About Our Business

Our goal: to provide only the services that you need at a cost that will delight you.

We exist to help you reduce costs and optimize performance of your facilities.

MOR was established in 2004, after the owner identified there were significant needs in the
water and wastewater industry.  After traveling throughout the Midwest, visiting hundreds of
operators and hundreds of water and wastewater plants, Mark recognized there was a
significant gap between operators and regulators, operators and design engineers, operators
and their own decision-makers.  MOR was established to close that gap by providing relevant
training that is of the highest quality, access to resources that are second to none, a new
conduit to communicate, and operator-oriented problem-solving tools.

MOR currently has four employees and is expanding, always looking for individuals who have a
real passion and drive to make things better.

What do people say about MOR?  That MOR does what it says it can do...
 "Dear Mark,
I just wanted to thank you for all that you have done for the city...you were right there with
suggestions to find out how our problem had evolved and the steps to take in finding a
solution.  You not only were able to offer suggestions on corrections, but you saved the city
dollars..."

 This was from a City Administrator.  As a result of MOR's work there the city engineer
re-evaluated initial recommendations and was able to reduce the estimated project cost by
better than 15%, resulting in a potential savings of over $200,000.

Who chooses MOR and why?


President/CEO: Mark Simms   
Email: Mark@morservices.com

About Us

Qualifications

President/CEO:
 Mark G. Simms
2677 Sierra Ave STE 100.
Sac City, Iowa 50583
Phone: (712) 662.7644
Mobile: (712) 540-0583
Email: Mark@morservices.com

 FACILITY EXPERIENCE
 Le Mars, Iowa- 3.5 MGD facility (TF/A.S.) with significant industrial contributors.  Involved with
multiple expansion and upgrade projects during the 9 years I managed this facility.  Waste stream:
Dairy, sugar, and domestic.
Cherokee, Iowa- 2 MGD facility (2-stage A.S.).  Waste stream: Domestic.
Cherokee, Iowa- 1 MGD industrial facility (Ana. Pond, A.S.)  Waste stream: Meat packing (now
Tyson Foods)
Pipestone, MN- 0.75 MGD facility (2-stage TF) Waste stream:  Domestic
Algona, Iowa- 1 MGD facility (TF) Waste stream:  Domestic, industrial (metals: Snap-on Tools;
Meat: Hormel).
Harlan, Iowa- 1 MGD facility (RBC) Waste stream: Domestic

 MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
 President and CEO- Management and Operational Resources, LLC
Le Mars, Iowa- 9 years, 6 FT staff
Cherokee, Iowa- 7 years, 4 FT staff
Pipestone, MN- 2 years, sole operator
Algona, Iowa- 5 years, 1 part-time staff
Military- have supervised numerous personnel and completed numerous supervisory courses

 PROCESS EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE
 Collection systems operation and maintenance- 50 miles of sanitary sewer with 8 remote lift stations
in Le Mars, 30 miles of sanitary sewer in Algona
Primary Clarifiers
Secondary Clarifiers
Trickling Filters
Roughing Filters
Activated Sludge- 3 plants (one industrial)
Anaerobic Digesters
Biosolids Land Application programs- largest being over 6 million gallons per year
Special Biosolids Land Application Projects- Le Mars industrial lagoon closure.  10 million gallons of
Biosolids land applied (project manager for BSLAP).  Anaerobic and Facultative Lagoons
Lagoons- Aerated, Facultative, Anaerobic
RBC’s

 TRAINING CONDUCTED/COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT

Water/Wastewater Management
 Troubleshooting Techniques (6 workshops, 30 hours total) - DNR Grant
30-hour Basic Wastewater Course for Grade 1-3 operators

30-Hour Basic Water Treatment Course for Grade 0-2 operators

30-hour Basic Water Distribution Course for Grade 0-2 operators
Basic Wastewater Lab, Sampling, and Permit Compliance
Identifying and Correcting Sources of Inflow and Infiltration (5 workshops, 25 hours total)
Basic Lagoon Operations and Maintenance
Operator Ethics
NPDES Permit Compliance
Security and Vulnerability Workshops (5 workshops, 50 hours total) - EPA Grant
Equipment Training Workshops (10 workshops)
Operator Certification Prep Training (Tutoring)
Sewer Collection System Management Workshop (facilitator/moderator for 7 workshops, 42 hours
total) - DNR Grant
Activated Sludge
Trickling Filters
RBC’s
Operator Math
Optimizing
Frequent speaker for numerous wastewater programs in Midwest
Have assisted in planning/development and delivery of several major water/wastewater training
events in Iowa
Have reviewed programs for various organizations to determine eligibility of program for CEU credit
Have worked with several of Iowa’s Community Colleges to provide professional water and
wastewater training on college campuses


 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CONSULTING
 Several wastewater and sewer collection systems

As a "Circuit Rider":
Provided technical assistance to nearly 250 systems in 2002
Provided technical assistance to nearly 500 systems in 2003
Provided technical assistance to nearly 60 systems during first two months of 2004
Problems have included: Small system management and compliance, Lagoon O&M, TF O&M,
Activated Sludge O&M, RBC O&M, Digestion O&M, BSLAP management and reporting, Permit
Compliance, Engineering reports, I&I, operator certification, review and recommendations of
preliminary engineering reports
Have been involved in multiple planning discussions regarding on-site wastewater systems and
training, Grade A training and operations

 CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES/SECURITY CLEARANCES
 Grade IV Iowa wastewater operators certificate (highest in Iowa)
Grade IV Collection Systems certificate (highest in Iowa)
Grade II Water Treatment and Distribution
Ordained minister- Open Bible Standard Churches

Top Secret US security clearance

 GRANT WRITING
 Have written several DNR and EPA grant proposals
Have been awarded 2 DNR grants
Have successfully completed 2 DNR grants
Project Manager for Public Health Onsite Wastewater Systems grant


 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
 AceOps (Alliance of Certified Operators), Assistant Executive Director, Vice President, Chairman of the Iowa Chapter, and Webmaster for http://www.aceops.org/.  This is a national certified operators training association.  Responsible for development and oversight of several regional conferences, providing high quality training for water and wastewater operators.
Past Board Member- Iowa Onsite Wastewater Association (IOWWA)
Member of the Iowa Water Pollution Control Association.  Served as the Iowa Membership Chair
and Regional Director on the Board of Directors
Member of the Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Other staff members include:

Mr. Stacey Goepel

Mr. Robert South

Mr. Rick Graves

For information about these skilled personnel email us!

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