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2023 WEF/IWA Residuals and Biosolids Conference

May 16 - 19, 2023

Charlotte Convention Center
Charlotte, NC
United States

Join us in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the 2023 Water Environment Federation and International Water Association: Residuals and Biosolids conference — the leading international event in advancing the role of biosolids and resource recovery.

This is our eighth year as the Bronze Elite sponsor, and we are proud to support this premier industry event.   

We hope to see you at any of our workshops and technical sessions where you can meet our residuals and biosolids experts and discuss the latest developments in all aspects of biosolids treatment and management.

Our WEF Residuals and Biosolids Conference Presentations

Tuesday, May 16

Pre-conference Workshops

8 a.m. | Workshop A: Dewatering Optimization: Practical Ways to Improve Performance

  • Presenter: Adam Parmenter

1:30 p.m. | Workshop D: Delving into Digestion: Anaerobic Digestion Process, Design, and Operation

  • Presenter: Stephanie Spalding

Wednesday, May 17

Intensifying Digestion

3:45 p.m. | Session 7: The Impact of Solids Retention Time Reduction on Thermal Hydrolysis 
Pretreatment-Enhanced Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion

  • Presenters: Brian Balchunas, Chris Moline, Lawrence Hentz

Thursday, May 18

PFAS Challenges and Treatment

8:30 a.m. | Alternate: Two Birds, One Stone: Utilizing Biosolids Thermal Processing Technologies for PFAS removal

  • Presenters: Ramola Vaidya, Mamatha Hopanna, Sebastian Smoot

Innovative Processes in Anaerobic Digestion

8:30 a.m. | Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Digestion and Dewatering of Aerobic Granular Sludge

  • Presenter: Bryce Figdore

Biogas

9 a.m. | Session 9: What's It Worth to You? Arlington Regen Biogas Utilization Evaluation

  • Presenters: Brian Bakke, Stephanie Spalding, Brian Balchunas