Debra Falatko Email & Phone Number

Debra Falatko is a senior chemical engineer with 34 years of experience consulting to the Federal Government. Her direct technical experience includes vessel discharge and waste evaluations, including shipboard wastewater process and system assessments; environmental regulation development for large cruise ships in Alaskan waters and EPA’s Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA); evaluation of industrial processes; evaluation of wastewater treatment systems and pollution prevention; and field work and laboratory analysis.Debbie has 24 years of experience providing technical support on vessel wastewater management issues to EPA and the U.S. Navy. Regarding shipboard wastewater, she has performed over 50 assessments of vessel discharge systems and has managed and participated in numerous vessel wastewater sampling programs. Vessel assessments have focused on the management and control of discharges containing invasive species, nutrients, pathogens, oil and grease, antifoulants, and oxygen demanding substances. Debbie also has 31 years of experience in EPA/Office of Water (OW) environmental regulation development, focusing on industrial wastewater discharges from industries such as iron and steel and pulp and paper manufacturing, and service industries ranging from drum reconditioning to steam electric power generation. Support for these industrial wastewater evaluations included: wastewater sampling program development and implementation, pollutant loading determinations, questionnaire design and database management, synthesizing and evaluating secondary monitoring data, developing information requests, conducting technology performance evaluations, and evaluating pollution management techniques, including pollution prevention.

Listed skills include Sustainability, Environmental Compliance, Water, Environmental Awareness, and 10 others.

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  Carnegie Mellon University

  Chemical Engineering