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LOUISIANA CONFERENCE AND LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
JOINT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WATER
Time
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:45 AM
11:30 AM
Title of Presentation
Disinfection Regulatory Review
Benefits of Chlorine Dioxide and the Chlorite
Ion
The Pros and Cons of Chloramination
Speaker
Affiliation
Jennifer Kilhken
DHH
Lee Thornton
Thornton, Musso and Bellemin
Roy Bellemin
Thornton, Musso and Bellemin
Break
Managing Water Age:
A. Monitoring Techniques
B. Utilization of Hydraulic Modeling for
Design of a Comprehensive Flushing
Program
C. Water Stagnation and Tank
Stratification
Panel Discussion: The State of the Water
Industry
Roy Bellemin, Ben Patillo
Thornton, Musso and Bellemin,
Manchac Engineering
Jennifer Kilhken, Roy Bellemin, Ben Patillo
DHH, TMB, Manchac Engineering
Lunch on your own
12:00 PM
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WASTEWATER
Time
Title of Presentation
8:00 AM
Asset Management, Concepts and Applications
Todd Petrie, P.E.
Process Control
Kevin Jones
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
11:10 AM
Speaker
Affiliation
Veolia North America
Veolia North America
Break
Coaching Employee Performance
Underground Asset Management, Methods and
Benefits
Lewis Parrish, Jr.
Veolia North America
Todd Petrie, P.E.
Veolia North America
Lunch on your own
12:00 PM
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WATER AND WASTEWATER
Time
1:00 PM
2:15 PM
2:30 PM
5:00 PM
Title of Presentation
Speaker
Annual Meeting
Russell Turnage
Safety Leadership and Culture
Adjourn, Announcements
Steve Strength
Affiliation
Chair, LA Conference
Break
Dinner on your own
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Program Manager, LTAP
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE AND LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
JOINT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
JOINT SESSION - LOUISIANA CONFERENCE AND LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
Time
8:00 AM
Title of Presentation
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Welcome & Introductions
Welcome to Central Louisiana
Key Note Address
Response to Key Note Address
Annoucements
Speaker
J.W. Hellums, Jr.
Jerry Baker
Russell Turnage
Clarence Fields
Jay Dardenne
Russell Turnage
Ann Wilson
Affiliation
Booth, Hellums & Associates
Manchac Consulting Group
Chair, LA Conference
Mayor, City of Pineville
Lt. Governor
Chair, LA Conference
Program Chair, LA Conference
Break
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Keynote Address Southwest Section of the
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
10:40 AM
Water Environment Federation Address
Erin Mosley
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
LDEQ Update
DHH Update
Adjoun
Peggy Hatch
Caryn Benjamin
Russell Turnage
Lunch on your own, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Ben Bridges
SW Section of AWWA
Water Environment Federation
Board of Trustees, CH2M Hill
Secretary, LDEQ
Engineer, DHH
Chair, LA Conference
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WATER AND WASTEWATER
Time
Title of Presentation
Speaker
Affiliation
1:00 PM
Louisiana’s Public Bid Law – Current
Developments
Michael Vallan, Asst. Attorney General
Office of LA Attorney General
2:00 PM
Overview of the Code of Government Ethics
Brett Robinson, Attorney
LA Board of Ethics
Break, Visit Exhibitors
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Electronic Notification of Hazardous Materials
Incidents
Gene Dunegan
LA State Police
4:30 PM
Operator Certification Program Update
James Mooring, DC, CCSP, Administrator
Steve Hoss, Certification Training Officer
Louisiana Operator Certification
Program
5:00 PM
LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION SESSION
Time
1:00 PM
Title of Presentation
Water Management Panel
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
Speaker
Keith Hall, Blake Hudson, Jim Wilkins
Affiliation
LSU Law School/LSU Sea Grant Law
& Policy Program
Break, visit with exhibitors
Operator's Challenge
Strategies for Compliance with the New Existing
Facilities 316(b) Rule
USACE Jurisdictional Determinations and USACE
Permits
Alternative Water Supply
Deborah Saxton
CBI
Rosie Schwamenfeld
US Army Corps of Engineers
Jerry St. Germain
Water and Power Cogen
Development, LLC
Meet and Greet with Vendors
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LOUISIANA CONFERENCE AND LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
JOINT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WATER AND WASTEWATER
Time
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
6:00 PM
Title of Presentation
Bypass Pumping and Contingency Planning
Sewer Line Root Control
Use of Innovative Enzymatic Method for the
Determination of Fecal Coliforms in Waste
Waters and Reuse Waters
Packaged Potable Water Plants
Practical Water Quality Program Guide
Chemical Products and Applications
No Maintenance Sewer Treatment
Robotic Technology for Inspections
Speaker
Affiliation
Phillip Dillard
Brian S. Conroy
Red River Pump Specialists
Duke's Root Control, Inc.
Gil Dichter
IDDEX
Break, visit with exhibitors
Operators' Challenge, Exhibitor Hall
Ben Humphries
Lunch on your own
Jondalyn Ray Lewis, Carrie Davis
Greg Goleman
Fred Johnson
Break, visit with exhibitors
Operators' Challenge, Exhibitor Hall
Malcolm Lynch
After Hours Event, Alexandria Zoo
Delta Process Equipment
City of Lake Charles
C & L Aqua Professionals
Johnson Equipment Company
CC Lynch & Associates
LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION SESSION
Time
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
Title of Presentation
Understanding the SWPPP and SPCC
Requirements
Safe handling, storage of chlorine
Funding Opportunities available to rural
communities through USDA
LDEQ Criminal Enforcement
Speaker
Affiliation
Wayne Slater
LDEQ
Randy Patrick
Veolia North America
Richard Hoffpauir
Community Programs Director
Jeffery Nolan, Ryan Brignac
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
LDEQ Criminal Investigation Division
Break, visit with exhibitors
Operator's Challenge
11:00 AM
EPA's/Corps New Definition of Waters of the US
John King
Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson
11:30 AM
The Effects of Urban Development on Stream
Ecosystems
Wade J. Bryant, Jr.
CK Associates
12:00 PM
Lunch on your own
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
The Role of Electrons in NPDES Data
Management
Recommissioning the Galinburg, TN WWTP
2:30 PM
How Safe Is Our Water?
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
A&E Testing
Kevin M. Jones
Veolia North America
Mitchell J. LeBas
Backflow Prevention Services, LLC
Break, visit with exhibitors
(Operators Challenge 3:00 - 4:00 available)
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
Nathan Levy
Wastewater Collection Systems Committee
Panel Discussion
1. David DeGenneres
2. Jeffery Anderson
3. Kevin Heise
After Hours Event, Alexandria Zoo
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1. City of Mandeville Public
Works Director
2. City of Bossier City, Director of
Public Works
3. City of Lake Charles, WW Supt.
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE AND LOUISIANA WATER ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION
JOINT TECHNICAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE SESSION - WATER AND WASTEWATER
Time
Title of Presentation
8:00 AM
How AMI Works
How to Evaluate Telemetry Options, Costs and
Your Needs: From Dialers and Hosted SCADA to
Full Custom SCADA
How to Control Odor at Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
Effective Chloramination Practices
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
Speaker
Affiliation
Gary Ragusa
UTS
Matt Crousillac
Mission
Don Adams, Ph.D., P.E.
Environmental Process USA LLC
David Maxwell
HACH
Break
10:45 AM
Biological Growth Pressures Presentation
Abstract
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Chlorine Safety for Operators
Adjournment
J’ohnnie Wilson
EBS
Russell Turnage
Lunch on your own
Chlorine Institute
Chair, LA Conference
Awards Banquet
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