Innovations in Sewer Maintenance

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Become aware of recent sewer innovations and keep your agency or clients ahead of the curve.

Many agencies are at a crossroads when they look at their sewer systems. On the one hand, the federal agencies, such as the EPA, are issuing consent decrees for overflows at an accelerating rate; the funds that agencies have are shrinking and much of the experienced staff of these agencies are leaving the work force for a variety of reasons. As sewer systems continue to age, they are faced with higher solids loading rates, greater incidence of blockages and failures due to collapse. This topic will help those responsible for the planning, design, and operations and maintenance of sanitary sewer systems stay up-to-date on recent innovations in the field of sewer condition assessment, operation and maintenance. Learn about the recent interest in looking at sanitary sewers in terms of asset management and sustainability. Proactive measures in the areas of condition assessment, operation and maintenance of sanitary sewers and sustainability will place you on the cutting-edge of efficient long term management of their systems.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Jose L. Villalobos, P.E.

V&A Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Principal and founder of V&A Consulting Engineers, Inc., the firm he founded in 1979, a firm that has provided services to national sanitary engineering firms
Worked primarily in the water and wastewater field with a focus on sanitary sewer systems for the last 39 years
Registered engineer in California, Texas and Nevada
Completed more than 100 condition assessment projects for sanitary sewer collection systems in California, Nevada, Texas and Hawaii
Supervised more than 500 temporary flow monitoring projects for collection systems in California during the last 10 years
Provided services as an expert witness on several cases involving fiberglass, clay and ductile iron sewer lines
Published in numerous technical journals and has written chapters in the following reference books: Corrosion Control For Wastewater Treatment Plants, ASM International 13C, 2007; and “Causes and Control of Deterioration,” Ch. 18 of Standard Handbook of Plant Engineering, 2nd. Ed., McGraw Hill, 1994
Member of ASCE, NACE International, AWWA and WEF
Master’s degree in civil engineering, Stanford University
B.S.C.E. degree, California State University, Los Angeles
Can be contacted at 510-903-6600 or jvillalobos@vaengineering.com