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project engineer. Kurz established the standards for hydraulic
and I/I flow analysis for the OAP and performed the before-after
analyses for 27 project areas, which showed an aggregate I/I
reduction of 50 percent annually.
In 2012, Kurz wrote a " Green Paper " to provoke action by
the Tennessee Division of Water Resources to revise its sewer
design criteria to handle I/I more effectively statewide and to
become proactive for I/I reduction. The Division responded by
creating a taskforce to update the design criteria, which
Kurz co-chaired. He has continued to assist the Division with
training on his municipal I/I & RDI/I spreadsheet.
Kurz is married to Iva J. Kurz and has two step-daughters
and five grandchildren. He collects and restores antique clocks,
organs and automatic musical instruments.

Industry involvement
He is an active member of the Kentucky-Tennessee Water
Environment Association (KT-WEA). As such, Kurz has served
and been honored within the organization as:
* KT-WEA President (2005-06)
* KT-WEA Leary Jones " Hall of Fame " Award (2012)
* WEF Quarter Century Operators Club (2000)
* WEF Arthur Sidney Bedell Award (1999)
* WEF 5 " S " Society (1991)
* WEF " Golden Manhole " Collection System Award
* WPCF George W. Burke Facility Safety Award
* Member WEF Collection Systems Committee (various years)

Kurz is also a member of:
* American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)-Life Member
(Chattanooga Branch Past-President and Tennessee Valley
Section Secretary)
* ASCE " Pipelines 2002 " Technical Program Chair
* ASCE PINS Committee Member (2001-2004)
* ASCE " Convergence 2000 " Conference Committee
* Water Environment Federation-Life Member (1974-present)
* North American Society for Trenchless Technology
* State of Tennessee - Sewer Design Criteria Review
Committee - co-Chair
* Order of the Engineer
* EPA Pretreatment Implementation Review Taskforce
* Tennessee Municipal League-Environmental Committee
* Chattanooga-Hamilton County Planning Commission-
Natural Resources Committee
* EPA -ETV Project - Wet Weather Flow Monitoring Group
Chairman
* National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors
Kurz is also a published author having written articles for a
variety of publications including Underground Construction.
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