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PLEASE NOTE: Per Ordinance No. 1759,revising Chapter 2.01 of the Bozeman Municipal
Code, all board members are required to attend a yearly ethics workshop provided free of charge
by the City as a condition of service as a member of a board.
GRETCHEN L. RUPP
221 Lindley Place
Bozeman, MT 59715
(406) 586-8363
beesgr@imt.net
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To improve the natural and human environment through the successful management of science and
engineering programs adhering to the highest degree of technical rigor.
EDUCATION
MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, 1981
BA, Biology, Carleton College, 1976, cum laude, with departmental honors
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer, Montana, License 10603 PE (1990)
Professional Civil Engineer, California, License C 38705 (1984)
AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
Member-American Water Works Association, International Water Association, American Water
Resources Association
President - National Institutes for Water Resources (2005-7)
Board member- Universities Council on Water Resources (2003-5)
Chair, Water Resources Group, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
(2005-7)
President— Montana Section American Water Resource Association (1996-7)
Member— Gallatin City-County Board of Health (2008-present)
Member— Gallatin Local Water Quality District Board (2008-present)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000 - present. Director, Montana University System Water Center, Montana State University.
Responsible for the operation of a grant-funded research and outreach organization with up to 30
employees, an aquatic sciences laboratory and an annual budget up to $3 million. Principal program
areas are water quality, small water utilities, public outreach, fisheries and aquatic health. See
http://watercenter.montana.edu/
1994 -2000. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Montana State University.
Appointment divided among the Montana Water Center, the MSU Extension Service and the
Department of Civil Engineering. Served as Water Center Assistant Director and managed the Small
Systems Technical Assistance Center, overseeing development of training courses and
demonstrations of innovative treatment technologies at public water systems. As Extension
Environmental Engineer, acted as consultant to engineers, public works directors and Montana
citizens on issues of water and wastewater treatment, water quality, livestock wastes, air quality, and
solid and hazardous wastes. Organized professional training courses, produced educational
materials, made presentations, served on oversight committees, responded to requests for information
or assistance. As Civil Engineering faculty member, taught environmental engineering and advised
graduate students.
1988 - 1994. Independent Environmental Consultant, Bozeman, Montana. Organized workshops
on radioactive waste, soil sampling and hazardous waste characterization, and edited the proceedings;
coordinated biological baseline studies for hardrock mining; served as technical advisor to businesses
and communities with hazardous-waste-site liability; prepared guidance documents on soil and waste
characterization and soil treatability testing at Superfund sites. Clients included the City of Livingston,
Montana, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Stillwater Mining Company, and the Paris County
Environmental Coalition.
1987 - 1988. Senior Environmental Engineer, MSI Detoxification Inc., Bozeman, Montana.
Projects included environmental site assessments, development of site sampling and waste treatment
workplans, and managing the vegetation and runoff investigations of the ASARCO East Helena
Superfund investigation.
1981 - 1987. Staff Environmental Engineer, Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, California and Butte,
Montana. Collected data, performed technical evaluations and prepared reports concerning
wastewater discharge, electric utility solid wastes, leaching of coal fly ash and scrubber sludge, and
the environmental impacts of Midgetman missile deployment in Montana. Developed calculation
methods for assessing pollutant behavior in the environment; prepared guidance documents; taught
water quality assessment workshops. Served as project biologist in evaluating effects of hydropower
development on montane fish habitat. Managed the field office and investigations for the Anaconda
Smelter Remedial Investigation. Clients included the Electric Power Research Institute, the US
Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Gas & Electric, ARCO, and the Air Force.
1978 - 1981. Graduate Research Assistant, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State
University. Examined the influence of benthic periphyton on the geochemistry of montane streams.
Thesis title: Calcium carbonate precipitation as influenced by stream primary production.
1976 - 1978. Staff Biologist, Bermuda Biological Station, St. Georges West, BERMUDA. Planned
and conducted studies of the distribution, ecology and physiology of nuisance algae in shallow inshore
waters. Participated in studies defining benthic marine communities and water quality, by field
sampling, aerial photography, radiotracer experiments, laboratory analysis and data interpretation.
RESEARCH AND OUTREACH HIGHLIGHTS
Since 2000, more than 50,000 water-industry professionals, especially personnel of small public water
systems, have used the interactive training courses developed by the Montana Water Center—see
http://watercenter.montana.edu/training/default.htm
Recent grant-funded research and outreach have concerned the health of aquatic ecosystems (funded
by the U.S. Fish &Wildlife Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the State of Montana), small public water systems (EPA and Agriculture Canada), water
line corrosion (International Copper Association), stormwater control (EPA and the Montana DEQ)and
wetlands education (EPA).
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND EXTENSION BULLETINS
Butterfield, P.W., A. K. Camperand G.L. Rupp. 2007. Online tool helps utilities assess miccbial
contamination risks. Opflow 33(1): 20-24.
Rupp, G.L. and G. Brittan. 2006. Northwest Water Policy & Law Symposium: Policy White Paper.
Montana State University. http://watercenter.montana.edu/pdfs/Policy white paper pdf
Rupp, G.L. and B. Cichowski. 2006. Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Montana. MontGuide 9707.
MSU Extension Service, Bozeman, MT. 5 pp. http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mtl99707.html
Ford, T., G. Rupp, P. Butterfield and A. Camper. 2005. Protecting Public Health in Small Water
Systems: Report of an Intemational Colloquium. Montana Water Center, Bozeman, MT.
http://watercenter.montana.edu/pdfs/colloquium report final pdf
Rupp, G.L. and M. D. White (editors). 2004. Proceedings of the 7{h Intemational Symposium on Fish
Physiology, Toxicology and Water Quality. Tallinn, Estonia, May 12-15, 2003. U.S. EPA Ecosystems
Research Division, Athens, GA. EPA/600/R-04/049. 350 pp.
http://water.montana.edu/svmposium/proceedings
Rupp, G.L. 2001. The challenges of installing innovative treatment at small water systems. Journal of
Environmental Health 64(1): 22-25.
Samet, J., M. Araya, S. Baker, H. Dieter, J. Donohue, J. Forslund, K. Hellemann, G. Lagos, G. Rupp.
2000. Acute Gastrointestinal Effects of Copperin Drinking Water. Methods for Conducting Public
Health Investigations. May, 2000. School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
124 pp.
Abdo, G, B. Keller and G. Rupp. 1999. Ion exchange and flushing for copper corrosion control in small
public water systems. Proceedings of the American Water Works Association Annual Conference,
Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 1999. AWWA, Denver, CO.
Rupp, G.L. 1996. Water Conservation for Montana Communities. MSU Extension Service, Bozeman,
MT. 18 pp.
Rupp, G.L. 1996. Pollution Prevention and Pretreatment for Publicly-Owned Treatment Works. Report
prepared for US Environmental Protection Agency, Region Vill. MSU Extension Service, Bozeman,
MT.
Rupp, G.L. 1995. Onsite Wastewater Management Options for Montana Businesses. MSU Extension
Service Bulletin EB 136. Bozeman, MT. 64pp.
Rupp, G. L. (editor). 1994. Characterizing Containerized Mixed Low-Level Waste for Treatment. US
EPA Office of Research and Development, US Department of Energy Office of Technology
Development. EPA/600/R-94/149. Center for Environmental Research Information, Cincinnati, OH.
Rupp, G. and R. Jones (editors). 1993. Heterogeneous Wastes Characterization: Methods and
Recommendations. CRC Publishers, Boca Raton, FL. 144 pp.
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