WEFTEC

Where the Water Community Connects

We’re excited to sponsor and present at WEFTEC 2025 — The Water Quality Event — where ideas will be exchanged and innovation explored. Not only are we sharing several presentations, but we're also a proud conferencewide sponsor. We hope to see you in Chicago!

Our WEFTEC Sessions

Saturday, September 27

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Thickening Optimization: Process Improvements and Plant Benefits

• Speakers: Mario Benisch and Elaine Leonard

Sunday, September 28

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | A Climate Adaptation Workshop: Building a Resilient Future

• Workshop Chair: Nitin Katiyar 

Monday, September 29

1:30-2 p.m. | Hybrid MABR Technology for Nitrogen Removal in a Low Suspended Growth SRT

• Speaker: Mike Falk

1:30-2 p.m. | Renewing Our Wastewater Assets - Are Utilities Ready for the Challenge?

• Speakers: Matt Chapman and Julie Labonte

2-2:15 p.m. | Using Simulators to Innovate Operator Training: Preparing for Wet Weather and MBR Technologies in the San Mateo WWTP Expansion

• Speaker: Mallika Ramanthan

3:30-3:40 p.m. | Framework Enables Systematic Evaluation of Innovative Ammonia Removal Technologies

• Speakers: Jacob Metch and Sina Moharramzadeh

3:30-3:45 p.m. | Odor Management at Annapolis WRF: Addressing Community Concerns with Data-Driven Solutions

• Speaker: Mamatha Hopanna

4-4:30 p.m. | Impacts of BNR Processes on Disinfection

• Speaker: June Leng

4:30-5 p.m. | Wait, What Just Happened?? Amending a New Master Plan When Your Population Projections are Blown out of the (Waste)Water

• Speakers: Heather Lindner and Sherif Mabrouk

Tuesday, September 30

8:30-9 a.m. | Tracking Puget Sound Nutrient Loading Trends and Water Quality Response

• Speaker: Dave Clark

8:30-9 a.m. | Verifying Condition of Existing Digesters: Advanced Condition Assessment for Sustainable Infrastructure Reuse

• Speaker: Bradley Stuart

9:30-10 a.m. | Mitigating Unprecedented Flooding Through Optimized Evaluation With Multiple Design Storms

• Speaker: Scott Aurit

9:30-9:45 a.m. | Pushing Feed Rates Beyond "Limits" to Accelerate THP Digestion Startup: Insights from an In-Situ Pilot Study

• Speakers: Brian Balchunas and Chris Moline

1:30-2 p.m. | Advanced Thickening Upgrades: Maximizing Existing Assets by Integration of New Technology

• Speaker: Jeff Zahller

1:30-3 p.m. | Advances in UV Disinfection Technologies

• Assistant Moderator: June Leng 

1:30-3 p.m. | Flood Modeling: Saving Cities, One Storm at a Time

• Moderator: Nitin Katiyar

2-2:30 p.m. | Elevating Operator Input: Techniques from a $580 Million Greenfield RWRRF

• Speaker: Corey King

2-2:15 p.m. | Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Minnesota wastewater treatment facility influents: A Statewide Analysis

• Speaker: Henry Croll

Wednesday, October 1

8:30-9 a.m. | Densified Sludge Model Sensitivity Analysis and Pilot Data Calibration

• Speakers: Henry Croll and Geneva Schlepp

9:30-10 a.m. | Optimizing Disinfection Operations for Discharge and Recycling – Las Vegas Experience

• Speakers: June Leng and Sayeda Ummeh Masrura

1:30-2 p.m. | Leading the School: Demonstrating 50 µg/L Effluent TP Limits in Hatchery Pilot Testing

• Speakers: Samuel Brown and Mahsa Mehrdad

1:30-1:45 p.m. | Maximizing the Treatment Potential of Secondary Clarifier Using CFD

• Speakers: Arista Wu and Arthur Xu

1:30-1:40 p.m. | Talking PFAS: Practical Utility Communications

• Speakers: Amy Shahar and Alicia Uzarek