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u <br />a <br />• <br />Associate Engineer <br />Assignment <br />Assistant Pump Station and Hydraulics <br />Engineer <br />Education <br />M.S., Environmental Engineering, <br />University of Colorado, Boulder, 1998 <br />B.S., Civil Engineering and <br />Management, University of Vermont, <br />Burlington, Vermont,1992 <br />Registration <br />Professional Engineer 38149, <br />Colorado, 2003 <br />Experience <br />6 years <br />Joined Firm <br />1998 <br />Relevant Expertise <br />¦ Water quality data collection and <br />analysis. <br />¦ Database development. <br />¦ Water quality modeling. <br />¦ Hydraulic motleling. <br />¦ Wastewater treatment plant design <br />and motleling. <br />Mark T. Richards, P.E. <br />Experience Summary <br />Mx. Richards has 6 years of experience involving wastewater treatment plant <br />design, hydraulic modeling, water quality modeling, data analysis, database <br />development, and watershed protection. In the past year, his pritnary role <br />has been perfoiYning hydxaulic analyses to evaluate the pexformance and <br />future design alternatives of wastewater treatment plants and to assist in the <br />design of future plants. <br />Water Treatment <br />Residuals Handling Upgrades, Bellvue Water Treatment Plant, City of Greeley, <br />Colorado <br />Project Engineer. Designed upgrades to the 25-mgd watex treatment for the <br />solids waste streams from the filter backwash and sedimentation tanks. <br />These upgrades included equalization basins, circulax gravity thickeners, <br />drying beds, a polymer feed system, HVAC, new electrical room, <br />instrumentation and controls, and three pumping systems. The pump <br />systems included both liquid streams and thickened sludge. <br />Data Collection and Analysis <br />Water Quality Support for Source Water Quality Issues, Denver Water <br />Department, Colorado <br />DataAnaly.rt. Analyzing water quality data to ascertain changes in the South <br />Platte Rivex over the last 30 years. Analysis includes sources of pollution <br />abatement practices over the last 30 years. <br />Water Rights Support, Public Service Company of Colorado <br />Water Krght.r Modeler. Examined ixnpacts fxom the potential sale of watex <br />rights. Gathered historical diversion and storage data fxom entities such as <br />Colorado State Engineers Office, Public Service Company of Colorado and <br />United State Geologic Survey. Developed simularion model to exanune the <br />availability of water under historical conditions using present operating <br />pxactices. <br />Fact Sheet Development, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado <br />DataAnaly.rt. Collected and analyzed data on population growth, and <br />historical flood and dxought events throughout Colorado. <br />Water Analysis for Samples from Smithsonian Long-Term Research Sites, <br />Puerto Rico and Panama <br />Hydraulic,rA.r.ri.rtant. Conducted chemical analysis of water samples and <br />measured stream flow and sediment transpoxt to study the effects of fire on <br />m:lresumes\Richards Mark.doc