CHRIS MILLIGAN, PE
Creating value at the intersection of Water and Business
Leading businesses & driving results in the water industry for 20 years.
An Extensive background in a wide range of areas everything from start-ups to multibillion dollar companies, consulting to manufacturing & facility design to contract operations to push water focused businesses to the forefront of their industry.
Education
Civil Engineering Water Resources , MA
University of Oklahoma | Norman , OK
Civil Engineering Enviromental , BS
University of Arkansas | Fayetteville , AR
Recognition
Fastest Growing Companies: BlueInGreen
Inc 5000 | 2020
Young Water Professionals: The Next Generation
Water and Wastes Digest | 2016
40 Under 40
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal | 2013
Expertise
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Systems and Methods for Controlled Development and Release of Gas and Liquid Mixtures
BR102020011564A2 | 2021Systems and Methods for Controlled Development and Delivery of Gas and Liquid Mixtures
US20210370244A1 | 2020Systems and Methods for Dissolving a Gas into a Liquid
US10252226B2 | 2019Systems and Methods for Delivering Dissolved Gases into Force-Main and Gravity Sewers
US9340438B2 | 2012
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Falls Creek Water Treatment | Davis, Oklahoma | 2012
ACEC of Oklahoma Engineering Excellence Award in Water ResourcesBig Spring Series UF/NF Membrane WTP | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 2011
ACEC of Alabama Grand Conceptor AwardAdvanced BNR Wastewater Treatment Plant Design | Siloam Springs, Arkansas | 2009
ACEC of Arkansas Engineering Excellence Award in Water and WastewaterWWTP Biological Nutrient Removal Upgrade and Expansion | Claremore, Oklahoma | 2008
ACEC of Oklahoma Engineering Excellence Honor Award in Environmental APWA Oklahoma Chapter Environment Project of the Year
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Supersaturated-Oxygen Aeration Effects on a High-Loaded Membrane Bioreactor (HL-MBR): Biological Performance and Microbial Population Dynamics
Science of The Total Environment | 2021Oxygen Transfer Performance of a Supersaturated Oxygen Aeration System (SDOX) Evaluated at High Biomass Concentrations
Process Safety and Environmental Protection | 2020Limitations Imposed by Conventional Fine Bubble Diffusers on the Design of a High-Loaded Membrane Bioreactor (HL-MBR)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2019Redefining Maximum Achievable Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids Concentrations in Membrane Bioreactors: Introducing Dissolved Oxygen in Membrane Bioreactors by Means of an Innovative Delivery Technology
AWWA Membrane Technology Conference | 2014
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DescFinalist - China BlueTech Water Innovation Award
Aquatech China | 2017Grand Prize – Final Stage Award
Global Cleantech Cluster | 2015Innovative Technology Award
WEF WEFTEC | 2012
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An Evaluation of MBR Technology to Meet Stringent Phosphorous Limits
AWWA Membrane Technology Conference | Presentation | 2012Providing Safer, Softer Water while Enhancing Historic Big Spring Park: Case Study of Series Ultrafiltration with RO Softening
AWWA Membrane Technology Conference | Presentation | 2011Can Membrane Biological Reactors (MBR) Help Save the Illinois?
WEF WEFTEC Annual Conference | Presentation | 2007
Experience
Successfully leading teams at water-focused companies large & small for 20 years