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BAHMAN SHEIKH ∙ WATER RECYCLING, RECLAMATION, REUSE CONSULTANT

Bahman Sheikh, PhD, PE

Water Resources and Reuse Specialist

3524 22nd Street

San Francisco, California 94114-3406 USA

Oak Park Cemetery in San Jose is irrigated with recycled water from the South Bay Water Recycling system.

Silver Creek Golf Course is another SBWR recycled water client.

Irrigation of strawberries with recycled water in the northern Monterey County area was not part of the original plan, because of the sensitivity of strawberries to salt. Sustained high yields are produced in these fertile soils, the slightly higher salt concentrations in recycled water notwithstanding.

BAHMAN SHEIKH, Ph.D., P.E.

Bahman Sheikh provides independent, specialized consulting services to public and private clients for planned and ongoing water recycling projects, primarily in California, as well as in a 20+ countries around the world. He serves as Board member of WateReuse Foundation . Sheikh also serves on the Research Advisory Board of the National Water Research Institute.

1989-Date. Independent Consultant. Client assignments involve feasibility analysis, fields and laboratory research, economic evaluation, interface with regulatory agencies, preparation of required documents, and training of water recycling site supervisors. Sheikh also consults through international and local consulting organizations. Most recently, he assisted with water reuse regulatory reforms for Jordan and Egypt in USAID-funded projects. Recently, Sheikh provided water reuse and biosolids utilization components of a major wastewater management project for the City of Gaza in Palestine. For the City of Hyderabad, India, he reviewed a master plan for water reuse, and drafted a public information brochure to increase public acceptance. Sheikh investigated the economic impacts of salt additions to the recycled water system of South Bay Water Recycling for the City of San José, California. He compared the benefits and costs of various water use efficiency measures—recycled water, gray water, water conservation—for the City of Chula Vista. He compared the economics of seawater desalination with recycled water and gray water for Marin Municipal Water District. For the City of Los Angeles, he directed the Office of Water Reclamation for five years during the 1990s drought. He served as policy specialist in water recycling for West Basin Municipal Water District.

1987-1989 CH2MHill San Francisco Regional Office. Civil/Environmental Engineer. Directed and managed water reuse projects and contributed senior review and specialized expertise to the firm’s water reclamation projects. Sheikh participated in developing a master sewerage plan for the City of Ankara, Turkey, population 4 million, where he applied an electronic model of the wastewater collection system for the City to assess alternatives.

1970-1987 Engineering-Science, Inc. (now a Parsons unit). Manager, Environmental Studies. He was Project Director and oversaw the work of several project managers and engineers performing assignments on a variety of environmental engineering projects for diverse private and public sector clients. He planned, directed, and completed the landmark “Monterey Wastewater Reclamation Study for Agriculture” (MWRSA).

REGISTRATION:

Professional Engineer, Civil, California: C 26633

EDUCATION:

1967, Ph.D., Soil Physics (Soil-Water Relations), University of California, Davis

1964, M.S., Water Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis

1961, Pomona College (Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts), Claremont, CA

1957, B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

HONORS:

· Distinguished Fellow of the Center for Integrated Water Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 2007

· Resolution of Appreciation, Monterey Regional Water Pollution control Agency, 2004

· Outstanding Service, Associate Member, WateReuse Association, 2002

· President’s Leadership Award, WateReuse Association, 2002