Join the Plant Operations Committee for this Favorite Annual event!
10 CP
Es for Water Operators
10 CECs for Professional Engineers
Agenda: (Subject to Changes)
Attendee Justification Letter
- 6:00 pm-6:30 pm: Registration Table Opens and Welcome Reception Starts (Drinks/ Appetizers)
- 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Roundtable Discussions- (Earn 2 hours of CPE Credit)
- Plant Upsets and Problems- What works and what doesn't?
- Mark Titcomb, Newport News Waterworks
- Mark Titcomb, Newport News Waterworks
- Plant Upsets and Problems- What works and what doesn't?
- 7:30 am- 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 am- 8:15 am: Greeting and Announcements from the Plant Operations Committee Chair
- Jamie Morris, Western Virginia Water Authority
- 8:15 am- 8:30 am: Exhibitor Showcase
- 8:30 am- 9:30 am: Cybersecurity for Operators- the First Line of Defense
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Zané Mullins, City of Richmond
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9:30 am- 10:00 am: Morning Break
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10:00 am-11:00 am: Major Investment in VAW Hopewell WTP Means Major Support by Operations Team
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Jessica Hou, GFT
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- 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Regulatory Update
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Lee Strickland, Virginia Department of Health- Office of Drinking Water
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- 12:00 pm- 1:15 pm: Lunch and Top Ops Preliminary Round
- Billy Fentress and Tom Johnson, City of Chesapeake
- 1:15 pm- 2:15 pm: Small System PFAS Treatment
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Chris Savino, AdEdge/Chart
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2:15 pm: Closing Remarks
- 7:30 am - 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
- 8:15 am- 8:30 am: Greeting and Announcements from the Plant Operations Committee Chair
- Jamie Morris, Western Virginia Water Authority
- 8:30 am- 9:30 am: The Richmond Road to Recovery - Building Reliability Through SOPs, Training, and Culture
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Tony Singh, City of Richmond; Rob Harvey, Hazen and Sawyer
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9:30 am- 10:00 am: Morning Break
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10:00 am-11:00 am: A Rural Utility’s Journey to Sustainability: Leadership and Culture
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Jordan Combs, Maury River Service Authority
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11:00 am-12:00 pm: What Your Filters Are Telling You: Operational Indicators, Troubleshooting, and Optimization
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Brad Weiss, SEH
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12:00 pm- 1:15 pm: Lunch and Top Ops Competition
- Billy Fentress and Tom Johnson, City of Chesapeake
- 1:15 pm- 2:15 pm: Radium Treatment in Greensand Treatment
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Eric Anderson, CHA
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2:15 pm: Closing Remarks- Door Prizes
💧Hotel
Attendees are responsible for their own lodging arrangements and expenses. Use this booking link to access the discounted room rate of $124/night through April 15th or until the group block is sold-out. You may contact the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront directly by calling 757-213-3000.
💧Day and Overnight Parking
Overnight parking in the parking garage is $25/night for hotel guests. Valet parking is available for $30/day. Complimentary valet parking is available for day guests. Day guests who pull a ticket in the hotel garage will not be compensated. You will find that these prices are competitive with other parking options in the Virginia Beach oceanfront area.
💧Exhibitors/ Sponsors-NEW! Exhibitor Invitation
💧We love new faces! 😊 Financial Assistance is available!
Apply today for a One AWWA Operator Scholarship or Financial Aid for Small Systems.
💧Top Ops Competition- Download the flyer. Watch this VIDEO for more info. Use Passcode: TopOps2024*
The purpose of this event is to showcase the depth and breadth of knowledge held by water operators. The AWWA Top Ops Competition is a competitive, question-and-answer tournament where a moderator asks a broad range of technical questions to the participating teams, and they have limited time to answer. During the Plant Operations Conference, a competition is held to find the Top Operators in Virginia to represent the Virginia Section at the AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE).
Register By April 15th at 5 pm for Discounted Prices!
- AWWA Member Rate - $250 ($275)
- Non-Member Rate - $333 ($363)
- Retiree - $75 ($95)
- Student - Free! ($25)
- AWWA Member Rate - $140 ($223)
- Non-Member Rate - $223 ($363)
- Retiree - Early Bird - $45 ($65)
- Roundtable Discussion only - $40 ($60)
