We hope you enjoyed your visit to Texas Water 2007, April 10-13 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Below is a table of contents of this CD. Click on a topic to see a list of presenters and, where, indicated, a link to papers submitted by the deadline for inclusion. For later submissions, check www.texas-water.com, where you can also find information about Texas Water 2008, March 25-28 in San Antonio.
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The Next Step Toward Automation (paper)
Fariborz Fakheri
Dallas Water Utilities
Bill Dang
Westin Engineering
Innovative Design Approach to Plant Power Distribution (paper)
V Gupta
Gupta & Associates, Inc
Alex Nizov
Gupta & Associates,Inc
Gregory Hooten
TCB
Mike Querry
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Bill Smith
Trinity River Authority of Texas
History in the Making: An intimate look at historical data collection and reporting (paper)
Joseph LaRosa
Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.
John Clavette
CDM
Power Quality and Harmonics
Indira Pjetrovic
Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc.
William Sako
Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc.
Ian Stott
Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc.
Ed Weaver
Tarrant Regional Water District
SCADA Upgrade and Integration with Enterprise Network Infrastructure: A Case Study (paper)
John Robinson
CDM
Tim Allen
Fort Worth Water Department
Bubba Plunk
Fort Worth Water Department
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No Two Wet Weather Events are Alike: Wastewater Flow Monitoring in Round Rock, Texas (paper)
Leigh Cerda
GSWW, Inc.
David Freireich
City of Round Rock
Effective Identification of Service Line Defects with Electro-Scan Technology (paper)
Dabbagunte Dayananda
City of Pasadena, Texas
Charles Wilmut
GSWW, Inc.
Bernard Dsouza
GSWW, Inc.
The Growth of Lateral Pipe Bursting as a Tool in Combating Issues Associated with Inflow & Infiltration in Sanitary Sewer Systems
Dave Holcomb
TT Technologies
Establishment of a Continuous Manhole Rehabilitation Improvement Program
Wayne Hunter
Espey Consultants, Inc.
Patricia Cleveland
trinity River Authority
William Cyrus
Trinity River Authoriity
Collection System Inspection and Rehabilitation Using Innovative Methods to Find it-Fix it
Susan Kelly
Brown and Caldwell
Kacey Cubine
Brown and Caldwell
GIS Based Collection System Modeling (paper)
John Marler
HDR Engineering
Scott Hibbs
Enprotec / Hibbs & Todd
Wastewater Rehabilitation at the City of Austin's Montopolis Wastewater Structures: An Investigation of Available Technologies
Stephanie Sue
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
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Wastewater Legislation/Regulation
Water Quality Regulatory and Legislative Panel
Carol Batterton
Water Environment Association of Texas
Outlook in Texas for Watershed-Based TPDES Permitting
Gregg Eckhardt
San Antonio Water System
Steve Clouse
San Antonio Water System
CCN Decertification
David Klein
Lloyd Gosselink
Know the System: How to Navigate TCEQ's Enforcement Processes
Angela Moorman
Birch, Becker & Moorman, LLP
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TRA CRWS Gets Flow Diversion in Time for Deluge: Emergency Routing of Wet Weather Flow During Construction at the Plant (paper)
Gennady Boksiner
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Bill Tatum
Trinity River Authority
Mike Querry
Trinity River Authority
Managing Wet-weather Flows Through Phased Improvements to the Sims South WWTP (paper)
Keith O'Connor
Weston Solutions, Inc.
What Does It Take To Model a Wastewater Treatment Plant? (paper)
Dr. Ana Pena-Tijerina
Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc.
PCB Treatment PDQ
Russell Redder
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
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Utilizing Non-Potable Water Projects To Meet Groundwater Conservation Goals in the City of Sugar Land (paper)
Justin Bower
City of Sugar Land, TX
Public-Private Partnership in Water Reuse (paper)
Joshua Hollon
Carter & Burgess
Chris Harder
City of Fort Worth Water Department
The Reuse Rate Dilemma
Jennifer Ivey
Red Oak Consulting
Water Quality Management Where There Isn't Much Water (paper)
Paul Jensen
PBS&J
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Use of Oxygen Uptake Rate (OUR) as a Tool to Start Up, Predict Process Instability, Perform Rapid Process Optimization, and Monitor Nitrifier Population Dynamics in Biological Nitrogen Removal (BNR) Systems - Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks (paper)
Chamindra Dassanayake
Malcolm Pirnie
Phosphorous Removal Pilot Testing: Comparing Microfiltration and Cloth-Media Filtration Technologies (paper)
Adam Evans
HDR Engineering
Gas, Liquid, or Lamp: Factors in Evaluating Alternative Disinfectants for Wastewater Treatment
Erin Flanagan
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Efficiently Nitrify Lagoon Effluent (paper)
Chuck Hewell, P.E.
AnoxKaldnes, Inc.
High Rate Secondary Clarification for Wet Weather Applications (paper)
Nathen Myers
Kruger
Randel West
Chiang, Patel, and Yerby, Inc.
Can Your Plant Wear Skinny Jeans? Fitting Older Plants into Newer Processes.
Laura Stratton
Black & Veatch
Effect of Aircraft Deicing Compounds on the Operation and Performance of the South Austin Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant
Ramesh Swaminathan
TCB
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Conservation and Interbasin Transfer: The LCRA-SAWS Water Project
Ken Hall
CH2M HILL
Leah Manning
Lower Colorado River Authority
Gary Guy
San Antonio Water System
Conecting the East to the West: TRWD's 350 MGD Eagle Mountain Connection Project (paper)
Alan Hutson
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Russell Gibson
Freese and Nichols
David Marshall
Tarrant Regional Water District
Aquifer Storage & Recovery: Using Innovative Technology to Secure our Water Future (paper)
Robert Macias
San Antonio Water System
Recharge Master Planning, Well Design and Installation for City of Surprise, Arizona
Floyd Marsh
Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc.
Gary Small
HydroSystems, Inc.
Groundwater Development in Aquifers with Naturally Occurring Arsenic
Kenneth Nichols
CH2M HILL
Preparing for Groundwater Conservation Districts Well Registration and Well Permitting Programs in Texas
Steven Walthour
Steven Walthour, PG
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Texas Landscape Water Conservation Manual
Chris Brown
Chris Brown Consulting
Don Wilkerson
TAMU
Dan Lineberger
TAMU
Fort Worth's Time-of-Day Watering Restrictions
Chris Harder
City of Fort Worth
Mary Gugliuzza
City of Fort Worth
Texas Rainwater Harvesting Evaluation Committee - Findings and Recommendations (paper)
Hari Krishna
Texas Water Development Board
2005 Texas Water Loss Audit Report (paper)
Mark Mathis
TWDB
Raising Your Water IQ: 6th Grade Curriculum and Web-based Interactive Modules (paper)
Stacy Pandey
Lower Colorado River Authority
John Sutton
TWDB
When it Rains, Grab a Bucket: Capitalizing on Adversity to Advance Conservation (paper)
Dan Strub
City of Austin Water Utility
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Challenges for Pipeline Construction in a Seller's Market (paper)
Russell Gibson
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Alan Hutson
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Water Consumption Forecasting to Improve Energy Efficiency of Pumping Operations (paper)
Bob Hill
EMA, Inc.
Lawrence Jentgen
EMA, Inc.
Quantifying Risk in High Dollar Capital Improvements Projects to Minimize Rate Payer Impact
Ismael Nogales
San Antonio Water System
The Future of Tank Maintenance…Where do We Go From Here
Raymond Ray Penny
Tank Industry Consultants
Surge Protection in a Wellfield Pipeline System (paper)
Jonathan Vorheis
CH2M HILL
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Municipal Service Delivery Through Managed Competition
Byron Hardin
Brown and Caldwell
Susan Kelly
Brown and Caldwell
Using A Computerized Work and Asset Management System Integrated With GIS To Manage Wastewater Collection Assets, Work and Customer Service (paper)
Stephen Klepper
City of Corpus Christi Texas
Mark Shell
City of Corpus Christi
Bringing a Regional Surface Water Supply Project from Concept to Reality
Paul Selsky
Brown and Caldwell
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Solar-Powered Circulators: An Effective Technology to Improve Water Quality in Lake Houston (paper)
Dannelle Belhateche
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Department
Mike Turco
USGS
Yong Wang
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Dept.
Joel Bleth
SolarBee Inc.
Membrane Design Flux - Optimization, Not Standardization
Scott Caothien
Pall Water Processing
Pete O'Connell
Pall Water Processing
Tony Wachinski
Pall Water Processing
Ozone and Biofiltration: Promising Technologies for DBP Removal and T&O Control (paper)
Bhavana Karnik
Malcolm Pirnie Inc.
Sunil Kommineni
Malcolm Pirnie Inc
Lessons Learned on Algal Control Strategies - North American Survey Findings (paper)
Erin Lyons
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Sunil Kommineni
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Impact of Chlorine Dioxide Pre-oxidation of Ozone in Preventing Bromate Formation
Douglas Rittmann
Independent Consultant
Pilot Study of Advanced Treatment Technologies for DBP Precursor Removal
Justin Sutherland
Carollo Engineers, P.C.
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Design and Application of Vacuum Induced Sodium Hypochlorite Disinfection Systems in the State of Texas
Anton Callery
ITT Advanced Water Treatment
Ozone Facility Design of Over 128,000 lbs/day Yields Many Lessons Learned
Susan Crawford
CDM
Validating Performance of a UV-Oxidation System for Taste and Odor Treatment
Adam Festger
Trojan Technologies Inc.
Alan Royce
Trojan Technologies Inc
Mike Leach
Trojan Technologies Inc
Christian Williamson
Trojan Technologies Inc
Get the Red Out! Removing Iron and Manganese from Well Water Supplies (poster)
A. Lee Head, III, P.E.
Gregory R. Lushbaugh, P.E.
Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
Ozone: It's Coming, How Do We Prepare for It? (paper)
Robert Hoffman
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Tracking Membrane Operations in Texas Public Water Supplies...What's Driving the Market? (paper)
Michael Morrison
Freese & Nichols Inc.
Advances in Seawater Desalination - Implications for Texas (paper)
Dhananjay Mishra
Malcolm Pirnie
Balancing Disinfection By-product Control with Taste and Odor Control
Roger Noack
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Recent Advances for Cost-Effective Membrane Systems (paper)
William Sellerberg
Pall Corporation
Luis Escobar-Ferrand
Pall Corporation
Joseph Swiezbin
Pall Corporation
Anthony Wachinski, PhD, PE
Pall Corporation
Hueco Bolson Aquifer Arsenic Removal Systems
Fernando Silva
Brown and Caldwell
John Balliew
El Paso Water Utilities
The Ties That Bind: Forming Chloramines that Last (paper)
David Sloan
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Strength in Numbers - Four Municipalities Share Costs for Membrane Pilot Study (paper)
Charlotte Smith
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Troubleshooting Chlorine Dioxide Generators: Corrective Actions for an Established Generation Facility in Wichita Falls (paper)
David Vallejo
Black & Veatch Corporation
Daniel Nix
City of Wichita Falls, TX
Aimee Wilson
City of Wichita Falls, TX
Robert Hoehn
Black & Veatch Corporation
Donald Gates
Independent Consultant
Treatment Plant Modifications to Improve Water Quality (paper)
Charles Vokes
City of Arlington
Alternative TOC Removal Requirements: Cost-Saving Practice without Compromising Your Treatment Goals (paper)
Yong Wang
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Department
Yvonne Forrest
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Dept.
Mark Littleton
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Dept.
Dannelle Belhateche
City of Houston Public Works & Engineering Dept.
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TMDL Development for Water Quality Impairments of Adams and Cow Bayous (paper)
Kirk Dean
Parsons Water and Infrastructure
Edward Ling
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Miles Hall
Sabine River Authority of Texas
Transforming the Trinity in Dallas
Ken Hall
CH2M HILL
Greg Ajemian
City of Dallas
Predicted Sedimentation Rates at Proposed Lake Ralph Hall, North Sulphur River, Texas (paper)
Michael Harvey
Mussetter Engineering, Inc.
Stuart Trabant
Mussetter Engineering, Inc.
John Levitt
Chiang Patel & Yerby, Inc.
Thermal Stratification Management in Reservoir Once-Through Cooling Systems (paper)
Paul Jensen
PBS&J
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Evaluation of the Marketing Potential for Biosolids Produced at Five Regional Wastewater Treatment Plants Operated by the Trinity River Authority of Texas
Glenn Clingenpeel
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Bulkless Biosolids Composting at the City of San Angelo's Kickapoo Composting Facility (paper)
Kevin Krueger
City of San Angelo - Department of Water Utilities
Jack Nalepka
City of San Angelo - Department of Water Utilities
Russell Frasier
City of San Angelo - Department of Water Utilities
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Magnesium Hydroxide (Thioguard(c)) Feed Reduces Odor and Provides pH Stabilization at a North Texas Municipal Wastewater Plant (paper)
Jeff Caffey
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
Multi-Stage Odor Control Alternatives for a Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Las Vegas (paper)
Petros Dimitriou-Christidis
Carollo Engineers
Troy Laman
Carollo Engineers
Scott Hoff
Carollo Engineers
Marinus Baadsgaard
Clark County Water Reclamation District
Punda Pai
Clark County Water Reclamation District
Grapevine WWTP Odor Master Plan
A. Head, P.E.
Brown and Gay Engineers, Inc.
Mike Brownlee, P.E.
City of Grapevine, Texas
Mark Perkins, P.E.
Perkins Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Pure Oxygen for Odor Control at the Trinity River Authority of Texas (paper)
James McMillen
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc
Betty Jordan
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.
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Aeration Control System Optimization
Dawn Anderson
Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc.
Using Energy Savings to Fund Upgrades at Wastewater Plants
Chris Canonico
CDM
Evaluation of Potential Operational Cost Savings Associated With Automated Blower Control (paper)
David Munn
TCB INC.
Stanley Williams, P.E.
TCB INC.
Your Bugs Can Save You Bucks: Denitrification to Reduce Aeration Costs
Leonard Ripley
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Energy Savings, Turndown, and Reliability for Operation of UV Disinfection Systems in Wastewater Treatment
Phil Spitzer
CDM
Our Electrical Bill is How Much? (paper)
Regina Stencel
City of Dallas
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Should There Be a Future for Delivering Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Using Design Build In Texas?
Douglas Herbst
PARSONS
Construction, Start-Up and Training issues for the City of Weatherford 6-mgd Membrane Design-Build WPP Expansion (paper)
Tracey Long
CDM
Sharon Hayes
City of Weatherford
Design Build - It Can Work
Edward Motley
Chiang, Patel & Yerby, Inc
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CMOM+SSOI=Compliance (paper)
James Forbes
Pipeline Analysis, LLC
Renewal/Rehab Prioritization: Using Technology to Make More Informed Decisions (paper)
Julia Hunt
City of Arlington, Texas
Robert Lemus
City of Arlington, TX
Matrices and Algorithms: Applying Mathematical Models in Prioritizing Wastewater System Needs (paper)
David Koberlein
GSWW, Inc.
City of Irving Water Utilities Department Asset Management Program Initiation
Ralph Templin
Westin Engineering, Inc.
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Best Value Approach for Managing CIPs
William Buchholz
Parsons Water & Infrastructure Inc.
Price Fluctuation and Market Volatility in Municipal and Treatment Plant Construction Projects (paper)
Darren Hibbs
Freese & Nichols, Inc.
UTRWD Tom Harpool WTP - Build it and They Will Come
James Gallovich
Carollo Engineers
Kurt Staller
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
Larry Patterson
Upper Trinity Regional Water District
Glen Middleton
Carollo Engineers
What's the Water Demand and Where Does it Go? (paper)
Melissa Henderson, PE
Justin Reeves, EIT
Lcokwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.
Crossing Lake Austin Using Horizontal Directional Drilling (paper)
Spenta Irani, PE
Paul Savard, PE
Mike Boyle, PE
Phil Salyers
Dueling or Partnering with Construction Contractors: The Bachman Experience
S. Schmid
Chiang, Patel & Yerby
John Klepac
Jacobs Civil
Tino Contreras
Dallas Water Utilities
Lake Tawakoni Water Supply Project (paper)
J. Sherrer
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
David T. Bennett
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
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Water Conservation Community Outreach: Leveraging Supplementary Public Sector Educational Alliances
Carole Davis
City of Dallas Water Utilities
WET in the City: Water Education is a Water Resource
Jeff Dornbos
Council for Environmental Education
Corral the Grease - A Public Education Project (paper)
Bill Goloby
City of Houston
Sherman Irish
City of Houston
Joseph Majdalani
City of Houston
Only Tap Water Delivers
Mary Gugliuzza
City of Fort Worth
Getting Your Rates Passed - Case-Study Examples of Sales Techniques
Nelisa Heddin
Water Resources Management, LP
Bill Riley
Water Resources Management, LP
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Boxcar Blues - Impact of Rail Carrier Legislative Actions to the Water and Wastewater Industry
Tina Hanson
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
An Introduction to MOP-21 Automation of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (paper)
Bob Hill
EMA, Inc.
A Green Approach to Power Supply for Remote Systemd (paper)
Michael Jackson
CDM
William Sako
CDM
City of Houston Wastewater Treatment - DRC (paper)
Yehuda Morag
CH2M HILL
The Use of Ocean Navigating Autonomus Vehicle (ONAV) to Conduct Hydrographic Surveys (paper)
Garry Patterson
J3S, Inc.
Timothy Raymund
J3S, Inc.
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Building and Sustaining Organizational Talent - Leadership Realities and Challenges (paper)
Charlie Anderson
CDM
Getting Water and Sewer Funding (paper)
David Garza
City of Pharr
The 2006 National Water and Wastewater Rate Survey - Results and Industry Trends
William Stannard
Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc
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