WWID Technical Papers

As one of its goals, the water/wastewater division encourages its members to write and share technical papers on topics of interest to the sector. 

2012 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
August 7-9, 2012
Orlando, Florida, USA

Program Booklet

Presentations, Paperm and Poster  Abstracts

More information

 

6th Annual ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
June 22-23, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Program Booklet

Keynote

Presentations

Papers

5th Annual ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
August 3-5, 2010
Orlando, Florida, USA

Program Booklet

Keynote

  • Wireless is Now! Technologys, Standrads, and Applications - W. Manges, Director of Industrial Wireless Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Presentations (Day 1)

  • Hybrid RO Softening Water Treatment Plant, Process Design - A. Farahmand, Dept Water Supply Birjand WTP
  • Improving the Availability of Lift Stations through Optimized Redundant/Backup Control - Francisco Alcala and Jacbob Moser, CDM
  • Pressure and Temperature Products: Applications and Best Practices in the Water and Wastewater Markets - Allen Hood, ABB
  • An Introduction to Emerging Wireless "Mesh Networking" Radio Technology for Inplant and Remote Monitoring Applications - John Collings, Mission Communicaitons LLC
  • Wireless Ethernet  Technologies and Security for the Water Industries - Mike nager, PhoenixContact
  • To Hell & Back in Five Days: A Case Study in Control Room Recovery after a Fire - Jon diPietro, Bridge-Soft LLC
  • Non Revenue Water (Leakage) in Fresh Water  Sytems - Bryan Hayes, ABB
  • Bringing Wastewater Treatment into the Twenty-first Century - Chuch Aunders and Gary Szilagyi, Jacksonville Beach WWTP
  • Suspended Solids Concentration, Technologies and Applicaitons - Robert lagrange, Endress&Hauser

Presentations (Day 2)

  • Proces Descriptoin of the Bonita Springs East Water Reclamation Facility - Cliff Morris and Mike Liggens, Bonita Springs WWTP
  • Venturi Flow Meters Used in Water and Wastewater Applications - Jeff Smith, alpha Valve & Controls
  • Capacitance Type Level Transmitters, Capacitance and Conductance Type Level Switches, and Floats. Their Technolgoies and Applications in Water and Wastewater Industries - John Lojen, INTEMPCO
  • DNP3 Security Implementation in a Water Distribution SCADA System - Kevin Finnan, CSE-Semaphore
  • Ultrasonic Transit-time Flow Meters: How They Work and Where We MIght Find Them in Water and Wastewater Plants - David Thompson, DMT Instruments Inc.
  • Real Time Visual Analysis and Monitoring of Feedwaters for Human and Industrial Consumption - Paul O'Brien, J.M. Canty Inc.
  • Managed vs. Unmanaged ehternet Technologies and Applications - Edward Lee, Moxa
  • SCADA Upgrades to the Globe Hollow Wastewater Treatment Plant - Robert Duzsa, City of Manchester CT WPCA
  • Pulsed Hybrid Magnetic Flow Meters fo Full Pipes, Partially Full Pipes and Open Channels: Ultra Sonics and Vortex Flow Measurement - Brian Brasseur and keith Gosselin, EMCO/G-Tec Equipment

4th Annual ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
August 4-6, 2009
Orlando, Florida, USA

Program Booklet

Keynote

  • Today's Technology Challenges - William Hurley, Orange County Utility

Presentations (Day 1)

  • A Practical Approach to Securing your WTP/WWTP - Kevin Finnan, CSE-Semaphore
  • Dissolved Oxygen - The New & The Old: An application Guide to DO Measurement - Phil Kiser, Hatch Company
  • Level Measurement, When to Use Radar, When to Use Ultrasonic Measurement Technology - T. sonnier, Siemens Energy & Automation
  • Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioner Improve PLC Programming by Using Dynamic Real-Time Computer Simulation - Pual Cavanagh, PE, CEM, Pasiac Valley Sewerage Commissioners
  • Social Media and Its Effect on the Water & Wastewater Industires - Jon DiPietro, Bridge-Soft LLC
  • SCADA Cyber Security-defense In-depth approach - Jim Redifer, Rockwell Automation
  • Taking Your SCADA System Into the Future tutorial - Eric Jordan, Alpha Valve & Controls Inc

Presentations (Day 2)

  • Can Celluar Telemetry Compete with Private Radio? - Curt Wendt, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc
  • Proper Selection of Gas Monitoring Equipment for Your Plant - Jim Scelfo, Industrial Scientific Corporation
  • Unique Flow Measurement Challenges for Large UV Systems - John Trofatter, Accusonics
  • The Revival of Ion Selective Electrode Applications to Clean Up Dirty Water in Wastewater Treatment Plants - Robert Lagrange, Endress & Hauser
  • Achieving Significant Energey Reduction on a Full Scale SBR Using Advanced Conrol Techniques - Andrew Fairey, City of Charleston CPW
  • Intellligently Measuring Flow in Water & Wastewater plants, and Doing What Needs to be Done to Keep the Equipment Working - Jef Smith, Primary Flow Signal
  • Work Place Excellence 'You Can Measure the Results" - Nick Negoes, Consultant
  • Lesson Learned; The Town of Manchester, CT, Upgrades its Main PLC Software to Comply with IEC 61131-3 Standard - Robert Duzsa, Town of Manchester, CT, Water & Sewer Division

3rd Annual ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
August 4-6, 2008
Orlando, Florida, USA

Presentations/Program to be posted shortly.

2nd ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium
August 4-7, 2007
Orlando, Florida, USA

Presentations/Program to be posted shortly.

1st ISA Water/Wastewater Instrumentation Symposium
August 20-21, 2003
Orlando, Florida, USA

Presentations/Program to be posted shortly.