Resource Exploration & Development
- Geological mapping and prospect generation
- Hydrodynamic studies in support of mining, oil and gas exploration/production
- Conventional and unconventional drilling and completion expertise
- Design, permitting and technical supervision of oil sands exploration/development programs
Water Supply
- Groundwater supply evaluation
- Watershed and regional water management plan development
- Technical and economic evaluation of water management solutions
- Water well siting
- Water well design
- Water well drilling, logging, completion, testing, analysis
- Water well licensing under the Water Act
Environmental
- Soil and groundwater contamination:
- evaluation, delineation, monitoring, remediation, and reclamation
- Phase 1 and 2 ESA
- Regulatory applications:
- source and disposal well licenses
- dewatering plans
- environmental impact assessment – hydrogeological components
- soil and groundwater remediation/reclamation
- well abandonments/groundwater protection
- Sour water well testing, production and treatment
- Waste water disposal exploration and evaluation
- Regulatory compliance (soil and groundwater monitoring, water usage monitoring and reporting)
Geohazards
- Risk analysis of hydrogeological and structural geological components
- Saline and sour (H2S) aquifer investigation (clastic and karst aquifers)
- Mitigation and water treatment solutions
- Project Management
Mining
- Mine planning and operations support
- Overburden dewatering
- Aquifer depressurization
- Groundwater monitoring for environmental and geotechnical purposes:
- system and network design,
- field execution and operation,
- data evaluation and reporting
- Aggregate mining: resource characterization and permit application per code of practice
Civil Infrastructure
- Construction dewatering:
- system design, permitting, installation, and performance monitoring
- Water reservoir for frac-water storage:
- site suitability evaluation,
- hydrogeological evaluation,
- pond design,
- regulatory application
- Winter access construction:
- access layout design,
- field layout and survey,
- ice bridge construction,
- ice road construction across muskeg (wetlands),
- timber harvest planning
- Project management
Education/Research
- Lectures and mentorship programs in applied hydrogeology
- Technical presentations at conferences
- Peer-reviewed publications in international journals
