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23rd
annual wastewater operators conference
June 4-7, 2006
Wastewater
treatment professionals from the United States and Canada will meet June 4
through June 7, 2005, at the Swissotel in Chicago for the 23rd annual
National Operators Training Conference. The conference focuses on improving
wastewater treatment plant operation overall, and offers a broad menu of
sessions detailing more intensive looks at special areas of operation.
The program kicks
off on Sunday, June 4, with sessions on wasteater sector security training,
and workshops on wastewater microbiology and process control, and on using
Clarifier software for process control.
Keynote speaker
on Monday, June 5, will be Glen T. Daigger, Ph.D., discussing “Future
Challenges to the Wastewater Profession and the Role of Operations in
Addressing Them.” A senior vice president and chief technology officer for
CH2M HILL where he has been employed for 23 years, Dr. Daigger is a former
professor and chair of the Environmental Systems Engineering Department at
Clemson University, and is a widely published author.
Suzanne Malec,
deputy commission, will discuss the Greening of the City of Chicago
following Dr. Daigger’s keynote address.
A broad program
of breakout technical sessions are planned for Monday afternoon and all of
Tuesday. During those meetings, specialists will focus on lagoon management
and the use of barley straw to improve lagoon performance; nutrient
management and handling and processing BNR sludges.
Wednesday’s
agenda includes more breakout sections addressing operational control,
activated sludge issues, and a variety of technology issues. General
sessions resume Tuesday afternoon and continue through Wednesday morning,
climaxing with a closing ceremony about noon.
The lighter side
of the conference will include poster sessions and a tee shirt auction
during the conference, and an optional dinner cruise aboard the recently
refurbished Lake Michigan cruise ship Odyssey. After sessions end, there
will be a choice of two Chicago post conference tours—a Chicago Water Tower
walking tour, and a “Process Control In-Control” treatment plant tour.
Another optional tour scheduled for June 8 will take delegates to Aqua
Aerobics in Rockford, Ill., for a manufacturer’s plant tour.
Information and
conference registration forms are available at
www.NOTC2006.info
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