Principal Civil Engineer & Land Surveyor
Peter J. Lescure, P.E. established Lescure Engineers in 1979. As company President and Principal, Mr. Lescure applies his education and experience, ranging from planning through construction, to management of the firm’s projects. His unique perspective, training and experience is finding fulfillment in the area of small community and decentralized wastewater management systems.
Formerly a General Engineering contractor, Pete Lescure has supervised construction of many types of onsite wastewater treatment and disposal systems and a wide range of concrete structures, storm drains, utilities and foundations. He has performed all aspects of site evaluation, testing and design of OWTS.
His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and graduate studies in urban planning at San Jose State University. Prior to establishing Lescure Engineers, Mr. Lescure was employed by the City of Palo Alto in traffic engineering and transportation planning and by URS Corporation in San Mateo in environmental analysis and planning.
Mr. Lescure is currently serving as District Engineer to the Graton Community Services District which serves a community of 600 homes and businesses. The District is in the midst of upgrading its existing wastewater treatment plant utilizing innovative tertiary treatment technology which was successfully pilot tested by Lescure Engineers in 2006. Tertiary effluent will be dispersed to neighboring vineyards for irrigation. Obsolete pumping stations are being replaced with energy efficient technology as part of a PG&E sponsored low interest loan program. Existing wastewater ponds, which were inundated by floodwaters in January 2005, are being “flood-proofed” with FEMA / CA OES funding support. When the treatment plant upgrade is complete, the District plans to study its collection system to reduce inflow and infiltration impacts.
In addition to his engineering design practice he has been called in 35 cases as an expert witness in civil litigation involving issues with onsite sewage treatment systems. While most of these cases have been settled on the basis of technical solutions created by Lescure Engineers, a few have proceeded to settlement for damages and in one case proceeded to a jury trial in which Mr. Lescure provided trial testimony. These experiences have convinced him of the need for consistent standards and uniform regulation to protect not only consumers, but also pubic health and water quality from incompetent and unscrupulous practitioners in the field.
Mr. Lescure holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from California State University, San Jose, California. He is a California Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (RCE 28044) and a California Licensed General Engineering Contractor, Class A (427453 Inactive). Mr Lescure served as President of the California On-site Wastewater Association and the North Coast Chapter of ACEC California, (formerly CELSOC). He is former Chairman of the Sonoma County Land Use Advisory Panel and a former director of the North Coast Builder's Exchange.
