Scott Korom received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Utah State University in 1991. He was on the faculty of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of North Dakota for 20 years. Now he is with Barr Engineering Co. in Bismarck, North Dakota. Korom works on a wide range of groundwater issues involving agriculture, mining, coal-fired power plants, oil and gas development, and pipelines. His specialty is groundwater denitrification.