When

Thursday, August 12, 2021 from 8:15 AM to 4:30 PM PDT
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Where

This is an Online event. 
 

 
 

Contact

Kyle Kihs, Executive Director 
Pacific Northwest Section - American Water Works Association 
503-760-6460 
kkihs@pnws-awwa.org 
 

PNWS Quarterly Training Sponsored by Stantec - 3rd Quarter: Bull Run and Willamette Projects 

Overview: This workshop will cover several sub-projects of two major water supply projects. Portland's Bull Run presentations will include a project overview; communications strategies; pilot treatment plant findings; a preliminary plant design update; and preparing the distribution system for the conversion to filtered supply. Topics from the Willamette Water Supply project include a six-years-in update on the project; how lessons from the Tohoku earthquake were applied; and an evalution of risk factors for integrating a new supply. There will also be a piece on applying lessons from mega-projects to midi-, mini- and micro-projects. 

Full day 0.6 CEUs (OR, WA, ID) - Half day registration options available at 0.3 CEUs. Attendance will be randomly checked throughout the day using the Q&A function through Zoom. One CEU equals one professional hour. 

Schedule

  • 8:15 - Sign in, enter CEU information, introductions
  • 8:30 - Bull Run Project Overview - Yone Akagi
  • 9:00 - Bull Run Projects: Communications Strategies for Customers and Water Filtration Facility Neighbors - Bonita Oswald

9:30 - 9:45  Break

  • 9:45 - Bull Run Pilot Findings - Mac Gifford

10:45 - 11:00  Break

  • 11:00 - Bull Run Filtration Project: Preliminary Design Update - Lyda Hakes
  • 11:30 - Preparing Portland's Distribution System for Filtration - Christina Suto

12:00 - 12:45  Lunch

  • 12:45 - Sign in, enter CEU information, introductions
  • 1:00 - Lessons from Mega-Projects for your Midi-, Mini-, and Micro-Projects - Mark Graham
  • 1:30 - Six Years In: Developing the Willamette Water Supply System - Joelle Bennett

2:00 - 2:15  Break

  • 2:15 - Lessons Learned from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Applied to the Willamette Water Supply System - Mike Britch

3:15 - 3:30  Break

  • 3:30 - Evalution of Risk Factors for Integrating a New Supply - Stephen Booth

Price

  • Half Day Member/Non-Member Rate - $60 / $120
  • Full Day Member/Non-Member Rate - $120 / $240

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