Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association - Event Information

Event Name:
Innovative Water Technology Annual Seminar

Event Type(s):
Conference

Description:

Come join the Innovative Water Technology Committee for their Annual Seminar in February of 2025! The theme for the event will be One Water and One Environment featuring Jamie Eichenberger (Past WEF President) as the keynote speaker. This year's session topics will be Energy Production and Management, Reuse-based Challenges, Wholistic Nutrient Considerations, and Advanced Treatment Technologies. The full-day seminar registration includes a light breakfast, a tour coupled with lunchtime, and a happy hour afterwards. We hope you will join us for another wonderful event.

  • TUs will be offerred through Colorado Certified Water Professionals (CCWP)
Click here for the agenda and more details!

Event Date:
2/6/2025

Event Time:
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Mountain

Location:
CSU Spur Campus Hydro Building
4777 National Western Dr
Denver, CO 80216

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Contact Person:
Stephanie Fevig
(phone: 720-537-4851)

Details:
                                                   

Keynote
    Jamie Eichenberger
        One Water and One Environment

Session 1: Reuse
   
Innovative Technologies
    Purple Pipe Collaborations
    Regional Partnerships and Interdependencies

Panel Discussion
    
Nexus of Water Quality and Water Quantity
            A discussion on technology, water demands, and feasibility

Session 2: Energy Production and Management
    
Leveraging Solar Power and Generators during Complicated Circumstances
    Innovative Ways to Harvest More Energy
    Trade-offs Between Energy Inputs and Nutrient Removal

Lunchtime Tour
CSU Spur's Hydro Building Wet Lab and Research Lab 
Denver Water's Water Recycling Plant (5650 York Street, Commerce City, Colorado 80228)

Session 3: Nutrients for Reg 31 and Advanced Treatment
    Where Would Nutrient Removal be Easier?
    Pilot Combinations that Expand Study Scopes
    Tales from Fantastic Road Trips to Other Facilities
    Roadmap Updates for Nutrients and Feasibility

Happy Hour Reception and Networking


Program Agenda:
 

IWT 2025 Seminar: One Water, One Environment
Program Agenda 
07:45 – 08:15 Registration, Tour Details, and Light Breakfast Provided
08:15 – 08:30 Welcome
Stephanie Fevig (IWT Treasurer)
08:30 – 10:00 Keynote Presentation: One Water, One Environment, One Community: How to Leverage OneWater Principles to Meet Community Needs
Jamie Eichenberger (HDR)
10:00 – 10:20 Networking Break
Reuse Session
10:20 – 10:50 Unlocking the potential for potable reuse using carbon based advanced treatment
Gayathari Ram Mohan (Hazen and Sawyer)
10:50 – 11:20 Reuse Feasibility Study Update
Dan Wcislo (Metro Water Recovery)
11:20 – 13:20 Tours and Lunch
  1. Denver Water Recycling Plant Tour (offsite, 2 times available, carpooling encouraged)
  2. 11:45 to 12:30
  3. 12:30 to 13:15
 
OR
 
  1. SPUR Campus Research and Lab Tour (onsite, times updated)
 
Lunch will be available from 11:20 – 13:20
 
Energy Management Session
13:20 – 13:50 City of Boulder’s Fire, Wind, Power Case Study
Chris Olsen (City of Boulder), Tom Ghidossi (Barr Engineering)
13:50 – 14:20 Balancing carbon, energy, and nutrients in activated sludge processes
Levi Straka (MWRD Chicago) and McKenna Farmer (Black & Veatch)
14:20 – 14:50 Leveraging Cooling Towers as a Solution for Reg 31 Effluent Temperature Limits
Stephen Burdett (CDM Smith)
14:50 – 15:10 Networking Break
Advanced Treatment/Regulation 31 Session
15:10 – 15:40 Feasibility Group Update
Dan DeLaughter (South Platte Renew)
15:40 – 16:40 One Water Panel Discussion
Nicole Poncelet Johnson and Jill Orpeza (City of Fort Collins), Andrea Song (City of Westminster), Weston Martin (Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority)
16:40 – 16:55 Shark Tank 2024 Winner Update: SPR Facility Asset Renewal Marketplace (FARM)
Caleb Vannice (South Platte Renew)
16:55 – 18:00 Happy Hour

 
Registration Costs:
  • Member $ 200.00 

  • Non-Member $ 225.00 

  • First Ten Students $ Free

  • Additional Students $ 50.00 

  • Speaker $ 100.00

  • ​IWT Steering Committee Member $ 100.00 

 




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