TSG Water Resources

Mr. Bedford is a Vice President of TSG and is primarily responsible for engineering, design, construction and operations support for water treatment facilities that typically utilize membrane technologies. With experience in membrane system design, fabrication, operation and troubleshooting since 1981, Mr. Bedford specializes in membrane water treatment projects. In this capacity, he has served as senior project manager for TSG in the 1 million gallon per day (mgd) seawater desalination facility (swdf) for the Royal St. Kitts Beach Resort, St. Kitts, and also a 1.2 mgd SWDF in Anguilla, British West Indies. Mr. Bedford works in the company's engineering and fabrication facility in Gainesville, Florida.

Project Experience

Prior to joining TSG, Mr. Bedford was a consultant to DuPont Permasep. In this capacity, he assisted DuPont Permasep licenses in seawater plant design, overall process evaluations and development of plant operation and maintenance (O&M) plans and budgets. His experience included the 20-, 35- and 50-mgd Tampa Bay Water alternative supply project, the 10-mgd DuPont Research and Development facility for Pinellas County, Florida, and a 2-mgd SWDF in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mr. Bedford was the General Manager as well as the Director of Island Operations for Aqua Design (BVI) Limited, a California-based company with desalination facilities in nine different countries throughout the Caribbean. Mr. Bedford's responsibilities included new market development, contract negotiation and oversight, system design review, regional staffing, and overall responsibility for systems O&M. He was responsible for over 25 water sale contracts involving governmental, resort and industrial clients, with a total capacity in excess of 2 million gallons per day.

Prior to joining Aqua Design (BVI) Limited, Mr. Bedford was employed as a project manager in CH2M HILL’s water and wastewater disciplines, specializing in membrane treatment and performance evaluation for water and wastewater treatment facilities.

While at CH2M HILL, Mr. Bedford managed the development of an advanced nutrient reduction process design for a confidential Central Florida client. This program included the development and full-scale pilot testing of an advanced treatment process, which included low-pressure micro filtration and RO membrane systems and ultraviolet disinfection, to meet stringent discharge water quality standards (total nitrogen <1.5 milligrams per liter [mg/L] and total phosphorus <0.04 mg/L) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drinking water microbiological standards.

Mr. Bedford assisted the City of Plantation, Florida, in an investigation addressing membrane performance problems resulting from an accident during the start-up of the 12.0-mgd Central Water Treatment Plant. Specifically, he reviewed contract documents, construction documentation, and membrane performance, providing insight into potential causes for the accident as well as determining the responsible parties.

Mr. Bedford served as the lead process engineer and later as the project manager for the design of a membrane softening treatment facility for the City of Boynton Beach, Florida. He obtained data for the design of the 4.0-mgd (expandable to 16 mgd) West WTP to treat surficial groundwater with elevated hardness and dissolved organic compounds, and to treat process waste residual for surface or deep well disposal. Concurrent to membrane piloting, Mr. Bedford developed and implemented a test program to determine membrane post-treatment requirements to reduce finished water corrosivity and to provide compatibility with the lime-softened water produced at the East WTP. He assisted in obtaining all construction permits and supported all bidding activities. Mr. Bedford also served as a consultant to the project during membrane evaluation and facility construction.

Mr. Bedford served as process engineer to the City of Santa Barbara, California, for the 10,000-acre-feet-per-year (af/yr) SWRO facility. As well as being a privatized project, this was the largest seawater desalting facility in the U.S. For this project, three ultimate production capacities were considered: 500, 2,000 and 3,500 af/yr. Evaporation and membrane desalination technologies were compared and RO selected as the most applicable desalination method.

Mr. Bedford was senior consultant for the design of three RO treatment facilities for the Mount Pleasant Waterworks and Sewer Commission near Charleston, South Carolina. He was responsible for the pilot testing and preliminary design for this project. Mr. Bedford was also project manager for the feasibility and pilot study for membrane processes for the Town of Summerville, South Carolina.

Before joining CH2M HILL, Mr. Bedford provided project management, engineering design, and technical support to a number of design firms. He managed the design and fabrication of RO and support ancillary equipment, monitored operations, provided engineering expertise, and supported equipment sales for an international design corporation with offices throughout the Caribbean and the Middle East. He served as project manager for a 100,000-gpd SWRO system for the Island of Grand Cayman, a 60,000-gpd SWRO for the Island of Saipan, Mariana Islands, a 250,000-gpd SWRO for the power utility on Bonaire, N.A., and a 300,000-gpd SWRO facility for the power utility on Saint Maarten, N.A.

Mr. Bedford also served as the site engineer during the system startup services for 250,000-gpd and 150,000-gpd seawater desalting complexes in the Bahamas and in Puerto Rico, respectively.