STEMxm Episode 17-  Environmental Engineer & WW Ops Expert, Stacy Passaro This is the 1st episode in a series on water and wastewater careers. Check out the others here: Municipal Water and Wastewater Master Planning with Kristiana Dragash, Episode 18 Drinking Water Treatment Process Design with Emilie Moore, Episode 19 Stacy Passaro is an environmental engineer based out of Maryland. She has extensive water and wastewater treatment process design experience. Over time, she developed special expertise in the operations of treatment systems. Stacy now owns and runs her own engineering consulting firms. Where Stacy went to school Clarkson University Engineering John Hopkins Engineering Water Environment Federation (WEF) Topics we discussed: Here's a good page on the EPA site to help you understand why nutrients in water are bad. Learn more about nutrient pollution specific to the Chesapeake Bay here. Learn about Algal Blooms here and here. Learn about the importance of aquatic bay grasses here and here. The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES permit) What do water and wastewater treatment plant operators do? STEMxm is available on iTunes & Stitcher: