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Ron is the Senior Training Specialist for Water and Wastewater programs at the TREEO Center, and is responsible for most all water and wastewater related training. Ron instructs courses related to energy conservation at treatment facilities, activated sludge process control and troubleshooting, biological nutrient removal, microscopy, and a variety of exam review courses that help operators prepare for the State exams. Ron teaches sections of the Water Facility Security and Water Distribution courses, and also is the instructor of the UF Dept. of Continuing Education correspondence and on-line Class C Drinking Water Operator course.

Ron has worked in the water and wastewater treatment industry for more than twenty five years in a variety of locations and job, and has been training operators for more than ten years. He is experienced in many treatment processes such as trickling filters, RBC’s SBR’s, oxygen activated sludge, anaerobic digestion; from small package plant operation to advanced waste treatment including nitrogen and phosphorus removal. The majority of his experience has been in Florida, but Ron began his wastewater treatment career in Virginia Beach, Virginia and his home state of New Jersey.

Ron is a member of the FDEP Operator Certification Program Exam Review Committee, a member of WEF, FWEA and FW&PCOA, and on the Board of Certification for NESHTA.