Join us in Chicago for WEFTEC 2025, the premiere conference for the water community. Brown and Caldwell will be among industry experts speaking about process intensification innovations that use fewer resources with better results, like IntensiCarb™; how to adapt to what’s emerging with the latest practices to help manage PFAS; best practices and case studies from utilities leveraging machine learning; and how utilities are becoming more resilient for the future of our communities and the environment.

Saturday, September 27

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

W02 Exploring Disinfection Validation in Water Reuse Scenarios

Fred Gerringer, Workshop Facilitator

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

W04 Strategies for Measuring and Mitigating Fugitive Methane Emissions

Trung Le, Workshop Chair and Tom Nangle, Workshop Facilitator

Sunday, September 28

8:15 AM – 5:00 PM

W12 Demystifying Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Measurement and Quantification (Off-site)

Shannon Cavanaugh, Workshop Vice Chair

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

W13 Game-Based Modeling of Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Mark Miller, Workshop Chair

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

W17 Thermal Drying: State of the Practice, Advancements, and Future Applications

John Ross, Workshop Chair and Natalie Sierra, Workshop Facilitator

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

W18 Transform Your Leadership: A Growth Plan for Everyone

Tracy Ekola, Workshop Facilitator

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

W19 Biogas to Renewable Natural Gas: System Startups and Safety Protocols

Alison Nojima, Workshop Facilitator

Monday, September 29

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Natural Disaster Response and Recovery Panel Discussion and Presentation: NC Utilities Helping Neighbors to Restore Service after Hurricane Helene

Eileen Navarrete, Speaker

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Process Intensification Using MBR and S2EBPR Technologies

Mark Miller, Speaker

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Understanding the Kinetics of Densified Activated Sludge: Implications in Design and Optimization

Kayla Bauhs, Speaker

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Resilience and Innovation: Safeguarding DC’s Critical Wastewater Infrastructure

Pono Hanson, Speaker

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Impact of Activated Sludge and Clarifier Configurations on Final Clarifier Capacity

Don Esping, Speaker

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Exploring The Use Of Machine Learning To Connect Microbial Community Assembly Processes To Water Resource Recovery Facility Performance

Savanna Smith, Speaker

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Finding the Sweet Spot: Developing Science-Based Nutrient Goals for Reservoir TMDLs

Clifton Bell, Speaker

Tuesday, September 30

8:50 AM – 9:00 AM

Denitrification, Hydrolysis and Internal Store Carbon in Low Dissolved Oxygen Biological Nutrient Removal

Jose Jimenez, Speaker

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Building A New Digester or Intensifying the Existing Anaerobic Digesters? A Deep Dive into Advanced AD Intensification Technologies in North America

Farokh Kakar, Speaker

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Leveraging Inclusive Strategies, Emerging Best Practices, Guides and Tools for our Water Industry

Katie Porter, Panelist

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Transformational Leadership for Technical Professionals

Wendy Broley, Panelist

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Exploring Machine Learning Algorithms to Support Municipal Wastewater Treatment PFAS Source Identification and Control Efforts (WRF 5276)

Jamie Lefkowitz, Speaker

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Lessons learned from the first BioDryer installation at Silicon Valley Clean Water

Mary Lou Romero, Speaker

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Exploring Carbon Capture Opportunities at Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Naomi Guo and Trung Le, Speakers

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Bench Scale Comparison of Vacuum Evaporation Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion (IntensiCarb™) with Thermal Hydrolysis

Chris Muller, Speaker

Wednesday, October 1

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Learning Lessons from Golden’s Compressed Workweek Pilot

Sarah Reeves, Speaker

8:30 PM – 10:00 AM

Innovations for Finding I/I

Andy Lukas, Speaker

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Modeling Water Quality and Quantities to Improve Process Approach Development for the Semiconductor Industry

Tom Sandy, Speaker

9:20 AM – 9:45 AM

Oil/Water Separator VOC Emissions Mitigation and Associated Safety Considerations

Thomas Schultz, Speaker

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Lessons Learned from the Start-up of the TPAD Process at San Jose-Santa Clara RWF

Chris Muller, Speaker

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Intensifying Refinery WWTU Secondary Solids Separation: Suspended Air Flotation Pilot Results

Aditi Podder, Speaker

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Water and Wastewater Decentralization at Urban District-Level to Enhance Resiliency and Sustainability

Manel Garrido, Speaker

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Water Resources: Risk, Mitigation, Guidance and Policy Updates

George Hollerbach, Speaker

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Guidance to Selecting and Delivering the Optimal Bioenergy Project at WRRFs

Lexi Valenti and Alison Nojima, Speakers

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

Fate of PFAS Through a Biosolids Drum Dryer with Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Emissions Control

Alex Seidel and Lloyd Winchell, Speakers

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Developing an Energy Neutrality Plan for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Joe Marino, Speaker