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More About Us, News & NotesA true big picture thinker, an in-the-field scientist, a widely experienced operator and manager, Jan Routt is recognized as an innovative, resourceful professional with a knack problem-solving, process and system optimization. She brings brings experience and insight from source quality and quantity management to process and distribution operations optimization.
Routt's evaluation approaches involve reviewing existing data, documentation and processes while interviewing key people. Then, if/or where, needed, concise studies and monitoring protocols are designed to clearly define the circumstances and needs. She works with people involved such as operators, managers, regulators, engineers and technicians to effectively use resources to get the best short-term and long-term solutions for compliance and customer satisfaction.
Routt has guided operations studies and process changes and has authored numerous papers/reports and made presentations in areas of key significance in the industry such as process optimization for multiple treatment objectives, automation of processes and monitoring, and maintaining quality through distribution systems. She has also provided operator training in all these areas. See the "Experience & Qualifications" and "Publications & Presentations" tabs for more details.
Every system can be improved, and, often, compliance or other objectives can be realized more quickly and effectively than you think. Evaluations and planning conducted with a mind for minimizing vulnerabilities and maximizing opportunities in a time of environmental, economic and technological change can improve potential for long term sustainability. This can be accomplished through just through asking the right questions, convening the right minds, taking the right steps, and evaluating status and ongoing progress along the way.
News & Notes
Water Research Foundation 4109 "Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems"
Project workgroup from the May 2009 criteria ratification workshop in Bellevue Washington. This diverse group of professionals(utilities, project team and advisors) was involved in the project workshop and met to review and hone the distribution optimization criteria and evaluation processes which have been developed over two years of collaborative project work. Over 150 water professionials, including 26 utilities have been involved over the course of the 4109 project work from 2007-2009.
Treatment Change Studies for City of Danville, KY. In December 2009, Routt guided, helped conduct special treatment studies and system monitoring to improve treatment efficiency. Studies involved jar tests of alternate coagulants, and monitoring effects of lowered carbon doses, along with documentation of system water quality changes since prior treatment changes in the early 90s. Work was accomplished with Bell Engineering, Danville operations and management, and chemical suppliers, as part of Danville's Master Planning Study. Studies were followed by successful switch to polyaluminum chloride coagulant, and substantially lower powered carbon doses.
Volunteer Business Seminar Leader in Greece. Routt was priviledged in September 2007, May 2008, and May 2010 to travel in a volunteer capacity to northern Greece (Katerini, Pieria) and Cyprus, to lead business training seminars in successful marketing principles and human resources. While in Pieria in September 2007, Routt visited a forest fire-ravaged drinking water reservoir and newly constructed water treatment plant with local officials and engineers. Pictured are instructors and attendees of the September 2007 marketing seminar at the Katerini Chamber of Commerce, and the group touring the new water treatment plant. Our group's tour of the reservoir and plant and discussions with local officials were reported in local news media.
Partnership for Safe Water Leadership Training. PSW leadership volunteers--trained for Phase IV and Special Issues review--in a program developed and lead by Routt, in cooperation with AWWA and the Partnership for Safe Water. This two-day training in St Louis Mo., March 2006, was comprized of a varitey of workgroup and interactive sessions to benefit from the cumulative knowledge and expertise of the participants.
Routt has been involved in leadership of the national Partnership for Safe Water for many years, which has placed
her in a treatment advisory and training role for--and has enabled her to learn from--public and private utilities and Partnership volunteers from across US and Canada. In this role she has organized and guided utility volunteer training and has overseen reviews of Partnership for Safe water Phase III and Phase IV award applications for over 100 US drinking water facilities. Here, she is shown accepting the Five Year Director's Award on behalf of one of the facilities she served. Three of the first seventeen utlities to receive the Five Year awards, nationally, have been facilities under her water quality supervision.
She has also gained knowledge and used her organizational skills during six years of service on the national AWWA Water Quality and Technology Division Board of Trustees (1999 - 2005). In this role she has been actively involved the planning of the internationally recognized AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference and works with numerous Water Quality & Technology Division Committees and the Distribution and Plant Operations Division to provide training, networking, technology transfer throughout the industry. Photo here is the WQ&T Division at a WQTC conference planning meeting.
Routt's evaluation approaches involve reviewing existing data, documentation and processes while interviewing key people. Then, if/or where, needed, concise studies and monitoring protocols are designed to clearly define the circumstances and needs. She works with people involved such as operators, managers, regulators, engineers and technicians to effectively use resources to get the best short-term and long-term solutions for compliance and customer satisfaction.
Routt has guided operations studies and process changes and has authored numerous papers/reports and made presentations in areas of key significance in the industry such as process optimization for multiple treatment objectives, automation of processes and monitoring, and maintaining quality through distribution systems. She has also provided operator training in all these areas. See the "Experience & Qualifications" and "Publications & Presentations" tabs for more details.
Every system can be improved, and, often, compliance or other objectives can be realized more quickly and effectively than you think. Evaluations and planning conducted with a mind for minimizing vulnerabilities and maximizing opportunities in a time of environmental, economic and technological change can improve potential for long term sustainability. This can be accomplished through just through asking the right questions, convening the right minds, taking the right steps, and evaluating status and ongoing progress along the way.
News & Notes
Water Research Foundation 4109 "Criteria for Optimized Distribution Systems"
Project workgroup from the May 2009 criteria ratification workshop in Bellevue Washington. This diverse group of professionals(utilities, project team and advisors) was involved in the project workshop and met to review and hone the distribution optimization criteria and evaluation processes which have been developed over two years of collaborative project work. Over 150 water professionials, including 26 utilities have been involved over the course of the 4109 project work from 2007-2009.
Treatment Change Studies for City of Danville, KY. In December 2009, Routt guided, helped conduct special treatment studies and system monitoring to improve treatment efficiency. Studies involved jar tests of alternate coagulants, and monitoring effects of lowered carbon doses, along with documentation of system water quality changes since prior treatment changes in the early 90s. Work was accomplished with Bell Engineering, Danville operations and management, and chemical suppliers, as part of Danville's Master Planning Study. Studies were followed by successful switch to polyaluminum chloride coagulant, and substantially lower powered carbon doses.
Volunteer Business Seminar Leader in Greece. Routt was priviledged in September 2007, May 2008, and May 2010 to travel in a volunteer capacity to northern Greece (Katerini, Pieria) and Cyprus, to lead business training seminars in successful marketing principles and human resources. While in Pieria in September 2007, Routt visited a forest fire-ravaged drinking water reservoir and newly constructed water treatment plant with local officials and engineers. Pictured are instructors and attendees of the September 2007 marketing seminar at the Katerini Chamber of Commerce, and the group touring the new water treatment plant. Our group's tour of the reservoir and plant and discussions with local officials were reported in local news media.
Partnership for Safe Water Leadership Training. PSW leadership volunteers--trained for Phase IV and Special Issues review--in a program developed and lead by Routt, in cooperation with AWWA and the Partnership for Safe Water. This two-day training in St Louis Mo., March 2006, was comprized of a varitey of workgroup and interactive sessions to benefit from the cumulative knowledge and expertise of the participants.
Routt has been involved in leadership of the national Partnership for Safe Water for many years, which has placed
her in a treatment advisory and training role for--and has enabled her to learn from--public and private utilities and Partnership volunteers from across US and Canada. In this role she has organized and guided utility volunteer training and has overseen reviews of Partnership for Safe water Phase III and Phase IV award applications for over 100 US drinking water facilities. Here, she is shown accepting the Five Year Director's Award on behalf of one of the facilities she served. Three of the first seventeen utlities to receive the Five Year awards, nationally, have been facilities under her water quality supervision. She has also gained knowledge and used her organizational skills during six years of service on the national AWWA Water Quality and Technology Division Board of Trustees (1999 - 2005). In this role she has been actively involved the planning of the internationally recognized AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference and works with numerous Water Quality & Technology Division Committees and the Distribution and Plant Operations Division to provide training, networking, technology transfer throughout the industry. Photo here is the WQ&T Division at a WQTC conference planning meeting.