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Emerging Issues in Source Water Management and Strategies for Addressing New Drinking Water Regulations Speaker Biographies Mr. STEVE VIA - Regulatory Engineer, American Water Works Association Talk Title: “Regulatory Update on Source Water Protection and Treatment” Steve Via is a Regulatory Engineer for the American Water Works Association (AWWA) working in AWWA’s Washington, D.C. office for the last 9 years. Steve’s primary responsibility is negotiating with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies on the development of regulations that affect the drinking water community. Steve was a participant in both the Stage 1 and Stage 2 M/DBP Technical Work Groups. Steve has 21 years professional experience in environmental regulatory compliance assistance related to federal and state drinking water, wastewater, and solid / hazardous waste regulations. His work has included 10 years experience in water, wastewater, and solid waste infrastructure planning, financing and project management. His education includes a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. KENAN OZEKIN – Senior Project Manager, Awwa Research Foundation Talk Title: “Disinfection By-Products (DBPs): Formation, Occurrence and Control” Dr. Ozekin is a senior project manager at the Awwa Research Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the science of water to improve the quality of life. He has been working at the foundation for nine years and he is the staff lead for the Environmental Leadership and the Customer workgroups. His primary responsibilities are to supervise workgroup members and to lead research planning, project management and knowledge management functions of the workgroups. Dr. Ozekin has more than 15 years of experience on water treatment, advance oxidation, disinfection, and disinfection by-products formation and control. He received his master degree in chemical engineering and Ph.D. degree in environmental engineering both from the University of Colorado at Boulder. His Ph.D. dissertation was focused on ozone-bromide interactions and bromate formation. Dr. JACK WITTMAN - President, Wittman Hydro Planning Associates, Inc. Talk Title: "Advanced Models of Bank Filtration and Stream-Aquifer Interaction” Dr. Jack Wittman is currently the president of WHPA, Inc. He has modeled groundwater flow, surface – groundwater interactions, surface water flows, and contaminant transport with most of the tools that exist in the commercial and research domains. His primary technical skill is in the area of modeling the interaction of surface water and groundwater and evaluating the risks of contamination to water supplies. Jack is a Certified Ground Water Professional (CGWP) registered by the National Groundwater Association (NGWA) and has been appointed by the Indiana governor to the State TMDL guidance committee. He is currently a member of the NGWA's certification committee and is a member of the ASTM Committee D18 on Soil and Rock. He is also on the AWWA Research Foundation technical review committee and is a member of the American Water Works Association's Water Utility Council. Dr. Wittman has a B.S. in Environmental Studies and an M.S. in Watershed Science from Utah State University, and a PhD in Environmental Science from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. CHANDRA MYSORE - Director Drinking Water Treatment, Veolia Water Talk Title: “Treatment Technologies to Minimize Disinfection Byproducts” Dr. Chandra Mysore serves as the National Director of Drinking Water Treatment in Veolia Water North America, one of the leading water service providers in the United States. He has more than 20 years of experience in the area of water quality and treatment, water and wastewater disinfection, operations, desalination, water reuse, soil and water treatment systems employing advanced oxidation processes (ozone/UV) and membranes. He has directed several large projects to investigate disinfection, biological filtration and membranes in treatment plants, biofilm control and water quality in distribution systems. Dr. Mysore has served as a technical advisor for numerous bench-, pilot- and full-scale studies including involvement in the design, construction, start-up and commissioning of large water and wastewater treatment plants. He has participated in numerous AwwaRF/EPA funded projects on water treatment. Dr. Mysore is an active member in AwwaRF and AWWA committees and serves as a member of the National Research Advisory Council (RAC) of AwwaRF in the subject area of "High Quality Water" (2002-2008). Mr. BRUCE LONG – Vice President and Global Water Practice and Technology Leader, Black & Veatch Talk Title: “MIEX Technology for Removing Disinfection Byproduct Precursors” Bruce Long is Vice President and Global Water Practice and Technology Leader for Black & Veatch. He is responsible for assessment, design and application of water treatment technologies for Black & Veatch projects world wide. Of particular relevance to this morning’s talk is that he was the lead process designer for the world’s largest application of the MIEX process, the 225 MLD Wanneroo Water Filtration Plant in Western Australia. Mr. Long has over 35 years experience in the field of chemical and environmental engineering. He received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Environmental Science from Rutgers University and may some day complete his Ph.D. program in Environmental Health Engineering at the University of Kansas! Dr. MARYLYNN V. YATES - Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of California, Riverside Talk Title: “Drinking Water Regulations: The Challenges of Merging Science and Policy” Dr. Yates is Professor of Environmental Microbiology, and currently serving as Chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on human enteric pathogens and indicator organisms in the environment. Specific areas of research include examining the factors that control the fate and transport of microorganisms in soil and groundwater, developing methods for the rapid detection of infective viruses in environmental samples, identifying organisms that can be used as indicators for human pathogens in environmental media, and the development and use of mathematical models to predict microbial fate and transport in the environment. Dr. Yates has served on a number of national committees and panels, including the National Academy of Science Committee on Indicators of Waterborne Pathogens and the Committee to Improve the U.S.G.S. National Water Quality Assessment Program. Dr. DEBRA HUFFMAN - Research Associate Professor, University of South Florida Talk Title: “Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Source Waters” Dr. Huffman is a research associate scientist at the University of South Florida in the College of Marine Science. Her laboratory has an active research program studying the presence of both indicator organisms and microbial pathogens in coastal water, ground, drinking and wastewater. Her laboratory is currently involved in the development of advanced methods for the detection of infectious protozoa such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia, as well as the development of sensors for the detection of infectious enteric viruses in various water matrices. She currently serves as the director of the Community Water Leadership Program which is designed to educate Florida’s elected officials on water related issues. She has presented her findings at many national and international meetings and has authored several book chapters and numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Huffman currently serves as the Co-Vice Chair of the WEF Disinfection Committee and is on the AWWA, Microbial Research Contaminants Committee and the NSF International Committee for Drinking Water Treatment Units and chairs the NSF Specialty Task Group on Cryptosporidium. Dr. MAGALI DECHESNE – Research Engineer, Veolia Environnement and Mr. EMMANUEL SOYEUX - Program Manager, Veolia Environnement Talk Title: “Source to Tap Approach for Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment of Pathogens” Dr. Magali Dechesne received her PhD in Civil Engineering in Lyon (France) in 2002 and joined the research department of Veolia Environnement in 2004. Dr. Deschesne is involved in the Microrisk European project to lead the work package dedicated to source water quality. Emmanuel Soyeux received his MS in Agronomics in 1991 and an MS in Science and Technologies of the Environment in 1992, both in Paris (France). He joined Veolia Environnement in 1994 as a consulting engineer and its research department in 1999. His work now focuses on water resources risk of contamination and management of sewage systems impacts on bathing water quality. They both work in a team entitled "Water Resources Management and Environmental Modeling" in the research department of Veolia Environnement (Paris). Ms. Randi M. McCuin, Senior Microbiologist, Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc. Talk Title: “Cryptosporidium Method and Detection” Randi McCuin is a senior microbiologist with Clancy Environmental Consultants in St. Albans, VT. She has over twenty-five (25) years experience in the fields of environmental chemistry and microbiology. For the past 12 years she has worked to develop improved methods for detection of the protozoa, Giardia, Cryptosporidium and Microsporidia in source and finished waters. More recently she was a Co-PI on a WERF project to develop and optimize methods for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in wastewater. She has trained scientists on protozoan methods from the US and around the world. Randi has a BS in Biological Sciences from Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont. Mrs. Dorothée Lénès - Engineer, Veolia Water and Dr. CHANDRA MYSORE - Director Drinking Water Treatment, Veolia Water Talk Title: “Conventional Treatment for Crypto/Giardia Control—European Perspective” Dorothée Lénès is an engineer from the Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France). After a specialization in Agronomy and Environment at the National Agronomy Institute of Paris, she joined the Technical Division of Veolia Water in 2002. She first worked in the Drinking Water department, where her particular work interest was water resource protection and management. She then joined the Sanitary Risk, Water Quality and Resources department where she works on water resources, drinking-water quality and regulation, sanitary risk assessment and HACCP. Dr. JOSEPH G. JACANGELO - Director of Technology, Montgomery Watson Harza Talk Title: “Control of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Drinking Water – US Perspective” Dr. Jacangelo is a Vice President and Technical Director for Montgomery Watson Harza’s (MWH) Municipal Operations. In this role, he has overall responsibility for MWH’s water, water resources, wastewater, wet weather, tunneling and biosolids practices, as well as for the company’s research in these areas. Dr. Jacangelo has 24 years of experience in the field of environmental health engineering, and has specialized in the areas of water quality and treatment, water and wastewater disinfection, and public health. Additionally, Dr. Jacangelo is an adjunct associate professor at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Bloomberg School of Public Health and currently serves as Director of the JHU Center for Water and Health. Ms. DALEL BENALI - Engineer, Anjou Recherche (Veolia Water) Talk Title: “Origins of Taste and Odor in Source Waters” Ms. Dalel Benali is a research engineer in the Industrial Waters and Wastewaters Department at Anjou Recherche, Veolia Water France since 2003. Her work focuses on taste and odor compounds in water, as well as with other micropollutants in waters including silicon in wastewaters, organotins and nonylphenols in waters and in sludge during the development of treatment strategies. Dalel received a master's degree from the University of Sciences: Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris with a focus in analytical methods in chemistry, especially mass spectrometry. Dr. KEN HUDNELL - Neurotoxicologist, US EPA Talk Title: “Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms: An Increasing Risk to Human Health and Ecosystem Sustainability” Dr. Ken Hudnell is a neurotoxicologist in the US EPA’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. He recently led the Interagency International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CHABs). The symposium was held to meet the needs of the Agency’s Office of Water and the mandates of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA). CHABs are an emerging risk to human health and ecosystem sustainability that is increasing in spatial and temporal incidence in the US. There currently are no US guidelines or regulations for CHABs in recreational or drinking water reservoirs. The symposium proceedings will describe the state of the science in CHAB research and identify research needs. Ken has degrees in chemistry, biological psychology, and neurobiology. He has conducted field, laboratory, and clinical studies on the human health effects of exposure to toxic substances for the last 22 years. The studies have primarily focused on exposures to metals such as manganese and arsenic, volatile organic compounds, and toxins produced by living organisms. He is currently working with White House committees to develop a National Research Plan on CHABs, one of the products mandated by HABHRCA. Dr. JAMES KLAUNIG - Robert B. Forney Professor of Toxicology, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Director of Center for Environmental Health Talk Title: “Health Effects of Algal Toxins” Dr. James Klaunig is the Robert B. Forney, Professor and Director of Toxicology; Associate Director, IU Cancer Center; and Director of the newly formed IU Center for Environmental Health. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences. He has receive numerous awards including the Otis R. Bowen, Distinguished Leadership Award, the Indiana University Trustee Teaching Excellence Award, the Kenneth P. DuBois Award from the Midwest Society of Toxicology and the Sagamore of the Wabash from the Governor of Indiana for service to the State. He has served as a Member of the NIH National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors. He is currently a member of the USEPA, Science Advisory Board, and has served on USEPA scientific panels that assessed the human health effects of chloroform, atrazine, perfluorooctanoic acid, and arsenic. He recently served as Chair of the USEPA Board of Scientific Counselors’ review of the USEPA Human Health Research Program. Dr. Klaunig was a member of the original USEPA Cancer Risk Assessment Guidelines Committee and a member of the USEPA Children’s Health Cancer Risk Guideline Committee. He has trained over 50 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He has over 175 peer reviewed manuscripts in toxicology, carcinogenesis and risk assessment. His research interests are dedicated to understanding the mechanisms of chemically induced toxicity and carcinogenesis. Dr. YANN MOREAU-LE GOLVAN - Deputy Director, KompetenzZentrum Wasser Berlin (Veolia Water) Talk Title: “Occurrence and Environmental Fate of Cyanotoxins During River Bank Filtration - the Berlin Case” Dr. Moreau-Le Golvan received his Ph.D. from the University of Paris XI in Hydrogeology and Isotopic Geochemistry in 1997. After a post doctoral position at the French Institute for Nuclear Safety and Protection, he joined the Research Division of Veolia Environnement in 1999. He first worked in the Centre for the Environment, Waste and Energy (CReeD) in Paris, before joining Collex-Onyx in Australia in 2001 to develop the company R&D activity. In late 2005, Dr. Moreau-Le Golvan joined the Centre of Competence for Water in Berlin as deputy director. His particular areas of interest include groundwater and urban water cycle management. Mr. HERVE BUISSON - Vice President of Process Engineering, Veolia Water Talk Title: “Taste and Odor and Algal Toxin Reduction/Removal through Conventional and Advanced Processes” Herve Buisson is currently the Vice-President of Process Engineering for Veolia Water Systems in the USA. He moved last year from France, where he was previously managing the Veolia Water R&D centre near Paris. He has been involved in process development for water and wastewater treatment over the past 20 years, with a specific expertise in Membrane Processes. Long time NAMS, EMS, EDS, IWA member, he is acting as an expert advisor for organisations such as AwwaRF, WERF, EEC, and MEDRC. He is registered as a Process Engineer in the province of Ontario and holds a Chemical Engineering Degree from the National Polytechnical Institute of Toulouse in 1985, with a Specialization in Bio-Chemical and Environmental Engineering obtained at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and McMaster University, both in Canada.
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