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Collection Systems
Technical Sessions Session 9: Collection System Basics: What You Need to Know

Session 10: Odor and Corrosion Control in Collection Systems: From the Pipes to the Plants

Session 28: Private Property…Not So Private Anymore

Session 52: CMOM: Clean and Assess Conditions

Session 71: Build (or Rehab) It and It Will Come

Session 90: Think Big! Tunnels and CSO/SSO Controls

Session 107: Pump Stations: Keeping Your Assets High and Dry

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Facility Operations Including Lab Practices/Disinfection/Safety & Security/Odors & Air Emissions 
Technical Sessions Session 7: Plant Process Optimization and Energy Management

Session 26: Energing Challenges with Chlorine Disinfection

Session 48: Activated Sludge Process Optimization: I Can See Clearly Now the Floc Is Gone

Session 49: U.S. EPA’s Performance Based Method Approach, National Lab Accreditation, and New Methods for Environmental Monitoring

Session 50:
 Validation of UV Reactors: New Approaches to Consistent UV Design

Session 67: Operation of Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems

Session 68: Lab Practices Detection and Quantitation: New Methods and Perspectives of U.S. EPA's Federal Advisory Committee

Session 69:
 Management of Odor and VOCs

Session 87: Operation of Biological Nitrogen Removal Systems

Session 88: Innovative Lab Methods: Microconstituents, Organic Compounds, and NanoMaterials

Session 104: Disinfection Compliance: Make It Work!

Session 105: Safety and Security Priority Challenges at Wastewater Treatment Facilities 

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GIS and Computer Applications, Instrumentation and Automation
Technical Sessions

Session 21: Enterprise Asset Management and GIS Applications I

Session 39: SCADA, SCADA Applications, and SCADA Integration I

Session 79: Enterprise Asset Management and GIS Applications II

Session 99: SCADA, SCADA Applications, and SCADA Integration II

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Industrial Issues & Treatment Technology/Microconstituents
Technical Sessions

Session 2: Industrial Wastewater Biological Nutrient Removal*

Session 3: Developing Technologies*

Session 45: Industrial Applications of MBBR and MBR Wastewater Technologies 

Session 46: Microconstituents: What Is New and What Is Needed

Session 64: Metals and Mining Industry

Session 84: Optimization of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations*

Session 85:
 Microconstituents in the Aqueous Environment: What Do We Know and What Does It Mean?

Session 102: Food, Beverage, and Agricultural Waste Treatment*

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Innovative Technology Forum/Local Issues/Young Professionals
Technical Sessions

Session 40: Innovative Technology Forum I 

Session 41: YP - Nutrient Control Strategies*

Session 42: YP - Advanced Biological Process Modeling*

Session 62: Wastewater Conveyance and Overflows: Pipes, Pumps, and Tunnels

Session 80: Planning and Implementation of Plant and Receiving Waters Upgrades MWRGDC Experience*
 

Session 81: Chicago Area Waterway Studies*

Session 100: Treatment Plant Issues

Session 114: Utility and Plant Planning

Session 115:
 Innovative Technology Forum II

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Leading Edge Research
Technical Sessions

Session 1: Fundamentals of Phosphorus Removal

Session 22: AEESP Lecture and Microbial Fuel Cells

Session 43: Nitrogen Removal

Session 44: Models Applied to Practice

Session 63: Particle Behavior in Biological Processes

Session 82: Membrane Processes

Session 83: Side Stream and High Strength Treatment (Joint with Municipal, Facility Ops.)

Session 101: Microconstituent Interactions in Biological Processes 

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Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process
Technical Sessions

Session 4: Innovative Ideas in Nitrification and Dentrification Systems

Session 5: Whole Plant Issues*

Session 6: Wet Weather Treatment*

Session 23: Wastewater Plant Modeling:  Hydraulics and Physical Operations* 

Session 24: Don't Forget the Head of the Plant: Preliminary and Primary Treatment*

Session 25: Phosphorus Removal

Session 47: Nutrient Removal: How Low Can You Get?

Session 65: Virtual Wastewater Treatment: Benefits and Breakthroughs in Process Modeling

Session 66: How to Optimize Your MBBR-IFAS Design

Session 86: Secondary Treatment: Optimization and Innovation

Session 103: Best of the IWA Large Plant Conference
 

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Public Education/Government Affairs/Energy Conservation
Technical Sessions 

Session 16: Fees, Finance, and the Future: "Water Is Life, and Infrastructure Makes It Happen™" Pays Off

Session 57: Government Affairs Update

Session 77: Clean Water Policy 2008

Session 95: Protecting Our Nation's Most Critical Asset: U.S. EPA's Collaborative Approach to Water/Wastewater Resiliency and Security

Session 112: Addressing Water Quality Stnndards in Long-Term Control Plans 

Session 113:
 Technology and Understanding: Projects that Put the Pieces Together
 

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Residuals and Biosolids Management
Technical Sessions

Session 8: Advancing Digestion

Session 27: Sludge Minimization/Pretreatment

Session 51: Health and Safety in Treatment and Use of Biosolids

Session 70: Think Thick or Dry

Session 89: Co-Digestion: You're Adding What to Your Digester?*

Session 106: Greenhouse Gases and Sustainability

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Sustainable Water Resources Management/International Issues/Small Community and Natural Treatment Systems/Energy Conservation 
Technical Sessions Session 17: Sustainability Metrics and Measurements

Session 18: Water Scarcity Issues: The Global Perspective

Session 19: Planning for and Recovery from Natural Disasters: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Session 20: Performance of Small Community Infrastructure

Session 36: Case Studies for Implementing Water Sustainability

Session 37: Water Environmental Technical and Management Approaches for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions I

Session 38: Water Scarcity and the Potential Role of Distributed Wastewater Management

Session 58: Sustainability Tools and Modeling

Session 59:
 Water Environmental Technical and Management Approaches for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions II*

Session 60:
 Design Criteria, Modeling, and Experience Gained in Large Wastewater Treatment Plants in Latin America

Session 61:
 Green Power: Renewable Energy Options for Water and Wastewater Utilities

Session 78: Water, Wastewater, and Environmental Challenges Facing Small Island Nations: Examples and Lessons Learned from Puerto Rico and Barbados

Session 96: Global Sanitation: Current Situation and Innovations for the Future

Session 97:
 Design Tools for Decentralized Infrastructure

Session 98:
 Energy Conservation and Management for Water and Wastewater Facilities

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Watershed Issues: Surface Water Quality and Ecology/Stormwater/Groundwater
Technical Sessions 
Session 11: Habitat Assessment and Restoration*

Session 12: Nutrients:  Where Are They Now?*

Session 13: Manage your Stormwater or Get Managed

Session 29: Modeling for Water Quality Management Decision Support

Session 30: Manage "Overflows" to Meet LTCPs

Session 72: Standards and Permitting:  ""Let's Make a Deal

Session 73:
 Watershed Management Approaches

Session 74:
 Groundwater: Contemporary Issues in Contaminants, Remediation, Recharge, and Regulation

Session 91: Bacteria: An Infectious Topic*

Session 92:
 Innovations in Stormwater Management*

Session 108: TMDLs: The Issues and the Answers*

Session 109:
 Effective Watershed Planning*

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Utility Management
Technical Sessions 

Session 14: Organizational Strategies to Meet Future Opportunities: There's Been Plenty of Talk, Now Walk the Walk

Session 31: Financial Management in Turbulent Times

Session 32: Workforce Professional Development

Session 33: Technology Solutions for Sustainability Strategies

Session 53: Capital Improvement Programs: Using New Ways to Solve Old Problems

Session 75: Sustainability Strategies and Systems

Session 93: Asset Management: Now That We Know What We Have, How Do We Take Care of It?

Session 94:
 Is the Baby Boom a Bust for Your Organization? Preparing for Future Personnel Challenges

Session 110: Asset Management: There Are Many Routes to the Asset Management Goal
 

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Water Reclamation & Reuse
Technical Sessions Session 15: Pathogens and Priority Pollutants in Reclaimed Water

Session 34: Water Reuse Case Studies I

Session 35: Advanced Water Reuse Treatment Technologies

Session 54: Water Quality Issues in Storage and ASR

Session 55:
 Reclaimed Water Treatment Technologies*

Session 56: Wetlands As a Reuse Treatment Technology*

Session 76: Innovative Water Reuse in Industrial and Commercial Applications

Session 111: Water Reuse Case Studies II

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