{"id":4419,"date":"2022-06-06T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthres.local\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:29:10","slug":"dean-ritts-pe-cem-leed-ap-om","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthres.com\/dean-ritts-pe-cem-leed-ap-om\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Ritts, PE, CEM, LEED AP O+M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dean-ritts-pe-cem-leed-ap-155043a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/earthres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EARTHRES.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1197\" style=\"width:52px;height:52px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EARTHRES.png 672w, https:\/\/www.earthres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EARTHRES-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/EARTHRES-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:36px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over 30 years, Dean has been providing environmental engineering and regulatory support services to various industries across multiple disciplines including industrial wastewater treatment, stormwater management, air pollution control, bio-solids management, waste management and hazardous waste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean incorporates sustainability concepts into environmental engineering solutions for a broad range of clients and projects including development of pollution prevention programs for industry, the military, and the EPA and provides integrated sustainability wastewater treatment system design services for the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and oil &amp; gas industries. 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