1. City of Palo Alto
Summer Internship 2014
By
Savuth Eng

2. Summer Tasks
 Research and create a summary of PCB regulations
 Research and update the SWPPP for the landfill and
MSC
 Research and update the MSDS for the landfill
maintenance area
 Research and update the SOP for both the piezometer
monitoring and leachate extraction wells
 Research and update HMBP for the MSC and Landfill
 Create and develop HHW events database

3. Piezometer Monitoring

4. Leachate Extraction Wells

5. Standard Operating
Procedure
Piezometer
Monitoring
 Concerns of measurement
error
 No descriptive procedures
in the SOP
 Created a descriptive
procedure
 Approved by landfill staff
 Integrated into the SOP
Leachate Extraction
Wells
 Concerns of measurement
error
 Identified an issue with the
SOP
 Modified the SOP to
improve the measurement
procedure

6. Pump Replacement

7. Cont. Standard Operating
Procedure
 Created several forms
 Piezometers, Condensate Sumps, and Leachate
 Organized in binders
 Leachate, Pumps
 Improve record keeping
 Regulating the pumps
 Identifying which pump is removed and installed into a
certain well
 Creating tags to help landfill staff easily identify pumps

8. Hazardous Material
Business Plan
 Update City of Palo Alto
CERS website
 Perform an inspection of
MSC building C
 Inventory for hazardous
material and hazardous
waste stored in each shop
 Modify changes on the
map for new location of
storage
 Opportunity to meet new
people in the MSC
Building C

9. Household Hazardous
Waste Event
 Create a database for HHW Program
 Cost, Events, Employee, and Waste
 Easily accessible to input, export, and view data
 User can do the following:
 Create query by form
 Add new record by form
 Export data into Excel spreadsheet
 Compare data by day, month, quarter, or year
 View overall report for each category

10. Cont. Participation Rate
0.00%
2.50%
5.00%
7.50%
10.00%
12.50%
15.00%
17.50%
20.00%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Percent
Year
Household Participation Rate, by Calendar Year

11. Cont. Waste Amount
0.00
100,000.00
200,000.00
300,000.00
400,000.00
500,000.00
600,000.00
700,000.00
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Pounds
Year
Waste (LBS), by Calendar Year

12. Cont. Waste per
Household and Vehicle
0.00
20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
120.00
140.00
160.00
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Counts
Year
Waste per Household and Vehicle, by Calendar Year
WasteLBS/HH
WasteLBS/Veh

13. In Conclusion
 I learned:
 More regulations (PCB, HMBP, & More)
 Standard Operating Procedure
 Piezometer Monitoring and Troubleshooting for leachate extraction
wells
 How to use Microsoft Access, Macro, and VBA
 Overall Experience:
 Get out of my comfort zone
 Overcome change
 More confident about myself and my skills
 Future goals:
 Get more involved in outreach activities
 Pursue for MS in Chemical Engineering