Florida v. Georgia, Supreme Court No. 142 OUR CHALLENGE Florida and Georgia have been feuding for more than 25 years over water in Apalachicola Bay; Georgia needs water for urban, industrial, and agricultural use and Florida needs freshwater to maintain the health of...
Residual Ecological Risk Assessment to Support Landfill Feasibility Study OUR CHALLENGE As part of a feasibility study for a former landfill in New Jersey, we were asked to evaluate the ecological protectiveness of a range of remedial options. Our challenge was to...
Decommissioning Oil Platforms—An Ecosystems Services Approach OUR CHALLENGE Decommissioning aging oil platforms at sea requires complex engineering to safely remove structure and equipment. While advanced treatment technologies now mitigate discharges from current...
Ecosystem Impacts for Matilija Dam: California OUR CHALLENGE Originally built in 1947 to store water for agriculture, the Matilija Dam in California has been obsolete for more than 20 years—trapping more than 6 million cubic yards of sediment and blocking access to...
Risk Assessment/Vectors Management Plan for West Nile Virus: New York OUR CHALLENGE Over a span of 7 years, West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne diseases resulted in 4 deaths and 25 severe neurological illnesses in Suffolk County, New York. The emerging risk to...
AI and Computer Vision for Environmental Monitoring: Washington OUR CHALLENGE Invasive plants are a threat to the productivity of native forage lands and are indicators of decreasing soil health or disturbance. In the dry rangelands of the Western U.S., invasive...
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Alaska OUR CHALLENGE The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred as a result of the grounding of the Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef, Alaska on March 24, 1989. Approximately 11 million gallons of the tanker’s cargo of Alaskan North Slope crude oil was...
Risk Assessment and Remediation: Texas OUR CHALLENGE At the Greens Bayou site near the busy Houston ship channel, our client faced legal and regulatory action to address past releases of hazardous substances—including DDT and PCBs—from historical operations. Concerns...