Wet Weather Partnership Conference Presentations 2024

2024 Workshop Attendee List
2024 Workshop Program Agenda
Workshop Survey
Certificate of Attendance

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (Grand Ballroom)

• Welcome to RVA, Bob Steidel, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, City of Richmond, VA
• Update on the City of Richmond’s Wet Weather Program, April Bingham, Senior Director, City of Richmond Dept. of Public Utilities, VA
• An Overview of DC Water’s $800 Million Design-Build Potomac River Tunnel Project, Moussa Wone, PhD, PE, DBIA, Vice President, DC Water
• Smart Infrastructure Has a Whole New Look!
  • Moderator: Nischal Mishra, Xylem
  • Panelists:
    • Kristina Macro, Xylem
    • Bailey Johnston, Xylem
    • Whitney Katchmark, Principal Water Resources Engineer, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, VA
    • Grace LeRose, Policy Advisor, City of Richmond, VA
• More Equitable and Efficient Public Utility Revenue Generation.
  • Ted Henifin, Interim Third-Party Manager, City of Jackson, MS
  • Jackie Jarrell, Raftelis (Presentation)

Thursday, April 25, 2024 (Grand Ballroom)

• Rising Waters: Recent Happenings in Washington, D.C. That Will Impact Your Utility.
  • Amanda Aspatore, Chief Legal Counsel, National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), Washington, D.C.
• Cutting Edge Regulatory and Legal Potluck.
  • Patrick Bradley, Clean Water Act Specialist, Michael Baker, Int’l (Presentation)
  • Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw (Presentation)
• Successfully Siting and Permitting Remote Wet Weather Facilities – the 70 MGD Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station.
  • John Siczka, Global Principal, Jacobs
• Holy Water!  Integrated Water Planning in Charleston, South Carolina. 
  • Stephen O’Connell, P.E., Black & Veatch
• Managing Continuous Change Within Your Smart Sewer and Community-Wide Infrastructure Programs.
  • Andy Shively, P.E., KC Water
  • John Pruss, P.E., Burns and McDonnell
• “Eyes on the System” Provides Insights into Collection System Operations and Maintenance.
  • Jennifer Baldwin, PhD, P.E., and Bill McMillin, P.E., BC.WRE, Jacobs          
• Alexandria’s RiverRenew: Achieving Statutory CSO Performance Measures (by Yesterday).
  • Caitlin Feehan, Chief Administrative Officer, AlexRenew, VA
• Construction of the South Hartford CSO Tunnel.
  • Greg Heath, P.E., AECOM
• A Deep Dive into Stormwater Developments and Trends.
  • Moderator: Grace LeRose, Policy Advisor, City of Richmond, VA
  • Panelists:
    • Erin Hawkins, City of Lynchburg, VA (Presentation)
    • Jess Wenger, Environmental Projects Manager, University of Virginia (Presentation)
    • Christene Mitchell, P.E., ENV SP, AECOM (Presentation)
    • Lisa Ochsenhirt, Vice-President, AquaLaw (Presentation)

Friday, April 26, 2024 (Empire Ballroom)

• Past the Growing Pains: A Smart Sewer System ‘s 10 Year!
  • Reese Johnson, P.E., PMP, Superintendent, Compliance Services Division, MSD of Greater Cincinnati, OH
• East Bay MUD’s Regional I/I Reduction Journey to Wet Weather Regulatory Compliance – Finding the Signal in the Noise.
  • Eric Fontenot, P.E., Brown and Caldwell
• Jolly Good Transatlantic Innovations: Smart Sewer Technologies Forging the UK’s Next Gen CSO Solutions.
  • Luis Montestruque, PhD, HydroDigital
• Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Utility Drivers through One Water Planning.
  • Trent Stober, P.E., HDR
  • Errin Kemper, Director of Environmental Services, City of Springfield, MO
• Developments in Urban Wet Weather Enforcement, Permitting, and Litigation.
  • Paul Calamita, Chairman, AquaLaw

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