American Water Works Association Annual Conference & Exposition (AWWA ACE)

AWWA ACE26: Water Heroes

Thank you for joining us at ACE26. We enjoyed meeting and connecting with fellow water heroes to collaborate on solutions that truly matter.

We appreciate the work you do every day to support and advance the water industry. The challenges and opportunities facing our communities require collaboration, innovation and strong partnerships, and we appreciate the role you play in moving our industry forward.

Our ACE26 Sessions

• Applying Maturity Assessment to Identify Best Value | melisa.bittancourt [at] hdrinc.com (Melisa Bittancourt)
• AWWA Standards Workshop: To Infinity and Beyond (The Specbook)! | nicole.martindale [at] hdrinc.com (Nicole Martindale)
• Biofiltration Evaluation and Benchmarking | ramola.vaidya [at] hdrinc.com (Ramola Vaidya)
• Capital Program Delivery: A Playbook of Best Practices From Planning Through Handoff | jacquelin.mutter [at] hdrinc.com (Jacquelin Mutter) and karen.pappas [at] hdrinc.com (Karen Pappas)
• Combating Corrosion in Desalination Plant Intake Infrastructure | mersedeh.akhoondan [at] hdrinc.com (Mersedeh Akhoondan)
• Delivering on a Vision: How Small Utilities Advance System Goals with the Owner’s Agent Model | ryan.murray [at] hdrinc.com (Ryan Murray)
• Funding and Planning a Small Community’s Largest Water Infrastructure Project: PFAS Treatment Centralization in Hampstead, MD | kelsey.kenel [at] hdrinc.com (Kelsey Kenel)
• Hope is Not a Strategy: Preparing a Plan for Start-up of the Pierce-Burch WTP Improvements | katie.livas [at] hdrinc.com (Katie Livas) 
• How Good Planning Led to a Successful (But Boring) Inspection of a 120-inch PCCP Water Main in Michigan | jane.burnett [at] hdrinc.com (Jane Burnett)
• Lessons Learned from Full-Scale PFAS Residuals Disposal: Case Studies from Washington State | pierre.kwan [at] hdrinc.com (Pierre Kwan)
• Let's Skip a Step: Can Biofilters Be Used to Remove PFAS? | christina.alito [at] hdrinc.com (Christina Alito)
• Monitoring Tools and Media Assessment: Loudoun Water’s Unique Approach to Optimizing Biofiltration Performance | ramola.vaidya [at] hdrinc.com (Ramola Vaidya)
• Navigating Collaborative Delivery Contracts in the Water Sector: Contracts Under the Microscope | jessica.adams-weber [at] hdrinc.com (Jess Adams-Weber) 
• Navigating One Water Planning through Municipal Water Programs: Holistic PFAS Management | John.Stober [at] hdrinc.com (Trent Stober) and adam.hendricks [at] hdrinc.com (Adam Hendricks)
• Optimizing Multi-Barrier Approaches for Geosmin, TOC, and DBP Challenges at Lake Palestine WTP | katie.livas [at] hdrinc.com (Katie Livas) and matthew.dieffenthaller [at] hdrinc.com (Matthew Dieffenthaller)
• Owner Perspectives Panel – “Contracts in Practice” | jessica.adams-weber [at] hdrinc.com (Jess Adams-Weber)
• PAC-ing a Punch: Evaluation of PAC for PFAS Removal and More | kate.keenan [at] hdrinc.com (Kate Keenan)
• Passaic Valley Water Commission’s Treatment Modernization | andrew.watson [at] hdrinc.com (Andrew Watson)
• Pre-Conference Workshop 01: Biological Filter Evaluation: LW Biofiltration Evaluation and Benchmarking | ramola.vaidya [at] hdrinc.com (Ramola Vaidya)
• Public Officials Workshop: Introduction to Water and Sewer Operating Environments | jessica.adams-weber [at] hdrinc.com (Jess Adams-Weber)
• Ripple Effects: Evaluating the Financial Impact of Cybersecurity on Water Utility Infrastructure | david.brearley [at] hdrinc.com (David Brearley)
• Scaling Pilot Data to Inform Unique AWT Design Criteria for Reuse Systems | kelsey.kenel [at] hdrinc.com (Kelsey Kenel)
• Securing Water for Mountain Home AFB: A Strategic Response to Aquifer Depletion | paul.derr [at] hdrinc.com (Paul Derr) and pierre.kwan [at] hdrinc.com (Pierre Kwan)