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WEFTEC 2024


October 5 – 9

Maintaining resilient water resources and systems in the face of highly variable and emerging risks is critical for water and wastewater utilities. Join us at WEFTEC 2024 to learn how we’re helping clients prioritize critical upgrades, protect infrastructure, and develop secure, reliable water systems. View our presentation schedule below.

Join us in New Orleans…

Technical Presentations

Saturday, October 5

8:45 am

Workshop: Thickening 101: Why Thicken?
Speaker: Rashi Gupta


1:30 pm

Workshop: Design Considerations and Challenges of Thickened Solids Pumping
Speaker: Christian Karavangelos

Sunday, October 6

10:30 am

Workshop: The Latest on CBAT Innovation
Speaker: Melanie Pickett

 

Monday, October 7

1:30 pm

Machine Learning Soft Sensors for Energy Efficient Potable Reuse
Speaker: Kyle Thompson


2:00 pm

Machine Learning to Predict Pathogen Removal in Potable Reuse MBRs Based on Microbial Surrogates
Speaker: Samarth Suresh


2:30 pm

Ion Exchange Potable Reuse: Organics and Salinity Removal Without RO
Speaker: Melanie Pickett


2:30 pm

Converting HPO to Nitrogen Removal: Closing the Oxygen Gap Through Electrolysis
Speaker: Samuel Reifsnyder


4:10 pm

Comprehensive Planning for DPR in Colorado: A Precedent-Setting Project Putting New Regulations To Good Use
Speaker: Jason Assouline

Tuesday, October 8

8:30 am

Reclaimed Water Disinfection: Challenges and Solutions at Brightwater
Speaker: Alison Payauys


8:30 am

Tips and Tricks for Federal Infrastructure Grants
Speaker: Emily Platt


1:30 pm

End-of-Pipe Zero Liquid Discharge Coupled with Ultrapure Water Recycling: Building Critical Resilience in the Semiconductor Industry
Speaker: John Rydzewski


3:30 pm

Predicting Primary Clarifier Performance with Traditional and Machine Learning Models
Speaker: Nicholas Guho


3:30 pm

Precision in Practice: Water Quality Optimization for UF Plant Efficiency
Speaker: Dan Hugaboom


3:45 pm

Development of LASAN Purified Recycled Water Projects Using Alternative Delivery
Speaker: Gil Crozes


4:00 pm

Model Redo: How Public Feedback Impacted the Flood Reduction Solutions
Speaker: Caroline Burger

Wednesday, October 9

10:30 am

Choose Your Own Adventure: A Pathway for Finding Grant Funding
Speaker: Emily Platt


10:30 am

Redefining FAT in Potable Reuse: The Skinny on CBAT
Speaker: Pranjali Kumar


11:30 am

A (Nearly) Full Public Reuse Regional Utility Evaluates Potable Reuse as an Alternative Water Supply
Speaker: Pranjali Kumar

Join us in the Drinking Water Pavilion!

We’re excited to have Carollo experts presenting at five SDG Theater Sessions! Visit us at Booth 2953 in Hall D on Monday and Tuesday to catch these insightful talks.

Monday, October 7

9:30 am

A Mountain Utility’s Effort to Quantify and Reduce GHG Emissions
Speaker: Jeff Paley


10:30 am

One Utility’s Strategy to Cut their Carbon Footprint by Two Thirds
Speaker: Christine Polo and Ricky Gutierrez


2:30 pm

Using BEAM*2022 to Identify the Most Effective Ways to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Biosolids and Biogas Management 
Speaker: Christine Polo and Janine Burke-Wells (NEBRA)


3:30 pm

Green Era Campus: Pre- and Post-Consumer Food Waste-to-Energy
Speaker: Allison McCurdy

Tuesday, October 8

11:00 am

Equity in the Pipeline: Innovative Approaches to Equitable Capital Investment
Speaker: Kathleen Mannion and Maya Turner

We are a 2024 IWS Challenge finalist!

Carollo is honored to be among the three finalists for the 2024 Intelligent Water Systems Challenge. The finalists will showcase their work at the Innovation Pavilion, where WRF/WEF will announce the winner.

Monday, October 7

11:00 am

Reverse Osmosis Process Monitoring for Reuse
Speaker: Kyle Thompson

 

Join us at the WEFTEC Career Fair on October 7, 1-4 PM.