American Water to Participate in American Water Works Association Annual Conference
June 17 2016 - 10:09AM
Business Wire
American Water to have strong presence with
participation in 13 sessions
American Water (NYSE: AWK), the nation’s largest publicly traded
water and wastewater utility company, announced today the company
will play an active role in the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) Annual Conference (ACE16) from June 19-22 in Chicago, Ill.
American Water will have a strong presence at the conference
with several expert presenters participating in a total of 13
sessions.
On June 20, Dr. Mark LeChevallier, vice
president & chief environmental officer, will participate in a
panel titled "Utility Perspectives on Innovation" and discuss some
examples of American Water’s recent innovations. Later that day, he
will speak on a panel titled “Occurrence and Risk Management of
Legionella in Recycled Water Systems” and highlight American
Water's research. LeChevallier will also accept an award for the
“Distribution & Plant Operations Division’s Best Paper” for his
team’s paper on Microbial Risk Modeling for Main Breaks that
appeared in the February 2015 issue of AWWA’s Journal.
Dave Hughes, Water Research manager, will make a
presentation titled “Silence of the Lines: Substantial Leak
Reduction With Acoustic Monitoring” and highlight the success in
bringing Echologics correlating acoustic monitoring into American
Water to accelerate the detection of hidden leaks. Later, he will
discuss the improved "ductile" iPVC Pipe in two separate
presentation sessions describing the testing and field installation
of the pipe imported from Korea in research funded by the Water
Research Foundation.
To end the day, LeChevallier will participate in a
session titled “Innovations in Distribution System Optimization”
and discuss pressure management and leak detection. Disinfectant
residual, pressure management, and main breaks are key components
of distribution system optimization based on Partnership for Safe
Water (PSW) guidelines. This presentation will feature innovative
solutions for distribution system optimization.
On June 22, Dr. Orren Schneider, manager, Water
Technology, will present about the “Development of a Smart Water
Management System” and discuss the BIRD Foundation project being
conducted with IOSight. The company is implementing a data
management and reporting system to compile and report multiple
sources of operational data and building a layer of data analytics
to help optimize pumping operations and chemical pretreatment
dosages.
As the conference comes to a close, Hughes will present
findings from another Water Research Foundation project titled
“Braving Backflow or Crying Wolf” and discuss the value of metering
systems that can detect reverse flow in meters.
Several experts from American Water state subsidiaries will also
be presenting, including:
- Shelley Watkins Porter,
engineering project manager for West Virginia American Water, will
present about “Accelerated Design and Construction of a Safer
Potassium Permanganate System at the Kanawha Valley Water Treatment
Plant.”
- Brett Morgan, engineering
manager for West Virginia American Water will discuss “Utilizing
Interactive Web-Based GIS Mapping in Emergency Response
Communications Following a Water Contamination Event.”
- Jennifer Heymann, Source Water
Protection manager for West Virginia American Water, will discuss
integrating new technologies for source water protection.
- Patrick Pilz, manager of Field
Operations for California American Water, will discuss the
innovative tools that have helped California save water, during
five years of a serious drought.
- Lindsey Olson, Sr. Design
Engineer with American Water’s Technical Services and Rich
Kern, manager of Production for New York American Water, will
give a presentation about “Preparation and Execution of an Iron
Removal Plant Start Up.”
- Claire Chen, engineer for
Pennsylvania American Water, will be presenting her Master's
thesis, "Effects of Sulfidation and Natural Organic Matter on the
Deposition of Silver Nanoparticles."
Additionally, American Water Resources, a business unit of
American Water’s market-based subsidiary, American Water
Enterprises, is a supporting sponsor of the ACE16 conference.
American Water Resources offers Service Line Protection Programs to
homeowners in 43 states and Washington, D.C., and currently
services more than 1.6 million contracts.
Founded in 1886, American Water (NYSE: AWK) is
the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility
company. Marking its 130th anniversary this year, the company
employs more than 6,700 dedicated professionals who provide
regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other
related services to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and
Ontario, Canada. More information can be found at
www.amwater.com.
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