The author wishes to thank several people. I would like to thank my wife, Marcie, and
son, Jake, for their love, support and patience during the past three years it has taken me to
finish this endeavor. I would like to thank Henrico County Public Schools for their generous
flexibility in my schedule. I would also like to thank Dr. Cliff Fox and Dr. Tim Kelly for their help
and direction both in this thesis and my entire program. Last but not least, I would like to thank
the Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility for their assistance in obtaining the necessary
materials to conduct this thesis.