Wastewater Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award |
2018 Recipient: Stephen Avent, South Cary Water Reclamation Facility
Stephen has 20 years with the Town of Cary at the South Cary WRF. He performs the following analyses: BOD, COD, metals by ICP/MS, NH3-N, NO2-NO3, TKN, chloride, total hardness, alkalinity, total and total suspended residue, total phosphorous, turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen, total residual chlorine. He performs all purchasing and inventory for the lab. Mr. Avent taught himself how to run the ICP/MS for metals and suggested they not only run all metals in house on our wastewater, but on their biosolids as well saving the Town of Cary a significant amount of money. Mr. Avent is considered by other staff at the SCWRF as the go-to person for advice for BNR questions and process control operations. He is also considered as the go-to person for the Town of Cary for advice on running metals by ICP/MS. He often provides lab assistance and training to Town staff in other departments.
This award, established in 1993, is presented each year to a wastewater laboratory analyst with outstanding performance, professionalism and contributions to the water quality analysis profession. The award consists of a plaque inscribed with the recipient’s name and will be presented to the recipient at the North Carolina AWWA-WEA Annual Conference.
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