Empowering Utilities and Businesses with
Advanced Solutions
Our consulting services address the complex needs of the environmental industry and essential occupations, helping to maintain and improve Florida’s infrastructure. Leverage our expertise to streamline your operations and create safer, more compliant workplaces.
Commitment to Florida’s Environmental and Occupational Health
UF TREEO Consulting is dedicated to protecting the environment and ensuring the health and safety of Florida’s citizens through dedicated support to the environmental sector. We offer a range of services designed to address the challenges faced by today’s utilities and businesses, helping them thrive in an ever-changing landscape.
Water/Wastewater
Here’s how we can help:
Treatment Plant Performance Evaluation: Identify operational inefficiencies and implement solutions to enhance treatment efficacy.
Process Control Guidance: Get expert advice on optimizing your process controls to ensure stability and compliance.
Unit Process Troubleshooting: Resolve specific issues in each unit process to prevent system-wide impacts.
Flow Measurement Verification: Ensure your flow measurement systems are accurate and reliable.
Regulatory Inspection Simulation: Prepare for actual inspections with simulated scenarios to identify potential compliance issues.
Process Control Lab Evaluation: Enhance your lab operations to support effective process control measures.
Biomass Evaluation: Examine microbial communities for better understanding and control of your treatment processes.
Collection System Evaluation: Assess and improve the integrity and efficiency of your sewage collection systems.
Meet The Experts
Our TREEO consultants bring a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience across a variety of fields. Each consultant is a subject matter expert with a proven track record of delivering practical solutions and innovative strategies to meet your needs. Learn more about our experts below and discover how their expertise can help guide you through your next project or challenge.
Staff Expertise/Qualifications – Ron Trygar, CET/CIT is the Senior Training Specialist for Water and Wastewater programs at the University of Florida TREEO Center.
Ron entered the water and wastewater treatment field soon after graduating high school in 1983, and during the past 38+ years he has worked his way up the career ladder from Plant Mechanic/Operator Assistant to become a Treatment Plant Chief Operator, a Project Manager Intern for a worldwide operations firm, as an Education Specialist in the US Virgin Islands and as a Process Control Specialist at Hillsborough County Public Utilities Division. Ron has been employed at UF TREEO Center for more than 14 years, teaching most all the drinking water and wastewater treatment courses. Ron has also developed many online courses that are approved by the Florida DEP and many other states as plant operator exam prerequisites. Ron is an accomplished author of many laboratory and troubleshooting related articles for Treatment Plant Operator (TPO) magazine.
Ron has been a Certified Environmental Trainer (CET) and Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT) through the National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association (NESHTA) since 1998, as well as obtaining Master Environmental, Safety and Health Trainer status in 2021.
Ron currently holds Florida Class A Wastewater Operator and Class B Drinking Water Operator licenses, and voluntary certification through the Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) as a Membrane Treatment Plant Operator. Ron has also been a member of the Florida DEP Operator Certification Program’s Water and Wastewater Exam Review Committee since 1997.

