Emmie Chen, PE; Jason Conder, PhD, IBERAD; and Travis Kline, MEM, BCES, will contribute to the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) Fall Conference on October 14 through 16, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
To help clients achieve stringent water quality goals, Geosyntec provides rigorous assessment and modeling services to assess the sources and factors that affect the delivery of critical pollutants across watersheds. Through our comprehensive studies and analyses, we provide technically defensible tools and approaches that can be used in the development of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) calculations and watershed protection plans. In addition, we frequently turn to Use Attainability Analyses to examine site-specific water quality criteria that affect attainability goals under natural, human-caused, and economic conditions. Our hydrodynamic and water-quality models integrate inputs from point and nonpoint sources to support our engineers and scientists as they study impacts on water quality in receiving water. These models allow us to understand the assimilative capacities of a given body of water, propose best management practices that can affect pollutant impacts, and predict the time required for a system to recover after being altered. Using watershed studies, water quality monitoring, and hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling, we also can assess compliance with local, state, and federal water quality standards. Using all this information, we are better able to evaluate the magnitude, frequency, and duration of impacts of a wide variety of pollutant sources. Our practitioners offer extensive experience with geographic information system applications for spatial analysis, planimetric and thematic mapping, and data representation. We employ watershed models including the Watershed Characterization System (WCS), Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS), and the Watershed Assessment Model (WAMView). We also employ the Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP), the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC), and the Stream Water Quality Model (QUAL2K) for hydrodynamic and water-quality models. Our practitioners are at the forefront of policy analyses, regulatory compliance, and technology applications that promote sustainable water resources management and ecosystem restoration. We have extensive experience helping local governments develop and negotiate long-term control plans for combined sewer overflows, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, and consent orders. We also comment on Clean Water Act issues at the state and national level, including the development of new recreational use criteria for water bodies across the county and for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new framework for integrated planning for wastewater and stormwater.
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Jennifer Arblaster and Travis Kline, MEM, BCES, will lead the webinar, “An Update on the Evolving Science and Policy of PFAS Toxicology and Risk Assessment,” on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT.
Mark Heaney (New York) and Travis Kline, MEM, BCES, (Washington, D.C.) will present "Emerging Chemicals and Pathogens of Concern - Product Testing, Development, Pathway to Uncomplicate Market Challenges" during a panel session at XPAND2022, the annual meeting of the Household & Commercial Products Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 4 through 7, 2022.
Travis Kline, MEM, BCES (Washington, D.C.), Kathleen Brannen-Donnelly, Ph.D. (Georgia), and Jay Thompson, Ph.D., PE (Minnesota) will present at the 30th Fall Conference of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee on September 21–23, 2022. Geosyntec is a Platinum Sponsor of the event.
Geosyntec will deliver several presentations at the 9th International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference (incorporating the 3rd International PFAS Conference) in Adelaide, Australia on September 11–15, 2022.
Geosyntec practitioners Frederic Cosme, CPEng, Ir. (Victoria), Travis Kline, MEM, BCES (USA), Kathy Phillips, Ph.D. (Victoria), and Rachael Martin, Ph.D. (New South Wales) will present on topics relating to risk assessment and remediation at EcoForum 2022, August 8 through 10 at NEX in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Kathy will be a keynote speaker and Frederic will chair a session for the event. The Australasian Land and Groundwater Association (ALGA) is hosting the event.
Travis Kline, MEM, BCES (Washington, D.C.) and Mark Heaney will attend and participate in IMPACT2022, the midyear meeting of the Household and Commercial Products Association (HCPA), which will be held both online and in person at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. May 11 through 13, 2022.
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