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Dr. Doug Rittmann, Water/Wastewater Consultant

Dr. Douglas Rittmann began his consultant work after 31  years experience in various water and wastewater positions as:  Water and Wastewater Chemist for 10 years, USEPA Wastewater Operator Instructor for 1 year,  Water Plant Superintendent for 2 years, Water Supply Manager for 8 years, and Water Division Manager for 10 years. His bottom to top work experiences have prepared him very well for a  successful career as a Water/Wastewater Consultant and author of water treatment research papers.  mailto: docclo2@mixeddisinfectants.com.

Consultant Experience Description

Where When Type

Water/Wastewater Laboratory and Engineering Economy

Univ. of Texas at El Paso Jan., - Dec., 2010 Instructor
Water/Wastewater Laboratory and Engineering Economy Univ. of Texas at El Paso Jan.,- Dec., 2009 Instructor
Advanced Water Treatment & Engineering Economy Univ. of Texas at El Paso Jan., -Dec., 2008 Instructor
Advanced Water Treatment (Graduate Class) & Engineering Economy Univ. of Texas at El Paso Jan.-Dec., 2007 Instructor
 Water/Wastewater Engineering and Laboratory Courses Univ. of Texas at El Paso Jan-May, 2006

Instructor

Performed lab & plant studies of ClO2 as pre-oxidant to ozone for bromate prevention at 60 mgd Water Plant

El Paso, Texas 03/05-12/05

Design

Seven hour training seminar on Water/Wastewater Treatment  sponsored by New Mexico State University, WERC program held in El Paso, Texas International Conference on the Environment and Human Health March 30, 2005

Seminar Leader

Engineering Economy & Water/Wastewater Laboratory Course  Univ. of Texas at El Paso 1/05-5/05 Instructor
Graduate Advanced Water Treatment Course El Paso, Texas 8/03- 1/ 04 Instructor
Performed 2-Studies at Canal Water Plant to meet TCEQ TOP (Texas Optimization Program) Goals and determine Particle Counts effect on filtration performance El Paso, Texas 6/03-9/'03 Design
Presented Water Treatment Seminars and Performed Plant Evaluations for Eka Chemicals do Brasil Brazil 05/03-06/03 Seminars
Engineering Economy Course El Paso, Texas 01/03-05/ 03 Instructor
Water Treatment Course Instructor at New Mexico State University, Dona Ana Branch Las Cruces, New Mexico 01/03-05/ 03 Instructor
Evaluated Chemical Treatment & Sedimentation Processes at Water Plant El Paso Water Utilities 10/02  Design
Evaluated Monochloramine Treatment of Asiatic Clams in Raw Water Supply for CSA Engineering Inc. Phoenix, AZ 9/02  Design
Prepared Awwarf Grant Application for El Paso Water Utilities El Paso, Texas 6/02 Grant
Performed Reclaimed Wastewater Study for Augmenting Water Supply El Paso, Texas 5/02 Reuse
Prepared Commercial Car Wash Survey Report for City of El Paso El Paso, Texas 3/02 Study

Prepared Langelier Saturation Index Calculation Report for  Nano-filtration Plant at Quintero Golf & Country Club Project.  Sub-consultant for CSA Engineering, Inc.

Phoenix, AZ 3/03

Design

Evaluated World's Largest Water Plant (1 billion GPD process) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12/01

Seminar

Wastewater Operations Graduate Course Univ. of Texas at El Paso, Texas 09/01

Instructor

Consultant for Research Projects & Instructor at University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas 6/00-Pres.

Research

Water Festival Coordinator for New Mexico State University (6/01-11/01) (6 month contract) El Paso, Texas 11/01

Managerial

Performed Operational Evaluation at O. B. Curtis Water Plant Jackson, Miss. 08/01

Report

Groundwater Panelist at Water Summit- 2001 hosted by Congressman Reyes El Paso, Texas 6/01

 Seminar

Evaluated Water Plant & Two Petro-Chemical Plants Corpus Christi,Tx 2/01

Report

Impact of Ferrous Iron Oxidation by Chlorine and Chlorine Dioxide on THM Formation El Paso, Texas 1/01

Research

Evaluated Water Plants and presented water treatment seminars Sao Paulo, Brazil 12/00

 Seminars

Prepared Testing Protocol for Chlorine Dioxide trial at Wastewater Plant Clearwater, Fl 10/00

Regulatory

Presented Report on "How Will the El Paso Water Utilities Meet The Proposed Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule?  El Paso, Texas 9/00

Research

Contracted for Algae Prevention Project at Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant El Paso, Texas 9/00

Research

Performed M&O Evaluation of Alexandria Water General Authority (AWGA)  for Montgomery Watson Consultant Engineers Alexandria, Egypt 1/00

Report

Performed Plant Optimization Study of International Paper Water Plant Process Texarkana, Tx 11/99

Report

Feasibility Study of Treating Rio Grande River Return Flow El Paso, Texas 5/98

Study

Chlorine Dioxide Presentation to USEPA for Eka SVP-Pure Chlorine Dioxide Generator approval Washington D.C  1/98

Report

Pilot-Tested Prototype Eka SVP-Pure Chlorine Dioxide Generator w/TNRCC approval El Paso, Tx 10/97

Research

 

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