Env Monitoring & modeling workshop notes

Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Real-Time Monitoring and Modeling for Drinking Water Safety and Security

Next Workshop will be held on December 11th and 12th at the

http://cimic.rutgers.edu/workshop2.html

Hilton Gateway Hotel!

June 27 and 28, 2002

Hilton Gateway Hotel, Newark, New Jersey

http://cimic.rutgers.edu/epa-workshop.html

Sponsors:

United States Environmental Protection Agency,
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Rutgers CIMIC (Center for Information Management, Integration, and Connectivity),

http://cimic.rutgers.edu

Contents:

Description

Objectives

Presentations

Posters and Demonstrations

Agenda
Organizations

Pictures from the Workshop

Links to Other Relevant Documents & Workshops

Timely detection and/or prediction of significant conditions in drinking water are critically important in protecting human health. The value of real-time environmental monitoring and prediction has to be appreciated anew given recent heightened interest in securing the safety of drinking water. Real-time monitoring and modeling technology is helpful or necessary to deal with natural and deliberate or accidental human-caused conditions that may threaten health such as deliberate dumping of biological or chemical contaminants, sewage treatment plant failures, oil/chemical spills, harmful algae blooms and pollutants and pathogens in runoff. Real-time monitoring and modeling is appropriate in reservoirs, rivers and at water treatment plant intakes, and post-treatment within the water distribution network.

Sensor and information technologies are emerging that can provide the tools needed to continuously monitor water quality variables, transmit monitoring data in real time, validate, display and interpret the data, and predict the future state of these variables. To meet the need for timely assessment of water safety, these components need to be integrated into and tested in real-time monitoring and modeling systems.

Workshop Objectives

· Provide a forum where water utilities, regulatory agencies and scientific researchers can discuss needs and solutions to issues in water safety and security related to real-time monitoring and modeling

· Identify the state-of-the-art in sensors both in-situ and remote, telecommunication, data visualization and mathematical modeling that can be applied in pilot real-time monitoring/modeling system(s)

· Identify research needs in these areas

· Identify the expertise of interested organizations and individuals

Workshop Co-Chair	Workshop Co-Chair
Mr. William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional Administrator	Dr. Nabil Adam, Director
USEPA Region 2	Rutgers University CIMIC

Program Committee

Dr. Francisco Artigas, Rutgers CIMIC	Robert Ceberio, NJMC
Dr. Vijay Atluri, Rutgers CIMIC	Dr. Milton Halem, NASA/GSFC (Emeritus)
Dr. Kirk Barrett, Rutgers CIMIC	Bruce Kiselica, USEPA
Irfan Bora, NJMC	Sue Stendebach, NSF
Kevin Bricke, USEPA	Dr. Yelena Yesha, UMBC

Presentations

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*Title*	*Presenter*	*Abstract*	*Presentation*
“Status and Plans for Development of Real-Time Water Monitoring”	Richard Kropp, US Geological Survey	Click Here	Click Here
“An Integrated Water Quality Security System for Emergency Response”	William Samuels & Rakesh Bahadur, Science Applications International Corporation	Click Here	Click Here
“Biosensors for Monitoring of Drinking Water Using Natural Photosynthesis”	Elias Greenbaum, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Click Here	Click Here
“Early Warning Monitoring Systems for Protection of Drinking Water Quality”	Richard Gullick, American Water Works Service Company, Inc.	N/A	Click Here
“Monitoring Drinking Water Quality”	David Lipsky, NYC Department of Environmental Protection	N/A	Click Here
“Remote Monitoring and Network Models: Their Potential for Protecting the Nation’s Water Supplies”	Robert Clark, US EPA – National Risk Management Research Laboratory	Click Here	Click Here
“Detection of Toxic Agents in Water Systems”	Art Janata, Georgia Institute of Technology	N/A	Click Here
“Tracing Chemical Plumes in Turbulent Waters”	Art Janata, Georgia Institute of Technology	Click Here	Click Here
“Modern Remote Sensing: Imagery, Capabilities, Possibilities”	Paul Hopkins, SUNY – College of Environmental Science & Forestry	Click Here	Click Here
“Bioluminescent Fiber-Optic Biosensors to Genotoxicants & Mercury”	Robert Marks, Ben Gurion University	Click Here	N/A
“Near-Real-Time Monitoring & Modeling System for Onondaga Lake, NY”	Steve Effler, Upstate Freshwater Institute	Click Here	N/A
“Design of Early Warning & Source Water Monitoring Systems”	Rolf Deininger, University of Michigan	Click Here	N/A
“Monitoring & Modeling for Drinking Water Safety and Security”	Ronald Hunsinger, East Bay Municipal Utility District	N/A	Click Here

Posters/Demonstrations:

· Robert Ferguson, Strategic Diagnostics, Inc.: Microtox Biotoxicity Detection Technology

· Matt Huffine, Dascore Inc.: In-line monitoring of distribution system with Dascore Six-CENSE

· Chris Owen, Apprise Technologies, Inc.: Remote Sampling Technology: Proactive Management of Surface Water and Development of Comprehensive Data Sets for "Early Warning" Applications

· Wayne Thibaudeau, Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc.: FlowCAM: Automated Early Warning and Continuous Monitoring System for Fluid-Borne Particles and Cells, i.e. Harmful Algae

· William van der Schalie, US Army Center for Env. Health Research: Demonstration of a Continuous, Real-time Biomonitor for the Detection of Toxic Chemicals in Water

· Robert Morgan, Aqueous Solutions Inc.: RABS (Real-Time Aquatic Biomonitoring System) - Today’s Integrated Solution for Continuous Water Quality Assurance

· Kirk Barrett et al, Rutgers CIMIC, An automated validation and alert system for continuous environmental monitoring data

· Dawen Kou and Somenath Mitra, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Continuous Monitoring Of Trace Contaminants In Water Using On-Line Membrane Extraction

· Rakesh K. Gelda, et al, Upstate Freshwater Institute, Assessing gas transfer across the air-water interface with a robotic monitoring buoy

· Rakesh K. Gelda, et al, Upstate Freshwater Institute, Estimation of metabolic rates through robotic in situ diel DO measurements

· Steven W. Effler, et al, Upstate Freshwater Institute, New York’s Near-Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Network

· Dwight Epps and Kim Miller, Circuit Avenue Netrepreneurs, LLC, Continuous Monitoring for Water Supply Safety with Command Control & Monitoring

· Jorge Rivera-Santos and Luis Olivieri, University of Puerto Rico, Advanced Technology for Water Monitoring in the Puerto Rico Water Resources Research and Environmental Institute

· Eric Dantsker, JWD Applied Algorithm: Inverse Problem of Toxic Waste Spreading

· Brian Esch, ALCO Engineering: A Proposed Remote In-Situ On-Line Water Quality Monitoring System for a Public Drinking Water Supply System

Agenda

Workshop on Advanced Technologies in Real-Time Monitoring and Modeling for Drinking Water Safety and Security

Hilton Gateway Hotel, Newark, New Jersey

June 27 and 28, 2002

Posters/Demonstrations will be viewable during all breaks. Click here for a list.

Wednesday, June 26, 2002
6pm – 9pm	Welcoming Reception (Essex Room)
Thursday, June 27, 2002
8:00a	Registration begins and continental breakfast (Atlantic/Morris/Mercer Ballroom)
8:30a	Welcoming Remarks Dr. Nabil Adam, Rutgers University CIMIC Mr. William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional Administrator, USEPA Region 2
9:00a Moderator: Dr. Kirk Barrett	Water Utilities Panel Confirmed Speakers: Richard Gullick, American Water Works Service Company, Inc. Ronald Hunsinger, East Bay Municipal Utility District Dale Kriewall, City of Rochester NY Water Bureau David Lipsky, New York City Department of Environmental Protection Panel should address these questions: What are your water safety concerns? What kind of source water and distribution network monitoring systems do you have now? What do you do with the data? Do you use any models to predict the effects of source water and distribution network contamination? What kinds of sensors, models and information technology would be helpful to you?
10:00a	Break
10:30a Moderator: Dr. Milton Halem	Government Agency Panel. Confirmed Speakers: Janet Pawlukiewicz, US EPA 4601 Richard Kropp, US Geological Survey --"Status and Plans for Development of Real-Time Water Monitoring" Panel should address questions similar to those in the previous panel
11:30a	State-of-the-art and emerging technologies in in-situ sensors for water quality monitoring Confirmed Speaker: Art Janata, Georgia Institute of Technology
12:00p	Lunch in the Essex Room --Introduction: Dean Steve Diner, Rutgers University --Guest Speaker: Jane Kenny, Administrator of the US EPA – Region 2
1:15p	State-of-the-art and emerging technologies in remote sensing for water quality Confirmed Speaker: Paul Hopkins, SUNY – College of Environmental Science & Forestry --"Modern Remote Sensing: Imagery, Capabilities, Possibilities"
1:45p	State-of-the-art and emerging technologies in real-time surface water and distribution network modeling Confirmed Speaker: Robert Clark, National Risk Management Research Laboratory – US EPA --“Remote Monitoring and Network Modeling: Their Potential for Protecting the Nation’s Water Supplies”
2:15p	Break
2:45p	Break out sessions: 1. Threats and Vulnerabilities (Atlantic/Morris/Mercer Ballroom) -- Chair: Bruce Kiselica, US EPA – Region 2 2. Design of an Early Water Monitoring & Modeling System (Bergen Room) -- Chair: Steve Effler, Upstate Freshwater Institute 3. Monitoring – Chemical, Biological, and Radioactive (Monmouth Room) -- Chair: Robert Marks, Ben Gurion University 4. Modeling and Visualization – Dissemination of Warnings (Hudson Room) -- Chair: Upmanu Lall, Columbia University
4:00p	Reports from break out sessions and discussion (Atlantic/Morris/Mercer Ballroom)
5:00p	Adjourn
6:00p	Buffet dinner in the Essex Room

Friday June 28, 2002
8:00a	Continental breakfast (Atlantic/Morris/Mercer Ballroom)
8:30a	Monitoring & Modeling Presentations: Elias Greenbaum, Oak Ridge National Laboratory --"Biosensors for Monitoring of Drinking Water Using Natural Photosynthesis" Robert Marks, Ben Gurion University --"Bioluminescent Fiber-Optic Biosensors to Genotoxicants & Mercury" Steve Effler, Upstate Freshwater Institute --"Near-Real-Time Monitoring & Modeling System for Onondaga Lake" William Samuels & Rakesh Bahadur, Science Applications International Corp. --"An Integrated Water Quality Security System for Emergency Response" Art Janata, Georgia Institute of Technology --"Tracking Chemical Plumes in Turbulent Waters" Rolf Deininger, University of Michigan --"Design of Early Warning and Source Water Monitoring Systems"
10:30a	Break
11:00a	Reaction from utility companies and government agencies Break out session Chairs will make their presentations
12:30p	Lunch in Bentley’s Restaurant
1:30p	Discussion led by panelists (Atlantic/Morris/Mercer Ballroom)
2:30p	Break
3:00p	Wrap up and next steps
4:00p	Concluding Remarks and TBA
5:00p	Organizing committee meeting with the 4 Break out session Chairs

Confirmed Organizations

Government Agencies	Utilities

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	American Water Works Service Co., Inc.
NASA Ames Research Center	City of Phoenix Water Services Dept.
NASA GSFC	City of Rochester NY Water Bureau
National Science Foundation	Delaware River Basin Commission
NJ Board of Public Utilities	East Bay Municipal Utility District
NJ Meadowlands Commission	Elizabethtown Water Company
NJDEP – Bureau of Safe Drinking Water	Interstate Comm. on the Potomac River Basin
NYC Env. Engineering & Health Services	New York City DEP
NY State Department of Health	NJ Water Association
US Army Center for Env. Health Research	North Jersey District Water Supply Comm.
US EPA	Passaic Valley Water Commission
US Geological Survey	Philadelphia Suburban Water Company
Virginia Department of Health	South Central CT Regional Water Authority
	Trenton Water Works
	United Water New Jersey
Industries	Upper Mohawk Valley Reg. Water Bd.

Advantica Stoner
Aeration Industries International, Inc.
ALCO Engineering	Academic & Research Representatives
Apprise Technologies, Inc.
Aqueous Solutions, Inc.	Ben Gurion University
Camp Dresser & McKee	Columbia University
Carollo Engineers, P.C.	Cornell University
Circuit Avenue Netrepreneurs, LLC	Georgia Institute of Technology
Dascore Inc.	NJIT
Environmental Compliance, Inc.	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc.	Rutgers University CIMIC
Gallagher Associates	Rutgers Dept. of Civil & Env. Engineering
Hach Company	SUNY – College of Env. Science & Forestry
Haestad Methods, Inc.	University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Malcolm Pirnie	University of Michigan
O’Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.	University of Puerto Rico
Parsons Brinckerhoff	University of the Virgin Islands
Schoor DePalma Inc.	Upstate Freshwater Institute
Science Applications International Corp.
Strategic Diagnostics, Inc.