Ethics for Groundwater Consulting Professionals

Presented on Wednesday, May 7, 2014

This session will provide a one-hour introduction and refresher (as required in many states for license renewal) for early career and established groundwater science and engineering professionals. Following the presentation, practicing groundwater professionals will present real-world scenarios with ethical challenges for the group to discuss. Attendance at this entire session will meet the Ethics competency requirement for the NGWA Certified Groundwater Professional (CGWP) Program.

Presenters:
Buie Seawell
University of Denver, Glendale, CO
Tyler Gass, PG, PHg
Integral Consulting Inc., Louisville, CO
Tyler Gass is a licensed professional geologist and hydrogeologist with more than 40 years of experience broadly ranging from the evaluation and design of village water supply in developing countries to major municipal groundwater supply systems in the United States, and including the investigation and remediation of some of the most chemically hazardous sites in the United States. Gass is currently a principal and chief hydrogeologist with Integral Consulting Inc.

David S. Lipson, Ph.D., PG
ARCADIS U.S. Inc., Lakewood, CO
David Lipson has more than 22 years of experience as a contaminant hydrogeologist with particular emphasis on chemical transport, subsurface remediation, and fractured bedrock hydrogeology. He provides technical support on a wide range of groundwater contamination and remediation projects. Lipson is well-versed at using mathematical models, engineering controls, and risk-based corrective action approaches at sites regulated under CERCLA, RCRA, and state-led regulatory programs. He earned a doctorate degree in Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, a master’s degree in Hydrogeology at Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in Geology at the State University of New York.
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