Technical Program

2020

Technical Program

March 16–20, 2020 Phoenix, Arizona

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Table of Contents

Conference Schedule At-A-Glance...... 3 Thursday ...... 18 Sponsors...... 4 Friday Facility Tours...... 21 Conference Planning Committee...... 5 Poster Sessions...... 22 General Information...... 6 Experts in the Round...... 24 Conference Highlights...... 7 Exhibitor Directory...... 25 Awards...... 8 Exhibit Hall Education Sessions...... 30 Technical Program Facility Floor Plans...... 32 Monday...... 9 Committee Meetings...... 34 Tuesday...... 10 Conference Policies...... 34 Wednesday...... 14 Upcoming Events...... 34

Conference Schedule At-A-Glance

All events take place at the Phoenix Convention Center in the North Building.

MONDAY, MARCH 16 5:00–6:00 p.m. Poster Session & Social Hour 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration Open in Exhibit Hall 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshops 6:15–7:00 p.m. AMTA Member Meeting (times vary; additional fee) THURSDAY, MARCH 19 TUESDAY, MARCH 17 7:45 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Registration Open 7:15 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Registration Open 8:15 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Technical Sessions 8:15–9:45 a.m. Opening General Session 9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 9:45 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 9:45–10:30 a.m. Networking Snack Breakfast 9:45–10:30 a.m. Networking Break in Exhibit Hall in Exhibit Hall 10:30 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Technical Sessions 12:00–1:30 p.m. Conference Luncheon (In Exhibit Hall) 12:00–1:30 p.m. Luncheon in Exhibit Hall 3:15–3:45 p.m. Closing Session & Best Paper/ 3:00–3:45 p.m. Networking Break in Exhibit Hall Poster Presentation Awards 5:15–6:30 p.m. Poster Session & Networking 4:30–6:30 p.m. AMTA Board Meeting Reception in Exhibit Hall (Hyatt Regency)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 FRIDAY, MARCH 20 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Registration Open 7:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. AMTA Board Meeting 8:15 a.m.–5:15 p.m. Technical Sessions (Hyatt Regency) 9:45 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Times Vary Technical Facility Tours 9:45–10:30 a.m. Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 12:00–1:30 p.m. Awards Luncheon 3:00–3:45 p.m. Networking Break in Exhibit Hall 3:45–5:00 p.m. Experts in the Round . 3 . 2020 MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION

Thank You Conference Sponsors

DuPont Water Solutions We are deeply devoted to providing clean, safe water to communities and optimized water solutions for industry today and for generations to come. Our commitment to innovation is demonstrated through multiple research and product development centers around the world and a long legacy of innovation projects. Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

Advertiser, Lanyard, and Gold Sponsor

Gold Sponsor Open General Session Sponsor

Tote Bag Sponsor Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsor

Silver Sponsor . 4 . . 5 . Advertiser Refreshment Break Sponsor Awards Luncheon Sponsor

Advertiser Awards Luncheon Sponsor Networking Reception Sponsor

Email Pushout Sponsor

Sponsor

Planning Committee Paul Delphos, Chair Nathan Kutil AECOM HDR Inc. Greg Madden, Vice Chair Julia Nemeth-Harn H2O Innovation Harn R/O Systems, Inc. Paul Biscardi Warner Palermo Hazen and Sawyer Integrated Global Solutions Buddy Boysen Monica Pazahanick Water Standard Hazen and Sawyer Roy Daly Rebecca Wilder LG Water Solutions Town of Jupiter Jay DeCarolis Jason Diamond Black & Veatch SUEZ Val Frenkel Troy Walker Greeley Hansen Hazen and Sawyer . 4 . . 5 . 2020 MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION

General Information

REGISTRATION CONTINUING EDUCATION Everyone attending must register and wear a badge at all Available for sessions, posters, workshops, tours, and booth times. Please visit registration upon your arrival, located on visits. Please verify requirements with your licensing agency the lower floor of the North Hall 6 lobby in the North Building. to receive credit for your attendance. Monday 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Tuesday 7:15 a.m.–6:00 p.m. • To be awarded a CEU Certificate of Completion, complete Wednesday 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. the Time & Attendance CEU Record available in each session room. Thursday 7:45 a.m.–2:00 p.m. • At the conclusion of each session, the room monitor will SPEAKERS & MODERATORS hole-punch your form for validation. Presenter Ready Room: Room North 123, first floor • If you miss a hole-punch, please stop at Registration for All speakers and moderators should pick up their badge at assistance. Registration, and then check in with staff at the Speaker • On your last day attending, turn in your punched and Ready Room, Room North 123. Computers are available. completed form at the Registration desk or the Presenter Ready Room (room North 123) to be processed. INTERNET ACCESS Network: MTC2020 Password: membrane • Certificates will be available at awwa.org in your transcript record 30 days after the conference. Complimentary WiFi for casual internet access has been arranged in the MTC Exhibit Hall and meeting rooms. Not Professional Development Hour (PDH) intended for streaming or presentation. If you do not need certificates but wish to document attendance, complete the Time & Attendance PDH Record MTC MOBILE APP available in each technical session room or at registration. Download the MTC20 App for updates to the printed program, Enter PDHs in your transcript record at awwa.org. session descriptions and speaker biographies. The App is searchable by speaker, keyword, or exhibitor. Download For questions or missing credit punches, please contact “AWWA Events” from your app store, open the application, [email protected]. and choose Membrane Technology Conference 2020. Logging CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS in is not required to browse the app; however, to build your Conference proceedings will be available online to all personal schedule please use the login credentials that were registrants and can be accessed on the online program. emailed to you (also available at Registration or the Presenter About four weeks after the conference, a URL will be Ready Room). emailed to attendees to access the complete proceedings. The proceedings will be accessible until September 30, 2020.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS Open to all! Please see schedule on page 34.

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OPENING GENERAL SESSION EXHIBIT HALL Tuesday 8:15–9:45 a.m. North Ballroom 120 D, 1st Floor Showcasing the latest in membrane technology and Featuring Keynote Speaker Christopher Mattson, Professor– services! Enjoy dedicated exhibit hours, poster sessions, Brigham Young University. Exhibit Hall Education Sessions, Tuesday and Thursday luncheons, refreshment breaks, and networking receptions— Christopher Mattson was born and all taking place inside the exhibit hall! The exposition is open raised in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday 9:45 a.m. through Thursday at 1:30 p.m., giving you Area where he was surrounded by plenty of time to meet with manufacturers’ representatives, innovation at an early age. After see application demonstrations, explore new technologies, his training in mechanical and get answers to your questions about membrane products, engineering, he became a performance and applications. practicing engineer and designed multiple products used by more EXHIBIT HALL EDUCATION SESSIONS than 35 million people. His love for Luncheon & Break Times: see page 30 for details on Sessions culture has taken him to more taking place in each presenting company’s booth space, where than 45 countries to study or experts will present product or solution information practice engineering design. He spent two years serving the for 15 minutes. people in the Amazon, 18 months setting up a design center in China, and a year as a Fulbright Scholar at the Loughborough EXPERTS IN THE ROUND Design School in the United Kingdom, where he studied two Wednesday 3:45–5:00 p.m. North Ballroom 120 D sustainability, engineering solutions for developing-country Join round table discussions with experts covering the latest problems. Chris is a professor of mechanical engineering at information on the top issues in the membrane industry. See Brigham Young University. He is a graduate of Rensselaer page 24 for a full listing of facilitators and topics. Polytechnic Institute (PhD 03), an inventor on multiple patents, he’s authored dozens of journal publications on the topics STUDENT & YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES of design and optimization, and is the author of a product Student & Young Professional Lunch Meet-up development text book. He is a National Science Foundation Tuesday 12:00–1:30 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall CAREER awardee (2009) and the recipient of the ASME (food served until 12:40 p.m.) Ben Sparks Medal (2015) for his work in engineering design education. He was honored by President Barack Obama in A special networking seating area for all students and young 2011 with the Presidential Early Career Award for Engineers professionals. Look for the specially marked tables in the and Scientists (PECASE) for his work in Engineering for Global exhibit hall seating area and join your peers in the industry. Development.

THANK YOU TO THE THANK YOU TO THE POSTER SUBCOMMITTEE STUDENT AWARDS SUBCOMMITTEE

Michael Bourke Andrea Achilli Wigen Water Technologies University of Arizona Rich Franks Jonathan Brant Hydranautics - Nitto Group Company University of Wyoming Stuart McClellan Steven Duranceau AMTA Director-Emeritus University of Central Florida Ben Movahed Kerry Howe WATEK Engineering Corporation University of New Mexico Greg Madden H2O Innovation

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MTC Exhibit Hall

The 2020 Exhibit Hall is packed with more than 80 booths showcasing the latest in membrane technology and services. See page 25 for a detailed exhibitor list. Don’t miss our dedicated exhibit hours, poster sessions, exhibit hall education sessions, refreshment breaks, luncheons & networking receptions—all taking place inside the MTC Exhibit Hall! Exhibit Hall Hours: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 9:45 a.m.–6:30 p.m. 9:45 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Noon–1:30 p.m. (Lunch in Hall) Noon–1:30 p.m. (Lunch in Hall) . Awards

MTC AWARDS AMTA AWARDS The following awards will be presented at the Awards AMTA will present the following awards during the Awards Luncheon: Luncheon on Wednesday: The Robert O. Vernon Operator of the Year Award recognizes • AMTA Hall of Fame outstanding contribution to water supply improvement by an • AMTA/NWRI Fellowships individual working at a membrane filtration, desalination and/ or water reuse facility. • Ian C. Watson Fellowship The Membrane Facility of the Year Award recognizes an AMTA will present the following awards during the AMTA outstanding water/wastewater facility using membrane Membership Meeting on Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., at the technology with high efficiency and an environmentally convention center, Room North 127 A. friendly approach. • AMTA Member of the Year Award The Water Quality Person of the Year Award recognizes an • AMTA Distinguished Service Awards outstanding contribution to water supply improvement by an • AMTA Presidential Awards individual in government, academia, research, or other. The Membrane Exhibit of the Year Award is presented to the AWWA AWARDS organization that best highlights the importance of membrane AWWA will present the following awards during the technology with an exhibit booth at MTC. Awards Luncheon The 2020 MTC Best Paper of the Year Award • Best Advanced Treatment of Water Paper Award • Austin F. McCormack, Jr. Young Professional The following awards will be presented at the closing session in Membranes Award on Thursday: The 2020 MTC Student Best Paper Presentations & Student Best Poster Presentation Awards The 2020 MTC Best Poster Presentation Award

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Monday’s preconference workshops require a separate PC4 Potable Reuse: What Role do Membranes Play? registration and fee. Please inquire at registration regarding 1:00–5:00 p.m. Room: North 122 A cost and availability. Moderator: Jason Diamond PC1 Back to Basics As water resources continue to be stretched, indirect and 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Room: North 121 A direct potable reuse is increasingly entering the picture to Moderator: Chandra Mysore meet this critical need. This workshop focuses on the role Back to Basics enables attendees to prepare themselves for membranes (MBR, UF, and RO) will likely fill in the advanced the full MTC. Ideal for first time attendees and those new to treatment necessary to reliably achieve the quality for the field of membrane technology. Back to Basics gives the potable use, including attention to the development of real audience exposure to membrane experts and knowledge in and practical integrity testing/confirmation for membranes a focused forum. used in these applications. This workshop provides the attendee with a detailed understanding of the variables that PC2 Inland Desalination and Concentrate Management impact membrane use, along with an understanding of the 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Room: North 122 A applicability of membrane integrity testing/confirmation in various applications, and a future state visionary workshop on Moderator: Charlie He what the future of integrity testing could hold. This workshop The M69 Inland Desalination and Concentrate Management is ideal for experienced membrane professionals looking at workshop discusses key issues involved with development the near future of potable reuse systems. of inland desalination facilities and the related concentrate PC5 Reuse Considerations–Regulatory and Permitting management and disposal methods. The manual contains eight case studies to illustrate applications using non-zero 1:00–5:00 p.m. Room: North 131 C liquid discharge (ZLD) and ZLD technologies. Moderator: James DeCarolis PC3 Evolution of Ceramic Membranes: This workshop focuses on various facets of potable reuse From Theory to Practice including: water quality and monitoring techniques, permitting 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Room: North 131 C and regulatory considerations, membrane selection system design criteria, operations and large-scale facility design. Moderator: Imran Jaferey This workshop provides a brief history of ceramic membranes and the current state of ceramic membrane technology used in mainstream water treatment applications, followed by a review of current operational practice. Three case studies highlight the application of ceramic membranes in mainstream water and wastewater treatment systems for one year or longer. The workshop closes with a panel discussion on the future potential for ceramic membranes technology.

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Opening General Session Opening General Session Room: North 120 D Room: North 120 D

8:15– 8:15– 9:45 Welcome from Planning Committee Welcome from Planning Committee 9:45

Village Drill: A Case Study in Engineering for Global Development Village Drill: A Case Study in Engineering for Global Development Christopher Mattson, Brigham Young University Christopher Mattson, Brigham Young University

9:45– 9:45– BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 10:30 10:30

Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A Room

Session TUE01—SYSTEM PLANNING TUE02–RECENT NF/RO ADVANCES TUE03–SYSTEM DELIVERY TUE04–LRV’S FOR REUSE–PART 1 Session Title Title TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE AND MATERIALS

Moderator: Jill Miller Moderator: Doug Eisberg Moderator: Lynne Gulizia Moderator: Mehul Patel

10:30 “Just Three More Years”: Creating a Membrane Plant Evaluation Innovative Alternatives for Enhanced Recovery Managing Membrane Heath and Performance—A Case Study New Method for Integrity Monitoring of 10:30 for Elevated Production and Risk of NF/RO Systems Membrane Bioreactors

Brad Reisinger, Hazen and Sawyer, Brennen Graff, Park City Municipal Corporation, Brent Alspach, Arcadis Jeffrey Biehl, Shelly Masuda, Eric Larsen Stephen Katz, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, Jake Rudolph Pierre Cote, Daniella Mosqueda-Jimenez

11:00 Pilot Study and Design of Integrated Membrane Treatment Mitigation of Fouling Risks in RO Plant Operations with Startup of the GRIP AWT Facilities Automated Conductivity Profiling of Reverse Osmosis Units 11:00 System for Alaska Surface Water Direct, Real-time Membrane Monitoring and Fouling Detection for Integrity Verification

Alex Wesner, Separation Processes, Inc., Mark Wilf, Tetra Tech Anditya Rahardiantor, Noria Water Technologies, Inc., Eric Owens James Vickers, Separation Processes Inc., Bilal Khan, Sivan Cohen, Yoram Cohen Tiffany LE, Joe Zoba 11:30 High Pressure Membrane Leachates & Their Fate in Water Validation of a Full-scale Flat Sheet Membrane 11:30 Seawater Desalination in Corpus Christi Case Study: Reverse Osmosis Groundwater Treatment Expansion Treatment: Concentrations, Permeation, and Methods Bioreactor for Virus and Protozoa Log Reduction and Retrofit at the City of Goodyear’s Bullard Water Campus Jorge Arroyo, Freese and Nichols, Inc. for Minimization Values and Surrogate Correlations Esteban (Steve) Ramos Daniela Panfil, Hazen and Sawyer, Alma Beciragic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Andrew Gilmore, Nicola Fontaine, Carollo Engineers, Keith Edwards Howard Weinberg Larry Morris, Kubota Membrane USA, Corporation, Chad McBride, Andrew Salveson, Siamak Modarresi

12:00– 12:00– LUNCH IN EXHIBIT HALL LUNCH IN EXHIBIT HALL 1:30 1:30

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Opening General Session Opening General Session Room: North 120 D Room: North 120 D

8:15– 8:15– 9:45 Welcome from Planning Committee Welcome from Planning Committee 9:45

9:45– 9:45– BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 10:30 10:30

Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A Room

Moderator: Jill Miller Moderator: Doug Eisberg Moderator: Lynne Gulizia Moderator: Mehul Patel

12:00– 12:00– LUNCH IN EXHIBIT HALL LUNCH IN EXHIBIT HALL 1:30 1:30

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Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A

Session TUE12 - NF/RO OPTIMIZATION PART 1 TUE05–CERAMIC MEMBRANES Title TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS

Moderator: Jason Diamond Moderator: Andrea Achilli

1:30 Restoring Performance of RO Membranes with Severe Scaling from A Parallel Pilot Study of Polymeric and Ceramic UF Contaminated Tailing Pond Water Source using Specialty Cleaners Membranes on the Missouri River Amit Sankhe, PWT, Matthew Erickson, AE2S, Mazen Ellabban, Ryan Furukawa Delvin DeBoer

2:00 Ceramic Microfiltration Allows Reuse of Challenging Purification of Surface Water in British Columbia Wastewaters at Two U.S. Locations Brian Butters, Purifics Water Inc., David Holland, Aqua-Aerobic Systems Tony Powell

2:30 Overcoming Pinning of Foulants on RO/NF Membranes During Impacts of Water Temperature on Humic Acids, Proteins, Chemical Cleaning with Forward Osmosis and Polysaccharides Fouling and Cleaning in Ceramic Membrane Systems Bill Dees, David H. Paul, Inc., David Paul Mohammad Alresheedi, Carleton University, Onita Basu

3:00- REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 3:45

Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A

Session TUE08–INNOVATIONS TUE09–NEWER APPLICATIONS Title TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS

Moderator: Tracy Manning Moderator: Warner Palermo

3:45 Optimizing Drinking Water Production from Brackish, Intelligent, Micro-disrupting, Parallel and Cascading Train: IMPACT-RO High-silica Groundwater via Closed-circuit Reverse Osmosis Demonstration Testing Dileep Agnihotri, Watersurplus, Daniel ten Bosch, Black & Veatch, John Barelli Khos Ghaderi, Greg Kowalski, Lee Portillo 4:15 Exceeding 90% Recovery with Conventional and Closed-circuit RO: Electrocoagulation: Effective Pretreatment Results from Parallel Pilot Systems for Membrane Processes

Michael Adelman, Stantec, Kamyar Sardari, Garver, Heather Tugaoen, Aiswarya Rani Pappu, Brittany Radke Eric Dole, Michael Watts

4:45 Membrane Performance Following Five Years of Continuous Direct Cassette Retrofit of 1 Train of NIPS UF Membranes at the Lake Gaston WTP in Chesapeake, Virginia Use of Non-Chemical Dechlorination Ytzhak Rozenberg, Atlantium Technologies, Tom Poschmann, Scinor Water America, LLC, Amichai Felder Seth Leiboh, Joe Tardio

5:15– POSTER SESSION & NETWORKING RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL 6:30

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NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A Room

TUE06–OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION PART 1 TUE07—REUSE Session Title TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Randal Braker Moderator: Monica Pazahanick

Synergistic Blending of Seawater and Wastewater for Direct Potable 1:30 Optimization of Submerged Ultrafiltration Membrane– Reuse Applications Kennewick WTP as Case Study Sophia Plata, University of Southern California-Uni Park Campus, Nathan Kutil, HDR Inc. Amy Childress Mohamed El-Zaemey, Pierre Kwan, Jeremy Lustig

NF Design and Operation at 98% Recovery–Two Years Membrane Bioreactor Performance Assessment and Plant-wide 2:00 Diagnostics with Cloud-based Remote-monitoring and Data Collection of Operation and CIP Results Julia Nemeth-Harn, Harn R/O Systems Inc., Rajasekar Pandian, Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, Nagham Najeeb, Kevin Alexander Chris Morrow, Scott Branum, Russell Swerdfeger

Robustness, Operational Stability, and Efficiency Ocean Plan Amendment Compliance—Carlsbad Desalination 2:30 with Inside-to-Out Ultrafiltration Membranes Plant Catches the First Wave

Joseph Kelly, Basf/Inge Gmbh, Steven Friedman, HDR Inc., Denis Vial, Scott Caothien, Patrick Buchta Curtis Gauthier

3:00- REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 3:45

NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A Room

TUE10–LOW PRESSURE MEMBRANE OPTIMIZATION TUE11–WASTEWATER TREATMENT–PART 1 Session Title TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Jill Miller Moderator: Monica Pazahanick

Pilot Study Results of New High Surface Area UF Membrane Filtration System Performance Demo Under Max Month 3:45 Conditions in Cold Water System for New Water Reclamation Centre Module at Clifton Water District Sean Carter, Susan Guibert, Toray Membrane USA, Inc., Jose Manalo, York Region, Jacob Lenihan, Brian Sheley, Tamotsu Kitade Geoff Totten, Vasu Veerapaneni

Application of Two-stage Ultrafiltration for High-water Nitrogen Recovery from Human Urine by Membrane Processes 4:15 Recovery and Minimal Waste Discharge in

Big Timber, Montana Hannah Ray, Arizona State University, Francois Perreault, Treavor Boyer Dan Dye, PhD, P.E., WesTech Engineering, Inc., Lindsay Housley, Susan Hayes, Crystal Bennett, Keslee Carson Long-term Performance and Operating Cost Comparison of Distinctive Features of “Combined-MBR” Using Flat Sheet Membrane 4:45 Side by Side Pressure and Submerged UF Plants Treating

Surface Water Larry Morris, Kubota Membrane USA, Corporation, Hiroo Kuge, Siamak Modarresi, Yasushi Terao Karla Kinser, Burns & McDonnell, Bruce Chameroy, Todd Fessenden, Meagan Lundgren 5:15– POSTER SESSION & NETWORKING RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL 6:30

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Room NORTH 122 A NORTH 131 C Session STS02–FULFILLING AWIA EMERGENCY WED01–CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT–PART 1 Title RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS WITH MOBILE MEMBRANE SYSTEMS USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID AND MILITARY OPERATIONS

TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: NF/RO

Moderators: Anne Mikelonis, Jeremy Walker Moderator: Brent Alspach

8:15 Risk and Resilience of Membrane Treatment Systems for Drinking Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD): A Water Resource Water Supplies–Meeting the Requirements of AWIA and Discharge Solution

Troy Walker, Hazen and Sawyer, Tina Arrowood, Dupont Water Solutions, Benjamin Stanford, Paul Biscardi, Brad Reisinger Denise Haukkala, Mike Schmidt 8:45 Introduction to AWIA and Emergency Response Plan Requirements Vacuum Assisted Electro-Distillation—An Emerging Technology to Treat High TDS Concentrate Craig Wells, Hazen and Sawyer Eric Dole, Garver

9:15 Membranes Involved in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Membrane Technology Tackles Water Resource Hurricane Response Challenges in the High Desert

Saied Delagah, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Robert McCandless, Brown and Caldwell, Catherine Vanyo

9:45– 10:30 COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS

Room NORTH 122 A NORTH 131 C

Session STS02–FULFILLING AWIA EMERGENCY WED04—MEMBRANE SYSTEM PLANNING Title RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS WITH MOBILE MEMBRANE SYSTEMS USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID AND MILITARY OPERATIONS

TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: NF/RO

Moderators: Anne Mikelonis, Jeremy Walker Moderator: Val Frenkel 10:30 Development & Testing of Decontamination Effluent Treatment System Sustainable Ocean Intake Pumping Facility for the Carlsbad Desalination Plant John Brasher, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Curtis Gauthier, HDR Inc., Steven Friedman 11:00 Military Mobile Water Treatment Units Planning and Pilot Testing for a Surface Water Treatment Plant–Ceramic vs. Polymeric Jeremy Walker, United States Army Yue Sun, Ardurra Group

11:30 Panel Discussion Optimizing Membrane Performance Through Plant Operation Best Practices

Charles Liu, Pall Corporation, Lisa Druke

12:00– AWARDS LUNCHEON—NORTH 120 D 1:30

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Room NORTH 122 A NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A NORTH 121 A Room Session STS02–FULFILLING AWIA EMERGENCY WED01–CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT–PART 1 WED02–MEMBRANE MATERIALS–PART 1 WED03–LRV’S FOR REUSE–PART 2 Session Title RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS WITH MOBILE Title MEMBRANE SYSTEMS USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID AND MILITARY OPERATIONS

TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderators: Anne Mikelonis, Jeremy Walker Moderator: Brent Alspach Moderator: Scott Freeman Moderator: Roy Daly

8:15 Risk and Resilience of Membrane Treatment Systems for Drinking Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD): A Water Resource Functionalized Nanoporous Ceramic Membranes 8:15 Membrane Aging and Replacement Implications for Water Supplies–Meeting the Requirements of AWIA and Discharge Solution Towards Low-cost Electrodialysis Pathogen Log Removals by MBRs Troy Walker, Hazen and Sawyer, Tina Arrowood, Dupont Water Solutions, Gregory Newbloom, Membrion, Inc., Amos Branch, Carollo Engineers, Benjamin Stanford, Paul Biscardi, Brad Reisinger Denise Haukkala, Mike Schmidt Aditya Salunkhe, Rachel Malone Andrew Salveson, Pierre Le-clech

8:45 Introduction to AWIA and Emergency Response Plan Requirements Vacuum Assisted Electro-Distillation—An Emerging Where Additive Manufacturing Meets Membrane Technology: A Proposed Approach for Assigning LRV Credits to Membrane 8:45 Technology to Treat High TDS Concentrate Opportunities for Printing Thin-film Composite Membranes Bioreactors Combining Direct/Indirect Monitoring for Potable Reuse Craig Wells, Hazen and Sawyer Eric Dole, Garver Jeffrey McCutcheon, University of Connecticut, Chris Morrow, Evoqua Water Technologies, Maqsud Chowdhury, Xin Qian Gerin James

9:15 Membranes Involved in the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Membrane Technology Tackles Water Resource Derivation of Design Parameters for Application-specific Naturally Occurring Surrogates to Monitor Reverse Osmosis 9:15 Hurricane Response Challenges in the High Desert Membranes: Learning from Polymer Blends Performance and Integrity in Reuse Applications

Saied Delagah, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Robert McCandless, Brown and Caldwell, Mackenzie Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles, Jana Safarik, Orange County Water District, Catherine Vanyo Brian McVerry, Eric Hoek, Richard Kaner Megan Plumlee, Rodrigo Tackaert, Aleks Pisarenko

9:45– 9:45– COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS COFFEE BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 10:30 10:30

Room NORTH 132 A NORTH 121 A

WED05–CECs/PFAS–PART 1 WED06–WASTEWATER TREATMENT–PART 2 Session Title

TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Mehul Patel Moderator: Gabriela Downey Industrial Reuse of Wastewater with Abrasive Solids Hitting a Moving Target—Designing an MBR System with Uncertain 10:30 Using Ceramic Membranes Nutrient Limits

Noriaki Kanamori, Meiden America Inc., Jared Hartwig, Hazen and Sawyer, Brian Fraser Meredith Bridwell, Tony Greiner Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern by Thin-film Headloss, Velocity, and Fibrous Recombining & Agglomeration Effects 11:00 Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membranes On Membrane Prescreening

Eugene Rozenbaoum, LG Chem, Jared Holindrake, Ovivo USA, LLC, Hoon Hyung, Roy Daly, Randy Shaw, Zachary Stoll James Imperio Comparative and Challenge Testing of LPRO Membranes Refinery Wastewater Treatment—9 Years of Successful MBR Operations 11:30 for PFAS and Emerging Contaminant Removal at a Brazilian Oil Refinery

Trenton Jackson, CDM Smith, Brian Arntsen, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, Glenn Walker, Jorge Arevalo Marcus Vallero, Stephen Katz

12:00- AWARDS LUNCHEON—NORTH 120 D 1:30

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 18, 2020

Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A

Session WED07–CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT–PART 2 WED08–MEMBRANE MATERIALS–PART 2 Title TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS

Moderator: Jonathan Brant Moderator: Scott Freeman

1:30 Advanced Vacuum Membrane Distillation and its How Permeable Could an NF/RO Membrane Be If It Was Viability for Cost-effective Brine Management Specifically Developed for Uncharged Organic Solute Rejection?

Ashutosh Sharma, Aquatech, Sneha Chawande, Eric Hoek, University of California, Los Angeles Aquatech Systems (asia) Pvt. Ltd. (ASA) Kamakshi Sharma, Ravi Chidambaran 2:00 Low Dosage Scale Inhibitor Addition for Reverse Novel Helical Feed Spacers for Enhanced Osmosis and Nanofiltration Applications Membrane Filtrationy

Carlyn Higgins, University of Central Florida, Adnan Qamar, Steven Duranceau Sarah Kerdi, Noreddine Ghaffour 2:30 Brine Minimization Using Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis Exploiting Nature’s Water Transport Phenomena to Improve the Performance of Imogolite Embedded Nanocomposite Membranes Jason Yoshimura, CDM Smith, William O’Neil Savannah Bachman, University of Wyoming, Jonathan Brant

3:00– 3:45 REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS

Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 120 D

Session WED11–MEMBRANE MATERIALS PART 3 WED12–EXPERTS IN THE ROUND Title TRACK: NF/RO

Moderator: Jonathan Brant Moderator: Eric Owens

3:45 Fabrication of Effective Go-incorporated PVDF Nanofiber A roundtable networking session designed to give you direct Substrates Supported Highly Flux Thin-Film Nanocomposite access to experienced, knowledgeable professionals in the

For Membrane membrane industry. During the 90-minute session, participants move among tables in regular intervals as they Mohamed Awad, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, select the topics most relevant to them. Industry experts Noreddine Ghaffour, In Kim will guide the indicated table topic discussion, including Q&A. For more information refer to Page 24.

4:15 Covalently-bonded Polyelectrolytic Membranes Produced Through Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

Cassandra Porter, Yale University, Erika MacDonald, Mingjiang Zhong, Menachem Elimelech 4:45 Bioinspired Hypochlorite-resistant Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Michael Geitner, The Pennsylvania State University, Abigail Roman-White, Chao Lang, Manish Kumar 5:00– 6:00 POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL HOUR IN EXHIBIT HALL

6:15– 7:00 AMTA MEMBER MEETING (ROOM: NORTH 127 A) ALL AMTA MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

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AFTERNOON SESSION

Room NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A

WED09–OPERATIONS OPTIMIZATION PART 2 WED10–HIGH STRENGTH WASTE TREATMENT Session Title TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Paul Biscardi Moderator: Dan Hugaboom

Regional Experience with Small Membrane Plants Leads Sustainable Ultrafiltration Membrane Filtration: 1:30 to Improved Design and Operations Mine Drainage Water Application

Susan Rudy, Maryland Enviromental Service, Miguel Arias-Paic, Bureau of Reclamation, Ezgi Kurdoglu, Tiff Bradshaw Leah Flint, Matt Hirschbeck, Anthony Kennedy

Side by Side Comparison of 400 ft.2 and 440 ft.2 Low Fouling, Chlorine Tolerant Hollow Fiber Nanofiltration 2:00 Membranes in a High Fouling Environment Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment

Gabriela Downey, Separation Processes Inc. (SPI), Erik Roesink, NX Filtration B.V., Justin Brazil Francis Dsa, Robert Gerard Water Quality, The Forgotten Secret to Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors–Pushing Cross-flow and 2:30 System Optimization Mixed Liquor Concentration to the Limit at a Brewery

Sara Pietsch, Avista Technologies, Tim Rynders, CDM Smith Raul Gonzalez, Megan Lee, Arnell Abad

3:00– REFRESHMENT BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL WITH EDUCATION SESSIONS 3:45

5:00– POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL HOUR IN EXHIBIT HALL 6:00

6:15– AMTA MEMBER MEETING (ROOM: NORTH 127 A) 7:00 ALL AMTA MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

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THURSDAY MARCH 19, 2020

Room Room NORTH 124 A NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A

Session THU01–NF/RO SYSTEM DESIGN THU02–INDUSTRY ADVANCES THU03–MEMBRANE SYSTEM–SYSTEM PRETREATMENT THU04–ANCILLARY FACILITIES Session Title Title

TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Val Frenkel Moderator: Russell Swerdfeger Moderators: Lynne Gulizia Moderator: Dan Hugaboom

8:15 NOM and DBP Precursor Removal Comparisons Between NF Demonstration of a High Shear Rotatory Membrane Targeting Zeta Potential Value Versus Clarified Turbidity Optimizing RO Post-treatment for Compliance with 8:15 and RO Membranes on Cold, High Organics Source Waters System for Oil-Water Separation as Pretreatment to MF/UF the Long-term Lead and Copper Rule

Jeffery Beaty, Jacobs, Jared Church, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division, Gregg McLeod, Chempliance, William Lovins, AECOM Alexia Stangherlin James Chiang, Danielle Paynter Dr. Ana Morfesis 8:45 Comparison of WRD's Advanced Water Recycling RO System Design High Rejection Specialty Acid Stable NF (ASNF) Pretreatment Review for NF and LPRO Membranes: OEM Experience with Energy Recovery Turbines for Managing 8:45 Membrane and High Temperature NF for Sulfate Literature Review and Case Studies Flux and Velocity in Multistage Brackish and Seawater

Eric Owens, Water Replenishment District Removal in Chlor-alkali Processes Membrane Systems Matthew Charles, Hazen and Sawyer Max Wang, Dupont Water Solutions, Giancarlo Barassi, Fluid Equipment Development Company, Seema Weinig, Tirtha Chatterjee Michael Gisclair, Jorg Menningmann, Cesar Bejarano 9:15 West Coast Basin Saline Plume Remediation Options, Details, and Costs In-situ Monitoring of a Common Denominator in Membrane Optimizing Organics Removal from Surface Water Sulfuric Acid Dilution for Enhanced Operator Safety and System 9:15 Filtration Processes: Biofouling in a Coagulation / Ultrafiltration System Reliability for the City of Lake Worth Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Steve Alt, Jacobs, Diane Gatza, Lyndsey Bloxom Luca Fortunato, King Abdullah University of Science and Frans Knops, Pentair William Snow, AECOM Technology, TorOve Leiknes

9:45– 9:45– SNACK BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL SNACK BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL 10:30 10:30 Room Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A

Session THU05–CONCENTRATE MANAGEMENT–PART 3 THU06–CECs/PFAS–PART 2 THU07—NF/RO OPTIMIZATION PART 2 THU08—NF/RO PRETREATMENT Session Title Title TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Andrea Achilli Moderator: Tracy Manning Moderator: Eric Owens Moderator: Gabriela Downey

10:30 Exploring Zero Liquid Discharge Options for Inland Taking a Closer Look at Nanofiltration for PFAS Removal Rapid Antiscalant Dosage Optimization and Early RO Fouling Reducing Operational Cost for A Medium Size RO 10:30 Agricultural Drainage Desalination & Selenium Removal Detection via a Real-time Online Membrane Monitoring System: A Tactical Approach Dan Hugaboom, Carollo Engineers, (MeMo™) System YuJung Chang, CDM Smith, Eva Steinle-Darling Nagham Najeeb, Avista Technologies, Inc., Miguel Arias-Paic Han Gu, Orange County Water District, Lee Durham, Ray Eaton, Jessica Foster Megan Plumlee, Anditya Rahardianto, Sivan Cohen 11:00 A Fundamental Study of the Stability, Minimization, and Disposal Impact of Polyelectrolyte Functionalization of Ultrafiltration A Systematic Approach to Increasing the Recovery of the Optimizing Chemical Pretreatment for a 10 mgd Nanofiltration Plant 11:00 of Supersaturated Brine from Conventional and Closed-Circuit RO Membranes on Fouling and Rejection of Perfluorooctanoic City of Venice, Florida, Brackish Groundwater RO Facility

Acid (PFOA) Tom Dieen, City of Pompano Beach, Gil Hurwitz, Black & Veatch, James DeCarolis, Black & Veatch, Frank Brinson, Andrew Barba, Phil Hyer, Jason Mraz Lee Portillo, Daniel ten Bosch, Khos Ghaderi, Kunal Olimattel, Amirsalar Esfahani, University of Central Florida, Steve King, Vasu Veerapaneni, Lee Portillo University of Central Florida, Lei Zhai, Anwar Sadmani Kunal Olimattel, Lei Zhai, Anwar Sadmani

11:30 Use of Transformative Electrodialysis Technology to Facilitate Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Removal using Ceramic Treating Variable TDS Feed Water: Cost-Effective Extending RO Recovery Using an Aligned Magnetic 11:30 ZLD via Desalination Brine Concentration Membrane Filtration of Colloidal Activated Carbon Existing System Modification and Upgrade Field Pretreatment System Sorbent Material Chad Unrau, Magna Imperio Systems, Yue Hu, Jacobs, Jonathan Brant, University of Wyoming, Ethan Demeter Joseph Campanaro, Howard Brogdon, Tom Sivert, Nickolas Easter, Tao Wu, Mirmehdi Seyyedi Terry Reid, David Holland Joe Elarde, Todd Christopher

12:00– 12:00– CONFERENCE LUNCHEON WITH EXHIBIT LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS 1:30 CONFERENCE LUNCHEON WITH EXHIBIT LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS 1:30

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MORNING SESSION

Room Room NORTH 124 A NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A

Session THU01–NF/RO SYSTEM DESIGN THU02–INDUSTRY ADVANCES THU03–MEMBRANE SYSTEM–SYSTEM PRETREATMENT THU04–ANCILLARY FACILITIES Session Title Title

TRACK: NF/RO TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Val Frenkel Moderator: Russell Swerdfeger Moderators: Lynne Gulizia Moderator: Dan Hugaboom

9:45– 9:45– SNACK BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL SNACK BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL 10:30 10:30 Room Room NORTH 131 C NORTH 132 A NORTH 122 A NORTH 121 A

Moderator: Andrea Achilli Moderator: Tracy Manning Moderator: Eric Owens Moderator: Gabriela Downey

12:00– 12:00– CONFERENCE LUNCHEON WITH EXHIBIT LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS 1:30 CONFERENCE LUNCHEON WITH EXHIBIT LUNCH AND LEARN SESSIONS 1:30

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THURSDAY MARCH 19, 2020 AFTERNOON

Room NORTH 132 A

Session THU10–MISCELLANEOUS Title

TRACK: INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH, AND MATERIALS

Moderator: Yuliana Porras-Mendoza 1:30 Influence of Layer-by-Layer Coating Parameters on Ceramic Hybrid Membrane Performance

Zheni Radeva, Nanostone Water Inc., Christian Göbbert, Lars Dähne, Robert Niestroj-Pahl

2:00 Membrane Fouling Control Using Novel Feed Spacers Design

Noreddine Ghaffour, KAUST, Sarah Kerdi, Adnan Qamar

2:30 Filtration with Inside-to-Out Ultrafiltration Membranes of Wastewater Containing Powdered Activated Carbon

Christian Staaks, DuPont, Patrick Buchta, inge GmbH, a DuPont Brand, Peter Berg, Denis Viall 3:15– 3:45 CLOSING SESSIONS & AWARDS-NORTH 120 D

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THU11–LOW-PRESSURE THU12–INDUSTRY POTPOURRI Session MEMBRANE OPTIMIZATION Title

TRACK: OPERATIONS/OWNER TRACK: WASTEWATER/REUSE

Moderator: Randal Braker Moderator: Russell Swerdfeger Implementation of System Change due to Organic Can Fine Automatic Screen Filters Replace Disposable Cartridges? 1:30 Fouling and Membrane Integrity Loss in a Submerged Pilot Pre-treatment Results From A Seawater Desalination Plant UF Membrane Treatment Facility Ben Gido, Filtersafe, Omogbemiga Talabi, City of Scottsdale, Ravid Levy, Miyan Mears Dagan, Matan Ramot Don Henderson Improving MF/UF Membrane Operations and Treatment Process or Analytical Equipment Malfunctioning? 2:00 Troubleshooting with Four Easy Steps Establishing Root Cause Requires Improved Process

Turbidity Monitoring Scott Freeman, Membrane Medic Vadim Malkov, Hach Company, Travis Scurlock Lessons Learned for 20 MGD Montevina UF Membrane Experimental Design Study for Making of PVDF 2:30 Treatment Plant After One Year of Operations Reinforced Hollow Fiber Membranes

Richard Stratton, HDR Inc., Walter Kosar, Arkema Inc., Francois Rodigari, Karen Pappas Gregory O’Brien, Michele Crane

3:15– CLOSING SESSIONS & AWARDS—NORTH 120 D 3:45

Facility Tours

Bus Departures All Tours on Friday, March 20 Bus departure times will vary. Please see loading and departure times below. Buses will load on 2nd Street between the Hyatt Regency and the Convention Center, and drop off at the same location. Please bring a valid ID.

Scottsdale Water Campus Advanced Water Treatment Plant Ak-Chin Indian Community’s Surface Water Treatment Plant (UF and RO) (UF & MBR), and Water Reclamation Facility Bus loads at 8:00 a.m. and departs promptly at 8:15 a.m. Bus loads at 7:30 a.m. and departs promptly at 7:45 a.m. The City of Scottsdale’s 20 MGD advanced water treatment The award-winning Ak-Chin Indian Community’s surface water (AWT) plant takes tertiary treated effluent, processes it treatment plant takes advantage of its surface water allotment through an ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis process of Colorado River Water supplied via the Maricopa-Stanfield for delivery to 22 golf courses for irrigation needs and or canal system and the Central Arizona Project canal, which distribution into 63 injection wells for groundwater recharge gives it a secure source of water, allowing for future growth of a potable water aquifer. It is one of the largest and most and expansion. The membrane bioreactor and ultrafiltration advanced indirect potable reuse projects implementing technology is ideal for treating the variation in raw water membrane technology in the United States. sources while producing consistent drinking water quality.

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Poster Sessions

Authors will be present in the exhibit hall during the times Evaluating Cartridge and Sand Filters for shown below. Nanofiltration Pretreatment Courtney Powell, University of Central Florida, PST01 TUESDAY POSTER SESSION Steven Duranceau Tuesday, March 17 Kinetic Modeling of the Membrane Fouling in Electro- 5:15–6:30 p.m. Coagulation Aided MBR (Membrane Bio-Reactor) Moderators: Michael Bourke, Stuart McClellan In-Soung Chang, Hoseo University Seung Ken Cho

A Holistic Assessment of the Cape Fear Public Utility O&M Comparative Assessment of Co-located Nanofiltration, Authority Nanofiltration Plant Lime Softening and Low Pressure Reverse Osmosis Samantha Black, HDR Inc., Peter D’Adamo, Daniel Sampson Systems at the Norwood Water Treatment Plant Cristina Ortega Castineiras, Jacobs, GJ Schers, Cake-layer Removal Options for Determination of Veronica Llaneza Cake Resistance (CR) During Filtration of Activated Sludge Suspension Oil-in-water Emulsion Separation Using an Aquaporin- In-Soung Chang, Hoseo University, Seung Ken Cho Based PES Forward Osmosis (FO) Membrane System Annmarie Ricchino, University of Central Florida, Design and Development of a Pilot Scale Air Gap Daniela Diaz, Woo Hyoung Lee Membrane Distillation (AGMD) System Sepideh Jankhah, Sterlitech Corporation, Reza B. Lakeh, Reverse Osmosis to Nanofiltration Membrane Conversion: Alexander M. Brieby A Case Study of the Village of Wellington’s Water Treatment Matthew Tebow, Kimley-Horn, Shannon LaRocque Effective Collaboration to Provide Seamless and Cohesive Delivery for a Regional Membrane Surface Seawater RO Facility Optimizes Membrane Performance Water Treatment Plant with Novel Hydro-Optic UV Technology Yue Sun, Ardurra Group Ytzhak Rozenberg, Atlantium Technologies, Amichai Felder

Energy Savings and Production Gains By Retrofitting Upgrade to MBR Using Progressive Design-Build Existing BGD Facilities In The Lower Rio Grande Valley Helps University Optimize Water Reuse Jorge Arroyo, Robert Rodriguez Mark Strahota, Hazen and Sawyer, Richard Moore

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PST02 WEDNESDAY POSTER SESSION Wednesday, March 18 Optimizing the City of Spokane Membrane Filtration System Through the Unique Application 5:00–600 p.m. of Dynamic Simulation Moderators: Rich Franks, Ben Movahed Alex Yoffie, Jacobs Engineering, Stephanie McGregor, Paul Mueller, Lars Hendron Addressing the Needs of a Remote Community Using a Packaged Ultrafiltration System and Prefabricated Pilot Scale Osmotic Concentration Process for Building Design Reducing Injected Wastewater Volumes in Qatar Chelsea Stewardson, WesTech Engineering Inc., Abdelrahman Awad, Qatar University, Mustafa Nasser, JamieFelicetti, Keslee Carson, Dan Dye Samer Adham

High-Recovery for Quick Recovery: Desalination Solves The Impacts of Potential Controlling Parameters on Multiple Challenges to a Community in Need the Degree of Nitritation in a MABR Treating High Ronit Erlitzki, AdEdge Water Technologies, Strength Wastewater Richard Cavagnaro Maryam Salehi, Texas Tech University, Andrew Jackson Inline Coagulation/Ultrafiltration for Water Reuse Reverse Osmosis Fouling Control Bianca Chaves, University of Arizona, Andrea Achilli

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2020 MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION Experts in the Round

PRESENTATIONS:

The MTC Experts in the Round is a roundtable networking Industrial Applications session designed to give you direct access to Speakers: knowledgeable professionals in the membrane industry. Don Flanagan, Proctor and Gamble During the 90-minute session, participants move among Libbie Linton, WesTech tables in regular intervals as they select the topics most relevant to them. Industry experts will guide the indicated Membrane Troubleshooting—Fouling, Cleaning, Autopsies table topic discussion, including Q&A. Speakers: Ryan Furukawa, PWT Wednesday 3:45–5:00 p.m. Ray Eaton, Avista Technologies, Inc. Room: North Ballroom 120 D Pilot Testing Ceramic Membranes Speakers: Speakers: Julia Nemeth-Harn, Harn R/O Systems Inc. Brian Butters, Purifics Water Inc. James Vickers, Separation Processes Inc. Imran Jaferey, Nanostone Water Plant Design for Low O&M Constituents of Emerging Concern and PFAS/PFOS Capital and O&M Costs/Procurement Speakers: Speakers: Amos Branch, Carollo Engineers Jorg Menningmann, Biwater Brent Alspach, Arcadis Ben Movahed, WATEK Engineering Corporation

Existing Plant O&M—Owners/Operators Forum— Reuse Cleaning Membranes and Prevention of Fouling Speakers: Speakers: Ufuk Erdal, Arcadis Mehul Patel, Orange County Water District David MacNevin, CDM Smith

Existing Plant O&M—Owners/Operators Forum— Surface and Seawater Treatment with Membranes Membrane Replacement and Procurement Speakers: Speakers: Giancarlo Barassi, Fluid Equipment Development Company Laurin Benson, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions (FEDCO) Troy Walker, Hazen and Sawyer Wastewater Treatment and Membrane Bioreactors Existing Plant O&M—Owners/Operators Forum— Speakers: Operator Issues Russell Swerdfeger, DuPont Water Solutions, Speakers: Bill Pagels, Meiden America Inc. Tracy Manning, Mesa Water District Omogbemiga Talabi, City of Scottsdale

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Northwest Membrane Pentair Saf-T-Flo Chemical Injection South Central Membrane Operator Association www.xflow.pentair.com/en www.saftflo.com Association www.nwmoa.com 325 116 www.scmembrane.org 332 Pentair offers a wide range SAF-T-FLO specializes in 232 NWMOA is an affiliate of AMTA of membrane technologies. manufacturing chemical SCMA promotes membrane dedicated to the Northwest Codeline is one of the injection quills chemical feed plant operator growth & US and Canada. NWMOA most trusted brands for systems in the municipal, advancement and provides provides membrane operators pressure vessels and industrial, and commercial membrane operator training a forum to share knowledge & X-Flow membranes provide water treatment industries. at workshops, membrane info, obtain training & acquire world-class technology and operator certification courses CEUs necessary for Operator engineering expertise. Schwing Bioset, Inc. and Annual Conference. Certification. www.schwingbioset.com Piedmont Southeast Desalting NX Filtration www.piedmontpacific.com/ 109 Association www.nxfiltration.com 427 Biosolids management www.southeastdesalting.com specialist for more than 512 Piedmont Pacific is a global 30 years offering MBR 133 NX Filtration develops and leader in corrosion resistant systems, phosphorus removal, SEDA is an affiliate of AMTA manufactures hollow fiber equipment for desalination Class A alkaline stabilization in Southeast US. SEDA is membranes and specifically plants and meets critical & biosolids handling systems dedicated to education, the unique direct hollow customer demand for a wide including screw presses, training, and certification fiber nanofiltration (dNF) range of applications in the sliding frame silos, piston of plant operators, membrane. industrial and municipal pumps, more. communicating with members, markets. educating public, and interface Omya Inc. Scinor Water America, with regulatory agencies. Protec-Arisawa www.omya.com/water_and_energy LLC www.protec-arisawa.com Southwest Membrane 327 www.scinor.com 508 Operator Association 401 Omya is a leading global www.swmoa.org Protec-Arisawa is the producer of industrial We design & manufacture leading US manufacturer of 233 minerals – mainly fillers and customized water treatment RO pressure vessels. We pigments derived from calcium systems with our high- SWMOA is AMTA’s Southwest manufactures in the US, Spain, carbonate and dolomite – and performing TIPS Ultrafiltration Regional Affiliate and provides and Japan. Protec vessels are a worldwide distributor of membranes. We offer direct training and exchange of in the Carlsbad plant as well as specialty chemicals. retrofit modules & cassettes technical information to RAZ AL KHAIR in KSA. for all major MF/UF platforms. membrane operators. SWMOA Pall Water offers an Annual Symposium, Purifics NSF 61 & NSF 419 certified. www.pall.com/water workshops, operator www.purifics.com SMC Corporation of America certification training. 407 308 www.smcusa.com Pall Water is a global leader SUEZ Water Technologies in filtration, separation, and Complete Water Purification 226 & Solutions purification technologies. Our Systems; Disruptive Ceramic SMC offers technology in www.suezwatertechnologies.com trusted membrane-based technology to filter, destroy pneumatic components such solutions have a flexible & recover contaminants; as actuators; directional 219 Eliminates pre & post design, small footprint, and control valves; airline SUEZ Water Technologies & treatment for potable, waste, can produce high-quality water preparation equipment; chillers Solutions has a comprehensive reuse & industrial; Better Water for drinking water. and dryers; fittings and tubing; set of chemical, equipment, at Lower Cost. electric actuators. and digital enabled services and products. We help industries solve their toughest water, wastewater and process challenges.

. 28 . . 29 . Sulzer Pumps Solutions, Trillium Pumps USA Inc Wateropolis Corp. Wigen Water Technologies Inc. www.trilliumflow.com/brands/ www.wateropolis.com Awards Lunch Sponsor pumps/floway www.sulzer.com 321 www.wigen.com 114 409 Manufacturer of granular 313 Floway is an industry- ceramic and expanded clay As one of the world’s leading Wigen is a leading pump manufacturers, Sulzer leading vertical turbine pump filter medias. manufacturer with over 80 manufacturer of membrane provides a wide range of systems, from MF/UF to NF products for engineered, years’ experience, we are Watersurplus recognized worldwide for and RO. We also manufacture configured, and standard www.watersurplus.com ion exchange systems, pumping solutions as well as superior quality, reliable hydraulic performance and 315 pressure filters and GAC essential auxiliary equipment. adsorbers enabling us to extended wear life. We exceed Watersurplus provides provide fully integrated water expectations! engineered solutions using SWM treatment solutions. new and/or reconditioned Advertiser USBR—Brackish filtration tanks, UF, RO, and www.swmintl.com Groundwater National wastewater systems. Water 113 Desalination Research reuse, high recovery, and rental Facility assets are available. We buy SWM supports RO customers www.usbr.gov/research/bgndrf and sell used 8” by providing the most RO elements. innovative products for 112 filtration applications. SWM Federal facility consists of WesTech Engineering, Inc. is “best in class” with more research building with lab, www.westech-inc.com than 40 years experience indoor/outdoor test sites, manufacturing RO membrane 225 meeting room & offices. feed spacers and machined Well water TDS 1200-5850 WesTech is a premier supplier center tubes. ppm, fee’s waived. of membrane filtration process systems for municipal and Toray Membrane USA, Inc. Vogelsang USA industrial applications across Gold Sponsor www.vogelsangusa.com the country and around the world. Potable Water, Mine www.toraywater.com 309 Water Treatment, Industrial 201 Vogelsang rotary lobe and Mobile Solutions. Toray is a global innovator of pumps are exceptionally materials founded in 1926. easy to maintain, come in Developing advanced RO, an impressive range of sizes NF, UF, and MF membrane and designs, have numerous technologies, Toray continues equipment options. All models to solve challenges in water have two things in common: and wastewater treatment a compact design and easy around the world. maintenance.

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Exhibit Hall Education Sessions

Exhibit Hall Education Sessions will take place in each Avista Technologies, Inc. 3:30 p.m. presenting company’s booth space, where experts will Title: Advancements in Avista Membrane Chemicals present product or solution information for 15 minutes in the exhibit hall. Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Booth: 101 TUESDAY, MARCH 17 In this session we will review advancements in membrance chemicals, and technologies, including antiscalants, cleaners, DuPont Water Solutions 10:00 a.m. and biocides. Title: Economic Viability of Ultrafiltration for Drinking Water Production: Case Study in Brazil WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 Track: Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration

Booth: 301 MICRODYN-NADIR 10:00 a.m. In this case study, Ultrafiltration technology has been shown Title: Solutions for Difficult-to-Treat Membrane Feed to be a viable process for production of drinking water in Brazil, producing safe water for the population with lower Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis operational costs when compared to common conventional Booth: 230 treatment units. Different membrane element types available from MICRODYN- NADIR can be used to treat difficult feedwaters. The following Aqua Membranes LLC 10:15 a.m. membrane solutions will be reviewed: high temperature up to 80°C, heat-sanitizable for sanitization up to 85°C, high ® Title: Printed Spacer Technology Changing the Future of R/O pressure up to 120 bar, low-fouling RO for wastewaters, and Track: Research, Advances and Innovations in Membranes cellulose acetate membrane for feeds with chlorine. Booth: 501 Aqua Membranes solves the problem of premature Pall Water 10:15 a.m. fouling, decreased production, high energy operational Title: PFAS Water Treatment Solutions costs, and prohibitive expansion cost with our patented Printed Spacer Technology® process in which we print a Track: Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration 3D resin polymer directly on the membrane surface. Our Booth: 407 technology can be customized by industry, application, Water quality of treated effluent, life cycle costs, and and membrane type. technology performance are the key drivers in selecting the appropriate solution for removing Perfluoroalkyl substances Hydranautics, Nitto Group Company 3:15 p.m. (PFAS) from water. In-depth analysis has been performed by states, provinces, and municipalities as this health concern Title: Meet the PROs has increased. Track: Wastewater & Nonpotable Reuse Booth: 307 To address the key challenges faced by wastewater treatment plants and help companies to achieve their ZLD/MLD commitments, Hydranautics presents an entirely new range of specialty membranes: the PRO series.

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Toray Membrane USA, Inc. 3:15 p.m. DelVal Flow Controls 12:45 p.m. Title: Application of Membrane Technologies in Advanced Title: Rubber Seated Butterfly Valve Installation Water Reuse Treatment Schemes. Track: Plant Operation, Maintenance, and Management Track: Potable Reuse Booth: 320 Booth: 201 We will discuss the correct method of installing rubber seated Use of RO, UF, MBR membranes in water reuse with examples butterfly valves to eliminate seat deformation and disc wrap- of reference sites in the U.S. up, which can cause seat failure during initial start-up. We will also showcase DelVal’s Center-LOK seat design, which prevents seat failures and improves cost of ownership. Wateropolis Corp. 3:30 p.m. Title: How to Achieve Antimicrobial Dechlorination and Particle Filtration in a Single Step Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO) 1:00 p.m. Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Title: Optimizing Medium to High Salinity Membrane Systems by Selection of Pumps and ERDs in RO Booth: 321 Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Wateropolis is introducing a new granular ceramic filter media that reduces particulate by over 99% and Booth: 224 simultaneously removes chlorine or chloramines from Optimizing membrane systems with pump and ERD selection source water. We will discuss design considerations, and placement in an RO system. Fluid power, flux balancing, flow rates, backwash rates, and contact times required to and applications reviewed. implement the technology.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

DuPont Water Solutions 12:30 p.m. Title: The Importance of Long-Term Performance of Reserve Osmosis Elements Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Booth: 301 This paper demonstrates the superior durability of FILMTEC™ membranes which show a stable salt passage increased when exposed to multiple cleanings, while others membranes suffer up to a 80% salt passage increase. This durability advantage of FILMTEC membranes is in agreement with plants operating for more than 10 years without replacements. Savings can go up to 488,000 USD per year in a 100,000 m3/d desalination plant.

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Committee Meetings

AWWA Standards Committee for Membranes Membrane Systems Subcommittee Monday, March 16 3:00–4:30 p.m. Room: 126 A Tuesday, March 17 3:00–4:00 p.m. Room: 126 A Membrane Processes and Membrane MTC20/MTC21 Planning Committee Meeting Technology Research Committee Wednesday, March 18 2:00–3:00 p.m. Room: 126 A Tuesday, March 17 12:00–1:00 p.m. Room: 126 A Water Desalting Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 17 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Room: 126 A Conference Policies

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AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING EXPERIENCE AVISTA BOOTH 101

Avista schedule of technical presentations, in-booth presentations, and special events!

TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH Co-Author Paper: Operations Optimization Part 1 CREATIVE CHEMISTRY. Session Title: TUE06 Session Time: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Presentation Title: NF Design and Operation at 98% Recovery – Two SMART SOLUTIONS. Years of Operation and CIP Results Presenter: Julie Harn (Co-Authors: Nagham Najeeb, Kevin Alexander)

For over 20 years, Avista built a strong business Advancements in Avista Membrane Chemicals Session Time: 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM model focused on the proper application of Track: Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Facilitator: Avista Technologies, Inc, Booth #101 chemicals to optimize RO system performance In this session we will review advancements in membrane chemicals and pioneering innovative techniques for and technologies, including antiscalants, cleaners and biocides. Presenter: Matt James, Research Chemist foulant identification. Avista Customer Rooftop Reception - Invite only 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM Avista® Technologies, was acquired in May Lustre Rooftop Bar | Palomar Hotel 2019 by Kurita, a leading supplier of water WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH treatment solutions headquartered in Tokyo, Paper: Operations Optimization Part 2 Japan. Leveraging the combined success and Session Title: WED09 vast experience of Kurita and Avista, we are Session Time: 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Presentation Title: Water Quality, The Forgotten Secret to building a truly unique global platform that will System Optimization Presenter: Sara Pietsch, R&D and Laboratory Services Director continue to shape and influence the membrane chemical industry. Experts in the Round Topic: Membrane Troubleshooting- fouling, cleaning, autopsies Session Time: 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Presenter: Ray Eaton, Director of Technical Support VISIT BOOTH 101 Booth Cocktail Reception + Four Essential Factors for a Successful CIP Cocktail Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM FOR A PREVIEW OF Presenter: Nagham Najeeb, Technical Engineer WHAT’S NEXT! THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH Paper: NF/RO Pretreatment Session Title: THU08 Session Time: 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM avistatech.com Presentation Title: 2020 AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference © 2020. Avista Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. AD_MTC20 03.2020 Presenter: Nagham Najeeb, Technical Engineer . 34 . Local Connections, Global Ideas Our clients face tough decisions with limited resources. That’s why we sponsor leading water associations and research, to help make great things possible in our industry.

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