2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar

TAKING CONTROLTuesday, February 16, 2016

CityPlace Conference & Event Center2711 North Haskell Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75204

Agenda 2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar

ASSET MANAGEMENT

8:00 - 9:00 Taking Control Over CIP Planning and O&M for Utilities Using Intelligent Platform (MWH)

8:00 - 9:00 Utilizing Advanced Technologies for Stormwater System Mapping and Condition Assessment (RJN Group)

HANDLING EXTREME EVENTS

8:00 - 9:00 Are You prepared? Emergency Management and Disaster Response (APAI)

8:00 - 9:00 Extreme Drought Management and Risk Mitigation – The Wichita Falls Story (CDM)

8:00 - 9:00 Characterizing Rainfall for Water Quality and Water Quantity Applications (Vieux)

8:00 - 9:00 Taking Control of Wastewater Systems, Instrumentation, Control and SCADA (Garver)

8:00 - 9:00 Panel: Wet Weather Collections – Lessons Learned (DWU/TRA/Fort Worth)

OPERATIONAL AND CONTROLS

8:00 - 9:00 SCADA Control System Master Planning and Its Benefits (Carollo)

8:00 - 9:00 How Do I Know I’m Making The Right Decisions For My Plant Now and In The Future? (Hazen and Sawyer)

RISK MITIGATION

8:00 - 9:00 Using a Disaster Resilience Scorecard to Increase a Community’s Resilience (AECOM)

8:00 - 9:00 HSE Case to Enhance Risk Management (RPS)

AGENDA 2016 WEAT-NTS February Seminar • Tuesday, February 16, 2016

REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (7:30)

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS (8:00)

ASSET MANAGEMENT

8:15“The force is strong with you.”Taking Control Over CIP Planning and O&M for Utilities Using Intelligent Platform (John Abrera, PE and Pete Perciavalle, MWH)

8:45“When 900 years old you reach... Look as good, you will not.”Utilizing Advanced Technologies for Stormwater System Mapping and Condition Assessment (Noelle Gaspard, PE, GISP, CFM, RJN Group / KM (Milton) Rahman, PE, PMP, CFM, City of San Antonio)

HANDLING EXTREME EVENTS

9:15“Aren’t you a little short for a storm trooper?”Are You prepared? Emergency Management and Disaster Response (Bill Rackley, PE and Philip Topek, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. / John Bennet, Trinity River Authority)

9:45“Ahh, hard to see the dark side is.”Extreme Drought Management and Risk Mitigation – The Wichita Falls Story (Samir Mathur, CDM / Daniel Nix, City of Wichita Falls)

10:15 “There’s always a bigger fish.”Characterizing Rainfall for Water Quality and Water Quantity Applications (Baxter E. Vieux, Vieux & Associates, Inc.)

BREAK (10:45)

11:00 “Hmmm... Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing.”Taking Control of Wastewater Systems, Instrumentation, Control and SCADA (Jonathan White, PE, Garver)

11:30“Fear is the path to the dark side.”Panel: Wet Weather Collections – Lessons Learned (Shrirang Golhar, PE, DWU / John Durbin, TRA / Travis Andrews, Fort Worth)

LUNCH (12:15)

OPERATIONAL AND CONTROLS

1:15“I suggest a new strategy.”Taking Control: Precise Large Scale Flow Distribution Yields Sustainable Results (Mark Mihm, PE, HDR Engineering / Thomas Foster, DWU)

1:45“Those aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”SCADA Control System Master Planning and Its Benefits (Manoj Yegnaraman, PE, CP, CE and Oliver Luker, EIT, Carollo)

2:15“Don’t get technical with me. What mission?”How Do I Know I’m Making The Right Decisions For My Plant Now and In The Future? (Brandt Miller, PE, Hazen and Sawyer / P.S. Arora, PE, City of Denton)

BREAK (2:45)

RISK MITIGATION

3:00“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”Using a Disaster Resilience Scorecard to Increase a Community’s Resilience (Jerry Smiley, ACIP and Jon Philipsborn, AECOM)

3:30 “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy.”HSE Case to Enhance Risk Management (Robin Markussen, CIH and Misti Jefferson, PMI-RMP, RPS)

CLOSING COMMENTS (4:00)

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