NEWWA 2024 Spring Joint Regional Conference & Exhibition
Kleinfelder is excited to attend and present at the 2024 New England Water Works Association (NEWWA) Spring Joint Regional Conference and Exhibition, April 3 and 4, 2024, at the Worcester DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts! With 3,000+ attendees and 230+ vendors, this is New England’s largest water event.
Our staff are excited to connect with you at booth 701 in the exhibit hall, and at the career fair. Be sure to catch our presenters listed below!
Check Out Our Speakers
Kirsten Ryan, PG, LEED AP®
Drinking Water Practice Lead
Wednesday, April 3
Session 2: Water Treatment I – PFAS (9:00 AM) – Moderating with JIHYON IM, PE, Environmental Engineer (CDM Smith) and KAREN GRACEY, PE, Co-President (Tata & Howard)
Session 7: Water Treatment II – Construction (2:00 PM) – Moderating with JIHYON IM, PE, Environmental Engineer (CDM Smith) and KYLE HAY, PE, Municipal PFAS Lead (Brown and Caldwell)
Thursday, April 4
Session 12: Water Treatment III – Resiliency (9:00 AM) – Moderating with CHRISTINA JONES, PE, Deputy Director of Water Operations (Springfield Water & Sewer Commission) and EMMA PAGE, Design Engineer (Boston Water & Sewer Commission)
Tyler Bernier
Project Manager
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Session 2: Water Treatment I – PFAS – “One PFAS Treatment Plant Up and Running, One to Go in Millis, Massachusetts” (9:30 AM)
Since the discovery of PFAS in several of Millis’ wells, the Town has proactively worked to mitigate the issue and secure funding. In 2023, their hard work paid off with the startup and commissioning of the D’Angelis WTP PFAS Treatment Upgrades. Challenging aspects of retrofitting the existing WTP site for PFAS removal will be discussed, along with lessons learned from system startup and how they’ll be put to use with Millis’ improvements to its other sources.
Adria Fichter, PE
Water Resources Engineer
Wednesday, April 3
Session 6: Distribution II – Lead Service Lines – “Fully Funding, Fully Replacing – Somerville’s LSL Replacement Journey” (3:00 PM)
With KARLA CUAREZMA, Project Manager (City of Somerville)
Since 2017, the city of Somerville has advanced a program to systematically replace all known LSLs in the city. Through a persistent pursuit of available funding, the city has fully replaced lead services at no cost to the customer for three phases of work and intends to continue for future phases. This presentation describes lessons learned during the first three phases and next steps as the city nears completion of LSL replacement and must contemplate unknowns and other non-copper materials.
McKenna Roberts, EIT
Staff Professional II
McKenna Dunn, EIT
Staff Professional II
Wednesday, April 3
Session 8: Young Professionals – “Multi-Pronged Approach to Tackling PFAS in a Coastal Community” (2:00 PM)
The town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, maintains 24 wells to handle seasonal demand surges. With PFAS and VOCs impacting several wells, the town’s resiliency was threatened. The town developed and is implementing a multi-pronged approach to holistically address these challenges. Strategies include: a drought management and water conservation plan, alternatives evaluations for immediate and future system needs, and the implementation of design and construction efforts to restore offline sources, despite supply chain and permitting challenges.
Marc Khederian, PE
Project Manager
Wednesday, April 3
Session 10: Dams – “Upgrading Critical Infrastructure: MWRA’s Bastion Building” (2:30 PM)
With PATRICIA MALLETT, Senior Program Manager (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
MWRA’s Bastion building is a historic granite block facade headhouse on the Wachusett Dam, a critical link in greater Boston’s water supply. The Bastion’s roof, façade and interior walls exhibited severe deterioration and were in dire need of repair. The successful design and construction of the improvements presented various challenges including debris containment adjacent to the reservoir, unforeseen conditions behind the ~120 year old façade, maintenance of public access to site, and the competition between historical requirements and ADA requirements.
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