Deep Dive: The Impact of Declining Flows

Unintended Consequences of Water Conservation

SWRCB Drinking Water: .5 Contact Hours

SWRCB Wastewater: 0.05 CEU

CWEA: .5 Contact Hours

Practice Area: Engineering & Research, Collection Systems, Operations & Maintenance, Pretreatment Pollution Prevention & Stormwater (P3S)

Water and wastewater utilities need to be prepared to adapt to change. This session will focus on introducing the challenges associated with declining flows and prepare the audience for subsequent sessions in the same topic area.

Learner Outcomes:

• Understand the challenges associated with declining flows on operations of wastewater and water reuse systems.
• Understand how to find more information regarding approaches to dealing with declining flows and how the knowledge is evolving.
• Be prepared to understand subsequent sessions in the same topic area of this curated session.

Level: Introduction to; limited knowledge of subject matter / entry level staff

Primary Speaker(s)

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  Linda Sawyer

  Senior Process Engineer
  Brown and Caldwell
  Walnut Creek, CA

Speaker(s)

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  Wendy Broley

Track Facilitator(s)

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  Rion Merlo

  Senior Process Engineer
  Brown and Caldwell
  Walnut Creek, CA