I/I Studies
Hydraulic Modeling
Design & Construction
Operation & Maintenance
Regulatory Compliance
Master Planning
Pipedream©
Mark G. Wade, P.E.
Principal Technologist
Wade & Associates
A CH2M Hill Company
Mr. Wade is President of Wade & Associates, Inc., an engineering consulting firm specializing in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of wastewater collection systems. Throughout his 27 years of experience in consulting engineering for various municipal, industrial, and public utility agencies, he has accumulated a broad range of experience for the improvement and management of the sanitary sewer system infrastructure. This includes planning, modeling, design, and construction management services for I/I reduction and SSO control. His specialty areas include predictive behavior of sewer system hydraulics, regulatory enforcement response strategies, and CMOM compliance. He has performed numerous studies and designs for projects relating to the impact of public and private-sector control on inflow and infiltration in public sewer systems. He has authored more than 50 papers and technical articles related to sewer system evaluation and rehabilitation. Mr. Wade currently oversees a number of sewer assessment and rehabilitation projects throughout the United States.
Professional Registrations
Professional Engineer: Kansas, 1980; Missouri, 1980; Oklahoma, 1995
Education
University of Missouri, M.S. in Environmental Engineering, 1981
University of Michigan, B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1976
Professional Associations
Water Environment Federation
Water Environment Federation National Collection Systems
Committee Member
American Society for Civil Engineers
ASCE Pipeline Infrastructure Committee
National Society of Professional Engineers
Kansas Water Environment Association
Kansas Water Pollution Control Association: President,1992
LEBANON, MISSOURI
Project Director for a seven-year I/I study and system evaluation of 1.1 million> feet of sanitary sewer for the City of Lebanon. The project includes system-wide flow monitoring and SSES for the entire >collection system. Recommendations for I/I and SSO reduction, relief sewers, pumping station improvements, improved O&M program, and CMOM compliance is being provided to the City by Wade & Associates. Wade & Associates was also retained by Lathrop & Gage, attorneys for the City, to provide general consulting services regarding litigation and negotiated settlement between the City and EPA concerning sanitary sewer overflows in the City's wastewater collection system. Wade’s services included participating in meetings with attorney and public officials, reviewing existing reports and other pertinent data, and providing a report with recommendations to reduce and control SSOs.
SPRINGFIELD, MO
Provided Forensic Consulting Engineering services to the City which included review of technical documents and correspondence pertaining to aspects of I/I which have potential or actual law suits or litigation. Wade provided data to the City’s legal counsel, EPA, and the U.S. Department of Justice, participated in meetings with all three parties, and made formal presentations before state and federal agencies.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Project Director for several major sanitary sewer investigation and rehabilitation projects in various high-priority basins included in a multi-year I/I reduction program. Basins represent approximately 1.5 million feet of sanitary sewer. Total program costs for pipeline and manhole rehabilitation improvements is $28.6 million. Program is in response to an EPA Administrative Order imposed on the City in 1992 and additional and comprehensive sewer evaluation and rehabilitation programs included in the City's Wastewater Master Plan.
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Project Director of the City’s on-going I/I removal and SSO reduction program. Responsible for I/I investigation and design of sanitary sewer rehabilitation in the East Topeka, Huntoon, Deer Creek, and Highland Park basins representing more than $3.0 million of pipeline and manhole renewal.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Conducted flow monitoring and hydraulic modeling for the City's 75 million linear feet of sanitary sewer included in a 1,500-square-mile planning area. The model is the first of its kind for the City and is being used for long-term planning and system expansion.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Project Director for the development of a hydraulic model of the Flatrock Creek Basin system, then conducted a comprehensive SSES and I/I study of the area including manhole inspections, smoke testing, television inspection and dyed-water testing for 1,100,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer. The project is part of an ongoing $7.9 million capital improvement program managed by Wade & Associates.
WESTMINSTER, COLORADO
Project Director for the City’s first I/I study of the Little Dry Creek sanitary sewer system. The project includes manhole inspections, smoke testing, and interior building inspections to locate and analyze sources of I/I in the system. The project is a result of an earlier Wastewater Master Plan that was prepared jointly by Wade & Associates and HDR, Inc.
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
Provided forensic engineering services to evaluate the impact of wet-weather flows within the City’s major interceptor sewer system. Services included the evaluation of existing flow date, development of a computer-aided hydraulic modeling, and recommendations for long-term rehabilitation as part of the City’s 10-year wastewater master plan.
ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Provided technical assistance in the development of a hydraulic model to evaluate the impact of wet-weather induced I/I in the city’s collection system. Final model calibration was achieved using short-term flow monitoring data collected at key monitoring sites throughout the collection system.
ENID, OKLAHOMA
Evaluated the sanitary sewer of this 246-mile sewer system to locate excessive sources of I/I and develop a computer model of the system to reduce wastewater overflow and bypass. The study was performed in response to an EPA Administrative Order.
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA
Provided hydraulic analysis and computer-simulated modeling of the City’s 300,000 feet of sanitary sewer to reduce I/I, eliminate SSOs and develop a strategic plan for system development to accommodate future growth and community development.
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA
Assisted the county’s principal consultant in the development of a hydraulic model of the 2.1 million feet of sanitary sewer. The final model was utilized extensively to identify priority relief-sewer projects in order to eliminate overflows and basement backups.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
Project Director for the evaluation of 600,000 feet of sanitary sewer in the White Rock Creek Basin. Provided additional services to the City’s consultant for preparing a 20-year wastewater master plan, included I/I reduction, private-sector I/I abatement, and strategic rehabilitation and relief sewer improvements.
CARRBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Project Director for the evaluation of the sanitary sewer system in the Countryside/Timberlyne Area. Services included flow monitoring and I/I quantification, SSES, and rehabilitation program for the Orange Water & Sewer Authority.
OLATHE, KANSAS
Designed a $4.0 million sanitary sewer improvement program for the Cedar Creek Watershed. The project included relief sewers, rehabilitation of manholes and small-diameter sewers, and reduction of excessive inflow and infiltration. The study phase was based on hydraulic modeling prepared by Pipedream© software.
STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT CROOKED SEWERS.
To be presented at the No-Dig Conference and Trade Show; sponsored by the North American Society of Trenchless Technology, New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 23, 2004. HOW TO COMPLY WITH THE PROPOSED CMOM REGULATIONS AND GASB-34 REQUIREMENTS.
Presented at the Sewer and Water Pipeline Conference and Trade Show; Trenchless Technology Trade Show, Detroit (Southfield), Michigan, on May 1, 2003. PREPARING FOR CMOM REGULATIONS.
To be presented at the 2003 Underground Construction Technology Conference and Exposition, Houston, Texas, on January 13, 2003. NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOR AMERICA’S WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM INFRASTRCUTRE.
Presented at the Underground Infrastructure Advanced Technology Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, on December 9, 2002. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS.
Presented at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Infiltration and Inflow Control Symposia, Carlisle, PA, on August 20, 2002. ASSESSING THE SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
Presented at the ASCE Pipelines 2002 Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, on August 6, 2002. REHABILITATING THE SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.
Presented at the WEF 2nd Latin American Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 13, 2001. CONTROLLING INFLOW AND INFILTRATION IN WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS.
Presented at the ASCE 2000 Environmental and Pipeline Engineering Convergence Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, on July 25, 2000. THE OWNER/CONSULTANT PARTNERSHIP - A SUCCESS STORY IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
Presented at the WEF Collection Systems Rehabilitation and O&M Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah on August 3, 1999. REDUCING WET WEATHER OVERFLOWS AND BYPASSES: IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING?
Presented at the Mississippi Water Environment Association Conference, Jackson, Mississippi on June 4, 1998. ELIMINATION OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS.
Presented at the 5th EPA National Wastewater Treatment Technology Transfer Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri on May 18, 1998. WET WEATHER OVERFLOWS AND BYPASSES: WILL THIS PROBLEM EVER GO AWAY?
Presented at the Kansas Water Environment Association Conference, Lawrence, Kansas on April 9, 1998. THE LONG ROAD HOME: A COMPREHENSIVE SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION PROGRAM IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
Presented at the Missouri WEF Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri on March 9, 1998. SEWER CLEANING AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL.
Presented at the WEF Collection Systems Rehabilitation and O&M Conference, Kansas City, Missouri on July 16, 1997. INFLOW/INFILTRATION REDUCTION PROJECT IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
Presented at the 1997 Spring APWA Conference, Springfield, Missouri on April 11, 1997. REHABILITATING YOUR SANITARY SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE: WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Presented at the AWWA/WEF Joint Management Conference, San Francisco, California on February 24, 1997. Published in No-Dig Engineering , Vol 14, Number 3, May/June 1997. NEW STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW
Presented at the 45th Annual Engineering Conference, University of Kansas, February 1995. Published in Public Works, October 1995. Reprints available. RESTORING AN AGING SEWER SYSTEM: THE CITY OF TULSA GETS AGGRESSIVE.
Presented at the AWWA/WEF Joint Management Conference, Tulsa, OK, February 1995. SITE INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS: COLLECTION SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS.
Presented at the New Advances in Trenchless Technology held in St. Joseph, Missouri, February 7, 1995. CONTROLLING SSOs IN SMALL COMMUNITIES.
Presented at the U.S. EPA's National Conference on Sanitary Sewer Overflows in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 1995. Published in Civil Engineering, October 1995. Reprints available. MODELING THE PHOENIX SEWER SYSTEM TODAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TOMORROW.
Presented at the WEF Specialty Conference, Sewers of the Future in Houston, Texas on September 11, 1995. MANHOLE REHABILITATION.
Presented at the 1993 Trenchless Technology Advanced Seminar held in Vicksburg, Mississippi on January 27, 1993. HOW TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE PRIVATE-SECTOR I/I.
Presented at the 1993 AWWA/WEF Joint Management Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on March 2, 1993. PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING A SHORT-TERM FLOW MONITORING PROGRAM.
Presented at the Collection Systems Operations & Maintenance WEF/AWPA Specialty Conference held in Tucson, Arizona on June 28, 1993. Published in Public Works, March 1994. Reprints available. IDENTIFICATION, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF INFLOW/INFILTRATION.
Presented at the Trenchless Technology Seminar held at Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph, Missouri on December 3, 1993. ABATEMENT OF I/I FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY TO REDUCE OVERFLOWS AND BYPASSES.
Presented at the 64th Annual Water Pollution Control Federation Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 24, 1992. Co-Authored with Dan Hegwald. Published in Water Environment & Technology, March 1994. NEW TECHNIQUES IN MANHOLE REHABILITATION.
Presented at the 1991 North American No-Dig Conference held in Kansas City, Missouri on May 6, 1991. Published in Civil Engineering, October, 1991. Reprints available. DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER HYDRAULIC MODELS FOR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS.
Presented at the Great Plains Environmental Conference held in Omaha, Nebraska in 1990. ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, AND REHABILITATION OF MANHOLE STRUCTURES---INNOVATIVE METHODS.
Presented at the 62nd Annual Water Pollution Control Federation Conference held in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 1990. EFFECTIVE MANHOLE REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES.
Presented at the Nebraska Water Pollution Control Association held in Kearney, Nebraska in 1989. SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION TECHNIQUES.
Presented at the State Certification Program held in Topeka, Kansas, in 1987, for professional wastewater operators. IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS: CASE STUDY: PITTSBURG, KANSAS.
Presented at the 60th Annual Water Pollution Control Federation Conference held in Dallas, Texas, in 1988. EVALUATION OF SEWER SYSTEM DEFECTS.
Presented at the Annual Sewer Rehabilitation Workshop, sponsored by Kansas Water Pollution Control Association, held in Wichita in 1985.
