Monitoring and Research Department 2016 Seminar Series
 
 
 
Date Subject
     
  January 22, 2016 report Point Source/Nonpoint Source Collaboration on Nutrient Loss Reduction with the Concept of Environmental Utility
    Mr. Steve John, Executive Director, Agricultural Watershed Institute, Decatur, Illinois
 
  February 26, 2016 report Overview of the MWRDGC’s Illinois Waterway Monitoring Program
    Mr. Thomas Minarik, Senior Aquatic Biologist, Monitoring and Research Department (M&R), MWRDGC, Chicago, Illinois
 
  March 18, 2016 report Innovative Solutions to Corrosion and Odor Problems in Municipal Sewer Networks,
    Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Director of Advanced Water Management Centre, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
 
  April 29, 2016   Anaerobic Digestion – Microbial Fundamental and Future Resource Management Potential
      Professor Wen-Tso Liu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
 
  May 20, 2016 report Trace Levels of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants in Edible Parts of Crops Grown in Exceptional Quality Biosolids Amended Soils: Human Health Risk Assessment
    Dr. Kuldip Kumar, Senior Environmental Soil Scientist, M&R Department, MWRDGC, Chicago, Illinois
 
  June 24, 2016   New Advances in Process Control and Modeling for WRRFs
    Professor Peter Vanrolleghem, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
 
  July 29, 2016 report Point Source Odor Control Technologies - Design, Operation and Maintenance
Mr. Richard Pope, Vice President, Odor Services Leader, Hazen and Sawyer, New York; Consultant to the MWRDGC Odor Control Strategy
 
  August 26, 2016 report Microbes of the Chicago Area Waterway Systems (CAWS)
    Dr. Cristina Negri, Principal Agronomist/Environmental Engineer, Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory; Dr. Jack Gilbert, Professor in Department of Surgery, the University of Chicago, Microbial Ecologist, Group Leader, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory
 
  September 30, 2016 report Asset Management Program at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Mr. Gregory Hottinger, Asset Management Program Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
  October 28, 2016 report Biosolids Composting and Class A Biosolids Product Utilization at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
    Mr. Daniel Collins, Managing Civil Engineer, M&O Department, and Dr. Guanglong Tian, Provisional Supervising Environmental Soil Scientist, M&R Department, MWRDGC, Chicago, Illinois
 
  November 18, 2016 report Biological Phosphorus Removal at the Cedar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
  Ms. Heather Phillips, Wastewater Operations Manager, Public Works, City of Olathe, Kansas
 
  December 16, 2016 report Assessing Water Quality for the Chicago Area Waterway System Chloride Initiative
    Ms. Jennifer Wasik, Supervising Aquatic Biologist, M&R Department, MWRDGC, Chicago, Illinois
 
 
     
 


RESERVATIONS REQUIRED (at least 24 hours in advance):  PICTURE ID REQUIRED FOR PLANT ENTRY

CONTACT:  Dr. Heng Zhang, Assistant Director of Monitoring and Research,
EM&R Division, (708) 588-4264 or (708) 588-4059

LOCATION:  Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Lue-Hing R&D Complex,
6001 West Pershing Road, Cicero, IL 60804; TIME: 10:30 A.M.

Note:  These seminars are eligible for Professional Development Credits/CEUs