Engineering Department
The Engineering department (see a list of our staff below) provides full service engineering to the District and our customers under the direction of a licensed professional engineer. These services include:
These services include:
- annexation process management
- development review
- capital facility planning
- full Geographic Information System (GIS) services
- capital program management (design, inspection services and construction management)
- septic elimination program
- industrial pretreatment program oversight
- capital program oversight of the Salmon Creek Wastewater Management System (SCWMS)
Engineering Staff Contact List
Engineering |
| Robin Krause |
District Engineer |
(360) 993-8821 |
Steve Bacon |
Development Program Manager |
(360) 993-8810 |
| Heidi Rosenberg |
Capital Program Manager |
(360) 993-8818 |
| Phil Roppo |
Project Manager |
(360) 993-8853 |
Don Young |
Pretreatment Coordinator |
(360) 993-8817 |
Tom Sedlacek |
Senior Engineering Technician (GIS) |
(360) 993-8811 |
| Jason Oster |
Senior Engineering Technician (Development) |
(360) 993-8848 |
John Perala |
Engineering Technician (Capital) |
(360) 993-8842 |
George Ball |
Engineering Technician (Inspection) |
(360) 993-8832 |
| Marie LaManna |
Engineering Technician (Development) |
(360) 993-8812 |
Cedrick Redula |
Engineering Technician (Pretreatment) |
(360) 993-8835 |
Available Publications
The following publications are available for download (Note: These documents are very large files):
Annexation Process Management
The Engineering department oversees the “annexation” process for the District. Annexation is the formal process by which the District expands its service area, administered in accordance with RCW 57.24. In the County’s 2007 Comprehensive Plan update, the District was designated the service provider to roughly nine (9) new square miles of urban growth area. Generally expanded via the petition method of annexation, at the request of property owners, the District has annexed approximately half of the expanded urban growth area through year end 2010.
Development Review
The Engineering department provides assistance for new development, current customers and existing homes in need of sewer service. In addition, property owners obtain record drawing information for assistance in locating their existing system for connection.
Capital Facility Planning
Planning within the District is a two-part process initiated with long-range planning and followed by sub-basin planning. Long-range basin planning is performed to develop a 20-year General Sewer Plan to address the infrastructure needs to support urban incorporation by the County. The District’s General Sewer Plan was updated in 2006, concurrent with the County update to their Comprehensive Plan, formally adopted in 2007. In compliance with requirements of the Growth Management Act, the District updates its General Sewer Plan every 6 years. The General Sewer Plan provides a summary of the capital improvement projects and the associated costs for the planning period. More detailed sub-basin planning is performed within the framework of the General Sewer Plan to identify the means and methods of extending service to individual parcels.
Geographic Information System (GIS)
The District maintains a state-of-the-art computer mapping, archiving and analysis system. The GIS platform is used in support of engineering, finance and maintenance functions at the District. The mapping system covers the entire service area and is used extensively for customer service, planning, design and decision making support. GIS is also an integral part of the District’s maintenance management system (MMS).
Capital Program - Design, Inspection Services & Construction Management
The District administers an active Capital Program, supporting the efficient expansion and maintenance of the sanitary sewer collection system. The Capital Program provides in-house services in support of developing and delivering Local Facilities and General Facilities projects, new capacity/infrastructure and Restoration & Replacement (R&R) projects. District staff designs small to intermediate projects internally for bid and construction and utilizes professional consultants for technical expertise on large or complex projects. District staff provides construction management and inspections for the majority of development and District projects, utilizing consultant services for large or complex projects. All work is performed under the direction of a licensed professional engineer.
The District initiated a process in 2010 to combine GIS analysis with the maintenance management system (MMS) data to produce an R&R program that identifies sewer pipes that are in the worst condition and likely to cause the greatest environmental harm if failure occurred. By identifying critical infrastructure that has high probability of failure (poor condition); the District can focus capital expenditures more effectively. The 2012 budget will begin to reflect projects identified by this new process. .
Septic Elimination Program
In 2008, the District set the tone for future years in working towards its vision of partnerships to protect water resources in the District’s service area. The District formally established a Septic Elimination Program (SEP). The first project of the program was initiated in 2008 and constructed in 2009. The inaugural SEP project extended service to 94 residences in the Sunnyside neighborhood, facilitating the improvement to water quality in creeks and tributaries running adjacent to Salmon Creek. The first homes connected to sewer and abandoned their septic systems in the fall of 2009, with 10 homes currently connected. In 2011, the District will continue to utilize the SEP by combining a SEP project with an R&R project to replace a failing pump station with a new gravity sewer system. The SEP project will make sewer service available for 14 homes in the affected area.
The District also continues to work closely with the Clark County Public Health Department to provide sewer service for customers who are faced with the removal of their failing septic systems through other “Local Facilities” programs (i.e. Customer Generated Infrastructure and District Installed Infrastructure).
Pretreatment Program
The District operates the state-mandated industrial pretreatment program (IPP) for the Salmon Creek Wastewater Management system. By agreement, the District operates the program within the unincorporated areas of Clark County and within the City of Battle Ground. This includes full pretreatment responsibility within the District system of sewers, as well as compliance sampling at the Salmon Creek Treatment Plant and pretreatment review at the City of Battle Ground. The District performs pretreatment surveys, mandated inspections of both private and public commercial and industrial facilities and produces a required yearly compliance report.
In 2010, District staff initiated a pretreatment program for the City of Ridgefield and provided pretreatment inspection training to their staff.
SCWMS Capital Program
The SCWMS Capital Program, a component of the Engineering Department, acts under contract on behalf of the jurisdictions of the Clark Regional Wastewater District, Clark County and the City of Battle Ground, to oversee capital improvement projects within the Salmon Creek Wastewater Management System. The program involves oversight of planning, permitting, financing, engineering and construction for major planned expansions and improvements to the system. Visit the SCWMS website to learn more.
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