INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Comprehensive background in industrial wastewater treatment. Specific responsibilities include: wastewater discharge permitting, pilot plant design and evaluation, waste treatment studies, preparation of design plans and specifications, design of water reuse facilities, design of instrumentation and control systems, design of industrial monitoring stations, operator training, and O&M manual preparation.
Knowledge and application of the following industrial treatment processes: dissolved air flotation; membrane filtration to include microfiltration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis; pressure filtration; mixed-media filtration; coagulation; flocculation; carbon adsorption; pH neutralization; carbon dioxide neutralization; metals removal; cyanide destruction; oxidation/reduction techniques; and ion exchange.
In addition, prepared Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans for various industrial activities.
Design and Permitting of Industrial Laundry Pretreatment Systems
Unifirst Corporation, Corporate Environmental Department Various National Industrial Laundry Locations
Principal Engineer. Designed and permitted numerous industrial laundry pretreatment systems throughout the country for the Corporate Division of Unifirst Corporation, treating heavy metals such as zinc, and oil and grease, and heavy automotive and industrial soiled uniforms. All systems included: permit application preparation, regulatory interfacing, design plans and specifications, operation and maintenance manual preparation, and start-up services.
Specific locations of these systems include: Portland, Maine; Lebanon, New Hampshire; Nashua, New Hampshire, Springfield, Massachusetts; Stratford, Connecticut; Syracuse, New York; New Kensington, Pennsylvania; Franklin, Ohio; Phoenix, Arizona; and Richland, Washington.
Permitting of the Country’s First Nuclear Laundry Pretreatment System
Interstate Nuclear Services, Corporate Engineering
Springfield, Massachusetts and Richland, Washington
Principal Engineer. Permitted two nuclear laundry pretreatment systems to control the amount of soluble, low-level radionuclides discharged to the municipal publicly owned treatment works. Responsibilities included: permit application preparation, regulatory interfacing including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and detailed project construction plans.
The Springfield, Massachusetts, facility was designed and built as a full-scale demonstration system, and was the first nuclear laundry pretreatment system of its kind to be permitted in the Country.
Design and Permitting of Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Systems
Various Locations in Massachusetts
Principal Engineer/Project Manager/Designer. Designed and permitted various industrial wastewater pretreatment systems for metals removal. Treatment process design included hexavalent chromium removal, cyanide oxidation, mercury removal, silver removal, zinc, hydroxide precipitation, pH adjustment, spent bath treatment and removal of other problem metals. Provided plans and specifications, worked with each industry to construct and start-up every system, and gained approval of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for each system.
Full-Scale Pilot CO2Pretreatment System
Innovative Carbon Dioxide Treatment System for pH Control
Lebanon, New Hampshire
Principal Engineer/Designer. Responsibilities included designing a full-scale pilot pretreatment system utilizing liquid carbon dioxide for pH control. Obtained all permits to construct a full scale system, directed the conduct of the study and the construction of the pilot plant/full-scale system.
Design and Permitting Silver Recovery Pretreatment System
Graphic Arts Silver Recovery System
Principal Engineer. Designed and permitted pretreatment systems for silver recovery and pH control for a Massachusetts photographic and graphic arts company.
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