Deputy Director, Wastewater
City of San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
Chris is currently the Deputy Director of Wastewater at the City of San Luis Obispo, overseeing the Environmental Compliance, Wastewater Collections, Water Resource Recovery Facility, Solid Waste & Recycling and Water Quality Lab section. After completing six years of service with the United States Navy as a radar electrician in 2010, Chris began an operations internship with the San Luis Obispo Water Resource Recovery Facility. This internship evolved into a career, and Chris obtained his California Grade V Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator certificate in 2014. Partnering with PG&E in 2015, Chris was a key team member in spearheading the WRRF's Sustainable Turnkey Solutions energy efficiency upgrade, the first municipal project of its kind in California. His team has built on a 15-year relationship with California Polytechnic State University and their on-site algae research station (https://ceenve.calpoly.edu/sure-program) that is a leading biofuel and low-energy nutrient reduction study site. Breaking ground in mid-2019, Chris is a member of the facility's core management team that is steering a $140M regulatory-driven upgrade (slowrrfproject.org).
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