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29th Annual

Region 8

Pretreatment

Association

Conference

Bismarck, North Dakota

2019

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Region 8 Pretreatment

Association

29th Annual Conference

Bismarck, North Dakota

April 30-May 2, 2019

Contents:

R8PA Voting Members

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Conference Schedule 4

Wednesday Networking Activities 5

Conference Agenda 6 - 12

Presenters and Contact Info. 14

Session Abstracts

Presenter Biographies

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Sponsors 39

Thank you!!!

A big thank you to the voting members, presenters, sponsors, vendors and the attendees of the Workshop for making this another great year for the Region 8 Pretreatment Workshop.

For those that would like to be involved in next year’s Workshop, please e-mail [email protected]. If possible, plan on attending the planning meeting on Wednesday night May 1, 2019; time and location to be determined.

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R8PA Voting Members 2018-2019

Chair Spencer Parkinson South Valley Water, UT [email protected] [email protected]

Vice Chair Chris Scott Security Water & Sanit. Dist., CO [email protected]

Secretary Nancie Hineline Parker Water & Sewer, CO [email protected]

Treasurer Adam Butterfield Jordan Basin WRF, UT [email protected]

Colorado Member at Large

Carolyn Winfrey Colorado Springs Utilities [email protected]

Montana Member at Large Vacant

North Dakota Member at Large

Bill Gefroh City of Bismarck, ND [email protected]

South Dakota Member at Large

Leah Harris City of Rapid City, SD [email protected]

Utah Member at Large

Brad Jones Logan City, UT [email protected]

Wyoming Member at Large

Vicki Dowdy Cheyenne BOPU, WY [email protected]

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Workshop Schedule Monday, April 29, 2019

Time Event

4:00 - 5:30 PM Early Registration

6:00 - 12:00 AM Networking

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

6:45 - 7:45 AM Breakfast Provided by R8PA

7:00 - 7:45 AM Registration

8:00 - 10:00 AM Technical Session

10:00 - 10:15 AM Break

10:15 - 12:00 PM Technical Session

12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch Provided by R8PA


3:00 - 3:15 PM Break



Wednesday, May 1, 2019



10:00 - 10:15 AM Break


12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch on your own

1:00 - 5:00 PM

6:00 - 12:00 AM

Networking Activities

Networking

Thursday, May 2, 2019



10:00 - 10:15 AM Break


12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch Provided by R8PA


3:00 - 3:15 PM Break



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NETWORKING ACTIVITIES

Tours-

Microbrewery Tour-

Meet at the Lobby on Wednesday at 6PM

Rides sponsored by AE2S

Tour the

Bobcat Factory, MVTL Laboratories, &

Bismarck WWTP-

Meet in the lobby on Wednesday at 1PM

Tour Lunch provided by

MVTL

BIKE RIDE-

Coordinate time and meeting place with Al Garcia

HOSPITALITY SUITE-

OPEN MONDAY-

THURSDAY NIGHTS 6PM-12AM

DRINKS &

HORS’DEVOURS PROVIDED

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Region 8 Pretreatment Association 29th Annual Workshop Bismarck, North Dakota

April 30-May 2, 2019 Agenda

Monday PM

4:30 — 6:00 PM Early Registration

Tuesday AM

7:00 - 7:45 AM Registration

8:00 AM

Logistics, Introductions and General Information

Spencer Parkinson,

R8PA Chairman

8:10 AM Opening Speaker Steve Bakken,

Mayor of Bismarck

8:20 AM City of Bismarck

Award Presentations

Bill Gefroh, City of

Bismarck

8:40 AM State Updates State Coordinators

9:00 AM EPA Update Al Garcia, EPA Region 8

9:30 AM Brewery

Wastewater & Pretreatment

Scott Schafer,

AE2S

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM

Wastewater Pretreatment

Device and Design Options

Susanna Littell, Littell

Consulting

Creating Video’s and Lessons

Learned Dealing with Millennials

11:00 AM John Grosse, Goldstreet

Designs

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Region 8 Pretreatment Association

29th Annual Workshop Bismarck, North Dakota


Tuesday PM

Noon Lunch

1:30 PM Vendor Introductions

1:45 PM History of Interceptors

Ken Loucks, IW Consulting

2:30 PM Fracking Water Disposal

Jeff Roerick, ND DoH

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Legislative Happenings Cynthia Finley, NACWA

4:15 PM Region 8 Nutrient Regulatory Update

Scott Schafer, AE2S

Wednesday AM—

Local Limits

8:00 AM

Local Limits Calculations Part 1 of 2

(bring a laptop)

Jared Oldroyd & Stuart Withers

JWO Engineering

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM


(bring a laptop)

Jared Oldroyd & Stuart Withers

JWO Engineering


1:00 PM MVTL, Bobcat Factory, and

Bismarck WWTP Tour

6:00 PM Microbrewery Tour

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Region 8 Pretreatment Association 29th Annual Workshop Bismarck, North Dakota


Wednesday AM—

Pretreatment Miscellaneous

8:00 AM Reading & Citing the

Code of Federal Regulations

Spencer Parkinson, SVWRF

9:00 AM How All Grease Interceptors Work

Ken Loucks, IW Consulting

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM Public Outreach Dean Woehl,

City of Bismarck

11:00 AM

Industrial User Inventory & Dental Rule

Implementation Discussion

Sarah Leavitt, Utah DWQ &

Al Garcia, EPA Region

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Wednesday AM—

Pretreatment 101

8:00 AM

Part 1 of 4 Essential

Pretreatment Program Knowledge

Adam Butterfield,

SVSD

9:00 AM Part 2 of 4 Inspections

Brad Jones, Logan City

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM

Part 3 of 4 Making Permitting

Easier/Categorizing CIUs/SIUs

Adam Butterfield,

SVSD

11:00 AM Part 4 of 4

Sampling Practices & Procedures

Brad Jones, Logan City

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Region 8 Pretreatment Association 29th Annual Workshop Bismarck, North Dakota April 30- May 2, 2019

Agenda

Thursday AM

8:00 AM Announcements

8:10 AM Understanding High BOD in Wastewater

Robert Smith, Baswood

9:00 AM

Reducing Grease Separa-tor Effluent FOG

Through Avoided Dish-washing FOG/ Detergent

Interaction

Bill Batten, Thermaco

9:30 AM Categorizing Industries Jen Robinson, UDWQ

10:00 AM Break

10:15AM What’s that Smell:

Industrial Pretreatment and H2S

Becky Haugen, Biolynceus

10:45 AM Wastewater Plant Upset from H2S

Bill Gefroh, City of

Bismarck

11:15 AM High Strength

Surcharge Program Development

Susanna Littell,

Littell Cons.

Noon Lunch

Thursday PM

1:30 PM Diesel fuel cleanup in downtown Mandan ND

Dave Glatt, Jim Neubauer,

& Fritz Scwindt

2:00 PM Hydro Demolition Christi Priest, CVWRF

2:30 PM

Advancements in Bio-Augmentation for

Collection Systems Treatment

Greg Page, ATS Innova

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Customer Interactions DeLaun Fullmer, SVWRF

4:15 PM General Enforcement Chad Burrell, SBWRD

4:45 PM Closing Remarks R8PA Chairman

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Presenters and their contact information:

Bill Batten Thermaco Technologies [email protected] (336) 629-4651 ext. 229

Chad Burrell Snyderville Basin [email protected] (435) 214-5238

Adam Butterfield South Valley Sewer Dist. [email protected] (801) 571-1166

Cynthia Finley NACWA [email protected] (202) 533-1836

DeLaun Fullmer South Valley Water [email protected] (801) 495-5461

Al Garcia EPA Region 8 [email protected] (303) 312-6328

Bill Gefroh City of Bismarck [email protected] (701) 222-6584

John Grosse Goldstreet Designs john@goldstreetdesigns. com (541) 316-1272

Becky Haugen Bio Lynceus [email protected] (970) 586-3391

Brad Jones City of Logan [email protected] (435) 716-9756

Sarah Leavitt Utah DWQ [email protected] (801) 536-4320

Susanna Littell Littell Consultancy Group susanna@LCGServices. net (353) 552-4253

Ken Loucks IW Consulting Service ken@iwconsultingservice. com (360) 540-0570

Jared Oldroyd JWO Engineering jared@jwoengineering. com (801) 828-7805

Greg Page ATS Innova [email protected] (432) 940-0187

Spencer Parkinson South Valley Water [email protected] (801) 495-5452

Christi Priest Central Valley Water [email protected] (801) 973-9178 x 156

Jennifer Robinson Utah DWQ [email protected] (801) 536-4383

Scott Schaefer, PE AE2S Scott.Schaefer@AE2S. com (763) 463-5036

Robert Smith Baswood [email protected] (541) 236-8145

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Presenters and their contact information:

Stuart Withers JWO Engineering stuart@jwoengineering. com (385) 204-6619

Dean Woehl City of Bismarck [email protected] (701) 355-1768

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Overview of Presentations

Tuesday - April 30, 2019

General Session

8:00-8:10 AM– Welcome/Opening Comments Logistics, R8PA introductions and general information.

8:10-8:20 AM– Opening Speaker Mayor, City of Bismarck, ND Providing opening comments about Page, AZ and the surrounding area.

8:20-8:40 City of Bismarck Award Presentations The City of Bismarck Pretreatment Department has some awards they want to present to industrial users in their service area.

8:40-9:030 AM- States Updates The representative from the States will be giving a update of things occurring in their area.

9:00-9:30 AM– Al Garcia, EPA Region VIII EPA Updates The EPA Update Presentation is intended to provide outreach and education to Pretreatment programs regarding upcoming rules, guidelines, and policies currently in development by EPA.

9:30-10:00 AM– Scott Schaefer, AE2S

Brewery Wastewater & Pretreatment

Craft brewing has enjoyed a resurgence over the past decade that has resulted in many more brew-eries. Many of these operations are smaller and are focused on brewing with impacts to local wastewater systems being quite the surprise to these upstart businesses. This presentation will provide background on the brewing process, the resulting waste-streams, and the resulting chal-lenges for pretreatment coordinators. Breweries are similar to many other food processing indus-tries with common difficulties including high/low pH, high temperature, high strength (BOD/COD, TSS), non-contact cooling water, and off-spec product disposal. Brewery size considerations and best management practices for these common chal-lenges will also be discussed.

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10:00-10:15 - Break

10:15-11:00AM–Susanna Littell, Littell Consult.

Wastewater Pretreatment Device and Design Options, Typical and Unusual Applications

This presentation provides an overview of the various codes relating to pretreatment device design and connection requirements, an overview of device types, design, and sizing, as well as the applications, uses & limitations for typical wastewater pretreatment devices (Hydromechanical/Gravity Grease Interceptors, Solids Separators, Oil Water/Sand Separators, Other Separators) and an overview of alternate pretreatment devices used for other less typical (unusual) commercial and industrial applica-tions. This presentation is intended to provide the audience with the knowledge needed to evalu-ate what minimum wastewater pretreatment de-vice will provide adequate protection of your util-ity’s sanitary sewer system and the limitations of the pretreatment devices proposed by Users.

11:00 AM-Noon– John Grosse, Goldstreet Designs

Creating video’s on a shoestring budget and lessons learned on creating impactful outreach materials that connect with millennials

You will learn about the importance of video and tips on creating impactful messaging. We will also discuss tips for communicating to millennials and provide real life examples of agency success sto-ries.

Noon - 1:30 PM - Lunch

1:30-1:45 PM- Vendor Introductions

Come and meet this years vendors that assist in promoting the conference.

1:45-2:30 PM Ken Loucks, IW Consulting

The History and Evolution of Interceptors

To understand where we are today with commer-cial grease interceptors, we have to go back in time to see how it all began. What was the first use of an interceptor? When was the first test-ing and rating protocol developed? What technol-ogies and sizing methodologies were used back then, and how have things changed over time?

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Summary of Presentations:

2:30-3:00 PM Jeff Roerick, North Dakota DOH

Fracking Water Disposal

Produced water discussion to include:

UIC Background

Well Use

Well Construction

Program Primacy

“Other” Produced Water Discussion Topics

3:00-3:15 PM- Break

3:15-4:00 PM– Cynthia Finley, NACWA

What’s New in Washington, DC: Wipes, WOTUS, WIFIA, and More

This presentation will provide the latest news from Washington, D.C. that affects clean water agencies, including their pretreatment programs. Recent and upcoming regulatory, legislative, and judicial actions related to water have the potential to impact utilities. An overview of these policy actions will be provided, then the presentation willfocus on the NACWA Toilets Are Not Trashcans campaign and its advocacy actions to reduce problems caused by wipes and other con-sumer products.

The first two years of the Trump Administration have seen significant action related to clean water. On the regulatory front, EPA has been busy ad-dressing a variety of clean water issues, including publishing a final rule to prohibit the flushing of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, proposing a new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, pur-suing a rule on wet weather blending, and address-ing affordability. Despite the usual gridlock in Congress, clean water legislative initiatives have fared well, with bills passing to codify Integrated Planning and maintain funding for important clean water programs. In addition, provisions for pro-tection of water were included in the 2018 Farm Bill. In the judicial realm, the Supreme Court is set to determine if discharges to groundwater are subject to the Clean Water Act.

The NACWA “Toilets Are Not Trashcans” cam-paign has also experienced important develop-ments over the last two years. The goal of this campaign is to significantly reduce the problems

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experienced by utilities from products that are inappropriately flushed or poured down the drain.

The campaign has focused first on wipes, seeking to improve labeling of non-flushable wipes, estab-lish flushability standards, and educate product manufacturers and the public about what can and cannot be flushed. The campaign also addresses other non-dispersible products, as well as unused pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and product additives that may harm water quality and the environ-ment. Details will be provided about the successes of the campaign, particularly with product labeling, and the ongoing work to introduce legislation and expand education on the issue.

4:00-4:45 PM– Scott Schaefer, AE2S

Nutrient Removal Update

Nutrient limits have been implemented or are be-ing developed in the EPA Region 8 states. The presentation will provide some brief background on the context for effluent nutrient limits, an update on nutrient regulation implementation, and a snap-shot of rule-making progress in states working to-ward implementation. The presentation will also include commentary on the impacts to treatment facilities and pre-treatment programs as well as comparison between the approaches that the states have taken to rulemaking.

Wednesday - May 1, 2019

Local Limits Breakout

8:00-10:00 AM– Jared Oldroyd, JWO Engineer-ing


The process of developing local limits for a facility can seem daunting. There are so many different factors involved, it seems difficult to know where to begin. This instruction will provide step by step guidance on developing local limits. We will be div-ing into the calculations used to develop local lim-its and identifying the data you will need for them. Bring a computer to get hands on experi-ence during this session.

10:00-10:15 AM– Break

10:15 - Noon– Jared Oldroyd, JWO Engineering


Come and bring your laptop to class and learn how to run Local limits calculations in Excel.

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Summary of Presentations


Pretreatment 101 Breakout

8:00-9:00 AM– Adam Butterfield, SVSD & Brad Jones, City of Logan

Pretreatment 101– Part 1 of 4

Essential Pretreatment Program Knowledge

9:00-10:00 AM– Adam Butterfield, SVSD & Brad Jones, City of Logan


Inspections

10:00-10:15 AM– Break

10:15 - 11:00 AM– Adam Butterfield, SVSD & Brad Jones, City of Logan


Making Permitting Easier/Categorizing SIUs

11:00 - Noon– Adam Butterfield, SVSD & Brad Jones, City of Logan


Sampling Practices & Procedures


Miscellaneous Breakout

8:00-9:00 AM– Spencer Parkinson, SVWRF

Reading and Citing the CFR

Whether you are working in hazardous waste, working for OSHA, or just been elected as the President of the United States there are Federal Regulations that govern how you are to perform your duties. The wonderful thing about all federal regulations is the various volumes all follow the same format. Come and learn the jargon and acro-nyms of the pretreatment federal regulations and how to cite the regulations properly. Come and learn how to read and cite the federal regulations and see some real life examples of citing federal regulations to ensure compliance.

9:00 –10:00 AM– Ken Loucks, IW Consulting

What is Gravity-Differential Separation?

There are a variety of different types of commer-cial grease interceptors including gravity grease interceptors, hydromechanical grease intercep-tors, automatic grease removal devices and FOG disposal systems. Attendees will also learn how all grease interceptors work, the role of tempera-ture, emulsification, turbulence and velocity.

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Summary of Presentations

10:00-10:15 AM– Break

10:15-11:00 AM- Dean Woehl, City of Bismarck

Public Outreach

Presentation will cover multiple messages (wipes and FOG) using multiple media forms (Facebook, Free TV ads, flyers, doorknob hangers and scrap-ers) and multiple platforms (school festivals, Public Works days and local grocery stores.

To get the message out, we get creative.

11:00 –Noon– Sarah Leavitt, Utah DWQ & Al Garcia EPA Region VIII

Industrial User Inventory & Dental Rule Implementation Discussion

Communities are all different sizes and have tried different methods to let dental offices know about the requirements. Come help us discuss how your Pretreatment Program is implementing the Dental Rule and what you have found that has worked or not worked in your service area.

Thursday - May 2, 2019

General Session

8:00-8:10 AM- Announcements

8:10-9:00 AM– Robert Smith, Baswood

Understanding High BOD in Wastewater

Even for seasoned professionals in the wastewater industry, whether they be regulator, operator, en-gineer or supplier, the sheer amount of information is enormous, the number of programs for training few, and most of the knowledge one needs, one ends up gleaning on-the-job. High BOD wastewater contributions from food and vegetable processing, soft drink production and bottling, alcoholic bever-age manufacture, dairy operations for milk, cheese and ice cream, are often highly impactive sources of load for a municipal wastewater treatment plant. However, even though the basic understanding of how some of these operations can generate high loads, there is still a dearth of specific knowledge when it comes to understanding the loads, the sources, and the impacts, which then impedes the communication of that information to stakeholders and other decision makers. With this presentation I intend to do a quick introduction/review of wastewater treatment, constituents and units used to measure those constituents, paying particular attention to “municipal sewage” and what that im-plies. Then, using that as a base, will present exam-ples of high strength contributions to a wastewater stream, and compare that to both municipal

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wastewater and other items in our daily lives for context. The goal of the presentation will be for the audience to gain a better contextual under-standing of just how great an impact these sources of load can have on a WWTP. Lastly, I will present a few real-life examples of where pretreatment pro-grams could use this knowledge to either build a program, or improve the surcharge structure they currently have.

9:00-9:30 AM- Bill Batten, Thermaco

Grease Interceptor Design

Dr. Joel Ducoste’s landmark WERF study deter-mined fatty acid/inorganic ion assemblage mecha-nism is a leading cause of collection system depos-its. This has led to considerable interest within the pretreatment community at ways to reduce fatty acid losses from grease separators including losses caused by detergent emulsions when soapy flows transit a separator. Detergent/FOG emulsions pro-vide an easy path for sewer biological agents to convert detergent/fat emulsions into fatty acids, thus the interest in preventing FOG emulsion losses from separators. This presentation delves into a study evaluating a means to prevent/reduce deter-gent/fat/oil emulsions by changing one aspect in the dishwashing process at a full service restaurant that led to a 30.1% reduction in FOG mg/l (ppm) of the downstream grease separator effluent. The change involved holding pre-rinse spray down water and releasing when the dishwasher was not in oper-ation thus avoiding the mixing of fat/oil rich flows from the pre-rinse sink with hot, soapy detergent flows discharged from the adjacent dishwasher.

9:30-10:00 AM– Jen Robinson, Utah DWQ

Categorizing Industries

This presentation will provide tips on finding and then categorizing Industrial Users.

10:00 - 10:15 AM - Break

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10:15-10:45 AM– Becky Haugen, Biolynceus

What’s that Smell: Industrial Pretreatment and H2S

In What’s that Smell: Industrial Pre-Treatment and H2S, Becky discusses what H2S is and how it is a safety hazard. The review of H2S covers the safety implications for pre-treatment professionals and suggested tools for identifying H2S build-up in the system. Review of chemical, biological and me-chanical solutions are covered, to help professionals identify options for managing H2S in their opera-tions. Attendees will be able to understand the health and environmental plant risks of H2S.

10:45-11:15 AM– Bill Gefroh, City of Bismarck

This presentation will discuss the cause, detection, safety concerns, and corrosion issues related to H2S, H2S slugs that caused plant upset conditions, mitigation and methods for monitoring. Information will be provided on the chemical options that are available to remove dissolved H2S in the liquid stream and treatment options for removing H2S in the vapor phase.

The presentation will cover the implementation ef-forts that the City has made from jar testing to pilot testing in an effort to reduce H2S in the col-lection system and at the wastewater treatment plant. Various data for chemicals that were jar tested and field tested for effectiveness and effi-ciency will be provided. Methods for monitoring the detection of H2S in the liquid and vapor phase will be discussed. Case studies reducing and treating H2S in the liquid phase will be presented.

11:15 –Noon– Susanna Littell, Littell Consulting

High Strength Surcharge Program Development, IP Program & FOG Program Fees Development & Calculation

This presentation provides an overview of the code requirements and various methods and considera-tions regarding the development of program fees. Legal authority, fee types, fee types pros and cons, the various program fees calculation options, spe-cific activities & costs to be recovered and an in depth review of a Surcharge Program fees calcula-tion method will be discussed. This presentation is intended to provide the audience with the knowledge needed to develop program fees.

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Wednesday - May 1, 2019- Networking


Microbrewery Tour 6 - 10 PM Wednesday

Sign up at the Registration Desk

Mountain Biking

Contact Al Garcia for details

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Wednesday - May 1, 2019 - Networking


Three for One Tour

Tour the Bobcat Factory, Bismarck WWTP, & MVTL

Laboratories

Lunch to be provided at MVTL (Bratwurst & chips)

Sign up at the Registration Desk

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Noon - 1:30 PM - Lunch

1:30-2:00 PM– Dave Glatt, NDoH, Jim Neubauer, City of Mandan, & Fritz Scwindt, Retired NDoH

Diesel fuel cleanup in downtown Mandan ND

In 1984, during construction of the Morton County Law Enforcement Center, diesel fuel was discov-ered below the ground surface. The diesel fuel was traced back to the Burlington Northern Railroad fueling operations located several blocks south in downtown Mandan ND. BN started cleanup in 1986 and recovered approximately 1.5 million gallons of fuel. After enforcement action by the ND Depart-ment of Health to require further cleanup, a set-tlement agreement in 2004 created the Mandan Remediation Trust which took over responsibility for finishing the site cleanup.

The Trust installed 270 recovery wells across 8 city blocks in downtown Mandan. The system used a dual cleanup process of MPE (Multiphase extrac-tion) and SVE (Soil Vapor Extraction). Air emis-sions from the remediation system were controlled using an RTO (thermal oxidation) process. Wastewater was treated using a combination of DAF (dissolved air flotation), fabric filtration and polymers and then discharged to the City of Man-dan Wastewater Treatment facility. The Mandan WWTP consists of an extended aeration activated sludge treatment process prior to discharge to the Missouri River.

2:00-2:30 PM– Christi Priest, CVWRF

Hydro Demolition

I will talk about the complications Central Valley had with accepting the water from the UDOT hy-dro-demolition project on I-215. Things we wish we would have done and what we could have done bet-ter. Why none of our sewer districts would accept the water into their collection systems and prob-lems that could occur in the collection system.

2:30-3:15 PM– Greg Page, ATS Innova

Advancements in Bio-Augmentation for Collection Systems Treatment

Over the last decade, advancements in bio-augmentation have resulted in dramatic improve-ments in bacteria culture applications. Thanks to advancements in the field of genomics and environ-mental bio-technology, specific strains of faculta-tive bacillus can now be identified, isolated, and selectively fermented for applications in the wastewater treatment industry. These applications include lift stations, sludge tanks, grease traps, ponds and lagoons, and other industrial water treatment processes.

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ATS Innova has teamed up with one of the most advanced single-strain fermenters in the United States to bring this technology to our home state of Utah. Bio-augmentation is a more environmental-ly friendly alternative to chemical or mechanical solutions for odor, corrosion, and FOG management.

Bio augmentation treatment programs are currently underway in several municipalities in Utah targeting more effective odor/corrosion control and the re-duction of fats, oils, and grease.

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-4:15 PM– DeLaun Fullmer, SVWRF

Business Relationships from A to Z

South Valley Water performs many varied types of inspections in coordination with the cities they serve. Everything from new business inspections prior to a business license being issued to the Cate-gorical and Significant Industrial User inspections and everything else in between. This presentation will focus on how to build a professional relation-ship between the Pretreatment Department and the Users you regulate.

4:15-4:45 PM– Chad Burrell, SBWRD

Enforcement: Shoot first, ask questions later!!

Though enforcement might not be the most enjoya-ble part of our jobs; we need to understand both our authority and limits when it comes to enforcing pretreatment related violations. Our pretreatment programs have to go through the proper approval process and need to detail how we will handle en-forcement. Once on the scene of an enforcement situation, what do we do, how do we do it, and what do we do if it gets nasty?

4:45 PM-Close R8PA Chairman

Closing Remarks

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Bios of Presenters

Steve Bakken, City of Bismarck Mayor

Steve Bakken was born in 1968 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He started his broadcasting career at the age of 12 and attended the University of North Dakota. Over his 34-year broadcasting ca-reer, he had the opportunity to work in major markets, but has always returned home to North Dakota.

As host of “What's on your mind?” and “Energy Matters” on the station he grew up listening to, KFYR 550, he honed his ability to listen to issues, work through solutions and build many relationships with political, business and community leaders across the region.

As the owner of his own consulting firm and for-merly the Business Development Director for Larson Engineering in Bismarck, he worked to grow business opportunities within the community, state, region and nationally.

In 2011 he was afforded the opportunity to put down roots in Bismarck, where he met his wife, Wendy, who works in the Bismarck Public School District.

Steve Bakken was elected Mayor of Bismarck June 2018.

Bill Batten, Thermaco-

Industry Involvement:

A112 Standards Committee Service American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 1995 - Present

American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) 1985 - Present

Product Design and Technology Creation:

Innovation Leader in Pretreatment Products for Ensuring Community Compliance to Effluent Wastewater Limits

Inventor and Co-Inventor of 51 Patents and Four Pending Patents

Innovative Technology Award Water Environ-ment Federation

Education:

Wake Forest University B.A. Chemistry

Duke University M.B.A.

Thermaco Business Overview:

Over 33,000 installations world-wide

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Bios of Presenters

Innovation Leader in Pretreatment products

Responsive to the present and future needs of compliance professionals through evolving prod-uct designs and wholly new product categories.

Focused on providing reliable products providing long-term community compliance at affordable costs for all concerned.

Brands: Big Dipper®, Trapzilla®

Chad Burrell, Snyderville Basin Water Reclama-tion District

I have been involved in “wastewater” my whole life, (if you count my years in diapers, my years getting potty trained as a toddler, and then my parents having to put up with all my crap as a teenager)!! Unfortunately, only half of my life in “wastewater” involved me being financially compensated for my work. I was hired on by Orem City Water Reclama-tion when I was still in college studying Environmen-tal Technology and Business Management. At Orem I worked various positions in Operations, Pretreat-ment and Biosolids. After almost 15 years with Orem, I was hired by Snyderville Basin Water Rec-lamation District where I have worked in Pretreat-ment and am now the Operations and Safety Manager for the District where I oversee two wastewater treatment plants, a pretreatment pro-gram, a biosolids program, and a certified laborato-ry, I have worked there for 5 years and enjoy it very much.

Adam Butterfield, South Valley Sewer District- In 2006 while working for Salt Lake City Corporation, Adam changed jobs from the clean water side into Pretreatment as a Wastewater Quality Assurance Sampler/Inspector. During his time with SLC, Adam helped in the complete reorganization of the SLC Pretreatment Program to meet Federal and State requirements. In 2011, Adam was hired as a Pretreatment Inspector/Sampler by South Valley Sewer District to help develop a new Pretreatment Program. Adam has his Collections IV and Wastewater Treatment II certificates. Adam loves being in Pretreatment.

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Bios of Presenters

Cynthia Finley, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA)

Cynthia A. Finley is Director of Regulatory Affairs at the National Association of Clean Water Agen-cies (NACWA), which represents the interests of nearly 300 municipal wastewater utilities. She joined NACWA in 2006 and works on regulatory issues related to pretreatment and pollution pre-vention, wet weather management, collection sys-tems, energy, and security and emergency prepar-edness. Before joining NACWA, Cynthia was an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri – Columbia, where she worked on interna-tional engineering education programs and taught courses in risk and reliability, landfill design, and groundwater flow and contamination. Cynthia earned her Ph.D. in civil engineering from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin, a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Washing-ton, and a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. Outside of NACWA, Cynthia is kept busy with her family, which consists of her husband, four kids, two dogs, cat, and a guin-ea pig.

DeLaun Fullmer, South Valley Water Reclamation Facility-

DeLaun began his journey in wastewaster as the lawn care specialist at South Valley Water. After two years of lawn maintenance DeLaun moved into Pretreatment as a sampling technician and eventu-ally worked up to his current position as a Pretreat-ment Inspector II with his Grade IV Wastewater Treatment Operator certificate. He has spent the last 17 years in pretreatment and enjoys his job, most days.

Al Garcia, Region VIII EPA-

Al Garcia is the EPA Region 8 Pretreatment Coordi-nator. Region 8 directly implements and enforces the Pretreatment program in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah are authorized for the Pretreatment pro-gram. Prior to being hired at EPA in 2008, Al “served in the trenches” and has significant local experience providing regulatory control to industri-al and commercial facilities, including; sampling, in-spections, permit writing, and enforcement. Al has a BS degree in Biology and Chemistry from the Uni-versity of Northern Colorado.

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Bill Gefroh, City of Bismarck-

Bill Gefroh is the Pretreatment Program Manager and Lab Manager for the Water Plant Lab and Wastewater Plant Lab for the City of Bismarck. He has been working with the City for 32 years, twen-ty-three in the Industrial Pretreatment Program.

The Pretreament Program staff work with nine Sig-nificant Industrial Users, about 450 food service establishments and about 500 facilities with sand/oil seperators. The Fats, Oil and Grease Control Program that was implemented in 2005 is measure-able effective. The staff do the inspecting, per-mitting and sampling for the facilities. The pre-treatment and lab staff perform about 90% of the analysis, including the collection of the system hy-drogen sulfide liquid and gas phase data.

Bill provides public education on water, wastewater and industrial pretreatment at the local Water Festivial, Environmental Festival and Public Works Day, at the North Dakota Water and Pollution Con-trol Conference and Environmental Training Center and at previous R8PA conferences, with 23 years consecutive attendance at the R8PA conference.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND and a Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND.

John Grosse, Goldstreet Designs-

John has 25 years of experience with 15 of them in the utility industry. Founder of Goldstreet Design Agency, John has created a dynamic top tier team dedicated to partnering with utilities and local gov-ernments to develop high quality communications that get results and ultimately changes peoples be-havior. He has overseen the development and exe-cution of more than 2,500 community outreach pro-jects reaching millions of people nationwide. His company’s work has also helped their clients win more than 30 national and regional awards for com-munications excellence.

John has completed the introductory and advanced Community-Based Social marketing seminars by Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D. He believes strongly in his philosophies and seeks to incorporate them into every piece of outreach Goldstreet creates. John loves to see how quality communications can trans-form an organization. Real change happens internal-ly, with employees, and externally, with clients. He is proud to make public education affordable for their clients to work with top-tier agency talent with unparalleled experience.

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Outside of work, John’s greatest passion is his family. They are very close and love sharing life together. Beyond his family, he enjoys mountain biking, backcountry skiing, playing in the water, traveling and camping.

Becky Haugen, Biolynceus- Becky Haugen has been involved in the environmen-tal business since 2004. As a professional trainer, Becky provides her experience and knowledge to groups and organizations around the country on en-vironmental issues that is grounded in current methodologies and addresses important solutions to difficult business and operational issues. Becky provides consulting on a variety of topics including pro-biotic solutions and microbiological solutions for water and wastewater treatment. As the Sus-tainable Coordinator for BioLynceus and VP for Business Development, she is invested in helping local communities find natural solutions for solving common business and municipal challenges. Becky Haugen has a M.A. in Corporate Education and has been teaching occupational topics and aca-demic topics since 1993. Her academic instruction-al experience includes academic instruction and curriculum based in occupational and school to work curriculum.

Brad Jones, City of Logan- Brad worked in the construction trades, and start-ed work at Thiokol Chemical Corporation in 1978; he worked as a pipefitter, plumber, and backflow test-er. In 1996, Brad began working for the City of Lo-gan Environmental Department, as a Pretreatment Inspector and Backflow Prevention Inspector and Tester. Brad is a Wastewater Collection (grade III), and Wastewater Treatment (grade II) Certified, ABPA/Utah Backflow Technician/Tester, and was a Water Distribution Operator (grade IV). He has a Certification as a Pretreatment Facility Inspector, and has been trained in OSHA 40 hour Hazwoper, and other safety trainings. Brad has served on both boards and training committees (Wastewater, Pre-treatment, Water – Backflow Prevention, etc.) Brad and his wife Karen, have been married 40 years, and live in Logan Utah, and they have four children, and six grandchildren. In Brad’s off time, he enjoys working with the Boy Scouts and youth, and working at the shooting range, as a Range Safe-ty Officer and Instructor. Brad participates in old west military re-enactment and cowboy historical re-enactment programs.

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Brad also enjoys working with the youth while ref-ereeing basketball, and lacrosse, etc. (Brad knows the refereeing part is a little crazy, but I enjoy it, and I am paid to exercise). Brad also likes camping, hunting, fishing, and shooting.

Sarah Leavitt, Utah DWQ

Sarah Leavitt has been involved in Pretreatment since 2006. She worked as the Pretreatment Coor-dinator at Payson City Wastewater Treatment Plant until July 2018 when she took a position at Utah's Department of Environmental Quality. She is part of the UPDES section and assists with the State Pretreatment Program.

Susanna Littell, Littell Consultancy Group

Susanna Littell is a Chemical Engineer with over 25 years of utility IP, FOG and Surcharge programs development and implementation experience. Susan-na has developed local limits for many utilities, in-cluding those with multiple service areas and efflu-ent discharge point applications/uses. Susanna has developed/revised Sewer Use Ordinance (codes) and program fees for several utilities. Susanna has most notably managed the IP programs for Orange County (in Orlando, FL), and Broward County, FL, which included the permitting of over 70 IUs to support WRF (flows) that ranged from 35-70 MGD.

Susanna has successfully developed & managed the FOG program for Orange County, FL and developed the FOG program (and trained all program staff) for Baltimore, MD. Susanna has also served as Util-ities Director for Leesburg, FL, overseeing the City’s entire water, wastewater and stormwater operations. Susanna was also President of the Florida Industrial Pretreatment Assoc. (FIPA) until she moved to Utah, where she both developed State voluntary certification programs for FIPA and provided voluntary certification training to FI-PA attendees, including FIPA’s advanced IP Level A Certification Course (which includes Local Limits, ERP nd Alternate CIU pretreatment standards de-velopment). Susanna now owns her own firm, Littell Consultancy Group, providing IPP and FOG program development & staff training services to those in need.

Please contact Susanna Littell at [email protected], whenever you are in need ex-pert advice from someone who has hands-on utility

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IPP & FOG programs development, management & oversight experience!

EDUCATION

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Dec. 1988, Universi-ty of Florida

PRFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

President, Florida Industrial Pretreatment As-sociation (FIPA) (May 2015 – May 2016)

Chair, FIPA Education Committee (2008-2013)

Chair, FWEA Industrial Wastewater Awards Committee

Chair, Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Awards Subcommittee, Florida Water Environ-ment Association (FWEA)

Ken Loucks, IW Consulting Service-

Ken Loucks, also known as the Interceptor Whis-perer, principal and member of IW Consulting Ser-vice, LLC, has been in the plumbing and fats, oils and grease (FOG) related industry in North Ameri-ca since 1989. He is a member of the technical committees that administer the grease interceptor product standards ASME A112.14.3, CSA B481 and

IAPMO/ANSI Z1000/Z1001/Z1001.1. He was also a contributing editor to the 2016-2017 edition of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers Data Book Volume 4, Plumbing Components and Equip-ment, Chapter 8, Grease Interceptors.

Jared Oldroyd, JWO Engineering-

Jared has over 25 years’ experience in water re-sources engineering and started JWO Engineering, PLLC in 2015. He has attended numerous R8PA conferences and presented several times in the past. He has 8 amazing children and 2 awesome grandsons.

Greg Page, ATS Innova-

Greg Page is a member of the Water Treatment Team at ATS INNOVA based in Midvale. He stud-ied petroleum engineering at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.

Until summer of 2017, he worked extensively in the

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oil and gas industry in various niche areas including specialty chemical services, hydraulic fracturing, drilling, production, water management, environ-mental remediation, and operations management. He has had the opportunity to work in various energy production areas including the Bakken Basin, DJ Basin, Permian Basin, Uintah Basin, San Juan Basin, and various others over the last 7 years.

He is currently focused on the development and implementation of new portfolio solutions at ATS INNOVA.

Spencer Parkinson, South Valley Water Reclamation Facility-

Spencer has been in the wastewater business for more than 20 years. He began as an entry level Operator and then worked up to a Shift Supervisor before changing departments. Once he joined Pretreatment he began as the Coordinator and is now the Director of Pretreatment at South Valley Water Reclamation Facility. Spencer holds a Grade IV Wastewater Operator certification, has an associates degree in Environmental Technology, and a bachelors degree in Public Administration from Franklin University. Spencer likes to say he got his BS from FU. Spencer is currently attending Brigham Young University (BYU) in the hopes of achieving a master’s degree in Public Administra-tion. Spencer has been a member of the Region 8 Pretreatment Association (R8PA) Board for the last seven years, four of them as Chairman.

Christi Priest, Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility-

I grew up in Hooper Utah. As a small town country girl I had great aspirations of working in a sewer plant. Yeah right, no one has aspirations of working in a sewer plant as a child. I wanted to be a marine biologist. Heck, when it came right down to it I did-n’t know sewer plants existed, we had a septic tank.

I’ve worked at many environmental labs and eventu-ally made my way to the lab at Central Valley. The day I interviewed I did not realize it was a treat-ment plant. After reading the board in the front office the light bulb flickered on and I came to the realization that this would be my career “poop”. I have now been with Central Valley for 24 years with 23 of it in pretreatment. A small town girl that made good in wastewater.

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Jennifer Robinson, Utah Division of Water Quality-

Jennifer Robinson started working for the Division of Water Quality as an intern in 2000 until 2002, working with Paul Krauth. She graduated from the University of Utah in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2002. Her father sometimes wonders where she gets her dirty mind, since she works with and wanted to work with sewers. She worked for MWH for six weeks, and then was hired back with Water Quality working in the UPDES

Section regulating industrial and municipal discharges. In 2004, she became the pretreatment coordinator for the State of Utah. She married and became a Robinson. They have two boys and a pound puppy, they live in South Weber and love to travel, hike, bike and play in water.

Jeff Roerick, North Dakota Department of Health-

Jeff Roerick, Environmental Scientist, ND Depart-ment of Health/Department of Environmental Quality (Proposed Name change to DEQ on April 1st – but who knows), Division of Water Quality, NDPDES Program/ND Pretreatment Coordinator.

Scott Schaefer, Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services (AE2S)-

Mr. Schaefer is the Wastewater Practice Leader for the regional engineering/consulting firm AE2S. Mr. Schaefer specializes in wastewater collection and treatment planning and design with an emphasis on nutrient removal, disinfection, odor/corrosion control, and biosolids. He holds Bachelor’s and Mas-ter’s degrees from Iowa State University, is a pro-fessional engineer in seven states, is an active member in WEF and several state WEAs, is a Vice Chair of WEF's Disinfection & Public Health com-mittee, and is also a member of WEF’s MRRD, Re-use, and Program committees. He has been an avid home brewer for the past decade and has over-lapped his personal and professional interest in beer production.

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Robert Smith, Baswood-

Though a mechanical engineer by education, Bob has not let that hold him back from spending the last 17 years learning about decentralized and Food and Beverage wastewater. A proud Husky from the University of Washington, at some point in the mid-1990’s he was eventually able to earn enough cred-its to graduate with a BSME degree. Working in the manufacturing sector since, and having man-aged many wastewater projects cradle-to-grave, Bob has had the opportunity to see, touch, and smell a lot of wastewater systems for applications as diverse as small community/subdivision systems, highway rest stops, wineries, restaurants, truck stops, casinos, RV campgrounds, vegetable pro-cessing plants, meat processing plants, dairy plants, soft drink bottlers and breweries, just to name a few. The great benefit of having that cradle-to-grave experience is that not only are you given the opportunity to witness, first-hand, the differences possible between the theoretical design values found in literature and what is actually generated at a facility, but you also are often called upon to address issues related to the mismatch between those two conditions. Having had a number of those opportunities over the years, Bob is always pleased to share some of the bits of hard-won knowledge.

When Bob is not talking about wastewater, he en-joys spending time with his wife, three boys and several animals on his property in Southern Oregon.

Stuart Withers, JWO Engineering-

Born and raised in Idaho, Stuart is an engineer at JWO Engineering where he spends his time improv-ing water and wastewater systems in Utah. He has been involved in pretreatment for the past three years developing local limits, surcharge fees, and other pretreatment program features. Stuart has had a strong desire to preserve the West’s scarce water supplies since taking a trip with friends in college to Havasupai. In his free time, Stuart en-joys spending his time away from civilization.

Dean Woehl, City of Bismarck-

Dean Woehl is with the City of Bismarck. Started with the City in 2006, worked for the ND Depart-ment of Health, Chemistry Lab for 18 years. Asso-ciates Degree in Chemistry from Bismarck State Collage. Served 22 years in the ND National Guard, with one deployment to Iraq in 2005. Position with the City is the Industrial Pretreatment Technician.

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Dave Glatt – Chief of the Environmental Health Section of the ND Department of Health

Jim Neubauer - City Administrator for the City of Mandan

Fritz Schwindt – Retired former Chief of the Environmental Health Section of the ND Depart-ment of Health

All three presenters are the Trustees for the Mandan Remediation Trust which is responsible for site cleanup.

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Exhibitors and Sponsors

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Region 8 Pretreatment Association

29th Annual Conference Bismarck, North Dakota

April 30 – May 2, 2019

Thank you to all our

Exhibitors

Exhibitors Bismarck Sam’s Club Energy Laboratories Goldstreet Design Linko Technology Tech Sales Co.

Biolynceus Thermaco Baswood

Sponsors Minnesota Valley

Testing Laboratories (MVTL)

Advanced Engineering

and Environmental Services (AE2S)

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