Terrence Egan

Terrence earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from San Jose State University in 2015. He has worked at the ESD Laboratory as both a Laboratory Technician and Chemist for 8 years, starting in 2016. During this time, Terrence has performed a wide variety of wastewater related analyses including TKN, TOC, Total Cyanide, TSS, Colilert, and BOD among many others. He has managed the implementation of a low level H2S analysis that proved valuable for plant operations. For the past 6 years as Trace Organics Chemist, he has focused on wastewater EPA methods 608.3, 625.1, and 624.1. As part of the Trace Organics team within the lab, Terrence spearheaded the transition from liquid-liquid extraction to solid phase extraction for EPA 625.1. He has played a major role in the adoption of Masshunter and instrument software in addition to participating in outreach and educational activities with BACWA and SCCWRP.