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Professor Daigger moderates discussion on water industry challenges

Civil and Environmental Engineering
October 15, 2015
On the evening before WEFTEC (the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference), Professor Glen Daigger moderated a discussion between five of the top utility professionals in North America.| Short Read

The event featured the following industry experts:

  • David St. Pierre, executive director, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)
  • Kerrie Romanow, director, Environmental Services Department, City of San Jose
  • Tom Kula, executive director, North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD)
  • George Hawkins, CEO and general manager, DC Water
  • Lou Di Gironimo, general manager, Toronto Water

Daigger posed five questions, each representing a pressing and common utility challenge as determined by an Ovivo poll. The questions included:

  • As agencies take more aggressive positions on effluent limits, do you believe regulations are going too far for nitrogen and phosphorus?
  • How will utilities address PPCPs (pharmaceuticals and personal care products), particularly difficult-to-treat microbeads?

To read more of the questions and answers, please visit wateronline.com.

To watch a video on the discussion on reuse, and see links to the other discussions, please visit YouTube or click the box below.

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