Brett Faulkner has a B.S in Civil Engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder, and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from San Diego State University. Mr. Faulkner is a registered professional engineer in the state of California with over 12 years of professional experience. Mr. Faulkner operated the City of San Diego’s Pure Water Demonstration Facility (PWDF) as a certified Grade 3 wastewater operator. The PWDF has a production capacity of 1 MGD and includes ozone, biologically activated carbon filtration, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, and UV advanced oxidation. Mr. Faulkner’s expertise is in water, wastewater, and advanced treatment with an emphasis on process design and optimization. He is skilled in wastewater treatment modeling and has utilized biological modeling to evaluate, optimize, and/or design treatment processes at more than 15 facilities ranging from 3 to 300 MGD. Mr. Faulkner currently provides routine operational support and as-needed engineering services to over 6 wastewater agencies in California resulting in improved effluent water quality and treatment reliability, reductions in operating cost, and the education and empowerment of operations staff. Mr. Faulkner is active in the CWEA and serves on the board of the San Diego chapter.