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Session: Municipal Water & Wastewater 1

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Keith Bircher

Planning a New WTP? Use UV to Save Cost
Paul Swaim, CH2M
9:00-9:20 AM


Implementing UV Disinfection for Drinking Water Regulations and Multi-Barrier Public Health Protection
Todd Elliott, CH2M
9:20-9:40 AM


UV Disinfection of Cryptosporidium for Newly Reclassified Bin 2 Systems in Illinois
Bryan Townsend, Black & Veatch
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM


Session: Validation and Lab Approaches

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Oliver Laval

The Ring Mask Project – Progress Report
James Bolton, Bolton Photosciences Inc.
9:00-9:20 AM


Impact of Various Lamp Intensity Measurement Methods on the End of Lamp Life (EOLL) of Low-pressure High-output Germicidal UV lamps
Bruno Ferran, SUEZ
9:20-9:40 AM


Not All Water Is Created Equal: The Effects of Water Characteristics on MS2 Stability and Dose Response
Shawn Verhoeven, GAP EnviroMicrobial Services Ltd.
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM


BREAK, 10:00-10:40 AM

Session: Municipal Water & Wastewater 2

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Ludwig Dinkloh

Comparison of two UV disinfection systems performances, operation and maintenance, and costs after the complete substitution of one parallel by one staggered, and 2 years of operation of each one
Alvaro Irigoyen, Estudio Irigoyen
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM


LADWP's Los Angeles Reservoir UV Disinfection Facility: Comparing the World's Second and Third Largest UV Disinfection Facilities
Christine Cotton, Arcadis; Ben Kuhnel, Alex Duchon, Kurt Wells, Richard Chang
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM


UV Lamp Breakage: Investigation and Response
Jennifer Osgood, CDM Smith; Chris Schulz, CDM Smith, Denver
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM


Systematic Investigations of an Underperforming UV Disinfection System for Wastewater: A Whodunnit
Josh Goldman-Torres, CDM Smith; Chris Fahlin, CDM Smith
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM


Session: Water Reuse 1

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Kati Bell

UV-AOP 101 for Potable Reuse: Design Considerations and Practical Applications
Nicole McLellan, Stantec Consulting Ltd; Nicole McLellan, Kati Bell, Melanie Holmer
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM


UV Advanced Oxidation For Potable Reuse In California
Brian Bernados, State of Ca Waterboard Division of Drinking Water
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM


UV Regulatory Framework in CA for Tertiary Reuse
Brian Bernados, State of Ca Waterboard Division of Drinking Water
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM


Expansion of the World's Largest Indirect Potable Reuse System
Lee Portillo, Black & Veatch; Jeff Neemann, Lee Portillo, and Sandy Scott-Roberts
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM


LUNCH, 12:00-1:20 PM

Session: AOPs 1

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Jens Scheideler

Formate-Assisted Photochemical Denitrification: Synergistic Effect of Nitrate Photolysis with Highly Reductive formate Radicals
Gongde Chen, University of California, Riverside; Haizhou Liu
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM


UV Advanced Oxidation and GAC Quenching for Treating 1,4-Dioxane and VOCs in Drinking Water from LADWP’s North Hollywood West Wellfield
Michael Maxwell, Arcadis; Christine Cotton, James Collins, Nicole Blute, Mark Trudell, Kurt Wells, Todd Rother, Ani Siyahian
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM


UV/Chlorine Technology for the Treatment of Algal Toxins
Xiaodi Duan, University of Cincinnati; Minghao Kong, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM


UV-AOP as an Additional Cyanotoxin and Microbial Barrier at the City of Celina, Ohio
Scott Alpert, Hazen and Sawyer; Matthew Charles, PE (Hazen and Sawyer), Bret Casey, PE (Hazen and Sawyer), T. Michael Sudman (City of Celina, OH)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM


Innovative Approaches for UV Reactor Validation: A Review of the US EPA’s Upcoming Report 1

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Bryan Townsend

EPA Introduction, IUVA’s role in process and current status
Jeff Adams, EPA & Keith Bircher, Calgon Carbon
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM


The combined variable and new Calculated Dose Monitoring approach
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM


An Assessment of the Combined Variable Approach
Yuri Lawryshyn, University of Toronto
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM


Panel Discussion

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM


BREAK, 2:40-3:20 PM

Session: LEDs and Other UV Sources 1

Room: Seascape
Moderator:

Sequential LED and excimer lamp exposures for viral UV disinfection
Natalie Hull, CU Boulder; Karl Linden
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM


Vacuum UV Photolysis of Nitrate-containing Water and the Effect of Water Matrix on Formation of Nitirte
Mengqi Han, University of British Columbia; Madjid Mohseni
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM


Micro-organic pollutant removal by VUV/UV process: Bench- and pilot-scale studies
Mengkai Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Laxiang Yang, Zhimin Qiang
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM


Glass Optics for UVC LED Applications
Brian Jasenak, Kopp Glass
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM


Innovative Approaches for UV Reactor Validation: A Review of the US EPA’s Upcoming Report 2

Room: Peninsula
Moderator:

Calculated Dose Approach for MP systems with “low” and “high” wavelength sensors
Christian Bokermann, Xylem, Inc.
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM


UV Dose Monitoring that Does Not Require a UVT Monitor
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM


System requirements, validated limits and required proofs for application
Bryan Townsend, Black & Veatch
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM


Panel Discussion

4:20 PM - 4:40 PM


Wednesday, February 28

Session: Water Reuse 2

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Keith Bircher

Designing Reuse Ultraviolet Disinfection Systems by the Book!
Bill Sotirakos, Carollo Engineers, Inc.; Andrew Salveson
9:00-9:20 AM


UV photolysis of chloramines and its implication on the design of water reuse treatment
Haizhou Liu, University of California, Riverside; Samuel Patton, Lucy Li
9:20-9:40 AM


Developing the Design Basis for the World’s Largest Full-Scale UV/HOCl AOP System
David Hokanson, Trussell Technologies Inc.; Y. Qu, A. Pisarenko, S. Trussell, A. Van
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM


Session: UV Applications

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Nicole McLellan

UV-C emergency kit for critical condition
Giuseppe Spataro, University of Siena; Spataro Giuseppe, Cevenini Gabriele, Burgassi Sandra, Cardaci Maria Rosa, Nante Nicola, Tani Marco, Messina Gabriele
9:00-9:20 AM


The effect of Landfill Leachate on POTW Effluent UV Transmissibility
Patrick Stanford, Rochem Americas, Inc.; David LaMonica, Bernie Rieder
9:20-9:40 AM


Synergistic Evaluation of the Inactivation of MS2 Bacteriophage and Murine Norovirus in Secondary Wastewater Effluent by Peracetic Acid-UV Combined Treatment
Joseph Jacangelo, Stantec and Johns Hopkins University ShihChi Weng, Nathan Dunkin, Kellogg J. Schwab, James McQuarrie, Kati Bell
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM


BREAK, 10:00-10:40 AM

Session: LEDs and Other UV Sources 2

Room: Seascape
Moderator:

UV-C LED and When Will it Be Primetime in Wastewater
Gary Hunter, Black & Veatch; Ray Ehrard and Oliver Lawall
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM


UV-C LED Devices and Systems: Current and Future State
Molly McKain, AquiSense Technologies; Jennifer Pagan, Oliver Lawal, Jim Cosman
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM


Effect of pulsed irradiation by UV-LEDs on water disinfection
Kai Song, University of British Columbia; Fariborz Taghipour, Madjid Mohseni
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM


Session: AOPs 2 and Reactor Design

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Ron Hofmann

Oxidation of IM explosives by UV/H2O2 and photo-fenton processes
Amalia Terracciano, Stevens institute of Technology; Christos Christodoulatos, Benjamin Smolinski, Per Arienti, Xiaoguang Meng*
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM


Degradation of micropollutants by UV/breakpoint chlorination process
Ehsan Aghdam, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Yingying Xiang, Chii shang
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM


Scaling of UV Dose Distributions - Implications for UV Validation
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers; Ed Wicklein
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM


An Assessment of the Combined Variable Approach with Second Order Disinfection Kinetics
Yuri Lawryshyn, University of Toronto
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM


LUNCH, 12:00-1:20 PM

Session: Water Reuse 3

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Jens Scheideler

Degradation and Detoxification of Contaminants of Emerging Concern by UV/H2O2 in Water Reuse Applications
Ying Huang, University of Cincinnati; Ying Huang, Yiqing Liu, Wael Abdelraheem, Scott Coffin, Elvis Genbo Xu, Daniel Schlenk, Susan D. Richardson, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM


Investigation of Quartz Sleeve Hazing UV/AOP System for Potable Reuse
Jana Safarik, Orange County Water District; Kenneth P. Ishida
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM


First Full Scale UV Hypo AOP System For Potable Reuse Put To The Test – Review Of The First Months Of Operation
Jens Scheideler, Xylem Inc; Slavica Hammond, Roshank Aflaki, Keel Robinson, Seun Tag Oh, T. Thibodeaux
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM


Lessons learned from UV startup and checkpoint bioassay testing to meet NWRI UV Requirements for California's Title 22 Recycled Water Use
Brooke Wright, Stantec; Billy Wong, Melanie Holmer, Kati Bell
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM


Session: How UV-C Technologies and Standards Fit in the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) 1

Room: Peninsula
Moderator:Dr. Dianne Poster and Dr. Yaw Obeng, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

How UV-C Technologies and Standards Fit in the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) 1
Panelists: Troy Cowan, Vision Based Consulting, Dr. Richard Martinello, Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Cameron Miller, NIST, and Dr. Michael Postek, NIST
1:20 PM - 2:40 PM


BREAK, 2:40-3:20 PM

Session: Reactor Design

Room: Seascape
Moderator: Yuri Lawryshyn

Non contact UV. Commissioning, Startup and operation compared to horizontal, inclined or vertical systems
Arne Diering, Enaqua; Arijit Sarkar
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM


Quartz Sleeve Fouling Prevention while Maintaining Maximum Electrical Efficiency
Ludwig Dinkloh, Xylem Services GmbH; Kirsten Meyer, Dr. Christian Bokermann
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM


An operators’ perspective: How new UV system designs simplify maintenance efforts
Kirsten Meyer, Xylem Services GmbH; Jeff Lamson, Fremont Water Reclamation Center, 1019 Sand Road, Fremont, Ohio 43420
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM


Impact of Sleeve Quartz Quality to the Total Costs of Ownership for UV Water Purification Systems
Klaus Zoltner, Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co KG; Klaus Zoltner, Björn Roos
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM


Development of UV Reactor Design Code using Potential Flow Theory and Multiple Segment Source Summation
Jeong Gyu Bak, Neotec Co.; Hyosun Kim
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM


Session: How UV-C Technologies and Standards Fit in the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) 2

Room: Peninsula
Moderator: Dr. Martinello, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine

How UV-C Technologies and Standards Fit in the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) 2 - Session 2A
Panelists: Dr. Zachary Rubin, Medical Director, UCLA Clinical Epidemiology & Infection Prevention, Dr. John M. Boyce, J.M. Boyce Consulting, LLC, Dr. Richard Martinello, Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, Tariq Amlani, P.Eng., Principal, Stantec
3:20 PM - 4:05 PM


How UV-C Technologies and Standards Fit in the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) 2 - Session 2B
Panelists: Meredith Stines, President/CEO of American Ultraviolet, Chuck Dunn, CEO of Tru-D SmartUVC, Barry Hunt, President & CEO of Class 1 Inc., Ashish Mathur, VP, Innovation & Technology of UVDI, Adam Steinhoff, COO of Solaris Disinfection Inc.
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM


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