Presentations—NYSAWWA Spring Meeting 2008
Presentations are added as they become available. Updated 5/9/2008
Session 1 Keynote Presentation
The Water & Wastewater Response Networks (WARN) System: Why Mutual Aid Matters — Michael Howe
Session 2 Donuts with Department of Health
Donuts with Department of Health — Victor Pisani & Jack Dunn
Session 3 Valves, Hydrants & Leak Monitoring
Valve Insertions, Line Stops & Tapping of Water Mains — Larry Dyer
Hydrant Maintenance & Security — John Fiedler
Continuous Leak Monitoring & Ways to Reduce Unaccountable Water — Lou Rossetti
Session 4 pH, Chlorine & Colorimetry
pH — Robert Geary
Colorimetry — Robert Geary
Turbidity — Robert Geary
Standard Concentration — Robert Geary
Session 5 Water & Wastewater Assistance Response Networks (WARN)
National Overview of WARN — Kevin Morley
The WARN System: Why Mutual Aid Works — Michael Howe
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact — Jack Jowett
Case Study: Port Ewen, NY: Water Emergency & the Mutual Aid Response — Judith Hansen
NY WARN: Lessons Learned on Long Island — Mike Boufis
Session 6A Groundwater Topics
Removal of Arsenic, Nitrate & Percholate from Groundwater — Michael Havener
Protecting Your Groundwater Supply - Village of Garden City — Paul Granger
Session 6B Groundwater Topics
Water Treatment System O & M - Lessons Learned — Richard Humann
Adjusting ph & Alkalinity in LI Goundwater — Joseph Roccaro
Session 7A Dam Safety
Update on Dam Safety Regulations — Alon Dominitz
An Overview of Dam Safety Improvements at Big Creek Lake Dam — Kevin Ruswick
Fast-Tracking Stability Improvements at a Large Dam — Donald Cordell
Session 7B Dam Safety
Emergency Response & Repair Prevents Dam Failure — Richard Wakeman
Glenmore Dam - Improving Safety While Expanding the Reservoir — Bob Bowers
Session 8A Disinfection By-Products
Complying with Stage 2 Disinfections & Disinfectant By Product Rule — Robert Geary
Principals & Practice for TOC Removal by Coagulation — James Edzwald
New York City's State 2 DBP Rule Compliance — Andrea Traviglia
Session 8B Disinfection By-Products
New York City's Stage 2 DBP Control Study — William Becker
Formation & Occurrence of Nitrogenous Disinfection Byproducts — David Reckhow
Session 9A Management & Customer Service
Succession Planning in the Water Industry — Claire Baldwin
Successful Management of an Aging System within a Changing Environment — Stephen Waldvogel
AWWARF & NYSAWWA - A Mutually Supportive Relationship — Michael Hooker
esion 9B Management & Customer Service —
Implementing a Computerized Maintenance Mangement System in Latham Water District — Robert Mateja
Financing Water Projects — Richard McCarthy
Session 10 Distribution
Accelerated GIS Conversion & Model Development to meet Regulatory Guidelines — Lauren Fahnestock
Nitrification in the Drinking Water Distribution System — Jonathan Pressman
Practical Evaluation of Corrosion Before Water Quality Changes — Becki Rosenfeldt
Monitoring Remote Sites via Wireless Modems — Robert Youmans
Session 11 Energy Management
Implementation & Operation of Solar Power to Reduce Costs in Hoboken, NJ — Randy Alstadt
Energy Optimization at a 20-mgd Immersed Membrane Water Treatment Plant — Eileen Feldman
Energy Performance Contracting — Christopher Kalwara
Energy Use & Opportunities at Municipal Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants — Gregory Lampman
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