2012 Water Reuse Conference

Water Reuse Conference - 2012

The eighth annual Idaho Water Reuse Conference was held April 17-18, 2012, at the Riverside Hotel in Boise.

These annual conferences enable water and wastewater operators, engineers, public works directors, elected officials, consultants, developers, attorneys, environmental advocates, and other professionals to continue their education, network, and discuss key issues related to water reuse in Idaho and the West.

Thanks to our planning committee: Basic American Food, Bowen Collins & Associates, Brown and Caldwell, Cascade Earth Sciences, CH2M Hill, City of Boise, DEQ, EPA, Forsgren Associates, HDR, J.R. Simplot Company, J-U-B Engineers, Keller Associates, MWH Global, Pharmer Engineering, Riedesel Engineering, Sorrento Lactalis, and SPF Water Engineering.

Continuing Education Credits

See approved IBOL CEU's here.

Agenda*

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Time	Presentation	Speaker
8:00-8:10 a.m.	Moderator	Erik Coats
8:10-8:30 a.m.	Idaho Water Reuse	Chas Ariss
8:30-9:30 a.m.	Direct Potable Reuse: Has Its Time Come? Direct Potable Reuse: A Path Forward Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination Direct Potable Reuse: Benefits for Public Water Supplies, Agriculture, the Environment, and Energy Conservation	George Tchobanoglous
9:30-10:15 a.m.	Nutrient Removal Treatment and Effluent Reuse	David Clark
10:15-10:30 a.m.	Morning Break
10:30-11:05 a.m	Permitting the Obvious? A Recycled Water Success Story in Hermiston, Oregon	Mark Cullington
11:05-11:50 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Treated Water in Irrigation Canals, Drains and Laterals	Mark Cullington, Bryce Farris, Jack Harrison, Dave Tuthill
11:50 a.m-12:10 p.m.	Break Before Lunch
12:10-1:10 p.m.	Public Acceptability of Recycled Water: Getting the Cognitive Sewage Out After the Physical Sewage is Gone	Carol Nemeroff
1:10-1:20 p.m.	Break After Lunch
1:20-2:05 p.m.	No Sweetener in Your Stormwater, But What about Your Reclaimed Water?	Hal Schmidt
2:05-2:50 p.m.	The Value of Reuse: Tucson Water's Reclaimed Water Program	John Kmiec
2:50-3:10 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:10-3:55 p.m.	Backflow Cross Connection and Reuse Water	Alan Wilder
3:55-5:00 p.m.	Operators Panel Discussion: Reuse Will Change Your Life as an Operator: Monitoring, Reporting and Challenges with Reuse	Tracy Crane, Albert Goodman, John Kirkpatrick, John Prigge, Ken Windram
5:00-6:30 p.m.	Reception: Meet guest speakers; hors d'oeuvres will be served

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Time	Presentation	Speaker
8:00-8:10 a.m.	Moderator	Erik Coats
8:10-8:55 a.m.	Public Engagement and Wastewater Reuse: "You Want to Put Poopy Water Where?"	Dan Adams, Nathan S. Bracken
8:55-9:25 a.m.	Nampa: Wastewater Options, Public Outreach and Education Campaign	Steve Burgos, Rosemary Curtain
9:25-9:45 a.m.	Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses: Wastewater Board Members Discussion on Operator Licensure	Larry Annen, Jack Bennion, Barry Burnell
9:45-10:00 a.m.	Morning Break
10:00-10:45 a.m.	California's Various Initiatives and Efforts to Irrigate Freeway Landscaping with Municipal Recycled Water	Mary Grace Pawson
10:45-11:00 a.m.	City of Meridian Reuse Water and Highway Irrigation	Clint Dolsby
11:00-11:25 a.m.	Break Before Lunch
11:25 a.m.-12:10 p.m.	Lunch Presentation: Water Reuse Case Studies and Issues	George Tchobanoglous
12:10-12:25 p.m.	Break After Lunch
12:25-1:10 p.m.	Water Reuse Farm Operation Realities and Comparison of Hawaii to Idaho Water Reuse Operational Issues	Ken Windram
1:10-1:40 p.m.	Moving Away from the Well: Wastewater Reuse Projects at a Potato Facility	John Kirkpatrick
1:40-2:00 p.m.	Afternoon Break
2:00-3:00 p.m.	Converting Industrial Process Water into High Quality Drinking Water for Food Processing Reuse	Albert Goodman
3:00-3:30 p.m.	Non-Growing Season Reclaimed Water Land Treatment	Michael Murray
3:30-4:15 p.m.	Estimating Growing Season Hydraulic Loading Rate Using U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Agricultural Meteorological System (AgriMet) Data	Brad King
4:15-4:45 p.m.	House Bill 608: New Legislation Affecting Water Rights for Wastewater Management and Reuse DEQ Wastewater Program Summary and Closing Remarks	Christopher Meyer, Chas Ariss

* Agenda is subject to change

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