The mission of the Greenhouse Gas Subcommittee of the Residuals and Biosolids Committee is act as a clearing house for information on carbon emission accounting and to identify additional industry research needs as follows:

Mission: 

• Promote scientifically sound carbon emission tracking and accounting practices and regulation.
• Help develop and promote carbon emission accounting practices and policies that assist WEF members in serving the public interest
• To promote cooperation between government agencies, associations, corporations and the public to improve and standardize carbon emission accounting and tracking practices.
• Deliver high-quality products and services to our members and stakeholders.

Goals:  

• Track carbon emission research and sharing relevant information from regional, national, and international organizations with the Carbon Emissions Sub-Committee and RBC
• Identify information “gaps” in GHG inventory models that may be addressed through WERF studies
• Coordinate with other organizations with similar interests, including the WEF Sustainability Community of Practice and the NACWA – Biosolids Management and Climate & Energy Committee
• Coordinate with The Climate Registry and ICLEI on potential modifications to the Local Government Operations Protocol 
• Sponsor, organize, and participate in carbon emission accounting information sharing opportunities such as workshops and presentations at the local, regional, and national level.
• Become a technical resource for carbon emissions tracking and accounting information

Factsheets:

• How are WRRFs Inventorying Greenhouse Gas Emissions? (2020)
• Introduction to Funding Opportunities: Bioenergy and GHG Reducing Projects (2017)

CHAIR

Christine Polo 2019-2021
Corollo Engineers Inc.
2795 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 932-1710
[email protected]

VICE CHAIR

Manon Fisher 2019-2021
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
525 Golden Gate Ave. 11th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 215-1347
[email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

Patrick Dube
Phone: (703) 684-2418
[email protected]

ABBA Subcommittee:

Mission

To enable efficient exchange of residuals and biosolids management information in all the regions/states/provinces in the U. S. and Canada with various biosolids groups.

Chair

Ned Beecher
North East Biosolids & Residuals Association
Executive Director
PO Box 422
Tamworth, NH
[email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

Patrick Dube
703-684-2400 x. 2418
[email protected]

Mission:

• To promote the beneficial reuse of Animal, Municipal, and Industrial residuals through scientific and environmentally sound management.
• To promote mutually beneficial relationships between agricultural, industrial, and municipal residuals generators to solve common problems without increased use of resources.
• To promote cooperation between government agencies, associations, corporations and the public to improve professional education and the management of agricultural, industrial, and municipal residuals.

Goals:

• To identify stakeholders key to the beneficial reuse of residuals.
• To identify common needs, expectations, and opportunities between stakeholders.
• To identify existing association meetings, conferences, seminars sharing information on the beneficial reuse of residuals.
• To facilitate workshops and conferences to promote beneficial use of residuals.
• To identify financial resources to facilitate beneficial reuse of residuals.

Technical Resources:

• Land Application of Biosolids - Human Health Risk Assessment Related to Microconstituents (2017)
• Phosphorus in Biosolids: How to Protect Water Quality While Advancing Biosolids Use (2014)
  • Phosphorus in Biosolids One-Page Summary

CHAIR

Jody Barksdale, 2020-2022
Vice President
Carollo Engineers
10117 Princess Palm Ave., Suite 340
Tampa, FL 33610
Tel: 813-888-9572
[email protected]

VICE CHAIR

Dominic Brose, 2020-2022
Senior Environmental Research Scientist
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
6001 West Pershing Road
Cicero, IL 60804
Tel: 708-588-3134
[email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

Patrick Dube
703-684-2418
[email protected]

The Specialty Conference Subcommittee assists in the planning and implementation of the annual Residuals Management Conference.

Chair

K. Richard Tsang, Ph.D., PE, BCEE
Senior Vice President
CDM Smith
5400 Glenwood Ave Ste 300
Raleigh, NC 27612-3228
[email protected]

Vice Chair

Lynne Moss, PE, BCEE
Residuals & Odor Control Practice Leader
Black and Veatch
18310 Montgomery Village Ave #750
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
[email protected]

WEF Staff Conference Contact

Julianne Jones
Tel: 703-684-2400 ext 7610
[email protected]

Mission:

To promote solids thickening and dewatering knowledge transfer through collaboration between the industry and academia to optimize processes and develop technologies that meet the needs of biosolids handling facilities.

Goals:

• To strengthen synergies between academia and the industry
• To promote and advance “real world” application of scientifically sound thickening and dewatering research.
• To become a thickening and dewatering technical resource for the public, municipalities, consultants and manufacturers.

Dewatering Factsheet Series:

• Thickening and Dewatering (2019)
• Automation of Dewatering and Impacts on Overall Cost (2019)
• Solids Pretreatment Methods to Enhance Dewatering Performance (2019)
• Solids Capture in Dewatering Processes (2019)
• Polymer/Flocculants 101 (2019)
• Vivianite Impacts on Solids Processes (2019)
• Bench Scale vs Pilot Scale Dewatering Testing (2019)
• Factors Affecting Municipal Biosolids Dewaterability (2019)
• Bench Scale Dewaterability Assessments: How Can We Determine Process Impacts on Cake Solids? (2019)
• Bench Scale Dewaterability Assessments: Methods for Determining an Optimal Polymer Demand (2019)

CHAIR

Rashi Gupta, 2020 - 2022
Carollo
Tel:   714-593-5100
Email:   [email protected]

VICE CHAIR

Ed Fritz, 2020 - 2022
Huber Technology
Tel:   704-990-2041
Email:   [email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

Patrick Dube
703-684-2418
Email:  [email protected]

Mission:

The RBC YP Subcommittee mission is to facilitate the exchange of ideas & knowledge in a multi-generational space by engaging students and young professionals to promote effective collaboration, develop original technical content, and network across WEF’s other YP committees.

Goals

• To promote transfer of knowledge to WEF YP professionals on solids treatment at the student, graduate student, and junior engineer level
• To facilitate curriculum development in environmental engineering programs in the field of Residuals and Biosolids
• Promote YP involvement in the RBC Leadership, Subcommittees, local Member Associations, Student Chapters and social gatherings
• Expose RBC Committee membership to new, alternative communication options and enable leveraging of those options for Committee business
• To facilitate community within the biosolids practice group.

CHAIR

Teigan Gulliver, 2020 - 2021
HDR Inc.
Tel:   303-323-9873
Email:  [email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

Patrick Dube
703-684-2418
Email:  [email protected]