Monitoring and Research Department 2022 Seminar Series
 
 
 
  Date   Subject
 
  January 28, 2022 report Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 – A Regional Effort
    Rachel Poretsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
  February 25, 2022 report Regulating the Water Environment at the District and Beyond: A Brief Evolutionary History
      Greg Yarnick, Supervising Environmental Specialist, Industrial Waste Division, Monitoring and Research Department, MWRDGC
 
  March 25, 2022 report Determination of Watershed Specific Release Rates
      Greg Byard, Project Manager, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois
 
  April 29, 2022 report Use of Integrated Planning to Facilitate a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Renewal
      Rajeev Kapur, Water Resources Program Manager, Clean Water Services, Regulatory Affairs Department, Hillsboro, Oregon
 
  May 27, 2022 report Operating the Stickney Water Reclamation Plan to Meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Limit for Total Phosphorus
      Joseph Kozak, Principal Environmental Scientist, Monitoring and Research Department, and Joseph Cummings, Managing Engineer, Maintenance and Operations Department, Stickney Area, MWRDGC
 
  June 24, 2022 report How Are Biosolids Used and Managed in the United States? Results of the Second Comprehensive National Biosolids Survey
      Ned Beecher, Special Projects Manager, North East Biosolids and Residuals Association, Tamworth, New Hampshire
 
  July 29, 2022 report Infiltration and Inflow Control at the City of Naperville
      Tony Conn, Sr., Water Distribution & Collection Manager, Naperville Public Utilities-Water, Naperville, Illinois
 
  August 31, 2022* report Sustainable Water Supplies for Semi-arid Cities
      Richard G. Luthy, Ph.D., Silas H. Palmer Professor, Department Civil Engineering, and Director, Engineering Research Center for Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure, Stanford University, Stanford, California
 
  September 30, 2022 report Side-stream Enhanced Biologic Phosphorus Removal (S2EBPR) Pilot Test at the Calumet Water Reclamation District
      Cindy Qin, Senior Environmental Research Scientist, Monitoring and Research Department, MWRDGC
 
  October 28, 2022 report Digital Twin Development Implementation and Results for the Changi Water Reclamation Plant, Singapore
    Bruce R. Johnson, Jacobs, Denver, Colorado
 
  November 18, 2022 report Flood Reduction from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Regional Stormwater Projects
      Greg Koch, Principal Civil Engineer, Michael Cosme, Senior Civil Engineer, Justin Kirk, Senior Civil Engineer, Engineering Department, MWRDGC
 
  December 9, 2022 report Water Quality in the Calumet Waterway System after the Thornton Composite Reservoir Went Online
      Dustin Gallagher, Associate Aquatic Biologist, and Nicholas Kollias, Aquatic Biologist, Monitoring and Research Department, MWRDGC
 
NOTE: * Date change
   
 


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