Event Dates: September 9th -11th, 2024
Exhibit Dates:  September 9th &10th, 2024 

     Location:  Savannah, Georgia

WaterPro Registration, Exhibit Hall, Sessions and Events will be located at: 

Savannah Convention Center, One International Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31421 

Sunday, September 08, 7:00 AM

Main Registration Open - Savannah Convention Center

Room: Main Entrance - Savannah Convention Center

Satellite Registration - Open - Hyatt Regency Savannah

Room: Lobby - Hyatt Regency Savannah

Satellite Registration Open - Marriott Savannah Riverfront

Room: Lobby - Marriott Savannah Riverfront

Monday, September 09, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Room: Georgia International Gallery - 2nd Level

Monday, September 09, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Main Registration Open - Savannah Convention Center

Room: Main Entrance - Savannah Convention Center

Monday, September 09, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

WaterPro Opening Ceremony

Room: Chatham Ballroom

Monday, September 09, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Southern Praline Class at Chef Darin's Kitchen Table - AM Class

Room: Offsite Location

Monday, September 09, 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Monday, September 09, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Exhibit Hall Coffee Break

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Monday, September 09, 9:30 AM

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Rural Water On Display Photo Contest Voting Begins

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Ultimate Meter Challenge Preliminaries

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Monday, September 09, 11:00 AM

Deploying GIS & GNSS at Cassatt Water

Room: 200/201

Developing Standard Operating Procedures

Room: 102/103

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Engineering Updates from WEP

Room: 105/106

LCR to LCRR to LCRI: What You Need to Know

Room: 204/205

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Using Pressure Data to determine Event Localization

Room: 202

WaterISAC Session

Room: 100/101

Your First Priority

Room: Oglethorpe

Monday, September 09, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch On Own

Room: TBD

Monday, September 09, 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Southern Praline Class at Chef Darin's Kitchen Table - PM Class

Room: Offsite Location

Monday, September 09, 1:30 PM

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Effective & Efficient Board Organization & Meetings

Room: Oglethorpe

ESRI EOS Workshop

Room: 202

Indiana System Improves Network Performance with Water Technology

Room: 105/106

Innovative Partnerships to Protect Drinking Water Sources

Room: 200/201

LoRaWAN AMI system

Room: 100/101

NRWA Annual Business Meeting

Room: Grand Ballroom - Westin Savannah Harbor

Pipeline Installation Options for Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Room: 204/205

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Vulnerability Assessments and Emergency Response Plans Uses

Room: 102/103

Monday, September 09, 2:45 PM

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Enhancing Water Operations: Unlocking the Power of TOC Optimization

Room: 105/106

ESRI EOS Workshop

Room: 202

Improving Revenue Collections for Utilities

Room: 204/205

Keep it Clean with Power Wash Drones

Room: 200/201

Our Fiduciary Responsibilities Trust vs FraudEthics

Room: Oglethorpe

Rural Water PFAS Litigation and Settlements for Your Utility

Room: 100/101

Source Water Monitoring and Karst Springs

Room: 102/103

Monday, September 09, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Monday, September 09, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

WaterPro Exhibit Hall Extravaganza

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Coffee & Donuts in the Exhibit Hall

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Tuesday, September 10, 7:00 AM

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Main Registration Open - Savannah Convention Center

Room: Main Entrance - Savannah Convention Center

Tuesday, September 10, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Rural Economic Outlook & Awards of Excellence

Room: Chatham Ballroom

Tuesday, September 10, 9:45 AM

Crisis COMMS and the Lead and Copper Rule

Room: 200/201

CY22 Disaster Grant Programs (TA and Construction)

Room: 202

Decision Making & Asset Management with Mapping & Spatial Analysis

Room: 100/101

I Have Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) Now What?

Room: 204/205

Know the Numbers

Room: Oglethorpe

Microbial Induced Corrosion (MIC) on Ductile Iron Control Valves

Room: 105/106

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Water Workforce: Converting Grassroots Awareness into Actionable Programs

Room: 102/103

Tuesday, September 10, 10:45 AM

Exhibit Hall Finale and Ultimate Meter Challenge Finals

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Rural Water On Display Photo Contest Voting Ends

Room Number TBD

Tuesday, September 10, 11:00 AM

Addressing Water Quality Degradation: Storage & Distribution Stages

Room: 204/205

CISA's Priority Telecommunications Services (PTS)

Room: 202

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

NRWA Apprenticeship Program Update

Room: 102/103

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Troubleshooting Disinfection Byproducts in Water Production and Distribution

Room: 105/106

USDA SAM.gov/RD Apply Applications

Room: 200/201

Water loss and Conservation

Room: 100/101

Tuesday, September 10, 12:00 PM

Lunch On Own

Room: TBD

Women In Rural Water Luncheon

Room: Chatham Ballroom

Tuesday, September 10, 1:30 PM

Challenges of Replacing a Coastal Resort’s Wastewater Treatment System

Room: 202

EdPASS-H2O EPA Grant: Year 3 Progress and Lessons Learned

Room: 102/103

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

On-Site Sodium Hypochlorite Generation for Disinfection

Room: 100/101

Power of Association

Room: Oglethorpe

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Securing Water SCADA Communication Now

Room: 105

USDA Round Table

Room: 200/201

Tuesday, September 10, 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Afternoon Break

Room: Riverview Concourse - Savannah Convention Center

Tuesday, September 10, 2:45 PM

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Focus on the Future

Room: Oglethorpe

Locating Lead and Copper Lines Without Digging or Excavating

Room: 100/101

Prepare for Round 2 of AWIA and Federal Funding to Mitigate Disasters

Room: 105/106

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Safety in the work place

Room: 200/201

Similar Systems Data Collection

Room: 202

Wastewater-Based Disease Surveillance: The Present and Future

Room: 102/103

Why Everyone Needs a Good Password Management App

Room: 204/205

Tuesday, September 10, 4:00 PM

Cyber Resilience for Rural Public Water Systems

Room: 200/201

Demand Driven Distribution: Make Your System More Efficient

Room: 100/101

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Implementing the GAO Recommendations for Hypoxia & HABs

Room: 102/103

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Rural Water Workforce

Room: Oglethorpe

Tuesday, September 10, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Friends of Rural Water Gala -Ticket Required

Room: Chatham Ballroom - Savannah Convention Center

Wednesday, September 11, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Morning Coffee Break

Room: Chatham Ballroom - Savannah Convention Center

Wednesday, September 11, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

US EPA Regulatory Outlook

Room: Chatham Ballroom - Savannah Convention Center

Wednesday, September 11, 9:45 AM

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Effective Compensation Practices for Water Utilities

Room: 204/205

Fostering a Culture of Collaborative WaterTA

Room: 100/101

Importance of Cybersecurity for all Water and Wastewater Systems

Room: 200/201

Public Relations & Customer Engagement

Room: Oglethorpe

Pump System Optimization: Improving Efficiency

Room: 105/106

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

The Changing Landscape of 1926(b)

Room: 202

Wednesday, September 11, 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Mid-Morning Coffee Break

Room: TBD

Wednesday, September 11, 11:00 AM

BIL and IRA: 2 Years in, Where are We?

Room: 204/205

Closing Cybersecurity Gaps - Vetting Contractors and Obtaining Insurance

Room: 105/106

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

EPA’s Framework for a Successful Water Contamination Incident Response

Room: 100/101

Five Tips to Having Better Difficult Conversations in the Workplace

Room: 200/201

Getting Results from Your Experts

Room: Oglethorpe

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Turning Challenges into Opportunities Through Effective Communication

Room: 202

Wednesday, September 11, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

WaterPro Sendoff Social

Room: Exhibit Hall A/B

Wednesday, September 11, 1:45 PM

Don’t Get Hacked: How to Increase Cybersecurity at Your Utility

Room: 100/101

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Knockout Customer Complaints: Rocky Style

Room: 202

Microplastics Everywhere! Awareness Is Everything!

Room: 204/205

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

Strategic Planning for Small to Mid-Sized Utilities

Room: 105/106

U.S. EPA’s State Revolving Funds and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

Room: 200/201

Unleashing Efficiency with Data-Driven Water Conservation

Room: 102/103

What Makes High-Performing Boards: Effective Governance Practices

Room Number TBD

Wednesday, September 11, 3:00 PM

A Cyber Incident Response Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities

Room: 200/201

Applying Asset Management Principles to Lead Service Line Inventories

Room: 100/101

Burn the Clipboard – Smarter Data Habits for Rural Water

Room: 102/103

Call to Action

Room: Oglethorpe

Decentralized Systems: There are Alternatives

Room: 202

Educational Sessions

Room: TBD

Improving Treatment in Wastewater Lagoons Without Expanding Plant Footprint

Room: 204/205

Prioritize Water Infrastructure with AI

Room: 105/106

RD Apply Lab Open

Room: 203

If you need assistance or have questions about exhibiting at the WaterPro Conference, please contact Dena Powell, 580-252-0651.