Joe Wong

Fellow/Vice President at Brown and Caldwell

Walnut Creek, California, United States

About

Joe Wong has more than 45 years of experience in water/wastewater treatment and reuse consulting for both municipal and industrial facilities. He specializes in advanced treatment technologies and is the primary author of more than 120 technical papers and articles and seven book/manual chapters in the environmental field. He led the development and design of the first major membrane-based (UF/RO) in-plant water reuse system in the worldwide petrochemical industry, which operated successfully for 15 years until the PTA plant was deserted (in Taiwan). He served as Desalination Committee Chair and Water Resources Division Chair, and Board Trustee for CA-NV AWWA. He was the committee chair and lead author for AWWA manual of practice M62 entitled "Membrane Applications for Water Reuse" which was published in 2018. He is a registered professional engineer in the states of California (ChE and CE), Florida (CE), and Washington (ChE), and is a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE). He served as the president of Chinese American Environmental Professionals Association (CAEPA) in 1998-99 and 2009-2010 and is presently mentoring young professionals in the environmental field. He is thankful to God and to his employer (Brown and Caldwell) for his extracurricular professional accomplishments and a satisfying career.

Experience

  • Brown and Caldwell (On-site)
    • Fellow/Vice President
      Feb 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 5 mos

      Brown and Caldwell Certified SME in Drinking Water Treatment, Municipal Water Reuse, and Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

    • Executive Engineer/Chief Engineer
      Feb 2008 - Dec 2022 · 14 yrs 11 mos

  • Technical Director/Technology Leader for Membranes (Water Treatment) at Parsons
    2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs

  • Sr. Project Manager/Regional Process Engineer at Black & Veatch
    Feb 2001 - Oct 2004 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Drinking Water Treatment, Membranes, Wastewater Treatment Study and Design.

  • Senior Project Manager at Brown and Caldwell
    May 1985 - Feb 2001 · 15 yrs 10 mos

    Industrial and municipal water/wastewater treatment and reuse, groundwater remediation, permitting assistance, business development and project management

  • Enviromental Project Engineer at Raymond Kaiser Engineer
    Aug 1980 - May 1985 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Industrial water and wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment study and design.