Process engineer added
Steve Reusser
has joined Ayres
Associates as
senior process
engineer, bringing
many years of
experience in
wastewater and
water engineering
and plant operation and management,
most recently with the Madison
Metropolitan Sewerage District
(MMSD) in Wisconsin. Reusser has
been responsible for process control
and programming, as well as operation
supervision at Madison’s wastewater
treatment plant, serving the Madison
metropolitan area and surrounding
communities. He has participated
in planning, design, and start-up for
multiple facility upgrades at MMSD as
well as water and wastewater facility
projects for small communities and
tribal entities. In Ayres’ Eau Claire
office, he will provide water and
wastewater treatment design services
as well as operational assistance to
communities throughout the Midwest.
Reusser is a frequent speaker
at technical conferences, sharing
his cutting-edge knowledge of new
technology. He has participated
in many research studies with the
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
including fine bubble diffuser oxygen
transfer efficiency, activated sludge
nitrification/denitrification, clarifier
performance, biological phosphorous
removal, digester performance with
the addition of whey, the use of ferric
chloride to control struvite production
in anaerobic digesters, comparison of
anaerobic digestion processes, struvite
formation and mitigation strategies,
digester foaming mitigation strategies,
and piloting very low-level nitrogen
and phosphorous discharge treatment
strategies.
Educated at Oklahoma State
University, Reusser holds a master’s
degree in bioenvironmental
engineering and a bachelor of science
in civil engineering. He is a registered
professional engineer in Wisconsin
and is a Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources Advanced Certified
Wastewater Operator. Reusser’s
commitment to the industry is evident
in his memberships in the Wisconsin
Wastewater Operators’ Association
(WWOA) and the Water Environment
Federation (WEF)/Central States Water
Environment Association (CSWEA).
He is a past participant and chairman
for several committees of WWOA and
WEF/CSWEA.
Project manager joins Ayres
Curtis
Hulterstrum
has joined Ayres
Associates as a
senior project
manager in the
Waukesha office,
bringing decades
of experience
in water resources engineering. His
floodplain management planning,
stormwater management planning and
design, and floodplain and stormwater
regulatory compliance experience
will benefit Ayres Associates’ clients
in southeastern Wisconsin and
throughout the firm.
His experience in the consulting
industry and in the public sector
includes drainage system design, bridge
and culvert hydraulics, construction
site erosion control, stormwater and
floodplain regulatory compliance, and
computer modeling. He will impart
invaluable knowledge as he mentors
junior staff.
Hulterstrum holds a bachelor
of science degree in civil and
environmental engineering from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and
is a registered pr