MicroLife Management
Project Networking References
NOTE: Projects listed below networked with [Engineering Firms] in brackets.

Municipal Industrial Pretreatment Programs:

• SW Delaware Co. Municipal Authority [Catania Engr & Vollmer]
• Borough of Kennett Square [Rettew Associates]
• Bethel/Concord/MiddletownTownships [Bradford Engineering]
• Penn Township [R. E. Coleman Associates]
• City of Philadelphia/Recon [Jon Chase, P.E.]
• DELCORA [BCM]

Phase II Environmental Assessments:

• Watkins Trucks [Berks Environmental]
• Starbucks Coffee [McCarthy Engineering]
• Elk Farms/Town Talk/Capano [Kelly Engineering]
• Wayne Ford [Neversink]
  

PA Sewerage Facilities (Act 537) Planning:

• Upper Providence/Newtown Townships [Kelly Engineering]
• Rose Valley Borough [G.D. Houtman & Son]
• Borough of Kennett Square [Gilmore & Associates]

Stormwater Management:

• PennDOT Embreeville Maint. Facil. [Urban Engineers]

Southwest Delaware County Municipal Authority (SWDCMA)

The principal of MicroLife has functioned in various capacities for this client, since 1988. During the last three years, Mark Johnson, Vincent Powers and Dayl Thomas joined our staff, chiefly to serve this client’s growing Municipal Industrial Pretreatment Program (MIPP). Under contract with SWDCMA, our firm implemented privatized inspection/sampling and related administrative duties. This MIPP serves 88 non-residential customers, 8 of which were significant, categorical users, by EPA definition. MicroLife also coordinated a hauled waste program for SWDCMA.

In prior employ of CEA, Keith was the Principal design engineer of the SWDCMA (Baldwin Run Pollution Control Facility) wastewater treatment plant expansion. The facility design concept was to increase the hydraulic and organic capacity while incorporating existing process units. A value engineering approach focused on re-use of two (2) trickling filters and two (2) secondary settling tanks, which were targeted for demolition. The two (2) 107 foot diameter-tricking filters were converted to a ten (10) MGD Primary Clarifier and support for two (2) Bio- Filters Towers. The two (2) secondary clarifiers were converted into flow equalization tanks for the new septage receiving station. The state of the art septic receiving station incorporates on-line monitoring of wastewater strength and volume. This approach greatly improved the acceptance/receiving and processing of the waste. Also a new fine screen rotomat was installed to remove rags/debris from the waste stream prior to treatment. In addition the BRPCF expansion consisted of the installation of new grit classifiers and a fine screen rotomat. The secondary activated sludge tanks were upgraded from course to fine bubble diffusers, which enhanced performance and provided electrical power cost savings. The main lift station raw wastewater pumping capacity was upgraded to handle storm related flows of 12 MGD. A new operational control building houses an upgraded laboratory and control room that monitors plant performance with the use of a programmable logic controller (PLC). The facility expansion was completed in 1994; the current capacity is six (6) MGD. MicroLife is now networking with the new authority engineer. Most recently, we examined local limits per 5-year NPDES mandate.