2019 Connecticut Annual Conference and Trade Show
Class Descriptions
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM - Concurrent Session 1
Classroom A: Setting Water Rates: Structures & Strategies
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Water
Is your system operating in the red or black? This course will cover strategies to help you determine and set fair and equitable water/ wastewater rates. We will also discuss how to sell the need for a rate increase to the board, council and public.
Speaker: Don VanVeldhuizen, Technical Training Manager, USABluebook
Classroom B: Automatic Control Valves-What do you know about them?
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Automatic Control Valves are used in domestic water supply and distribution systems to control pressure, flow, and level hydraulically, electronically, or in combination of the two. They are can be fitted with various options for local and remote operation, signal transmission, and alarm outputs to notify of system issues. In the presentation, as outlined below, we will learn where, how, and why they are used to better understand their function and operation.
- Basic operation of Control Valves
- Applications – Water Treatment Plants (mainly Potable), Distribution System
- Capabilities and options
- Electronics for remote control and Telemetry connections/control
- Sizing and Good engineering practice and considerations
Speaker: Pat Connelly, Area Sales Manager for Cla-Val
Classroom C: LabSurvival 101
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCHs for Wastewater
The devil is in the details. An in depth look into pH, DO, TSS, and VSS regulations and approved procedures to produce court justifiable results.
Let’s talk 40 CFR 136 - not ALL methods are made the same, find the right one for you.
And together let’s hunt down all those pesky notations in the federal register.
Speaker: Kim Maloney, Environmental Laboratory Director, Town of Wallingford CT
Classroom A: Setting Water Rates: Structures & Strategies
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Water
Is your system operating in the red or black? This course will cover strategies to help you determine and set fair and equitable water/ wastewater rates. We will also discuss how to sell the need for a rate increase to the board, council and public.
Speaker: Don VanVeldhuizen, Technical Training Manager, USABluebook
Classroom B: Automatic Control Valves-What do you know about them?
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Automatic Control Valves are used in domestic water supply and distribution systems to control pressure, flow, and level hydraulically, electronically, or in combination of the two. They are can be fitted with various options for local and remote operation, signal transmission, and alarm outputs to notify of system issues. In the presentation, as outlined below, we will learn where, how, and why they are used to better understand their function and operation.
- Basic operation of Control Valves
- Applications – Water Treatment Plants (mainly Potable), Distribution System
- Capabilities and options
- Electronics for remote control and Telemetry connections/control
- Sizing and Good engineering practice and considerations
Speaker: Pat Connelly, Area Sales Manager for Cla-Val
Classroom C: LabSurvival 101
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCHs for Wastewater
The devil is in the details. An in depth look into pH, DO, TSS, and VSS regulations and approved procedures to produce court justifiable results.
Let’s talk 40 CFR 136 - not ALL methods are made the same, find the right one for you.
And together let’s hunt down all those pesky notations in the federal register.
Speaker: Kim Maloney, Environmental Laboratory Director, Town of Wallingford CT
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Concurrent Session 2
Classroom A: USDA Rural Development - Water & Wastewater Program and Community Facility Program
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Let’s learn about USDA Rural Development Water & Waste (WEP) and Community Facility (CF) programs, eligibility, types of projects, how much grant you are eligible for, other credit requirements. What you need for a full application. I will explain about the preliminary engineer report (PER) and preliminary architectural feasibility report (PAFR) requirements and the environmental requirements. The possibility of guarantee loans. The process after we approve your loan, construction process. We will follow up with a question & answer session.
Speaker: Norman P. St. Jean, Area Loan Specialist, Norwich, CT
Classroom B: The Devil We Know and Some We Don’t: Treatment of Naturally Occurring and Emerging Man-Made Groundwater Contaminants
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Groundwaters can have treatment challenges based on naturally occurring and man-made contaminants. The water industry has a long history with treating contaminants such as iron and manganese but many emerging contaminants [e.g., poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)] are becoming a growing challenge. Emerging treatment technologies are also helping to improve treatment of more traditional contaminants. This presentation will provide an overview of biological treatment for iron and manganese, antimony treatment for a small community water system, and PFAS treatment.
Speakers: James Collins, Principal Engineer and Louis Soracco, Senior Project Mgr, Tighe & Bond
Classroom C: DEEP Wastewater Inspection & Operator Certification Overview
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Wastewater
Yearly training and exam requirements and other operator certification questions answered.
Inspection protocol and general information on what to expect and an overview of the EPA’s 2019 Method Update Rule presented.
Speakers: Craig Motasky, DEEP Environmental Analyst 2, Water Planning & Management Division and Susan Unger, DEEP Environmental Compliance Specialist 2, Water Planning & Management Division
Classroom A: USDA Rural Development - Water & Wastewater Program and Community Facility Program
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Let’s learn about USDA Rural Development Water & Waste (WEP) and Community Facility (CF) programs, eligibility, types of projects, how much grant you are eligible for, other credit requirements. What you need for a full application. I will explain about the preliminary engineer report (PER) and preliminary architectural feasibility report (PAFR) requirements and the environmental requirements. The possibility of guarantee loans. The process after we approve your loan, construction process. We will follow up with a question & answer session.
Speaker: Norman P. St. Jean, Area Loan Specialist, Norwich, CT
Classroom B: The Devil We Know and Some We Don’t: Treatment of Naturally Occurring and Emerging Man-Made Groundwater Contaminants
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Water
Groundwaters can have treatment challenges based on naturally occurring and man-made contaminants. The water industry has a long history with treating contaminants such as iron and manganese but many emerging contaminants [e.g., poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)] are becoming a growing challenge. Emerging treatment technologies are also helping to improve treatment of more traditional contaminants. This presentation will provide an overview of biological treatment for iron and manganese, antimony treatment for a small community water system, and PFAS treatment.
Speakers: James Collins, Principal Engineer and Louis Soracco, Senior Project Mgr, Tighe & Bond
Classroom C: DEEP Wastewater Inspection & Operator Certification Overview
Credits seeking: 1.0 TCH for Wastewater
Yearly training and exam requirements and other operator certification questions answered.
Inspection protocol and general information on what to expect and an overview of the EPA’s 2019 Method Update Rule presented.
Speakers: Craig Motasky, DEEP Environmental Analyst 2, Water Planning & Management Division and Susan Unger, DEEP Environmental Compliance Specialist 2, Water Planning & Management Division
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM - Concurrent Session 3
Classroom A: Where’s the Water? (Disaster Management)
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Water
The primary job of all water systems is to provide sufficient safe drinking water for their customers. In a disaster situation, the “cookie cutter” approach does not work because all systems are unique. Learn which questions to ask and how to better prepare your system for an upcoming disaster. Learn what equipment is available and the necessary supplies to prevent the second disaster, which can occur from poor disaster management.
Speaker: Don VanVeldhuizen, Technical Training Manager, USABluebook
Classroom B: Can You Hear Me Now – Acoustics and Leak Detection
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCHs for Water
This presentation will help system operators and managers understand the characteristics of sound and how it applies to leak localization and pinpointing.
Attendees will learn:
• Acoustic Training - Characteristics of sound and how it applies to leak detection
• Localization – Optimizing the survey strategy
• Leak detection techniques to identify, localize, pinpoint & repair leaks quicker & more efficiently.
• Correlation ‘Tricks of the Trade, Pitfalls and Real Leak Analysis’
• Real Sound and Frequency Analysis
Speaker: Ryan Flynn, Technical Sales Consultant, 540 Technologies
Classroom C: From Breweries & Biopharma TO Metal Finishers & Septage- Managing Headworks Loading & Industrial Wastewater at the Water Pollution Control Plant
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Wastewater
Several key issues with managing both domestic and non-domestic wastewater discharges, what to look out for when regulating commercial and industrial discharges in the community will be discussed. The basic concepts of plant headworks loadings for conventional pollutants, nutrients, metals, and other emerging constituents of concern will be reviewed. The differences between federally regulated industrial sewer discharges such as significant industrial users and state regulated sewer discharges that are usually covered by state general permits will be presented. In attempts to manage these discharges in a responsible manner with the goal of maintaining permit compliance local CT WPCA examples of approaches, common tools and addressing non-domestic discharges will be discussed. This session will also explore how the industry will or may be changing in the future.
Speakers: Fred Mueller, P.E., Principal Engineer and Wayne Bates, Tighe & Bond Consulting Engineers
Classroom A: Where’s the Water? (Disaster Management)
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Water
The primary job of all water systems is to provide sufficient safe drinking water for their customers. In a disaster situation, the “cookie cutter” approach does not work because all systems are unique. Learn which questions to ask and how to better prepare your system for an upcoming disaster. Learn what equipment is available and the necessary supplies to prevent the second disaster, which can occur from poor disaster management.
Speaker: Don VanVeldhuizen, Technical Training Manager, USABluebook
Classroom B: Can You Hear Me Now – Acoustics and Leak Detection
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCHs for Water
This presentation will help system operators and managers understand the characteristics of sound and how it applies to leak localization and pinpointing.
Attendees will learn:
• Acoustic Training - Characteristics of sound and how it applies to leak detection
• Localization – Optimizing the survey strategy
• Leak detection techniques to identify, localize, pinpoint & repair leaks quicker & more efficiently.
• Correlation ‘Tricks of the Trade, Pitfalls and Real Leak Analysis’
• Real Sound and Frequency Analysis
Speaker: Ryan Flynn, Technical Sales Consultant, 540 Technologies
Classroom C: From Breweries & Biopharma TO Metal Finishers & Septage- Managing Headworks Loading & Industrial Wastewater at the Water Pollution Control Plant
Credits seeking: 1.5 TCH for Wastewater
Several key issues with managing both domestic and non-domestic wastewater discharges, what to look out for when regulating commercial and industrial discharges in the community will be discussed. The basic concepts of plant headworks loadings for conventional pollutants, nutrients, metals, and other emerging constituents of concern will be reviewed. The differences between federally regulated industrial sewer discharges such as significant industrial users and state regulated sewer discharges that are usually covered by state general permits will be presented. In attempts to manage these discharges in a responsible manner with the goal of maintaining permit compliance local CT WPCA examples of approaches, common tools and addressing non-domestic discharges will be discussed. This session will also explore how the industry will or may be changing in the future.
Speakers: Fred Mueller, P.E., Principal Engineer and Wayne Bates, Tighe & Bond Consulting Engineers
