# Agenda

### WIHAH 2016 Agenda

September 18-22, 2016
Hilton Anchorage

#### Sunday, September 18
6pm – 8pm | Welcome Reception Sponsored by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation | Top of the World – Hilton Hotel

#### Monday, September 19
7am – 8am | Registration Desk Open / Breakfast | Hilton – Second Level
8am – 8:50am | Welcome Remarks | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Larry Hartig – Commissioner, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
| Jim Nordlund – Alaska State Director, US Department of Agriculture – Rural Development |
| Opening Plenary Speakers: |
8:50 – 9:10am | Danielle Arigoni – Acting Director, Office of Economic Resilience, US Department of Housing and Urban Development Climate Change, Disaster Resilience And Relocation – How One Federal Agency Is Striving To Adapt Policies And Programs To A Changing Environment |
9:10 – 9:30am | Ann Meceda – Arctic Affairs Officer, Acting Chair of the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council The Arctic Council and Sustainable Development Efforts: Project on Water, Sanitation and Health |
9:30am – 10am | Break |
10am – Noon | Oral Presentations |
Session 1: | The impact of household water and sanitation on Arctic human health | Dillingham Room
| Laura Eichelberger – Community Perspectives on Water Insecurity and Climate-Related Vulnerabilities in a Remote Iñupiaq Community |
| John Nichols & AJ Salkoski – Education and behavior change efforts to maximize the health benefits and sustainability of water and sanitation infrastructure |
| Tim Thomas – Impact of In-home Water Service on the Rates of Infectious Diseases: Results from Four Communities in Western Alaska |
| Melanie O’Gorman – Water Infrastructure and Well-being: What Does the Data Tell Us? |
| Carlee Wright – Water Quality and Health in Northern Canada: Contamination of Stored Drinking Water and Associations with Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in an Inuit Community |
Session 2: | Climate change impacts on water and sanitation infrastructure in the Arctic | King Salmon Room
| Michael Bakaic – Vulnerability of northern water supply lakes to changing climate and demand |
| Andrew Medeiros – Vulnerability of fresh water supply in Arctic Canada |
| Michael Brubaker – Climate Change and Community Water Security- Emerging Challenges and Strategies |
| Jonathan Bressler – International Survey on Water and Sanitation in the Arctic |
Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Speaker: |
| Eric Hoberg – Accelerating Climate Change and a Warming World: Consequences for Sustainability and Safety of Arctic Water and Food Resources |
1:30pm – 5:00pm | Oral Presentations and Pilot Systems |
Session 1: | Overview of Household Pilot Systems in Development | Denali Room
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium – The Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS) |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge – Team: University of Alaska Anchorage |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge – Team: DOWL Alaska |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge – Team: Summit Consulting |
Session 2: | Innovative engineering approaches to increase access to water of adequate quality and quantity, including water reuse | Dillingham Room
| Speakers: |
| Ken Johnson – Charting a New Direction for Wastewater Treatment in Nunavut |
| Thomas Kasun – Natural Engineering Wastewater Treatment for Alaska Villages |
| James Englehardt – Design, Construction, Operation, and Demonstration of a Municipal Net-Zero Water System for Nearly Closed-Loop Reuse of Water and Energy |
| Bob Tsigonis – Preliminary Test Results from an Electrically-Assisted, Anaerobic Sewage Treatment System |
| Jennifer Marlow & Michael Gerace – The Kivalina Biochar Reactor: The Arctic’s First Human Waste Bioreactor |
| Pernille Jensen – Potentials and challenges of biogas from fish industry waste in the Arctic |
6pm – 8pm | International Reception sponsored by the US State Department Moderator: Ann Meceda, Acting Chair, Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group Presenters: Pernille Jensen, Kristian Hammeken, Danish Technical University Rob Quick, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) John Matthews, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) | Chart Room – Hilton Hotel

#### Tuesday, September 20
7am – 8am | Continental Breakfast | Denali Room
8am – 9:30am | Country Comparisons Presenters will offer a short introduction to the water and sanitation situation in their country or region, levels of water and sanitation service, mechanisms for funding and construction of systems, operations and maintenance, regulating authorities and challenges. | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Speakers: |
| Alexey Dudarev – Russia |
| Kåre Hendriksen – Greenland |
| Tyler Heal –Yukon, Canada |
| Michele LeBlanc-Havard –Nunavut, Canada |
| Peter Workman – North West Territories, Canada |
| Bill Griffith – Alaska, USA |
9:30am – 10am | Break |
10am – Noon | Oral Presentations |
Session 1: | Innovative engineering approaches to increase access to water of adequate quality and quantity, including water reuse | Dillingham Room
| Speakers: |
| Ken Johnson – Charting a New Direction for Wastewater Treatment in Nunavut |
| Thomas Kasun – Natural Engineering Wastewater Treatment for Alaska Villages |
| James Englehardt – Design, Construction, Operation, and Demonstration of a Municipal Net-Zero Water System for Nearly Closed-Loop Reuse of Water and Energy |
| Bob Tsigonis – Preliminary Test Results from an Electrically-Assisted, Anaerobic Sewage Treatment System |
| Jennifer Marlow & Michael Gerace – The Kivalina Biochar Reactor: The Arctic’s First Human Waste Bioreactor |
| Pernille Jensen – Potentials and challenges of biogas from fish industry waste in the Arctic |
Session 2: | Climate change impacts on water and sanitation infrastructure in the Arctic | King Salmon Room
| Speakers: |
| Michael Bakaic – Vulnerability of northern water supply lakes to changing climate and demand |
| Andrew Medeiros – Vulnerability of fresh water supply in Arctic Canada |
| Michael Brubaker – Climate Change and Community Water Security- Emerging Challenges and Strategies |
| Jonathan Bressler — International Survey on Water and Sanitation in the Arctic |
Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Speaker: |
| Tom Hennessy – The Impact of Water and Sanitation Services on Health |
1:30pm – 5pm | Oral Presentations & Pilot Systems |
Session 1: | The impact of household water and sanitation on Arctic human health | King Salmon Room
| Speakers: |
| Laura Eichelberger — Community Perspectives on Water Insecurity and Climate-Related Vulnerabilities in a Remote Iñupiaq Community |
| John Nichols & AJ Salkoski – Education and behavior change efforts to maximize the health benefits and sustainability of water and sanitation infrastructure |
| Tim Thomas – Impact of In-home Water Service on the Rates of Infectious Diseases: Results from Four Communities in Western Alaska |
| Melanie O’Gorman – Water Infrastructure and Well-being: What Does the Data Tell Us? |
| Carlee Wright – Water Quality and Health in Northern Canada: Contamination of Stored Drinking Water and Associations with Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in an Inuit Community |
Session 2: | Overview of Household Pilot Systems in Development | Denali Room
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium – The Portable Alternative Sanitation System (PASS) |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge – Team: University of Alaska Anchorage |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge –Team: DOWL Alaska |
| State of Alaska Water & Sewer Challenge – Team: Summit Consulting |

#### Wednesday, September 21
7am – 8am | Continental Breakfast | Denali Room
8am – 9:30am | Morning Plenary Session | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Speakers: |
| Nicholas Ashbolt – Risk management considerations in household water management |
| Guy Carpenter – Reuse Regulations and Challenge of Regulating On-site Systems |
9:30am – 10am | Break |
10am – Noon | Oral Presentations |
Session 1: | Regulations and policies affecting access to and the cost of providing adequate quantities of water in the home | Dillingham Room
| Speakers: |
| Bob Bastian – Small Decentralized and Onsite Water Reuse Systems and Practices |
| Kåre Hendriksen – Greenland – far from reaching The United Nations Millennium Development Goal – Why? |
| Kathryn Anderson – Beyond education: Using Social Marketing to Impact Behavior Change |
| Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle – Proposed reforms to Alaska Water & Sewer Improvement Efforts |
Session 2: | Methods of ownership, operations and maintenance to maximize useful life of water and sewer systems in the Arctic | King Salmon
| Speakers: |
| Michael Black – Techniques and design of building to make it more compatible with this new Arctic environment |
| Graham Gagnon – Applying a Water Safety Plan Approach to Small Systems in Northern Canada |
| Barbara Johnson – A New Affordability Indicator for Rural Alaskan Water Utilities |
| Gavin Dixon – Affordable Sustainable Sanitation through Energy Efficiency: ANTHC Rural Energy Initiative |
| James Temte – National Tribal Water Center |
Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | Aleutian/Alaska Room
| Speaker: |
| Carolyn Kozak, Sharon Hildebrand, Stephen Penner – Water Security in the Arctic: Perspectives from the Model Arctic Council |
1:30pm – 3:10pm | Oral Presentations |
Session 1: | Methods of ownership, operations and maintenance to maximize useful life of water and sewer systems in the Arctic | King Salmon
| Speakers: |
| Michael Black – Techniques and design of building to make it more compatible with this new Arctic environment |
| Graham Gagnon – Applying a Water Safety Plan Approach to Small Systems in Northern Canada |
| Barbara Johnson – A New Affordability Indicator for Rural Alaskan Water Utilities |
| Gavin Dixon – Affordable Sustainable Sanitation through Energy Efficiency: ANTHC Rural Energy Initiative |
| James Temte – National Tribal Water Center |
Session 2: | Regulations and policies affecting access to and the cost of providing adequate quantities of water in the home | Dillingham Room
| Speakers: |
| Bob Bastian – Small Decentralized and Onsite Water Reuse Systems and Practices |
| Kåre Hendriksen – Greenland: Far from reaching The United Nations Millennium Development Goal – Why? |
| Kathryn Anderson – Beyond education: Using Social Marketing to Impact Behavior Change |
| Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle – Proposed reforms to Alaska Water & Sewer Improvement Efforts |
3:10pm – 3:30pm | Break |
3:30pm – 5pm | Panel Discussion and Conference Wrap-up | Aleutian/Alaska Room