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LEA Environmental Selected for Puerto Rico PFAS Project

By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Oct 07, 2022 at 04:53 PM in 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.

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Dr. Lorne G. Everett received ASCE Distinguished Member Award

Dr. Lorne G. Everett received ASCE Distinguished Member Award
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Jan 03, 2022 at 08:03 AM in LEA Announcements

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.”

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Wells and Matos Coauthor Presentation on Exide Lead Contamination

Wells and Matos Coauthor Presentation on Exide Lead Contamination
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Apr 16, 2019 at 08:16 PM in LEA Announcements

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"

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Dr. Everett Publishes on Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Dr. Everett Publishes on Laser-Induced Fluorescence
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Jan 31, 2019 at 09:48 PM in LEA Announcements

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

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Dr. Everett to Speak at L.A. Environmental Law Conference

Dr. Everett to Speak at L.A. Environmental Law Conference
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Apr 16, 2018 at 09:06 PM

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.

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LEA Pitches in With Montecito Debris Flow Recovery Efforts

LEA Pitches in With Montecito Debris Flow Recovery Efforts
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Feb 21, 2018 at 11:39 PM in LEA Announcements

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

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Dr. Lorne Everett Keynote Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Association of California Water Agencies

By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Nov 08, 2017 at 11:16 PM in Environmental Issues

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.

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Dr. Lorne Everett chairs the Pollution Permanent Monitoring Panel Working Group at the 2017 World Federation of Scientists International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies 50th Session

Dr. Lorne Everett chairs the Pollution Permanent Monitoring Panel Working Group at the 2017 World Federation of Scientists International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies 50th Session
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Oct 11, 2017 at 08:23 PM

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California Sets Drinking Water Standard for 1,2,3-TCP

By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Jul 24, 2017 at 11:36 PM in Environmental Issues

California has established a stringent limit on the agricultural chemical, 1,2,3-TCP in drinking water. TCP has already been detected at the newly enforceable level of 5 parts per trillion in over 100 water systems serving nearly a million people across the state.

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Dr. Lorne Everett presents a proposal to create a World Water Crisis Centre

Dr. Lorne Everett presents a proposal to create a World Water Crisis Centre
By LEA Environmental, Inc. on Jan 07, 2017 at 11:07 PM in LEA Announcements

Dr. Lorne G. Everett presented a proposal to create a World Water Crisis Centre to the World Federation of Scientists on August 23, 2016 at the San Domenico Monastery in Erice, Italy. The proposal is part of the New Manhattan Project sponsored by the World Federation of Scientists located at CERN Geneva. The proposal is co-sponsored by the UNESCO International Hydrological Program in Paris, the Russian Academy of Sciences Water Problems Institute in Moscow, and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The initial 5-year program will be funded by seed money from the World Federation of Scientists. The World Economic Forum whose membership includes heads of state, CEOs, and civic leaders, ranked water crises as the top global risk to industry and society over the next decade. Dr. Everett is the Chairman of the World Federation of Scientists Panel on Pollution.

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I am writing to acknowledge... Dr. Lorne Everett, for his fantastic pro bono service to Riverkeeper...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chief Prosecuting Attorney