Geological Services, Inc. provides a broad range of professional services to municipalities, private industry, developers, lending institutions, earth resource consultants, and the legal community. The firm has demonstrated technical expertise in the following areas:
PA DEP Act 2 Site Closure
- Statewide Health Standard
- Site Specific Standard
- Background Standard
- Pathway elimination evaluation
- Existing Project Technical/Peer review
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Site Characterization/Remedial Investigation studies
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Non-Used Aquifer Determination
Real Estate and Natural Resource Development Project Support
- Nitrate loading studies
- Preliminary wetlands delineation
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Ground water resource availability estimation
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Groundwater impact assessment (neighboring properties/sensitive areas)
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Client representation at public meetings and hearings (local, county, state)
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Expert testimony
Groundwater Modeling/Statistical Analyses
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Ground water flow path mapping
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Contaminant fate and transport modeling
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Hydrologic budget analyses
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Contaminant source area/Time of release determination
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PA DEP ACT 2 Risk/Pathway elimination assessment
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Contaminant recovery system time to completion/Site remediation costs
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Statistical plume stability/Recovery time evaluation
- Act 2 Non-Used Aquifer Dertermination
- Expert witness services
Contaminated Site Restoration
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Delineation of soil and ground water contamination
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Soil and ground water contaminant remediation
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Remedial system design and design optimization
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Numerical contaminant fate and transport modeling
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Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS)
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Underground Storage Tank (UST) removal and closure
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Ground water monitoring network design and installation
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Regulatory agency negotiations
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Expert witness services
Ground Water Resource Management
- Regional ground water flow simulation
- Basin and sub-basin maximum safe yield evaluation
- Aquifer testing and evaluation
- Ground water resource exploration and development
- High capacity municipal and industrial well siting, construction and permitting
- Well head protection zone delineation and program development
- Municipal grant application preparation and submittal
- Development of regional and local ground water resource management programs
- Basin/sub-basin Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping