Conference Agenda

Wednesday, April 15

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks
Belinda Sturm, University of Kansas

8:40 a.m. | Welcome
Caroline Bennett, CEAE Department Chair

Plenary Session | Woodruff Auditorium, fifth floor

8:45 - 9:20 a.m. | Keynote Address - Water Planning in Kansas and the Governor's Priorities
Carolyn McGinn, Office of the Governor

9:20 - 10 a.m. | Title TBD
Danny Johnson, Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District

10 - 10:40 a.m. | Networking Break

10:40 - 11:20 a.m. | Nuclear Power Plant for Data Center
Jason Humphrey, Evergy

11:20 a.m. - 12 p.m. | TBD
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12 - 12:10 p.m. | Announcements & Award Presentations

12:10 - 1 p.m. | Lunch

Afternoon Sessions - Water Supply & Treatment | Alderson Auditorium, fourth floor

1 - 1:45 p.m. | Legionella Outbreaks
Tim Bartrand, International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Birth Outcome Effects of Nitrate Contamination in Drinking Water
Elizabeth Sorensen Montoya, Kansas State University

2:30 - 3 p.m. | Networking Break

3 - 3:45 p.m. | The Tuttle Creek Lake Water Injection Dredging Demonstration
John Shelley, University of Kansas

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | Water Reuse
Rob Gavin, KDHE

Afternoon Sessions - Water & Facilities Resource Recovery | Kansas Room, sixth floor

1 - 1:45 p.m. | Kansas Nutrient Reduction: Where We Came From, Where We Took it and Where We're Going
Ryan Eldridge, KDHE
Mike Tate, T8 Environmental LLC
Tom Stiles, HDR

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Why Does Low Dissolved Oxygen Favor Biological Phosphorus Removal?
Lilian McIntosh, HRSD

2:30 - 3 p.m. | Networking Break

3 - 3:45 p.m. | Leveraging AI/ML: Essential Element in Managing the Water Cycle
Julian Sandino, Jacobs

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. |  PFAS in Biosolids
Meagan Malloy, CDM Smith

Afternoon Sessions - Air, Waste and Energy Management | Woodruff Auditorium, fifth floor

1 - 1:45 p.m. | Air Quality in Childcare Facilities
Yang-Seon Kim, Wichita State University

1:45 - 2:30 p.m. | Dispersion Modeling for Data Centers
Kelly Deuth, Ramboll
Carly Wittman, Ramboll

2:30 - 3 p.m. | Networking Break

3 - 3:45 p.m. | Impacts of Agricultural Ammonia Increase on PM over the Midwest
Amy Christiansen, University of Kansas-Missouri

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | TBD
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