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8:00 – 4:00 | Registration & Check-in |
8:00 – 9:00 | Continental Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:15 | Session TH-1: Opening General Session |
Moderator | Justin Sutherland, Carollo Engineers |
Welcome & History of Desal in Texas | |
9:15 – 10:15 | Session TH-2: Keynote Presentation |
Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
Keynote Address: Desalination in Texas-One Has to Manage Multiple Agencies for a Successful Outcome | |
Edmund Archuleta | |
10:15 – 10:45 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
10:45 – 11:45 | Session TH-3: New Technologies & Desalination Research |
Moderator | Malynda Cappelle, Bureau of Reclamation |
Solar Power Desalination Device | |
Junghyo (Jung) Yoon, PhD, Research Laboratory of Electronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Making Portable Desalination Sustainable, and Easy | |
Bruce Crawford, MIT | |
Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment with Fujifilm’s Salt-Free Electrodialysis Metathesis | |
Tayia Oddonetto, The University of Texas at El Paso | |
11:45 – 1:00 | Luncheon with Keynote Presentation: Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation Lead Development of Desalination to Address Climate Crisis | David Raff, Bureau of Reclamation |
1:00 – 1:45 | Session TH-4: Secure Water? Steps for Your Future! |
Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
1:45 – 3:15 | Session TH-5: Legislative / Regulatory Update |
Moderator | Steven Walden, Steven Walden Consulting |
Carlos Rubinstein, RSAH2O, LLC Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association Michael Irlbeck, EPCOR Rusty Smith, Texas Produced Water Consortium | |
3:15 – 3:30 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
3:30 – 5:00 | Session TH-6: Brackish Happy Hour Roundtable Discussion & Networking | Energy Future of Desalination |
Moderator | Darrell Peckham, Peckham P.G., LLC |
Dr. Wisian, Bureau of Economic Geology Rick McCurdy, Select Energy Matt Nicholls, Invenergy Clean Water, LLC |
Friday, Sept. 16th |
7:15 – 11:00 | Registration & Check-in |
7:15 – 8:15 | Continental Breakfast |
8:00 – 9:00 | Session F-1: Panel Discussion | Value of Desal: Reliable Source of Water |
Moderator | Paul Choules, Water Cycle LLC |
Sally Gutierrez, EPA Scott Reinert, El Paso Water Christine Owen, Hazen & Sawyer Judy Adams, Brownsville Public Utilities Board | |
9:00 – 9:45 | Session F-2: Leaders in Desal Panel Discussion | Your Greatest Failure and What You Learned From It |
Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
Glenn Farrel, CalDesal Mike Hightower, NM Desal Devesh Sharma, International Desalination Association | |
9:45 – 10:15 | Break with Exhibits & Networking |
10:15 – 11:15 | Session F-3: Texas WateReuse Panel Discussion: Meeting Future Growth in Texas with Desal and Reuse |
Moderator | Eva Steinle-Darling, WateReuse Texas |
Gregg Eckhardt, San Antonio Water Systems Angel Bustamante, El Paso Water R.J. Muraski, North Texas Municipal Water District | |
11:15 – 11:45 | Session F-4: Kyle Talks |
Moderator | Kyle Frazier, Texas Desalination Association |
Representative Lyle Larson, Texas House of Representatives | |
11:45 – 12:15 | Annual Membership Meeting & Board Election |
Justin Sutherland / Kyle Frazier / Committee Chairs | |
12:15 – 2:15 | Exhibitor Tear-down |
Student Poster Session
Moderators | Rosalyn Le, CP&Y an STV Company / Esther Guedez, Hydranautics |
Making Portable Desalination Sustainable, and Easy | |
Bruce Crawford, Massachusettes Institute of Technology | |
Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Treatment with Fujifilm’s Salt-Free Electrodialysis Metathesis | |
Tayia Oddonetto, The University of Texas at El Paso | |
Increasing Water Supplies Though Photobiological Treatment of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Concentrate | |
Jacob A. Palmer, Texas State University – San Marcos | |
Lifecycle Cost Analysis of a New Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Management System Using Brackish Diatoms for Enhanced Freshwater Recovery | |
Emon Roy, Texas State University – San Marcos |