REYNOLD D. “DALE” RICHWINE, P.E.
EDUCATION
Master Business Administration, Portland State University, 1995
M.S. Engineering Management, Portland State University, 1992
B.S. Civil-Structural Engineering, Portland State University, 1980
A.A.S. Wastewater Technology, Linn-Benton Community College, 1974
REGISTRATIONS
Professional Engineer - Civil: Oregon, Washington
Professional Engineer – Environmental: Oregon
Grade IV Wastewater Operator: Oregon, Washington
SUMMARY
Dale Richwine is an environmental engineer with over 46-years experience in the planning, permitting, design, start-up, operation, and management of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Dale has a broad background in the operation and management of treatment plants, including biosolids and recycled wastewater utilization programs. Dale brings this management experience to his projects by applying an appropriate decision process utilizing members of the public, key decision makers and operations and maintenance staff.
PLANNING
Dale wrote the 2018 Facilities Plan for the City of Powers, Oregon. Powers is a small town in Southwest Oregon. The existing treatment facilities are old and will not meet the new stringent permit requirements mandated by a TMDL on the South Coquille River. Previous planning efforts resulted in projects that did not obtain community support and did not move forward. The 2018 Faciities Plan received unanimas support from the City Council and the City is moving forward with implementation of the plan.
Dale was the Program Manager for Kitsap Public Utility District to plan, permit and design a new 100,000-gpd MBR treatment facility that discharges to a drainfield as a replacement for the existing aging treatment facilty discharging to Hood Canal in Puget Sound. This project resulted in opening up 90-acres of goeduck beds to the three local tribes and local residents. This is the largest treatment facility permitted under the Department of Health Large On-Site Sewage Systems (LOSS) rules. Permitting required extensive coordination with the local tribes, county, Department of Health, Department of Ecology and state land use and historical entities.
Dale wrote the Site Master Plan Update for the Tri-City WPCP for Water Environment Services. This plan provided for the phased expansion of the plant from its current 12.4-mgd capacity with a 68.6-mgd peak flow to 32-mgd with a 160-mgd peak flow. A seven-step capital program was developed for the period through 2030. The liquids process utilizes a combination of conventional activated sludge and membrane treatment systems combined with blending and peak flow treatment facilities to meet the long-term treatment needs for the facility. Upgraded solids handling facilities incorporated anaerobic digestion with solids blending, WAS thickening, dewatering, cake loading and centrate management facilities.
Dale wrote the Wastewater Master Plan for Water Environment Services. The plan determined system flow and load projections through the year 2100 and at build-out for the existing service and proposed service areas. A detailed wastewater flow and load characterization study was performed with the results incorporated into a capacity study of the Kellogg Creek and Tri-City WPCPs. This study provided an additional 8000 EDUs of capacity at the Kellogg Creek WPCP and 0.5-mgd of dry weather capacity at the Tri-City WPCP. This was done by utilizing duplicate redundancy between the facilities by optimizing the use of the Intertie Pump Station to transfer flows betwee the faciltiies during dry weather and peak flow periods.
Dale was the Project Manager for the planning and permitting of a new food waste digestion facility for Columbia Biogas in Portland, Oregon. The facility was to ultimately treat a load of 150,000 tons per year of food waste. Permitting for the project included obtaining a solid waste franchise agreement from METRO, a solids waste handling permit from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and an air quality permit from the Oregon DEQ.
Dale was the Project Manager and Technical Lead for the City of Astoria Wastewater Facilities Plan. The existing treatment plant is a 3-stage lagoon system that treats flows ranging from 1.5-mgd to 22-mgd. The large range in flows is due to the combined sewer system. The plant has been in operation since 1974 with no upgrades to the system. Existing regulatory pressures to upgrade the treatment plant resulted in the City developing a new plan. It was determined that the existing system could meet future treatment requirements for the City with minor upgrades that included a new headworks and conversion of one of the lagoons to a facultative sludge lagoon.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Tri-City WPCP Site Master Plan Project for Water Environment Services of Clackamas County in Oregon City, Oregon. The updated site master plan was in response to the planning of a $100M condominium development next to the treatment plant. Dale worked with the developer, WES staff and the Mayors of the three cities to reach concensus on the level of mitigation that was to be provided at the treatment plant. Planning for conversion of the treatment plant from its current conventional activated sludge secondary process to MBR treatment was implemented. The plan provided for containment and odor control for all new process systems to ensure odor free, noise free and visually compatible operations.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Tri-City WPCP Facilities Plan Update for the Clackamas County Department of Utilities. This plan provides the capability to meet the collection and treatment needs through 2040. The plan provided strategies for plant expansion allowing for the treatment of peak wet weather flows exceeding 10 times the dry weather flows.
Dale provided ongoing project management services to the Clackamas County Water Environment Services (WES) by assistance in the management of consultant teams working on the predesign of the Tri-City WPCP and on other projects as desired by the WES Capital Improvements Program Manager.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Odor Control Study for the Durham AWWTF operated by Clean Water Services in Hillsboro, OR. This study developed short-term improvements that were implemented to minimize odor production and developed a prioritized list of projects for inclusion in the Capital Improvement Program. MWH provided on-site odor testing and utilized an on-site odor panel for quantifying odor sources. Dispersion modeling of the current odor control systems as well as the proposed alternatives was used to determine the level of odor control required at each source. A collaborative process was used to review control technologies and a list of preferred odorous air collection and treatment methodology was developed.
Dale wrote the Wastewater Facilities Plan for the City of Lincoln City. This plan required considerable public involvement in the development of alternatives and selection of the preferred altermative for sewering of the currently unsewered unincorporated areas of the city. A detailed evaluation of alternative collection system technologies for sewering the aereas surrounding Devils Lake was performed. Dale worked with Portland State University to perform far field and near field modeling of the tidal infuenced receiving waters. The final plan recommended pumping flows to the existing site and upgrading the existing plant with an oxidation ditch secondary treatment system. The plan will be implemented over a 5-year period at a capital cost of $22M.
Dale was the Project Manager for the development of the Columbia Boulevard Facilities Plan for the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. This plan was developed using an extensive public participation process and the work was performed using a team including 8 sub-consultants. The plan provided the roadmap for the City of Portland’s facility expansion to meet the treatment needs for municipal growth and CSO’s through 2040. The treatment plant layout provided treatment capability of 720-mgd of primary treatment and 160-mgd of secondary treatment. The plan provided mitigation measures for odor, noise, traffic, and air toxics that, when implemented, will meet the requirements of the good neighbor policy established by the citizens.
Dale led the development of the Phase I study for the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (Eugene/Springfield) Facilities Plan. This study evaluated the existing facilities and developed a list of short-term improvements that could be incorporated into improving the operation and capacity of the facility. These improvements included expansion of the biosolids utilization program, corrosion protection, improving reliability and redundancy, and implementing steps to maximize the use of their non-process facilities.
Dale performed a collection system odor study for the City of Bend. The evaluation consisted of an on-site review of the pumping stations and various manholes in areas of concern. Smoke testing of problem neighborhoods was perfomed to determine odorous air discharge points from the collection system. Odors were reduced through Bioxide injection at selected pump stations and ventilation of the collection system at strategic points eliminating odorous air discharge in the affected neighborhoods.
Dale has assisted the City of Bend in evaluation of their present and future capacity to their wastewater treatment plant. The evaluation consisted of an analysis of the influent wasteload character including nutrients and the historical process performance of the major unit processes. The capacity of each unit process was determined, and a phased expansion was proposed to increase the capacity of the treatment plant in incremental capacity projects. The secondary system capacity was determined based on a variety of conditions including seasonal nitrification, no nitrification and with nitrogen removal to meet various effluent total nitrogen standards.
Dale performed an analysis of the odor control systems in operation at the Kellogg Creek WPCP and implemented system improvements. These improvements consisted of rebalancing of the air handling systems, optimizing the use of the existing equipment and maximizing use of digester gas. An operator-training program was provided to improve the awareness of the staff to the fundamentals of the system’s operations as well as to provide a responsive odor response program with the local neighborhood. A concept plan for short and long-term improvements to the system was developed and assistance was provided to select a design engineer to design the short-term improvements.
Dale worked with the operations staff at the Kellogg Creek WPCP to develop a concept plan for an upgrade to the existing thickening processes. The plan will provide for an upgrade to the existing flotation thickening process, incorporate their existing temporary Somat recuperative thickening process into the existing structure, install new polymer systems and maximize the flexibility available in the process units. Assistance was provided to select a design engineer to design the upgrade.
Dale performed an analysis and developed a concept plan for screening primary sludge at the City of Salem Willow Lake WWTP. The analysis developed and evaluated three alternatives for screening of the primary sludge stream. The recommended option was to screen the sludge stream following the primary clarifier underflow grit cyclones and prior to gravity thickening using self contained Hycor hydrosieve screens.
Dale performed an audit of the City of Crescent City, CA RBC wastewater treatment plant. The audit consisted of an evaluation of permit compliance for the past 5 years, development of a wasteload characterization, identification of the plant capacity and recommendation of short-term improvements. The capacity of the RBC process was obtained by developing a model of the RBC process and calibration of the model with the 5 years of operations data.
Dale performed an audit of the City of Nampa, ID wastewater treatment plant. The audit reviewed five years of operating data and permit compliance. An evaluation of influent data was performed and a characterization of the plant’s wasteload was determined. A capacity for each unit process was developed and process improvements were recommended.
Dale performed an evaluation of the operations and capacity of the Bremerton, WA wastewater treatment plant. The evaluation outlined operational strategies that would minimize operational costs and increase the reliability of plant operations. A process model of the treatment plant was developed to determine the capacity of the treatment plant in both the trickling filter-activated sludge and activated sludge only process modes.
Dale was the Project Manager for the evaluation and modeling of the CSO's for the City of Bremerton, WA. This evaluation identified bottlenecks in the system and made recommendations that minimized system overflows and maximized the flows that were sent to the treatment plant. These recommendations resulted in significant reductions in the number of CSO events and the annual CSO volume by increasing the pumping of flows to the treatment facility.
REGULATORY
Dale assisted the Kitsap Public Utility District in obtaining an operating permit with the Washington Department of Health for a 100,000-gpd MBR treatment facility discharging to groundwater for the Town of Port Gamble. This required the writing and approval of the Engineering Report, Sampling and Testing Plan, DRAFT O&M Manual and Management Plan. Dale was also the Program Manager for the project coordinating the land use permitting and design of the project.
Dale assisted Water Environment Services with the full-scale pilot testing and permit modification to use peracetic acid as the disinfectant to replace gas chlorine at the Tri-City WPCP. The pilot testing was done over a 460-day period. The permit modification incorporated a second performance test for peracetic acid following the installation of a new storage and feed system along with additional testing required by the State of Oregon.
Dale evaluated and developed rerating of the wastewater treatment plant for the Alderbrook Resort and Spa. The study rerated the facility from an influent load of 67-lbs/day to 120-lbs/day based on the guidelines specified for rerating of treatment facilities by the Washington DOE. This rerating eliminated the need for capital investment for the treatment plant to handle flows and loads during maximum occupancy of the resort.
Dale updated the O&M Manual and record drawings for the Port of Bremerton’s wastewater treatment plant to comply with the new Washington Department of Health (DOH) requirements for Large Onsite Septic Systems. This met the revised requirements established by DOH for the annual permit renewal for the treatment system.
Dale assisted Water Environment Services in the renewal of the Tri-City WPCP NPDES permit. This renewal incorporated updated effluent limits for the plant expansion. The permit provided increased winter season mass loads and a compliance schedule for diffuser upgrades in lieu of an ammonia limit.
Dale was the Project Manager for the development of an updated mixing zone study for the Tri-City WPCP. The updated study incorporated modeling of the river discharge point as a tidally influenced discharge. The alternative to add a duckbill diffuser to one of the existing three diffuser ports for to be used for summer season discharge resulted in additional mixing so an ammonia limit was not placed into the permit.
Dale assisted the City of Astoria, Oregon in the renewal of the Astoria WWTP NPDES permit. The pemit renewal includes specific language to incorporate the unique requirements of the City’s lagoon treatment system and combined sewer collection system. Negotiations required incorporation of phased upgrades to meet new disinfection critieria, percent removal criteria and pH limitations for discharge into the Lower Columbia River Esturary.
Dale wrote the Wet Weather Design Flow report for submittal to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality as part of the City of Astoria’s NPDES Permit renewal. The report was approved with the Wet Weather Design Flow being increased from 4.2-mgd to 12.6-mgd. This provided for the wet weather mass load limits to be increased by a factor of three.
Dale was project manager and technical lead for the development of the mixing zone study for the City of Astoria, Oregon. The existing treatment plant discharges to the Lower Columbia River Esturary, which is a unique tidally influenced system. The mixing zone study was one of the first adopted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality under the new mixing zone guidance. The modeling of this highly stratified system was done using Cormix.
Dale was one of the original members of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Biosolids Task Force. The task force was commissioned to develop a set of rules that would allow the EPA 503 Regulations to be incorporated into the Oregon Administrative Rules so the State of Oregon could take primacy of the program. Dale was the author of the White Papers on Volatile Solids Reduction and Biosolids Management Plans for the task force.
Dale was the project manager for Clackamas County Water Environment Services in the development of a new water quality model of the Lower Willamette River. The project was done in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality with the final model used for the analysis of water quality issues in the Lower Willamette River. Portland State University developed the model as a two-dimensional tidal model using CE-QUAL-W2.
Dale provided ongoing technical assistance to Clackamas County Water Environment Services during the renewal of the NPDES permits for the Hoodland, Boring and Kellogg Creek WPCPs. The permit renewals include the incorporation of new effluent temperature limits as well as the concept of waste load trading for the Kellogg Creek and Tri-City WPCPs.
Dale assisted the City of Lincoln City in the negotiations of their new NPDES permit. This required extensive evaluation of the designated mixing zone in the tidal esturary resulting in increase wintertime mass limits, incorporation of a temperature monitoring program and temperture limits as well as a compliance schedule for plant improvements.
Dale wrote the Temperature Management Plans for the City of Lincoln City WWTP, Tri-City WPCP, Kellogg Creek WPCP, Hoodland STP and Boring STP. These plans were submitted to the Oregon Deparment of Environmental Quality as part of their plant permit renewals.
INSTRUCTION
Dale was an Adjunct Professor at Portland State University teaching upper division and graduate environmental engineering classes between 1993 and 1999. His Unit Processes in Environmental Engineering course was an introductory class to the fundamentals and unit processes in wastewater treatment. The Water Resource Management course provided an opportunity for students to learn engineering management fundamentals in an environmental engineering case study format. Dale developed the Civil Engineering Design course that provided graduating seniors with an opportunity to experience the design process in a workteam environment over the 10-week course.
Dale continues to provide numerous operator-training programs for plant operators throughout the United States. Dale specialized in courses in chlorination/dechlorination, activated sludge fundamentals and process control. Dale has developed numerous plant specific training programs for training operators during plant startups and troubleshooting activities.
Dale has provided training and assistance to treatment plant managers and supervisors in the development of plant management programs. Dale specializes in the development of plant process improvement programs through the use of process teams.
DESIGN
Dale is the Program Manager for the design of a new treatment facility for the Town of Port Gamble, Washington. The new 100,000-gpd facility replaces the existing aging treatment facility discharging to Hood Canal in Puget Sound. The project was designed by by three separate engineering firms, each designing an element of the project: force mains, influent pump station, MBR treatment facility and drainfield.
Dale was the Director of Engineering for Columbia Biogas in Portland, OR for the design of a food waste anaerobic digestion facility. The facility was being designed to treat up to 150,000 tons per year of mixed food wastes. The facilities included a receiving and pretreatment complex where waste is delivered and depackaged in an enclosed building with odor control, thermophyllic 2-stage fermentation, ammonia removal, dewatering, centrate treatment and a 5.0 MW cogeneration facility for biogas utilization.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Phase I Liquid Expansion of the Tri-City WPCP. This expansion provides an additional 4-mgd of dry weather capacity and 10-mgd of wet weather capacity. This expansion utilizes membrane bioreactor secondary treatment and UV disinfection technologies. The design was done in a manner to implement construction using a Construction Management/General Contractor (CM-GC) approach. The project was designed to incorporate sustainable concepts for public education and outreach, energy efficiency and stormwater management.
Dale was the Project Manager for the design of the Lower Tualatin Pump Station. The new station was constructed in Tualatin Park at the intersection of an elevated railroad trestle and the new commuter rail to the City of Tualatin. The 28-mgd station is a 60-foot deep caisson with a second story entry to provide protection from flooding. Due to the confined and sensitive area that the station was constructed in, the architecture was carefully considered to provide the look of a historic railroad station. In addition, improvements to public facilities in Tualatin Park were incorporated into the project that include: a new pedestrian bridge crossing the Tualatin River that connects the park to the extensive trail system on the north side of the river, upgrades to existing soccer fields, a dog park, an expanded pervious pavement parking lot and a picnic structure. The station was designed to incorporate many sustainable features that meet a LEED Silver rating.
Dale provided third party design review services for the Clackamas County Water Environment Services Kellogg Creek WPCP. The designs were for an upgrade to the flotation thickener, relocation and upgrade of the recuperative thickening facility and for the odor control upgrade project. The new odor control system will use 11,000 ft2 of biofilters to treat the odorous air streams generated at the treatment plant.
Dale provided third party design review services of the new biosolids dewatering building for Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission at the Eugene/Springfield WWTP. The design was for a new facility containing three 2-meter belt presses and the associated polymer feed and blend tanks to dewater solids stored at the lagoon storage site.
Dale was the Project Manager for the pre-design of the aeration basin modifications for the City of Lincoln City, Oregon. The design consisted of the analysis of alternatives to line the existing earthen basins or construct new basins. Following a capacity evaluation of the treatment plant, it was determined that the most cost-effective alternative was to line the existing earthen basins with a polypropylene liner attached to a concrete retaining wall. An anoxic selector was incorporated into the basin modifications to minimize the potential for effluent pH violations.
Dale was a Project Engineer on the Seattle Metro West Point Secondary Expansion. Dale was the task manager for the instrumentation and control pre-design for this 440-mgd plant. During the pre-design, the process control concepts for each unit process and the plant-wide control system structure were determined. Dale also provided the interface between the design team and the operations and maintenance staff through the 40% design of the project.
SERVICES DURING CONSTRUCTION
Dale is the Project Manager for the City of Astoria using a Progressive Design Build delivery method for electrical upgrades to Pump Station No. 1. Dale wrote the alternative delivery procurement documents and provided oversight during design and construction for the project. The project consisted of replacement of the outdated MCC, drives and motors with new electrical equipment and PLC based controls. Careful coordination was required to ensure pump station operation throughout the construction of the project.
Dale was the Project Manager representing the designer on the Tri-City WPCP Phase I Liquids Expansion. This $79.9M construction project was constructed using the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) alternative delivery method. Slayden Construction was the CM/GC contractor. Dale led the efforts for the design team in the offering of engineering services during construction that consisted of value engineering redesign, responding to RFIs (Request for Informations) and the development of DCNs (Design Change Notices).
Dale was the Project Manager for the Construction Management for the Lower Tualatin Pump Station project. This $10.6M project is a 28-mgd pump station in a very sensitive area located in Tualatin City Park at the intersection of a railroad tressle and the new Tri-Met Westside Light Rail. This project included the sinking of a 60-foot deep caisson, a 60-inch bore under the railroad tressle, improvements to the park, construction of the 40-foot tall pump station and the dual 20-inch force mains.
Dale provided process assistance for the design-build solids handling improvements for the Tri-City WPCP. The improvements consisted of the installation of new gravity belt thickeners, a dewatering centrifuge, polymer mix systems and digester cleaning and mixing improvements. This project required on-going coordination of operations during the construction of the project and startup of the project.
Dale was the Project Manager for the design-build of a new vactor dump/septage receiving facility for the City of Lincoln City WWTP. The project consisted of the development of concept drawings and specifications for bidding of the project. Dale provided contract and construction management services for the City throughout the project.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Flood Damage Assessment and Restoration for the Willamette River Interceptor for Clackamas County Department of Utilities. This project consisted of evaluating and documenting the damage caused by the 1996 flood and coordinating with FEMA to obtain funding for repair of the damage. Contract documents were prepared for repair of the damage along the Oregon City waterfront. The contract was bid on a unit price basis and was completed within the schedule at a cost below contract bid price.
Dale was the Project Manager for the Clackamas County Kellogg Creek UV Disinfection project services during construction phase. This project included coordination with the contractor and the equipment supplier during performance testing and project closeout. This project consisted of a 25-mgd UV disinfection system, sodium hypochlorite chlorination with sodium bisulfite dechlorination backup system and an engine generator for standby power.
Dale was the Project Manager for the startup of the new 12-mgd Edmond, OK Water Treatment Plant. Dale worked directly for the contractor to provide startup services, operator training, and management assistance for a period of one year. The plant processes included raw water pumping and screening, pre and post ozonation, coagulation/flocculation, lime softening, dual media filtration, and shallow bed GAC.
Dale was the on-site Project Manager for startup and certification of the 8.4-mgd Clackamas County Tri-Cities WPCP. This included the initial startup of the facility, training of the new plant staff, functional testing of each plant process and the performance of a capacity analysis for certification of the treatment facility.
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT
Dale performed a peer review for Matsui, Inc. of a Mexican contract design-build-operate firm of four treatment plants serving the Guadalajara area. The plants ranged in flow from 50-mgd to 200-mgd. The review identified areas of concern in their operations and provided and evaluation of potential budget saving opportunities.
Dale contracted with Water Environment Services to provide process-engineering support for over 8-years to the plant operations and capital planning groups. Water Environment Services operates five treatment facilities for a combined dry weather flow of 21-mgd and peak wet weather flows of 90-mgd. Treatment technologies include a STEP system with nitrifying filter, RBC, conventional activated sludge and membrane bioreactor technologies.
Dale performed a benchmarking study for a public utility in Oregon. The study evaluated the operation of two treatment facilities and developed quantifiable measures for evaluating the existing operation and measuring the continuous improvement program for the utility.
Dale performed an analysis of staffing, organizational structure and salaries for a private water and wastewater utility in Oregon. The study resulted in a reorganization of utility staff and adjustments in salaries to provide the basis to retain staff.
Dale performed an analysis of off-shift staffing requirements at the Asplund WWTP for the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility. The intent of the study was to determine the necessary steps that would need to be taken to save operations costs by reducing staffing levels on evening and weekend shifts. The study determined that opportunities for reductions were possible, but only if equipment modifications and successful automation upgrades were made.
Dale performed a plant audit for a medium sized city in Oregon. The audit consisted of an evaluation of job functions, a review of operational procedures, an analysis of interplant communications and a confidential one-on-one interview with each of the department employees. The study resulted in recommendations to modify the organizational structure and create of new position of Utilities Superintendent to improve department planning, personnel management and communications.
Dale assisted the Clackamas County Department of Utilities in the selection of two consultants to provide design services at the Kellogg Creek WPCP. Dale coordinated the development and distribution of the RFP, led the pre-proposal meeting, reviewed proposals and coordinated the short-listing of proposers for the interview. The interview format consisted of a workshop provided by each consultant on a project related design problem that was provided to the consultant team prior to the workshop. This format provided a forum for the utility staff to evaluate the capabilities of consultant teams that had not worked for the utility before.
Dale was the Project Manager for a benchmarking study performed for a large wastewater utility. The study evaluated the level of service and costs for the operation of two treatment plants and the collection system operated by the utility. The benchmarks were compared to 4 comparable treatment plants and 7 comparable collection systems.
As the Operations Division Manager for the Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County (now Clean Water Services), Dale was responsible for the operation of the four treatment facilities and associated programs. The facilities included the Rock Creek Facility (22-mgd), Durham Facility (22-mgd), Forest Grove Facility (3-mgd), and the Hillsboro Facility (2.5-mgd). Associated with the operation of the treatment plants was the management of the biosolids program, effluent reuse program, two wetlands systems and the technical services group. Liquid treatment processes included nitrifying activated sludge, phosphorus removal to meet a 0.07 mg/L T-PO4 limit. Effluent is discharged to the Tualatin River as high-quality effluent during the dry season (5 BOD/5 TSS), through effluent reuse as Class IV water or application in the Jackson Bottom and Fernhills wetlands. Solids were processed through incineration and anaerobic digestion. Biosolids were utilized through a diversified program including local cake application, static pile composting and application on arid lands.
CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM, OREGON
Dale was the Manager of Operations Services with responsibility for operations services projects throughout the firm. Projects included treatment plant startups, operations software development, plant troubleshooting, and operability review of design. Major projects included predesign on the Seattle Metro West Point Secondary Treatment Expansion and startup of the Clackamas County Tri-City WPCP, City of Anchorage Pt. Woronzof WWTP, and the Edmond OK WTP.
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER
Dale was a service representative that provided startup for over 50 water and wastewater treatment plants ranging in size from 10 gpm to 50-mgd. This included the startup and troubleshooting services for ABF treatment systems utilizing redwood media, physical/chemical wastewater treatment plants, and package water treatment plants.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association – President’s Award - 2012
Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association – Individual Disctinguished Achievement Award - 2011
Water Environment Federation Fellow – 2018
Water Environent Federaion Life Member – 2018
Water Environment Federation Water Hero – 2008
Water Environment Federation Quarter Century Operator – 2003
Water Environment Federation Authur Sidney Bedell Award, PNPCA – 2000
PSU Chapter Tau Beta Pi Honor Society – 2000
Portland State University School of Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni – 1997
CH2M HILL Innovation Award – 1993
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Portland State Universtiy Civil Engineering Dept. Advisory Committee – Vice Chair – 2003 to 2006
Portland State University Civil Engineering Department Advisory Committee – 1999 to 2009
Water Environment Federation (WEF) Board of Directors – 1998 to 2001
WEF Public Education Committee – 1999 to Present
WEF Student and Young Professionals Committee – Chariman – 2003 to 2006
WEF Student and Young Professionals Committee – Vice Chairman – 2001 to 2003
WEF Student and Young Professionals Committee – 2000 to Present
WEF Student Design Competition Task Force Chairman – 2001 to 2003
Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA) – President 2006 – 2007
PNCWA Vice President, President Elect – 2004 – 2006
PNCWA Past President – 2007 - 2008
PNCWA Secretary/Treasurer – 2001 to 2004
PNCWA Constitution and Bylaws Committee – 2003 to 2008
PNCWA Student & Young Professionals Committee Chairman – 2000 to 2003
Pacific Northwest Pollution Control Association (PNPCA) – Director – 1998 to 2001
PNPCA Training Oportunities Committee Chairman – 1998 to 2001
PNPCA Annual Conference Program Chair – 1997
SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED/PUBLISHED
“Piloting the Cleargreen Deammonification Process at the Tri-City WRRF”. PNCWA Annual Conference, 2016.
“Tri-City WRRF Peracetic Acid Disinfection Experience”, PNCWA Annual Conference, 2016
“Increasing Anaerobic Digester Capacity without Additional Tankage at the Tri-City WPCP”, PNCWA Annual Conference, 2014
“Mixed Organics Digester Project Advances”, PNCWA Annual Conference, 2012
“Centrate Treatment Using Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis”, PNCWA Annual Conference, 2012
“Incorporating Sustainability into the Tri-City WPCP”, WEFTEC, Orlando, FL, 2009
“Process Modeling for the Tri-City WPCP Expansion Project”, WEFTEC, Chicago, 2008
“Low Dose UV in a High Output World”, PNCWA Annual Conference, Richland, WA, 2008
“Developing an Odor Control Strategy”, AWWMA Annual Conference, Juneau, AK, 2005
“Pilot Test Results of the Vapex Inc. Ozone Hydroxyl Ion Wet Well Odor Control System”, PNCWA Annual Conference, Yakima, WA, 2002
“Finding the Mystery Load at the Tri City WPCP”, PNCWA Annual Conference, Yakima, WA, 2002
“Characterizing Your Waste to Set Process Control Strategies”, PNPCA Annual Conference, Portland, OR, 1998
“Municipal Wastewater Solids Processing for Land Application Programs”, ACWA Biosolids Training Workshop”, 1997
“1995 ACWA Biosolids Survey”, ACWA Biosolids Committee, 1996
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment and Wildlife Habitat, 17 Case Studies, “Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve”, EPA, 1993
“A Comprehensive Evaluation of Biosolids Management Alternatives”, PNPCA Conference, Seattle, WA, 1993
“Phosphorus Removal At The Rock Creek Facility To Meet A 0.07 mg/L Total Phosphorus Standard”, WEF Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1993
“Optimization of the Two Stage Alum Phosphorus Removal Process Using Linear Programming Techniques”, WPCF Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1991
“Managing Change in USA’s Wastewater Treatment Facilities”, PNPCA Conference, Portland, OR, 1991
“Alternative Control System Strategies in Water and Wastewater Treatment”, PNPCA Conference, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 1988
“WWTP Automation, A Case Study”, Australia WPCF, Adelaide, South Australia, 1987
“Full Scale Operation of An Anoxic Zone In The Activated Sludge Process”, PNPCA Conference, Spokane, WA, 1987
“Certification of the Tri-City WPCP”, PNPCA Conference, Spokane, WA, 1987
“O&M Technology in the United States”, Australia WPCF, Sidney, Australia, 1986
“Computerized Maintenance Management System”, WPCF Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1983
