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This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.

April 2006 - A Short (3.5 Minute) Animated Power Point Presentation of the Expedited Site Characterization Methodology is Available for Downloading - Click Here 

The presentation demonstrates the Expedited Site Characterization Methodology as applied to tracking contamiant plume from a point of impact to its source.

March 2006 - Students evaluations return good - superior ratings for the first two SVASA and EnviroCourses offerings in 2006!

Down-load the course evaluation summary for the 2 day course "MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates: Comprehensive Site Assessment and Successful Groundwater Remediation" held March 6-7, 2006 in Reno, NV.

Down-load the course evaluation summary for the Modeling Management Course held March 14, 2005 at SUNY Stony Brook, Long Island, NY.

January 2006 - SVASA and EnviroCourses take leading role in the presentation of MTBE and Other Fuel Oxygenates Training for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

SVASA and EnviroCourses will coordinate, and lead instruction of, the presentation of the 2 day course " Monday and Tuesday March 6-7, 2006, Reno , NV  89512.

The course originally premiered December 2003 at the Marine Sciences Research Center , State University of New York, Stony Brook. The program continues to evolve and is frequently updated with the latest science and practices available.  In cooperation with SUNY's Long Island Ground Water Research Institute, the American Petroleum Institute and numerous other hosting organizations, the course has been presented to hundreds of students in the United States and Europe with great success. 

Course registration is expected to open January 17, 2006 at www.EnviroCourses.org.

December 2005 - Registration for two new cooperatively developed courses opens

Registration for the "Groundwater Modeling Management and Application for Decision Making" and the "MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates: Characterization and Remediation" courses both opened this month. Registration for the March 13, 2006 modeling management course can be made at www.envirocourses.org. Registration for the May 25, 2006 MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates: Characterization and Remediation course cam be made by downloading and submitting the registration form available at: http://www.aihydro.org/ShortCourse.pdf.

November 2005 - Global Hydrologic Services (through SVASA) commences cooperative development of a new 8 hour training course entitled "Groundwater Modeling Management and Application for Decision Making"

SVASA in cooperation with the Long Island Groundwater Research Institute (LIGRI), Watermark Numerical Computing and EnviroCourses.org commenced development of the course to be held at LIGRI (Conference Room 120, Endeavor Hall, Marine Sciences Research Center, SUNY Stony Brook, NY) on March 13, 2006.

The seminar is aimed at a broad spectrum of attendees, primarily decision-makers and managers. It is NOT a model construction or calibration course. It is an opportunity to explain to those with a broad range of skills and experience why models are wrong, how wrong they can be, and how this potential wrongness can be calculated and managed to make better, more defensible decisions. However, even experienced modelers will add to their skill base and become aware of new tools available to them to assist them with their work. Decision-makers, managers and regulators will increase their understanding of what they can expect from models and those who build them, and learn to ask the right questions (and better avoid being fooled with the wrong answers). They will also learn how better modeling RFPs should result in better modeling. Attorneys will become better informed of the strengths and weakness of modeling as a means of environmental investigation.

For additional information download the draft detailed course information sheet.

October 2005 - Global Hydrologic Services (through SVASA) to present 8 hour course at the 2006 Annual meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)

Joe Haas, Mike Hyman and Eric Nichols to present a 8 hour short course entitled "MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates: Characterization and Remediation" on May 25, 2006 in Batton Rough, LA. The course is being presented in conjunction with the 25th anniversary annual meeting of AIH. For more information about the AIH annual meeting see: http://www.aihydro.org/conference.htm . For additional information regarding the MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates short course see: the course flyer here or see or training page.

July 2005 - SVASA Welcomes Eric Nichols, P.E.

The Division of Solutions via Applied Science Associates welcomes Mr. Eric M. Nichols, P.E. to our training consortium as a primary trainer for our 8 hour MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates Short Course.

Eric is a Principal Engineer with LFR/Levine·Fricke. Eric is a groundwater hydrologist with over seventeen years of experience interpreting ground water flow and contaminant transport for remedial design, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and litigation support. He is a co-author of "Strategies for Characterizing Releases of Gasoline Containing MTBE" published by the American Petroleum Institute (www.api.org/mtbe), and currently provides technical oversight on several MTBE and TBA site characterization and remediation projects. Eric is an active consultant and educator, and has served on several technical advisory panels on subjects including risk-based decision making, natural attenuation, vapor pathway assessments, MTBE releases, state cleanup policies, and groundwater management issues. 

June 2005 - SVASA Developing a new 8 hour short course

The Division of Solutions via Applied Science Associates initiates development of a new 8 hour short course entitled: 

MTBE & Other Fuel Oxygenates: Comprehensive Strategies for Assessment and Remediation of Acute Environmental Impacts

Courses available starting Winter 2005 - For more information see the above link or our training page.

April 2005 - SVASA Welcomes Todd Margrave

The Division of Solutions via Applied Science Associates welcomes Mr. Todd Margrave in the role of Training Coordinator.

Todd brings seventeen years of diverse public and private sector environmental experience to SVASA. He specializes in providing comprehensive support services in the areas of small work group management and facilitation, technical training development, event management, fundraising and business development. Previously, as principal consultant with Razor Resources, LLC he served as Program Advisor to the MTBE and UXO technical teams affiliated with the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC.) As a founding member of the MTBE team, he oversaw development of the highly acclaimed 2-day MTBE & TBA Classroom Training: Comprehensive Site Assessment and Successful Groundwater Remediation and the companion Overview of Groundwater Remediation Technologies for MTBE & TBA technical overview document. Similarly, as Program Advisor for the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Team, he oversaw development of the popular 2-day UXO Basic Training course and the companion Munitions Response Historical Records Review Technical & Regulatory Review Document. Todd received undergraduate degrees in Management Engineering and Business Administration from University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA (1987) and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from University of San Francisco (1995). He also holds a certificate in Marketing and E-Commerce from San Diego State University (2000) and is currently earning an Executive MBA at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.

Contact Todd Margrave at: TMargrave@globalhydroserv.com

March 2005 - SVASA Develops a new 4 hour short course

The Division of Solutions via Applied Science Associates announces a new 4 hour short course entitled: 

MTBE & TBA: Comprehensive Strategies for Assessment and Remediation of Acute Environmental Impacts

Courses available starting Fall 2005 - For more information see the above link or our training page

Since May 2004 

Global Hydrologic Serices, Inc. has initiated work with SUNY. GHS has become a contractor supporting the mission of the Long Island Groundwater Research Institute (LIGRI). The LIGRI is located at the Marine Science Research Center on the State University of New York at Stony Brook campus.

 

Links

EnviroCourses.org

Long Island Groundwater Research Institute (LIGRI)

American Institute of Hydrology

FuelOxRem.com

 

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