Episode Synopsis "Andrew Dugan on Wastewater Treatment's Role in Protecting Water Quality"
Welcome to the first ever episode of The Watercourse! If you work or play in urban streams, you already know that wastewater effluent can have dramatic impacts on stream water quantity and quality, but you may not be familiar with what goes on within a sewage treatment plant. If you need to learn the basics of sewage treatment or want a refresher, check out the links I’ve posted below. My guest today is Andrew Dugan (www.linkedin.com/in/adugan5/), who recently toured over 300 wastewater treatment plants across Colorado and Wyoming. Rather than reviewing wastewater treatment generically, this episode will be more of a meta-analysis of wastewater treatment, showing the range of systems in the mountain west. In this interview from September 2019, Andrew helps me introduce the concept behind the Watercourse and teaches me to see water quality from the perspective of wastewater treatment professionals. *Pre-listening resources* Introductory Overviews of Wastewater Treatment Plant Processes: https://youtu.be/FvPakzqM3h8 https://youtu.be/mvD0L2Gn5zg