Joseph Harrington


Alexco Environmental Group
Joseph Harrington is the president and founder of MineWater LLC and holds degrees in microbiology, chemistry and metallurgy. Mr Harrington was VP of business and strategic development for Alexco from 2006-2016 and before that was VP of Mining and Metals for Arcadis for five years. Joe was the founder of Green World Science which he ran for 12 years before selling it to Alexco. Joe holds 6 patents in the United States and more than 70 international patents, covering methods of source treatment to immobilize heavy metals and to prevent acid rock drainage. Joe designed and managed the remediation and redevelopment of the Globe smelter here in Denver, the first fully integrated metals smelter to be delisted from the National Priorities List which his team accomplished in 4 years with the delisting publication on the federal register in December 2014.