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Opening General Session 3

Great Water Cities 3

WEFTEC Field Guide 4

Today’s Featured Speakers 4

Bioterrorism Session 8

WEF Plaza 8

Exhibitor Spotlight 12

WEF Events App 12

Operations Challenge 14

Career Fair 15

Innovation Pavilion 15

Global Center Opening 16

Stormwater Congress 17

WEF Service Project 18

Clean Water Policy 18

Attendee Spotlight 19

Water/Energy/Food Nexus 19

REDEFINING CONSERVATION FOR THE NEXT ECONOMYOpening General Session Featuring Keynote Speaker Joe Whitworth8:30 a.m. | Great Hall ADetails on p. 3No Badge Required

MAXIMIZING INTENSIFICATION, MINIMIZING RESOURCE USE20th Annual AEESP/WEF Lecture Featuring Sudhir Murthy10:30 a.m. | Room 253Details on p. 4

CREATING THE FUTURE OF WATERGreat Water Cities Dialogue10 a.m. | Great Hall ADetails on p. 3No Badge Required

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Every year WEFTEC offers the latest technological develop-

ments in the water sector. This year’s cutting-edge topics include big data and crisis management.

Today’s technology allows for massive, real-time data collection and use, often referred to as “big data.” For example, Ceres Imaging (Oakland, Calif.) offers an aerial imaging and analytics platform that farmers use to manage water stress and fertilizer application. This tech-

nology will be described within the WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion, which features winners and finalists of the Imagine H2O (San Francisco) 2016 Water Data Challenge.

“Big data is the next step in data collection, management, and use for utilities,” explained Tad Slawecki, senior engineer at LimnoTech Inc. (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Slawecki will moderate Technical Session 611, Big Data and Informational Management for the Utility.

Slawecki said the definition of big data is “often subject to many varying interpretations, but it could be placed in another evolutionary context where analytics starts out as just a reporting purpose — like dashboards — which evolves to more advanced reporting, then to modeling, and finally leading to predictive purposes.”

He added big data definitely can help water and wastewater utilities become better. “Data can improve

both operational- and planning-level decisions,” he said. “For example, the City of South Bend [Ind.]’s investment in sophisticated metering and real-time controls in its [combined sewer

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Joe S. Whitworth, president of The Freshwater Trust (Portland, Ore.)

will provide this morning’s keynote address at the Opening General Session. Whitworth is the author of Quantified: Redefining Conservation for the Next Economy, which draws lessons from the tech-savvy business world to show how conservationists can make gains for the environment.

Q: In your book, you advocate for conservationists to take a more business-like, entrepreneurial approach to conservation and the environment. Joe Whitworth: In the early days of the modern environmental move-ment, the “greens” were the big innovators. They were pushing for

standards and driving significant improvements in air and water quality. Their victories benefited us all. Back then, business was the “Big Gray Monolith” that had to adapt. That’s now flipped. For the last couple decades, conservation has been the “Great Green Wall of No.” The move-ment has been more bent on stop-ping bad things from happening than achieving measurable improvements. We must restore our resources at the pace and scale that we’re degrading them, and that’s going to require being adamant about powerful results and using tools of the 21st century.

Q: Can you think of any recent, cool technological innovations that have helped promote environmentalism?JW: Google Earth and drones are two good examples that come to mind. I think the biggest thing technology has done for environmentalism is to allow us all to see what’s going on for the first time — and in real-time. Insight encourages action.

Q: How do these approaches make the case for creating a future for water?JW: Some of the maps we have used

to understand water quality in the U.S. have taken a decade to make. With 13,000 satellites circling the planet every 90 minutes, we no longer need to wait 10 years to understand where a problem is and what we need to do to fix it. As an example, we now have a tool that allows us to see a full basin and highlights where restoration is most needed. We are rapidly moving toward a place where accurate, intelli-gent, real-time information can inform the on-the-ground management of water resources. It’s powerful.

Q: How can the water and waste-water sector partner with conser-vationists in helping maintain the health of watersheds?JW: That’s a great question. For example, in 2011, Medford, Ore., faced a problem common for cities nationwide. To comply with the Clean Water Act, the city had to offset the impact of its warm-water discharge. Cooling towers or a chiller could be installed. Water could be held in ponds until it was at the appropriate tempera-ture. Warm water could be reused elsewhere. The problem was that all those options were incredibly

expensive … [but] The city could instead pay landowners to plant trees along their stretch of the river to shade the stream and keep the water cool. The bill for taxpayers? Approximately $6.5 million — a more than $8 million savings. We need more of this type of collaboration to improve the water quality and quan-tity in this country.

Q: What would you like WEFTEC attendees to take away from your speech at the Opening General Session?JW: Jim Jannard, founder of Oakley, once said, “everything in the world can and will be made better. The only questions left are when, and by whom.” With this in mind, my hope is that WEFTEC attendees will respond to this challenge with, “Now, and by us.” Together, we can take the world of water into the next era.

Opening General Session, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.,

Great Hall A. No registration badge

required. Session will be streamed

live at www.weftec.org. Book Signing,

2 p.m. in the WEF Plaza Bookstore,

Booth 5912, Hall H.

CREATING THE FUTURE OF WATERGREAT WATER CITIES DIALOGUE TO FOCUS ON LEADING IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE

This session is the latest in an ongoing series of dialogues on Great Water Cities. The events are designed to provide real-world solutions that can be applied to cities of all sizes facing similar challenges.

Great Water Cities: Creating the Future of Water, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Great Hall A.

No registration badge required. Session will be streamed live at www.weftec.org

Meet Opening General Session Speaker Joe Whitworth

Hon. Joel Beauvais, deputy assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Cedric S. Grant, executive director of Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

George S. Hawkins, CEO and general manager of DC Water (Washington, D.C.)

Raveen Jaduram, chief executive, Watercare Services Limited (Auckland, New Zealand)

Heiner Markhoff, president and CEO of GE Power & Water’s (Trevose, Pa.) Water & Process Technologies

Peter Joo Hee Ng, chief executive of Singapore Public Utility Board (Singapore)

At this morning’s Great Water Cities plenary session, a distin-

guished panel will discuss how utili-ties can adapt to changing economic, regulatory, and climatic conditions through innovative practices. The event, the latest forum in an ongoing dialogue of how urban utilities can maximize efficiency, offers the chance to hear how global water leaders are managing such challenges as water scarcity, climate change, changing regulations, infrastructure costs, and the evolving role of public utilities.

The Hon. Joel Beauvais, deputy assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will open the session with a keynote address. Following Beauvais, a panel of water experts chosen for their unique perspectives and back-grounds will share their insights.

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A TOPIC CLOSE TO HOMEBasement backups, infiltration and inflow, and other private property issues remain an impor-tant topic among collection systems owners and operators. A plenary session, Collection Systems: Private Property Programs in Practice, will showcase lessons learned from munici-palities and innovative solutions to private property issues.

Session 103, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., Room 239.

YOUR PASSPORT TO INNOVATIONTake a personalized tour of leading-edge tech-nologies on the WEFTEC exhibit floor, courtesy of the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT), then get your LIFT Passport stamped during your travels to win prizes.

Session 109, 12 – 12:30 p.m., Booth 3129.

LEAPFROGGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLDThe cost- and energy-intensive wastewater collection solutions we are accustomed to in the developed world are far beyond the reach of developing countries. Sanitation Approaches in Developing Countries will cover more appro-priate and innovative sanitation practices that can improve public health in these communities.

Session 222, 1:30 – 5 p.m., Room 352.

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Session 239, 3 – 3:30 p.m., Booth 3129.

CALLING ALL EAGLE-EYED BIBLIOPHILESA mini-me of Niles the Crocodile is hiding some-where in the WEF Bookstore. Spy his secret loca-tion, and be entered into a daily drawing to win a Kindle Paperwhite with your choice of a free e-book. While you’re there, browse the latest releases including the latest edition of Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, MOP 11.

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WEFTEC Field GuideSOME OF TODAY’S LESSER KNOWN, NEW, OR OTHERWISE NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

TODAY’S FEATURED SPEAKERS

Dr. James R. Mihelcic will give the keynote presentation at the AAEES/AIDIS/WEF Breakfast. Dr. Mihelcic is a professor and the Samuel L. and Julia M. Flom Endowed Chair in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the

University of South Florida, as well as an international leader for incorporating principles of sustainable development into engineering education, research, and practice. Dr. Mihelcic is a Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member and the author of four environmental engineering textbooks, several of which have been translated into Spanish and Portuguese. In his presentation, he will take the audience on a trip around the world, demonstrating how water quality professionals work with local households and communities to develop sustainable infrastructures that provide clean water, improved sanitation, and hygiene.

AAEES/AIDIS/WEF Breakfast (ticketed event)

7:15 – 8:30 a.m., Room 260.

The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors/Water Environment Federation lecture typically alternates each year between academic and practitioner perspectives. This year the lecture provides both.

Dr. Sudhir Murthy will discuss “Maximizing Process Intensification and Minimizing Resource Use.” As innovations chief at DC Water, Dr. Murthy leads the development and implementation of the Authority’s innovation strategy. This

presentation will describe the continuing research journey for developing an intensification and resource recovery program within existing infrastructure at a large regional facility in Washington, D.C., with little room to expand while meeting new stringent nutrient permits and managing combined sewer flows. The long-term sustainability of built infrastructure is dependent on the intensification that these approaches represent.

As an enhancement, this lecture will include the research views of an academic, recognizing the dependence utilities have on the work of academics and vice versa. Immediately following Dr. Murthy’s lecture, Dr. Glen Daigger, University of Michigan, will present an academic’s perspective on this shift in industry thinking.

Technical Session 101: 20th Annual WEF/AEESP Lecture, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Room 253

Dr. Bruce Rittmann will be the speaker at the AEESP/WEF Scientists Luncheon, a ticketed event. Dr. Rittmann is Regents’ Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology in the

Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. His presenta-tion, “From Treatment to Resource,” will focus on novel means to capture the energy value in “used waters,” including domestic wastewater. New developments in anaerobic membrane biofilm reactors (to generate methane) and microbial electrochemical cells (to generate electrical power or hydrogen gas) now make it feasible to achieve energy-positive treatment of the BOD. His talk will focus on phosphorus recovery, although many of the principles also apply for nitrogen. Dr. Rittmann will intro-duce the new phosphorus recovery technologies and offer insights into their pros and cons.

AEESP/WEF Scientists Luncheon (ticketed event),

12:00 – 1:30 p.m., Room 260.

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How Great a Risk Is Bioterrorism?S E S S I O N TO E X PLO R E B I O - CO N TA M I N AT ED WA S T E WAT ER

When the first cases of Ebola were diagnosed in the U.S. 2

years ago, the media zeroed in on the health risks to the nurses and others who cared for those infected.

But at least one other group potentially stood in the infectious line-of-fire: collection system and water resource recovery facility (WRRF) operators downstream from hospitals treating Ebola patients. At the time, little was known about the safety of the disposed Ebolavirus or the efficacy of the approaches used to disinfect it.

The water sector has spent the last 2 years learning much more about the risk to its workers, should

another Ebola outbreak occur or another dangerous pathogen appear. These findings will be shared at this afternoon’s highly anticipated session on bioterrorism.

The session will explore not only Ebola’s ability to survive anaerobic sludge digestion, but a host of other topics related to WRRF handling, management, treatment, and acceptance of bio-contaminated wastewater.

“Wastewater workers believe that when you start working in the

industry you get sick and then you build immunity over time,” explained

session moderator Jonathan Reeves, who manages the

Office of Emergency Management for DC

Water. “Workers then believe that because they don’t get sick, the threat and risk is reduced.

So they tend not to wear PPE [personal

protective equipment] to protect themselves.”

This is one of many perceptions the session aims to change.

“What we need to do as educa-

tors, managers, and academics is better understand the actual threats and risks, and then use policy and training to better educate and therefore protect our workers,” said Reeves.

The presentations are geared toward the needs and interests of front-line operators who are likely to encounter untreated wastewater and potentially dangerous environments.

“This session will help to educate and prepare the industry for what’s ahead,” Reeves said.

Technical Session 201: Bioterrorism: Emerging Issues on Bio-Contaminated Wastewater, 1:30 – 5 p.m., Room 357.

WHILE AT WEFTEC BE SURE TO VISIT THE WEF PLAZA, WHICH SERVES AS THE CENTRAL HUB FOR WEF INFORMATION, SOUVENIRS, AND MEMBERSHIP SERVICES.

The WEF Bookstore is the destination to browse and purchase the latest WEF-wear, merchan-dise, and publications, including the new edition of Operation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities, MOP-11. Spot Niles the Crocodile, the WEFCOM mascot, and be entered into a daily drawing for a chance to win a Kindle Paperwhite and the WEF e-book of your choice.

The Global Center offers resources for international trade delegates and U.S. exhibitors at WEFTEC. Access such tools as interactive scheduling kiosks, multi-language translation, informa-tional presentations, complimentary Wi-Fi, and an international reception.

The Membership Booth offers information about WEF and its Member Associations. Learn how you can earn a prize by visiting a few designated areas in the exhibition.

The new photo booth provides an easy way to share your WEFTEC experience. Choose a custom background and then strike a pose to commemorate your time at the conference. Bring your friends!

WEF Plaza, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Booth 5912, Hall H, today through Wednesday. See the WEF Events App or the

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overflow] system allows the city to maximize in-system storage to reduce overflows, while analysis of asset finan-cials in combination with equipment monitoring allows utili-ties to predict and plan for pump replacements.”

WEFTEC also will contend with the topic of crisis manage-ment — how utilities and municipalities respond to both manmade and natural disasters. Technical Session 411, Public Health in the Headlines, will feature presentations on current events relevant to such water sector concerns as “Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes,” “Flint Michigan: Lessons Learned,” and “A to Zika: Emerging Biological and Chemical Contaminants.”

Technical Session 520, Insights from Recent Natural Disasters in Japan, will be moderated by Alvin Pilobello, asset management consultant at CH2M (Englewood, Colo.). Pilobello said each presentation will cover “different aspects of natural disaster management, [including] modeling potential outcomes, outlining exact emergency procedures, and the constructability of a particular option.”

Pilobello said the North American water sector can learn many lessons from its Japanese counterpart. From experiences with natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, Japanese utilities have learned to make their operations more earthquake and flooding resistant.

“The ultimate rationale for undertaking risk mitigation strategies and post-disaster relief efforts is to ensure the safety and well-being of all community residents affected by natural disasters,” Pilobello said. The level of detail and planning before and after these natural disasters shows that the Japanese excelled in due diligence, he said, and that helped minimize injuries, casualties, and downtime of operations.

“While we undertake similar efforts in North America, it bodes well to compare notes with those of our Japanese counterparts to validate our own emergency-preparedness efforts,” Pilobello said.

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To that end, thousands of attendees have come to New Orleans — a city as well known for its relationship to water as it is for its jazz music and Cajun cuisine — to experience WEF’s 89th annual technical exhibition and confer-ence. This year’s event features a vast exhibition and a robust tech-nical program, with educational and networking opportunities for profes-sionals from every part of the water sector. Whether you are looking to improve your operations knowl-edge, learn about the latest tech-nical innovations, or gain insights from water sector luminaries, you will find it at WEFTEC.

One of the hallmarks of WEFTEC is its diversity. The event regularly draws attendees from around the world who face different water chal-lenges to learn from each other’s experiences. During the past few years, the conference has offered more opportunities for collabo-ration, information-sharing, and informal networking. The ongoing Great Water Cities dialogue continues at WEFTEC this year, following an event in Chicago this spring and a session in Munich this summer. This year’s WEFTEC panel features sector leaders with exper-

tise in managing city-scale water challenges and leading change.

WEFTEC participants highly value hands-on learning, and this year’s conference will not disap-point. In addition to the Interactive Knowledge Exchange presentations, nine facility tours, 29 workshops, and 130 technical sessions, there are a wide variety of learning opportunities within the exhibit hall, including more than 1000 exhibiting companies, a number of sessions at WEF’s own Innovation Pavilion and Stormwater Pavilion, as well as 17 mobile sessions. In addition, a number of spaces have been set up to provide WEF members more casual areas for networking and idea exchange. These include “huddle rooms” and a new member lounge.

One of WEFTEC’s signature events and a perennial favorite is Operations Challenge, a technical skills compe-tition. Four-person teams compete in events emphasizing knowledge, safety, accuracy, and speed — and showcasing the often-unsung heroes of the water sector.

To find the best WEFTEC events for you and customize your WEFTEC experience, be sure to download the WEF Events Mobile App at weftec.org, or browse the Conference Program & Exhibitor Guide.

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GTI offers a selection of innovative tank and lagoon covers — as well as containment liners — that can be custom-designed and installed world-wide. GTI’s covers reliably control odors, algae growth, and temperature fluctuations. They help lower opera-tional costs and protect the environ-ment by collecting and storing biogas from anaerobic digestion. All of GTI’s products are built strong for long-lasting durability. With more than 30 years of experience delivering solutions for demanding water and wastewater applications, GTI has helped hundreds of customers in the industrial, munic-ipal, and agricultural sectors worldwide.www.gticovers.com

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Telog, A Trimble CompanyBooth #3439WIRELESS LIFT STATION MONITORING

Monitoring lift stations is important to collection system operators to obtain real-time alarms on pump failures, wet well overflow, tampering, power failure, and temperature/vibration exceed-ance. Telog provides battery-powered remote wireless lift station monitoring that can typically be installed at one-third the cost of SCADA. The Telog system provides real-time alarming and notification via SMS text or email, time-stamp event data, trend data, station flow history, pump cycle data, pumping rate history, pump energy efficiency history, and site diagnostics. Data is transferred wirelessly to your host computer for web viewing. www.telog.com

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Each year at WEFTEC, this fast-paced skills competition showcases some of the most elite operators and maintenance personnel in the United States — and occasionally some guest teams from other countries. For 2 days, four-person teams go head-to-head during five timed events judged for both accuracy and speed. Forty-two teams round out this year’s field for what promises to be a tightly contested race to the finish in both Division 1 and Division 2.

The nail-biting action begins this morning with an event that has received a high-tech boost. The Process Control Event, which previously consisted only of a written test, now includes a computer simulation as well. Teams will receive a laptop loaded with a simulator program called OpToolTM developed by Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions Inc. (Hamilton, Ontario). The program simulates the operation of several water resource recovery facilities, each with different operational problems.

The new format “allows operators to use their accu-mulated hands-on knowledge” and showcase “skills that can’t always be demonstrated through word problems in a written test,” said Mike Ross, event coordinator. The soft-ware interface, similar to that used in some supervisory control and data acquisition systems, updates the event in light of the increasing automation of facilities. “It may help some operators develop a more predictive approach to plant operations,” he said.

Teams will compete in the Process Control and Laboratory events today, followed by the Safety, Godwin Maintenance, and Collection Systems events tomorrow.

Process Control Event, 10 – 11 a.m., Laboratory Event, 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Hall F.

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CROWD FAVORITE OPERATIONS CHALLENGE KICKS OFF TODAYOPERATIONS CHALLENGE 2016 TEAMS

AIDIS AySA TNT

Arkansas WEA Mixed Liquors

California WEA LA Wrecking Crew

Central States WEA

Pumpers

Shovelers

Chesapeake WEA Motley Poo

Florida WEA Methane Madness

True Grit

Hawaii WEA Sewercide Warriors

Illinois WEA Sewer Rats

Indiana WEA Wastewater Wranglers

Louisiana WEA Water Dawgs

Nevada WEA Dumplings

New England WEA Force Maine

Ocean State Alliance

Seacoast Sewer Snakes

New Jersey WEA Jersey Devils

New York WEA 26th Ward Unflushables

Brown Tide

Jamaica Sludge Hustlers

North Carolina WEA

Operational Hazards

Ohio WEA Columbus Outfalls

NWSSD Dirty Deeds

Minimal Headloss

WEA of Ontario OCWA Jets

Sludge Hammers

Pacific Northwest CWA

Poo Fighters

River Rangers

Rocky Mountain WEA

Metro Bravo

Commode Commandos

Elevated Ops

WEA of South Carolina

Blackwater Bruisers

Lethal Concentration

WEA of Texas Aqua Techs

Central Snappers

South Mesquite Rangers

TRA CReWSers

TRA Waste Warriors

WEA of Utah Wasatch All Stars

Royal Flush

Virginia WEA Blue Ridge Brawlers

Team HRSD

The Hydromantis OpTool™ program simulates the operation of several water resource recovery facilities. Credit: Spencer Snowling/Hydromantis ESS Inc.


Not Your Father’s Water SectorINNOVATION PAVILION SHOWCASES CUTTING-EDGE SOLUTIONS, FRESH THINKING

The fifth annual WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion highlights a

selection of promising technology businesses and facilitates dialogue about innovation in the water sector. The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) and its inno-vation partners, BlueTech Research (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and Imagine H2O (San Francisco), have created a unique program for the pavilion and will feature companies that have won awards for innovative technology, including the WEF Innovative Technology Award Winner. A theater in the pavilion will host a series of interactive educational sessions that allow attendees to engage with water innovation leaders.

Events in the pavilion include the popular BREW Tank and Croc Tank pitch sessions, a reuse beer tasting, a breakfast briefing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution on water, and networking receptions.

Innovation Pavilion, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.,

today through Wednesday, Booth

3129, Hall E. Please check the WEF

Events Mobile App or the Conference

Program & Exhibitor Guide for specific

events and times.

Calling All Aspiring Water Professionals! STUDENT/YP CAREER FAIR BRINGS JOB CANDIDATES AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS TOGETHER

LinkedIn and Glassdoor are great, but when it comes to job hunting, nothing takes the place of face-to-face meetings. The Students and Young Professionals Networking and Career Fair provides a relaxed networking opportunity for students, recent gradu-ates, and those new to the water sector to mingle, ask questions, and learn about potential career oppor-tunities. The fair will be held today from 1 to 4 p.m. in La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom A/B.


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EPA, State Department Officials To Open Global Center This morning senior officials

from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Department will preside at the inau-guration of the Global Center in the WEF Plaza. Michael Shapiro, deputy assistant administrator at the EPA Office of Water, and Landon

Van Dyke, senior advisor, Energy, Environment, and Sustainability at the U.S. Department of State, will welcome attendees at the center opening.

Shapiro has worked for 14 years in the Office of Water. Prior to that, he served in the Office of Solid Waste

and Emergency Response, Office of Air and Radiation, and Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, where one of his responsibilities was developing EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory. Shapiro has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University and a Ph.D. in environ-

mental engineering from Harvard University. He also has taught in the public policy program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Van Dyke works to ensure State Department compliance with federal energy and environmental requirements, advances innova-tions related to sustainability within operations, serves as a bridge between policy and management initiatives, and leads the agency’s eco-diplomacy initiatives. He previ-ously served on the White House Council on Environmental Quality as the associate director of interna-tional affairs and climate change. He also served as an advisor in the U.S. Senate, developing legislation on clean energy public-private part-nerships. He holds degrees in Asian economics, business administration, and information systems from George Washington University and Western Michigan University.

Following the official inauguration of the Global Center, there will be a number of presentations and panel sessions today and Tuesday that offer perspectives on water markets and opportunities in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia.

Global Center Inauguration, 9:45 a.m.,

WEF Plaza. For the full programming

schedule, please see the WEF Events

Mobile App or the Conference Program &

Exhibitor Guide.

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For the fourth consecutive year, WEFTEC is hosting the

Stormwater Congress, which offers a program tailored specially for the growing number of water profes-sionals with an interest in storm-water. While the congress is designed primarily for those with responsibility for Phase 1 and Phase 2 Municipal Separate Sewer System (MS4) programs, its full integration into the larger WEFTEC program allows all attendees registered for the full conference to include stormwater programming into their schedules.

With more than 15 work-shops and technical sessions, the congress covers topics such as

green infrastructure design, work-force considerations, financing, best management practices, modeling, and MS4 programs.

An annual highlight of the event is the Stormwater Congress Luncheon, which this year will feature keynote speaker Palencia Mobley, deputy director and chief engineer of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s green infrastructure and MS4 program. Mobley will discuss how the city of Detroit overcame signifi-cant challenges including emer-gency management, new leadership, neighborhood flooding, and climate change issues.

The dedicated Stormwater Pavilion on the exhibit floor showcases more than 50 exhibitors. It also includes a theater that will host educational programming on a variety of tech-nology innovations. The pavilion also will host receptions 5 – 6 p.m. today and Tuesday to provide an informal networking venue for attendees to engage with leaders in the stormwater sector.

Stormwater Congress, 8:30 a.m. –

5 p.m., today through Wednesday.

Stormwater Congress Luncheon (ticketed

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Stormwater Pavilion, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.,

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POPULAR CLEAN WATER POLICY SESSION RETURNSTWO PANELS GIVE ATTENDEES THE CHANCE TO HEAR AGENCY PRIORITIES, ASK QUESTIONS

In one of this afternoon’s featured sessions, attendees will gain

insights from agency officials about the current regulatory land-scape and what’s on the horizon. The Clean Water Policy Update, a perennial WEFTEC highlight, brings together office directors and representatives from various agen-cies to discuss current national water program policies and initia-tives. This year, the session features speakers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water, U.S. EPA Region 3, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Presenters will cover topics including the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, nutri-ents criteria implementation issues in the Chesapeake Bay and nation-ally, drought, reused water, storm-water, green infrastructure,

public–private partnerships and other developments.

The session is broken into two panels moderated by Alan Vicory and Chris Stacklin of the Government Affairs Committee. A Q&A session will follow each panel.

Speakers in the first panel include Joel Beauvais, deputy assistant administrator, EPA Office of Water; Betsy Southerland, EPA Office of Science and Technology; Benita Best-Wong, EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds; and Nancy Beller-Simms, NOAA Climate Program Office.

The second panel will feature Andrew Sawyers, EPA Office of Wastewater Management; Peter C. Grevatt, EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water; and Jon M. Capacasa, Water Protection Division, EPA Region III.

Clean Water Policy Update (Session 200),

1:30 – 5 p.m., Rooms 238–239.

L ast Saturday a small army of water professionals organized by the

Water Environment Federation (WEF) Students and Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) descended upon the New Orleans City Hall for the ninth annual WEF Community Service Project. This year’s event, “NOLA Grows Green at City Hall,” drew more than 200 volun-teers. For the first time, members of the WEF House of Delegates also partici-pated in the service project.

This year’s project will help capture stormwater that is overflowing from a parking garage and onto the sidewalk and street at City Hall. To mitigate the flooding, volunteers constructed two bioswales to slow and filter stormwater runoff from the parking garage and building roof. The group spent several hours doing hands-on work such as backfilling, planting, and mulching.

The project also will serve as an educational platform for the commu-

nity to learn about water, the environ-ment, and green infrastructure. The SYPC installed signage at the site and had leaders on hand to provide lessons about eco-friendly construc-tion throughout the day.

“This year’s project provides a whole new level of visibility with it being located at City Hall,” said Community Service Chair Michael Quamme. “It will really help with our mission to provide education on what

green infrastructure can do for the local environment.”

The high-traffic location of the project —in the shadows of the New Orleans Superdome — will bring it additional attention.

The service project followed a “Water Palooza” community educa-tion fair held on Friday. Together, the events demonstrate the commit-ment to regularly give back to the WEFTEC host city.

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COMPETING FOR WATERFEATURED SESSION DELVES INTO WATER/ENERGY/FOOD NEXUS

Food, energy, and life itself — they all require water. Water is a foun-

dational resource and is at the inter-section of these vital areas. Technical Session 102, Industrial Water and the Water/Energy/Food Nexus, will provide a comprehensive view of the growing tensions among these areas as our world population grows. The session will emphasize industrial use and treatment of water and what can be done to continue the economic wealth of industry that contributes to social wealth and wellbeing while still providing a balance.

This morning’s featured session will feature world leaders in indus-trial water treatment and academia research. Dr. Kathleen Hogan, deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, will kick off the session with an informative keynote presenta-tion about the U.S. Department of Energy’s programs and research on this nexus. Hogan will draw on her experience in overseeing a more than $600 million annual energy effi-ciency policy, program, and research portfolio, including advanced manufacturing, buildings, federal energy management, low income weatherization, and intergovern-mental partnerships.

Panelists include Amanda Brock, founder and CEO of Water Standard; Rabi H. Mohtar, a TEES Endowed Professor at Texas A&M University; and Tom Sandy, a vice president and the associate director of Industrial Water for Brown and Caldwell’s Private Sector Enterprise Industrial Water Service Line.

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What brings you to WEFTEC?“I come primarily for the technical sessions to learn more about water treatment, but I find myself every year getting more and more out of the exhibit hall as I learn more about what the vendors have to offer. As I get deeper in my career as a consulting engineer, the exhibit hall starts to make more sense.”

Allegra Da Silva, Stantec/MWH Water, Denver, Colo.

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