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 2019-2022
Corollo Engineers Inc.
2795 Mitchell Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 932-1710
[email protected]

VICE CHAIR

David Ponder 2021-2022
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services
2400 Childs Road
St Paul, MN 55101
(651) 000-0000
[email protected]

STAFF MANAGER

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

Association of Biosolids and Byproducts Associations (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

Ryan Batjiaka
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Resource Recovery
[email protected]

BIOSOLIDS COORDINATOR 

Mahia Qureshi
[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]

BIOSOLIDS COORDINATOR

Mahia Qureshi
[email protected]

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

CHAIR

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

VICE CHAIR

Kathryn Crestani
Enterprise Biosolids and Residuals Superintendent 
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
600 Canal Road
Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio 44125
[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:

• Operator Fact Sheet: Understanding Polymer For Thickening and Dewatering Processes (Updated July 2021)
• 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]

BIOSOLIDS COORDINATOR

Mahia Qureshi
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, 2021 - 2022
HDR Inc.
Tel:   303-323-9873
Email:  [email protected]

VICE CHAIR

Sarah Guzman, 2021 - 2023
Cache Environmental Laboratories, PC
Email:  [email protected]

BIOSOLIDS COORDINATOR

Mahia Qureshi
Email:  [email protected]