The Northwest Environmental Training Center is presenting the National Water Quality Conference 2009 to be held on May 20 - 22, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. This exciting and informative meeting will address the issues and discuss the technology of the quality and supply of the world's most valuable resource - water. This conference will intertwine four tracks through many workshop sessions in this three-day conference. This event is not one to miss!

Session 1 - 8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
(Monterey Room)

Implementing the Objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 using the State Revolving Fund Programs.
Margaret Osbourne - ARRA Green Coordinator, Project Officer
U.S. EPA Region 6

Session 5 - 8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.
(Monterey Room)

Water Efficiency: A mitigation approach to climate change
James Brown - EPA-Region 6

Session 9 - 8:30 A.M. - 9:15 A.M.
(Monterey Room)

The Future of Ground Water in EPA Region 6, and How the Regional Ground Water Center Can Help
Michael Overbay - EPA

Session 2A - 10:00 A.M. - 10:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
Keeping the Waterways Clean: The clean vessel act grant program and the fish habitat action plan
Brian Bohnsack - Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Lantana Room:
Water Supply Planning in Texas: Lessons for the rest of the nation
Craig Pedersen - URS

Session 6A - 10:00 A.M. - 10:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
The Value of Enhancement: Wetlands and water quality
Jason Maldonado and Robert Snoza -PBS&J

Lantana Room:
WaterSense: Expanding Public/Private Collaboration to Reduce Outdoor Water Use
Timothy Malooly - Irrigation Consultants & Control, Inc.

Session 10A - 10:00 A.M. - 10:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
Benefical Use of Stormwater Runoff as a Resource Rather Than a Nuisance for Disposal
Robert Mc Gregor - AMEC Earth & Environmental

Lantana Room:
Nitrification in Chlorinating Systems in Texas
Debra Cerda - TCEQ

Session 2B - 11:00 A.M. - 11:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
Environmental Commissioning: Applying green building principles to fragile watersheds
Thomas E. Ennis - City of Austin

Lantana Room:
Impact of EPA's Risk Management Program on Chlorine Gas Disinfection Practices and Trends In the Water Industry
Homer C. Emery - San Antonio Water System

Session 6B - 11:00 A.M. - 11:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
Source Water Protection
Mason Miller and Sean Ables - TCEQ

Lantana Room:
Perchlorate - A Worthy Opponent
Suzanne Quist - Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Session 10B - 11:00 A.M. - 11:45 AM.

Nandina Room:
Organic Contaminants in Water
Juan Gomez - CH2MHill

Lantana Room:
Asbestos Analysis in Ground and Surface Water by Transmission Electron Microscopy Evolution of Methodology
Ed Cahill - EMSL

Agarita Room:
Remediating Contamination with Ozone
Jane Piper - Piper Environmental Group, Inc.

Session 7A - 1:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Watershed Influences and In-Lake Processes -- A regional-scale approach to monitoring source water
Amy Beussink - USGS

Lantana Room:
Enhancing State, Regional and Local Monitoring Programs: Coordinated monitoring program of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the Sacramento Metropolitan area, Sacramento California
Nanny Bosch - Laboratory Data Consultants, Inc. (LDC)

Agarita Room:
Hype or Hurry: Endocrine disruptors in public water supply
Afamia Elnakat, Ph.D. - University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Session 11A - 1:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Aggressive remediation of Perchloroethylene-Contamainated Groundwater at the McGaffey and Main Ground Water Plume Superfund Site in Roswell, New Mexico
Michael Torres - EPA-Region 6

Lantana Room:
Legionella Testing / Field Sampling Guide and Laboratory Methods
Melanie Rech - EMSL Analytical, Inc

Agarita Room:
Pilot Testing Plans for the National Groundwater Monitoring Network
Steve Wilson - Illinois State Water Survey; University of Illinois

Session 3B - 2:15 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Assessing the Water Quality Benefits of Vegetated Drainage Ditches in Agricultural Production
Robert Kroger - Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Mississippi State University

Lantana Room:
Movement of Trichloroethylene in a Discontinuous Permafrost Zone
Andrea Carlson - Shannon & Wilson, INC

Session 7B - 2:15 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Watershed Planning Process and Stakeholders Involvement in New Mexico
Nelly Smith - EPA-Region 6

Lantana Room:
State of Arsenic in Nawalparasi District of Napal
Rajesh Shrestha - Women's Foundation Nepal

Agarita Room:
Case Study: Innovative collaborative approach to address a total maximum daily Load (TMDL) for bacteria impairment of the upper San Antonio River
Ken Diehl - San Antonio Water System

Session 11B - 2:15 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Guidance Document for Monitoring Water Quality Associated with Best Management Practices for Stream Systems
Ginger Paige - University of Wyoming

Lantana Room:
Inorganic Contaminants in Water (emphasis on TDS and As)
Juan Gomez - CH2MHill

Agarita Room:
Water Quality Modeling for the Lake Granbury Watershed Protection Plan
Dr. David K. Harkins and Kendra Riebschleager, M.S., EIT - Espey Consultants, Inc.

Session 4A - 3:45 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Nandina Room:
An Examination of Ecological Soil Management Practices, which can be Implemented to Mitigate the Agricultural Chemical Pollution of Ground and Terrestrial Waters
Perry Gooch - Global Organics LLC

Lantana Room:
Effect of Textile Effluent on Ibeshe/offin River
Femi Kennedy Giwa - Lagos State Emergency Management Agency

Agarita Room:
Framework for the National Groundwater Monitoring Network
Steve Wilson - Illinois State Water Survey; University of Illinois

Session 8A - 3:45 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Using Nonparametric Control Charts for Establishing and Monitoring Nutrients in Texas Reservoirs
Warren Schlecte - Texas Parks and Wildlife

Lantana Room:
Cost-Effective Autonomous Water Quality Monitoring Systems for High-Resolution Data in Near Real-time
Michael Hall - YSI, Inc

Session 12A - 3:45 P.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Texas Water Development Board's Water Audit Continuing Education Program; To further assist utilities on water loss accountability
Mark Mathis - Texas Water Development Board

Lantana Room:
Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure
Suzanna Perea - EPA-Region 6

Agarita Room:
Unsustainable Private Sector provision of Potable water in Nigeria; Need for water pricing
Olabisialamu - National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology

Session 4B - 4:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment and Nutrient Management Plan - West Project (CLEANmp-West)
Patrick Splichal - SES, Inc.

Lantana Room:
Temporal Phytoplankton Nutrient-Dependent Growth Responses and Seasonal Zooplankton Grazing Estimates of the Highland Lakes, Colorado River, Central Texas
Mimi Wallace - USGS

Agarita Room:
Water Quality Products & Services Manager
Bobby Diaz - Ewing Irrigation, Golf & Industrial

Session 8B - 4:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Municipality Challenges and Solutions Relating to Landscape Irrigation
Craig Otto - Irrigation Consultants & Control, Inc.

Lantana Room:
Mason Park Stormwater Treatment Wetland
Diane Humes - Texas Master Naturalist

Session 12B - 4:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Nandina Room:
Roles and Responsibilities of the EPA Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations
Edwin Debiew - EPA - OIG, Office of Investigations