CDM Smith at ACE22

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CDM Smith at ACE22
May 5, 2022
Don't miss out on the experts featured at this year's AWWA ACE conference.

This year, the AWWA ACE conference will be available to watch both online and in-person at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Don't miss out on these informative presen­ta­tions happening in June. Visit Trinnex Booth #22079 to learn more about leadCAST, an end-to-end cloud-based technology platform for managing simple LCRR compliance programs through public-facing dashboards or full Lead Service Line Replacement programs at every stage. You can also visit the Innovation Hub Sandbox on Tuesday (6/14) at 3:15 PM to hear a two-minute pitch from the team.

The following times are in CDT.

Monday, June 13

  • 10:50 AM Minimizing Equipment Failure Risk by Building a Data-Informed Culture with Giselle Villar.

  • 12:00 PM The Future is Now: The Role of Young Profes­sion­als in Advancing Innovation with Ji Im.

  • 2:30 PM Planning for Jack­sonville Florida’s Future: JEA’s 50-Year Integrated Water Resources Plan with Jenny Bywater.

  • 3:00 PM Reducing Risk and Increasing Resiliency: The San Jose Water Company’s Strategic Water Resources Plan with Dan Rodrigo.

  • 3:30 PM Impact of Natural Sunlight Photolysis on Disin­fec­tion Byproduct Precursors Present at Drinking Water Sources with Ibrahim Abusallou.

  • 3:30 PM Power of AMI Data in Under­stand­ing Water Quality with Myron Nealey and Shilpa Shivakumar.

Tuesday, June 14

  • 11:00 AM Teamwork Makes the Dream Work – Engineers and Operators Working Together to Improve Biofilter Backwashing with Shih-Chi Weng and Jen Hooper.

  • 11:00 AM Destructive PFAS Technology Niche and Life Cycle Costs for Water Treatment with Tamzen Macbeth.

  • 2:30 PM Even Filters are Bigger in Texas: Filter Design and Construc­tion at Houston’s Northeast Water Purifi­ca­tion Plant with Ben Finnegan and Randy Rogers.

  • 2:30 PM Digital Resiliency Through Augmented and Mixed Reality with Rajan Ray.

  • 3:00 PM Manganese Contactor Media and On-Line Manganese Analyzer Evaluations for Full Scale Construc­tion with Craig Douglas, Ji Im, and Al LeBlanc.

  • 3:00 PM CCRO and the Pursuit of High Recovery - Improving the Economics of Water Reuse with Christian Sanders.

  • 3:30 PM From Planning to Inspection to Emergency Repair of a Large Diameter Pipeline with Dave Tanzi.

  • 3:30 PM Clean Water, Clean Ayer: Persevering through the Pandemic to Remove PFAS with Michaela Bogosh and Maddison Ledoux.

Wednesday, June 15

  • 8:30 AM Using CFD Modeling as a Tool for Enhancing Conven­tional Water Treatment Plant Design with Mark Allen, Susan L. Crawford, and Jordan M. Wilson.

  • 8:30 AM PFAS Commu­ni­ca­tions Project Activities and Drivers with Melissa Harclerode.

  • 9:00 AM Getting the Lead Out in Trenton: A Multi-Phased Approach to Achieving LCR Compliance in NJ’s Capital City with Brian Van Nortwick.

  • 2:30 PM Advancing Direct Potable Reuse in the Coastal Carolinas with Greg Wetterau.

  • 2:30 PM How to Run a Reverse Osmosis Pilot: A Primer with Trent Jackson.

  • 4:00 PM Health Risks from Pathogens in Potable Reuse: Impli­ca­tions of Proposed State Regulatory Approaches with Hayden Tse.

Dan Rodrigo
Integrity means doing the right thing despite the availability of an easier path. 
Jen Hooper
We're all personally responsible to bring out the very best in what we have to offer.
Tamzen MacBeth
I hold everything we do to the highest standard and strive to go the extra mile to exceed expectations.
Ji Im
I’m inspired by the purpose of making positive impacts to those around me and the communities I work with.