CALL FOR ABSTRACTS is open through March 16.

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Abstracts must be submitted online. Abstract submission closes March 16, 2012     

The PNCWA2012 conference in Boise, ID is scheduled for October 21–24 at the Boise Centre. Abstract submittals are requested from all professionals, including facility and collection systems operations and maintenance staff, engineers, consultants, regulatory personnel, facility managers, and university researchers.

The emphases of PNCWA2012 will include strategies for meeting more stringent nutrient MDLs, opportunities to provide certification training for wastewater treatment plant operators, and the shift towards energy and resource recovery throughout the wastewater treatment process. Additionally, sustainability—water reclamation/reuse, sustainable development, natural treatment systems, onsite and decentralized treatment, sustainable water resources, and integrated water resources management—remains a priority.

Program topics include:

Plant Operations: safety, laboratory, training, on-line analyzers, process control, information technology, automation

Energy Efficiency and Recovery: applied and emerging technologies, operations, funding opportunities

Advanced Wastewater Treatment: membrane bioreactors, phosphorus & nitrogen removal, limits of technology for biological nutrient removal, filtration, disinfection, sidestream treatment

Conveyance: collection systems, pump stations, pipeline design, tunneling, CSOs, SSOs, I/I studies, outfalls, hydraulic modeling, operations & maintenance, condition assessment, FOG management

Wet Weather Issues: CSOs, regulatory issues, long term control planning, storage facility design, permit compliance strategies

Residuals/Biosolids: managing chemical sludge, class A processes, class B processes, sludge drying, thickening, dewatering, solids reduction, digestion, bioenergy, reuse, regulatory issues, alternative processes

Odor Control: treatment plant, collection systems, air flow/dispersion modeling, industrial applications, new technologies

Innovative Approaches: planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, process optimization

Public Involvement: perception, communications, education, outreach

Stormwater: runoff control, collection, treatment, permitting, green stormwater infrastructure, low impact development

Water Quality: regulatory issues, TMDLs, watershed permitting, receiving water quality, nutrient modeling, nutrient credit trading

Industrial Treatment/Pretreatment: regulatory issues, pretreatment programs, controlling FOG

Utility Management: emergency preparedness, asset management, financing, risk management, security

Emerging Contaminants: microconstituents, analytical/limits of detection, laboratory requirements, fate and transport modeling

Research: research that enhances the scientific and technical body of knowledge on relevant wastewater issues. This includes applied research to achieve practical solutions and measurable water quality improvement including “leading edge” university research, WERF research, or project-related pilot studies or research.

Abstracts must be submitted online through March 16, 2012 Submit Abstract online now   

Young Professionals and Vendors interested in a no cost best practices webinar on preparing an abstract and/or preparing a ppt presentation please email mikerainey@pncwa.org.

Please limit abstracts to approximately 300 words and include a brief résumé. You need only to submit your abstract and your résumé at this time. Electronic copies of accepted presentations will be collected at the conference. Presenters are expected to register for the conference and pay all applicable registration and preparation fees. We are going to have a great technical program in Boise and hope that you can be a part of it. We look forward to seeing you at the conference in October.

Jeff Bandy, PhD.

Carollo Engineers

PNCWA2012Technical Program Chair