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Monday, October 20
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Technical Sessions

Session 1: Fundamentals of Phosphorus Removal

Session 2: Industrial Wastewater Biological Nutrient Removal*

Session 3: Developing Technologies*

Session 4: Innovative Ideas in Nitrification and Dentrification Systems

Session 5: Whole Plant Issues*

Session 6: Wet Weather Treatment*

Session 7: Plant Process Optimization and Energy Management

Session 8: Advancing Digestion

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 11: Habitat Assessment and Restoration*

Session 12: Nutrients:  Where Are They Now?*

Session 13: Manage your Stormwater or Get Managed

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

Session 15: Pathogens and Priority Pollutants in Reclaimed Water

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

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 21: Enterprise Asset Management and GIS Applications I
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Technical Sessions

Session 22: AEESP Lecture and Microbial Fuel Cells

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 26: Energing Challenges with Chlorine Disinfection

Session 27: Sludge Minimization/Pretreatment

Session 28: Private Property…Not So Private Anymore 

Session 29: Modeling for Water Quality Management Decision Support

Session 30: Manage "Overflows" to Meet LTCPs

Session 31: Financial Management in Turbulent Times

Session 32: Workforce Professional Development

Session 33: Technology Solutions for Sustainability Strategies 

Session 34: Water Reuse Case Studies I

Session 35: Advanced Water Reuse Treatment Technologies 

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 39: SCADA, SCADA Applications, and SCADA Integration I 

Session 40: Innovative Technology Forum I 

Session 41: YP - Nutrient Control Strategies*

Session 42: YP - Advanced Biological Process Modeling*

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Tuesday, October 21
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Technical Sessions

Session 43: Nitrogen Removal

Session 44: Models Applied to Practice

Session 45:
 Industrial Applications of MBBR and MBR Wastewater Technologies 

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

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

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 51: Health and Safety in Treatment and Use of Biosolids

Session 52: CMOM: Clean and Assess Conditions

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

Session 54: Water Quality Issues in Storage and ASR

Session 55:
 Reclaimed Water Treatment Technologies*

Session 56: Wetlands As a Reuse Treatment Technology*

Session 57:
 Government Affairs Update

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

1:30 pm - 5:00pm Technical Sessions

Session 63: Particle Behavior in Biological Processes

Session 64:
 Metals and Mining Industry

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

Session 66: How to Optimize Your MBBR-IFAS 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 70:
 Think Thick or Dry

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

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 75: Sustainability Strategies and Systems

Session 76:
 Innovative Water Reuse in Industrial and Commercial Applications

Session 77:
 Clean Water Policy 2008

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

Session 79:
 Enterprise Asset Management and GIS Applications II

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

Session 81: Chicago Area Waterway Studies*
 

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Wednesday, October 22
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Technical Sessions

Session 82: Membrane Processes

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

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 86:
 Secondary Treatment: Optimization and Innovation

Session 87:
 Operation of Biological Nitrogen Removal Systems

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

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

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

Session 91:
 Bacteria: An Infectious Topic*

Session 92:
 Innovations in Stormwater Management*

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

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

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

Session 100: Treatment Plant Issues

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Technical Sessions

Session 101: Microconstituent Interactions in Biological Processes

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

Session 103: Best of the IWA Large Plant Conference

Session 104: Disinfection Compliance: Make It Work!

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

Session 106: Greenhouse Gases and Sustainability

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

Session 108:
 TMDLs: The Issues and the Answers*

Session 109:
 Effective Watershed Planning*

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

Session 111:
 Water Reuse Case Studies II 

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

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

Session 114:
 Utility and Plant Planning

Session 115:
 Innovative Technology Forum II

* Starred items are half sessions (three papers rather than 6).

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