Thomas G. Sanders
Associate Professor


Professional Engineer

Department of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
Fort Collins CO 80523-1372
Phone (970) 491-5448
Fax     (970) 491-7727

tgs@engr.colostate.edu

Division Coordinator:
Environmental Engineering

EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1974.
  • Major Area of Study: Environmental Engineering, Water Quality, Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering.
  • Minor Area of Study: Statistics, industrial engineering, expository writing, and speech.
  • Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1968.
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1966.

THESIS SUBJECTS:

  • Doctoral Dissertation: University of Massachusetts "Rational Design Criteria for a River Quality Monitoring Network."
  • Master's Thesis: University of Massachusetts--Environmental Engineering "A Mathematical Model Describing the Gravity Dewatering of Wastewater Sludge on Sand Drainage Beds."

 

TEACHING

Colorado State University Semester Hours

Undergraduate level Credits
Statics for Non-Engineers CE 256 3
Statics CE 260 3
Dynamics CE 261 3
Properties of Materials Lab CE 362 1-2
Basic Hydrology CE 422*  3
Pollution Control Engineering CE 438 4
Environmental Health Engineering CE 440 4
Senior Design CE 470 4

Graduate Level
Hydrometry CE 521 3
Residuals Management CE 537* 3
Aqueous Chemistry CE 538* 3
Water and Wastewater Analysis CE 539 3
Unit Operations CE 540* 3
Unit Processes CE 541* 4
Water Quality Management CE 548/CB 548 3
Design of Water Quality Monitoring Systems CE 549/CB 549*  4
Water Quality Hydrology CE 623* 3

*Courses videotaped for SURGE and used at locations in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and New Mexico. CE 549 was presented onsite in Cairo, Egypt, Dec.-Jan., 1994

University of Massachusetts Credits
Basic Environmental Engineering CE 270 3
Unit Processes   3

 

EXPERIENCE:

Academic:

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1974-1982

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1982-Present

Division Coordinator, Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1982-Present


Research
:

Principle Investigator at Colorado State University, "Road Dust Suppression: Effect on Maintenance, Stability, Safety and the Environment", Consortium, Department of Transportation, $29, 595, 1998-Present

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, National Park Service, "Quantification of Federal Reserve Water Rights" National Park Service", $2,347,070, August 1986- Present.

Principle Investigator at Colorado State University, "Pikes Peak Road Dust Project" Tembind America, Inc. $8,787, 1998-1999

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "A Water Reuse System for Pikes’s Peak Colorado", NASA, $22,185, 1998-1999

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Effect of Naturally Occurring Organic Matter-Environmental Fate of Pesticides", Experiment Station, $19,660, 1996-1998

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Evaluation and Redesign of a Water Quality Monitoring Network, RIZA, WRK Water Treatment Company" Nieuwegein, Netherlands, $12,974, 1995

Co-Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Environmental Aspects of Highway Maintenance Practices", Colorado Department of Transportation, $74,832, 1993-1994

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Effectiveness & Environmental Impact of Dust," Consortium, Department of Transportation, $25,999, 1994

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Dust Suppressants and Environmental Impact," Consortium, Department of Transportation, $38,285, 1993

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Water Quality Information System for Larimer County", Department of Natural Resources, Larimer County, $5,000, 1992

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University,"Water Quality and Agriculture", Experiment Station", $45,000, 1990-93

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Thornton North Project Water Monitoring and Information System", City of Thornton, $27,000, 1990-1992.

Co-Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Impact Assessment on Urban Return Flow Quality on Agriculture Water Use", Experiment Station, $15,000, 1990-1992.

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Tests of Erosion Control Material," North American Green, $24,161, Jan-May 1989.

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Cake Solids Handling", City of Fort Collins, $5,000, 1987-88.

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, "Inverness/Meridian Water Quality Study", May, $25,000, 1987-1992.

Research Consultant to Egyptian Water Research Center, Consortium for International Development, AID, Cairo, Egypt, May-July 1988.

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, EPA, USDI-USGS, "Evaluation of Low Flow Criteria", $75,000, June 1985-October 1987.

Principal Investigator at Colorado Research Development Corporation, Department of Commerce, "Industrial Utilization of the National Weather Service Prediction Resources", Doc. SBIR Sol. No. DOC 85-1 CRDC No. 11, $30,000, May 1985-November 1987.

Co-Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, USGS, "Monitoring Strategies for Groundwater Quality Management", 4-SG-93-00020, $97,572, February 1984-December 1985.

Co-Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, National Science Foundation NSF Grant No. PRA-7913073, "Relating Stream Standards to Regulatory Water Quality Monitoring Practices", $75,000, August 1, 1979-1982.

Co-Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, USDA Cooperative Project (13- 1372-2028), S79-164, Design and Construction of Outdoor Rainfall Runoff Facility, $50,000, October 1978-1982.

Principal Investigator at Colorado State University, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Department, Project DOT-FH-11-9159, "Hydrology Course for Transportation Engineers," $125,000, December 1977 - August 31, 1979.

Research Consultant to Egyptian Water Use and Management Project, Consortium for International Development, AID, Cairo, Egypt, January 4-21, 1979.

Principle Investigator at Colorado State University of OWRT Research Project B186- COLO, "Detection of Water Quality Changes through Optimal Tests and Reliability of Tests", $15,000, October 1977-1979.

Research engineering consultant to University of Massachusetts OWRT Research Contract WR-B059-MASS, "Cost Effective Effluent and River Monitoring", October 1976 - December 1979.


Invited Speaker:

Invited Speaker, "Monitoring Tailor-made II", Nunspeet, the Netherlands, September 9-12, 1996.

Invited Foreign Speaker at the Annual Conference on the Environment, June 27-28, Valencia, Venezuela and Guest Lecturer, the Universidad de Carabobo, July 1-July 4, 1996.

Invited Speaker, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, "Controversies Between Water Resources Development and Protection of the Environment", Visegrad, Hungary, May 21- 25, 1996.

Invited Speaker, "New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects", NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Invited Speaker, "Monitoring Tailor-made, An International Workshop on Monitoring and Assessment in Water Management", Beekbergen, The Netherlands, 20-23 September, 1994.

Invited Speaker, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, "ARE, Integrated Eastern Europe", Moscow, Russia, 12-16 September, 1994.

Visiting Professor and Lecturer of the Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks Course, CE 549 to Egyptian Engineers, Cairo, Egypt, Dec-Jan 1994.

Invited Lecturer, U.S. Army Engineering Division, Ohio River, Corps of Engineers Water Quality Section, "Use of Water Quality Data in Modeling", Cincinnati, Ohio, September 23, 1983.

Visiting Sabbatical Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of The Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, August 1981-July 1982.

Guest Lecturer and Discussion Leader on Topic, "Statistical Approaches to Water Quality Monitoring", at the 1979 NCD Water Quality Workshop, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 1979.

Invited Lecturer and Discussion Leader on Topic, "Design of Statistically Valid Data Collection Effort," at the ORD Water Quality Workshop, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia, December 7, 1977.


Director of Short Courses and Conferences:

Director of one day short course, "Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks", NALMS, 19th Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, Nov., 1999.

Director of one day short course, "Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks", NALMS, 18th Annual Conference, Banff, Canada, Nov., 1998.

Director of one week short course, "Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks", VKI Research Institute, Horsholm, Denmark, August 11-15, 1997.

Director of eight week short course, "Hydrometry", Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO., May-July, 1997 and 1998.

Director of one week short course, "Monitoring Network Design", for personnel from the National Water Quality Conservation Unit, Delta Barrage, Qalubia, Egypt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., July 31-August 5, 1995.

Director of a one week short course, "Water Resources and Environmental Impacts: Issues, Controversies and Solutions", Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., 1992, 1993.

Director of one week short course, "Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks", Council For Science and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 1988, and 1990.

Director of an annual, one week short course, "Activated Sludge Process Control", Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., June, 1988-1999.

Director of an annual, three day short course, "Hazardous Materials/Waste Manager Training Course", Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., 1986-1999.

Director, "Waste Management Conference - Focus on the West", Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., June 1-3, 1987.

Director of one week short course, "Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks", presented at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO., 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and overseas 1982, 1988, 1990 and 1997.


Consulting:

Consultant to the State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program, 1994-1996.

Consultant to the General Accounting Office(GAO)of the United States on "A Research Project Determining Quantitative Effectiveness of the Federal Government's Water Pollution Control Construction Grants Program", 1984-1985.

Consultant to the Rand Water Board, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 1981-82.

Consultant to the Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation Hydrologic Research Institute, Republic of South Africa, 1981-82.

Engineering consultant to Curran Associates on E.P.A. Research contract 68-03-0183, "Wet Systems for Residential Refuse Collection", September, 1972 - October 1973.


Experience prior to Colorado State University:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts N.D.E.A. Fellow and Teaching Assistant for graduate environmental engineering courses. Also pursuing research in stream sampling and dispersion support by Office of Water Resources, Dept. of the Interior Research Grant WR-A041-Mass. September, 1970 - September, 1974.

Bureau of Solid Waste Management, United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, Ohio Assistant Branch Chief, Waste Handling and Processing Branch, Division of Research and Development. Principal Investigator: 1. Mechanical comminution of refuse; 2. Explosive potential of refuse; 3. Adsorption and burning of oil floating on water using macerated refuse as wicking material. July, 1968 - August, 1970.

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Research Assistant, "Sludge Dewatering and Drying on Sand Beds", F.W.Q.A. Project WP01053. July, 1966 - July 1967.


PUBLICATIONS

Refereed articles:

Nebiker, J. H., Sanders, T. G., and Adrian, D. D., "An Investigation of Sludge Dewatering Rates", Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation, Two Parts, Part 2 August, 1969, pg. R255-R266.

Sanders, T. G., Adrian, D. D., and Joyce, J. M., "Mixing Length for Representative Water Quality Sampling", Journal Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 49, No. 12, December 1977, pg. 2467-2478.

Sanders, T. G., and Adrian, D. D., "Sampling Frequency for River Quality Monitoring", Water Resources Research, Volume 14, No. 4, August 1978, pg. 569-576.

Sanders, T. G., "Time and Size Constraints Teaching Engineer Design", Civil Engineering Education, Publication Civil Division ASEE, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1981, pg. 3-6.

Koch, R. W., Sanders, T. G., and Morel-Seytoux, H. J., "Regional Detection of Change in Water Quality Variables", Water Resources Bulletin, AWRA, Vol. 18, No. 5, October, 1981, pg. 815-821.

Sanders, T. G., "Representative Sampling Location Criterion for Rivers", Water South Africa, Vol. 8, No. 4, October, 1982, pg. 169-172.

Shields, F. D. and Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality Effects of Excavation and Diversion", Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 112, No. 2, April, 1986, pg. 211-228.

Wittler, R. J., Abt, S. R., and Sanders, T. G., "Channel Discharge Measurement by Thermodilution", Water Resources Bulletin, AWRA, Vol. 23, No. 6, Dec. 1987, pg. 1109-1115.

Peyton, R. L. and Sanders, T. G., "Mixing in Overland Flow During Rainfall", Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 4, July - August, 1990, pg. 764-784.

Sanders, T. G. and Ward, R. C., "Water Quality Monitoring System Design Simplified", Pollution Prevention, Journal of Water and Wastewater International, Volume 8, June, 1993, pg. 44-49.

Adrian, D. D. and Sanders, T. G., "Oxygen Sag Equation for Half Order BOD Kinetics", Environmental Systems, Volume 22, Number 4--1992-93, pg. 341-350.

Peyton, L. and Sanders, T. G., "Pollutant Transport Model for Overland Flow with Rainfall Impact", Proceedings, 1984 National Conference on Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Los Angeles, June 25-27, 1984, pg. 631-636.

Hotto, H. P., Sanders, T. G. and Ward, R. C., "Performance Evaluation of Water Quality Systems-A Quantitative Comparison of Two Water Quality Monitoring Networks", invited paper, and refereed Proceedings, Monitoring Tailor- made II, Nunspeet, the Netherlands, September 10, 1996, pg. 277-286.

Sanders, T. G., Addo, J. Q., Ariniello, A. and Heiden, W., "Relative Effectiveness of Road Dust Suppressants", Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, September, 1997, pg. 393- 397.

Adrian, D. D. and Sanders, T. G., "Oxygen Sag Equation for Second Order BOD Decay", Water Research, Vol. 32, No.3, March, 1998, pg. 840-848.

Hayes, D., Labadie, J.W., Sanders, T.G., and Brown, J. K.,"Enhancing Water Quality in Hydropower System Operations", Water Resources Research, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 471-483, March 1998

Adrian, D. D., Sanders, T. G. and Roider, E. M., "Oxygen Sag Equation For Three-Halves Order BOD Reaction", Journal of the American Water Works Association, Vol. 35, No. 5, October, 1999

Sanders, T. G. and Addo, J. Q., "An Experimental Roads Dust Measurement Device", accepted Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, March, 2000

Invited Papers:

Yevjevich, V. and Sanders, T. G., "Use of Water Quality Variables for Estimation of Water Quantity Characteristics" Proceedings of Baden Symposium, "International Symposium on Modeling the Water Quality of the Hydrological Cycle", IAHS-AISH Publication No. 125, Baden, Austria, September 11-15, 1978, pg. 106-112.

Sanders, T. G., "Recycling Wastewater in Colorado - The Issue, The Problems, and The Solutions", invited paper for the 13th Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference (MAIWC), June 28-30, 1981.

Sanders, T. G. and Montgomery, R. H., "Representative Sampling of Groundwater Quality", invited paper, 2nd Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, July 2-10, 1986.

Sanders, T. G. and Montgomery, R. H., "Uncertainty in Water Quality Data", invited paper, Statistical Aspects of Water Quality Monitoring, Developments in Water Science, Vol. 27, El-Shaarawi, A. H. and Kwiatkowski, R. E. editors, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1986, pg. 17-29.

Sanders, T. G. and Loftis, J. C., "Role of Statistics in Optimization of a Monitoring Network", invited paper, Proceedings, Monitoring Tailor-made, An International Workshop on Monitoring and Assessment in Water Management, Beekbergen, The Netherlands, 20-23 September, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., Feisser, H. and Yevjevich, V., "Environmental Pollution by Mining in Colorado", invited paper, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, ARE, Integrated Rehabilitation of Environmentally Devastated Areas in River in Eastern Europe, Moscow, Russia, 12-16 September, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., Oppelt, E. and Yevjevich, V., "Environmental Pollution in Colorado by Nuclear Processing", invited paper, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, ARE, Integrated Eastern Europe, Moscow, Russia, 12-16 September, 1994.

Yevjevich, V. and Sanders, T. G., "Availability and Selection of Sources of Water for Water Supply Systems", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Yevjevich, V. and Sanders, T. G., "New Concepts for Water Supply Systems", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Sanders, T. G. and Yevjevich, V., "Pollution Control for Urban Water Supply Systems", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., Chaplin, T. L. and Yevjevich, V., "Treatment of Drinking Water in The United States on the Threshold of the 21st Century", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna- Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., Dunn, L. and Yevjevich, V., "Wastewater Reuse: a Worldwide Issue", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., and Yevjevich, V., "Urban Water Demand", invited paper, New Technologies for Large Water Supply Projects, NATO Science Affairs Division, Advanced Study Institute, Varna-Black Sea coast Bulgaria, 24th October-4th November, 1994.

Sanders, T. G., "Environmental Problems in the Transition Countries from a Western Point of View", invited paper, Robert C. Averett Memorial Symposium, Water Resources at Risk Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology, Denver, May 14-18, 1995.

Sanders, T. G., "Monitoring System Design to Detect Change", invited paper, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Controversies Between Water Resources Development and Protection of the Environment, Visegrad, Hungary, May, 1996.

Hotto, H. P., and Sanders, T. G., "A Quantitative Comparison of Two Water Quality Monitoring Networks", invited paper, Monitoring Tailor-made II, Nunspeet, Netherlands, September 10, 1996.

Mullen, J. P., Sanders, T. G., "Lake Characteristics and Anthropogenic Impacts on Lake Water Quality", Jornadas de Conservacion Ambiental, sponsored by the Universidad de Carabobo, June 27-28, 1996.


Books:

Sanders, T. G., Co-editor, Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, Water Resources Publications, P.O. Box 303, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1979, 818 pages.

Sanders, T. G., Editor, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, Book for Federal Highway Administration, January 1980, 736 pages.

Sanders, T. G., Editor, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, 2nd Edition, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1987, 320 pages.

Sanders, T. G., Editor, Enter Karate, T. G. Sanders, Inc., 1990, 92 pages


Chapters in Books:

Sanders, T. G., "Data Collection Planning and Survey of Water Quality Models", Chapter 16 in Proceedings of Institute on "River Mechanics-Modeling of Rivers," July 15-17, 1977, Fort Collins, Colorado, H.W. Shen, ed., Wiley Interscience Publisher.

Brazil, L. E., Sanders, T. G, and Woolhiser, D. A., "Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Transport of Pollutants in Overland Flow", Surface and Subsurface Hydrology, Water Resources Publications, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1979, pg. 555-568.

Morel-Seytoux, H. J. and Sanders, T. G., "Abstractions, Excess Rainfall and Direct Runoff", Chapter 3, Book for Federal Highway Administration, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, January 1980, pg. 81-138.

Sanders, T. G., and Morel-Seytoux, H. J., "Hydrograph Routing Through Reservoirs and Channels", Chapter 4, Book for Federal Highway Administration, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, January 1980, pg. 140-166.

Sanders, T. G., "Concepts of Probability", Chapter 7, Book for Federal Highway Administration, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, January 1980, pg. 276-289.

Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality Characteristics Related to Potential Highway Problems", Chapter 15, Book for Federal Highway Administration, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, January 1980, pg. 515-530.

Sanders, T. G., "Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for Small Catchments Based on Runoff Data", Chapter 18, Book for Federal Highway Administration, Hydrology for Transportation Engineers, January 1980, pg. 654-668.

Buchberger, S. G. and Sanders, T. G., "A Kinematic Model for Pollutant Concentrations during the Rising Hydrograph", Modeling Components of Hydrologic Cycle, WRP, 1982, pg. 405- 426.

Ward, R. C., Sanders, T. G. and Yevjevich, V., "Water Quality Monitoring--A Systems and Stochastic Perspective", Chapter 2, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1983, pg. 5-38.

Sanders, T. G., "Concepts of Probability and Statistics for Water Quality Monitoring", Chapter 3, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1983, pg. 39-97.

Sanders, T. G. and Adrian, D. D., "Location of Water Quality Monitoring Stations", Chapter 4, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1983, pg. 98-150.

Loftis J. C. and Sanders, T. G., "Sampling Frequency", Chapter 5, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1983, pg. 151-202.

Ward R. C. and Sanders, T. G., "Summary of Network Design Procedures", Chapter 7, Design of Networks for Monitoring Water Quality, WRP Publication, Littleton, Colorado, 1983, pg. 248-259.

Sanders, T. G, "Water Quality Monitoring Networks", Chapter 13, Developments in Water Science,Water and Wastewater Systems Analysis, Stephenson, D., Elsevier, Netherlands, 1988, pg. 204-216.

Sanders, T. G. and Yevjevich, V., "Urban Water Demand",Water Supply Systems, New Technologies, Ed. Cedo Maksimovic, Francesco Calomino and John Snoxel, NATO ASI Series 2.Environmental-Vol.15, April, 1996, pg. 7-17.

Yevjevich, V. and Sanders, T. G., "Availability and Selection of Sources of Water for Water Supply Systems", Water Supply Systems, New Technologies, Ed. Cedo Maksimovic, Francesco Calomino and John Snoxel, NATO ASI Series 2.Environmental-Vol.15, April, 1996, pg. 25-41.

Sanders, T. G. And Yevjevich, V.,"Pollution Control for Urban Water Supply Systems", Water Supply Systems, New Technologies, Ed.Cedo Maksimovic, Francesco Calomino and John Snoxel, NATO ASI Series 2. Environmental-Vol.15, April, 1996, pg. 59-70.

Sanders, T. G., Dunn, L. And Yevjevich, V., "Water Reuse-a Worldwide Issue", Water Supply Systems, New Technologies, Ed.Cedo Maksimovic, Francesco Calomino and John Snoxel, NATO ASI Series 2. Environmental- Vol.15, April, 1996, pg. 71-84.

Sanders, T. G. and Champlin, T. L., "Treatment of Drinking Water in the United States on the Threshold of the 21st Century", Water Supply Systems, New Technologies, Ed. Cedo Maksimovic, Francesco Calomino and John Snoxel, NATO ASI Series 2. Environmental-Vol.15, April, 1996, pg.

Sanders, T. G., Oppelt, E. and Yevjevich, V. "Environmental Pollution in Colorado by Nuclear Processing", Environmentally Devastated Areas in River Basins in Eastern Europe, Ed. Alfons Georges Buekens, Vasily Victorovich Dragalov, NATO ASI Series, 2, Environment-Vol. 45, 1998, pg. 269-313.

Sanders, T. G., Feissner, H. and Yevjevich, V., "Environmental Pollution by Mining in Colorado", Environmentally Devastated Areas in River Basins in Eastern Europe, Ed. Alfons Georges Buekens, Vasily Victorovich Dragalov, NATO ASI Series, 2, Environment-Vol. 45, 1998, pg. 315-358.

 

Proceedings, Technical Reports, and Presentations:

Sanders, T. G., "A Mathematical Model Describing the Gravity Dewatering of Wastewater Sludge on Sand Drainage Beds", Master's Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, June, 1968.

Nebiker, J. H., and Sanders, T. G., "Dewatering of Sewage Sludge on Granular Materials", Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, Environmental Engineering Report No. EVE-9-68-3, June 1968.

Nebiker, J. H., Sanders, T. G., and Adrian, D. D., "An Investigation of Sludge Dewatering Rates," Proceedings, 23rd Industrial Waste Conference, Purdue University, Vol. 1-III, No. 2, April, 1969, pg. 832-848.

Sanders, T. G., "Grinder Evaluation and Development", A Div. of Research and Development Open File Progress Report (WP-02-69-62), Bureau of Solid Waste Management, United States Public Health Service, 1969.

Berger, B. B., Sanders, T. G., and Adrian, D. D., "Sampling Considerations for Predicting Water Quality Changes", International Symposium on Planning of Water Resources, Mexico City, Mexico, December 8, 1972.

Sanders, T. G., "The Automobile Cycle: An Environmental Resource Reclamation Problem," United States Environmental Protection Agency, Solid Waste Management Series (SW- 80ts.1), One of nine contributing authors, 1972.

Sanders, T. G., "Rational Design Criteria for a River Quality Monitoring Network", Doctoral Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, June 1974.

Sanders, T. G., Adrian, D. D., and Berger, B. B., "Designing a River Basin Sampling System", Publication No. 62, Water Resources Research Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, March 1976, 88 pages.

Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality Monitoring", presented at Symposium on Methodologies for Environmental Assessments in Energy Development Regions, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 6-10, 1976.

Brazil, L. E., Sanders, T. G., and Woolhiser, D. A., "Kinematic Parameter Estimation for Transport of Pollutants in Overland Flow", presented at Symposium on Environmental Systems Planning, Design and Control, International Federation of Automatic Control, Kyoto, Japan, August 1-5, 1977.

Verdi, D. A., Adrian, D. D., and Sanders, T. G., "A Suspended Sediment Forecasting Model for the Merrimack River at Lowell, Massachusetts", Presented at the 13th American Water Resources Association Conference, Tucson, Arizona. October 31 - November 3, 1977.

Sanders, T. G. and Ward, R. C., "Relating Stream Standards to Regulatory Water Quality Monitoring Practices", proceedings of AWRA Symposium, "Establishment of Water Quality Monitoring Programs", San Francisco, California, June 12-14, 1978, pp. 339-348.

Sanders, T. G. and Ward, R. C., "A Systems Approach to Water Quality Monitoring Network Design", presented at the AGU Chapman Conference, "Design of Hydrologic Data Networks", December 11-14, 1978, Tucson, Arizona.

Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality as a Stochastic Process", presented at the ASCE Spring Convention, Portland, Oregon, April 14-18, 1980.

Sanders, T. G., "Time and Size Constraints Teaching Senior Design", presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Convention at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, June 22, 1980.

Ward, R. C., Sanders, T. G., Loftis, J. C., and Smillie, G. M., "A Role for Statistics on Water Quality Standards", presented at the symposium, "The Development, Use, and Value of Water Quality Criteria and Standards", George Washington University, Washington, D.C., June 23-25, 1980.

Koch, R. W., Sanders, T. G. and Morel-Seytoux, H. J., "Detection of Water Quality Changes Through Optimal Tests and Reliability of Tests", Completion Report No. 104, Colorado Water Resources Institute, September, 1980.

Buchberger, S. G. and Sanders, T. G., "A Kinematic Model for Pollutant Concentrations During the Rising Hydrograph", Pre-symposium Proceedings-International Symposium on Rainfall- Runoff Modeling, Mississippi State University, 1981, pg. 222-223

Sanders, T. G. and Stephenson, D., "Rand Water Board Vaaldam-Zuiker Bosch Water Supply Overflow Chute and Stilling Basin Model Tests", 1982, 27 pages.

Sanders, T. G., "A Comprehensive Review of the Water Quality Monitoring Network Operated by the Branch: Scientific Service", for the Department of Water Affairs, Forestry and Environmental Conservation Hydrologic Research Institute, Republic of South Africa, June 11, 1982, 40 pages.

Sanders, T. G., "A Comprehensive Review of the Water Quality Monitoring Network Operated by the Rand Water Board", for the Rand Water Board, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, March 10, 1983, 66 pages.

Sanders, T. G. and Yevjevich, V., "Industrial Utilization of the National Weather Service Prediction Resources", Phase I Final Report, U.S. Department of Commerce, Contract Number 50- D6NA-5-00179, November 5, 1985.

Sanders, T. G., Montgomery, R. H. and Paulson, C., "Evaluation of Design Flow Criteria for Effluent Discharge Permits in Colorado", prepared for The Water Quality Standards Methodology Committee of the Colorado Basic Standards Task Force of the Water Quality Commission, January 1986.

Eisenbeis, J., Montgomery, R. H., Sanders, T. G., "Risk Assessment Methodology for Hazardous Waste Landfills", Proceedings Eighth Annual Symposium on Geotechnical and Geohydrological Aspects of Waste Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO February 5-7, 1986, pg. 417-426.

Loftis, J. C., Montgomery, R. H., Harris, J., Nettles, D., Porter, P. S., Ward, R. C. and Sanders, T. G., "Monitoring Strategies for Groundwater Quality Management", Final Report USGS Grant 14-08-0001-G-1060. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1986.

Paulson, C. L. and Sanders, T. G., "Considerations in the Selection of Upstream Design Flows for Colorado Discharge Permits", Colorado Water Engineering and Management Conference, February 17-18, 1987.

Sanders, T. G., "Sanitary Landfill Design", Second Annual Waste Conference Current Technologies of Solid Waste Management, Denver, Colorado, March 1987.

Montgomery, R., and Sanders, T. G., "Optimal Design of a Monitoring Network Taking into Account Uncertainty", Waste Management Conference - Focus on the West, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 1-3, 1987.

Paulson, C. L. and Sanders, T. G., "Evaluation of Design Flow Criteria for Effluent Discharge Permits in Colorado", prepared for the Low Flow Task Force Committee, October 1987, 304 pages.

Morel-Seytoux, H. J. and Sanders, T. G., Editors, Proceedings 7th Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1987.

Sanders, T. G., Proceedings, "Waste Management Conference - Focus on the West", Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, March 1988.

Ward, R. C. and Sanders, T. G., "Strategy for Implementing a Water Quality Information System", Hydrological Institute of South Africa, 1988.

Sanders, T. G., Wittler, R. J., Abt, S. R., and Hogan, S.,"North American Green Erosion Study", prepared for North American Green, May 1989.

Sanders, T. G., "Comprehensive Tests for Erosion Control Blankets", Soil Stabilization Technology Exchange Workshop, Proceedings, Bureau of Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, SCS, EPA and FHA. Denver CO., November 7-8, 1989.

Sanders, T. G., Abt S. R. and Clopper, P. "A Quantitative Test of Erosion Control Materials", presented at The International Erosion Control Association Conference, Proceedings of Conference XXI, Washington D.C., Feb.14-16, 1990.

Eisenbeis, J., Richard, M. G. and Sanders, T.G., "Autoxidation of Dilute Aqueous Solutions of Trichloroethylene (TCE)", presented at the ASCE Environmental Engineering National Conference in Washington D.C. July 1990.

Sanders, T. G. and Ward, R. C., "Evaluation of Water Quality Monitoring Information System Design", Hydrological Research Institute of the Department of Water Affairs, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, August, 1990.

Sanders, T. G. and Showalter, J., "Nonpoint Source Phosphorous Yields From Urban Watersheds", presented at the joint AWWA and WPCA Conference, Vail Colorado, September 12, 1990.

Abt, S. R. and Sanders, T. G., "Slope Erosion Protection with Riprap", presented at The International Erosion Control Conference, Orlando, FL, February 20-22, 1991.

Edwards, H. W., Hendricks, D. W., Kulacki, F. A., Loftis, J., Murphy, V. G., Sanders, T. G., Walters, R. W., and Ward, R. C., "Environmental Education in Engineering, A New Paradigm for the 1990's", Proceedings, Water Resources and Environmental: Education, Training and Research, Colorado State University, July 13-17, 1992.

Schowalter, J. and Sanders, T.G., "Phosphorus in the Surface Water of Inverness and Meridian Business Parks, Englewood Colorado", Final Report, Cherry Creek Basin Authority and Inverness Development Corporation, 1993.

Addo, J. Q. and Sanders, T. G., "Dust Suppression Techniques", FHWA Region 8 County Road Advisors Conference, Rapid City South Dakota, October 27 & 28, 1993.

Sanders, T. G. and Addo, J. Q., "Effectiveness of Road Dust Suppressants", Colorado Association of Road Supervisors and Engineers, Denver, Colorado, December 1-4, 1993.

Sanders, T. G. and Addo, J. Q., "Effectiveness and Environmental Impact of Road Dust Suppressants", MC Report NO.94-28, Mountain-Plains Consortium, December 1993.

Hotto, H. P., Sanders, T. G., Bell, H. F. and O'Leary, P. M., "Surface Water Monitoring Workshop", Final Report, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 1993.

O'Leary, P. M. and Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality Monitoring Network for WRK Water Treatment Company", Andijk, Netherlands, December, 1994.

Addo, J. Q. and Sanders, T. G., "Effectiveness and Environmental Impact of Road Dust Suppressants", Mountain Plains Consortium, MPC Report NO. 95-28A, March 1995.

Hotto, H. P., and Sanders, T. G., "A Quantitative Comparison of Two Water Quality Monitoring Networks", submitted to ASCE Journal Water Resources Planning and Management, October, 1995.

Sanders, T. G. and Burgi, K.C., "Atmospheric Contribution of Phosphorus in Colorado", Poster Session, Hydrology Days, Colorado State University, April 1996.

Mullen, J. P., Sanders, T. G., "Lake Characteristics and Anthropogenic Impacts on Lake Water Quality", Jornadas de Conservacion Ambiental, sponsored by the Universida d e Carabobo June 27-28, 1996.

Hotto, H. P., Sanders, T. G., and Ward, R. C., "Performance Evaluation of Water Quality Information Systems", WEFTEC ‘97, the 70th Annual WEF Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Ill., October, 18-22 1997.

Ward, R. C . and Sanders, T. G., "Water Quality Monitoring, Back to the Future", presented at the National Monitoring Conference, Monitoring: Critical Foundations to Protect Our Waters, Reno, Nevada, July 7-9, 1998

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

PhD Students

Peyton, R. Lee, "Solute Transport in Overland Flow", PhD Dissertation, 1985

Montgomery, Robert H., "Uncertainty in Ground Water Quality", PhD Dissertation, 1986

Martel Jr., Courtland J., "Development and Design of Sludge Freezing Beds", PhD Dissertation, 1987

Eisenbeis, John J., "Autoxidation of Trichloroethylene in Aqueous Solution at Groundwater Concentrations", PhD Dissertation, 1989

Hayes, Donald F., " Operating Multireservoir Hydropower Systems for Downstream Water Quality", PhD Dissertation, 1990

Hotto, Harvey P., "A Framework For Evaluating Water Quality Information System Performance", PhD Dissertation, 1994

 

Masters Students

Brazil, Larry E., "Water Quality Model of Overland Flow", MSCE Thesis, 1976

Peterson, Roger, "Laboratory Simulation of Soil Erosion", MSCE Thesis, 1977

Buchberger, Steven G., "Transport of Nonpoint Source Pollutants", MSCE Thesis, 1979

Smillie, M. Gary, "Water Quality Assessment with Routine Monitoring Data", MSCE Thesis, 1982

Paulson, Cynthia L. "Evaluation of Alternative Design Flow Criteria for Use in Effluent Discharge Permits", MSCE Thesis, 1987

Granger, Nancy, "Prediction of Bed Material Load in an Ephemeral Stream in Zion National, Utah", MSCE Thesis, 1990

Peterson, Karen L.,"Modeling the Stream Temperature Regime of the East Fork of the Virgin River in Zion National Park", MSCE Thesis, 1991

Hermes, L. Mary, "Synthesis of a Long-Term Flow Record for the East Fork of the Virgin River in the Zion National Park", MSCE Thesis, 1991

Chase, Katherine J., "Gunnison River Thresholds for Gravel and Cobble Motion, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument", MSCE Thesis, 1992

Mestas, Pat, "The Efficacy of Dissolved Phosphorous Removal From Urban Runoff by Sand Infiltration", MSCE Thesis, 1993

Burgi, Karen C., "Atmospheric Deposition of Phosphorus in Fort Collins and Fort Morgan, Colorado", MSCE Thesis, 1993

Eisenach, Perry, "Strategies to Monitor Water Quality in Irrigated Agriculture Systems of Colorado", MSCE Thesis, 1994

Addo, Jonathon Q., "Effectiveness and Environmental Impact of Road Dust Suppressants", MSCE Thesis, 1995

Parker, Leslie,"A Greywater Reuse System For Pikes Peak, Colorado", MSCE Thesis, 1999

Senior Projects

2000, Stormwater Management Project for the CSU Equine Center, Tykus Hollaway, Douglas Bladek, Elizabeth Warner, Josh Cruze, Joseph Donnelly, Rich Eastland, Cameron Deppe

1998, Costilla County Proposed Landfill, Cameron Knapp, Mike Nishimura, Mary Carr

1998, Water and Wastewater Treatment Expansion Project, Fort Garland, CO, Derie Walter, Amber Reed, Steven Sherrow, Jason Wood

1997, Sewage Collection and Water Distribution Systems, Walden, CO, Christopher Van Waning, John Vazquez, Danila Delange, Chris Walker, Carissa Potter, Ross Klopf, Derek Olson

1995, City of LosAnimas,Colorado Sanitaty Sewer System, David Gilbert, Quentin Armijo, Stanley Culp. Herman Feissner, William Geiser, Chad Groves, Jamie Mack, Glenn Manorek

1993, WMERC, Envirnonmental design contest, Jin Yujin, Ryan Trail, Robin How, Brian Foy, Todd Rand, Shawn Lynch

1992, WMERC, Environmental Design Project, Patty O’Leary, Trudy Olin, Todd Widegren, Michael Carr, Bob Spitzer, Brigittee Sundermann, Kurt Staller, Alaina Kneebone, Dennis Begestas, Won first place in poster presentation and in E-days presentation

 

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Associate Member ASCE
Elected to Sigma XI, 1968
Ruptured Truss Award, Student ASCE, 1987
Elected to Chi Epislon, 1999
Member AEEP
Member AGU
Member WEF
Registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, No. 14946
Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, elected 1992

 

PERSONAL HISTORY:

United States Citizen
Birthplace: San Diego, California
Date of Birth: July 28, 1944
Military Status: Lt. Commander 04 Reserve
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 210 lbs.
Health: Excellent
Outside Activities: Nidan, Shotokan Karate, Senior Men’s Baseball, golf