VirtualH₂O, a WaterWorld produced virtual conference and exhibition, will take place April 20-21, 2010, will combine virtual tradeshow exhibits and conference presentations to deliver attendees an innovative -- and convenient -- opportunity to network with and learn from leaders in the water and wastewater industries.

Conference Program
VirtualH₂O will offer attendees access to 30 presentations across the following tracks: Municipal Drinking Water, Municipal Wastewater, Industrial Water/Wastewater, Urban Water Management, and Municipal Water Utility Management. See the conference agenda below for more information.

Conference sessions will be delivered as pre-recorded webcasts, with instructors on-hand for a live Q&A session after the presentation.

Registration is free and absolutely no travel is required. Click here to register >

VirtualH₂O Conference Agenda

DAY 1: April 20, 2010

Track: Municipal Drinking Water
11:00 a.m. EST: AMR & Metering
•    Lessons Learned: A Utility Manager's Guide to Automatic Meter Reading
•    Advanced Metering: Accurate Meter Reads Are Just One of Many Merits

3:00 p.m. EST: Drinking Water Treatment
•    Today's TOC, Tomorrow's DBPs
•    One Community's Experience Designing a Water Treatment Plant to Treat Groundwater
•    Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program Phase II Water Treatment Plant

Track: Municipal Wastewater
11:00 a.m. EST: Wastewater Treatment
•    Rotating Belt Filters: An Alternative to Traditional Sedimentation to Increase Plant Capacity and Reduce Waste Sludge Handling Costs
•    City Achieves Highest Level of Treatment at All Wastewater Facilities
•    Optimizing Nutrient Removal Through Instrumentation

3:00 p.m. EST: Wastewater Collection & Treatment
•    Non-Contact Flow Meters with Wireless Technology Opens New Door for Data Delivery and True Hands-Off Flow Monitoring
•    You Don't Know What You're Missing: Designing a Grit Removal System That Works
•    Net Present Worth Calculations in Fine Bubble Aeration Purchase Evaluations

Track: Urban Water Management
11:00 a.m. EST: Stormwater Management
•    City of Columbus Installs Largest Stand-Alone Biotrickling Filter System to Control Odors
•    Using Drywells for Water Storage

3:00 p.m. EST: Stormwater Treatment
•    Phosphorus Removal from Stormwater Using an Innovative Filtration Media
•    A Rational Balance in Stormwater Quality BMP Evaluations
 
DAY 2: April 21, 2010

Track: Industrial Water/Wastewater
11:00 a.m. EST: Industrial Water Treatment
•    Real World Experiences in Operating Industrial Cooling Water Systems Using Municipal Wastewater
•    Supercritical Water Oxidation: A New Technique for Robust On-Line Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analysis

3:00 p.m. EST: Industrial Water Usage
•    Integrating Pollution Prevention with Water Footprint Reduction
•    Eco-Efficiency Approach to Water Reuse and Energy Efficiency
•    TBD

Track: Municipal Water Utility Management
11:00 a.m. EST: Energy Optimization
•    Reducing Energy Consumption Using Pump Performance Evaluation
•    Using Operational Knowledge and Real-Time Info to Manage Energy, Reduce Demand, and Improve Efficiency

3:00 p.m. EST: Online Monitoring, Process Control & Automation
•    Intelligent Valve Actuation Increases Benefits of Automation in Water and Wastewater Treatment Industries
•    New Technology: SCADA Benefit Without SCADA Cost
•    Comparison of On-line Chlorine Analysis Methods and Instrumentation Built on Amperometric and Colorimetric Technologies

Track: Urban Water Management
11:00 a.m. EST: Low Impact Development
•    Developing LID Concepts: Benefits, Costs, and Challenges
•    Rain Gardens: A Community and Municipal Partnership Project

3:00 p.m. EST: Infrastructure
•    Prechlorinated Pipe Bursting
•    Aging Infrastructure and Decreased Budgets: How Local Governments Can Use Technology to Maximize ROI on Infrastructure Assets