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Bahman Sheikh’s Most Recent Accomplishments: · Joined the Joint Venture of Kennedy Jenks/Bahman Sheikh/WRE, which won a six-year consulting assignment with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for planning a recycled water system for the eastside of the City, 3/2011. · Was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by San Diego County Water authority and the San Diego Chapter of WateReuse Association for training over 700 recycled water site supervisors in the County from December 2007 to May 2011. 5/19/2011 · Inspected and reviewed five candidate sites at different towns in Jordan for selection of a pilot water reuse project by USAID and the Government of Jordan through a subcontract with AECOM Jordan, 4/2011. · Completed final report on the Terra Linda Recycled Water Demonstration Garden for Marin Municipal Water District, 6/2010 · Completed White Paper on Graywater jointly for WateReuse Association, Water Environment Association and American Water Works Association, 3/2010 · Appointed Senior Advisor to the Prince Khaled bin Sultan Water Research Chair recently endowed at the Civil Engineering Department of King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1/2009 (http://www.ksu.edu.sa) · Prepared revised water recycling criteria recommendations for Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 8/2008 · Selected to conduct all recycled water site supervisor training workshops for San Diego County Water Authority, 12/07 to 12/2010 · Distinguished Fellow, Center for Integrated Water Research, University of California, Santa Cruz (appointed 08/07, reappointed 07/2010) · Research on Filter Loading Rates and the Quality of Recycled Water for Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, (completed in December 2008) · Peer Review of the environmental components of Australia’s National Guidelines for Water Recycling, for the Department of Environment and Heritage, 11/2006 · Keynote Address on “Socioeconomic Aspects of Water Reuse” presented in Amman, Jordan to the EMWater Regional Conference, 10/2006 · Prepared Site Supervisor Training Manual for Users of Recycled Water for WateReuse Association. Copies of this manual are available from WateReuse Association (www.watereuse.org), 9/06 |
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BAHMAN SHEIKH, PhD, PE |
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Bahman Sheikh’s professional experience and expertise in water reclamation, recycling, and reuse spans a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors. Dr. Sheikh has worked in many arid and semi-arid regions of the world, creating water resources management plans, developing water use efficiency measures, and advising on a wide variety of uses of recycled water. Recent presentations and publications of Dr. Sheikh reflect the depth and breadth of his water reuse experience, spanning a variety of issues faced by agencies, e.g.: · Master planning for long-range region-wide water recycling programs; · Setting attainable water reuse goals and objectives; · Resolving impacts of salts on golf course greens and other sensitive landscape plants and agricultural crops; · Responding to concerns about public health issues in water reuse; · Water quality for agriculture, landscape, industry, groundwater recharge, and potable reuse; · Legislative and regulatory issues of water recycling; · Economics, funding, financing, rebates, grants and low-interest loans; · Resolving issues facing new customers of reclaimed water; · Public acceptance of new water reuse projects with informational tools and targeted outreach; · Facilitating negotiations among agencies working toward implementation of new water reuse projects; · Analyzing and recommending revised water reuse standards, agreements, and institutional re-arrangements; · Planning and leading research projects into the technical intricacies of producing recycled water. |
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BAHMAN SHEIKH WATER RECYCLING, RECLAMATION, REUSE CONSULTANT |
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Contact Information: |
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Bahman Sheikh, PhD, PE Water Resources and Reuse Specialist 3524 22nd Street San Francisco, California 94114-3406 USA |
