Oro Loma Sanitary District
Preliminary engineering report on a belt filter press facility to be constructed in an existing vacuum filter building. Because of the relatively large press capacity and difficulty of accessing the trucks that will haul the pressed cake away, consideration was given...
Modesto Dissolved Air Flotation Preliminary Design
Prepared a preliminary design of a dissolved air flotation facility to remove algae from storage pond water. The facility will allow the plant to discharge to the river in several months during which the algae create an unallowable total suspended solids concentration.
Surfacing Septic Tank Effluent
Reviewed voluminous documents and summarized the technical facts for the attorneys for two insurance companies, whose insureds were being sued by a downslope neighbor who claimed that their septic systems were discharging on to his property. Interviewed the...
Placer County SMD No. 1
Prepared a preliminary engineering report for the expansion of this wastewater treatment plant. The hydraulics of the plant were investigated and various piping improvements were identified to increase the hydraulic capacity of the plant. A third train of rotating...
Stonehurst Subdivision
Served as District Engineer for a subdivision which has its own small diameter pressure collection system and wastewater treatment and disposal system.
Mariposa County
Design of small diameter variable grade effluent sewers and mound disposal systems for three rural communities. The work included a review of available technical literature on these innovative technology systems and discussions with experts throughout the United States.
Santa Cruz County Sanitation District, Aptos Transmission Main Relocation
Participated in an analysis of relocating a major transmission main from a beach to an inland location. The original main had been damaged by movement of the beach sand during major storms. The alternative location required pumps with greater heads but it was found...
Monrovia Canyon Park Wastewater Disposal
Analyzed three alternatives for disposing of wastewater from a remote canyon park: (a) over a mile of conventional sanitary sewer to connect to the City sewer system; (b) septic tanks with a small diameter variable grade effluent sewer (VGES) to the City sewer system;...
Santa Cruz County Sanitation District
Served as the lead project engineer on the design of rehabilitation of 25,000 linear feet of sewer pipe for the Santa Cruz County Sanitation District to correct excessive leakage (infiltration and inflow). The project rehabilitated the building laterals from the...