2023 ACWA Annual Conference
- Welcome — Corissa Holmes, ACWA Chair
- Opening Remarks — Louie Pitt Jr., Member, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
- Charting the Path for Oregon’s Water Future — Representative Ken Helm, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
- How Wastewater Scientists Became COVID-19 Detectives and What this Sleuthing Means for Detection and Management of Future Pandemics — Blythe Layton, Clean Water Services and Tyler Radniecki, Oregon State University
- Show Us the Money…A Fresh Look and a New Playing Field for Seizing State and Federal Funds for Your Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure — Chris Marko and Alli Miller, Oregon DEQ
- Before the Pipes—The Evolution of Wastewater Source Reduction and Pollution Prevention — Christina Davenport, Leeway Engineering
- Using the “Effective Utility Management” Framework to Energize your Strategic Planning Process — Jim Ginley, Jim Ginley Consulting, LLC, Ron Wierenga and Shelly Parini-Runge, Clackamas WES
- Resilient Utilities—Latest Approaches for Addressing Energy and Climate Challenges — Dave Moldal and Joshua Reed, Energy Trust of Oregon, Nicole Singh, Oregon DEQ, and Bob Patterson, City of Pendleton
- Communications and Outreach—Sharing Your Story is a Must and Here’s How — Travis Loop, waterloop
- Puget Sound Nutrient Permitting—an Update from the Association of Washington Cities — Amanda McInnis, Jacobs
- Microplastics—Relevance to Wastewater and Approaches to Source Reduction — Susanne Brander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oregon State University
- PFAS – It Just Won’t Go Away — Panel discussion with Ron Wierenga, Clackamas WES, Kevin Masterson, Stony
Creek Consulting, and Pat Heins, Oregon DEQ - Biosolids PFAS Study — Frank Dick, ACWA Biosolids Committee Chair; Abigail Tomasek, Ph.D.,
Professor, Oregon State University - Oregon DEQ Water Quality Programs—Building on Foundations — Jennifer Wigal, Administrator, Water Quality Division, DEQ
- Complying with Oregon’s Temperature Standards and Making a Real Difference for Fish—Strategies for
Wastewater Utilities — Todd Miller, Environmental Services Supervisor, City of Springfield/MWMC, Laurel Stratton Garvin, Ph.D., USGS, Josh Proudfoot, Owner, Good Company (a division of Parametrix) - National Issues and Trends for Wastewater and Stormwater Utilities — Nathan Gardner-Andrews, National Association of Clean Water Agencies
- Protecting the Chesapeake through Water Reuse—A Case Study in Regional Collaboration — Jay Bernas, Hampton Roads Sanitation District