Wet Weather Partnership Conference Presentations 2026

2026 Workshop Attendee List
2026 Workshop Program Agenda
Certificate of Attendance

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 (Grand Ballroom)

• Welcome & Overview
  • Michael Witt, General Counsel, Passaic Valley Sewer Commission (PVSC), NJ; WWP President
• Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Update: Unparalleled Regional Overflow Control Progress and their 2026 Revised Regional Performance Measures Plan.
  • Brian Kubaska, P.E., Chief Engineer, MWRA, MA
  • James Wilcox, City Engineer, City of Cambridge, DPW, MA
  • Richard E. Raiche, P.E., PMP, MCPPO, Director of Infrastructure & Asset Management, City of Somerville, MA
• Charting the Course: Modern Wet Weather Issues and Solutions.
  • Josh Schimmel, Springfield Water & Sewer Commission, MA
  • Paul Ferland, Administration of Community Utilities, Fall River, MA
  • Sean Divoll, Asst. Commissioner of Water & Sewer, Worcester, MA
• NBC Phase III CSO Program Update: 30 Years in the Making – The Final Phase of the Largest Public Works Project in Rhode Island is Taking Shape.
  • Kathryn Kelly, P.E., Asst. Director of Construction and Engineering, NBC, RI
  • Melissa Carter, P.E., PMP, Program Manager, Stantec
• Hitting for the Cycle in Lowell, Massachusetts: Strategic Sewer Separation, Peak Wet Weather Storage, CSP Bypass, and Phased CSO Implementation.
  • Evan Walsh, City of Lowell, MA
  • Gorden Bergeron, City of Lowell, MA
• Transitioning Your Wet Weather Program to State Oversight.
  • John Dano, P.E., ENV SP, PM, Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), VA
  • Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw

Thursday, April 23, 2026 (Grand Ballroom)

• From the Eye of the Storm: Latest Successes and Challenges on Advancing Public Utility Interests During Trump 2.0 and 119th Congress.
  • Amanda Aspatore, Chief Legal Counsel, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), Washington, D.C.
• Optimizing the Prioritization of Your Utility’s Environmental and Public Health Investments – Integrated Planning Across All Media.
  • Andy Shively, P.E., KC Water, MO
• Lessons Learned from a Historic Sewer Release.
  • Eric Lienhard, Deputy Project Manager, DC Clean Rivers, DC
• Smart, Green and Ready: Emerging Technologies, in Wet Weather Management. Westport Smart Green-Blue Solution to Solve Complex Urban Slash Flooding While Reducing Downstream Overflow: A Kansas City Story.
  • Andy Sauer, P.E., ENV SP, Burns and McDonnell
• Beyond Conveyance: Using Collection Systems as Linear Treatment and Real-Time Monitoring Assets.
  • Tim Braun, BluTerra, LLC
• Transforming Infrastructure Through Collaboration: Atlanta’s 20 MG CSO/Flood Storage Innovation.
  • Dan Davis, Brown and Caldwell       
• Optimizing Disinfection at the Field’s Point 77 MGD WWTP – A Study Focusing on the Potential of Performic Acid.
  • CJ Spellman, PhD, P.E., NBC, RI
  • Gary Hunter, P.E., BCEE, ENV SP, Black & Veatch
  • Jim Fitzpatrick, P.E., Black & Veatch
• Location, Location, Location – Approaches to Achieving Water Quality Standards Compliance Range Dramatically Across States and EPA Regional Offices – Options and Implications for Your Program.
  • Jennie Celik, HDR
  • Adam Hendricks, HDR
• Key Considerations and Practices for Protecting Your Assets and Your Ability to Resume Operations During Private Contract Operations.
  • Moderator: Ted Henifin, Interim Third-Party Manager, JXN Water, MS
  • Mike Martin, Milwaukee MSD, WI
  • Richard Stahr, Brown and Caldwell

Friday, April 24, 2026 (Grand Ballroom)

• Implementing a Smart Sewer System to Optimize Capacity to Reduce Surface Flooding and Seer Overflows.
  • Panelists:
    • Luis Montestruque, PhD, Principal, HydroDigital
    • Eric Harold, P.E., Carollo Engineers
    • Harry Zhang, PhD, P.E., The Water Research Federation
    • Danika Smith, Water Planner, Carollo Engineers
    • Billy Raseman, PhD, P.E., Client Success Manager, HydroDigital
• Innovative Design/Build Approach Evaluates the Need for 19 Proposed Regional I/I Reduction Projects Required by a Federal Consent Decree to Reduce SSO Volume.
  • Mike Hess, Senior Project Manager, Design & Construction, Hampton Roads and Sanitation District (HRSD), VA
  • John Pruss, P.E., Burns & McDonnell
• Developments in Urban Wet Weather Enforcement, Permitting, and Litigation.
  • Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw

Thank You to Our Workshop Sponsors!