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Event Registration - Illinois Water Environment Association
Nutrient Removal and Recovery Committee: Annual Workshop
9/10/2026
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST


Location: Medinah Signature Events, 550 North Shriners Drive, Addison, IL 60101


Registration ends on 9/4/2026
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Event Description
Nutrient Removal and Recovery Annual Workshop
Thursday, September 10, 2026

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Medinah Signature Events (550 North Shriners Drive, Addison)


Join the IWEA Nutrient Removal and Recovery Committee for an all day workshop to share information on regulations, policies, and technologies toward the advancement for nutrient removal and recovery in wastewater management.

Agenda (subject to change):
Time Session
8:00 – 8:50 a.m. Registration / Check-In
8:50 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome from IWEA
Joseph Kozak, MWRDGC
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. So You Want to Intensify? Footprint, Flow, and the Future Perspective for WRRFs Facing Nutrient Removal and Recovery Challenges
Wendell Khunjar, Hazen and Sawyer
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Deriving and Implementing an Ambient Total Phosphorous Threshold
John T. Belcik, DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Bio-inspired Materials to Facilitate Phosphorus Removal and Recovery from Wastewater
Brooke Mayer, Marquette University
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Vendor Talks
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 – 1:15 p.m. S2EBPR at the O'Brien Water Reclamation Plant: From Concept to Full-Scale Operation
Jason Mellin, MWRDGC
1:15 – 1:45 p.m. Performance of Initial Stages of FRSA Nutrient Journey
Scot Strassburg & Mike Christiansen, Four Rivers Sanitation Authority
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Digital Solutions for Low Level Phosphorus Limits at Fond du Lac
Jenny Loconsole, Black & Veatch
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Pilot-Scale Application of Partial Nitritation-Anammox and Partial Denitrification-Anammox for Treating High-Ammonia, High-Nitrate Industrial Wastewater
Shakthi Jayavelu, World Water Works

Hosted by IWEA's Nutrient Removal and Recovery Committee
Members ​$90 | Non-members $120 | Students $50 | Vendors $225
4.5 PDH/TCH