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
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast served in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session D - Management/Pollutant Removal | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | "Where are they now?" Results of a Community Wastewater ManagementDemonstration Project - Lorraine Joubert, M.S., Director of Rhode Island NonpointEducation for Municipal Officials program (NEMO) |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Financing Infrastructure Utilizing State Revolving Funds - Anthony Simeone, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | New Jersey Pinelands - Alternate Design Wastewater Treatment Systems PilotProgram - Ed Wengrowski, Wastewater Management Coordinator, NJ Pinelands |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Implementing TMDLs to Restore and Protect Coastal Water Quality of Cape Cod - Thomas Cambareri, M.S., Cape Cod Commission |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Media Filters - Converse |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Soil Treatment Systems - Christopherson |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session E – Pollutant Removal/Emerging Issues | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Water Softeners Update - James Converse, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin – Madison |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Nitrogen Reducing Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems for Small ResidentialLots - David Kalen, M.S. New England Onsite Wastewater Training Program Manager |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Phosphorus Removal by Soils in New England - Delbert Mokma, Ph.D., Professor of Soil Sciences, Michigan State University |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Soil Treatment Systems (cont'd) - Christopherson |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Construction Principles - Converse |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session F - Pollutant Removal/Emerging Issues | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Source Control for Enhanced Decentralized Wastewater Management - George Tchobanoglous, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Troubleshooting Nitrification - Michael Gerardi, M.S., Water Pollution Biology, Inc. |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Gravity and Pressure Distribution - Converse |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Pumps and Controls - Converse |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Break in Exhibit Hall |
| Track I - General Session (concurrent) - Mystic Ballroom | |
| Session G – Emerging Issues | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | The Role of Onsite Sewage Disposal in Restoring the Chesapeake Bay - Jay Prager,Deputy Program Manager, Maryland Department of the Environment |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Fate of Antibiotics in the Subsurface: Influence of Compound Structure and SolidsComposition - Allison MacKay, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Connecticut |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Effectiveness of Onsite Systems in Removing Pharmaceuticals and Personal CareProducts - George Heufelder, M.S., R.S. Barnstable County Dept. of Health and Environment |
| Track II - NOWRA A to Z Course (concurrent) - Room TBD | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Operation and Maintenance - Converse |
| 4:30 p.m. | End of Conference Sessions |