Elvis may have left the building, but onsite professionals will definitely be on hand in Memphis, Tenn., for the 17th Annual NOWRA Technical Conference & Expo, April 7-10. The theme of the conference, at the Cook Conven-tion Center, is: Water — Manage, Reuse, Renew.
As always, the conference includes a large exhibit of the latest in onsite wastewater treatment equipment and service, an extensive technical education program, and opportunities to network with installers, designers, researchers, regulators, and other industry practitioners from around the nation and the world.
The host city offers music, fine restaurants, and many historic sites, most notably Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion. The conference’s headquarters hotel, the Memphis Marriott Downtown, connects directly to the convention center. A downtown trolley system provides easy access to blues clubs, museums, shopping, botanical gardens, and other attractions.
More on nitrogen
The activities begin on Monday, April 7, with NOWRA’s second Nitrogen Symposium. Presentations will cover basics about nitrogen including sources, fate and dissipation, environmental risks, basic chemistry, atmospheric processes, and effects on water resources. Also covered will be onsite sources, engineered treatment processes, and modeling of nitrogen in marine ecosystems and inland watersheds.
After the presentations, a panel discussion will address questions from the audience. In the afternoon, conference attendees will present their questions and comments. To find out more, contact Matt Byers at mattb@zoeller.com.
Education for all
Technical sessions begin on Tuesday, April 8, with seminar tracks on education and training, cluster systems and applications, and performance and system evaluation. The program on Wednesday, April 9, includes tracks on standards, regulations and policy, successful planning and management, treatment process evaluation, innovative technologies and solutions, and an update of projects from the Water Environment Research Foundation.
The Thursday program covers innovative technologies and solutions and other topics such as public-private partnerships, sustainable wastewater management, commercial system failures and solutions, and water reuse with subsurface drip irrigation. The day will also include a Memphis-area tour of decentralized systems.
All three days of technical sessions include the always-popular NOWRA Decentralized Systems Overview: A to Z series.
For more information about the 2008 NOWRA conference, visit www.nowra.org or call 800/966-2942.
