Geology, Hydrogeology & Groundwater Management

JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. clients consistently express appreciation for our practical approaches to evaluating geologic and hydrogeologic problems and our ability to propose creative and cost-effective solutions for either prevention or remediation of environmental impacts. Domestic and international clients span a wide range of industries including: natural resource development; manufacturing and transportation; thermal, hydro, geothermal, and wind energy generation and transmission; real estate redevelopment; government agencies; and Native American tribes.

JBR services include all technical and management aspects of CERCLA (Superfund), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Brownfield/Voluntary regulatory programs. These include permit negotiations, program management, expert witness and litigation support, environmental due diligence, site characterization, risk assessment, remedial design and implementation, and liability and asset management. JBR supports our clients’ need for proactive and efficient adaptation to evolving land use and environmental regulations, with our hydrogeologic services supporting sustainable natural resource stewardship and protection, land redevelopment, renewable energy development, low-carbon footprint analysis (CFA), carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), and drinking water and watershed source protection.

Geological services include:

• Site-specific and regional geological investigations
• Mine and industrial waste investigations and site characterization (RI/FS, etc.)
• Design of drilling programs
• Mine subsidence evaluations
• Abandoned mine inventories
• Geophysical surveys
• Treatability studies
• Impoundment pond and landfill closure
• Landfill feasibility studies
  
• GIS and geological mapping
  
• Erosion and sediment control studies and plans
• Sub-slab, subsurface soil gas, and vapor intrusion analysis and remediation
• Sample, core, and soil logging drill rigs, including JBR-owned, drill rigs and a mobile analytical laboratory
  

Hydrogeological studies and services include:

• Regional and site-specific ground water investigations
• Spring and seep surveys
• Production well feasibility studies, siting, design, installation, and testing
• Drinking water wellhead protection - sensitivity and vulnerability analysis
• Surface water and stormwater management and protection
• Geothermal development support
  
• Subsurface contaminant fate and transport assessments
• Geochemical modeling
• Groundwater quality sampling and monitoring
• Specialized investigations using environmental isotopes
• Groundwater and vadose zone modeling
• Soil, sediment, groundwater, and surface water remediation
• Subsurface geophysical contaminant plume delineation
• Spill investigations for the Department of Transportation
• PCB inventories, investigations, and disposal (TSCA)
• Environmental impact analysis of proposed actions and alternatives

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