Presentations - Whitley Burchett

Whitley, Burchett & Associates actively participates in professional organizations and technical conferences. The following is a list of recent technical papers and presentations given by staff members. Click on the title to view an abstract or contact the author for additional information.

Solar Economics: Good for some, bad for others. Get the facts right and filter the spin!
Author: Alex Fortin

It's All About the Fish
Author: Robert Whitley

A Big Step Forward: First UV System Receives Full Capacity
Approval Under NWRI Guidelines Scale-Up Validation
Author: Paul Friedlander & Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Ontario, California, April 2007)

Pushing the Limits of Recycled Water Use In California - Sink Or Swim?
Author: Anita Jain
(Presented at California Section WateReuse Conference, Palm Springs, CA, March 2007)

Cogeneration & Alternative Energy For POTW's
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section, August 2006)

Digester Contaminants: What They Are & How To Remove Them
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section, April 2006)

Disinfection of Recycled Water : How Much Is Enough?
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference,Sacramento, CA, April 2006)

Maximizing Economic and Environmental Benefits from Digester Gas Cogeneration
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference,Sacramento, CA, April 2006)

Air Emissions Source Test : Do The Results Make Sense?
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Dinner Meeting, Pleasant Hill, CA, February 2006)

“Don’t Waste Your Food” – Innovative Food Waste Receiving Facility
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at WEFTEC 2005, Washington, D.C., October 2005)

Pumps - More Than The Basics
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Professional Development Seminar, Berkeley, CA, August 2005)

Start-Up Begins During Design
Author: Tom Hendrey
(Presented at CWEA San Francisco Bay Section Professional Development Seminar, Berkeley, CA, May 2005)

Are There Emerging Organic Pollutants in Your Wastewater?
An Inexpensive Way to Find Out
Author: Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at WEFTEC 2004, New Orleans, LA, October 6, 2004)

Three Critical Aspects of UV Systems- Hydraulics, Hydraulics, Hydraulics
Author: Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at the CWEA One-Day Specialty Conferences for UV
Disinfection, Dublin, CA June 16, 2004 and Whittier, CA June 18, 2004)

Recycled Water In My Food?
Feasibility Of Recycled Water For Agricultural Uses In Fresno County
Author: Anita Jain
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Fresno, CA, April 2004)

Filtration And UV Disinfection: What Treatment Process Parameters Really Matter?
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Fresno, CA, April 2004)

New Directions for UV Disinfection
Author: Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at the California WateReuse Annual Conference, Universal City, CA, February 2004)

Performance Validation of UV Systems:
Implications for System Design & Operation
Authors: Casey LeBlanc and Paul Friedlander
(Presented at WEFTEC 2003, Los Angeles, CA, October 14, 2003)

Filtration Challenges at Dublin San Ramon Services District:
Pilot Testing of New Technologies for
Tertiary Recycled Water
Authors: Paul Friedlander and Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at the Annual WateReuse Association Symposium XVIII, San Antonio, TX, September 7, 2003)

Passive Sampling Using Thin Layer Chromatography
Author: Casey LeBlanc
(Presented at the CWEA Conference, Ontario, CA, April 23, 2003)

Where the Rubber Hits the Road:
Bench and Pilot-Scale Testing of the Cloth Disk Filter
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the California WateReuse Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 2003)

Spice Up Your Chlorine Contact Basin: Using Salt As A
Tracer to Evaluate Basin Hydraulics
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 2001)

Implementing An Operator-Friendly SCADA System
Authors: Mike Barnes and Kevin O'Toole
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, April 2001)

Odor Scrubber Retrofit Saves $$$
Author: Mike Barnes
(Presented at the 2001 CWEA Conference)

Using the "Fuzzy" Filter to Produce Title 22 Recycled Water
Author: Max Burchett
(Presented at the Annual WateReuse Association Symposium XV, Napa, CA, September 2000)

Evaluation of Synthetic-Medium Filtration, Granular-Media Filtration & Microfiltration:
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 2000)

Chemicals Versus Energy: Sorting Out Operation Costs for Tertiary
Recycled Water Disinfection
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the Annual WateReuse Association Symposium XIV, Long Beach, CA, September 1999)

Using the Design-Build Approach for SCADA
Author: Mike Barnes
(Presented at the CWEA Northern Regional Training Conference, September 1999)

A Delicate Balance: Factors Effecting pH at a Central Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant
Author: Paul Friedlander
(Presented at the CWEA Annual Conference, Oakland, CA, April 1998)

Managing The RFP Process For Contract Operations
Author: Mike Barnes
(Presented at the 1997 Water Environment Federation Conference)