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Vi Kennedy Jenks <br />Kajori Purkayastha, PE <br />Project Engineer <br />PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY <br />Kajori is a project engineer in the Pasadena, CA office. She has experience in water quality compliance, planning, process selection, <br />testing, and design of drinking water treatment facilities ranging from 700-11,000 gpm. <br />TOTAL YEARS OF <br />PROJECT EXPERIENCE <br />EXPERIENCE <br />4 <br />City of Orange Wells 20, 21, and 22 PFAS Treatment Systems, Orange County Water District, <br />Orange, CA I Project Engineer <br />EDUCATION <br />BS, Environmental <br />Project includes wellhead treatment of three groundwater wells ranging from 2,000 to 2.400 <br />Science, University of <br />gpm. Treatment systems include pre-treatment via cartridge filters and Ion Exchange treatment <br />California, Los <br />for PFAS removal, as well as pump and motor replacements for all well sites. Served as the <br />Angeles, 2016 <br />project engineer for the preliminary to final design phase of the project (30 to 100 percent <br />design) and assisted with bid phase services. Led multi -discipline coordination efforts and <br />MS, Environmental <br />process/mechanical design. <br />Engineering, <br />University of <br />PFAS Groundwater Treatment Plant Final Design N Wells, Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, <br />California, Berkeley, <br />Santa Clarita, CA I Project Engineer <br />2018 <br />Project Engineer for Fast -Track design of two PFAS treatment facilities from conceptual <br />REGISTRATIONS <br />design/bench testing phase to 100% design and construction phases. Project includes a 1,200 <br />Professional Engineer - <br />gpm IX treatment facility for Q2 Well treating PFAS and Perchlorate, as well as a 6.000 gpm DC <br />Civil - California <br />PFAS treatment facility for three N Wells. The 6,000 gpm facility includes three lead -lag trains of <br />(93161) <br />IX vessels, cartridge filtration, and construction of new chemical building and chemical feed <br />systems for chloramination post -treatment. The 1,200 gpm system includes one train of lead -lag <br />MEMBERSHIPS I <br />IX vessels and new chemical metering feed pumps. Project contains four major project delivery <br />AFFILIATIONS <br />elements: (1) Pre -procurement package for IX Systems and Cartridge Filters, (2) General <br />AWWA <br />Contractor Site Work Package, (3) IX Resin Supplier Package, and (4) Other Owner Furnished <br />Equipment, including chemical feed systems and well pumps. Project slated to begin operation <br />in Summer 2020 and is currently in construction. <br />Canyon Lake Water Treatment Plant (CLWTP) Phase I Improvements Preliminary Design, <br />Pilot Testing, and Final Design Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District, Lake Elsinore, CA <br />Project Engineer <br />Project includes expansion and rehabilitation of CLWTP to restore plant to 7MGD. Phase 1 <br />improvements includes replacement of the existing intake pump station, rapid mix/upflow <br />clarifier with a new intake pump system, mixing system, and flocculation/sedimentation basin, a <br />multi -barrier approach to PFAS and Taste and Odor treatment, booster and backwash pumping <br />systems, and a new centralized chemical storage and handling facility housing seven treatment <br />chemicals. Project engineer for preliminary design and pilot test engineer for testing phase. <br />Project components include establishment of design criteria, pilot operation for a duration of 9 <br />