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We’re excited about our 16 presentations at Texas Water 2026 in San Antonio, TX.
Texas Water is a joint annual conference of the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) and the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).
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Tuesday, April 28
Odor and Corrosion Control
Title: Facing Fatal Fumes: Research – Driven Odor Control Design for Extreme H2S
Time: 1:20 – 1:50 p.m.
Presenters: Dhruv Deshmukh, Coby Gee
Resiliency, Safety, and Cybersecurity
Title: TRA Embarks on Ultimate Safety Journey for Handling Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide
Time: 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Presenters: Spencer Lindsay, Gennady Boksiner, Theo Chan, Trinity River Authority
Wednesday, April 29
Water Reuse
Title: Blueprint for Indirect Potable Reuse: Cleburne’s Path to Augmenting Lake Pat Cleburne
Time: 9:35 – 10:05 a.m.
Presenters: Nick Landes, David Jackson, Jeremy Hut, City of Cleburne
Infrastructure Financing
Title: Adopt, Update, Audit: Navigating New Texas Impact Fee Requirements
Time: 11:20 – 11:50 a.m.
Presenter: Jessica Vassar
Water Treatment for Operations
Title: Making GAC Work for PFAS: Design and O&M Lessons from Full-Scale US Plants
Time: 1:10 – 1:40 p.m.
Presenters: Dhruv Deshmukh, Viraj deSilva
Workshop
Title: Ethics Workshop for Engineers
Time: 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Presenters: Clayton Barnard and Anne Hoskins
Small Systems
Title: Less Can be More – Practical Approaches for Selecting the right Hydraulic Model
Time: 1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Presenters: Stephanie Neises, Maia Dupes
Drinking Water Quality
Title: A Collaborative Effort to Fast-Track Critical Repairs that Restore Production Capacity at the City of Houston East Water Purification Plant
Time: 2:20 – 2:50 p.m.
Presenters: Ryan George, Sheldon Buck, David Munn, Alyssa Lawrence, Yong Wang, City of Houston
Wastewater Collection
Title: So You Have a CIP, Now What? A Case Study in Planning for Project Implementation
Time: 3:20 – 3:50 p.m.
Presenter: Ethan Shires
Wastewater Operations and Maintenance
Title: Preventing Electrical Failures: HVAC Strategies for Water Facilities Electrical Rooms
Time: 3:55 – 4:25 p.m.
Presenters: Garrett Bennett, Van Cashen
Asset Management
Title: Bottom-Up Approach to Achieving Citywide Asset Management and Coordinated Infrastructure Renewal Planning
Time: 4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenters: Steven Rhodes, Tanu Kulkarni, Janalea Hembree, City of Burleson
Thursday, April 30
Wastewater Collections
Title: From Manholes to Master Plans: A Holistic Take on CMOM
Time: 8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Presenters: Marissa Bradley, Stephen Johnson and City of Richardson
Industrial
Title: Cloud Computing Without a Forecast: The Data Deficit on Data Center Water Usage
Time: 9:05 – 9:35 a.m.
Presenters: Adam Conner, Jeremiah Bihl, City of Abilene, Adam Foster, Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts, Margaret Cook, PhD, Houston Advanced Research Center
Electrical and SCADA/I&C
Title: Closing the Cybersecurity Gap: What Utilities Have Learned and What to Fix Next
Time: 9:40 – 10:10 a.m.
Presenters: Nicholas Claudio
Water Distribution
Title: Balancing Growth and Supply: A Collaborative Approach to Utility Planning
Time: 10:20 – 10:50 a.m.
Presenters: Mazen Kawasmi, Andrew Franko, Nicholas McCormick, Noreen Housewright, City of Grand Prairie, Mickey Tucker, City of Grand Prairie
Workforce Development
Title: Bridging the Gap: GenAI Implementation Roadmap
Time: 10:55 – 11:25 a.m.
Presenter: Justas Rutkauskas