NGWA Workshop — Groundwater Quality and Unconventional Gas Development: Is There a Connection? November 13 - 14, 2014

Jon Fennell is Vice President of Geosciences and Water Security at Integrated Sustainability Consultants Ltd. (a water, waste, and energy management firm based in Calgary). He has more than 27 years of consulting experience in the natural resource sector, with 23 years directly related to water management in the conventional and unconventional oil and gas sector. Fennell received his B.Sc. degree in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan in 1985, an M.Sc. in Hydrogeology from the University of Calgary in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University of Calgary in 2008. His areas of specialization include physical and chemical hydrogeology, groundwater-surface water interactions, environmental forensics, water supply and waste disposal, and risk assessment. His skills also extend to assessing the effects of climate change and land use on basin hydrology, and developing effective management strategies to ensure water security and basin sustainability.