TETRATECH
<br />Thomas L. Epperson, PE
<br />Project Manager
<br />Mr. Epperson has over 36 years of professional experience in
<br />water, wastewater, and reclaimed water engineering. Mr,
<br />Epperson has been responsible for the preparation of water,
<br />wastewater, and reclaimed water master plans; project design
<br />reports for various water, wastewater, and reclaimed water
<br />facilities; and the planning and design of water, wastewater, and
<br />reclaimed water pipelines, along with pump stations and
<br />reservoirs. He Ines been responsible for completing the design,
<br />bidding, and construction management of over 700 miles of
<br />water/reclaimed water/sewer mains, 36 water/reclaimed water
<br />pump.stations, 18 well -head facilities,12 sewer lift slat€ons and
<br />25 water/reclaimed water storage reservoirs throughout Southern
<br />California.
<br />EXPERIENCE
<br />Mid -Basin Injection; Centennial Park Design Services,
<br />Orangs County Water District, Santa Ana, CA - Project
<br />Manager responsible for the design of four Injection wells to be
<br />located within Centennial Park in the City of Santa Ana for
<br />Orange County Water District, In addition to -the engineering
<br />services for the four injection wells, the project. includes the
<br />design of the supply pipeline, backflush pipeline, bridge crossing,
<br />two shared facility sites, a monitoring well site, site Improvements,
<br />and paving of park access roads and parking lots.
<br />Well No. 27, City of Orange, CA — Project Manager for the
<br />drilling and equipping of Well 27, a new potable water well (930
<br />feet deep). The project involved the partial demolition of an
<br />existing warehouse to accommodate the footprint of the new well,
<br />Installation of a CMU block control building and sodium
<br />hypochlorite building, 12.5% sodium hypochlorite disinfection
<br />facility, sound enclosure around the well head, as well as, site
<br />and landscaping Improvements,
<br />Education;
<br />9.6„ Environmental
<br />Engineering,
<br />University of California, Irvine,
<br />1978
<br />Reglstratlons/Certificatlons;
<br />Professional Engineer,
<br />California, 1983, No. 36309
<br />Professional Affiliations:
<br />American Water Works
<br />Association
<br />Orange County Water
<br />Association
<br />WateReuse Association
<br />Americbn,Socraty of Civil
<br />Engineers
<br />Water Environment
<br />Federation
<br />Office;
<br />Irvine, California
<br />Years of Experience:
<br />36
<br />Years with Tetra Tech:
<br />25
<br />Well No. 29 and Elizabeth Reservoir and Booster Pump Station, City of South Gate —
<br />Project Manager for the design and construction support for the drilling and equipping of a new
<br />2,500 gpm well, sodium hypochlorite facilities, and generator at the well site and a 1.8 steel
<br />reservoir, booster pump station consisting of three 125 hp pumps/motors at the reservoir site,
<br />and about 5,000 feet of water main replacements within the City of South Gate. The project
<br />combined the well drilling and well equipping phases of the work together.
<br />Equipping Well No, 15 and Treatment Plant, City of Paramount, CA — Project Manager for
<br />the design and construction support for a new bulk sodium hypochlorite and ammon€a chemical
<br />delivery system at the City's new Welt 15. Design included the equipment for the well Including
<br />the pump and motor, the discharge piping, and a manganese and future arsenic treatment
<br />system. included within the facility were an arsenic manganese filtration system, backwash
<br />tank, backwash recirculation pumps, sludge mixer pumps, sodium hypochlorite and ammonia
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