Announcements
- A final agenda and presentations from the workshop are now available
- Reserve your room early! Be sure to mention POTW Conf when reserving a room at the Evansville Airport Marriott. Room block ends January 8, 2010.
- More information about travel opportunities and local transportation is available from the Evansville Regional Airport
- Consider being an exhibitor. Learn more (PDF) (2 pp, 118K)
Who should attend the Workshop?
This workshop is targeted to POTW operators, managers, superintendents, managers with infrastructure responsibilities, and state and federal agency nutrient managers.
Why should you exhibit at this Workshop?
This workshop presents a unique opportunity for exhibitors to meet with managers and operators of POTWs, the people who will be required to meet more stringent environmental regulations while still providing the service at a lower cost and higher efficiency.
Continuing educational credits
Continuing education credits have been approved for Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Forms to account for attendance hours for Registered Professional Engineers will also be available.
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships for the Workshop are available on a case by case basis. Applications for scholarships should be sent to Peter Tennant (phone: 513-231-7719; fax: 513-231-7716) by mail or electronically at ptennant@orsanco.org.
ORSANCO
5735 Kellogg Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45230
Scholarship requests should identify the individual, the wastewater treatment plant of the community where the applicant is employed, and the circumstances for which the scholarship application is required. Scholarship applications must be received by the close of business Thursday, January 7, 2010 for consideration and response prior to the Workshop.
About the Workshop
This workshop will present the latest information on municipal nutrient removal technologies and approaches, and results of energy conservation measures and operational efficiency retrofits implemented at wastewater treatment facilities across the Midwest. Recently developed equipment that utilizes less energy to provide identical or better performance will also be discussed along with specific examples at wastewater utilities.
There are many stressors impacting the operation of wastewater treatment facilities that have become evident in the past few years. In October of 2002, EPA released the Clean Water and Drinking Water Gap Analysis Report. The report estimated that if capital investments remained at current levels, the potential gap in funding between 2000 and 2019 would be approximately $122 billion (in 2001 dollars) for wastewater treatment infrastructure and $102 billion (in 2001 dollars) for drinking water infrastructure.
Before customers of these wastewater treatment facilities and various units of government are asked to provide for more funding of these utilities, they all want to be assured that the utility is operating as efficiently as possible and maximizing the environmental benefits.
As with any challenge, there are now opportunities that have appeared in the last several years. A wastewater treatment facility can operate with less energy usage utilizing equipment relatively new to the market and variations in activated sludge process resulting in both lower operating costs and greater environmental benefits. These modifications will reduce the gap in infrastructure funding and user charge needs while producing greater environmental benefits.
Goals of the Workshop
- Give utility officials, operators, consultants and government officials the knowledge to make decisions that minimize energy usage and maximize environmental benefits at wastewater utilities.
- Encourage a more cost efficient operation of wastewater utilities resulting in a reduced gap in infrastructure financial needs.
- Reduce the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment facilities by reducing energy usage.
- Reduce total nitrogen and provide better performance of wastewater utilities to reduce effluent levels.
- Create a network for the sharing of information and the providing of assistance to and amongst other POTWs.
- Provide wastewater treatment plant operators with information on the latest technology available to reduce nutrient loadings to comply with water quality standards and provide for safe and sustainable ecosystem.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management