Stephen H. King, P.E., BCEE
Associate Vice President
Hazen and Sawyer
Two Chase Corporate Drive
STE 170
Birmingham, AL 35244
(205) 957-4144
(205) 944-9149 Cell

Stephen King serves as associate vice president and operations manager for Hazen and Sawyer in their Birmingham office. He currently serves as Program Manager for the Jefferson County Asset Management Program.

CREDENTIALS

Registered Professional Engineer – AL, MS, TN, KY and NY
Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE)

EDUCATION University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 1984

EXPERIENCE - 38 Years

Through the course of his career Steve has worked for State Government, City Government (as a City Engineer) and as a consulting engineer working for Utilities of all sizes.

ABSTRACT

This presentation will focus on three (3) chronic SSO areas within Jefferson County’s system (Wickstead, Lincoln Ave, and 4^th Avenue) that have been corrected.  The presentation will describe the past SSO history and discuss the frequency and volume of the SSOs at each location.  A step-by-step description of the evaluation process, including planning, design, construction, and post evaluation will also be discussed.

Each of these areas had a different issue that had to be resolved.  The Lincoln Avenue project included many “depressed sewers” that were installed to make way for a water line. Wickstead included a long time SSO in a customer’s front year near his house that was reported to the County and the news media on a regular basis.  The 4^th Avenue project also had an SSO in the front yard of a customer that was reported to the County and the news media on a regular basis for years prior to correction.

Determining the appropriate corrective action for each of these SSOs, was the first major step toward resolving these chronic SSOs.  Before the solution was determined, the area had to modeled and the model had to include the downstream area to avoid just relocating the SSO.  If the solution did not work, the customers, the news media, and the public would never let this go.