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PennTec 2015 PWEA Annual Technical Conference - Collection Systems Program
Monday & Tuesday, June 1 & 2, 2015, Lancaster County Convention Center / Lancaster Marriott Penn Square Lancaster, PA
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Day
Time
Abstract Title
Short Description
Presenter
Co-Presenter
Organization
Monday
8:158:45am CSO Flow Monitoring
Measuring the duration and flow of a CSO
(combined sewer overflow) is not straightforward.
Combined sewer outfalls were often designed 50
to 150 years ago with no thought to any type of
monitoring. Strategic placement of instruments
such as level (pressure, ultrasonic up-lookers,
ultrasonic down-lookers) velocity. (Continuous
wave or pulsed Doppler), tide gate inclinometers,
and tidal sensors provide a host of data that allow
calculation of overflows that are fully defensible. Jeff Cantwell
Flow
Assessment
Services, LLC
Monday
Utilizing Oxygen in
Gravity Collection
8:45- Systems for Odor
9:15am Control
How oxygen compares to the use of sodium
hypochlorite in a gravity collection system for
remediation of odor issues.
BlueInGreen
Next Generation
Remote Telemetry
9:15- Systems Improve
9:45am Utility Effectiveness
This presentation will explore some of the next
generation telemetry technologies and how
utilities can use them to leverage their assets for
improved operational efficiency, energy
management, and to effectively manage their
facilities. As new technologies are discussed,
relevant examples will illustrate their innovative Jeff M. Miller,
application.
PE, ENV SP
Dick
McDonnell
Schneider
Electric
Measured I&I
Reductions using
10:00- Various Trenchless
10:30am Technologies
Long-term flow studies on the measured impact
of various types of sewer rehabilitation that
account for seasonal and antecedent conditions.
The evaluation results of nearly a decade of
ongoing rehabilitation effectiveness flow
monitoring. Flow reduction and cost to
construct/rehabilitate data from two dozen
projects using various combinations of trenchless John Paul
rehabilitation methods are presented.
Travis
Jim Shelton
Arcadis
Implementing a 1.2
Million Gallon CSO
Storage Basin for the
10:30- Scranton Sewer
11:00am Authority
This presentation discusses the basis of design
and construction for the combined project for
Outfalls No. 19 and 20 (Linden Street and
Lackawanna Avenue), consisting of the design of
diversion structures and a 1.2 million gallon
storage facility. The presentation also discusses
the knowledge gained by the Owner and
Engineer.
Jim Lloyd, PE
Richard
Harrison –
Scranton
Sewer
Authority, Mark
Bottin – Hazen Hazen and
and Sawyer
Sawyer, P.C.
Monday
Monday
Monday
Joshua
Crittenden
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Monday
The presentation will summarize the Brookville
sewer system evaluation and corrective action
plan to increase system capacity and eliminate
system overflows. The analysis included system
flow monitoring, I/I investigation, hydraulic
modeling, manhole inspections, internal
Brookville Sewer
televising/ cleaning and a corrective action plan
1:45- System Evaluation & for $20 million in wastewater conveyance and
Travis Long,
2:15pm Corrective Action Plan treatment system improvements.
CEP
Monday
Lower Paxton’s I/I program has evolved from a
‘search and repair’ strategy in the 1990’s, with
property owners responsible for repairing
lateral/building sewer defects, to a ‘total
replacement’ program with all construction done
by Township crews and contractors. In 2002,
Successful I/I Removal DEP approved a 20-year program for Lower
Addressing Both
Paxton’s Paxton Creek Basin. This paper will
Public and Private
review the evolution of the Paxton Creek
2:15- Sewers, and the Data program, lessons learned and data showing the
2:45pm to Prove It
success of the program to date.
Monday
2:45- City of Reading
3:15pm Collection System
This presentation discusses the City of Reading’s
Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Study conducted
Eric Lienhard,
under a federal consent decree.
PE
O&M Practice
3:30- Modifications reduce
4:00pm SSOs
The objective of this paper/presentation is to
present the changes to sewer operations that
have been made over the last 30 years
(especially those made in the last 4 years),
review their impact, and present the upcoming
round of O&M improvements that will be made to
achieve the next performance step improvement,
all with the goal of achieving an SSO rate of less
than 1 per year per 100 miles of main and an SIB
rate of less than 2 per year per 100 miles of
Rob Roff, New
main.
James Shelton Castle County Arcadis
Monday
Steven Gibson,
EIT, Project
Gwin, Dobson &
Engineer
Foreman, Inc.
Kevin B.
Shannon, PE
Alton J. Whittle, and William R.
PE
Weaver
GHD
Hazen and
Deborah Hoag Sawyer, P.C.
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This presentation is intended to provide a basic
understanding of sinkholes and the evaluation
process utilized to facilitate a sinkhole repair.
There will be an emphasis on how sinkholes form
underground and what causes them to open at
ground surface. This understanding will provide
the basis for assessing sinkhole repair methods,
which include evaluating cause and effect
relationships while considering short- and long- Mark D.
term impacts to surrounding infrastructure.
Harman, PG
Monday
Sinkholes:
Remediation &
4:00- Prevention
4:30pm Techniques
Tuesday
Collection system issues touch every person in
the community, so public visibility is inevitable.
New demands for public communication are
being created by Consent Decree driven
investments as well as concerns over water
quality and public health. The reasons to
communicate are compelling – the public often
doesn’t see the problem or the investment – but
many utilities struggle with taking control of the
narrative being conveyed across the community
by the media, activists, elected officials, and
ratepayers. This presentation will offer real-world
Collection Systems
lessons learned from wastewater programs
and Your Public
across the country and provide practical tips that
8:15- Image: Controlling the can immediately be implemented and shared with Terry Cole,
8:45am Narrative
utility leadership and other staff.
Jacobs
Tuesday
8:45- Public Education
9:15am Toolbox
The PWEA Public Education Committee was
formed to help educate the public on the
importance and value of our water environment.
A well-informed public is more likely to support
our industry, especially when considering funding
requests for important infrastructure projects. In
addition, some NPDES permits and MS4 permits
require the permitee to have a public education
component to their Utility Management System.
This presentation will identify several public
education tools that can be used by utility
managers to increase public awareness in an
effective and efficient manner.
Mike Schober
ARRO
Consulting, Inc
PWEA Public
Education
Sophie Simon Committee
n/a
n/a
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Tuesday
Tuesday
A New Beginning for
an Old System;
Reinventing
9:15- Harrisburg’s Water
9:45am Utility
Learn how Capital Region Water’s efforts to be
transparent and community focused have flipped
public perception in Harrisburg, PA. Presentation
will include practical steps taken to change its
identity and improve two-way communication with
its customers.
Communicating with
the Public Before and
10:00- During Construction
10:30am Projects
Construction projects affect the general public in
many ways and can cause heighten emotions. In
addition, with today’s technology the public
expects to have access to updates and be
informed immediately. This presentation will
discuss several communication tools that can be
used to inform and educate the public before and
during construction projects and thereby,
Kevin M. Fox,
hopefully, reduce public anxiety.
PE, GHD
Tuesday
Learn how Authorities and Municipalities can
manage repairs to water and sewer collection
systems, treatment plant facilities and property
grounds, using web based GIS asset
management applications. See how you can
secure your record documentation and how to
simplified the process of FEMA repair reporting
in the event of a disaster. We will demonstrate
Managing Utilities
how that information can be used for future utility
through Geographical condition and inventory assessment, and how
10:30- Information Systems that will make for a more efficient operation and
11:00am (GIS)
maintenance process.
In spite of being a small agency, Hamilton
Small Agency, Big
Township Municipal Authority invested
Ambition – How a
Pennsylvania Sewer significant time and money in a new
technology, Electro Scan, to help them locate
Authority Chose
New Technology to and quantify th infiltration sources in their
sanitary system. Find out what has been
Begin Addressing
done
thus far, and what is planned for the
1:45- Their Infiltration
future.
2:15pm Issues
Tuesday
The presentation will discuss the results of
internal inspection of four 40 year old ductile iron
force mains using Pure Technologies, LTD’s
SmartBall® technology. The four force mains
range in size from 14-inch to 20-inch diameter
and the total length of the four force mains is
approximately 17,500 linear feet.
Tuesday
2:15- Internal Force Main
2:45pm Evaluation
Shannon
Williams,
Capital Region
Water
Suzanne
Zitzman, GISP
Maser
Consulting
Mark
Grabowski
Sharon
Purnell,
Manager,
Hamilton
Township
Municipal
Authority
Martin
Goldberg, PE,
Valley Forge
Sewer Authority
Lawrence
Lutter, PE,
Buchart Horn,
Inc.
Electro Scan,
Inc
n/a
n/a
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The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
is a water and wastewater utility, which serves
over 1.8 million residents in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties in Maryland. There are
numerous sewer pumping stations with several
miles of force mains which vary in size, age and
materials of construction which have an impact
on the risk, criticality and impacts of force main
failures. WSSC has developed an Asset
Management Plan which addresses the force
main investigation, condition assessment and
possible repair, replace, rehabilitate alternatives.
Numerous technologies are available for nondestructive testing to determine the condition of
the force mains. WSSC has a program which
evaluates these technologies based on the
varying conditions of the force mains and
disruption to normal operation of the force mains.
The presentation will detail the available
technologies, review strategies, and the success
in determining the most cost effective and
information robustness to meet the desired
criteria for the condition assessment for
prioritization of repair, replace, or rehabilitation.
Glen Diaz,
Washington
Suburban
Sanitary
Commission
Tuesday
Force Main Condition
2:45- Assessment –
3:15pm Technology Gaps
Tuesday
Over the past 30 years the algorithms have
evolved to monitor pump run times and the
Pump Station
actuation of wet well alarm points to measure
Monitoring Provides
inflow and effluent flow from a pump station.
Flow, Energy &
This dynamic drawdown calculation also provides
3:30- Efficiency Data in Real maintenance data about pump run times and
4:00pm Time
information about pump energy usage.
Tuesday
This presentation provides an example of how
common investigation techniques can be
combined in unique and unconventional ways to
The I/I Twist – One
isolate and track down stubborn sources of Inflow
Uniquely Common
and/or Infiltration (I/I) in collection systems. The
Approach for Detecting presentation demonstrates how being open to
Joe Smolko,
4:00- I/I in Small Collection unexpected results can help refine the
Curt Miller, PE, Facility
4:30pm Systems
investigation protocol and focus.
BCEE, REM
Manager
Benoit
Beaudoin, Maid
Labs
Technologies
KCI
Technologies,
Inc.