James P. Elliott, P.E.

President

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

      Mr. Elliott enjoys over 40 years of successful experience in the civil engineering field. Upon completing his education at Kansas State University, Mr. Elliott was employed by Greeley and Hansen in Chicago where he held the positions of project engineer, construction engineer and test engineer. Among his many project assignments were wastewater treatment facilities and residuals disposal by incineration.

      Mr. Elliott was Design Manager for a multiple hearth sludge incinerator project for the Sanitary District of Rockford, Illinois. He also was Project Manager and Chief Resident Engineer for the 64.0 MGD Waukegan, Illinois Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facilities for the North Shore Sanitary District.

      After leaving Greeley and Hansen, Mr. Elliott was employed by Black, Crow and Eidsness in Gainesville, Florida. There he held the position of construction service manager and was involved with a number of major water and wastewater projects in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee.

      As Construction Manager for Black, Crow and Eidsness, Mr. Elliott was responsible for the bid process, contract administration, shop drawing reviews, resident engineering management, final inspections, performance verification, testing and completion certifications of over 160 municipal projects. These projects included transmission pipelines, collection systems, high-service pumping stations, reservoirs, master wastewater pumping stations, reuse systems, water treatment, wastewater treatment and disposal facilities. Potable water storage and high-service pumping station projects included facilities for the City of St. Augustine, Fort Pierce Utilities Authority, Gainesville Regional Utility Authority, Deerfield Beach, Fort Myers, New Port Richey and the City of Cape Coral, Florida.

      Upon leaving Black, Crow and Eidsness, Mr. Elliott founded Source, Inc. in 1977 with other area professionals to provide consulting civil engineering services to Southwest Florida municipalities, utility companies and private real estate developers.

      Mr. Elliott’s education and experience have provided him with comprehensive knowledge of project planning and development including feasibility studies, preliminary investigations, design, permitting and construction observation. Mr. Elliott is thoroughly qualified in roadway design, stormwater analysis, water and wastewater treatment, water supply, effluent disposal, zoning and land development issues, environmental and other regulatory permitting issues, utility rate analysis, value engineering and cost estimating.

      Mr. Elliott was Design Engineer and Project Manager for several finished water storage and high-service distribution pumping projects at Source, Inc. These projects included: two 5.0 million gallon reservoirs and pumping facilities for the Island Water Association, Inc., Sanibel Island, Florida; 1.0 million gallon reservoir and pumping station for Gulf Utility Company, south US 41, Lee County, Florida; 1.0 million gallon reservoir and pumping station for Gulf Utility Company, Corkscrew Road facility, Lee County, Florida; and a 1.0 million gallon reservoir and pumping station for the Greater Pine Island Water Association, Pine Island, Lee County, Florida.

KEY PROJECTS

Three Oaks WWTP - Lee County, FL
Operational & Regional Reuse Permitting

Corkscrew WTP - Lee County, FL
0.80 mgd retrofit/expansion of 3.0 mgd facility, first phase 0.5 mgd
Process design and permitting of membrane softening plant including construction services.

Three Oaks WWTP - Lee County, FL
1.5 MGD WWTP expansion Class One Reliability Facility.  Design, permitting, construction services.

Paradise Island WTP - Bahamas
1.0 MGD seawater RO plant

Spruce Creek WTP - Volusia County, FL
0.50 MGD membrane softening plant.  Process evaluation and design for system expansion, equipment design and selection.

Burnt Store WTP - Charlotte County, FL
0.50 MGD brackish water RO plant.  Design expansion of process equipment and construction services.

Pine Island RO WTP - Lee County, FL
1.50 MGD brackish water RO plant.  Process design and permitting, including reservoir storage; construction services.

Corkscrew WTP - Lee County, FL
0.50 MGD first phase of 3.0 MGD facility.  Process design and permitting of membrane softening plant including construction services.

Sanibel WTP - Lee County, FL
3.63 MGD RO treatment plant and storage.  Process design, equipment selection, permitting and construction services.

St. David’s WWTP - Bermuda
0.20 mgd advanced treatment design build project. Process design, equipment selection, permitting and construction services.

Spruce Creek WTP - Volusia County, FL
0.50 mgd membrane softening plant. Process evaluation and design for system expansion, equipment design and selection.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

B.S. Civil Engineering,

Kansas State University,

 1968

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Engineer,

#21022,

State of Florida,

1974

 

Professional Engineer,

#62-31376,

State of Illinois,

1973

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers

National Society of Professional Engineers

Florida Engineering Society

Florida Environment Federation

American Water Works Association

Water Supply Improvement Association

American Desalting Association

The Bahamas National Trust

Southeast Desalting Association

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Mr. Elliott authored the paper entitled, "Concentrate Disposal," prepared for the University of Florida TREEO Program

Co-author, "Disposal of Reverse Osmosis Concentrate Via Percolation Ponds at the GPIWA Water Treatment Plant, Lee County, Florida"

Author, "Seawater Reverse Osmosis, Application and Process Design Foundations," prepared for the Southeast Desalting Association, Operator Training Course

VALUE ENGINEERING

Mr. Elliott has completed the ACEC-AIA 40-hour value analysis workshop required by the General Services Administration.  He has participated as a team member in the value analysis for the Redding, California regional wastewater treatment plant and the Lee County-Cape Coral/North Ft. Myers Regional Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility and the South Collier County Regional Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Facility