| Two-thirds of the world’s population
could be experiencing water stress conditions by 2025, and in the
United States estimates suggest that at least thirty-six states
will face water shortages within the next five years. Water is a
limiting resource affecting political, economic and security decisions.
An integral component of water resources management and sustainability
is having the adequate tools to evaluate the effects of natural
and anthropogenic factors on water resources. Our team of highly
skilled professionals possesses expertise in the following areas:
- Aquifer Characterization
- Water Resource Evaluation, Development
& Management
- Hydrology & Computer Modeling
- Wetlands Hydrologic Studies
- Coastal Water Resource Studies
- Climate and Sea Level Change Analyses
- Water Quality Studies
- Groundwater, Wellhead Area, and Source
Water Protection
- Water Budget & Sustainability Analyses
With continued development, the demand placed on groundwater resources
in many regions has increased significantly, creating a new set of
challenges for water resource managers. McLane Environmental has extensive
experience in evaluating and modeling groundwater resources to address
a variety of issues including new source development, well field rehabilitation,
nitrate loading, effects of over pumping, saltwater intrusion, well
field yield and energy use optimization, and contaminant threat assessment.
Our work in well field siting studies, safe yield analyses and Zone
II wellhead protection area delineations have assisted many communities
in expanding their current water supplies and planning for the future.
Representative Experience
McLane Environmental’s hydrogeologists and environmental
engineers have applied their expertise to almost every facet of
groundwater resource evaluation, development and management, including:
- Performed hydrogeologic analyses to
support infrastructure rehabilitation of municipal well field and
guide management decisions regarding future pumping equipment and
distribution plan for withdrawals from a coastal aquifer,
including modeling of saltwater intrusion potential.
- Assisted in the design of field program
and aquifer test design for new well field siting study, and
analyzed aquifer test data to characterize aquifer properties for
safe yield and Zone II permitting studies.
- Performed wetland and surface water
hydrologic impact analyses to support new source allocation permit
for proposed municipal well field.
- Conducted and published research on
potential saltwater intrusion and water quality impacts in coastal
aquifers associated with seasonal over pumping of water supply
well fields.
- Compiled, reviewed and evaluated
environmental study data, groundwater recharge, storage and use
projections, and resource utilization and development information
to support future county land use planning decisions for a
protected water resource management area in a southern state.
- Performed complex modeling analysis of industrial supply
wells in a northern New Jersey fractured bedrock aquifer to support
a water allocation permit application for increased withdrawals.
With our strong foundation in the hydrologic and hydrogeologic
sciences, and our expertise in data analysis and computer modeling,
McLane Environmental is uniquely positioned to assist our clients
in assessing, developing, and managing their critical water resources.
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