2017 Conference

Wednesday, September 20

Bus Tour to SAWS desalination plant and ASR facility

Hosted by Black & Veatch and Tetra Tech

Wine-Tasting & Fundraising Event for Ed Archuleta Scholarship Fund

Hosted by Texas Desalination Association Board of Directors

Thursday, September 21

Welcome to Texas Desal 2017!

Paul Choules, President, Texas Desalination Association

Opening Remarks

Director Kathleen Jackson, Texas Water Development Board

Spotlight on Fluence

MABR technology and Nirobox™ Containerized Desalination: Nii Mensah, General Manager, Fluence Corporation, USA

The SAWS Story: Developing brackish desal in Texas

Moderator: Steve Walden, Texas Desalination Association board member

• SAWS Overview/Timeline/Big Lessons: Duane Bryant, P.E., SAWS
• RO System Design: Saqib Shirazi, SAWS
• From Construction to Start-Up: Praveen Krishna, Parsons
• Operations, Performance and Growth: Roberto Macias, SAWS
• The SAWS Story Presentation

Lessons from Around the Globe

Moderated by: Jorge Arroyo, Texas Desalination Association board member

• Lowering the Energy Footprint: Lessons from Israel: Kate Zerrenner, Environmental Defense
• Environmental Challenges on Design, Construction, Operations on Desal Plants Worldwide: Domingo Zarzo Martinez, Sacyr Environmental, Spain
• Global Partnerships for SWRO & Energy Recovery Devices: Javier Arrieta, PLW/Cadagua
• Pulse Flow RO in Israel:  Dr. Boris Liberman, IDE Technologies
• Translating Australian Permitting, Design, and Construction Experience to the Texas Market: Holly Churman, GHD

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Molly Cagle, Baker Botts

Hosted by Pepper-Lawson Waterworks

Infrastructure: What’s Happening in Washington DC:  Molly Cagle, Baker Botts

Presentation to the Ed Archuleta Student Scholarship Recipient, Sponsored by Carollo

Legislative Committee Report

Justin Sutherland, Carollo

Innovations in Academic Research

Student Posters sponsored by ZacharyParsons.
Moderated by Tom Pankratz, Water Desalination Report, GWI

• Enrichment of REE Elements from Geothermal Produced Water Using MF/NF: Mohammad A. Hossain, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
• Systems Level Technical and Economic Analysis of Integrated Power and Desalination Plant: Andrew Reimers, University of Texas at Austin
• END® Electro-desalination: Chad Unrau, Magna Imperio Systems

The Technology Report: Innovative Ideas Whose Time Has Come

Moderated by Paul Choules, Texas Desalination Association, board president

• Desalination Process Innovations to Address Extreme Variations in Feed Water Salinity: James Christopher, PE, Tetra Tech
• Fiberglass vs Stainless Steel Pipe Casing: Kevin Spencer, R.W. Harden & Associates, Inc.
• Mobile Potable Desal in the Oil Fields: Alan Pyle, WaterFleet LLC
• Energy-Efficient Alternatives for Brackish Groundwater Desalination: Jorge Arroyo, The Arroyo Group
• Full Recovery Desalination in El Paso: Sue Snyder, Enviro Water Minerals Company

Project Delivery Alternatives

Moderated by Jeff Walker, Texas Water Development Board

• Texas P3 at Work–EWM’s Full Recovery Desalination in El Paso: Bill Norris, NorrisLeal
• CMAR delivery at Possum Kingdom Raw Water Facility: Don Bailey, Pepper-Lawson Waterworks
• P3 Options for Texas: Addressing Financial Risk, Time & Water Markets: Carlos Rubinstein, Poseidon Water

In the Works: BWRO and SWRO Projects in Texas

Moderator: Gene Fisseler, NRG

• Cinco Ranch MUD & Fort Bend Regional Water Authority: Steve Robinson, Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP
• Brazosport River Authority: David Smith, CDM Smith
• Seawater Desal for Texas!: Paul Choules, Water Cycle LLC

Legislative Keynote: Chairman Lyle Larson, Texas House of Representatives, Chair of House Natural Resources Committee

Friday, September 22

Texas Municipal Water Leaders Roundtable

Moderator:  Bill Norris, Texas Desalination Association board member

• Judy Adams, Brownsville Water Utility Board
• John Balliew, El Paso Water
• Robert Puente, San Antonio Water System

Brackish Desal in Texas

Moderated by Steve Young, Intera

• Demonstrating Brackish Desalination Innovation – the Evoqua Case Study at the KBH El Paso Facility: Bradley Rickenbach, Evoqua Water Technologies
• Back to the Future with Brackish Groundwater Desalination:  Hughbert Collier, PhD, Collier Consulting Inc.
• El Paso and San Antonio Desalination Projects: Lessons Learned and Problems Solved: Brad Cross, LBG-Guyton Associates(co-authors: Bill Stein, P.G., LBG-Guyton Associates, Kevin Morrison, P.G., San Antonio Water System, Scott Reinert, P.E., P.G., El Paso Water)
• Mapping Brackish Groundwater in Texas: Michelle Sutherland, Michelle A. Sutherland LLC
• Desalination & the State Water Plan: Dr. Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board

Light Lunch with Legislative Champions

Moderated by Kyle Frazier

Participants: Senator Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, Chairman Todd Hunter, Representatives Kyle Kacal and Paul Workman

Closing Comments: Paul Choules, Water Cycle LLC

Conference Photos

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Platinum

Ambassador

Power Up Promoter

SAWS Bus Tour Sponsor
  

Booster

Ed Archuleta Scholarship

Advocates
   

   

Specialty

Friends of Desal

CDM Smith
Paul Choules, Water Cycle
J. Kyle Frazier Consulting, Inc.

Municipal Leaders Roundtable

City of Conroe
Brownsville Public Utilities Board
El Paso Water
San Antonio Water System