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Session 1: Ohio River Valley Consent Decree Overview
Session 2: Public Participation & Notification
Session 3: Pump Station and Force Main Solutions
Session 4: Louisville's Consent Decree Challenges
Session 5: Private Property Programs - Real World
Lessons
Session 6: Improving Operations and
Maintenance
Session 7: EPA Region 4 Regulatory
Review
Session 8: Challenges and
Rehabilitation
Session 9: I/I Reduction - Show Me the
Leak!
Session 10: Inspiring Modeling
Options
Session 11: Planning Pays Off
Session 12: Infrastructure Risk Assessment and
Management
MSD Greater
Cincinnati’s Wet Weather Consent Decree
Martin Umberg, Metropolitan
Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati; Philip Gray, XCG Consultants Inc.
Watershed Planning to Improve Water Quality in Northern Kentucky and
Comply with a Consent Decree
Jim Turner, James P. Gibson, Jr.,
Brandon Vatter, Sanitation District No. 1; Sean Fitzgerald, Hazen and Sawyer,
P.C.; Geoffrey M. Grant, AECOM Water, John T. Lyons, Strand Associates; Adrienne
D. Nemura, LimnoTech; Dante Zettler, Malclom Pirnie, Inc.
Lexington Consent Decree - A Unique Enforcement Action (SSO and MS4
Violations)
Charles H. Martin, Lexington Fayette Urban County
Government
Update on Fort Wayne's Consent Decree
Matthew A. Wirtz,
Justin Brugger, City of Fort Wayne
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Effectiveness of Progressive I/I Reduction in the Woodhaven Community
in the Region of Halton
Christine Hill, XCG Consultants, Ltd.; Ilija
Stetic, John Duong, Regional Municipality of Halton
Indianapolis Clean Stream Team Public Participation
Update
Mark C. Jacob, DLZ Indiana, LLC.
WIB Prevention Program Provides Innovative Solutions to Inadequate
Sewer Capacity
Thomas Fronk, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater
Cincinnati; Clifford A. Shrive, Stantec Consulting
Coordinating Regional Efforts to Protect Valuable Assets: Working
Cooperatively with Satellite Municipalities
Debra Jensen, Thomas
Simmons, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Managing a Consent Order Process thorugh Public
Participation
Tracy Schubert, 3 Rivers Wet Weather
Effective Emergency Communications in Natural and Human-Generated
disasters: Results of a Recently Released WERF Study
Thomas D.
Rockaway, David M. Simpson, Joshua A. Rivard, University of Louisville
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Suffolk, VA Develops Effective Process for Measuring and Analyzing
Pump Station Flows Discharging Into Manifold Pressure Mains
Craig
Ziesemer, City of Suffolk; Shelly Frie, John Bergin, Dan Holloway, Peter Keefe,
Eric Nice, Ed Snyder, CH2M HILL
Solutions of Air Valve Breakages Caused by Hydraulic Transients in
Pinellas County's Wastewater Force Main System
Guohua Li;
Christopher C. Baggett, John H. Horvath, Jones Edmunds & Associates, Inc.;
Mike Englemann, William H. Gill, Pinellas County Utilities
Control of Transient Induced Contaminant Leakage and Infiltration by
Implementation of Air Valves
Naftali Zloczower, A.R.I. Flow Control
Accessories
How to Troubleshoot an Underperforming Pump Station
Derek
L. Morin, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.
Asset Management and Nondestructive Evaluation of Force Mains in New
York City
Anil Agrawal, Krish Ramalingam, A. Kawaguchi, The City
College of the City University of New York; Stella Rozelman, Frank Kulscar,
Najib Farooqi, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
A "Swiss Army Knife" Approach: Condition Based Assessment of a South
Florida Sewage Force Main
Neal D. Stubblefield, Jordan, Jones &
Goulding; Henry Glaus, Mock-Roos & Associates; Cameron White, Pressure Pipe
Inspection Company; Robert Morrison, Jason Consultants Group LLC; Brian Shields,
Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department
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Sewer Modeling Program Development in Support of a Consent
Decree
Justin Gray, Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer
District; Susan Bahng, O’Brien & Gere; Anthony Marconi, URS
Effective Integration of Geen Infrastructure into CSO Control
Planning
Brian Bingham, Louisville & Jefferson County MSD;
Stephanie Marchi, Strand Associates, Inc.; Gary Swanson, CH2M HILL
Building Community Support through Effective Stakeholder
Engagement
Angela Akridge, Louisville & Jefferson County
Metropolitan Sewer District; Rob Greenwood, Ross & Associates Environmental
Consulting, Ltd.
Final CSO LTCP Project Selection Process
Gary J.Swanson,
CH2M Hill; Timothy W. Kraus, Phillip R. Scott, O'Brien & Gere
Louisville Consent Decree 2009: Pulling it All
Together
Brian Bingham, Angela Akridge, Louisville & Jefferson
County Metropolitan Sewer District
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Grabbing the Low-Hanging Fruit: Completing a Private Property
Infiltration and Inflow Reduction Program For Half Price
Paul B.
David, City of Prichard; Paul G. Maron, Strand Associates, Inc.
What Site Characteristics Explain Variability Of Peak Footing Drain
Flows?
Oskar Nordstrom, Jay Zawacki, CDM Michigan, Inc.; Anne
Warrow, City of Ann Arbor; Ben Sherman, CDM Michigan, Inc.
Expanding the Use of a Hydraulic Software Package: The Development of
an Interceptor Odor Predictive Model
Lisa Tamura, Mark Smith, HDR
Engineering
Private Sewer Lateral Inspection and Maintenance Practices in
California
Heidi G. Oriol, David R. Williams, East Bay Municipal
Utility District
More Testing in the Private Property I/I Investigation Saves Money in
the Rehab Process-City of Westlake, Ohio
Scott E. Belz, Constantine
Kontos, URS Corporation; James J. Smolik, Robert P. Kelly, City of Westlake,
Ohio
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Reducing Collection System Blockages through Maintenance and
Management
Gene Michael, City of Pueblo
Implementing New Design Standards and Field Measurements for Air
Jumper Design
Alberto Acevedo, Mandy Taylor, Orange County
Sanitation District; Steve Deering, Ryan Fane, Dudek
Construction and Start-Up of a High-Rate Wet Weather Treatment
Facility in Nashua, New Hampshire
Gregory R Heath, Metcalf &
Eddy, Inc.; Jeanne G. Walker, City of Nashua; Robert B. Adams, Michael
Hedetniemi, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.
Evaluation of Acoustic Technologies for the Inspection of Wastewater
Force Mains
Henry R. Derr, Brown and Caldwell; Phillip Hubbard,
Hampton Roads Sanitation District
The Continuous Improvement Team: Applying Best Management Practices
through Employee Ownership
David Molnar, Darryl Gibson, City of
Colombus; Catherine Eichel, Brown and Caldwell
New Construction Verification by Measurement of Ovality and
Deflection with 3-D LADAR
Scott M. Thayer, Redzone Robotics, Inc.;
Wayne Brown, Compliance EnviroSystems, LLC; Michael Hallmark, City of
Georgetown, TX
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Capital Cost Savings Using Passive Controls in Atlanta's Utoy Creek
Basin
Bill Pisano, MWH Americas, Inc.; Sharon Matthews, City of
Atlanta; Sandy Gray, Elise Stoney, MWH Americas, Inc.
Hillsboro County, Florida MOM Self-Assessment Results in EPA Region 4
Administratvie Order on Consent
Pamela Marlowe-Greene, Hillsborough
County; Jane McLamarrah, Bill Sukenik, MWH Americas, Inc.
The Impact of Region 4 Collection Systems Rules and Regulations on a
Mid-Size Utility
George Martin, Greenwood Metro District
Small City Consent Judgments
William R. Scalf, Jr, City
of Frankfort
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Accepting The Challenges Of A “Difficult And Risky” Trunk Sewer
Rehabiltiation Project
Eric Granholm, CDM; James J. Paluch, JMEUC;
Robert A. Pennington, CDM
Challenges of Rehabilitating Pressure Sewers
Michael
Krosnosky, Kelly Odell, Patrick Anderson, Michels Corporation
Targeting Low Cost and Value-Added Rehabilitation of Large Diameter
Sewers
John Morgan, City of Indianapolis; John Trypus, Spencer
Fairfax, Black & Veatch Corporation; Eric Haenlein, M.D. Wessler &
Associates, Inc.
Design-Build Project Delivery for Sewer System
Rehabilitation
Barbara Melcher, CDM
Sanitary Sewer Overflows: Big Prevention in a Small
Footprint
Christopher J. Tippery, Craig Schuenemann, Pei-Chih
Chiang, Thomas J. Nejedlo, AECOM
Rehabilitation of a 1960s-Era Sanitary Lift Station
David
E. Mizell, Jon A. Kremer, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. Inc.; David
Moss, Paragould Light Water & Cable
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Simple Method for
Estimating I/I Using Treatment Plant Flow Monitoring Reports - A Self Help Tool
for Operators
George E. Kurz, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon,
Inc.; Brett Ward, Municipal Technical Advisory Services; Greg A. Ballard,
Nashville, Metro Water Services
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Determine Excessive
I/I Performance Metrics for Consent Decree Compliance Using Creative
Benchmarking Application
Adamaris Quiñones, Juan C. Pérez, Javier
Colignon, PRASA; Alejandro Doble, Reggie Rowe, Peter Keefe, CH2M HILL
Lexington, KY - Continuous Flow and Groundwater Metering with Remote
Sensing to Monitor Sanitary Sewer Surcharging
Tony Bischoff,
Hydromax USA; Charlie Martin, Rod Chervus, Lexington Fayette Urban County
Government (LFUCG); George Woolwine, HDR Engineering, Inc.
70%
Infiltration in a Sanitary Sewer! Impossible!
John Barton, Limei
Yang, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.; Hunter Kelly, City of Columbus,
Ohio
Method to Verify I/I Reduction to Obtain Moratorium
Relief
George E. Kurz, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc.;
Kevin Colvett, City of Brentwood, Tennessee
I/I Investigation and Recommeded Repairs to Collection
System Reduces WWTP Expansion Capacity Requirements
Angela Martin,
Kevin White, RJN Group, Inc.
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Planning Ahead to Predict Groundwater Impacts on a Massive CSO
Control Project
John Trypus, Black & Veatch Corporation; B.
Masbaum, John Oakley, City of Indianapolis; Kris Hahn, Black & Veatch
Corporation
Model Coaching to Create a Collection System Model
Andrew
Fugal, Brown and Caldwell; Ben Fyock, Robert Shay, Pima County Regional
Wastewater Reclamation Department
CSOnet: An Innovative Solution for the Real Time Monitoring and
Control of Combined Sewer Systems
Timothy P. Ruggaber, EmNet
A mix of solutions for the Middle Blue River Combined Sanitary
Sewer System, Kansas City, MO Water Services
Department
Michael F. Lorenzo, Mark Seip, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Gated Cross Correlation Velocity - A Breakthrough Technology for
Wastewater Flow Management
Paul S. Mitchell, Patrick L. Stevens, ADS
Environmental Services
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Combined Sewer Overflow Conveyance and Storage with Electrical Power
Transmission
Vicki Sironen, Brian Hemphill, Grover Jones, HDR
Engineering, Inc.
Sanitation District No. 1 Implements Innovative and Aggressive
Continuous Sewer System Assessment Program
Brandon Vatter,
Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky; Sean FitzGerald, Hazen &
Sawyer, P.C.
Investigation and Design for Harbor Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A -
Sewage Conveyance System, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region
Keith Tsang, Alex Kwan, Metcalf & Eddy Ltd of Maunsell
AECOM
Development of a Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan for
the City of Omaha, Nebraska
Thomas Heinemann, Patricia Nelson, CH2M
HILL; Scott Aurit, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Marty Grate, Jim Theiler, City of
Omaha
Sustainable Benefits for the Blue River South Sanitary Sewer
System
Michael F. Lorenzo, Mark Seip, HDR Engineering, Inc.
Ten Basins, Eight Cities, Twenty-Eight Consultants, One Client: How
the City of Omaha Developed and Analyzed Control Alternatives to Develop a Long
Term Control Plan
Scott Aurit, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Tom Heinemann,
CH2M HILL; Roger Coffey, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Jim Theiler, City of
Omaha
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Louisville MSD Integrates Sewer Pipe Probability of Failure and
Consequences of Failure to Guide their Continuing Sewer System Assessment
Program
John Loechle, Julia Muller, Justin Gray, Louisville MSD;
Reggie Rowe, Vani Kathula, CH2M HILL
Developing Risk-Based Spending Programs for Pump
Stations
Corinne De Leon, Seattle Public Utilities; Scott Anschell,
BIS Consulting, LLC
Large-Diameter Sewer Condition Assessment: Columbus’ Program
Development and Early Cost-Saving Results
Nicholas Domenick, City of
Columbus; Jennifer Myers, Eric Dunn, Darrin Holtrey, Brown and Caldwell
Developing a Comprehensive Risk Management Strategy for a
Community-Focused Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control
Plan
Scott Aurit, Lee Baker, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Tom Heinemann,
Steve Hunt, CH2M HILL; Jim Theiler, City of Omaha
City of
Baltimore Outfall and Outfall Relief Sewer Condition
Assessment
Wazir Qadri, City of Baltimore; Adam Slifko, RedZone
Robotics, Inc.; Travis Wagner, Brown and Caldwell
Monitoring CSO Frequency While Saving Money and Reducing Regulatory
Risk
John J. LaGorga, Joseph H. Dodd, Stearns & Wheler
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