United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Technology Transfer
August 24-26, 1999
The Driskill Hotel
Austin, Texas
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
: Office of Research and Development
National Risk Management
Research Laboratory
Center for Environmental
Research Information
Sustainable Urban Water
Resources Infrastructure!
A Vision of the Future
August 24-26,1999
The Driskii! Hotel
Austin, Texas
Workshop Purpose
A,s we move into the 21st century, the nation is focusing
its efforts on the development of reliable self-sustaining
systems for delivering, collecting and reusing our urban
water resources. The long-term goal, in most cases, is
the evolution of our existing water and wastewater
infrastructure into efficient systems for water delivery,
wastewater collection, and water reuse, As our
metropolitan areas grow, we face daily decisions on
expanding existing systems or creating innovative and
decentralized new systems. In trying to resolve these
infrastructure challenges, we need to understand the
successes and mistakes of the past and incorporate
cutting-edge innovations with an eye toward future
needs.
This workshop will take a brief retrospective look at our
existing urban water resources infrastructure, highlight
innovative approaches to current infrastructure prob-
lems, and most important, introduce visionary thoughts
on and designs for systems of the future. A secondary
purpose is to challenge workshop participants to "think
outside the box," discussing the potential of the ideas
introduced, and debating the technical and institutional
issues in sustaining our future urban water resources
infrastructure.
Who Should Attend
Municipal water resources managers and providers;
federal, state and local environmental decision-makers;
academic researchers; environmental activists; and
engineering consultants.
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The Program
The 2-day workshop will present three distinct, in-depth
visions of innovative solutions to urban water resource
infrastructure management and design challenges. In
addition, there will be selected technical presentations
on current trends in the field of infrastructure operation
and construction. Throughout the workshop, participants
will be encouraged to debate and provoke discussion on
issues raised by the presenters and other members of
the audience through question and answer sessions,
panel discussions, breaks, lunches, and a reception. In
addition, there will be afield trip to sites in the Austin area
that will allow participants to see demonstrations and
applications of innovative systems.
Tuesday, August 24, 1999
7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Work-
shop
Dan Murray, U.S. EPA-ORD-
NRMRL
8:45 a.m. Water 2010: Issues and Drivers
Richard Pinkham,
Rocky Mountain Institute
9:15 a.m. Austin's Proactive Approach
Toby Futrell, City of Austin
9:45 a.m. Look to the Future from EPA's
Office of Water
Bob Lee, U.S. EPA-OWM
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Vision of the Future #1
Bruce Beck, Warnell School of
Forests, University of Georgia
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. Low Impact Development
Larry Coffman, MD Dept. of
Environmental Resources
2:15 p.m. Aquifer Storage Recovery
R. David Pyne, CH2M Hill
2:45 p.m. Break
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3:15 p.m. Vision of the Future #2
: Damann Anderson
Richard Otis, Ayers Associates
4:45 p.m. Adjourn/Reception
Wednesday, August 25, 1999
7:30-8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Flow Monitoring and System Control
Gary Skipper, MGD Technologies
9:00 a.m. Trenchless Infrastructure Systems
Raymond Sterling, Center for
Trenchless Technology,
Louisiana Tech University
9:30 a.m. New Designs for Urban
Watersheds
Andy Lipkis, TreePeople
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Vision of the Future #3
' Neil Grigg, University of Colorado
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Our Water Resources
Infrastructure: How We Got Here
and Where We are Going
David Venhuizen, P.E.
2:15p.'m. Future Challenges
Richard Pinkham
2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion—
Future Directions 3
Vision Groups
4:00 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjourn
Thursday, August 26, 1999
8:30 a.m. Field Trip
Afield trip will be conducted to several sites in the Austin
area. These sites will likely include Austin's new training
facility for natural treatment and sand filter systems;
research facilities at the University of Texas for studying
runoff treatment; and a stormwater wetland treatment
system. It is expected that the field trip will end by mid-
afternoon.
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There is no cost for attending this workshop. Attendance
will be limited, so early registration is encouraged.
For More Information
For information regarding workshop registration or
program details or hotel accommodations visit EPA's
Technology Transfer Highlights website at www.epa.gov/
ttbnrmrl or call (703) 645-6945.
Hotel Information
A block of rooms has been reserved at:
The Driskill Hotel
601 Brazos St.,
Austin, TX 78701 ~~~~
(800) 252-9367 (for reservations)
A limited number of government rate guest rooms are
available. ID is required at check-in.
The Workshop guest room rate is $135 per night plus tax,
Hotel Registration Cut-off Date: July 31, 1999. (Rooms
may not be available at the Workshop rate after this
date.)
Printed on Recycled Paper
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