Schedule
28–30 October 2025 • Hyatt Regency Louisville • Louisville, KY, USA
Monday, 27 October 2025 | |
| 4–6 p.m. | Registration |
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | AIST Environmental Technology Committee Introductions, Welcome and Background Tim Fox, Veolia WTS |
| 8:10 a.m. | Fundamental Water System Chemistry, Cooling Water, & Water Uses in the Steel Industry |
| 8:55 a.m. | Cooling Tower Operations, Maintenance and Thermal Performance Philip Poll, OBR Cooling Towers This presentation will review cooling tower operations from the perspective of the overall life cycle of a cooling tower. Different types of cooling towers ranging from field-erected fiberglass towers to factory-assembled steel towers will be explored and explained in how they are applied in the marketplace to allow for comprehension of tower application |
| 9:40 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 a.m. | Cooling Systems — Corrosion Control in Noncontact vs. Contact Systems James Gleason, Veolia WTS This topic will compare and contrast corrosion control in noncontact vs. contact systems. |
| 10:55 a.m. | Membrane Systems for Water Treatment Tyler Riggle, Veolia An insightful exploration of membrane filtration technologies (MF/UF/NF/RO) and discover strategies for optimizing water recovery rates. This presentation will showcase how powerful design tools like Winflows and Argo can transform your system efficiency through advanced simulation, modeling, and optimization techniques - helping you maximize performance while minimizing operational costs. |
| 11:40 a.m. | Lunch |
| 12:40 p.m. | Boiler Water and Steam Boiler Fundamentals — Treatment and Management With Case Study Kevin Boudreaux, ChemTreat Inc. |
| 1:25 p.m. | Microbiological Activity Control With Case Study |
| 2:10 p.m. | Break |
| 2:55 p.m. | NPDES and Pretreatment Permitting: Methods for Obtaining Favorable Permit Conditions |
| 3:25 p.m. | Governing Project Risk – A Case for Early Permit Analysis to Optimize Site Selection |
| 4:10 p.m. | Bourbon Keynote Presentation and Tasting Phil Kollin, Phil Talks Whiskey |
| .4:45 p.m. | Day 1 Summary and Wrap-Up |
| 5-6 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, 29 October 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Second Day Kickoff |
| 8:10 a.m. | Clarifiers, Separators and Sludge Thickeners – Applications and Design Principles: What Works and What Doesn’t Alex Zychowicz, Monroe Environmental There are various types of clarifiers and separators used to manage and treat different liquid streams throughout the steelmaking process. This presentation will provide an overview of these systems, highlighting successful approaches for specific applications and pitfalls to avoid. |
| 8:55 a.m. | Major Water Treatment Units – Scale Pits, Clarifiers and Filters Brian Maus Powers, Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. Major treatment units will be discussed for suspended solids removal in steel mills, including scale pits, various types of clarifiers and clarifier effluent filtration. |
| 9:40 a.m. | Break |
| 10:10 a.m. | Real-Time Monitoring Coupled to Automation for More Sustainable and Effective Water Treatment at Steel Mills |
| 10:55 a.m. | Chemfeed Automation to Optimize Cost and Water Quality Daniel Schwarz, NALCO Water, An Ecolab Company |
| 11:40 a.m. | Lunch |
| 1 p.m. | Plant Tour of Four Roses Bourbon |
| 5 p.m. | Return From Plant Tour and Adjourn |
Thursday, 30 October 2025 | |
| 7 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Safe Cooling Water Reduction for EAF |
| 8:45 a.m. | Emulsion Polymer Preparation Joseph DeMarco, EquipSolutions Properly prepared emulsion polymer solutions significantly improve the efficiency of liquid solids separation equipment in the management of both filtration and wastewater processes. Optimizing emulsion polymer use through advancements in feeders and smart product pumps involves leveraging technology and design improvements to enhance efficiency, reduce waste and ensure precise dosing. As technology has become a larger, more integral part of our lives, we have seen the creation of intelligent, adaptive products that transform various best practices, including product design and development. Today, suppliers of polymer make-down/activation systems incorporate these technological capabilities into their systems, allowing for superior automation of treatment dosages and concentrations in response to changing operating conditions in the dynamic processes utilizing polymer applications. This has driven optimized solids separation performance, polymer usage, cost reductions, and the overall reliability of the systems used to manage polymer preparation and control. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10 a.m. | Zero-Liquid-Discharge Technology for the 500-KTPY Cold Mill Complex |
| 10:45 a.m. | Waste Recovery Strategies in Steel Finishing Plants Simon Walker, Russula |
| 11:30 a.m. | Enhance Cooling Water Efficiency and Minimize Waste: A Guide to Mill Scale Reuse Justin Gould, NALCO Water, An Ecolab Company This presentation will discuss oil removal optimization and removal in contact water systems while also cleaning up mill scale for resale. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Conference Adjourn |