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Session 1:    Mapping a Path through Future Regulatory Requirements

Security in Our Nation's Capital - The DC WASA Perspective
John W. McLaughlin, Phil Braswell, Brown and Caldwell; Muminu Badmus, Carl Banks, Hiram Tanner, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

SSOs and Zero Discharge: Review of Recent Permitting and Consent Decree Requirements
John C. Hall, Hall & Associates

California's New Sanitary Sewer Collection System Requirements - An SSMP Opportunity?
Shawn Dent, Jeff Berlin, Steve McDonald, Thom Kalkman, Robert Hoffman, Carollo Engineers, P.C.

Performance Objectives Link CMOM Programs and Risk Management Planning
Reggie Rowe, Gary Swanson, Mary Beth Jacques, CH2M HILL

SECAP Is the C in CMOM for MMSD: Conducting Local System Capacity Assessments in a Regional Wastewater System
Erin G. Smith, Kimberly O. Siemens, CDM; Debra Jensen, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; Daniel H. Lau, CDM

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Session 2:    Research, New Technology & Innovations in Collection Systems Analysis


Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure in the 21st Century: U.S. EPA's Research Plans for Gravity Sewers
Daniel J. Murray, Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Integrating Investigation Methods to Conduct an Overflow Investigation
Andrew J. Braun, Carrie Pak, Nora Curtis, Clean Water Services

Does The "Traditional" Design Approach Lead To Overly Conservative Recommendations For Wet Weather Upgrades?
Tim Kuhns, Tetra Tech/KCM; Scott Westover, Mike Jessee, Larry Thomas, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority; Vyto Kaunelis, Robert Czachorski,  Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.

A Toolbox for Sanitary Sewer Overflow Analysis and Planning (SSOAP) and Applications
Fu-hsiung Lai, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Srinivas Vallabhaneni, Carl Chan, Edward H. Burgess, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.; Richard Field, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sustainable Sewer Solutions - Examples Optimizing Use of Existing Facilities through Innovative Flow Management
Mark Anderson, Mark Johnson, Joe Plaskett, Ryan Mitchell, CH2M HILL

Innovative Sanitary Collection System - The Small Bore Sewer™
Jill Lauren Hass, Wastewater Systems Division of Clearford Industries Inc.

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Session 3:    King County Washington I/I Reduction Program: Country-Wide Efforts Gain Effective Results


There are no papers available for this session.

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Session 4:    Getting it Right the First Time: Assessment & Rehab of Your Collection System

Sewer Liner Defect/Deficiency Assessment Guidelines
Scott Dellinger, Steve Agor, Lisa Amador, Tetra Tech, Inc.; Iftekhar Ahmed, Bureau of Engineering, City of Los Angeles

Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining - How to Know you're Getting what you're Paying For…
Robert K. Lee, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Clean Water Atlanta: A Comprehensive Approach to QA/QC from SSES to Rehabilitation Design
Hatem K. Elsayegh, Jordan Jones and Goulding, Inc.; Raymond E. Hutchinson, Montgomery Watson Harza; Latasha Norris, City of Atlanta

Arizona's Largest Condition Assessment
John Warner, Pima County Wastewater Management Department; Mike Fleury, Brown and Caldwell

Establishing a CCTV Inspection, Assessment and Improvement Program For a Large Diameter Collection System
Parivash Dezham, Julio Im, Inland Empire Utilities Agency; Dean Gipson, PBS&J

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Session 5:    Better Operation through More Effective Flow Monitoring

Identifying Peak Flow Rates from Differential Flow Metering Using an Integrated Flow Modeling Program
John P. McCulloch, Oakland County Drain Commissioner; Keith McCormack, Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.; Karen Ridgway, Applied Science; Steve Kalinowski, Wade Trim

Quantifying Base Infiltration in Sewers: A Comparison of Methods and a Simple Empirical Solution
Paul S. Mitchell, Patrick L. Stevens, ADS Environmental Services; Adam Nazaroff, Orange County Sanitation District

Developing a Typical Rainfall Period for Long Term CSO Analysis in San Francisco, California
Sharon Tsay, Dominique Brocard, Metcalf and & Eddy; Wallis Lee, Greg Braswell, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works, City of San Francisco

Wet Weather Automated Metering and Evaluation for I&I Removal
Mark Huber, Huntsville, Alabama Water Pollution Control Department; Tom Luking, Tetra Tech, Inc.

Using the Operations Perspective to Maximize the Effectiveness of Flow Monitoring
Todd Carlson, G. Guerrero, S. Lipinski, S. Mass, City of Duluth

Developing a Detailed Collection System Model for the San Francisco Sewer Master Plan
Mary Cate Opila, Ming Jiang, Sharon Tsay, Metcalf and & Eddy, Inc.; Wallis Lee, Greg Braswell, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Public Works, City of San Francisco

Interpreting Storm Flow Data to Determine Types of I/I
Robert K. Lee, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

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Session 6:    Portland's Green Solutions: Sustainable Storm Water Controls Benefit Sanitary Sewers

Portland's "Green Solutions Program"
Henry Stevens, Bureau of Environmental Services

Monitoring Results: Green Solution Benefits to the Combined Sewer System
Tim Kurtz, Bureau of Environmental Services, City of Portland, Oregon

Modeling Of Stormwater Removal and Peak/Volume Reduction Effects of Green Solutions (Inflow Controls) Using an Explicit Combined/Sanitary Sewer Model
Mark Liebe, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services; David Collins, David J. Collins Engineering

Weaving Green Solutions into CIP Projects
Bill Owen, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services

Pacific Northwest Green Street Pilot Projects, What Have We Learned?
Steve Fancher, City of Gresham, DES

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Session 7:    Designing for Success: Engineering for the Long-Term

Replacing a Sanitary Lift Station in Parklands: An Exercise in Cooperation
Annalisa Saqui, Metcalf & Eddy; Jim Stanek, City of Solon; Tina Wolff

Designing a Combined Sewer Interceptor for Inaccessibility - Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct and Seawall Replacement Project
Vicki Sironen, HDR Inc.

Design and Construction of an Underground Cavern for CSO Control
Thomas Pennington, Roy Cook, Bill Gray, PB; George Barnes, Department of Watershed Management, City of Atlanta, Georgia

Woods Trunk Collapse Lessons Learned In Emergency Design & Construction
Mark W. Hutchinson, City of Portland

Underwater Sewer Replacement Options - No Easy Answers In, Under, or Around Lake Oswego, OR
Jon Holland, Brown and Caldwell; Pat McDougal, City of Lake Oswego

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Session 8:    Approach to CSO Management from Across the Country

New Approaches to Answering Old (and New) Collection System Questions
Rob Parsons, CDM; Mark Van Nostrand, Littleton/Englewood WWTP, Englewood, Colorado; Hanna Sloan, John Rehring, CDM

Detailed System Understanding Supports Project Refinement during CSO LTCP Implementation Phase
Gregory R. Heath, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.; Amanda A. Roberts, Joshua D. Schimmel, Robert A. Stoops, Springfield Water and Sewer Commission; David G. Minard, Donald E. Walker, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.

Lewes CSO Improvement Scheme, UK
Andy W. Sharpe, Paul Martin, Black & Veatch; Andy Adams, Southern Water plc

Asset Information Management - Finding the Needle in All Those Haystacks
Les Chau, Jeroen Preiss, Tom Yeager, Steve Pallad, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc.

What Do You Do When Your Collection System Model Retires?
Sam Scire, Doug Drury, Punda Pai, Christine Dudas, Ajay Vakil, Kent Faulkner, Clark County Water Reclamation District, Las Vegas, NV; Keli Callahan, Stacy Semenza, Eric Leveque, Mary Clyburn, Carollo Engineers, P.C.

Application of Asset Management Principles to the Wastewater Collection System in Salem, Oregon
Ken Roley, City of Salem Public Works Department; James Hansen, Brown and Caldwell

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Session 9:    Improving Modeling Accuracy and Applications

Developing Criteria for Design Event Selection
Nancy U. Schultz, Rick Nelson, CH2M HILL

Accurate Representation of Inflow and Infiltration in Separate Sewer System Models
Brandon Vatter. N KY Sanitation District No. 1; Denise Nelson, Clint Cantrell, Metcalf & Eddy; Sean FitzGerald, Hazen & Sawyer

Optimizing the Decision-Making Process for Collection System Utilities
A. Parolari, CH2M HILL, Inc.; J. Wilson, Optimatics Pty. Ltd; C. Hewitson, T. Coleman, B. Ernst

Application of Continuous Simulations to Separate Sanitary Sewer System Planning
Constance Kepner, Butler County Department of Environmental Services; Mandeera Maritime, Gunilla Goulding, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Implementation of an Offline Storage Facility in Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission's Dynamic Hydraulic Sewer System Model
Matthias Wittenberg, McKissack & McKissack of Washington; William A. Barrack II, Camp Dresser and McKee; Kenneth C. Dixon, Craig A. Fricke, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Bridging the Force Main Generational Gap - System Expansion for a Growing Community
Brent C. Weidenhamer, Jennifer E.C. Porter, LBFH, Inc. - A Boyle Engineering Company

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Session 10:    Focusing on I/I Reduction: How are we doing?

Unique Performance-Based I/I Reduction Contract Exceeds Goal
David Bible, ARCADIS U.S., Inc.

70 Percent I/I Reduction - Sweet Home, Oregon Aims High With Collection System Management Best Practices
Jeff Scarano, Brown and Caldwell; Mike Adams, City of Sweet Home, OR

Sustainable I/I Reduction: Planning Level Cost Estimation Using a Performance-Based Cost Function
David Perry, Andrew Lukas, David Bennett, Brown and Caldwell; Timothy Bate, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District; William Krill, HNTB

Update On a Nationwide I/I Reduction Project Database
Andy Lukas, Brown and Caldwell

Getting the Best Return on Your I&I and Rehabilitation Investment
Marco Menendez, Jack Moyer, URS

Reducing Sanitary Sewer Overflows In a Large Collection System
Ifty Khan, Thomas J. Russell, Magdalena Springer, Fairfax County Wastewater Management

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Session 11:    Gaining Support from your Most Important Customers-the Public

Engaging Public Participation Using Decision Science Tools for Effective Development of a Community-Focused Long Term Control Plan
Scott A. Aurit, Ellen Fitzsimmons, HDR Engineering; Tom Heinemann, CH2M Hill; Marty Grate, City of Omaha

Between a Tree and a Hard Place: Public Involvement in Sewer System Planning
Christopher D. Wilson, Brown and Caldwell; Alexandra Jones, Orange Water and Sewer Authority

CSO Elimination Mandate Develops into Voluntary Success for Louisville MSD: Methods for Private Property Disconnections
Brian Bingham, Louisville/Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District; Ashley Day, P. Tod Smyrichinsky, BA Engineers, Inc. a division of Bryant Associates, Inc.; Wesley Sydnor, O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.

Infrastructure Renewal in the Pacific Northwest: Balancing Multiple Interests with Service and Cost to Reach Project Acceptance
Michael V. O'Neal, Julie Matteson, Brown and Caldwell; C. King Fitch, Town of Friday Harbor, Washington

Designing One of North Carolina's Largest Sewers - Technical Challenges and Community Acceptance
Laurin B. Kennedy, CDM; George Jones, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities; Jeffrey F. Payne, CDM

Enhancing Communication, Efficiencies, Innovation and Working Relationships Using an Inter-Agency Cooperative Work Agreement
Mark Braun, City of Portland

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Session 12:    The Transition from Construction to O&M: Let's Get Started!

Design of the Large Diameter Portsmouth Force Main for Long Life under Challenging Operational Conditions
Michael J. Britch, Brown and Caldwell; Patty Nelson, City of Portland

Not the Tunnel Of Love: Combating Combined Sewer System Odors in Atlanta's Nancy Creek Tunnel
Neal D. Stubblefield, Michael J. Robison, Rick G. Seymour, Zakiya A. Seymour, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.; Ade Abon, City of Atlanta

Start 'Er Up! Portland's CSO System Operating Plan, Implementation and Results
Virgil C. Adderley, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services

City of Portland West Side Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel Startup and Interagency Cooperation
Rob Cozzi, City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services

Owner Derived Tools for Collection System Asset Management; (1) Capacity and Condition Ranking, (2) Remote Pump Station Monitoring, and (3) Probability and Severity Analysis.
Matt Stolte, Adele P. Schirmer, Kelly Mattingly, Katherine Smith, Town of Blacksburg

Advancing CMMS to Support Performance Based Asset Management
Vincent Yee, NEXGEN Utility Management


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