Engineering expert in municipal water and wastewater systems: design, operation, regulatory compliance, and the standard of care.
David D. Schultz is a registered professional engineer (Montana) and a certified Class 1 water treatment and distribution operator with more than forty years of experience managing, designing, building, and evaluating public water and wastewater utilities. He is available to attorneys, public agencies, and utilities for independent technical evaluation, consulting, and expert testimony.
Four decades on the owner’s side of public water and wastewater: operating utilities, directing design and construction, negotiating consent decrees with regulators, and reviewing engineering work.
Utility Management and Standard of Care
Chief engineer, general manager, and public works director of public utilities in Montana and Alabama from 1986 through 2018, at systems ranging from an island community to a utility of 85,000 service connections.
Design Review and Construction Compliance
Review of consulting engineers’ plans and specifications against the Recommended Standards for Water Works, construction close-out review against the contract documents, and performance and acceptance testing of new treatment plants.
Failure Analysis and Regulatory Compliance
Root cause investigation of treatment process, equipment, instrumentation, and operating failures, and evaluation of compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and NPDES permits.
Opinions are grounded in the governing standard (the plans and specifications, the Recommended Standards for Water Works, and the Safe Drinking Water Act) and in four decades of operating the kinds of systems in dispute.