Public Health Engineering at the Indian Health Service

A Warren Distinguished Lecture with Michael Termont, P.E., US Public Health Service 

Abstract
The Indian Health Service Sanitation Facilities Construction program is responsible for delivering engineering services for drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities to American Indian and Alaska Natives. Providing these services comes with a unique set of challenges including adverse environmental conditions, limited suppliers, balancing high treatment demands with limited operation and maintenance personnel and budget to provide dependable solutions in order to raise the health of the disadvantaged Native American communities. Michael Termont will discuss some of the projects he has been involved in to highlight these challenges and the on-the-ground solutions he encountered working at the Indian Health Service.

Speaker
Michael Termont is a professional engineer in the US Public Health Service. He has worked for the Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction at Indian Health Service for over 20 years.  Termont has worked with tribes in South Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He has held the positions of Field Engineer, Tribal Utility Consultant, and, most recently, the Deputy Director of Project Support for the Bemidji Area DSFC.  He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineer from Iowa State University, and a Masters in Engineering Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Washington and Minnesota.