Rocky Mountain Water Conference

Partnerships to Resolve Water Challenges

We’re excited to present at the 2025 Rocky Mountain Water Conference in Keystone, Colorado. We hope to see you at our technical sessions, where you can meet our professionals and share case studies and insights on the latest research and techniques in the water industry.  

Connect With Our 2025 Rocky Mountain Water Conference Presenters

Monday, August 25

10:30-11 a.m. | Facility Condition Assessments - Identifying the Next Big Treatment Plant or Pump Station Project

• Presenter: Chris Parton

11-11:30 a.m. | Streamlining Treatment Plant Condition Assessments with Modern Software Tools

• Presenter: Wilson Wheeler

1-1:30 p.m. | IIJA Funding and Us, Stories and Lessons from Rocky Mountain Section’s Local Governments and Utilities

• Presenter: Annie Huang

1-1:30 p.m. | Navigating One Water Planning through Municipal Water Programs: Meeting Multiple Objectives and Regulatory Challenges (WRF Project 5175)

• Presenter: Chris Parton

1-1:30 p.m. | Let’s Build a Tank in 10 Months

• Presenter: Jamie Eichenberger

1:30-2 p.m. | Machine Learning for Water and Wastewater Treatment

• Presenter: Charles Hammond

1:30-2 p.m. | Verifying Condition of Existing Lift Stations: Advanced Condition Assessment for Sustainable Infrastructure Reuse

• Presenter: Teigan Gulliver

2:30-3 p.m. | When Does It Make Sense to NOT Plan for the Long Term? 

• Presenter: Dmitriy Zinchenko 

Tuesday, August 26

8-8:30 a.m. | Microplastics in Colorado’s Waters: Tracking Their Journey from Sink to Stream

• Presenter: Teigan Gulliver

11-11:30 a.m. | Upcycling Industrial Byproducts for Phosphorus and Sulfur in Sequestration in Wastewater

• Presenter: Sierra Fox 

1:30-2 p.m. | From Study Findings to Strategic Planning: Bold Next Steps for Better Communication

• Presenter: Alexandra Smoldt

2-2:30 p.m. | Creating a Jar Testing Program to Inform Resilient Treatment Plant Design

• Presenters: Allyssa Brauer and Michelle Howard

2-2:30 p.m. | Copper? I Hardly Know Her! Addressing Copper Discharge Exceedances at Grand Canyon National Park

• Presenters: Sean Schumacher and Natalie Brooker

Wednesday, August 27

10:30-11 a.m. | Intense Intensification Modeling: Improved Sensitivity and Capacity Analyses of Densified Sludge

• Presenter: Luke Thompson

11-11:30 a.m. | Emerging Wastewater Treatment Technologies - Site Visits to the World’s Largest MBBR and MBR

• Presenter: Matt Gough

3:30-4 p.m. | Planning for Raw Water Redundancy in Estes Park, Colorado

• Presenter: Peter Brask 

4-4:40 p.m. | Two Crossings with One HDD – How a Longer Siphon Lowered Cost & Risk While Maintaining Operability

• Presenters: Rachel Keatley and Abby Dodd