Koniag, an Alaska Native corporation, is building a world-class bear viewing and research facility on Camp Island in Karluk Lake on Kodiak Island. The Kodiak Brown Bear Center houses 40 people and has two full-service kitchens and a laundry.The area has one of the highest densities of Kodiak brown bears in the world and a diverse ecosystem. Its onsite treatment system had to meet strict discharge limits, function with little to no downtime, and require minimal maintenance.Ed Ward, the center’s general manager, hired Jeff Garness, P.E., owner of Garness Engineering Group in Anchorage, to design the system. Senior engineering technician
