About This Offering

This course will provide wastewater infrastructure fundamentals including system parameters, hydraulic computations, EPANet modeling, and system design.


John McEnery, PhD, P.E., CFM

John McEnery, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, is an expert in the areas of hydrology and riverine hydraulics, currently serving as a Senior Hydraulic Engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Having worked in the private sector, government service and academia, he draws upon 38 years of experience as a hydrologist, numerical modeler, researcher, educator, designer and project leader. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he is licensed as a Professional Engineer and Certified Floodplain Manager in multiple states. Dr. McEnery has earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and both an M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla (MS&T). His recent work includes technical assistance on behalf of USACE to the State of Missouri Department of Natural Resources for the Missouri Water Supply Study of reservoir yield capacities. He also completed in 2024 a detail with the USACE Engineering Research and Development Center working on bathymetry estimation for continental scale flood forecast modeling and in 2023 multidimensional AdH modeling of flow structures and sediment transport in the Mississippi River. 

Dr. McEnery was a member of the inaugural research team launching the U.S. National Water Center in 2015. There, as a researcher in the NWS Geo-Spatial Intelligence Division, he led development of hydroinformatic applications for the Water Resources Data Services system. His consulting experience includes unsteady floodplain modeling of upper Houston watersheds in support of litigation following the Hurricane Harvey disaster, as well as multi-dimensional modeling of complex flows at a white-water section of the Trinity River for the City of Dallas. In the private sector, he has several years of design experience for stormwater projects conforming to St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) and St. Louis County standards, such as the MSD Cityshed project. As a member of the Civil Engineering faculty at the University of Texas - Arlington, he was Coordinator of the Water Resources Program. Dr. McEnery is very committed to educational work to prepare the next generation of engineers and continues to serve as an Adjunct Professor teaching graduate and undergraduate courses for several universities in the St. Louis area. He has authored 13 peer reviewed journal publications and several non-peer reviewed.  He has given numerous conference presentations, served as a peer journal and proposal reviewer for 8 organizations and served on the Civil Engineering Exam Preparation Committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
  • Registration: Closed Event
  • Course Dates: January 26-29
  • PDH: 16
  • Price: $1,499
  • Location: Private Company

The Wastewater Infrastructure Short Course is a four-session program designed to build practical knowledge of hydraulic principles and system design for wastewater systems. Participants will learn to analyze gravity and pressurized sewer systems, perform hydraulic computations, and evaluate pump performance using real-world scenarios. The course introduces EPANET modeling for simulating system behavior and culminates with design exercises that reinforce concepts such as pump selection, pipe sizing, and operational considerations. Through hands-on calculations and modeling, attendees will gain the skills needed to assess system capacity, optimize performance, and address critical design challenges in wastewater infrastructure.