ACWA's 2011 Regulatory Summit Presentations
Session 1: “Water & Energy Integrated Smart-Meter Program: Is It Right For Your Agency?”
This program will explore two case studies of agencies that have or are in the process of deploying integrated waterand- energy smart-meters. The panel will discuss the details of implementing a smart-meter program, including the technical aspects, public safety, public relations and the outreach that is necessary to make each program a success. The panel will also explore what should be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not it’s right for the agency, how to develop the right implementation strategy, and finally the benefits of real-time water-and-energy information for water management.
- Patrick A. Hayes, P.E., Principal Civil Engineer, Glendale Water & Power
- Peter Kavounas, Assistant General Manager, Water Services, Glendale Water & Power
Session 2: “How Low Can We Go? Detection Limits and their Role in Water Quality Compliance”
Keynote Lunch Presentation
Session 3: “Innovative Rate Designs: Balancing Conservation Objectives with Revenue Stability Demands”
- Sanjay Gaur, Manager, Raftelis Financial Consultants
- Michael P. Grandy, Assistant General Manager/CFO, El Toro Water District
- John R. Mundy, General Manager, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Session 4: “What’s in the Beaker? The Increasing Importance of your Water Quality Laboratory to Water System Management”
Water agencies have long relied on laboratory services to assess the quality of their water supplies. However, the relationship between today’s water quality laboratory and the successful operations of a California water system is more important, and complex, than ever. During this session staff from an in-house lab and a contract laboratory will discuss the critical role a laboratory plays in water system management, the challenges that arise with increasingly sophisticated infrastructure and regulatory requirements, and how a water agency can maximize laboratory resources to help fulfill its mission of protecting public health and providing a safe and reliable water supply.
- Jim Hein, Client Services Manager, MWH Laboratories
- Nira Yamachika, Director of Water Quality, Orange County Water District
Session 5: “Toxicity Testing: It’s Role In Water Quality Regulation and Emerging Compliance Challenges of a new Statewide Policy”
Session 6: “Hexavalent Chromium Mode of Action Research Program: Results are In…”
Deborah Proctor, Principal Health Scientist with ToxStrategies, will present results of the recently completed Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Mode of Action (MOA) Research Studies project, designed to investigate the carcinogenicity and toxicokinetics of Cr(VI) from drinking water exposure. This research project has been on-going for the past two years and will ultimately result in twelve peer-reviewed scientific publications. This cutting-edge research project includes target tissue biochemistry, histopathology, and highly advanced genomic investigations to understand why Cr(VI) causes cancer in rodents and the dose-response for key events leading to tumor formation. Importantly, these studies address whether carcinogenicity at high doses in rodents is relevant to humans exposures at environmentally-relevant levels. Stomach reduction rate and capacity studies have been used to develop pharmacokinetic models of mice, rats and humans which allow risk assessors to extrapolate across dose and between species without the need to rely on default assumptions. The finding from these studies are being used to inform the quantitative cancer risk assessment for Cr(VI) at relevant human exposures.