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Tuesday, February 27

Session: Water Reuse 1


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

UV Advanced Oxidation For Potable Reuse In California
Brian Bernados, State of Ca Waterboard Division of Drinking Water

UV Regulatory Framework in CA for Tertiary Reuse
Brian Bernados, State of Ca Waterboard Division of Drinking Water

Expansion of the World's Largest Indirect Potable Reuse System
Lee Portillo, Black & Veatch; Jeff Neemann, Lee Portillo, and Sandy Scott-Roberts

Session: AOPs 1


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

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

UV/Chlorine Technology for the Treatment of Algal Toxins
Xiaodi Duan, University of Cincinnati; Minghao Kong, and Dionysios D. Dionysiou

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)

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


EPA Introduction, IUVA’s role in process and current status
Jeff Adams, EPA & Keith Bircher, Calgon Carbon

The combined variable and new Calculated Dose Monitoring approach
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers

An Assessment of the Combined Variable Approach
Yuri Lawryshyn, University of Toronto

Innovative Approaches: IUVA’s Role in the Review Process and Current Status
Keith Bircher, Calgon Carbon UV Technologies

Session: LEDs and Other UV Sources 1


Sequential LED and excimer lamp exposures for viral UV disinfection
Natalie Hull, CU Boulder; Karl Linden

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

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

Glass Optics for UVC LED Applications
Brian Jasenak, Kopp Glass

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


Calculated Dose Approach for MP systems with “low” and “high” wavelength sensors
Christian Bokermann, Xylem, Inc.

UV Dose Monitoring that Does Not Require a UVT Monitor
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers

System requirements, validated limits and required proofs for application
Bryan Townsend, Black & Veatch

Wednesday, February 28

Session: Water Reuse 2


Designing Reuse Ultraviolet Disinfection Systems by the Book!
Bill Sotirakos, Carollo Engineers, Inc.; Andrew Salveson

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

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

Session: UV Applications


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

The effect of Landfill Leachate on POTW Effluent UV Transmissibility
Patrick Stanford, Rochem Americas, Inc.; David LaMonica, Bernie Rieder

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

Session: LEDs and Other UV Sources 2

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

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

Effect of pulsed irradiation by UV-LEDs on water disinfection
Kai Song, University of British Columbia; Fariborz Taghipour, Madjid Mohseni

Session: AOPs 2 and Reactor Design


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*

Degradation of micropollutants by UV/breakpoint chlorination process
Ehsan Aghdam, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Yingying Xiang, Chii shang

Scaling of UV Dose Distributions - Implications for UV Validation
Harold Wright, Carollo Engineers; Ed Wicklein

An Assessment of the Combined Variable Approach with Second Order Disinfection Kinetics
Yuri Lawryshyn, University of Toronto

Session: Water Reuse 3


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

Investigation of Quartz Sleeve Hazing UV/AOP System for Potable Reuse
Jana Safarik, Orange County Water District; Kenneth P. Ishida

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

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

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


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


Session: Reactor Design


Non contact UV. Commissioning, Startup and operation compared to horizontal, inclined or vertical systems
Arne Diering, Enaqua; Arijit Sarkar

Quartz Sleeve Fouling Prevention while Maintaining Maximum Electrical Efficiency
Ludwig Dinkloh, Xylem Services GmbH; Kirsten Meyer, Dr. Christian Bokermann

An operators’ perspective: How new UV system designs simplify maintenance efforts
Kirsten Meyer, Xylem Services GmbH; Jeff Lamson, Fremont Water Reclamation Center

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

Development of UV Reactor Design Code using Potential Flow Theory and Multiple Segment Source Summation
Jeong Gyu Bak, Neotec Co.; Hyosun Kim

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


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

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.

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