Eric Wert
Career Area: Applied Water Quality Research.
Degree earned at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and year: PhD, Civil Engineering, 2013.
Title and name of the company I currently work for: Project Manager – Applied Water Quality Research; Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).
A little about my career path: After earning my Master’s degree, I entered the field performing engineering design work with the consulting firm Black & Veatch. For the past 20 years, I have been a part of the research and development team at SNWA performing industry-leading water quality and treatment research and process optimization studies relevant to our two full-scale treatment plants totaling 900 MGD in production capacity.
List of topics students can ask me about: water quality; water treatment; advanced water treatment; water reuse; environmental engineering; ozone treatment applications.