Richard W. Gullick, PhD
Seasoned executive, manager, scientist, and educator with over 30 years of experience in the utility, consulting, research, and academic sectors of the drinking water, wastewater, environmental, and pollution prevention fields.
Education
- PhD Environmental Engineering, The University of Michigan
- MSPH Environmental Management and Protection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- BS Environmental Science, Michigan State University
Licenses
- Grade 4T Drinking Water Supply Facilities Operator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (#27363)
- Class 4 Treatment Operator License, State of Rhode Island (#F400553T)
- Class 1 Waterworks Operator License, Commonwealth of Virginia (#1955007143)
- T-3 Water Treatment License, State of New Jersey (#657901)
Employment
- Founder/Owner – Water Compliance Solutions, LLC, Leominster, MA (2019–present):
- Water Compliance Specialist – RCAP Solutions, Inc., Gardner, MA (2018–2019):
- Director of Operations – Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, Charlottesville, VA (2014–2018):
- Water Superintendent/Chief of Water Quality – Passaic Valley Water Commission, Totowa, NJ (2011–2014):
- Director of Water Resources – EE&T Inc., Berlin, NJ (2005–2011):
- Senior Water Quality Engineer – American Water, Voorhees, NJ (1998–2005):
Dr. Gullick has served the drinking water industry through a number of volunteer professional activities, in particular the American Water Works Association (AWWA), Water Research Foundation (WRF), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). For example, Dr. Gullick currently serves as an Associate Editor of the scientific journal AWWA Water Science, and a Project Advisory committee for a WRF research project on source water protection, among other positions.
Among the many notable contributions that Dr. Gullick has made include the following:
- Primary developer and author of the AWWA Standard for Source Water Protection (G300-14), and author of the accompanying 2017 guidebook.
- Member, Journal AWWA Peer Review Editorial Board
- Founder and Chair, Upper Mississippi River Water Suppliers Coalition
- Chair, AWWA Source Water Protection Committee
- Trustee, AWWA Water Resource Sustainability Division
- Member, Water Research Foundation’s Research Advisory Council
- Member, AWWA Organic Contaminants Control Committee
- Chair, Planning Committee for the AWWA 2003 Source Water Protection Symposium
- Member, Planning Committees for the AWWA Sustainable Water Sources Conference and Exposition (2008), AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference (2008 and 2009), AWWA Source Water Protection Symposium (2003), and USEPA National Source Water Protection Conference (2003)
- Member of numerous Project Advisory Committees for the Water Research Foundation