Director of Construction Services
MWH Constructors
Boise, ID
Kiersten manages MWH’s commissioning and start-up group, which includes process mechanical, I&C integration, electrical and treatment process specialists. Kiersten’s education and background is in hydraulics and water/wastewater treatment. Notable experience includes her work on a new industrial wastewater treatment facility in Hillsboro, OR. The wastewater facility included equalization and emergency tank system, a BNR and MBR treatment system, solids dewatering, Ion Exchange (IX), HERO (high energy efficiency reverse osmosis) treatment, a brine concentrator crystallizer, and a cooling tower system. Other unique processes include fourteen chemical distribution systems, an influent pump station and conveyance line to the main facility, discharge pump station, administration/laboratory facilities, an intricate SCADA network system, and the capabilities to adapt to an instantaneous increase influent load of 20%. Kiersten served as the Commissioning and Startup Manager as well as Plant Operations Manager. The MWH commissioning and startup team maintained and operated the facility for one year, delivering over 500 million gallons of reclaimed wastewater.
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