I work with environmental processes to resolve problems associated with industrial water, wastewater treatment systems, and groundwater remediation. My water/wastewater treatment experience includes all projects from pre-engineering and feasibility studies to construction, operator training, operations management, process troubleshooting and redesign, process optimization, and instrumentation and control. Services include:
Regulatory Support
- Compliance sampling
- Reviewing sampling protocols and standard operating procedures
- Field testing
- Estimating Capacity Units (CUs), connection, and discharge fees
- Permitting and compliance support with POTWs and air quality boards
- Waste profiling, disposal, and management
Feasibility studies
- Source emissions testing
- Wastewater characterization
- Identification of alternative technologies for water/air treatment
- Cost-estimating and economic analysis
- Bench-scale testing
- Pilot-scale testing
- Capacity projections (for expanding operations)
System Design and Documentation
- Estimating mass and hydraulic loads
- Process flow diagrams
- Process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
- Writing technical specifications (for construction or design-build)
- Standard operating procedures
- Operation and maintenance manuals
- Construction and Long-Term Operation
Project Management
- Sourcing of equipment, materials, and subcontractors
- Construction
- System startup
- Long-term operation
Permitting
- Applications to discharge to storm drain or land discharge (i.e., California NPDES or WDR)
- Permit renewals
- Applications to discharge to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs)
- Permitting, purchasing, and transferring CUs (i.e., expansions and relocation of capacity)
- Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA)
Sorption Processes
- Activated carbon
- Ion exchange
- Other sorption media
Chemical Oxidation Processes
- Oxidation with ozone
- Permanganate media (VOCs)
- UV and Hydrogen Peroxide
- Advanced oxidation (ozone and hydrogen peroxide)
Separation Processes
- Filtration
- Flocculation
- Coagulation
- Clarification
- Air strippers
- Dissolved air flotation (DAF)
- Clarifiers
Biological Wastewater Treatment
- Activated sludge
- Anaerobic treatment
- Emergency support
- Process assessments
- Negotiations with regulatory agencies (temporary permits)