Douglas E. Kimbler

Doug’s career spans over 20 years in the water and wastewater industries.  He began with a B.S. in Chemistry from Western Kentucky University in 1985.  He went on to earn an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Western Kentucky University in 1989.

Doug’s current position at BGMU is Superintendent of Treatment Plants.  In this position, he is responsible for managing the Water and Wastewater Treatment plants as well as distribution and collection systems maintenance for the City of Bowling Green, KY.  These systems include a 30 MGD water treatment plant and distribution system, a 10.6 MGD wastewater treatment plant and collection system and 29 water and wastewater system personnel.  He oversees all aspects of water and wastewater system operations, assisting the Systems Manager with planning and budgeting for the division.  

Doug is married to Cindy; they have two sons.  Doug is an active member of AWWA and WEA.

Wesley Sydnor, PE 

• Senior Technical Services Engineer for Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District – works in Project WIN as the administrator of the Nine Minimum Controls program, capital projects in the Combined Sewer System, Consent Decree projects, and with combined sewer rehabilitation projects.
• Kentucky co-chair of the KY/TN WEA Collection Systems Committee
• Led the development and execution of the 2009 WEF Collection System Conference Workshop on behalf of the KY/TN WEA Collection Systems Committee.
• Presenter at WEFTEC 2008 and WEF CSC 2007 (Portland Oregon)
• Member of the WEF CSC 2009 Local Planning Group
• 2008 Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers – Louisville Chapter – Young Engineer of the Year
• 2009/2010 Kentucky State MathCounts Coordinator
• Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from the University of Louisville

Tim Kraus, PE

Tim Kraus has more than 25 years of professional engineering experience.  As a Vice President with O'Brien & Gere, he oversees operations for the municipal market in the midwest region.  Tim is a licensed professional engineer and has a Bachelors and Master of Engineering degree from the University of Louisville.
 
Mr. Kraus has presented and published papers on wet weather topics, and has been a guest lecturer for classes and special programs at the University of  Wisconsin.  He was appointed by the Governor of Kentucky to serve on the Kentucky Plumbing Code Committee.  Tim was formerly Mayor of a sixth class City in Jefferson County.  Tim has been active in many organizations holding offices in ASCE, KSPE and the Water Environment Federation.  He currently is the sub-committee chair of the WEF Collections System specialty conference.  He is married and has three children