The Central States Water Environment Association Annual Meeting brings together water and energy recovery professionals from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois to share ideas, practical insights, and forward‑looking solutions. The 2026 theme, Flowing Together: Connecting the Water Workforce, highlights collaboration and knowledge sharing across the industry. Brown and Caldwell is proud to support the conference as a sponsor and to contribute technical expertise through multiple presentations exploring digital twins and machine learning, PFAS and biosolids treatment, landfill leachate impacts on WRRF performance, and pathways to energy neutrality.
Wednesday, May 20
11:00 – 11:30 AM
Integration of Digital Twins and Machine Learning for Real-Time Wastewater Treatment Optimization
Anjan Goswami, Speaker
Manel Garrido and Ashwin Dhanasekar, Co-authors
11:30 – 12:00 PM
Can Pyrolysis Solve the PFAS Problem? Test Results from Two Biosolids Studies
Lloyd Winchell, Speaker
Thursday, May 21
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Impact of Landfill Leachate on UVT and Nitrification at a Municipal WRRF
Kayla Bauhs, Speaker
Don Esping, Co-author
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Rerouting Towards Energy Neutrality: Carbon Diversion with TripleA Settler
Anndee Huff Chester, Speaker
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