Robert Lantz

About Robert Lantz

Mr. Lantz is a Senior Engineer with 32 years of engineering experience in municipal water and wastewater treatment. His experience includes planning, design, construction and business development. He is a member of both WEF Residuals and BIosolids and PFAS Committees and has specific interest and expertise in wastewater residuals management, including master planning, thickening, anaerobic digestion, dewatering and thermal drying. Over the past fifteen years he has been involved in multiple projects in Middle Tennessee Nashville’s Central Biosolids Facility, Dry Creek Facilities improvements, and condition assessment of Central primary and grit handling facilities. He has prepared the Biosolids Master Plan for a prominent Middle Tennessee community and is currently implementing its recommended projects. More recently his interests has included the concern of PFAS in the water and wastewater sectors.

Experience

1. Senior Engineer

   Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.

   Jul 2013 — Present · Nashville, TN, US

   Currently design manager of industrial wastewater treatment and desalination facility for upper Midwest industrial facilities. Biological treatment include MBR processing and Biosolids dewatering and disposal. The Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination treatment process includes UF/RO and brine management with thermal evaporators and crystallization.Current design manager of lagoon anaerobic digester cover design including gas venting and digester sludge recirculation system.Current design manager for biosolids improvements including Biosolids dryer, conveyance and dewatering polymer conditioning system.Design manager of solids handling facility for a large Middle Tennessee water utility. Facilities include pumping station, solids thickeners, dewatering centrifuges, screw conveyors and truck offload conveyor. Engineering representative for design-build of digester cover and mixing improvements at MWS Central Biosolids Facility. Shop drawing review and approval including periodic inspection of the work.Preparation of Biosolids Master Plan for a Tennessee utility wastewater treatment facility, including review of state of the industry treatment technologies, immediate short term recommended activities, transition planning, contingency planning, identification of most favored treatment alternatives, preliminary site layouts and detailed 20-year net present worth cost analysis. Preparation of Nutrient Removal technical memorandum for a Tennessee utility wastewater treatment facility, including enhanced biological and chemical phosphorus removal option evaluation. Project Representative at Harpeth Valley Utilties District Phased Expansion to 62 MGD including ballasted flocculation, membrane treatment, associated support processes and underground infrastructure. Duties included shop drawing review and approval and periodic inspection of the work.

Education

• Virginia Tech

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Civil Engineering

  1983 — 1986

• Virginia Tech

  Master of Science (MS), Environmental Engineering

  1987 — 1989

Skills

• Design-Build
• Environmental Consulting
• Wastewater Treatment
• Construction Management