by Asher | May 6, 2020 | Sewage and Wastewater Systems
Served as an expert witness in a case where a sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment plant serving an upscale subdivision has failed to meet the requirements of the discharge permit. The owner received a proposal for a very expensive completely new plant of a...
by Asher | May 6, 2020 | Sewage and Wastewater Systems
Evaluated proposed corrective measures in a $5 million claim in which a wastewater treatment plant failed to perform as intended. The levees around earthen storage lagoons leaked because the design did not incorporate the recommendations of the geotechnical engineer....
by Asher | May 6, 2020 | Sewage and Wastewater Systems
Provided expert witness services in a case where a workman installing deck panels over a concrete channel stepped on the unsupported cantilevered end of a panel and fell to his death. Issues included the responsibilities of the owner, the contractor, the design...
by Asher | May 6, 2020 | Septic Systems
Investigated why the toilet at a rural residence in Contra Costa County would not flush properly. The tenant had called the County Environmental Health Department and the landlord had responded with a retaliatory eviction. Found that the septic tank and leach field...
by Asher | May 6, 2020 | Septic Systems
As a requirement of the lender, the septic system serving a house for sale was inspected by a septic system service company. Two weeks after the new owner moved in, the system failed. A second septic system service company noted that the earlier inspection was...
