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Dr. Sri Rangarjan submitted testimony at NJDEP's Hearing on Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality Dr. Sri Rangarjan submitted testimony on behalf of the NJ chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection's Hearing on Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality (December 7, 2009). This testimony highlights the importance of risks due to Climate Change and suggests some mitigation strategies. Click here for testimony.
 Robin Miller at the International Workshop on Nutrient Remediation Robin Miller was a speaker at the International Workshop on Nutrient Remediation (focus is biomass harvesting), being held on December 3rd and 4th 2009 at the University of Connecticut's Stamford Campus. Click here for more information.
Benjamin Wu at the 13th World Lake Conference in Wuhan, China Benjamin Wu presented a paper on "Bloom of Microcystis Aeruginosa in the Upper Potomac River Estuary: Interactions between Primary Productivity, pH and Sediment Phosphorus Release" at the 13th World Lake Conference in Wuhan, China, November 4, 2009. Ben will also co-chair Conference Session 510 - Concepts and New Technology on Lake Eutrophication Control on November 2nd and 3rd 2009.
Sri Rangarajan, Ph.D., D.WRE at the Sustainability Shoptalk Series Sri Rangarajan, Ph.D., D.WRE was a speaker at the Sustainability Shoptalk Series sponsored by Baruch College, CUNY Program on LIQUID ASSETS-Capitalizing on the Water & Energy Nexus (New York City Case Studies),October 28th 2009,8:30-11;30 am at the Newman Conference Center. Click here for more information.
2009 South American Pulp and Paper/Wastewater Treatment Plant Design, Joint Aquaeter and HydroQual Project HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the 2009 SETAC North America 30th Annual Meeting
Friday, November 20th 2009 Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: GeneralA Review of the Mechanisms of Al Toxicity to Fish Robert C. Santore, Adam C. Ryan, Paul Paquin, Robert W. Gensemer, William Adams (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: General Influence of Hardness and DOC on Aluminum Toxicity to Freshwater Organisms at Circumneutral pH Patricio Rodriguez, Jose Arbildua, German Villavicencio, Robert W. Gensemer, William Stubblefield, Robert C. Santore, William Adams (Abstract) Sessions: Metals Bioavailability Models: From Theory to Practice Using the Cu BLM as a Water Quality Criteria Tool: Description of a Fixed Monitoring Benchmark Approach Adam C. Ryan, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Charles Delos, Luis Cruz, Dave Moon, Lareina Guenzel, Sarah Johnson, Blake Beyea (Abstract) Sessions: Metals Bioavailability Models: From Theory to Practice Evaluation and Refinement of a Freshwater Biotic Ligand Model for Lead Adam C. Ryan, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Martin Grosell, Kevin V. Brix, Robert Gerdes, Edward M. Mager Beyea (Abstract) Saturday, November 21, 2009 Session: BSAG: Relating laboratory and field bioaccumulation; importance of abiotic and biotic parameters, and use of trophic magnification factorsIn-situ and Laboratory-derived BSAFs for PCBs, Dioxins and Furans in New York-New Jersey Harbor Kevin J. Farley, Robin L. Miller, James R. Wands (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effect of Metals: Toxicity and Regulatory Implications Sediment Toxicity in the Upper Columbia River (USA) in Relation to Acid Volatile Sulfide and Simultaneously Extracted Metals D. Scott Becker, Rick Cardwell, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin (Abstract) Sunday, November 22, 2009 Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: BLMThe Development of an Estuarine and Marine Biotic Ligand Model for Copper Dr. Adalto Bianchini, Robert C. Santore (Abstract) Session: Equilibrium Partitioning (EqP) Approach – Considerations for Use in Risk Assessments Bioavailability of Metals in Sediments of the Upper Columbia River, Washington Paul R. Paquin, Robert C. Santore, Mark Velleux, Kevin J. Rader, D. Scott Becker, Rick Cardwell (Abstract) Monday, November 23, 2009 Session: Aquatic Toxicology - General - Part 2Influence of Dissolved Organic Carbon on Chronic Toxicity of Copper to Juvenile Freshwater Mussels (Villosa iris) and Cladocerans (Ceriodaphnia dubia) Ning Wang, William Brumbaugh, Chris Ingersoll, James Kunz, Ray Arnold, Joseph Gorsuch, Chris Mebane, Robert C. Santore (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: Environmental Fate and Modeling Performance Assessment of Chemical Speciation Models Kevin J. Rader, Richard F. Carbonaro, Kevin J. Farley, Dominic DiToro, (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: Environmental Fate and Modeling Are We Ready to Incorporate Manganese Oxides into Unit World Models for Metals? Richard F. Carbonaro, Kevin J. Farley Kevin J. Rader (Abstract) Presentation at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science Benjamin Wu made a presentation on A Modeling Approach to Exposure and Risk Assessment at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science in Beijing, China on October 26th 2009
WEF Microconstituents and Industrial Water Quality Conference 2009 HydroQual staff presented at the WEF Microconstituents and Industrial Water Quality Conference, July 26-29, 2009 in Baltimore, MD. Click here for more information.
WERF 2009 Thomas Gallagher was invited to speak at the Water Environment Research Foundation's August 11-12th event on the latest in phosphorus and bioavailability research using the Spokane River as a backdrop for the event. He discussed water quality/nutrient modeling in general but also specifically as it relates to HydroQual's work on the Spokane River TMDL Model for the City of Spokane. Click here for more information.
NCASI 2009 Southern Regional Meeting At the National Council on Air and Stream Improvement's (NCASI) 2009 Southern Regional Meeting, June 23-25, in Chattanooga, TN, Tom Gallagher will present along with Jim Greenfield of EPA, Chet Thompson of Buckeye, and James Palumbo of NCASI - "Collaborative Approaches to TDML Development Third Party TMDL." This presentation will be available on this website after June 26th.
Thomas W. Gallagher receives the Distinguished Career Award Tom Gallagher, Principal and a forty year staff member of HydroQual and HydroScience received the Distinguished Career Award at Manhattan College Environmental Engineering Alumni Club Annual Plumbers' Dinner on June 9 2009. A roast of Mr. Gallagher was part of the evening's events with most of the material being provided by James Fitzpatrick also a Principal at HydroQual and part of an unofficial but long standing comedy duo where Mr Gallagher is the straight man. Here is a photo from this event.
NCASI 2009 Northern Regional Meeting At the National Council on Air and Stream Improvement's (NCASI) 2009 Northern Regional Meeting, May 19-21, in Stevens Point, WI, Andrew J. Thuman and Thomas Gallagher presented "TMDL Nutrient Issues". Click here for presentation.
Joseph G. Cleary receives Heukelekian Award Joseph G. Cleary, PE, a Principal at HydroQual and a leader of the Process and Design Engineering Practice, received the HEUKELEKIAN AWARD from the New Jersey Water Environment Association at their 2009 Annual Conference. Click here for more information.
Sri Rangarajan Awarded Collaborative Research Fellowship Sri Rangarajan was awarded a short term Collaborative Research Fellowship through the National Institutes of Health to conduct research on wet weather flow management in Japan. Click here for more information.
TREX Model at Colorada State University Mark Velleux will be a Guest Instructor conducting a 4-day course on the TREX Model at Colorada State University in Fort Collins in June 2009. Click here for Course Outline.
NJWEA Conference - Industrial Water Quality Workshop - Spring 2009 HydroQual staff were presenters in the following sessions at the NJWEA Conference in Atlantic City, NJ from May 11th - May 14th 2009.
ASCE Met Section Infrastructure Group Seminar Nicholas Kim will be presenting a paper at the ASCE Met Section Infrastructure Group Seminar Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City March 30, 2009;
"Hydrodynamics/GIS Simulation of Surge Flooding in the NY/NJ Harbor System". Click here for more information.
Town Hall Meeting on New Jersey's Water Infrastructure Sri Rangarajan is chairing the "NJ Liquid Assets - The Story of our Water Infrastructure" outreach effort for ASCE.
Town hall meetings on New Jersey's Water Infrastructure will be held on March 17th and April 8th. Click here for more information. Presentation at the Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Solid Waste Techology and Management Papers to be presented include "Landfill Leachate Plume Foresics Using Minor Ions" by Robert Mutch Jr., P.Hg, P.E. with Richard F. Carbonaro, Ph.D. and "Tritium in MSW Leachate, Gas, and Condensate: Sources, Risks, and Management" by Robert Mutch Jr., P.Hg, P.E. with John Mahoney, Ph.D. Presentation at the NJWEA Technical Transfer Seminar Joseph C. Cleary gave a presentation "Optimizing the Digestion Process to Maximize Methane, Power and Payback - A Discussion of Treatment, Co-Generation and the Evolving Methods of Paying Off the System" at the NJWEA Technical Transfer Seminar on March 3, 2009. Click here for a Powerpoint presentation. HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the WEFTEC Specialty Conference on UV Disinfection The WEFTEC Disinfection Conference, held in Atlanta, GA. from February 28-March 3, 2009, provided a forum for professionals concerned with disinfection needs and technologies and focused on all aspects of the disinfection of water, wastewater, reuse water and biosolids. Papers authored or co-authored by HydroQual staff are listed below.
Protocol to Validate UV Reactors by Lagrangian Actinometry Using Dyed Microspheres
Numerical Methods in Lagrangian Actinometry: Solving for a UV Reactors Dose Distribution
Demonstrating 4-log Adenovirus Inactivation in a Medium Pressure UV Reactor
Performance Validation of a UV Reactor for High and Low Dose Applications
HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the New York Water Environment Association Annual Meeting Monday, February 2, 2009 2:00 pm
Monday, February 2, 2009 1:30 pm
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 9:00 am
HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the Fifth International Contaminated Sediment Conference Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the New England Water Environment Association 2009 Annual Conference
Town Hall Meeting on New Jersey's Water Infrastructure Patricia M. Kehrberger, a HydroQual Associate, had an article published in the January/February 2009 Newsletter of the Association of Environmental Authorities. The article, New Jersey Nutrients and Surface Water Quality Standards News: Management, Research, Enhancement Plan, SWQ5 Proposals, provides a summary of the information presented at a stakeholders meeting on the Nutrient Criteria Enhancement Plan and Surface Water Quality Standards run by the NJDEP’s Bureau of Water Quality Standards Assessment on January 22, 2009. Click here to read.Holiday Card 2008 HydroQual children designed the firm's 2008 Holiday Card. Click here to see submitted designs and final product.HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the 2008 Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibit and Conference Monday, October 20, 2008 9:30 am
HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the 2008 SETAC North America Annual Meeting
Waterfall Art Project HydroQual was part of the environmental assessment team that helped support the development of the NYC Waterfall Art Project - which opened June 26, 2008. WEF Conference, Sustainability 2008 Sri Rangarajan and Joe Cleary presented at the WEF Conference, Sustainability 2008: Green Practices for the Water Environment, June 22-25 in Washington D.C. Click here for more information.2008 Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists meeting Robert Mutch of HydroQual presented a paper on "A Distance-Drawdown Aquifer Test Method for Areally Anisotropic Fractured Rock Aquifers" at the 2008 Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists meeting on May 8, 2008 in Harrisburg, PA. A computer code, TDDM, to automate this aquifer test method is available for download.Presentation at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ACSE), North Jersey Branch Joseph Cleary P.E., BCEE presented Microconstituents in Water at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ACSE), North Jersey Branch - Environmental Technical Group, on April 23, 2008.National Watershed Protection Program Technical Support Contract USEPA Office of Water, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division Awards the National Watershed Protection Program Technical Support Contract. HydroQual is a member of the RTI International Team, one of four firms awarded this 5 year IDIQ contract. For more information on the RTI/HydroQual Team. Hydroqual ASA JV Hydroqual ASA JV presented papers at the 7th International Conference on Coastal Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Best Practices in the Coastal Environment, February 24-28, Dubai, UAEFatally Flawed? The NRDC has petitioned EPA to redefine "secondary treatment" at POTW's to low levels of phosphorus (0.1 mg/L) and total nitrogen (3.0 mg/L). Read more... Bronx Green Roof Stormwater Simulation Tool Released Danielle Hartman and Anand Kumaraswamy, P.E. presented the Bronx Green Roof Stormwater Simulation Tool at the BOEDC with Earth Pledge on December 18, 2007.Sri Rangarajan earns distinction as a Diplomate, Water Resource Engineer 
Dr. Sri Rangarajan has earned distinction as a Diplomate, Water
Resource Engineer (D.WRE)- a credential awarded by the American Academy
of Water Resource Engineers (AAWRE) established by the American Society
of Civil Engineers.Sri Rangarajan, a HydroQual Associate, leads the group responsible for our watershed/sewer/stormwater modeling. He has extensive experience in water resources engineering in the areas of surface and groundwater hydrology, wet weather flow, water quality and hydraulic modeling related to non-point source pollution controls. He also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University, NY. Dr. Rangarajan is an active contributor to many technical committees of ASCE and WEF, and has recently been elected as Vice Chair of the national Watershed Management committee of WEF starting from October 2007. Kristin Munoz (Mumford) receives W. Wesley Eckenfelder Award for Excellence and Leadership 
Kristin Munoz (Mumford)
received her Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan
College and was presented the W. Wesley Eckenfelder Award for
Excellence and Leadership in the Graduate Study of Environmental
Engineering on May 23rd, 2007. Joseph Cleary presents at NYWEA/AWWA Conference On November 14th 2007 at the NYWEA/AWWA Conference in Syracuse NY, Joseph G Cleary. P.E., BCEE gave the following presentation on "Microconstituents-Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Case Studies". View the presentation slides as a PDF (5MB) or a PowerPoint file (7MB).
HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at SETAC 2007 Urban Environmental Issues: Impacts on Ecological SystemsSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 28th Annual Meeting November 11 - 15, 2007 Midwest Airlines Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA postcard PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS: Monday, November 12th 2007 Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: Dietary Perspective in the Aquatic EnvironmentA Modeling Assessment of Bivalve Cu Accumulation and Effects Paul R. Paquin, Rooni Mathew, R. Dwyer, M. Salazar, S. Salazar, Robert C. Santore (Abstract) Session: Urban Contaminants: Sources, Composition, Fate from a Multimedia Perspective - Part 1 Sources and Fate of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Robin Landeck Miller, Kevin Farley, Jim Wands, P.E. (Abstract) Wednesday, November 14th 2007 Session: Mercury Fate and Biogeochemistry - Part 1Analysis of Spatial Loading Profiles of Mercury and Methylmercury and Their Relationship to Seasonal and Physical Characteristics of the South River,Virginia, USA Aaron Redman, Edward J. Garland, Robert C. Santore, N. Grosso, J. Flanders,T. Morrison, R.Turner (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals, Regulatory and Risk Assessment Perspective Tier 1 “Unit World” Model for Metals in Lakes Kevin Farley, Ph.D., R. Carbonaro, Ph.D., K. Rader, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: Regulatory and Risk Assessment Perspective Update and Evaluation of the Freshwater Copper BLM Robert C. Santore, Adam C. Ryan, Ph.D., Paul R. Paquin (Abstract) Session: Fate and Effects of Metals: Regulatory and Risk Assessment Perspective Development of a Terrestrial BLM for Copper: Paramterization of Biotic Ligand Model Reactions Adam C. Ryan, Ph.D., Robert C. Santore, P. Antunes, S. McGrath, H. Allen, M. McLaughlin, E. Smolders, C. Janssen, R. Dwyer, I. Schoeters (Abstract) Thursday, November 15th 2007 Session: Chemical and Biological Analysis of Pharmeceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCP) in River Water, Sediments and Waste WaterBench-Scale Treatability of Industrial Wastewaters: An Anti-fungal Agent as a Case Study Joy A. McGrath (Abstract) POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Tuesday, November 13th 2007 Session: Environmental ChemistryQuantifying the Concentration of Crude Oil Microdroplets in Oil-Water Preparations Aaron Redman, Joy A. McGrath, W. Stubblefield, A. Maki, Dominic Di Toro, Ph.D. Abstract Thursday, November 15th 2007 Session: Metals in the Environment:Aquatic Biological PerspectivesFurther Development of a Marine Biotic Ligand Model for Copper Adam C. Ryan, Ph.D., Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, W. Arnold, G. Rosen, I. Rivera-Duarte, D. Chadwick, P.Wang (Abstract) HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the Water Environment Federation 2007 Technical Conference Saturday, October 13th 2007 Workshop:Mercury in the Water Environment: Navigating the Latest Regulatory Developments Session Chair and Speaker: Robin Landeck Miller, HydroQual, Inc. workshop description and agenda Workshop: Managing Water Quantity for Water Quality Benefits Session Chair: Sri Rangarajan, HydroQual, Inc. workshop description and agenda HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the 2007 World Conference on Ozone and Ultraviolet Technologies August 27-29, 2007Los Angeles, CA Workshop: Implementing the USEPA UV Disinfection Guidance Manual to Achieve Regulatory Compliance. Session: Wastewater - UV. Session: Wastewater - UV. Session: UV Reactor Design/Modeling/Verification. Session: Adenovirus and UV Inactivation. Session: UV Reactor Design/Modeling/Verification II. HydroQual, Inc. Presentations at the Water Environment Federation 2007 Specialty Conferences 
July 29 - August 1, 2007The Westin Provdence Hotel, Providence, RI Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference: Compounds of Emerging Concern - What is on the Horizon? Specialty Conference: Industrial Water Quality postcard Sunday, July 29, 2007 Process Design of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Systems;Design Approaches and State-of-the-Art Modeling Tools; Problem Solving Sessions for Organic and Nitrogen Removal Joint Session 3: Treatment of Challenging Pharmaceutical Wastewater Monday, July 30, 2007 IWQ Session 1:Industrial Wastewater Case Histories IWQ Session 4: Modeling of Wastewater Treatment Processes CEC Session 3: Conventional Wastewater Treatment for Compounds of Emerging Concern CEC Session 6B: Fate and Treatment of Nanoparticles, Prions and Tritium Tuesday, July 31, 2007 IWQ Session 10:Waste Treatment in the Food & Beverage Industry ECOMSED Model Available HydroQual's ECOMSED is still supported by HydroQual and available to the public domain by registering here. |
