2018 Confluence Conference Presentations
Thursday, December 13, 2018
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP & WALKING TOUR – BACK TO THE
FUTURE:
- Learning from the Past to Enhance the Future – How the City of Greenville is Fulfilling a 100-year-old Vision for Parks by Reversing 100 years of Impact.
- BestSelling Author Ron Rash. Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University
- How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped aRegion. Chris Manganiello, PhD, Water Policy Director at Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
- Land Application versus Direct Discharge – What have weLearned? Chris Hamilton, Water Reclamation Department Manager, Clayton County Water Authority and Lane Rivenbark, Nutter & Associates
- American Rivers Dam Removal Program. Ben Emanuel, Director of Clean Water Supply at American Rivers
- Changes in Historical Approaches to Water Utility RateSetting. Erin Riggs, Project Director and Annalee Harkins, Data Specialist & Project Manager at UNC Environmental Finance Center
- Blazing the Path – Georgia’s Water Loss ControlProgram. Brian Skeens, PE, Senior Principal Technologist at Jacobs and Johanna Smith, PE, Georgia EPD
- Planning and Design for Rock Quarries as Multi-Use WaterStorage Facilities. Pam Kenel, PE, Director of Water Resources at Loudoun Water
- Mitigating Negative Press – How Did We Get Here? Clay Duffie, General Manager at Mount Pleasant Water
SESSION #3 – MORNING MOJO: Updates and Implications of
Regulations and Policies
Affecting Southeast Water Resources
- South Carolina – Dr. Mike Marcus, Bureau Chief at SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control
- Georgia – Johanna Smith and Anna Truszczynski, Georgia EPD
- North Carolina – Forrest Westall, Director of Regulatory Relations, McGill Associates
- EPA – Jeaneanne Gettle, Director of the Water Protection Division, Region 4
- Future Viability of Rural Utilities and Impact on the Industry. Kim Colson, PE and Francine Durso, PE, NCDEQ Division of Water Infrastructure
- Dig Greenville – Technical and Public Relations Challengesfor Greenville’s Largest Ever Tunneling Project. Jason Gillespie, PE, Project Manager at Renewable Water Resources (ReWa)
- Catawba Wateree Management Group Master Plan. Dr. Gina Kimble, Laboratory Supervisor at City of Charlotte and Robert Osborne, PE, Project Manager at Black & Veatch
- Succession Planning: It’s Easier than you Think. Margie Hanmer, Principal at Starfish Consulting