Ecological
Engineering for Integrated Water Management presents strategies, technologies,
systems and rationale for more efficient and ecological water use by showcasing
successful strategies and case studies. Don't miss
this unique opportunity to learn about the latest ecological systems, technologies,
practices, solutions, and regulations for integrated water management and ecological
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Thursday,
Oct. 30: Pre-Conference Master Workshop | 9
am - 5 pm: Integrated Water Management: Implementing
Water Conservation and Reuse Programs [click
here for description] Glen Lindgren, P.E., M.B.A., CH2M-Hill Mary Jo
Kealy, Ph.D., Principal Economist, CH2M-Hill Linda McPherson, M.P.A., Public
Involvement Specialist, CH2M-Hill Jim Bays, P.W.S., Principal Scientist, Natural
Treatment Systems, CH2M-Hill Ken Thompson, Principal Scientist, Water Reuse,
CH2M-Hill Robert B. Holden, Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency
Richard M. D'Amato II, P.E., Global Program Director for Water & Processes,
CH2M-Hill Registration Fee: $175 (brown bag lunch provided) Location: 1033
Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass. Registration: 8 - 9 am |
Friday,
Oct. 31 Conference Begins | 9
am: Conference registration opens
Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Mass.
11:45 - 12:25 pm: Introduction: The
Ecological Engineering Advantage Dr. Robert France, Associate Professor
of Landscape Ecology and Science Director of the Center for Technology and Environment,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Anja Bruell, board member, International
Ecological Engineering Society; designer, Aquatectura David Del Porto, Senior
Designer, Ecological Engineering Group 12:30 - 12:50 pm:
Industrial Watershed Management Arnold A. Allemang, executive vice president,
Operations, The Dow Chemical Company
Arnold A. Allemang of The Dow Chemical
Company will share an industry perspective about water management challenges and
provide examples of how companies, including Dow, have made some progress in water
management. He will also address the need for an integrated, collaborative approach
to water management by industry, academia, regulatory agencies, water authorities
and NGOs to create sustainable solutions. 1
- 2:15 pm: Case Study: Ford Motor Company's
River Rouge Plant Roger G. Gaudette Manager, Construction Services
Ford Motor Company Roger Schickedantz, Associate Partner, William McDonough
and Partners Fred C. Payne, Ph.D. Vice President and Director, Remediation
Services, ARCADIS The Ford Motor Company is nearing completion of the first
phase of rebuilding its Rouge Complex, an 1,100-acre facility that stands out
as one of the world's great industrial centers. Ford is committed to transforming
the facility into a sustainable manufacturing center, and the 67-acre Phase I
redevelopment has provided a remarkable proving ground for Ford and its contractors.
Watershed management has emerged as a major focus for application of sustainable
practices in the facility renovation. When completed, the Phase
I Rouge Complex watershed will retain and steadily discharge the precipitation
of a 10-year storm, over a 15-day period. This watershed will, as closely
as possible, emulate the hydraulic and water quality behavior of the area's natural
watersheds. This has been accomplished through the use of vegetated roof surfaces,
porous and tubular underground stormwater storage, constant-discharge weirs, porous
paving, and constructed treatment wetlands. 2:15 - 2:45 pm: Coffee Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm: Integrated
Water Management: Balancing Water Supply and Ecological Needs Scott
Horsley, President, Horsley & Witten, Inc. Pamela Heidell, Massachusetts Water
Resources Authority (MWRA) Karl Honkonen, Massachusetts Executive Office of
Environmental Affairs (EOEA) Julie Keane, Coastal Pollution Remediation Coordinator,
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Vicki Gartland, Hydrologist,
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Robert Zimmerman,
Jr., Executive Director, Charles River Watershed Association
Scott Horsley,
President of Horsley & Witten, Inc and representatives of Mass. EOEA and MWRA
will present several approaches to decision making on management of public water
supplies in the context of competing uses. Mr. Horsley will present the proposed
Management Plan for the Ipswich River which seeks to balance water withdrawals,
inter-basin transfers with in-stream flow thresholds using a broad variety of
management techniques. Karl Honkonen of Mass. EOEA will present the Commonwealth's
new water policy. MWRA will present important policy and criteria as well as a
model-based method which is used as one tool to make decisions about extensions
to the agency's public water system. The session is designed as a charette with
significant interaction with participants to jointly develop a list of what works
and what doesn't work in the area of integrated water management. 3:50
- 5:10 pm: Pricing and Valuation of Water
Sheila Cavanagh Olmstead, Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics,
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Julie Hewitt, US EPA Office
of Economy and Environment Andrew Shea. Vice President, Poseidon Resources
Corporation Mary Jo Kealy, Ph.D., Principal Economist, CH2M-Hill
Water
is essential for life, yet it can frequently be purchased very cheaply, and often,free.
Thinkers from Adam Smith to Benjamin Franklin have noted this paradox. However,
as competition for water resources intensifies, and as concerns about water quality
grow, the inadequacy of established pricing methods have become apparent to many
stakeholders. This session will present new ideas on how to quantify and value
water resources and ecological services. It will also explore: - why
water is treated differently from other commodities
- the problem of "externalities"
in setting the price of water
- how the price of water impacts consumption
- the
economic impediments to developing new, and "alternative" sources of supply
- the
importance of establishing partnerships among stakeholders
- the importance
of risk assessment in valuing water resources
5:15 - 6 pm:
Ecological Engineering Case Studies: Landscapes that Clean Water Introduction:
Carol Steinfeld, author, Reusing the Resource: Adventures in Ecological Wastewater
Recycling Jim Bays, P.W.S., Principal Scientist, Natural
Treatment Systems, CH2M-Hill Erica Gaddis, Researcher, Ocean Arks David
Austin, Research Director, Living Machines
Ecological engineering show-and-tell
with an emphasis on show: A wide variety of attractive plantscapes clean wastewater
and stormwater, from Miami to Massachusetts, Virgin Islands to Venice. 6
- 7:30 pm: Reception & Networking
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Saturday,
Nov. 1 Conference Continues | 8
am: Registration Opens
9 - 10:25 am: Overcoming the Barriers to Water
Reuse: Water-Recycling Success Stories Eric Rosenblum, South Bay Water
Recycling, Environmental Services Department, San Jose, Calif. Dr. James Crook,
Water Reuse Consultant Peter Vetter, PE, Applied Water Management Gerry
Preble, PE, Beals and Thomas Gautham Parthasarathy, Solutia, Inc. Steve
Rossi, City of Phoenix, Arizona David Del Porto, Senior Designer, Ecological
Engineering Group
This panel will discuss the role of water recycling and
water conservation as essential elements of a sustainable urban water portfolio.
Special topics will include an analysis of the changing nature of local and regional
water supply planning and wastewater discharge permitting, how to integrate conservation
in water supply planning, and how to craft policies and regulations that promote
reuse. Case studies include Patriots Stadium recycles 250,000 gallons per day
as part of an agreement with the city of Foxboro, Mass. to reduce its demand on
the municipal water supply, an increasingly common requirement of new development.
Other full water recycle projects will be presented. 10:30
- 11:55: Creating a Market for Conservation
and Reuse: The Role of Government Dr. Thomas Chesnutt, A & N Technical
Services Dr. Erik K. Webb, Senate Committee on Resources Steve Lanich,
Minority Staff, House Committee on Resources Josh Johnson, Majority Staff
Director, House Water and Power Subcommittee Shannon Cunniff, Director, Research
and Natural Resources, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Hon. Linda Ethridge, Mayor,
Waco, Texas Sean Hargens, Co-Director, Integrated Ecology Branch, Integral
Institute What can government door undoto provide incentives
for the planning and design of industrial and urban watersheds that incorporate
the sustainable principles of ecological engineering? This panel of experts (each
of whom has an important role to play in federal, state or local government) considers
the tools available to create policy, how their jurisdictions can influence the
development of technology and the attitudes of the public, the economic market
for water resources, and the influence of government policymaking on environmental
markets. 12 noon- 12:30 pm: Modeling Sustainable
Water Management Strategies Tom Cahill, P.E., Cahill Associates
Tom Cahill describes Sustainable Watershed Management, a GIS-based computer
model for modeling strategies for water demand, wastewater management, stormwater
management and water quality, as well as development impact. He will also discuss
the role of landscape planners, architects and designers in watershed management. 12:30
- 1:30 pm Bag Lunch (provided) 1:30 - 4:
BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1:30 - 2:45 pm Breakout
Sessions 1
Ecological
Engineering for Wastewater
Moderator: Carl Etnier, Stone
Environmental River Restorer and Industrial Wastewater Systems,
Erica Gaddis, Researcher, Ocean Arks Evolution of Fourth Generation
Wetland Treatment Technologies for Advanced Tertiary Treatment and Water Reuse,
David Austin, Research Director, Living Machines LEED and CHPs Points
for Ecological Water Features, David Del Porto, Senior Designer, Ecological
Engineering Group | Stormwater
I
Moderator: Richard Claytor, Horsley & Witten Low
Impact Feasibility Evaluation (LIFE) Model: Interactive Tool for Designing
Low Impact Developments, Avinash S. Patwardhan, CH2M-Hill Stormwater
Management Decisionmaking, Jeffrey A. Padgett, Engineered Solutions Beneficial
Use of Industrial Stormwater Runoff: Nonpotable Water Supply Purposes, Richard
Field, Urban Watershed Management Branch, US EPA Trading Allowances
for Stormwater Runoff Control: Accounting for Opportunity Costs with Hedonic Modeling,
Hale W. Thurston, Sustainable Environments Branch, US EPA |
2:45
to 4 pm Breakout Sessions 2
Frameworks
for Implementing Water Management Strategies Moderator: Bill
Roley, watershed educator Full Circle Water Planning
with Community Participation Dr. Bill Roley, applied ecologist, environmental
instructor and watershed planner Decision Support Tool for Sustainable
Urban Water Management in City of Toronto, Dr. Chris Kennedy, P.Eng., MBA,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto Integrating People,
Sciences and Technology into Community-based Decision-making for Managing Water
Resources: A Conceptual Framework Zeyuan Qiu, New Jersey Institute of
Technology | Stormwater
II Moderator: Marcus Quigley, GeoSynTec Urban
Stormwater Runoff Minimization: Feasibility Analysis of Low-Impact Best Management
Practices in the Mystic River Watershed, Mass., Kara Brewton, Graduate School
of Design, Harvard University The Use of Engineered Living Systems to
Replicate Natural Site Hydrology and Protect Receiving Waters in Urban Landscapes,
Marvin Silva, Bioengineering Group Community Planning Redevelopment
Approaches Utilizing Low Impact Development (LID), Neil Weinstein, Low Impact
Development Issues of Best Management Practice Design, Thomas O'Connor,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
4 - 4:30
pm: Coffee Break 4:30 - 5:30 pm: Cradle-to-Cradle
Design in Water Management and Nutrient Recycling Dr. Michael Braungart,
McDonough Braungart
Design Chemistry, EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung,
and co-author, Cradle to Cradle
The concept
of "cradle to cradle," developed by Michael Braungart and William McDonough,
is a revolutionary approach to the redesign of industry that supports itself and
enhances natural systems. One of the core principles of the Cradle to Cradle concept
is waste equals food, implying that one organism's waste becomes nourishment for
another, resulting in an effective elimination of the concept of waste. This is
accomplished through the creation of products whose constituent materials are
designed to flow infinitely in cyclical metabolisms, resulting in continuous preservation
of their material value. Applied to urban and industrial watersheds, this means
designing industrial systems such that the outputs of human activity serve as
nutrients for ecological processes and further human prosperity.
During
this presentation, Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, former chemist for Greenpeace,
will discuss in particular two projects that have successfully applied the principles
of Cradle to Cradle to water management: The first is a discussion of a municipal
wastewater recycling project in Brazil, which used natural processes to treat
household waste in a community and turn it into nourishment for local agriculture.
The project tapped the inherent cohesiveness of the community to create a cooperative
social atmosphere in which the scheme could succeed. The second is a project conducted
in cooperation with Rohner Textile in Switzerland. This project involved the development
of a safe and compostable fabric called Climatex and its production process, whose
wastewater output is actually cleaner than the water coming in. More about
Michael Braungart: click
here; Braungart Design Chemistry click
here
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Los
Angeles River Watershed: Lessons & Tools for Urban Watershed Management
Kathleen Bullard, Director of Los Angles River Center and Gardens Jim Bays,
P.W.S., Principal Scientist, Natural Treatment Systems, CH2M-Hill
With
growing interest in urban greening, "smart growth" strategies, and ecologically
based community development, urban rivers are increasingly valued for many purposes,
including watershed management, river restoration, parkland, recreation and community
revitalization.The Los Angeles River lies at the heart of the Los Angeles region,
connecting L.A.'s diverse communities from one end of the basin to the other.
Defined since 1938 primarily as a flood control channel and repository for treated
sewage water, the L.A. River has only recently re-claimed its status as a real
urban river.
6:30 - 7:30 pm: Growing
Smarter: The Debate over Density when Protecting Water Quality and Supply
Harriet Tregoning, Executive Director, Smart Growth Leadership Institute
Rodney E. Frederick, P.E., F.ASCE, USEPA Office of Water, Office of Wetlands
Oceans and Watersheds Geoffrey Anderson, Division Director, Development, Community
and Environment Division, USEPA Steve Suau, General Manager, Sarasota County
Center for Watershed Management This panel will present the range of
views on the future of watershed management, including some of the latest surprising
findings on the degree to which the density of development affects the ultimate
quality of protection in the watershed. We will hear from both policy makers and
innovative implementers on how the protection of water quality and water supply
is also being mediated by community aspirations for a higher quality of life.
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Sunday,
Nov. 2 | Morning
Talks
9 am: Integral
Ecology: Including Culture and Consciousness in Sustainable Planning Sean
Hargens Ph.D. (candidate) is Co-Director of the Integral Ecology Branch within
the Integral Institute
The issue of cultural value systems (e.g., traditional,
modern, postmodern) is of particular importance when working with the multi-scale
design efforts of various management systems. A truly sustainable design will
not only combine economic, ecological, political, and urban systems but will also
include the various cultural perceptions associated with the multiple worldviews
inhabiting our urban and industrial communities. Only by including a variety of
perspectives and honoring their dynamics and logics can mutual understanding be
achieved across the many differences that are encountered in community based water
management. Sustainability increases in direct relationship to a projects capacity
to include the multiple perspectives of its many stakeholders. 9:35
am: Water Evaluation And Planning (WEAP) system:
Softwater for an Integrated Approach to Water Resources Planning Chris
Schwartz, Tellus Institute, Massachusetts
WEAP is a unique approach for
conducting integrated water resources planning assessments. It provides a transparent
structure facilitates engagement of diverse stakeholders in an open process. A
database maintains water demand and supply information to drive mass balance model
on a link-node architecture. WEAP calculates water demand, supply, flows, and
storage, and pollution generation, treatment and discharge under varying hydrologic
and policy scenarios. It also evaluates a full range of water development and
management options, and takes account of multiple and competing uses of water
systems. WEAP features a graphical drag-and-drop GIS-based interface with flexible
model output graphics and tables.
Sessions 10
am - 12:30 pm: Introduction
to Life Cycle Assessment as Applied to Water Reclamation and Reuse Dr.
Tapas K. Das, Department of Ecology, Washington State The increasing
scarcity of water coupled with escalating cost of fresh water and its treatment
has prompted industry to think of water conservation, reuse, and recycling.
Incorporating advanced technologies such as reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and
so on, would result in reclamation and reuse of water and less environmental damage,
but to what degree, and with what trade-offs? To answer these questions,
this course will present a number of life cycle assessments (LCA) on industrial
and municipal wastewater systems, with a focus on short-term and/or long-term
effects and/or benefits of reusing and recycling waters on economics (life cycle
cost), energy, public health, environment, and water-ecology. A series of
LCA case studies will be presented on water reuse/recycling practices in pulp
and paper, food processing, pharmaceutical, power generating industries, ultraviolet
disinfection for wastewater reuse, and agricultural and land applications of wastewater. 10
am - 12:30 pm: Progressing
Ecological Design and Engineering: Reports from the Field and Network Meeting
Moderator:
Anja Bruell, International Ecological Engineering Society
Ecological engineers,
as well as students and others interested in applied ecological engineering, are
invited for this networking meeting to share information, discuss ways to move
the practice of ecological engineering forward, and learn about new projects and
research. Participants are welcome to bring slides, papers and other resources
to share with the group in information presentations.
Ernst-Jan
Martijn and Adriaan Mels, LeAFand WaterHarmonica, Netherlands The need for
treatment technologies that form a ÔlinkÕ between municipal wastewater treatment
plants and (re)use of treated wastewater is more and more acknowledged. Much experience
has been gathered with the design and operation of wetland systems, however, the
evaluation and spin-off of these experiences has been limited so far. As such,
the ÔWaterharmonicaÕ is being developed as an instrument to include ecologically
engineered Ôlinkage-systemsÕ as an integral part of design for the renovation
and extension of municipal wastewater treatment plants with the aim of using this
water for nature and recreational development, and replenishing of ground water
sources. The concept has resulted in a research and implementation programme named
ÔWaterharmonicaÕ which is financed by the Dutch Foundation for Applied Water Research.
Archana Sharma, National University of Singapore Archana Sharma explores
the feasibility of incorporating the landscape methods of naturally constructed
ponds and artificial wetlands within the Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) site through
a case study in Singapore and try to identify other possible deterrents for incorporation
of the above-mentione landscape measures within the EIP. The paper identifies
ÔlandÕ as a critical local resource and a problem factor in applying the proposed
landscape methods per se. Conclusively, the paper establishes that Ôplanning landscape
inter-linkagesÕ between the EIP and its context immediately catapults the land
availability for conserving water through natural/ landscape means. Tina
Olguin, Agricultural University of Norway Tina Olguin describes ecological
wastewater systems and other new projects at the Norwegian Agricultural College
(NLH) and
all others who wish to share information
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