2014 Conference Resources
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Conference Presentations – 2014
Featured Case Study: Desalination and San Antonio’s Water Future
Moderator: Jorge Arroyo, Water Management Consultant
Rep. Lyle Larson, District 122, Texas House of Representatives
Robert R. Puente, President & CEO, San Antonio Water System
Environmental Considerations
Dr. Robert Mace, TWDB: Brackish Desal Sustainability & Subsidence
Yuliana Porras-Mendoza, U. S. Bureau of Reclamation: Concentrate Disposal
Tyson Broad, Lone Star Sierra Club: Environmental Perspective
Breakout #1: Best Practices
Dan Muff, Toray Membranes: Membranes 101
Judy Adams, Brownsville PUB: Desal Plant Operations & Expansions
Richard Whiting, Seven Seas Water: P3 & Integration of Build/Own/Operate Business Model
Tom Morgan, Bob Johnson & Assoc.: Cost Considerations of Desalination
Breakout #2: Emerging Technologies
Tom Pankratz: Introduction & Overview of Emerging Technologies
Prakash Govindan, Gradiant Coorporation: Desal in the Oil Patch
Paul Choules, Water Standard: Desal in the Off Shore Oil Patch
Malcolm Man, Saltworks Technologies: High Recovery Desal with EDR-RO Hybrid
Texas Desal Projects: WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW!
Ken Burris, WorleyParsons: Seawater Projects & Texas Industry
Joe Barrera, RGRWA; Phil Cook, Black & Veatch: A Regional Approach to Desal at RGRWA
Mark Lambert, CEO, IDE Americas, Inc.: Innovations in Desalination
William Swanson, MWH: A Water Energy Nexus for Texas
2015 Legislative Initiatives & Regulatory Issues
Representative Todd Hunter: Report from Joint Interim Committee to Study Water Desalination
Dr. Bryan Shaw, Chairman, TCEQ: Report from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Stacey Steinbach, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts: GCDs & Brackish Groundwater Permitting
Justin Sutherland, Carollo: Status of Streamline Permitting for Desal Treatment in Texas
Kyle Frazier, Executive Director Texas Desalination Association: Legislative Efforts & Expectations for Upcoming Session
Breakout #3: Best Practices
Bill Norris, P.E., NorrisLeal: Desal, It’s Not for Everyone
John Meyer, P.G., TWDB: Brackish Aquifer Characterization
Breakout #4: Emerging Technologies
Alan Murphy, STW Resources: Desalination and Hydraulic Fracturing
Gary M. Gold, Webber Energy Group: Renewable Energy & Desal
Paul Wallace, Enviro Water Minerals: Recovering Beneficial Products from Waste Brine
Keynote Luncheon:
George P. Bush, Republican Nominee for Texas Land Commissioner