Articles by author: LEA Environmental, Inc.

Hydrologists, engineers and hydrogeologists with LEA Environmental, Inc. are assisting the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in its island-wide assessment of PFAS impacts to groundwater and surface water resources.

Dr. Lorne G. Everett, PhD, DSc received the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Distinguished Member Award, Class of 2020. The award reads:
“For international recognition of publishing the classic groundwater monitoring books, development of unanimously approved national vadose zone monitoring standards and the inspiration and development of original patents related to contaminated site soil, soil gas and groundwater characterization and remediation technologies.”

Recognizing his expertise in the environmental impacts from hard rock mining and his service to Native American Tribes, our own Dr. Wells, Environmental Hydrogeologist and Chief Operating Officer of L. Everett & Associates testifies before Congress at a Hearing of the US House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

Dr. Lorne Everett was awarded Life Member status by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on March 7, 2020. A Life Member is an individual who has made a lifetime commitment to ASCE and the civil engineering profession by remaining a member for the full length of his or her professional career. Among other criteria, the designation occurs when a professional has been an ASCE member for at least 35 years and has 10 years of continuous membership prior to the award. Dr Everett joined ASCE in 1974 and was awarded the high status of Fellow in January 2011. At the induction ceremony, it was noted that Dr Everett’s most gratifying position was as Manager of General Electric’s Centre for Advanced Studies Water Resources program. His most significant career achievement was Chancellor of Lakehead University from 2000-2009. It was noted that his most significant lifetime achievement is Chairman of the World Federation of Scientists Panel on Pollution located at CERN, Geneva that holds annual meetings in Italy. Over years, the meetings have been attended by more than a hundred and twenty Nobel Laureates to address planetary emergencies ranging from pollution to nuclear holocaust.

Jim Wells and Jorge Matos are coauthors for a presentation entitled "The Exide Residential Soil Database: An Extraordinary Database of Urban Soil Quality from 8,900 Homes"

Laser-Induced Fluorescence is a technique for detecting LNAPL and DNAPL in the subsurface.

LEA CEO, Dr. Lorne Everett will be presenting at Parker Milliken's 34th Annual Environmental Law Seminar on May 11, 2018 in Los Angeles. His topic: Everything You Need To Know About Buying, Selling, Leasing or Developing Contaminated Properties.

LEA volunteers to collect and test mud samples from the Montecito debris fLows to insure an absence of pollutants.

Dr. Lorne Everett was invited by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to be the Keynote speaker for the ACWA Region 5 Annual Meeting at the Glen Annie Golf Club in Goleta, California on September 17, 2017. The title of Lorne's presentation was "Recycled Water and Water Reuse." Lorne stressed the need to understand the flow and sampling of waste applications to land in the solid and liquid form. He also noted the risks faced by water agencies from emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, 1,2,3-trichloropropane (1,2,3-TCP), chlorinated volatile organic compounds, and glyphosate - the main ingredient in the widely used herbicide, Roundup.