November 2023
CENTRAL TEXAS WEAT PRESENTS
HDR / University of Texas at Austin: Will Wehner
Chemical Phosphorous Removal
With the recent rises of phosphorus permit requirements, the need to add chemicals for phosphorous removal has increased. Additional solids production and alkalinity consumption due to chemical addition and increasing chemical costs result in environmental and economic concerns requiring the WRRFs to optimize the design and operation of a chemical dosing system. Understanding the removal mechanisms and identifying the operational and design parameters are critical for designing and operating an efficient chemical phosphorus removal system.
Monday – November 13 at 11:30 am
Please RSVP by following the RSVP button below.
William Wehner is a Ph.D. student with the University of Texas specializing in research on Biosolids. He previously was working for HDR where he helped design and construct process improvements at over 20 WWTPs in his 8 years of experience. During his time with HDR, Will became involved with the WEF MRRDC Phosphorus Removal Design Group and leads the subgroup for Chemical Phosphorus Removal. So far the group has produced a white paper detailing an overview of Chemical Phosphorus Removal and presented the content of the paper at WEFTEC in Chicago.
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CONGRATULATIONS 2022 WEAT CENTRAL TEXAS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
WEAT Central Texas Chapter is proud to present five scholarships to the following applicants:
Ivanna Heigl Maza – $1,000
Ramitha Irrinki – $500
Sophie Lean – $500
Cooper Roalson – $500
Benjamin He – $500
Keep Austin Beautiful – Adopt a Creek
September 9th, 2023, 9 am-12 pm
Due to increased interest in creek clean-up events, CAC TAWWA and CTS WEAT have formally adopted a creek segment! As part of Keep Austin Beautiful, we adopted 0.41 miles of Tannehill Branch West within Bartholomew Park. Over the next two years, we will have a creek clean-up event once a quarter to pick up trash and maybe even clear out some invasive species and revegetate the creek area with native species. For each event, CAC TAWWA will provide trash bags, grabbers, gloves, bug spray, etc. – anything you’ll need.
Come join us to kick off this project on September 9th, 2023, 9 am-12 pm! We have dubbed ourselves the Bartholomew Brush Busters and we want YOU to help us bust some brush. We will meet in the parking lot of Bartholomew Municipal Pool. If you have any questions, please contact Hannah Leppla at hleppla@plummer.com.
Sign up at the link below!
Register for September 9, 2023 Creek Clean Up
Save the dates for our upcoming cleanups:
• November 11, 2023
• January 20, 2024
• March 23, 2023
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CP&Y, Inc. dba STV Infrastructure is a wholly-owned subsidiary of STV Incorporated (STV). STV is an innovative and progressive full-service architectural and engineering firm. STV is an award-winning professional firm consistently ranking among the country’s top companies in transportation infrastructure, including rail, mass transit, highways and bridges; water; and social infrastructure, such as, healthcare, education and justice. This success is the direct result of our employees’ commitment to innovation and quality. With more than 40 offices throughout the United States and Canada, STV’s professional, technical and support personnel are client-focused and quality-driven. We provide a complete range of planning, engineering, architectural, environmental, and construction management services to transportation, infrastructure, design-build, institutional, commercial, energy, industrial, and military clients.
Hartwell Environmental Corporation represents leading manufacturers of water and wastewater treatment equipment used in municipal and industrial treatment facilities. Hartwell Environmental Corporation was founded in 1997. We have expanded from our headquarters in Houston to three branch offices in Austin and Arlington, TX and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Our expansion has allowed us to better serve the municipal and industrial facilities in the states of Texas and Oklahoma.
Environmental Improvements, Inc., established in 1966 is a Manufacturer’s Representative firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment. We represent a complete line of manufacturers capable of treating all variations of municipal water and wastewater applications. Coupled with our product service we have been providing treatment equipment and solutions in Texas for over forty-five years.
For more than 50 years, Kimley-Horn has been providing planning and engineering consulting services to clients nationwide. Kimley-Horn has 1,500 employees across Texas and more than 6,600 employees nationwide that provide water/wastewater engineering, transportation planning and engineering, aviation, community planning services, and site planning and design. Kimley-Horn’s long record of technical achievements is enhanced by our reputation for effective management and personal service. Our engineers, planners, urban designers, and landscape architects develop insightful solutions to deliver practical results that consistently exceed our clients’ expectations.
At Plummer, we truly believe that Water is Precious. As a result, our practice has been focused on the protection and development of water resources for our clients and their customers for 40 years. We are a firm of over 120 engineering and scientific professionals dedicated to planning and design of water infrastructure. Dedicated to water resources and environmental engineering, our firm balances sound engineering principles with innovative technology tailored to our clients’ needs. From initial project kick-off, through stringent QC review, to a completed project, our focus stays on developing cost-effective solutions for our clients. We are involved from project inception to implementation and every step in between. It is what we do every day, as opposed to what we do when we have that type of project. We are proud to be one of the top engineering firms in Texas and Louisiana (ENR TX&LA 2018). Because of our focus on water-related matters, our engineers and scientists have become recognized experts in their fields at the local, state, and national level. Our motto is “quality deliverables on schedule…without exception.”
HDR provides tailored, strategic wastewater solutions that are innovative, cost-effective and sustainable.
Historically, keeping wastewater and potable water separate was the pressing goal when designing water and sewer systems. Today, integrated planning is driving the future of one water.
Our advanced treatment professionals tackle the most complex projects with innovative yet practical applications of technology to collect, treat and renew water to meet the demands of today and tomorrow. We will partner with you to develop customized infrastructure management plans and assist in optimization to help you better manage assets, extend useful life and lower operating costs.
Hazen helps clients address water supply and water quality challenges with solutions tailored to deliver lasting benefits to the communities they serve.
More than anything else, Hazen and Sawyer’s reputation is founded on the superior technical work we provide to help clients meet their water quality and water supply goals.
Our focus on water prepares us to handle the exceptional challenges facing the industry: adapting to new regulations and changes in supply or demand, targeting stretched budgets for optimal ROI, developing resilience to drought, floods, severe storms, and wildfires, charting a course into the digital age, and much, much more.
Every community deserves safe, affordable drinking water and clean rivers and streams. That’s the mission Garver and our partnered utilities work toward every day. And every day, these utilities are faced with challenges of aging infrastructure, increasing water quality requirements, and concerns over funding.
Garver’s Water Team is uniquely built with client-focused, local teams that provide constant support, four design centers providing sophisticated design of all engineering disciplines, and a Water Technology Team comprised of national experts that can innovatively solve the most challenging water and wastewater quality concerns.
Whether it’s replacing aging infrastructure or designing new facilities, Garver will rise to the challenge. Even as our industry changes, one thing will remain the same—Garver’s dedication to delivering first-class client service to our communities.
WEAT CTS Officers
President
Sean Mason 512-646-2238 sean.mason@kimley-horn.com
President-Elect
Will Wehner 512-498-4976 william.wehner@hdrinc.com
Vice-President
Jenni Griesel 512-687-2193 jgriesel@plummer.com
Treasurer
Suparna Mukhopadhyay 512-452-5905 smukhopadhya@plummer.com
Secretary
Michelle Lacks 512-685-9759 mmlacks@garverusa.com
Section Rep
Chris Pasch 512-423-4285 cpasch@plummer.com
Past-President
John Marler 512-912-5188 John.Marler@hdrinc.com
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