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PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Myron Erickson, P. E., Laboratory Services Manager, City of Wyoming, MI
Mr. Erickson holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville (IN) and a master’s
degree in environmental engineering from Michigan State University. He is licensed as a Class B
operator in the State of Michigan. In his 15 years with the City of Wyoming (MI) utilities department
he has served as the environmental compliance and research specialist for the City’s programs in
industrial sewer use, biosolids disposition, disinfection byproducts, and PPCPs. Currently he manages
the laboratories for both the wastewater and drinking water utility plants. While the biosolids and IPP
programs were under his direction, the City won a First Place EPA Award for Biosolids Public Edu-
cation and a Second Place EPA Award for overall excellence of their IPP program.
The 35 employees of City of Wyoming Clean Water Plant serve a population of about 170,000.
The maximum design flow of the plant is 24 MGD. With about 35 employees, the Drinking Water
Plant serves a population of about 210,000. The maximum design flow is 120,000 MGD. The
laboratory is a certified drinking water lab.

Clean Water Plant
2350 Ivanrest, SW
Wyoming, MI 49418

Thomas C. Gavin, P. E., Senior Process Engineer, FTC&H
Mr. Gavin received his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering from
Northwestern University. His 30 years of experience in process design includes three new water treat-
ment plants and renovation/expansion of eight others. This experience includesconventional surface
water treatment, lime-soda softening, deep-bed high-rate direct filtration, and membrane filtration.
His wastewater experience includes design and start-up of eight activated sludge plants treating high-
strength industrial wastewaters. In addition, his experience includes design of four water distribution
systems and three wastewater collection systems. Mr. Gavin has been with FTC&H for 21 years.
Established in 1956, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr, & Huber (FTC&H) is a full-service engineer-
ing and architectural firm with 350 employees that is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
FTC&H has four other offices located in Michigan and Ohio. FTC&H specializes in engineering,
architecture, environmental science, and construction management.

Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.
1515 Arboretum Drive, SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546

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