Activated Sludge and BNR Process Control – Hands-On in the Real World: A Companion Program to Workshop W104

Sunday, October 19, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
1 day, 0.6 CEUs

Due to the level of hands-on activities in this workshop, space is limited to 90 participants.

Hands-on demonstrations will be presented by leading practitioners in their areas of expertise. Their presence and their demonstration of practical measurement & troubleshooting techniques, make this workshop a natural follow-up to the previous day’s workshop Activated Sludge in a BNR World (W104). 

This workshop will be held at the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago’s Egan Wastewater Treatment Plant and will demonstrate process control tests, measurement techniques, and troubleshooting methods for operators, engineers, and supervisory personnel.  Testing will focus on the activated sludge system and include BNR techniques.  Attendees will travel by bus to the host treatment plant where they will receive a brief introduction and a walking map of the demonstration sites.  There will be seven workstations where small groups of attendees will observe techniques and participate in demonstrations.  In addition there will be a box lunch provided along with the return trip back to the convention center. 

Station Summary:

1. Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) and Alkalinity
   William L. Marten, Donohue and Associates, Woodie Mark Muirhead, Brown and Caldwell
   
2. Field Nutrient Measurement
   Gerald Stevens, Earth Tech
   
3. Microscopy (“the bugs”)
   Auralene Toni Glymph, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
   
4. Respirometry- Fixed and On-line & MLSS Meter
   James Young, EnviTreat, LLC, Dave Flowers, Natural Water Solutions, LLC
   
5. In Situ Aerator Oxygen Measurement
   Dave Redmon, Redmon Engineering
   
6. Dissolve Oxygen Measurement
   James Marx, Earth Tech, Inc.
   
7. Troubleshooting Secondary Clarifiers
   John Esler, CPE Services, Inc.

Chair
Gary W. Hanson, Earth Tech

Co-Chair
Laura Watson, Infrastructure Management Group, Inc.

Site Host
Katarzyna A. Lai, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and John E. Egan Water Reclamation Plant