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Synchronous in-Person and online options available

June 23rd and 24th, 2026 

Day 1: 8:00am - 5:00pm | Day 2: 8:00am - 3:15pm

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About the Course

The course will be offered both in-person and online via Microsoft Teams.

If you deal with municipal or industrial wastewater or are involved in operation and design of aerobic biotreatment processes, this course is intended for you.

This short course has been designed to walk you through the processes of sequencing batch reactor activated sludge as well as aerobic sludge densification processes including granular aerobic biomass. Topics build from fundamental principles to case histories. The case history presentations will demonstrate technologies in municipal and industrial settings and allow for questions regarding specific problems encountered and solutions developed.

Course size is limited to 250 attendees.

Location

Raynor Memorial Library
Conference Center
1355 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Online via Microsoft Teams

Hotel

Hotel accommodations are the responsibility of the attendee. Registration does not include hotel. 

A block of rooms have been reserved at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, located on 611 W. Wisconsin Ave in Milwaukee, WI 53203. Make your reservation by referencing "Marquette Univ. SBR" by June 2nd, 2026 to receive a discounted room rate of $189.

Those attending will learn 

• Fundamental nutrient and BOD₅ removal considerations
• SBR and sludge densification treatment fundamentals
• System configuration and technology selection
• Modeling activated sludge, SBRs and densified sludge systems
• Design, start-up and monitoring
• Municipal and industrial case studies from operator/owners
• Options available for operating, monitoring and troubleshooting

Who should attend 

• Plant managers and plant engineers
• Environmental staff of municipalities and companies with wastewater
• Engineers involved with pretreatment of wastewater
• Planners and designers of bioprocesses
• Engineers and plant operations personnel for municipalities
• Graduate students in environmental science and engineering

Continuing education credits

Course attendees earn approximately 1.1 continuing education unit or 11 PDHs for professional engineering continuing education requirements in Wisconsin.

Schedule and Speakers

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Registration & Cost

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For the amount, please enter one of the corresponding totals below:

In-Person (Standard): $750

Online (Standard): $400

Course registration is limited to 250 attendees. 

Dr. Daniel Zitomer
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
(phone) 414-288-5733
daniel.zitomer@mu.edu

(Standard registration) Standard registration provides attendees with access to all lectures and a copy of all course handout material online.

(Discount Standard Registration for 3 or more registrants) Registration for three or more people from the same company receive this 20% discounted rate. Discount registrants receive access to all lectures and all class material online. Please contact Dr. Daniel Zitomer for discounts.

Program Committee

• Daniel Zitomer, Marquette University (Chair)
• Kevin Berg, Walworth Co. Met. Sewerage District
• John Butt, Mead & Hunt
• Kevin Bunting, Parkson Corp.
• Andrew Bowns, Veolia
• Matt Castillo, MSA Professional Services
• Thea Davis, Aqua Aerobic
• Manuel de los Santos, Aqua Aerobic
• Aaron Glauch, Xylem
• Patrick McNamara, Marquette University
• Terry Reid, Aqua Aerobic
• Andrew Shaw, Black & Veatch
• Adam Thiedke, Parkson Corp.
• Douglas Yerkes, Jacobs