MWEA's 94th Annual Conference
Technical Presentations*
June 23^rd - June 26^th, 2019
Boyne Mountain Resort - Boyne Falls, MI

• President's Welcome - Greg Kacvinsky, OHM Advisors
• WEF Address - Tom Kunetz, WEF
• Michigan Water Resource Utility of the Future - Initiative Update - Peter Cavagnaro, and Brian Hannon, Moore & Bruggink, Inc.
• EGLE Update - Liesl Clark, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy 
• One Artist Five Oceans: A 20-year quest to Capture All the World's Oceans - Danielle Eubank

SESSION 1A: Collection Systems  (Monday, June 24^th, 2019)

• Application of Real-Time Market-Based Control Algorithm Decreases Combined Sewer Overflows in Portion of Great Lakes Water Authority - Wendy Barrott, Great Lakes Water Authority, Gregory Ewing, University of Michigan
• Being a Beer Hero to Achieve Net Zero - Alexandria Burtt, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.Charles Schroeder, City of Grand Rapids
• In Lines Storage Solution - Brad Gurski, SCCMUAMark Prein, Prein & Newhof

SESSION 1B: Stormwater (Monday, June 25^th, 2018)

• Creating a Comprehensive Green Infrastructure Maintenance Program: Costs, Strategy & Designs - Catie Wytychak, Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner's Office
• Clinton River Corridor Restoration - Prasad Gullapalli, Hubbell, Roth & Clark
• Protecting Our Future through Stormwater Utility Fees - Nancy Russell, OHM Advisors, Erica Morgan, OHM Advisors
• The Role of Green Infrastructure in Flood Mitigation in the City of Detroit - Jamie Steis Thorsby, Healthy Urban Waters- Wayne State University

SESSION 1C: Hot Topics (Monday, June 24^th, 2019)

• Community Resiliency Planning through a Watershed Lens - Nathan Campeau, Barr Engineering
• Addressing PFAS in a Municipal POTW from a Local, Watershed and State Perspective - Tim Sikma, City of Wixom, Karyn Stickel, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Anne Tavalire, Michigan Department of Environment, Great, Lakes & Energy, Matt Delaney, Suez
• What it Takes to Innovate: Interactive Panel & Discussion -  Mike Lunn, Primodal US Inc., Evangelina Belia, Primodal, Inc, Julian Sandino, Jacobs, Tom Kunetz, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

SESSION 2A: Process (Tuesday, June 25^th, 2019)

• ARTP- the Most Efficient and Reliable Secondary Treatment Plant for Bio-P Removal in North America - Joe Georgen, GCDCWWS, Joh Kang, Water & Energy Advisors, LLC
• Integration of the First Phase of Process Improvements for the East Lansing Water Resource Recovery Facility - Peter Daukss, Tetra Tech, Brent Bode, Tetra Tech
• Understanding Design Standards and Codes for Biogas Systems - Regina Hanson, Varec Biogas
•  Change is in the Air: Wyoming Clean Water Plant Biofilter and Odor Control Improvements- Joshua Redner, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber
• Using Metabolic and Physical Selectors to Densify Activated Sludge - Alyssa Mayer, Hazen and Sawyer
• Clarifying Settling Tank Capacity - 2D and 3D CFD Applications for Primary and Secondary Clarifiers - William Martin, Hazen and Sawyer

SESSION 2B: Watershed (Tuesday, June 25^th, 2019)

• Tools and Projects for Reducing Nutrient Loading in the Western Lake Erie Basin - Ruth Kline-Robach, Michigan State University
• Five Mile Creek Restoration (Following a Dam Failure) - Stu Kogge, GEI Consultants, Inc
• Doing More Than the MS4! - Prasad Gullapalli, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Sandra Diorka, Delhi Charter Township
• Developing a Stormwater Control Measure Sizing Credit for the Infiltration Improvements Attributable to Plants - Scott Dierks, GEI Consultants, Inc
• Phytoremediation: One Tree at a Time - Michelle Post, Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., Tonya Lewandowski, Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc.
• Biosolids and Air Deposition as Sources of PFAS Groundwater Contamination - Adam Janzen, Barr Engineering Company

SESSION 2C: Watershed (Tuesday, June 25^th, 2019)

• Critical Mass - Operating at Less than Firm Capacity and Pushing Processes to Their Limit - Jared Buzo, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Michael Daniels, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner
• Primary Clarifier Rehabilitation: A Case Study - TJ Bates, Donohue & Associates
• Reducing the Costs for WWTP Digester Cleanouts - Jesus Rodriguez, JWC Environmental
• Utility of the Future, The Continued Journey at St Cloud, MN - Nathan Cassity, Donohue & Associates
• Water Quality Based Effluent Limits - Matt Staron, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy, Amanda Bosak, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy
• We Made a Cake, Now What? - Daniel Miller, Jones and Henry Engineers

SESSION 3A: Utility Optimization (Tuesday, June 25^th, 2019)

• Getting the Best ROI from Your GIS - Jim Miller, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Erv Suida, City of Howell
• Grand Rapids - Update on Projects and Accomplishments - William Kaiser, City of Grand Rapids WRRF
• Sustainable? What Can My Data Tell Me? - Tim Kruse, Eramosa, Andy Biddle, City of Saginaw
• Impact of Efficient Polymer Activation on Improving Sludge Thickening and Dewatering - Yong Kim, UGSI Solutions, Inc.
• Application of Process Modeling and Detailed Wastewater Characterization to Identify WRRF Optimization Opportunities. - Glen Daigger, University of Michigan, Wendy Barrott, Great Lakes Water Authority

SESSION 3B: Treatment Considerations (Tuesday, June 25^th, 2019)

• Progressive Design-Build Utilizing SRF Funding City of Hudson- Wastewater System Improvements - David Harvey, Fleis & VandenBrink
• Biosolids Facility Planning: One Approach, Three Communities - Christine Isaguirre, Donohue & Associates
• Flow Capacity vs. Treatment Capacity: Changing One Without the Other? - Ben Whitehead, Black & Veatch
• Trust, but Verify: Performance of Online TSS Probes during Abnormal Plant Operation - Emily Miner, City of Grand Rapids WRRF, Evangelina Belia, Primodal US Inc.

CLOSING SESSION: Treatment Considerations (Wednesday, June 26^th, 2019)

• Incoming President's Welcome and Address - Jennifer Wagner, Hamlett Environmental Technologies
• News from the Field - Steve Aiken, Duperon
• Student Stewardship Action to Monitor and Improve Water Quality - Holly Hereau, Thurston High School
• Water & Policy in Michigan - Mike Compagnoni, Midwest Strategy Group
• Paddle With Purpose, 86 Days on the Missouri - Gary & Linda DeKock