D. Kelly O’Day, P.E.
D. Kelly O’Day is the Vice President at Woodard &
Curran. He has been involved in the
planning, design, construction, operations, and management of water and
wastewater facilities for over 30 years. As
part of this work, he has implemented information technology systems for
utility operations and maintenance.
Prior to working at Woodard & Curran, O’Day
directed the 360 person Waterworks Operations department at Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority (MWRA). While at
MWRA, he planned and implemented an integrated Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) system (see below), shifted from attended to unattended
operation of facilities, and identified and corrected problems with treatment
and distribution water quality. He was
also active in process optimization and productivity analysis.
O’Day received his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland and an MS in Environmental
Engineering from Drexel
University. He is also a registered
Professional Engineer in PA and a licensed drinking water treatment operator in
MA.
His teaching experiences include a 15-year position as an adjunct professor in Villanova’s graduate Environmental Engineering program where he taught water resources and water quality modeling. He has also taught several in-house training sessions for SCADA, maintenance and utility management, water quality and process control.
Some Interesting Links and
Pictures:
What is SCADA all about?
Source: http://www.advancedscadaandtelemetering.com
What are some major MWRA Projects?
Last Updated 2/17/01