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The technical program for the HWWA 2025 Annual Conference is now available. We are excited to have compiled a wide range of critical and current water utility related topics, including tracks on Climate Change Adaptation, Strategic Initiatives, Projects, Operations/Systems, Regulatory, Planning, Communications, Business, and Consultant/Vendor/Agency related presentations and panels.
Session Tracks:
Climate Change | Projects | Operations/Systems | Consultant/Vendor/Agency | Strategic Initiatives | Regulatory | Planning | Communications | Business
* Course is approved for Drinking Water Operator CEUs.
** Course has been considered for Wastewater Operator CEUs. All CEUs are pending Board of Certification approval.
Kīpuka Lawn
Kīpuka Lawn
Kaiona Ballroom
Welcome & Pule: Arthur Aiu, Honolulu BWS
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Ernest Lau, Manager & Chief Engineer, Honolulu BWS
Video Message: Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Mayor, City and County of Honolulu
Kaiona Ballroom
GENERAL SESSION 1 — CLIMATE CHANGE TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Climate Change | Projects | Operations/Systems | Consultant/Vendor/Agency
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Alex Yee & Sarah Harris, Honolulu Office of Climate Change Sustainability and Resiliency (OCCR)
Synopsis: The City’s first climate ...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Lenise Marrero & Wendy Broley, Brown and Caldwell
Synopsis: The One Water approach focuses on collaboration strategies for stormwa...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Rachel Duncan, Carollo Engineers | Tess Sprague, Brown and Caldwell
Synopsis: The One Water Honolulu Plan will develop a climate re...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kīpuka Lawn
Deli Lunch Buffet
Kīpuka Lawn
BREAKOUT SESSION 1 — PROJECTS TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Climate Change | Projects | Operations/Systems | Consultant/Vendor/Agency
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Barry Usagawa, Honolulu BWS
Synopsis: Honolulu BWS issued a fixed price DBOM contract to Kalaeloa Desalco LLC in July 2023 to provid...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Dawn Halpern, Kalaeloa Desalco, LLC
Synopsis: This presentation provides an overview of the Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) pilot st...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Topic: Kalaeloa Aquifer Test Plan Approach and Preliminary Findings for the Determination of Hydraulic Separation of Layered Geologic Format...
Kaiona Ballroom
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Noelle Cole, Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting
Synopsis: The updated Primary Urban Center Development Plan (PUC DP, 20...
Kaiona Ballroom
BREAKOUT SESSION 2 — OPERATIONS/SYSTEMS TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Climate Change | Projects | Operations/Systems | Consultant/Vendor/Agency
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speakers: Jordan Kurahara, Planner, Honolulu BWS | Blake Gammel & Rich Konkler, Tru-Vac / International Trucks of Hawaiʻi
Synopsis: Best M...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speakers: Randy Hiraki, Commercial Plumbing | Alana Kobayashi Pakkala, Kobayashi Group
Synopsis: Kuilei and Alia are two Kobayashi residentia...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speakers: Lorna Heller, Honolulu BWS | Daniel Chen, Honeywell
Synopsis: The Honolulu BWS is advancing water conservation as a key strategy to...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speakers: Isaac Hayashi & Tony Shing, Honolulu BWS
Synopsis: Water main infrastructure is a critical component of urban water systems. Howeve...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
BREAKOUT SESSION 3 — CONSULTANT/VENDOR/AGENCY TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Climate Change | Projects | Operations/Systems | Consultant/Vendor/Agency
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speakers: Charles Jury & Francis Cheng, Okahara & Associates
Synopsis: This presentation will talk about a couple of active Honolulu BWS proj...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speaker: Alyssandra V. Rousseve, Commission on Water Resource Management
Synopsis: This presentation provides an overview of the Framework fo...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speaker: Mitch LeBas, P.E., Backflow Preventions Services, LLC
Synopsis: The Hawaiʻi Department of Health, through state rules and regulatio...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Topic: Leveraging AMI, AI, and Operational Dashboards to Reduce Field Work and Operating Expenses in Water Utilities*
Speaker: Joseph Rogers,...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
GENERAL SESSION 2 — STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Strategic Initiatives | Regulatory | Planning | Communications
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Jim Siriano, Water Research Foundation
Synopsis:
The Water Research Foundation's One Water research programs touch the entire ...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Sierra Johnson, Brown and Caldwell | Marc Chun, Honolulu BWS
Synopsis: Honolulu BWS is currently implementing a long-term program f...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Mel Tokuda & Scott Murakawa, Safe Drinking Water Branch, Department of Health | Yvonne Heaney, California Division of Drinking Wat...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Carl Lundin, CDM Smith
Synopsis: The Water Master Plan 10-year update is a comprehensive initiative led by the Honolulu Board of Wat...
Kaiona Ballroom
BREAKOUT SESSION 4 — REGULATORY TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Strategic Initiatives | Regulatory | Planning | Communications
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Ciara Kahahane, State Commission on Water Resource Management
Synopsis: CWRM Goals and Major Projects over the next 2 years.
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Zhaohui Wang, Safe Drinking Water Branch, Department of Health
Synopsis:
On April 10, 2024, the EPA announced the final National ...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Topic: Adjusting Sewer Rates to Support Affordability and Water Conservation while also Meeting Revenue Requirements
Speakers: Roger Babcock,...
Kaiona Ballroom
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speakers: Andy Salveson & Mike Miyahira, Carollo Engineers
Synopsis: Today’s Hawaiʻi water resources managers face a myriad of challenges fro...
Kaiona Ballroom
BREAKOUT SESSION 5 — PLANNING TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Strategic Initiatives | Regulatory | Planning | Communications
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speaker: Michael Cubas, CDM Smith
Synopsis: Conflagration is no longer just a phrase or scholastic term—it’s an increasingly measurable threa...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speaker: Jay Stone, Bowers & Kubota
Synopsis: The Honolulu BWS needs to address a long-term solution for the disposal and/or reactivation of ...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Speakers: Nancy Matsumoto, PG, CHG, Honolulu BWS | Charles Luxford, PE, SE, Brierley Associates
Synopsis: The Haʻikū Tunnel Bulkhead Study in...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
Topic: Nuuanu Hydro-Managed Aquifer Recovery, A Stormwater Capture, Treatment, Energy Recovery and Aquifer Recharge Solution for a Climate C...
Kaʻala Ballroom I-II
BREAKOUT SESSION 6 — COMMUNICATIONS TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Tracks: Strategic Initiatives | Regulatory | Planning | Communications
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speaker: Michele Rodriguez-Flores, Ridgecresta Inc.
Synopsis: As a wave of retirements reshapes the workforce landscape, organizations face a...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speaker: Glenn Barnes, Water Financing Assistance
Synopsis: Utilities generate complicated analyses such as water audits, asset management pl...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speakers: Arthur Aiu, Sheri Mikami & Michele Harman, Honolulu BWS | Ani Turner, Kauaʻi DWS
Synopsis: Education is a cornerstone of outreach e...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Speakers: Amy Tsuneyoshi, Honolulu BWS | Yumi Kam, Waiʻanae Mountain Watershed Partnership
Synopsis: Our forests are essential for water secu...
Kaʻala Ballroom III-IV
Water, coffee, and tea available outside Kaiona Ballroom
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Kīpuka Lawn
Dinner buffet 530pm to 730pm
Kīpuka Lawn
TBA
TBA
GENERAL SESSION 3 — BUSINESS TRACK
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Dr. Steven Bond-Smith, UHERO
Synopsis: Rising and uncertain import tariffs, sweeping federal layoffs, and new fiscal and immigration...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Speaker: Ann Miyahira Hajnosz, PE, Harris & Associates
Synopsis: The water industry is facing significant challenges — rapidly aging infrastr...
Kaiona Ballroom
Kaiona Ballroom
Facilitator: Barry Usagawa, Honolulu BWS
Panelists: Ernest Lau, Honolulu BWS | Keith Okamoto, Hawaiʻi DWS | John Stufflebean, Maui DWS | Jose...
Kaiona Ballroom
Subject to change. Please listen to announcements made at the start of each session.
Waiʻanae Kai
Waiʻanae Kai
Kapolei Golf Club
Kapolei Golf Club
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