleigh.millerick@ttu.edu

Management Committee Chairs Membership

Heather Wootton Kimley-Horn heather.wootton@kimley-horn.com

Connie Curtis San Jacinto River Authority ccurtis@sjra.net

Section Engagement

Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com

1976 Tom Koederitz

1977 W.W. Wright

1978 D.M. Cochran

1979 Joe P. Teller

1980 P. D. Parks

1981 Robert R. Bustamante

1982 Glen Longley

1983 Marshall Haney

1984 Sharon M. D’orsie

1985 Jim Taaffe

1986 Bert Bates

1987 Bob Derrington

1988 John Cook

1989 Richard Smullen, Jr.

1990 Robert McMillon

1991 Carol Batterton

President, Water Environment Association of Texas

1992 Alice Megna

1993 Gordon Koblitz

1994 Stephen Jenkins

1995 Joe King II

1996 Rhonda Harris

1997 Martha Martin

1998

Ron Mayo

1999 Patty Cleveland

2000 Clyde Burnett

2001 Mary Evans

2002 Jim Joyce

2003 Ron Sieger

2004 Ray Longoria

2005 Richard Eason

2006 Paul Roach

2007 Raj Bhattarai

2008 Brad Castleberry

2009 Betty Jordan

2010 Jody Zabolio

2011 David Briggs

2012 John Bennett

2013 Curtis Smalley

2014 Steve Coonan

2015 Jenna Covington

2016 David Jackson

2017 Jeff Sober

2018 Leigh Cerda

2019 Heather Cooke

2020 Rick Hidalgo

2021 Jeff Caffey

2022 Matt Jalbert

2023 Kristin O’Neill

Jeff Haby San Antonio Water System jeff.haby@saws.org

Connie Curtis San Jacinto River Authority ccurtis@sjra.net

Strategic Planning Dylan Christenson Garver dcchristenson@garverusa.com

Nominating

Matt Jalbert Trinity River Authority jalbertm@trinityra.org

Committee Leadership Council Matt Jalbert Trinity River Authority jalbertm@trinityra.org

Jeff Caffey Plummer jcaffey@plummer.com

Allison Hage Freese and Nichols allison.hage@freese.com

TEXAS SECTION AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amy Middleton, Chair Plummer Associates, Inc. amiddleton@plummer.com

Karen Menard, Chair-Elect Trinity River Authority menardke@trinityra.org

Marisa Vergara, Vice-Chair STV marisa.vergara@stvinc.com

Andrew Molly, Past Chair City of Corpus Christi drewm@cctexas.com

Daniel Nix, AWWA Director Texas AWWA danielnix.wf@gmail.com

Elston Johnson, AWWA Director Elston Johnson and Associates elston@ejohnsonconsulting.com

Mike Howe, Executive Director/ Secretary Treasurer Texas AWWA PO Box 80150 Austin, TX 78708 512-238-9292 txawwa@gmail.com

Daniel Nix, Incoming Executive Director Texas AWWA danielnix.wf@gmail.com

Central Texas Region Trustee

Anne Hoskins Freese and Nichols, Inc. anne.hoskins@freese.com

Deputy Trustee

Christina Burleson City of Waco christinab@wacotx.gov

Central West Texas Region Trustee

Jordan Hibbs eHt

jordan.hibbs@e-ht.com

Deputy Trustee Colden Rich eHt colden.rich@e-ht.com

Coastal Bend Region Trustee

Crystal Ybanez City of Corpus Christi crystaly@cctexas.com

Deputy Trustee

Dhruv Deshmukh Freese & Nichols dhruv.deshmukh@freese.com

East Texas Region Trustee

Kate Dietz City of Tyler kdietz@tylertexas.com

Deputy Trustee

Nichol (Nikki) Ingram City of Tyler ningram@tylertexas.com

High Plains Region Trustee

Doug Swartz Lubbock Christian University doug.swartz@lcu.edu

Deputy Trustee Open

North Central Texas Region Trustee

Katie Livas HDR katie.livas@hdrinc.com

Deputy Trustee

Stefanie Massey AECOM

stefanie.massey@aecom.com

Permian Basin Region Trustee Atzuko Reveles Arcadis atzuko.reveles@arcadis.com

Deputy Trustee

Adriana Castillo El Paso Water acastillo@epwater.org

Rio Grande Valley Region Trustee Javier Santiago McAllen Public Utility info@tawwa.org

Deputy Trustee Gerardo Gracia Sharyland WSC ggracia@sharylandwater.com

South Central Texas Region Trustee

Rikki Anderson Plummer randerson@plummer.com

Deputy Trustee

Lance Rothe San Antonio Water System lance.rothe@saws.org

Southeast Texas Region Trustee

Lindsey Reid Freese and Nichols, Inc. lindsey.reid@freese.com

Deputy Trustee

Chris Campbell Binkley & Barfield, Inc. clc@binkleybarfield.com

Councils and Divisions

Manufacturers/Associates Council

Jennifer Elms Odyssey Engineering Group jelms@odysseyeg.com

Water Utility Council

Dan Crowley San Antonio Water System dan.crowley@saws.org

Water Utility Council: Legislative Committee

Heather Cooke Austin Water Utility heather.cooke@austintexas.gov

Distribution Division Jaime Kypuros Tetra Tech jaime.kypuros@tetratech.com

Education Division Christianne Castleberry Chair Castleberry Engineering & Consulting c.castleberry@castleberryengineering.com

Shae Luther, Collaborations Texas Water Development Board shae.luther@twdb.texas.gov

Gabe Trejo, Competitions Arcadis gabe.trejo@arcadis.com

Karen Menard, Consumer Outreach Trinity River Authority menardke@trinityra.org

Greg Wukasch, K-12+ Education San Antonio Water System greg.wukasch@saws.org

Mark Southard, Membership City of Wichita Falls mark.southard@wichitafallstx.gov

Madeline Kull, Value of Water CDM Smith kullm@cdmsmith.com

Engineering and Construction Division Andre Garces Plummer agarces@plummer.com

Management Division

Dean Sharp Sharp Consulting Services dean@deansharpconsulting.com

R. Brent Locke Bistone MWSD bistonewater@nctv.com

Management Division: Rates and Charges Committee Phillip Givens Superior Water Management phillipgivens@live.com

Regulatory Agencies Division Michele Risko Texas Commission on Environmental Quality michele.risko@tceq.texas.gov

Small Systems Steven Walden, Chair Steve Walden Consulting stevenwalden@sbcglobal.net

Katie Livas, Community Engineering Corps HDR katie.livas@hdrinc.com

Hannah Leppla, Technical Assistance Plummer hleppla@plummer.com

Stacy Barna, Training & Education Coordination CDM Smith barnasl@cdmsmith.com

Elston Johnson, AWWA Small Systems Division Elston Johnson and Associates elston@ejohnsonconsulting.com

Water Conservation and Reuse Division Jessica Woods, Chair City of Round Rock jwoods@roundrocktexas.gov

Robert Stefani, Alternative Water Supplies Austin Water robert.stefani@austintexas.gov

Daniel Nix, Business/Industrial Water Texas AWWA danielnix.wf@gmail.com

Jennifer Nations, Conservation City of College Station jnations@cstx.gov

Bryce Canady, Reuse Murfee Engineering Company, Inc. bcanady@murfee.com

Water Quality and Technology Division Varenya Mehta Civitas Engineering Group vmehta@civitasengr.com

Water Resources Division Spandana Tummuri Jacobs span.tummuri@jacobs.com

Water Science and Research Division Charles Maddox, Chair cmaddox@austin.rr.com

Hunter Adams, Laboratory City of Wichita Falls hunter.adams@wichitafallstx.gov

Committees

Agricultural Water Daniel Nix Texas AWWA danielnix.wf@gmail.com

Awards

Sally Wright City of Dallas sally.wright@dallascityhall.com

Bylaws Review

Andrew Molly City of Corpus Christi drewm@cctexas.com

Customer Service Crystal Ramsey Benbrook Water Authority cramsey@benbrookwater.com

Diversity and Inclusion

Dedra Ecklund Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc. daecklund@lan-inc.com

International Relations

Javier Santiago

Javier Santiago WWater Tech jsantiago@wwatertechinc.com

Joint Conference Oversight

Karen Menard Trinity River Authority menardke@trinityra.org

Local Arrangements

Mary Gugliuzza Fort Worth Water mary.gugliuzza@fortworthtexas.gov

Lone Star Leaders & Nominating Andrew Molly City of Corpus Christi drewm@cctexas.com

Membership

Donna Howe, Chair Travis County MUD No. 19 donna.margo.howe@gmail.com

Ann Peche, Co-Chair San Antonio Water System ann.peche@saws.org

Mentoring

Ishita Rahman Freese and Nichols ishita.rahman@freese.com

Program (Annual Conference)

Marisa Vergara STV marisa.vergara@stvinc.com

Public Information/Publications

Vanassa Joseph Trinity River Authority of Texas josephv@trinityra.org

Regional Activities

John Logan Hazen and Sawyer jlogan@hazenandsawyer.com

Resiliency & Cyber Security

Doug Short Trinity River Authority of Texas shortd@trinityra.org

Scholarship

Yongki Shim KIT Professionals, Inc yshim@kitprofs.com

Water For People

Alison Musil, Co-Chair Arcadis alison.musil@arcadis.com

Imaya Farrell, Co-Chair Plummer ifarrell@plummer.com

Workforce

Irazema Rojas El Paso Water Utilities isrojas@epwu.org

Young Professionals

Michael McBee Freese and Nichols michael.mcbee@freese.com

TAWWA PAST DIRECTORS

Year Director Conference City

1971 Atlee Cunningham San Antonio

1972-75

1975-78

1979-80

1980-81

1981-84

1984-87

1987-90

1990-93

1993-96

1996-99

1999-2002

2002-2005

2005-2008

2008-2011

2011-2014

2014-2017

2017-2020

2019-2022

2020-2023

2022-2024

Robert P. Van Dyke San Antonio

Richard G. Toler Fort Worth

John H. Stacha Dallas

Robert P. Van Dyke Baton Rouge

John Kubala Corpus Christi

Phil Kosub Little Rock

Michael D. Meadows Fort Worth

Glen A. Doty Houston

Kay Kutchins Amarillo

Randy Goss Austin

Katie McCain Fort Worth

Jeannie Wiginton San Antonio

Glenda Dunn Arlington

Charles Anderson San Antonio

Charlie Maddox Fort Worth

Dave Scholler Dallas

Bill R. Smith Austin

Jennifer Elms Houston

Bruce Curtis Fort Worth/Virtual

Daniel Nix San Antonio

TAWWA PAST CHAIRS

Year Chair Conference City

1971-72

1972-73

1973-74

1974-75

1975-76

1976-77

1977-78

1978-79

1979-80

1980-81

1981-82

1982-83

1983-84

1984-85

1985-86

1986-87

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

1992-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022-2023

Richard G. Toler Hot Springs

John Kubala El Paso

John H. Stacha Tulsa

Charles K. Foster Fort Worth

Gordon H. Smith San Antonio

George O. Muller Houston

Otis Goldman Little Rock

Ralph Hardy Dallas

Albert Breaux Baton Rouge

Phil Kosub Corpus Christi

Michael K. Tubbs Oklahoma City

Bill Healer San Antonio

Tom Tiner Little Rock

Mike Meadows Galveston

Glen A. Doty New Orleans

James Bailey Fort Worth

Kay Kutchins Tulsa

Dennis L. Allen Arlington

John B. Lowe Little Rock

Lee C. Bradley Houston

Lowell Roberts Galveston

Jack A. Renfro Amarillo

Randy J. Goss Corpus Christi

Ronny Hyde Austin

Larry W. Webb Arlington

Eduardo Garaña Galveston

Katie McCain Fort Worth

Bill Riley Dallas

Gary Smith Houston

Jeannie Wiginton San Antonio

Charles Anderson Corpus Christ

Glenda Dunn Arlington

Bill Smith Galveston

Dean Sharp Austin

Charles Maddox Fort Worth

Shay Ralls Roalson San Antonio

John Burke Galveston

Mari-Garza Bird Corpus Christi

Richard Talley Fort Worth

Dave Scholler San Antonio

Brent Locke Galveston

Christianne Castleberry Dallas

Alissa Lockett Corpus Christi

Jennifer Elms Fort Worth

Daniel Nix Austin

Bruce Curtis San Antonio

Ron Tamada Houston

Elston Johnson Fort Worth/Virtual

Melissa Bryant Austin/Virtual

Drew Molly San Antonio

Drew Molly Houston

BADGES

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