Anaerobic Digestion, Co-Digestion And Thermal Hydrolysis Process Specialist David Parry Joins CH2M's Wastewater And Residuals Resource Recovery Team As Senior Fellow Technologist, Vice President

Dr. Parry brings 35+ years of planning, designing, researching, operations and technological experience to the firm’s consulting practice

CH2M proudly announced recently the addition of Dr. David Parry to the firm’s Global Water Business Group, who will serve as a key Senior Fellow Technologist and Vice President in the firm’s Global Wastewater service team. Dr. Parry, who will be located in the firm’s Bellevue, Washington office, has built a national and international reputation for providing proven innovative solutions in wastewater, biosolids and energy.

In his new role, Dr. Parry will primarily serve as a Senior Technology Consultant and Project Manager on projects that include anaerobic digestion, co-digestion, co-generation and thermal hydrolysis technologies, in which he is a leader in the industry. He brings more than 35 years of experience in planning and design experience providing program management, and construction and operational assistance for wastewater treatment, solids processing and energy projects. He also brings expertise in effluent heat recovery, pyrolysis, gasification and combustion to CH2M’s consulting services.

Most recently, Dr. Parry was a Senior Vice President and Technical Strategy Leader at CDM Smith, responsible for its biosolids and energy recovery practice, and was actively involved as a project director, technical advisor and project manager on numerous municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plant projects throughout the world and predominately in the United States and Canada. Prior to working at CDM Smith, Dr. Parry served as the Northwest Public Practice Leader for Kennedy/Jenks Consultant and as Vice President at Brown and Caldwell.

Dr. Parry is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer with the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and is a registered mechanical and civil engineer in several states and provinces in North America. He earned his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Parry served as the Chair of the Bioenergy Technology Subcommittee of the Water Environment Federation Residuals and Biosolids Committee. He was the lead author of the anaerobic digestion chapter in the Water Environment Federation/Environmental Protection Agency Solids Process Design and Management Manual. In addition, Dr. Parry served as principal investigator for several Water Environment Research Foundation’s co-digestion research projects. He has authored more than 30 technical papers, given numerous presentations and conducted workshops on recovery of resources from wastewater, wastewater treatment, solids processing, anaerobic digestion and energy management. Dr. Parry will be attending and his work will be presented at the Water Environment Federation/International Water Association’s Residuals and Biosolids Conference, being held in Washington, D.C., from June 7-10, 2015. In addition to Dr. Parry’s presentations, many other CH2M residuals resource recovery specialists will be presenting.

“We are very excited that Dave Parry has chosen to join our strong CH2M team, and I am looking forward to working with him to help our clients implement all types of state-of-the-practice residuals, bioenergy and energy recovery projects,” says David Oerke, CH2M Residuals Resource Recovery Global Technology Leader.  

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CH2M is a global engineering and project delivery company partnering with public and private clients to tackle the world's most complex infrastructure and natural resource challenges. The firm's work is concentrated in the water, transportation, energy, environment and industrial markets. CH2M has gross revenues of $5.5 billion, has 25,000 employees and is a specialist in program, construction and operations management and design. The firm was named Water Company of the Year at the 2012 Global Water Awards. For more information, visit ch2m.com.