International Water Technology and Ozone V Conference Presentations
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General Session and Keynote

April 2 2007

Track 1 - Water Supply and Reuse  1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Michael E. Guilbert - Well Design Criteria Providing Reduced Concentrations of Naturally Occuring Arsenic and Uranium
  • Todd L. Anderson - Technology Considerations for Meeting Arsenic and Associated Regulatory Challenges for Small Drinking Water Systems
  • John Suen - Tracing the Origin of Water and Contaminant Sources Using Isotopic Techniques
  • Chuck Borg - Hollow - Fiber Membrane Biofilm reactor (Mbfr) for Dentrification and reduction of Multiple Contaminants in Water
Track 2 - Irrigation 1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Marsha Prillwitz - Statewide Market Research Survey: Landscape Water Use Efficiency
  • Brian Vinchesi - Alternative Water Supply
  • Andy Smith - Addressing the Barriers of Efficient Irrigation
  • Glent Bowlin - Master Planning Irrigation Systems: Harlan Ranch, Clovis, CA
Track 3 - Ozone 1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Erin S. Dormedy, Ph.D - Farm - to Fork: Food Safety and Food Defense
  • Charles D. Sopher, Ph.D - Overview of Gaseous and Aqueous Ozone Uses in the Agri-Food Industries
  • Ahmed Yousef, Ph.D - Kinetics and Mechanism of Microbial Inactivation of Ozone
  • Paul Overbeck - Aqueous Ozone System Design and Control
Track 1 - Water Supply and Reuse  3:10pm-4:30pm
  • Paul Overbeck - Ozone: Delivering Multiple Benefits to Users of Many Industries
  • Cindy G. Schreier, Ph.D - Treat ability Testing to Support Field Application of Ozone
  • Dan Grasmick - Ground Water Remediation Using Ozone Sparge and SVE at the Southern California Edison Santa Barbara Manufactured Gas Plant
  • David Myers - Ozone Sparge Curtain as an Alternative to Physical Barriers at a Refinery in Kenai, Alaska
Track 2 - Irrigation 3:10pm-4:30pm
  • David Zoldoske, Ed.D - Reduced Water Budgets and Implications for Landscape Irrigation
  • Steven E. Moore - Automating Landscape Sprinkler Control Using Weather Data, Broadcast to Unlimited Properties
  • Dan Dansereau - Maintenance - Free ET Delivers Sustained Landscape Water Efficiency and Lower True Cost of Ownership
  • Mark E. Puckett - Advantages and Disadvantages of Web - Based Irrigation Control
Track 3 - Ozone 3:10pm-4:30pm
  • Rip G. Rice, Ph.D - IOA/PAG User Success Reports - Commercial Applications of Ozone in Agri- Foods
  • Joseph Smilanick, Ph.D - Gaseous Ozone to Control Fruit Decay Fungi
  • James Leesch, Ph.D - Gaseous Ozone to Control Pests in Exports
  • David Cope - Reduce Decay and Extend Storage Life of Fresh Produce

April 3, 2007

Track 1 - Water Supply and Reuse  8:00am-9:20am
  • Stephen Diamond - Demonstration Testing on Treatment Technologies for Agricultural Drainage
  • Jose L. Faria - Solar Evaporator for Integrated On- Farm Drainage Management System at Red Rock Ranch
  • Randy D. Delelikos - Rx for Process Water Re-Use
  • Gour Choudhury, Ph.D - Application of Ozone for In-Plant Water Treatment and Reuse
Track 2 - Irrigation 8:00am-9:20am
  • Donald Cooper - Onsite Water Management
  • Michael Van Bavel - New Soil Moisture Sensors Enable High Performance SWAT Controllers
  • Scott K. Anderson - Stable Soil Moisture Sensors Facilitate Highly Effective Closed - Loop Irrigation
  • Matt Angell - Technology and Solutions For Real -Time Irrigation Management
Track 3 - Ozone 8:00am-9:20am
  • Dee M. Graham, Ph.D - Microbiological Results with Ozone in Several Agri-Food Applications
  • Ahmed Yousef, Ph.D - Efficacy of Ozoneation of Fresno Produce
  • Walter Strickland - Six Years of Ozone Processing of Fresh Cut Salad Mixes at Strickland Produce
  • James R. Jackson - Prophylactic Utilization of Ozone Disinfection in Food Processing and Handling
Track 1- Water Supply and Reuse 10:10am-11:30am
  • Rodney Roskin - Applications of Subsurface Drip Dispersal Technology in Engineered Ecological Systems
  • Mark Kahl - Subsurface Drip Dispersal of Effluent on Steep Slopes
  • Steven E. White - Recycled Water: Key New Element of the Sustainable Water Supply for the City of Clovis, California
  • James W. Babcock - Recycled Water Permitting Challenges for the City of Clovis During a Design-Build-Operate Process
Track 2 - Irrigation 10:10am-11:30am
  • Tom Penning - Efficient Irrigation Water Management Using Moisture Scheduling
  • Gene Smith - Applying Proven Water Savers in the Landscape
  • Michael Baron - Advanced Sprinkler Technology for Turf and Landscape Irrigation
  • Mel Canterbury - Monitoring for Better Performance
Track 3 - Ozone 10:10am-11:30am
  • Rip G. Rice, Ph.D - Phyt03 Tech Crop Protection Chemistries
  • Hanspeter Steffen - Trial Results of the Phyt03 Spray Technology in a 6,000-acre Soy Farm in Brazil
  • Beth Hamil - Direct Contact Ozone - Food Safety/Sanitation
  • Hanspeter Steffen - The Ventafresh Disinfection and Packing Technology in Several food Processing Application
Track 1 - Water Supply and Reuse  1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Jon Loveland - Efficacy of Membrane Technologies to Address Emerging Contaminates in Advanced Water Treatment and Water Reuse Applications
  • Kent A. Sovocool - SNWA's Cooling Tower Water Conservation Efforts
  • Michael K. Sears - Vapor Compression, Distillation Adding Some High tech Understanding to "Natures Process"
  • Beth Hamil - Ozone Sanitation in Commercial pools: Large Scale "Wastewater: Treatment
Track 2 - Irrigation 1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Micheal E. Dowgert, Ph.D - Low Pressure Drip Irrigation Lessens Agricultural Inputs
  • Dave Goorahoo, Ph.D - Review of Airjection Irrigation and Its Application to Crop Production Systems in California
  • Inge Bisconer - Intellegation - Minding the Three S's for the Three F's
  • Claude J. Phene, Ph.D - Managing Automated Low Pressure (Lps)/ Low Flow Drip Irrigation
Track 3 - Ozone 1:00pm-2:20pm
  • Amrish Chawla - Ozoned Water to Treat Peeled Shrimp Meat
  • Cameron Tapp - Fish and Seafood Applications - Supplier's Perspective
  • Rip G. Rice, Ph.D - Improving Fish Quality by Means of Ozone at Fresher Than Fresh , Inc.
Track 1 - Water Supply and Reuse 3:10pm-4:30pm
  • David J. Price - Using Biological Activated Carbon in Drinking Water Treatment
  • David A. Warner - Small Water Systems, Technology and Affordable Clean Water
  • Keel Robinson - Surface Water Treatment Plant Optimization to Enhance Removal of Taste and Odor Compounds and Achieve Multi-Barrier Treatment
  • Lawrence Slominski - Cost Effective, High Performance, High Reliability Solar Electric Power
Track 2 - Irrigation 3:10pm-4:30pm
  • Perry Continente - The Benefits of Flow Meters  in Irrigation Systems
  • Shawn Ashkan- Utilizing Ethanol CO2 Emissions to Increase Crop Productivity and Water Use Efficiency
  • Terry Gong - Solving Soil Salinity Problems Using So2/ Sulfurous Acid Generators / Sulfur Burners
  • Stuart Grant - Beyond Low Flow Using Magnetic Bearings
Track 3- Ozone 3:10pm-4:30pm
  • Beth Hamil - Winery Applications - Sanitation and Chlorine-Free water
  • Cameron Tapp - Ozone Applications in Brewing and Wine Industries
  • Thomas Graham, Ph.D - Aqueous Ozone in Perennial Nursery and Greenhouse Production
  • Thomas Graham, Ph.D - From Lab Bench to Commercial Trials of Ozone in the Floriculture Industry