Victor Santa Cruz

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Biologist at Inland Empire Utilities Agency

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California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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Victor Santa Cruz’s Summary

Professional Membership:

-Active member of California Water Environment Association (CWEA)
-Active member of Water Environment Federation (WEF),
-Active member of Santa Ana River Basin Section (SARBS)
--Active member of Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association (PNCWA)
-Active member of CWEA Laboratory Committee
-Active member of Western Washington PNCWA Water Quality Lab Analyst Section

Volunteer Work/Experience:

-Phlebotomy internship: Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA. 1986

-Wastewater Microscopy Workshop: Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association. 3 and 4 day annual training for wastewater professionals held in Port Angeles, WA in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009

-In-house training on wastewater microscopy and related topics as they apply to biological aspects of wastewater treatment.

-California Water Environment Association: Laboratory Analyst Certification Panel and Workshop: January-February 2006.

Publications:

-Coauthor “Control Strategies For Minimizing Bulking and Foaming in Denitrifying SBR’s” presented at Leeds University, England May 2003.

-Coauthor “Bioselectors for Minimizing Bulking and Foaming in Denitrifying SBR’s”, presented as a poster in IWA SBR3 Conference in Australia, February 2004, http://awmc.uq.edu.au/sbr3_files/sbr3_posters.html

-Wastewater Organisms Database photos included in “Designed Ecosystem Services: Application of Ecological Principles In Wastewater Treatment Engineering”, by David W. Graham and Val H. Smith, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 2004, 2(4), 199-206.

-“A Comparison of the Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique and Colilert for Enumerating Fecal Coliforms and E. coli in Conventionally Treated Effluent and Anaerobically Digested Sludge.” Study is to be used to change NPDES permit requirements from conducting multiple tube fermentation technique to enumerate total coliforms to utilizing Colilert to determine E. coli concentrations.

Victor Santa Cruz’s Specialties:

Software Development:

Wastewater Organisms Database: Digital format database utilizing Acrobat as purveyor of information as it relates to organisms present in wastewater treatment.

Database Central (1989 to present): Creation of an internet website that assists individuals interested in learning about wastewater organisms. The database can be accessed through the World Wide Web using the following link http://santacruzproductions.com.

Victor Santa Cruz’s Experience

Biologist

Inland Empire Utilities Agency

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Utilities industry)

November 1988 — Present (21 years 1 month)

Oversees and performs standard microbiological procedures and other biologically-related analyses to identify bacteria; evaluates test results in accordance with QA/QC criteria.

Manages and conducts bioassay procedures including ceriodaphnia bioassays to evaluate potential toxic materials and makes recommendations from resulting data.

Participates in a quality-control program to ensure the methods, techniques and equipment used for micro and bioassay analysis will produce accurate, reliable results; participates in state, EPA and ELAP audits of the laboratory to maintain the lab’s certification

Surveys information sources for new biomonitoring and microbiology techniques and may recommend for incorporation into laboratory procedures; stays current on regulatory programs and requirements pertaining to biological and chemical aspects of water and wastewater.