Monitoring and Research Department 2020 Seminar Series
 
 
 
 
  Date   Subject
       
  January 24, 2020 report Pursuit of Energy Neutrality at the Downers Grove Sanitary District
      Nick Menninga, General Manager, Downers Grove Sanitary District, Downers Grove, Illinois
 
  February 21, 2020 report Update on the District’s Stormwater Management Program
      Joseph Kratzer, Managing Civil Engineer, Engineering Department, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 
  March 27, 2020* Planning for Regional Climate Change Impacts
  Seminar Cancelled   Dr. Thomas A. Wall, Senior Infrastructure & Preparedness Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois
 
  April 24, 2020* Urban Water Management for the 21st Century
  Seminar Cancelled   Glen Daigger, Professor of Engineering Practice, University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
  May 29, 2020* Recent Advancements in Granular Activity Sludge Processes
  Seminar Cancelled   Dr. Belinda Sturm, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
 
  June 26, 2020* DC Water’s Bloom Biosolids Marketing
  Seminar Cancelled   James Fotouhi, Bloom Distribution Lead, Resource Recovery, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, D.C.
 
  July 31, 2020* River Riparian Connectivity and Habitat Ecosystem Restoration in the Chicago River Watershed
  Seminar Cancelled   Captain Felipe Perez, PMP and Jason Zylka, Programs & Project Management Branch, Chicago District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois
 
  August 28, 2020* Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Detection of Viral Pathogens in Water Disinfection
  Seminar Cancelled   Dr. Benito Jose Mariñas, Professor/Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois
 
  September 25, 2020 report The Response of Microbial Communities in the Chicago Area Waterway to Major Infrastructure Changes in the Region
      Dr. Cristina Negri, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, and Dr. Jack Gilbert, Professor, University of California, San Diego, California
 
  October 16, 2020* report Biological Phosphorus Removal Efforts at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Stickney and Calumet WRPS
  Employee Only Seminar   Dr. Cindy Dongqi Qin, Senior Environmental Research Scientist, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
 
  October 30, 2020 report Advances in Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Detection of Viral Pathogens toward Developing Smart Water Disinfection Systems
      Benito J. Mariñas, Ph.D. Ivan Racheff Endowed Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
  November 12, 2020* report The Thornton Composite Reservoir Odor Lessons Learned from the Operation of a Unique 30 Billion Liter (7.9 Billion Gallon) Combined Sewer Overflow Mega Structure
  Employee Only Seminar   Jonathan Grabowy, P.E. Managing Civil Engineer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
 
  November 20, 2020 report Leading Water and Wastewater Utility Innovation
      Jason Carter, Water Strategy and Innovation Leader, Arcadis, Birmingham, Alabama
 
  December 11, 2020 report Fox River Water Reclamation District’s Efforts on Reducing Phosphorus Discharge Load
      Beth Vogt, P.E., Technical Services Director, Fox River Water Reclamation District, South Elgin, 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