March 11-13, 2008, Mystic Marriott Hotel & Spa – Groton, CT
Agenda | as of Jan. 24, 2008
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Tuesday, March 11 | Wednesday, March 12 | Thursday, March 13
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Registration - Continental breakfast served in Foyer |
| Opening Session - Mystic Ballroom | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks - NEIWPCC and Gina McCarthy, CT DEP Commissioner |
| 8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. | Opening - Robert W. Varney, Regional Administrator, EPA-New England |
| 9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Address - "Can We Afford Performance?" |
| Richard Otis, Ph.D., Otis Environmental Consultants, LLC | |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break - Opening of Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session A - Technology | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Comparison of Nitrogen Performance Data Collected from Advanced OnsiteSeptic Treatment Units Under Field Conditions vs. a Testing Center Venue - George Heufelder, M.S., R.S. Barnstable County Dept of Health and Environment |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Using Bottomless Sand Filters as a Soil Treatment Area Option - George Loomis, Director of the New England Onsite Wastewater Training Center |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Cluster Scale Decentralized Systems - Peter Grose, P.E., Fuss & O'Neill, Inc. |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Evolution of Wastewater Treatment - Christopherson |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Wastewater Chemistry - Converse |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session B - Technology | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Key Issues in Designing Commercial Systems - William Stuth, Aqua Test, Inc. |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Operation Adjustments of Commercial Systems - William Stuth, Aqua Test, Inc. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Rapid Infiltration Basin System with Effluent Recycling at Mount Washington Hoteland Resort - Jon Warzocha, P.G., Horizons Engineering, P.L.L.C. |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Soils and Site Evaluation Overview - Christopherson |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Water Movement in Soils - Christopherson |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session C – Management | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Business Attributes of a Successful Responsible Management Entity - Tom Yeager, P.E., Kennedy/Jenks Consultants |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Performance of Innovative Alternative Onsite Septic Systems for the Removal of Nitrogen in Barnstable County, MA (1999-2007), Susan Rask, M.S., R.S., Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Twenty Years of Successful Onsite Wastewater Management - The Otter Tail, MNWater Management District - Sara Christopherson, M.S. Onsite Sewage TreatmentProgram, Water Resouce Center, University of Minnesota |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Utility Solutions for a Changing World - Bob Pickney, P.E., Adenus Solutions Group |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Septic Tank Overview - Christopherson |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Advanced Treatment Units - Converse |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Reception in Exhibit Hall |