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Globally, water treatment facilities are facing unprecedented concerns. For decades, the infrastructure has been able to handle the demands of society; but today, that aging infrastructure, growing populations and urban sprawl are stretching storm sewers, treatment plants and drinking water filtration systems beyond their capacity.

At this Forum, government officials and successful customers will present industry changing concepts and explain how turnkey automation systems have significantly reduced overall operational costs while upgrading aging infrastructure.

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Freshwater Sustainability: The Challenge of the 21st Century

Dr. Val Klump, Director, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes Water Institute

The calculation of the true "cost of water" requires an understanding of how natural hydrologic ecosystems work and how our use of fresh water impacts human and ecosystem health in systems already highly stressed. We need to develop and implement new technologies to insure that water is available, clean and pure, that our use enhances and not deteriorates water quality, and that we can conserve and protect water for future users. These technologies must be matched with the formulation of new policies, management strategies and models to guarantee universal access to clean water — a fundamental human right. Insuring an abundant supply of fresh water for the future and reconciling human activity and environmental sustainability may be the most significant environmental challenges we face in the 21st century.

Bid Structure and Purchasing Procedures: Insuring Best-in-Class Automation for Today and Tomorrow

Rick Beauchamp, Consultant, Vertical Projects, LLC

The water and wastewater industry has developed a reputation of accepting low-bid software and hardware regardless of whether it actually meets the specific "or equal" requirements in the specifications. There are procedures and specification guidelines that will assist in delivering an end result that not only meets the design intent but also provides a long-term strategic relationship with the automation and controls provider. Listen as Rick demonstrates examples of purchasing structures and procedures that will provide automation professionals the tools necessary to excel in delivering "best-in-class" solutions for future SCADA and automation acquisitions.

Cutting-Edge Technology and Innovative Research Combine to Meet the City of Oxnard's Water Supply Needs

Ken Ortega, Public Works Director, City of Oxnard, California

The Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment (GREAT) Program is an award-winning and innovative water resources project that combines water purification and reuse, groundwater injection, storage and recovery, and groundwater desalination to provide regional water supply solutions to the Oxnard Plain. Designed to meet the city's water supply needs through the year 2030, the GREAT program also initiates the delivery of purified water for agricultural irrigation, non-potable municipal and industrial uses, groundwater recharge applications and provides a brackish water by-product that can be beneficially reused to restore vital local coastal wetlands. Operational success of the GREAT program relies heavily on cutting-edge SCADA controls, instrumentation and automation. Learn how the city of Oxnard implemented the GREAT program while standardizing their control systems with Rockwell Automation technology.

Biographies

Dr. Val Klump is the Director and a Senior Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great lakes Water Institute. His research on how nutrients and carbon are cycled in lakes has taken him from the deepest sounding in Lake Superior aboard a research submersible to the largest and oldest lake in the world -- Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia. Dr. Klump has been active in establishing the nation's first graduate School of Freshwater Sciences at UWM and in designation of Milwaukee as a UN Global Compact City -- one of only 14 worldwide and the only one focused on freshwater sustainability. He holds a degree in law from Georgetown University and a PhD in chemical oceanography from the University of North Carolina.

Rick Beauchamp is a consultant specializing in project management of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system needs assessments; hardware and sortware specification development, design and construction management for SCADA Systems and Electrical Code Compliance initiatives. His experience includes a 30-year career supervising automation and controls maintenance as well as managing capital projects for public water and wastewater utilities. Rick is currently consulting on SCADA projects in Anchorage, Alaska as well as Bend, Oregon and Sacremento, California. Vertical Projects, LLC was formed to fill the void of total project oversight often missing in automation and controls projects.

Ken Ortega started with the City of Oxnard in 1999 as Water Superintendent and became Public Works Director in 2005. In this capacity, Ken has successfully lobbied representatives of the California State Legislature in Washington, D.C. to bring to fruition the elements of the Groundwater Recovery Enhancement and Treatment (GREAT) Program, ensuring the 200,000-plus residents and surrounding communities a safe and continuous water supply for future generations.