ABOUT WATERLINE
OUR TEAM
Formed in 2000, Waterline is an employee-owned, environmental and groundwater consulting company. The management team members at Waterline have over a century of combined environmental consulting and hydrogeological experience. Waterline employs approximately 90 staff, including over 20 principal and senior staff with experience ranging from 10 to 35 years in the fields of environmental consulting and hydrogeology.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
MICHELLE TAYLOR
M.Sc., P.Eng.
President
Principal Environmental Engineer
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25+ years of experience both in industry and consulting
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Experience focused on contaminated site assessment and liability management, with specific areas of experience covering environmental site assessment, risk management, remediation, regulatory approvals, and regulatory compliance management
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Works with all service teams to achieve strategic plan goals
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Oversees marketing and external relationships that are critical for success including ensuring quality of service and technical excellence
ERIC PRINGLE
M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
Vice President Environment
Principal Hydrogeological Engineer
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30+ years of environmental and hydrogeology consulting experience
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Environmental site assessment, impact assessment, compliance based monitoring programs
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Contaminant fate and transport modelling, natural attenuation assessments, landfill siting, landfill operation and design, remedial design and liability assessment and management
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Contributions to physical hydrogeology projects include aquifer testing and evaluation, well performance testing, municipal well head protection, well capture delineation and analytical/numeric modelling of groundwater flow
ANDREW HINNELL
Ph.D., P.Geo. (AB, BC)
Vice President Water Resources
Principal Hydrogeologist
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25+ years of experience in hydrogeological and geophysical consulting and research
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Experience focused on groundwater management for mining, construction, water supply and contaminated industrial sites
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Involved in all aspects of water supply projects including regional aquifer mapping and exploration, drilling and testing exploration wells, successful regulatory applications, design and installation of production wells, and operational maintenance of wells and operational regulatory support
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Hydrogeological assessments for both open pit and underground mines supporting water management, dewatering, and water supply
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Quantitative hydrogeological analyses, groundwater flow and transport modelling, modelling of unsaturated systems and surface water/groundwater interactions
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Collaborates with engineering teams to assess and manage hydrogeological risks to projects
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Domestic and international hydrogeological project experience
DARREN DAVID
M.Sc., P.Geo.
Vice President Mining
Principal Hydrogeologist
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30+ years of experience
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Extensive experience integrating groundwater science with engineering design and environmental impact requirements
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Property and corporate mergers and acquisition due diligence review for life of mine water supply
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Hydrogeology expert witness and qualified professional hydrogeologist BC
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Groundwater discipline fatal flaw analysis related to assessing mine feasibility and business risk
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Watershed and basin scale hydrogeology assessments
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ML/ARD pathway assessment in unconsolidated and fractured bedrock environments
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Aquifer mapping integrating various groundwater exploration tools including conceptual and numerical models, ground geophysics (TEM, ERT, passive and active seismic, etc.) and downhole geophysics (SP, Res, gamma, spinner, temperature, NMR)
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Domestic and international mining experience
STEVEN FOLEY
M.Sc.(Hydro), M.Sc.(Geo), P.Geo.
Chairman, Board of Directors
Principal Hydrogeologist
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35+ years experience in groundwater sciences and petroleum exploration
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Has explored & developed numerous groundwater supplies supporting oil and gas, commercial, industrial and municipal developments
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Engaged in government policy development with respect to provincial groundwater management frameworks
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Experience with a wide variety of drilling and well stimulation technologies to enhance water-source well production and construction dewatering activities
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Oversees basin-scale studies, site characterizations, contaminant assessments, impact assessments, industrial groundwater supplies, construction and mine dewatering, numerical analysis, project management and technical review
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Decades of experience in public consultation and expert witness; including Canadian Energy Regulator hearings on national pipeline infrastructure projects
DIVISION
MANAGERS
STEVE STURROCK
M.Sc., P.Geo.
Division Manager Water Resources
Senior Hydrogeologist
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15+ years of experience
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Designs and manages regional and site hydrogeological investigations
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Experienced in water resource development and management, including:
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Groundwater exploration​
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Aquifer management
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Environmental compliance
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BRENT LENNOX
M.Sc., P.Geo.
Division Manager Environment
Senior Hydrogeologist
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20+ years of experience
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Designs and manages regional and site hydrogeological environmental investigations
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Focused on contaminated sites including:
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Conceptual site model and risk/remedial action plan development​
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Site-specific guideline development
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Soil and groundwater assessments and monitoring
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In-situ and ex-situ remediation
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DALTON PAJAK
B.Sc., P.Geo.
Division Manager British Columbia
Senior Hydrogeologist
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13+ years of experience in groundwater resources supporting municipal, industrial, and mining projects
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Focused on groundwater exploration, sustainable resource development, and well field design, including:
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Aquifer mapping and drill target selection
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Drilling supervision and high capacity well design, including dewatering wells
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Aquifer testing and groundwater licensing
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Aquifer management and environmental compliance
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Experience in managing hydrogeological site investigations across Canada and internationally
CORY SOMMER
R.T. (Ag)
Division Manager Edmonton
Senior Environmental Scientist
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21+ years of experience
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Technical expertise in the areas of liability management and closure, environmental site assessments, remediation, risk based closure, risk management, regulatory compliance, reclamation
JEFF ANDERSON
B.A.
Division Manager Information Services
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18+ years of experience
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Experienced in managing and implementing geospatial solutions, including:
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3D visualization and modelling​
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Waterline's proprietary, on-line data management and mapping applications
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Automating routine data compilation and reporting tasks
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GIS and mapping
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