Conference Venue Buildings on Columbia Conference Venue Campus Registration Subway Entrance of 116th University Campus Gateways Street-Columbia University Station on 1 line 120th Street Mudd Hall Riverside Drive Ave. Claremont Broadway Ave. Amsterdam 116th Street 115th Street Alfred Lerner Hall 114th Street 114th Street Amsterdam Ave. Amsterdam Broadway 113th Street 113th Street 112th Street 112th Street The 6th International Conference on Flotation for Water and Wastewater Systems Conference Information and Programs Alfred Lerner Hall Columbia University 2920 Broadway, near 114th Street New York, NY 10027 October 29th to November 1st 2012 www.flotation2012.org Thank you to our conference sponsors and attendees for your support of the conference. Conference Sponsors: Diamond Gold Silver Bronze Committees Technical Program Committee Organizing Committee Prof. James Edzwald (USA) - Chairman William Becker, Chairman, Columbia University Dr. William Becker (USA) - Vice Chair Kartik Chandran, Co-Chairman, Columbia University Mr. Tony Amato (United Kingdom) Ian Crossley, Co-Chairman, Hazen and Sawyer Dr. John Bratby (USA) Howard Dunn, Aquarion Water Mr. Jan Dahlquist (Sweden) John Dyksen, United Water Dr. David Dixon (Australia) Ryan Hess, Infilco Degremont Prof. Pascal Guiraud (France) James Edzwald, University of Massachusetts Prof. Johannes Haarhoff (South Africa) James Farmerie, Leopold, a Xylem Brand Prof. Mooyoung Han (South Korea) Karl Glucina, Suez Mr. Petri Jokela (Finland) Gary Naumick, American Water Prof. Jun Ma (China) James Roberts, NYCDEP Prof. Yoshihko Matsui (Japan) Matthew Valade, Hazen and Sawyer Dr. David Pernitsky (Canada) Prof. Marco Reali (Brazil) Prof. Claus Schuster (Germany) 1 Conference Program Monday 29 October 2012 08:00 am to 09:00 am Registration 09:00 am to 10:45 am Opening Ceremony, Welcome and Keynote Address 10:45 am to 11:50 am Session 1: Drinking Water Treatment Session 2: Research 11:50 am to 01:20 pm Lunch 01:20 pm to 05:15 pm Session 1: Drinking Water Treatment, continued Session 2: Research, continued 05:15 pm to 07:00 pm Poster Presentations and Reception Tuesday 30 October 2012 08:00 am to 08.30 am Registration 08:30 am to 09:30 am Session 3: Drinking Water Treatment, continued Session 4: Research, continued 09:30 am to 12:05 pm Session 5: Seawater and Membrane Treatment Session 6: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse 12:05 pm to 01:30 pm Lunch 01:30 pm to 05:00 pm Session 5: Seawater and Membrane Treatment, continued Session 6: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, continued 06:30 pm to 10.30 pm New York City Harbor Dinner Cruise Boat departs at 7.00 pm from Pier 81, West 41st St., Manhattan. 2 Conference Program Wednesday 31 October 2012 08:00 am to 08:15 am Registration 08:15 am to 09:15 am Session 7: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, continued Session 8: Treatment of Waters Containing Algae and the Recovery of Algae 09:15 am to 12:15 pm Session 9: Energy and Sustainability Session 8: Treatment of Waters Containing Algae and the Recovery of Algae, continued 12:15 pm to 01:45 pm Lunch 01:45 pm to 02:45 pm Session 10: Final Session 03:15 pm to 04:30 pm Closing Paper, Panel Discussion and Closing Comments Thursday 1 November 2012 08:30 am to 04:30 pm Site Tours: New York City Department of Environmental Protection Croton Water Filtration Plant and United Water Haworth Water Treatment Plant. Up to 50 guests can be accommodated Background information will be requested to enable security clearance. Lunch at Haworth is included. Departure and Return-Entrance to 498 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY 10018 (Hazen and Sawyer office location), at Seventh Avenue between 36th and 37th Street 3 Presentation Program MONDAY 29, OCTOBER 2012 8:00-9:00 AM Registration 9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony Welcoming Remarks: William Becker, Carter Strickland-DEP Commissioner 9:30-10:15 Keynote Address: Professor George Tchobanoglous New directions in wastewater treatment for the 21st century 10:15-10:45 Coffee Break Session 1: Drinking Water Treatment Session 2: Research Moderators: James Edzwald and Jan Moderators: Johannes Haarhoff Dahlquist and Claus Schuster 10:45-11:20 Leading Paper 1: Leading Paper 2: Ian Crossley Yanping Liu, Mallorie Tourbin, Sebastien Lachaize, Pascal Guiraud Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) Technology and Engineering – A personal Flotation separation of SiO2 nanoparticles history spanning four decades from waters 11:20-11:50 Gary S. Kaminski Mira Park, Mooyoung Han, Tschung-il Kim Operating highlights from 15 years of DAF Design parameters estimations for adjustable operation for drinking water treatment bubble size in bubble generating system 11:50-1:20 PM Lunch 1:20-1:50 Brett deWynter, Simon Breese, Russell Yap, Michael Whittaker, Brent Edge William Peirson, Bruce Jefferson, Volga Bulmus, Richard Stuetz, Gayle Newcombe, Optimized water treatment for the Rita Henderson city of Penticton Poly-surfactants as micro-bubble surface modiers for the otation of microcystis aeruginosa without coagulation-occulation 4 Presentation Program 1:50-2:20 Petr Dolejs, Pavel Dobias Rodrigo Moruzzi, Marco Reali Results of six years operation of the The inuence of oc size and hydraulic detention rst DAF in Central and Eastern time on the performance of a DAF pilot unit and Europe (WTP Mostiste – Czech Republic) their relationship with a mathematical model 2:20-2:50 Jan Cromphout, Herve Lagast, Mia Bondelind Gisele Peleman, Liesbeth Verdickt Investigating the applicability to use Flotation: The best choice for the oc Computational Fluid Dynamics for removal process in the drinking water modelling Dissolved Air Flotation treatment plant of Kluizen 2:50-3:30 Coffee Break 3:30-4:00 Michael Greeley, Matthew Valade, Nicolas Roux, Nathalie Vigneron-Larasa, Peter Rice Thomas Thouvenot, Abdelkader Gaïd Flying Blind: How seasonal impacts Modelling and operation of a SpidowTM plant unforeseen by pilot studies created startup hurdles at the Madbury WTP 4:00-4:30 Stephen Olson Babak Lakghomi, Ron Hofmann, Yuri Lawryshyn New Great Pond Water Treatment Optimization of Dissolved Air Flotation for drinking Plant, Weymouth, Massachusetts water treatment through CFD Modeling 4:30-5:00 Oiva Suutarinen, Kalle Suutarinen Jan Cromphout, Stijn Mortier, Tommy Vanhullebush, Robert Vanhoucke, Liesbeth Verdickt Rictor® Turbulent Flotation Process Full scale use of an improved pneumatically adjustable otation nozzle at the drinking water treatment plant of Kluizen 5:15-7:00 PM Poster Presentations and Reception: Carlton Lounge, Mudd Hall, Columbia University 5 Presentation Program TUESDAY 30, OCTOBER 2012 8:00 AM Registration Session 3: Drinking Water Treatment Session 4: Research Continued Continued Moderators: James Edzwald and Moderators: Johannes Haarhoff and Jan Dahlquist Claus Schuster 8:30-9:00 Xiaohui Jin, Souleymane Ndiongue, Jun Ma, Jing Zou, Yu-long Shi, Zeng-he Liu Larry Moore, Devendra Borikar, Tory Hewlett, Lindsay Ariss, Laura Zettler Effects of occulation time and hydraulic loading on DAF treating Mopanshan Reservoir water with low turbidity and low temperature Pilot-scale investigation on the performance of slow sand ltration, conventional treatment, and modied conventional treatment using Dissolved Air Flotation as clarier: A comparative study 9:00-9:30 Ivan Zhu, Jim Farmerie, Brian Bates K. A. Maia, Marco Reali, A. Pioltine Innovative approach for simultaneous The inuence of water velocity at the chromium, iron, manganese, and total entrance of the contact zone on the organic carbon removal using Dissolved performance of a DAF pilot plant Air Flotation for drinking water treatment Session 5: Seawater and Session 6: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Membrane Treatment Moderators: David Pernitsky and Moderators: Mooyoung Han and Petri Jokela Jun Ma Leading Paper: Leading Paper: 9:30-10:05 James Edzwald, Johannes Haarhoff John Bratby Seawater coagulation and Dissolved Air Flotation for secondary efuent polishing Flotation pretreatment for reverse osmosis water plants 10:05-10:35 Coffee Break 6 Presentation Program 10:35-11:05 Johannes Haarhoff, James Edzwald Bryce Carter, Temple Ballard Meeting the air requirements of Dissolved Dissolved Air Flotation for improved Air Flotation for the pretreatment treatment efciency in Publicly Owned Treatment of seawater Works (POTW), tertiary, and reuse applications 11:05-11:35 Lennart Jönsson, Jan Dahlquist Franz Bischof, Thomas Pohlers, Ralph Teckenberg Air bubble amount and bubble sizes in Upstream otation enhancing a the DAF process biological membrane ltration (MBR) 11:35-12:05 Seunghye Oh, Tschung-il Kim, Younggyun Choi, Minjeong Park Mooyoung Han Treatment of high concentration organic wastewater A study on the effect of salinity to with a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) process Dissolved Air Flotation combined with electro-otation as a solids-liquid separation method 12:05-1:30 PM Lunch 1:30-2:00 Alexandre Besson, Pascal Guiraud Eloá Pelegrino, Marco Reali, Aline Escher Characterization of bubbles produced Use of tannin based coagulant in an Upow by Dissolved Air Flotation in saline water Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor efuent for post-treatment by otation 2:00-2:30 Hyunjin Park, Soonbuhm Kwon, Huazhang Rajinikanth Rajagopal, Jun Wei Lim, Mao Yu, Zhao, Seok Dockko Ivan Ho, Max Heinz Stegmann Rainer, Wang Jing-Yuan Characteristics of pre-treatment for the seawater reverse osmosis Anaerobic co-digestion of faeces and process at high temperature kitchen waste in decentralized source-separation based sanitation concepts 2:30-3:00 Tony Amato, Kuem-Seo Park, Wonkyu Yim, Diego Veneu, Gabriela Pino,