January Luncheon
Program: Wastewater Ponds – Assets or Liabilities?
Winery wastewater treatment, especially in older, existing facilities, often includes a wastewater pond in one way or another. While ponds can provide great benefits in managing swings in hydraulic and organic loading, low operator oversight, and built-in equalization storage, as they age they can represent large cost or environmental liabilities if not managed properly. This presentation will cover several aspects of managing or improving existing wastewater treatment ponds, including examples from a number of case studies. Specific topics will include pond lining, sludge removal, bank stabilization & erosion, leakage, and energy use.
Speaker: Steve Worrell, P.E.
Steve works as a Project Engineer for Summit Engineering’s Water and Wastewater Division, and has worked in landfill design and construction review, sewer system modeling and sanitary sewer evaluation studies/condition assessment, and design of water and wastewater treatment. Steve has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University, and a Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of South Florida. Steve served in the United States Peace Corps as a water and sanitation volunteer in Uganda, and currently is the Chapter President for the Sonoma County Chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
Date/Time: Thursday, January 10th, 2019 at Noon
Cost: $25 ($15 for students)