Actions to Preserve the Environment

I had the honor of talking with an esteemed professor at Stanford. Dr. Freyberg is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He spends his time studying reservoir sedimentation and other hydrological related activities.  During the call he mentioned to me that he partnered with his students on most of his projects, specifically in one of those projects the student was to collect samples of sediment in the Canada-US border and the Mexico-US border and report the findings to Dr. Freyberg.  Another one of the projects that he worked on was with another professor in which they designed centralized and decentralized wastewater collection. They used a software called PRODOT (may be called by other names as well) in order to determine the most effective system in a certain place.  Dr. Freyberg stated that one of the most important things nowadays is to read as much as possible and use that knowledge effectively as there is so much available today. He also sa...

  Earlier this summer, I had the honor of meeting an esteemed professor and renowned water expert - Dr. Glen Daigger. Dr. Daigger is currently Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan and also President and Founder of One Water Solutions, an engineering and innovation firm. Over his career, Dr. Daigger has become an internationally recognized expert in waste water treatment and water quality management for municipal and industrial systems, with particular expertise in biological processes. He is widely published and is an author or co-author of more than 200 technical papers, four books, and several technical manuals.  During our conversation we were able to cover many things from water purification to my non-profit organization - “Water for Water”. I was able to understand the scope of his work and all that he has done to contribute to the environment, specifically water conservation. He stated that “ my career in the water profession began in the 1970’...