NAME: 

Jacob L. Mathis, P.E. 

TITLE: 

Engineer II 

PROJECT: 

Waterway Protection Tunnel 

EDUCATION: 

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering 

Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) 

EXPERIENCE: 

Louisville MSD 

Jacobi, Toombs and Lanz Inc. 

Mindel Scott & Associates, Inc 

HOW HE BECAME AN ENGINEER: 

More than 2 billion gallons of rainwater and wastewater overflow into local waterways each year. Thankfully, construction is underway on MSD’s $200 million Waterway Protection Tunnel that is designed to mitigate this problem.

The tunnel – planned for completion in 2020 – is an innovative way to store this overflow of rainwater and wastewater underground until it can be pumped to MSD’s Morris Forman Water Quality Treatment Center. It will be able to store up to 37 million gallons of combined rainwater and wastewater when complete.