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Session 1: Public Outreach
Session 2: Energy
Recovery
Session 3: Pathogen Reduction
Session 4: Anaerobic Digestion 1
Session 5: Anaerobic Digestion 2
Session 6: ATAD
Session 7: Pacific
Northwest Regional Issues
Session 8: Operational Case
Histories
Session 9: Odors
Session 10: Sustainability Planning
Session 11: Planning Case Histories
Session 12: Microconstituents
Session 13: Dewatering
Session
14: Pre-Digestion Conditioning
Session 15: Biosolids
Drying
Session 16: Carbon Accounting
Session 17: Land Application
Session 18: Success Stories
Posters
Moving
Towards a Sustainable Biosolids Program: Part I – Implementation Status of the
2003 Long-Range Biosolids Management Plan
Deirdre E. Bingman, Layne
T. Baroldi, Michael D. Moore, Orange County Sanitation District
Moving Towards a Sustainable Biosolids Program: Part II – Five-Year
Retrospective of the Biosolids Management System
Deirdre E. Bingman,
Layne T. Baroldi, Michael D. Moore, Orange County Sanitation District
Stakeholder Involvement in Long-Term Biosolids Programs in the
Pacific Northwest
Denise Vieira, SYLVIS Environmental; Lisa Vogel,
King County; Johanna Moretto, Tania Gheseger, Metro Vancouver
Using Community Imput to Create a Successful Digester Complex
Design
Natalie Sierra, Bonnie M. Jones, Tyrone Jue, Idil Bereket,
Jon Loiacono, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission - Wastewater
Enterprise
A Tale of Trials, Tribulation & Triumph: Biosolids Management in
the Pacific Northwest
Maile Lono-Batura, Northwest Biosolids
Management Association
Replacement
of the Multiple Hearth Furnaces by the Fluid Bed Furnaces - The R.L. Sutton WRF
Experience
Manuel Matthews, Robert Herbick, Cobb County Water
System; Ky Dangtran, Degremont Technologies Infilco
Lessons Learned During an Incinerator Upgrade
Bruce
Bartel, William Angoli, Daniel Busch, Robert Lamal, Martin Pyke, Michael Wells,
Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District
Comparison of Gasification, Pyrolysis and Incineration Technologies
for Residuals Management: Future of Advanced Biosolids
Processes
Deniz Yurtsever, James M. Rowan, Hari Santha, Black &
Veatch Corporation
The Case for Replacing Multiple Hearth Incinerators with Fluidized
Bed Incinerators
Frank Dachille, Scott Reed, James Rowan, James
Welp, Black & Veatch Corporation
Advanced Process Control Technology for Fluidized Bed Incineration –
A Sustainable Approach To Wastewater Solids Treatment
Y-M. Tsai,
Degremont Technologies North American R&D Center; M. Montoya, Alpine
Technology; M. Adcock, W. Kling, T.Z. Osborne Water Reclamation Facility; R.F.
Kelly, Degremont Technologies North American R&D Center
Process Hazard Analysis for the H. L. Mooney Water Reclamation
Facility Fluidized Bed Incinerator
Frank C. Sapienza, CDM; Stephen
M. Bennett, Prince William County Service Authority; Robert J. Gaudes, David J.
Schwartz, CDM
More Fun
than Herding CAHTS - Producing Class A Biosolids with an Innovative
Heat-Treatment and Anaerobic Digestion Process
John Poppe, Randy
Screws, West Sound Utility District; Bob Forbes, Doug Berschauer, CH2M HILL,
Inc.
Pathogen Characterization in Fresh and Stored Biosolids and
Implications of a Screening Level Microbial Risk Assessment
Cecily
Flemming, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Jeffrey Soller, Soller
Environmental; Albert Simhon, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Edmund Seto,
University of California, at Berkeley
Comparative Microbial Risks of Land Applied Biosolids and Animal
Manure
John P. Brooks, USDA-ARS; Charles P. Gerba, Ian L. Pepper,
University of Arizona
Extending the Risk Assessment Framework for Pathogens in
Biosolids
Haibo Zhang, Brett Olson, Mira S. Olson, Patrick L.
Gurian, Colleen Harte, Jingjie Teng, Drexel University
Physical, Chemical and Biological Agents Impacting Disinfection in
Residuals
Kari B. Fitzmorris, Georgia Southern University; Robert S.
Reimers, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Suresh D. Pillai,
Texas A&M University; Dwight D. Bowman, Cornell University
Akron, Ohio - A
Review of the First Year for Biosolids Management Using a High Solids Anaerobic
Digestion System
Annette M. Berger, KB Compost Services, Inc.
Codigestion of Organic Waste
David L. Parry, Scott
Vandenburgh, Michael B. Salerno, Richard Finger, Camp Dresser & McKee
Inc.
Developing a Co- Digestion Program at the Tacoma, WA Central
Treatment Plant
Christopher Muller, Brown and Caldwell; Pamela
Randolph, Eric Johnson, Daniel Thompson, City of Tacoma; Steven Krugel, Brown
and Caldwell
Is Your Digester Getting its Supplements
Jonathan Keaney,
John Willis, Metin Duran, Cheol Park, Albana Bega, Jason Hunt
*Paper Not
Available
Effects of Feeding Conditions on Activated Sludge Characteristics and
Anaerobic Digestion
Chul Park, Klaus Nusslein, Chengyan Zhang,
Philip Teague, Meng Wang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Overview of Best
Anaerobic Digestion Technologies When Sustainability is
Important
Paul Hunt, Earth Tech Ltd.; Ralph "Rusty" Shroedel, Tom
Wilson, AECOM
Lesser of Two Evils - Digester Cleaning or Run to
Failure
Neil Massart, Black & Veatch; Robert Bates, Metro Sewer
District; Randy Boyette, Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority; Shaun
O'Kelley, KCMO Wastewater Services; Gary Neun, Hari Santha, Black &
Veatch
Modeling the Conversion and Fate of Sulfur Containing Compounds in
Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion
Weiwei Du, Wayne J. Parker;
University of Waterloo
Active Anaerobic Digestion Volume and Digestion Efficiency
Estimation
V.J. Boero, J.L. Pintenich, Brown and Caldwell
Active Volume Estimation of Anaerobic Sludge Digesters Under
Different Cleaning Intervals
Romeo E. Capuno, Jr., John Willis,
Jonathan Keaney, Eian Lynch, Marisa Buyers-Basso, Brown and Caldwell
Anaerobic Digester Optimization using Factorial Design
Approach
Cheol Park, Alba Bega, Villanova University; Joseph
Farrell, Jonathan Keaney, Brown and Caldwell; William E. Toffey, Jason A. Hunt,
Paul M. Kohl, William R. McKeon, Philadelphia Water Department; John Willis,
Brown and Caldwell; Metin Duran, Villanova University
Impacts of
Temperature and Hydraulic Retention Time on Odours Produced for Autothermal
Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion
Bonita Dirk, Harlan Kelly, Dayton
& Knight Ltd.; Don Mavinic, University of British Columbia; Hart Frese, City
of Salmon Arm, British Columbia
As Good as the Hype: An Overview of Second Generation ATAD
Performance
Jim Scisson
Efficiency of Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion Under Two
Different Oxygen Flow Rates
Sebnem Koyunluoglu Aynur, Sonali Dohale,
Muriel Dumit, Rumma Riffat, George Washington University; Mohammad Abu-Orf,
Ralph Eschborn, AECOM Water (Formerly Metcalf and Eddy Inc.); Sudhir Murthy, DC
Water and Sewer Authority
Carbon and Struvite Recovery from Centrate at a Biological Nutrient
Removal Plant
Harlan Kelly, Bonita Dirk, Al Gibb, Dayton &
Knight Ltd.; Fred Koch, Don Malvinic, University of British Columbia
Start-Up and Operations of the City of Delphos MBR / ThermAer ATAD
Wastewater Treatment Facility
Kim Riddell, City of Delphos
Second Generation ATAD Provides Solution to Upgrade at Constrained
Site
Lawrence E. Riegert, Hammond Collier Wade Livingstone, Inc.
Beneficial Use
into the Future - A Small Community Perspective
Mark Cullington,
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants; Trevor Evers, City of Washougal
Evaluation and Selecting Class A Biosolids Heat Drying Options in the
Pacific Northwest
Bo Vestergaard-Hansen, Brown and Caldwell;
Brigitte McCarty, Alderwood Water and Wastewater District; Art Molseed, Brown
and Caldwell; Travis Smith, I. Kruger, Inc.
Can’t Pass This Gas: Biogas, Biocovers and Biosolids in a Climate of
Change
Michael D. Van Ham, Mark Teshima, SYLVIS Environmental
From Lagoons to Chop Sticks: Eugene / Springfield, Oregon's Low Tech
Approach to a Diversified Program
Ken Vanderford, City of Eugene,
Oregon
Biosolids Benefits on Semi-Arid Central Oregon
Agriculture
Mark Ronayne, Greg Charr, City of Portland; Dan
Sullivan, Don Horneck, Oregon State University; Kent Madison, Madison Farms
City of
Columbus Biosolids Management Optimization and Systems
Analysis
Kathleen Smith, Eric Auerbach, Malcom Pirnie; Kieran
Sikdar, The Ohio State University; Robert E. VanEvra III, City of Columbus; Dan
Gernant, Malcom Pirnie; Joseph Fiksel, The Ohio State University
Sustainability Incorporated into the Solids Handling Improvements of
the Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant
Dale
Gabel, CH2M HILL; Susan Pekarek, Doug Nolkemper, Johnson County Wastewater; Mike
Kalis, Archer Engineers
Operating Cost Modeling for the New York City Biosolids Management
Plan
Raymond Pun, CDM; Keith Mahoney, New York City Department of
Environmental Protection
How Do the Availability of Outlets and End Use of Solids Affect
Solids Management Alternatives? A Case Study for Millville Facility in New
Jersey
Nalan Tepe-Sencayir, Mohammad Abu-Orf, AECOM; Floyd Burt,
City of Millville, New Jersey
Recycle Loads Management Strategy Accounts for the Impact of Regional
Anaerobic Solids Digestion on Low Limit Biological Nutrient
Removal
J.C. Kabouris, Carollo Engineers; M. Engelmann, J.A.
Dulaney, Pinellas County Utilities; R.A. Gillette, B. Narayanan, A.C. Todd,
Carollo Engineers
Effect of
Amendment Addition on Biosolids Odors Based on Gas Chromotography Analysis and
Odor Panel Observations
T.E. Johnston, Material Matters, Inc.; M.A.
Higgins, Bucknell University; R.C. Brandt, Penn State University; W.E. Toffey,
Philadelphia Water Department; R.C. Eschborn, AECOM
Use of Inventory Management to Mitigate Odor Emissions from
Land-Applied Biosolids
R.C. Brandt, M.A.A. Adviento-Borbe, Penn
State University; M.A. Higgins, Bucknell University; T.E. Johnston, Material
Matters, Inc.; W.E. Toffey, J. Golembeski, Philadelphia Water Department
Odor Emissions from Anaerobically Digested Biosolids During Onsite
Storage and Land Application: Impacts of Lime Dosing and the Type of Dewatering
Process Used (Belt Presses Versus Centrifuges)
Chris Easter, Todd
Williams, CH2M HILL, Inc.; Mark Feltner, Rhonda Bowen, Hampton Roads Sanitation
District
Sustainable
Energy Management: Achieving Energy Independence at Wastewater
Utilities
Drury Whitlock, Julian Sandino, Tim, Shea, Peter Burrowes,
CH2M HILL
Energy Independence Project
Alan Zelenka, Kennedy/Jenks
Consultants
A
Modernized Biosolids Management Plan for New York City's Water Pollution Control
Plants
Raymond Pun, Geoffrey Baldwin, CDM; Keith Mahoney, Arthur
Spangel, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
City of Columbus Biosolids Management Master
Planning
Daniel Gernant, Kathleen Smith, Cosmo Bertino, Malcom
Pirnie; Robert E Van Evra III, City of Columbus
The City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania Biosolids Management Solution:
New Facilities, New Processing and New Disposal/Use
Elaine Sistare,
Mark Gould, CDM
Biosolids Improvements: Roger Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility
(RRWRF) Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation Department (PCRWRD), Tucson,
Arizona
Larry Anderson, Gary Newman, Brown and Caldwell, Inc.;
Michael Kostrzewski, John Sherlock, Jing Luo, PCRWRD
Residuals Management Program for Orleans and St. Bernard
Parishes
Robert S. Reimers, Andrew J. Englande, Jr., Brady K.
Skaggs, Jr., Tulane University; Gordon C. Austin, Sewerage and Water Board of
New Orleans; Peter M. Smith, Waldemar S. Nelson and Company, Inc.
The
Uniqueness of Microconstituent Fates in Biosolids-Amended
Systems
George O'Connor, University of Florida
Microconstituents in Biosolids: The "New" Pollutants - An Overview of
Recent U.S. Geological Survey Research and Findings
Edward Furlong,
James L. Gray, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado; Patrick J. Phillips,
U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, New York; Tracy J. Yager, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver, Colorado; Dana W. Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey, Iowa City, Iowa
The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Program to Assess and Manage the
Transport of Microconstituents in Biosolids- Amended Soils
Ed Topp,
David R. Lapen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Chris D. Metcalfe, Trent
University
Long-Term Assessments of Microconstituents Fate in Biosolids-Amended
Soils
Lakhwinder Hundal, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of
Greater Chicago; Kang Xia, Mississippi State Chemical Lab; Kuldip Kumar, Albert
Cox, Thomas Granato, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago
Behavior of Estrogens and Triclosan in Turf Grass Amended with
Biosolids or Irrigated with Reclaimed Water
Sally Brown, Dana
Devin-Clarke, University of Washington
Evaluation
of Nanoscale Additives to Improve Sludge Conditioning and
Dewatering
Ganesh Rajagopalan, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants; Mathew J.
Higgins, Bucknell University; Ranqing Ou, NEI Corporation; Ganesh Skandan, NAI
Corporation
A Comprehensive Study to Reduce Polymer Usage at Austin's Biosolids
Management Plant
Patrick J. McNamara, Desmond F. Lawler, University
of Texas at Austin
Is Your Plant Receiving the Same Product in Different Polymer
Batches?
Mohammad Abu-Orf, Nalan Tepe-Sencayir, AECOM; Steven
Dentel, Rovshan Mahmudov, University of Delaware; Aklile Tesfaye, Wendell Smith,
District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
Energy (and Cost) Implications Associated With Dewatering Technology
Selection for Thermal Drying Applications
C. Michael Bullard, Hazen
and Sawyer; Sondra W. Lee, Joseph B. Cheatham, Darby Dressell, Randy Bond,
Warren Shepherd, City of Tallahassee
Keeping our Biosolids End-Use Options Open - City of Boulder WWTP
Solids Dewatering Improvements
David Oerke, CH2M HILL; Paul Heppler,
Douglas Sullivan, City of Boulder, Colorado; Jose Velazquez, Jacobs
Engineering
A Survey of Rotary Press Dewatering Technology
Rebecca
Overacre, Steve Swanback, Carollo Engineers
Biosolids
Conditioning with Hydrodynamic Cavitation
David Nicholas, Philip
Vella, VRTX Technologies
Anaerobic Digestion Enhancement Success Stories from Around the
World
Colin Froud, CSO Technik Ltd.; Jens Schmitt, Biogest AG;
Charles Applegate, Siemens Water Technologies
Integrated Modeling of Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment and Anaerobic
Digestion of Wastewater Treatment Sludges
Wayne Parker, University
of Waterloo; Richard Jones, EnviroSim Associates Ltd.; Henry Zhu, University of
Waterloo; Sudhir Murthy, DCWASA
Comprehensive Enhanced Digestion Evaluations at Blue Plains Advanced
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Christopher A. Wilson, John T. Novak,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sudhir N. Murthy, Walter F.
Bailey, Washington D.C. Water and Sewer Authority
Underlying Mechanistic Principles and Proposed Modeling Approach for
Waste Activated Sludge Reduction Technologies
Drury Whitlock, Julian
Sandino, CH2M HILL; John Novak, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Bruce Johnson,
CH2M HILL; Lauren Fillmore, WERF
Amendment
Free, Mechanically Enhanced Biodrying & Composting of Dewatered Undigested
Sewage Sludge
Lewis Naylor, Apple Environmental; Richard Nicoletti,
Siemens Water Technologies; Matthew Calderiso, Bristol, RI
Enhanced Solar Drying in the Mid West – Carmel,
Indiana
Daniel W. Miller, Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd.
Going for the Green in Thermal Drying: Evaluation of Innovative New
Technologies and Industry Trends
Kenneth Fonda, Eian Lynch, Brown
and Caldwell
Impact of Solids Characteristics on Dryer Operations and Product
Quality
Hari Santha, Neil S. Massart, Gary W. Neun, Deniz Yurtsever,
Black & Veatch Corporation; Robert W. Bates, Louisville and Jefferson County
Metropolitan Sewer District
Planning for Future Biosolids Energy Needs and
Costs
William Krill, Brown and Caldwell; Timothy Bate, Gregory
Baker, MMSD; Valerie Wood, ESI; Kathleen Ziino, HNTB
Medium-Temperature Belt Dryers for Biosolids
Markus
Roediger, Consultant; Rudolf Bogner, Hans Huber AG; Gerhard Forstner, Huber
Technology Inc.
A
Greenfield Thermal Drying/Oxidation System: Significant Volume Reduction with a
Reduced Carbon Footprint
Terry Goss, Louis Ortenzio, Kruger Inc.;
John Graupman, Bradley DeWolf, Bolton & Menk, Inc.; Tom Klett, Merton Auger,
City of Buffalo, MN
Climate Change Impacts of Food Waste Diversion to Anaerobic
Digesters
Tim Evans, Tim Evans Environment
Lagoon Digestion – Old Dog, New Tricks
Perry Schafer,
Brown and Caldwell
Carbon Footprint of Biosolids Disposal to Landfills and Land Farms in
the United States
Diego Rosso, Allen Chau, University of California,
Irvine
A Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Biosolids
Management
Joyeeta Banerjee, Brian Henn, Joe Rohrbacher, Katya
Bilyk, Sandeep Mehrotra, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.
In with the New: A Look at the Metro Wastewater Reclamation
District's (MRWD) GIS Biosolids Land Application Operation
Arlisa L.
Michael, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District
Sustainable Use of Biosolids in Rangeland Forage
Production
Michael J. McFarland, Issaak R. Vasquez, MaiAnh Vutran,
Utah State University; Mark Schmitz, Utah Division of Water Quality; Robert B.
Brobst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Goal of Training and Certification: Meeting the Professional
Needs of Biosolids Land Appliers
Suzanne De la Cruz, Association of
Boards of Certification; Jim Medlock, RMWEA Biosolids Committee &
Littleton/Englewood WWTP; Jodi Jurgemeyer, Association of Boards of
Certification
Utilizing Mainstream GIS Mapping Technology for Biosolids Data
Management
Aaron B. Stephens, Trudy E. Johnston, Material Matters,
Inc.; William E. Toffey, Philadelphia Water Department; Stefan R. Weaver,
Material Matters, Inc.
Evaluation of Class A vs. Class B Processes for Beneficial Use of
Biosolids
Jay S. Kemp, AECOM; Daniel L. Lynch, City of
Janesville
Climbing the
Knowledge Mountain - The New Solids Processing Design and Management
Manual
Michael D. Moore, Orange County Sanitation District; Timothy
Shea, CH2M HILL; James E. Smith, USEPA
The Hidden Threat to Sustainable Energy: Siloxanes: Composition,
Removal, and Fate
Ralph B. "Rusty" Schroedel, Jr., AECOM; Peter V.
Cavagnaro, Jerald W. Peterson, Johnson Controls, Inc.
Composting Biosolids for a Greener Tomorrow, a Success Story at a
Canadian Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility
Conrad Allain,
Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission (GMSC)
Biogas Treatment - Maximizing Biogas Utilization System
Effectiveness
Scott Vandenburgh, Cale McPherson, Dave
Parry
*Paper Not Available
A Review of "Global Atlas of Excreta, Wastewater Sludge, and
Biosolids Management: Moving Forward the Sustainable and Welcome Uses of a
Global Resource"
Ronald J. LeBlanc, Roland P. Richard, Greater
Moncton Sewerage Commission (GMSC); Ned Beecher, Northeast Biosolids and
Residuals Association (NEBRA)
Optimization
of Residual Haul and Disposal Costs Using TADCAM
Tim Shea, CH2M
HILL; Richie Kent, CH CARIBE; Todd Williams, CH2M HILL
Agronomic Evaluation of ThermAer ATAD Biosolids; Greenhouse Growth
Trials
Adrian Unc, New Mexico State University; Garry Hoekstra,
University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus
New Mechanical Fine Bubble Aeration/Mixing System
Dana L.
Nelson, Water Pod, Inc.
*Paper Not Available
Going for the Green in Thermal Drying: Evaluation of Innovative New
Technologies and Industry Trends
Kenneth Fonda, Eian Lynch, Brown
and Caldwell
*Paper in Session 15
Anaerobic Digester Optimization using Factorial Design
Approach
Cheol Park, Alba Bega, Joseph Farrell, Jonathan Keaney,
William E. Toffey, Jason A. Hunt, Paul M. Kohl, William R. McKeon, John Willis,
Metin Duran
*Paper in Session 5
San Jacinto Watershed Integrated Regional Dairy Management
Plan
Jennifer Ferrando, Martina Frey
*Paper Not Available
Will Biosolids Application Ever Fly Down South? Legislative and
Poiltical Challenges to Sustainability in New Zealand
John M.
Lavery, Duffill Watts Limited
* Paper Not Available