Dr. Larry Moore Professor 112B Engineering Science Building Phone: 901.678.3278 Email: lwmoore@memphis.edu

Dr. Moore received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of South Alabama in 1973 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1974 and 1983, respectively. He worked with the Mississippi Bureau of Pollution Control from 1974 to 1978, writing NPDES permits for industries. During the last 25 years, Dr. Moore has taught undergraduate and graduate environmental engineering courses at the University of Memphis. Dr. Moore has a passion for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. He has helped (through the UT Center for Industrial Services) to solve industrial wastewater problems at about 200 Tennessee industries in the last 25 years.

Dr. Moore has planned and conducted numerous applied research projects for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). In 2004, he conducted an evaluation of water quality in the Loosahatchie River via an extensive field data collection effort. Dr. Moore used the field data to perform water quality modeling of the river to determine discharge standards for eight rapidly growing municipalities northeast of Memphis. In 2008, Dr. Moore conducted a research project for the UT Center for Industrial Services in which he evaluated the use of chipped tires as replacement for gravel in septic tank drain fields. His specialty is biological wastewater treatment. Dr. Moore has presented numerous papers at symposiums, conferences, and seminars on water quality and wastewater treatment. In addition, he has prepared several papers on the operation of biological wastewater treatment plants that have been published in national journals.

Dr. Moore currently serves on the Water & Wastewater Operators Certification Board in Tennessee and routinely conducts operator training for the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. He has 35 years of wastewater treatment plant design and troubleshooting experience. Dr. Moore also is intimately involved in the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association Pretreatment Certification Program; this program trains pretreatment coordinators how to set up pretreatment programs and how to administer those programs in accordance with federal regulations.

Dr. Moore was recently awarded the Leary Jones Award by the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association (KTWEA). This award is the highest recognition given by the KTWEA and was given to Dr. Moore for his many years of service to the KTWEA and to the wastewater profession. As a Leary Jones Award recipient, Dr. Moore is now a member of the Kentucky-Tennessee Wastewater Hall of Fame.