LEA Announcements

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

LEA CEO, Dr. Lorne Everett authors chapter in the book commemorating contributions of the Erice International Seminars.

Our C.E.O, Dr. Lorne Everett, received the American Academy of Water Resource Engineers' highest award at the May 2016 World Water & Environmental Resources Conference in West Palm Beach Florida.

The University of Arizona Department of Hydrology celebrated its 50th Anniversary on April 2, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. The Department of Hydrology has been ranked number one in the US for several years. Dr. Lorne Everett who received the 13th PhD in hydrology in the US from the Department of Hydrology at the University of Arizona was asked to speak on �The Future of Professional Practice in Hydrology.�