June 5, 2026 TACWA Meeting - Austin
Date & Time
Friday, June 5, 2026
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host
Austin Water
Location
Hornsby Bend Center for Environmental Research
2210 South FM 973, Austin, TX 78725
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Meeting Agenda
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Breakfast
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome and Introductions
09:10 – 09:20 Opening Remarks – Shay Ralls Roalson, P.E., Director, Austin Water
09:25 – 9:45 Business Meeting
9:50 – 10:15 Beyond Chlorine Gas: Conversion to UV Light Provides Safe and Resilient Disinfection for Walnut Creek WWTP – Danny Hurtado, P.E. and Curtis Feronti, P.E., Carollo
10:20 – 10:45 Process intensification for Biological Nutrient Removal – Ahmed Al-Omari, Brown & Caldwell
10:45 – 11:00 Break & Networking
11:00 – 11:25 Successes, Setbacks, & Surprises: City of Austin’s Wastewater Tunnel System – Operational Lessons from Five Decades of Experience – Kevin Koeller and Kane Wei, Austin Water and Gopal Guthikonda, STV
11:30 – 11:55 Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal – Balancing Limits with Cost – Brandt Miller, Hazen & Sawyer
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch & Networking1:00 PM Adjourn
Lodging
We have a room block for meeting attendees at the Hilton Garden Inn Austin Airport. To book a room, click here.
Deadline for the room block is Friday, May 29, 2026.
7610 John Glenn Way, Austin, TX 78741