March 19, 2021 TACWA Meeting - City of Austin
This is a past event
Date & Time
Friday, March 19, 2021
9:00 am - 11:30 am
Host
City of Austin
Sponsors
Plummer, CP&Y, Garver, Gupta & Associates, Inc., Perkins Engineering Consultants, Inc., Pacheco Koch, Freese and Nichols, CDM Smith, Weston Solutions, Wastewater Training & Consulting Services, Tetra Tech, HDR, Hazeon and Sawyer, Clean Water Strategies, Upper Trinity Regional Water District, Trinity River Authority, San Jacinto River Authority, San Antonio River Authority, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc., North Texas Municipal Water District, Gulf Coast Authority, City of Garland Water Utilities, City of Fort Worth, Austin Water
Meeting Agenda
9:00 - 9:10 Welcome and Introduction - Lisa Boatman, Supervising Engineer - Austin Water
9:10 - 9:35 Business Portion and Regulatory/Legislative Update
9:35 - 10:00 Regulatory and Legislative Updates - Julie Nahrgang, Executive Director - WEAT/TACWA
10:00 - 10:25 "TCEQ and the 87th Texas Legislative Session" - David Galindo, Director of the Water Quality Division - TCEQ
10:25 - 10:50 "Wastewater-based epidemiology in Austin, Texas for severe-acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)" - Mary Jo Kirisits, Ph.D., Associate Professor - The University of Texas at Austin & Kerry A. Kinney, Ph.D., Professor - The University of Texas at Austin
10:50 -11:15 "Sewage Sludge to Biosolids: A Century of Biosolids Management" - Rajendra Bhattarai, President - Clean Water Strategies
11:15 - 11:30 Q&A / Open Discussion
11:30 Adjourn