NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium Set for Florida

The 4th annual NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium is only four months away on Oct. 9-10

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The 4th annual NAWT Waste Treatment Symposium is only four months away on Oct. 9-10. Remember that the Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, or WEFTEC, follows at the Orange County Convention Center on Oct. 12-14. Our venue is the Renaissance Orlando Resort SeaWorld. To qualify for the hotel discount of $150 per night double occupancy, plus taxes, you must register by calling NAWT at 800/236-6298. These rates apply only for Oct. 8 and 9, after which they return to $217 per night.

Registration to the Waste Treatment Symposium includes free admission to the WEFTEC exhibit hall Monday (www.weftec.org), where you’ll find many vendors with information on waste treatment. The symposium registration fee is $275 for members and $375 for nonmembers. Sign up early, because space constraints limit us to 200 people. Use the registration form below or download it at www.nawt.org. Registrations must be received by Sept. 21. Don’t miss seeing equipment process genuine septage and grease trap waste and learning from the most competent, knowledgeable people in the field.

Friday (classroom all day) - All You Need to Know About Treating Septage and Grease Trap Waste

“Analyzing Your Resources: How to Work with What You Have,”

Tom Frank, Tim Frank Septic Tank Cleaning Co., Huntsburg, Ohio, and NAWT president.

Unit Processes – speakers to be determined

• Screening

• Grit removal

• Equalization and storage

• Polymers

• Odor control

• Dewatering options

• Filtrate treatment

Business Plans: How to Present Yourself to the Bank

Vendors: 15-minute presentations on the benefits of using their products and when to use them.

“Case History of Big Mamou Bio-Solids Inc.,” Luke Deshotel, owner, Mamou, La.

Social hour for networking with regulatory people, engineers, and vendors. Lunch is included; dinner is on your own.

Saturday (morning classroom)

“Trap Grease: Transforming a Liability to an Asset,” Emily Landsburg, CEO, BlackGold Biofuels, Philadelphia, Pa.

“Evolution of Transported Liquid Waste to Beneficial Use with Pre-Treatment Processes; Solving Regional Needs of Haulers and Wastewater Treatment Plants,” Therese Wheaton, Crystal Environmental, Springboro, Pa.

“Biomethane Production and Utilization in North America,” Dr. Dave Parry, P.E., BCEE, CDM, Bellevue, Wash.

“Orange County (Fla.) Grease Management and Industrial User Discharge Permits,” Susanna Littell, Orange County Utilities Services Coordinator, Orlando, Fla.

“Case History of Select Processing of Orlando,” Steven Macchio, ClearFlo Technologies Inc., North Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Q & A Session and Lunch

Field Trip (afternoon)

Attendees will be bused to Select Processing of Orlando for a tour. The facility, an industrial user, is permitted to process 188,000 gpd of septage, grease trap waste, portable restroom wastes, and sewage sludge. It handles 30,000 to 40,000 gallons of grease trap waste a day. Class B biosolids, previously applied on agricultural land, are now taken to a landfill. Using genuine septage and grease trap waste, vendors will demonstrate operating, screening, and dewatering equipment, polymer applications, and other peripheral devices.



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