4/21/2026 - 4/22/2026


Location: Del-Co Wolf Water Center, 6685 Olentangy River Rd, Delaware, OH 43015




For registration assistance, please contact: Ohio Water Environment Association
614.488.5800
admin@ohiowea.org

Day One Schedule - Up to 7 CHs Available
April 21, 2026
 

	Ops Track	Lab Track
8:15 - 8:30	Welcome and logisitics Joe Tillison, Village of Swanton
8:30 - 10:00	Musings from a Gray-Haired Operator Kim Furry, Woodard and Curran
10 - 10:15	BREAK
10:15 - 11:00	EPA rules update Walter Ariss, Ohio EPA	PFAS: Persistnet Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Envrionmental Analysis Sean Cleary, Agilent
11:00 - 11:45	Getting 'P' out of your wastewater Rob Smith, P.E, BCEE. Ph.D-Black & Veatch	Disinfection: Water Reuse & Discharge Ted Simmons, Hach
11:45 - 12:45	LUNCH
12:45 - 1:30	Are you sure you have an Industrial Pretreatment Program? Elizabeth Toot-Levy, Geosyntec Consultants	Sample Integrity Essentials: Chain of Custody, Collection, Preservation, and Storage Procedures for Reportable Data Michelle Castle, NEORSD
1:30 - 2:15	Ohio EPA's Compliance Assistance Unit(CAU) Andy Gall & Nick Hammer, Ohio EPA	Laboratory Documentation-How to prepare for a lab Audit TBD, Alloway
2:15 - 2:30	BREAK
2:30 - 3:15	Lessons Learned Marshall Yarnell, Delaware County Regional Sewer Distrcit	Molecular Biology Methods for Wastewater and Surface Water Monitoring Eric Soehnlen, NEORSD
3:15 - 4:00	Beyond Compliance: Inspiring Engagement and Excellence in Utility Operations Brian Gresser, Burgess and Niple	Laboratory Water Monitoring Solutions from Xylem Jakob Woodside, Xylem
4:00 - 4:15	BREAK / SNACKS
4:15 - 5:15	Round Table w/ Day 1 Speakers Moderators: Joe Tillison, Village of Swanton; Tucker Randles, Zanesville and Walter Ariss, OEPA

Day Two Schedule - Up to 5.25 CHs available
April 22, 2026
 

8:15 - 8:30	Welcome, Tucker Randles, Zanesville
8:30 - 9:15	Back to Basics Sample Collection & Handling Melodi Clark City of Columbus
9:15 - 10:00	In line Monitoring Myra Michaels, Xylem Analytics
10:00 - 10:15	BREAK
10:15 - 11:00	Understanding Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)Testing requirements in your NPDES Permit Kevin W. Custer, EnviroScience
11:00 - 11:45	Designing for Reliability Implementing RCD into your Captial Projects Jamie Decker, PE, CRL, Hazen
11:45 - 12:45	LUNCH
12:45 - 1:30	Partial Denitirificaiton Anammox(PdNA): Process Overview, Design Considerations, and Applicability in Ohio Brett Wagner, AECOM
1:30 - 3:00	Panel on Worst Day

 

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Nearby Hotels*

The Ohioan (3.8 miles from Delco)
100 Green Meadows Dr.
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
 
Quality Inn & Suites Delaware South (4.9 miles from DelCo)
1251 Columbus Pike
Delaware, Ohio 43015
 
Home2 Suites Polaris (5.54 miles from DelCo)
9101 Lyra Dr
Columbus, OH 43240

*Please note these are just nearby hotels and OWEA does not have an affiliation with any of them.
 

FULL REGISTRATION
$215 - OWEA/WEF Member
$275 - Nonmember

SINGLE DAY REGISTRATION
Tuesday or Wednesday Only
$115 - OWEA/WEF Member
$175 - Nonmember

A $10 fee will be added to all onsite registrations.

OWEA Refund Policy

• Cancellations within 24 hours of the workshop, or no-shows will still be billed in full and will NOT receive a refund.
• Any Cancellation 72-24 hours prior to the workshop will receive a 65% refund minus any credit card processing fees.
• Any Cancellation 72 hours or more prior to the workshop will receive a full refund minus any credit card processing fees.