WEFTEC.08
81st Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference
The Water Quality Event
Paper Presentations
October 18 – 22, 2008
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
WEFTEC.08 Paper Presentations
Topic
Title
Authors
Date
Time/Session
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Innovative Ideas in Nitrification and Denitrification Systems
Full-Scale Dynamic Testing Advances Fundamental Understanding of Denitrification Filters
G K. Bilyk
I. Takacs
J. Rohrbacher
P. Pitt
R. Latimer
P. Dold

20-Oct
9:00am
Session 4
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Innovative Ideas in Nitrification and Denitrification Systems
Estimating the Kinetics and Stoichiometry of Heterotrophic Denitrifying Bacteria with Glycerol as an External Carbon Source
J. Hinojosa
R. Riffat
S. Fink
S. Murthy
K. Selock
C. Bott
R. Wimmer
P. Dold
I. Takacs

20-Oct
11:00am
Session 4
Residuals and Biosolids Management
Advancing Digestion
Characterization of the COD/VSS Ratio During Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge: Experimental and Modeling Studies
W.J. Parker
R.M. Jones
S. Murthy

20-Oct
8:30am
Session 8
Small Community and Natural Treatment Systems
Performance of Small Community Infrastructure
Process Modelling of Aerated Facultative Lagoon Systems: Practical Applications
D. Houweling
C. Bye

Y. Comeau

20-Oct
Poster
Session 20
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Phosphorus Removal
RAS Fermentation to Enhance Biological Phosphorus Removal
P. Vale
J. Barnard, D. Thomas
P. Dold

20-Oct
4:00pm
Session 25
Leading Edge Research
Models Applied to Practice
Schematic Representation of Activated Sludge Models
Y. Comeau, I. Takacs
21-Oct
9:00am
Session 44
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Nutrient Removal: How Low Can You Get?
Chemically Mediated Phosphorus Removal to Low Levels: Analysis and Interpretation of Data
I. Takacs
R. Gilmore
D.S. Smith
S. Murthy
A. Szabó
G.T. Daigger

21-Oct
9:30am
Session 47
Facility Operations
Activated Sludge Process Optimization: I Can See Clearly Now the Floc Is Gone
Do You Know Your Sludge Age?
I. Takacs
A.-E. Stricker
S. Achleitner
S. Murthy
A. Barrie
W. Rauch

21-Oct
8:30am
Session 48
Lab Practices
U.S. EPA's Performance Based Method Approach, National Lab Accreditation, and New Methods for Environmental Monitoring
Chemically Mediated Phosphorus Removal: Optimization of Analytical Methods to Quantify Low Level Phosphorus
D.S. Smith
S. Murthy
S. Goertzen
I. Takacs

21-Oct
11:00am
Session 49
Leading Edge Research
Particle Behavior in Biological Processes
Predicting the Degradability of Waste Activated Sludge
R. Jones
W. Parker
H. Zhu
D. Houweling
S. Murthy

21-Oct
3:30pm
Session 63
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Virtual Wastewater Treatment: Benefits and Breakthroughs in Process Modeling
Kinetic Parameters for Modeling Two-Step Nitrification and Denitrification — Case Study
R. Latimer
P. Pitt
I. Takacs
P. Dold
TJ Lynch

21-Oct
3:30pm
Session 65
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Virtual Wastewater Treatment: Benefits and Breakthroughs in Process Modeling
Design Parameters for SBRs Used for Digestion Liquor Sidestream Treatment
B. Wett
S. Murthy
M. O'Shaughnessy
J. Sizemore
I. Takacs
M. Musabyimana
P. Sanjines
D. Katehis
G. T. Daigger

21-Oct
4:00pm
Session 65
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Processes
Virtual Wastewater Treatment: Benefits and Breakthroughs in Process Modeling
SHARON Process Stability Modeled by BioWin
A.R. Borger
I. Takacs
P.M. Roeleveld
HW. De Mooij

21-Oct
4:30pm
Session 65
Leading Edge Research/Municipal Wastewater Treatment/Facility Operations
Sidestream and High Strength Treatment
Operations and Process Control of the Deammonification Process as a Sidestream Option for Nutrient Removal
M. O'Shaughnessy
M. Musabyimana
J. Sizemore
S. Murthy
B. Wett
I. Takacs
D. Houweling
P. Sanjines
N. Love
K. Pallansch

22-Oct
11:30pm
Session 83