Wet Weather Partnership Conference Presentations 2023

2023 Workshop Attendee List
2023 Workshop Program Agenda
Workshop Survey
Certificate of Attendance

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

• Welcome to Louisville, Tony Parrott, Louisville & Jefferson Co. MSD
• Update on Louisville MSD Wet Weather Program, Angela Akridge, Chief Strategy Officer, and Brian Bingham, Chief Operations Officer, Louisville & Jefferson Co. MSD
• Splash Zone: Key Stormwater Developments Affecting Communities and Their Stormwater Utilities, Lisa Ochsenhirt, Attorney, AquaLaw
• MS4 Panel Presentations
  • Moderator: Clyde Wilber, Clyde Wilber LLC
  • Panelists:
    • Julie Stein, National Stormwater Dir., HDR
    • Don Dorsey, Department Head Stormwater, Frederick Co., MD
    • Camille Liebnitzky, P.E., ENV SP, City of Alexandria, VA
• A Game Changer – More Equitable & Efficient Public Utility Revenue Generation
  • Ted Henifin, Interim Third-Party Manager, City of Jackson, MS

Thursday, April 20, 2023

• Rising Waters: Lots Going On in Washington, D.C. that Will Affect Your Utility
  • Amanda Aspatore, Chief Legal Counsel, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), Washington, D.C.
• Environmental Justice: An Essential Consideration in All Aspects of Public Utility Program Development & Modification
  • Mike Witt, General Counsel, Passaic Valley Sewer Commission, NJ
  • Sabrina Colón, Strategic Communications Business Class Lead, HDR
• Trifecta!  (1) Non-Biological Auxiliary Treatment (2) Outside the 8th Circuit and (3) Enhanced Phosphorous Removal
  • Tami Lorenzen, Asst. Chief Engineer, Johnson County Wastewater, KS
  • Jim Fitzpatrick, P.E., Black & Veatch
• Integrated Planning – Putting Your Infrastructure and Programmatic Destiny Under a Workable Regulatory Umbrella
  • Errin Kemper, Director of Environmental Services, The City of Springfield, MO
• OneWater – Next Level Synergies & Opportunities for Your Utility
  • Chris Phipps, P.E., HDR (Presentation)
  • Ryan Radspinner, P.E., HRSD, VA (Presentation)
• Salut! Great Utility Managers Surround Themselves With Smart Sewers
  • Moderator: Jordan McCormack, American Structurepoint
  • Panelists:
    • Luis Montestruque, PhD, HydroDigital (Presentation)
    • Reese Johnson, P.E., PMP, Superintendent, Compliance Services Division, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, OH (Presentation)
    • Susan Moisio, P.E., Global Vice President, Global Water Dir., Jacobs (Presentation)
• Managing & Optimizing Your Utility’s Digital Assets
  • Tim Braun, Xylem
  • Pablo Calabuig, GoAigua
• Progress in Leaps & Bounds – Getting the Optimal Regional Wet Weather Program Running
  • Richard Stahr, P.E., Brown and Caldwell
  • David Niesse, Renewable Water Resources (ReWa), SC

Friday, April 21, 2023

• Assessing the Performance of MWRA’s North Dorchester Bay Tunnel System as Part of Post-Construction Monitoring
  • Don Walker, P.E., AECOM
• Strategies for Managing Cost in Unprecedented Times
  • Kevin Waddell, P.E., Burns and McDonnell
• Hydraulic & Hydrologic Modeling: Both Art & Science
  • Dax Blake, P.E., National Technical Dir., Arcadis
  • Robert S. Priestas, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Administrator, City of Columbus, OH
• When It Rains, It Pours: Everything Your Utility Needs to Know & Do About Unregulated Contaminants
  • Moderator: Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw
  • Panelists:
    • Joey Jaco, Executive Director, East Richland County Public Service District, SC
    • Jackie Jarrell, Deputy Director, Charlotte Water, NC
• Louisville Waterway Protection Tunnel
  • Jacob Mathis, Louisville MSD, KY
  • Jonathan Steflik, Black & Veatch
• Make it a Double: Developments in Urban Wet Weather Enforcement, Permitting, and Litigation
  • Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw