William Ney Hansard (L) with W. WESLEY ECKENFELDER, P.E., D.Sc., D.E.E., the world’s leading authority in industrial wastewater management and William's colleague and former professor at Vanderbilt University.

WILLIAM NEY HANSARD is the president of Environmental Management Services, Inc. (EMSI) in Brentwood, Tennessee. He has over 35 years of experience in the field of environmental management and specializes in the areas of wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management and contaminated site remediation.

Mr. Hansard joined Associated Water and Air Resources Engineers, Inc. (AWARE) in 1974, where he was primarily engaged in laboratory operations, designing, operating and troubleshooting industrial wastewater treatment facilities and in water quality investigations.

He later served as public utilities manager for the City of Manchester, Tennessee, where he procured the funding for and supervised the design of a new three million gallon per day wastewater treatment facility for the city. In

1986, he rejoined AWARE (which subsequently became Eckenfelder, Inc.) as project manager in the Waste Management Division; there he focused on hazardous waste management, CERCLA, RCRA and TSCA project management, site investigation and remedial design, and corporate environmental management projects.

EMSI assists industry in incorporating ISO 14001, and other quality standards, into manufacturing operations. He has served as consultant to over 200 manufacturing companies and numerous law firms.

In 1991, Mr. Hansard established EMSI to provide specialized technical services to the industrial and government sectors. These services include:

• decontamination and remediation of contaminated facilities
• cost reductions for environmental operations
• development of new technologies
• corporate environmental management programs
• and expert representation in environmental contests

Mr. Hansard is a member of the Water Pollution Control Federation, Tennessee Water and Wastewater Association, Tennessee-Kentucky Water Pollution Control Federation, National Environmental Training Association and the            Institute of Hazardous Materials Management

Mr. Hansard has authored and co-authored numerous articles and papers on a variety of environmental topics, including groundwater and wastewater treatment, bioremediation of contaminated sites, limiting factors for bioremediation, preparation of environmental technical reports, environmental auditing, and treatment of refractory wastewater compounds.

Mr. Hansard is currently involved in the development of new environmental technologies, including the MaxBio® high-rate and the Hybrid ASB® energy-saving, solar-powered wastewater treatment systems.