Warren A. Thompson, B.S.
Geologist/Construction Manager

Expertise

Mr. Thompson, a field geologist, joined Hydro Geo Chem in 1989. He is involved with construction, installation, and monitoring of soil vapor extraction equipment; field oversight of monitor well installations; lithologic logging; construction and installation of field instrumentation; and data collection and interpretation. He has also worked on site evaluation; soil gas, soil, and water sampling; and soil gas monitor well installation. In addition, he has maintained field records and log books, maintained equipment, and offered support work for soil gas services.
 



Education

-Graduate level course work toward M.S. degree in Hydrology, University of Arizona
-B.S. (Geology, Math) University of Puget Sound, 1983

-OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Training

Representative Experience

-Managed construction and installation for 10 large scale SVE systems with capabilities ranging fomr 50 to 2,000 scfm and 3 groundwater pump-and-treat systems used for treatment of VOC-contaminated groundwater beneath landfills.

-Managed installation of Vapor-Enhanced Liquid-Phase Hydrocarbon Recovery System at hydrocarbon-contaminated former fueling station.

-Constructed pilot air spargning system for hydrocarbon remediation at a tank farm in Venezuela. Made recommendations for installation and construction of 800-meter long segmented air sparging trench and assisted in procuring mechanical parts and supplies to facilitate construction.

-On-site field manager for drilling, construction, and development of more than 50 SVE, groundwater monitoring, GPR monitoring, and air extraction wells for pilot-scale study conducted as part of the Rio Nuevo Landfill Stabilization Project.

-Maintains on-site remedial systems including electrical, mechanical, and plumbing.

-Installed and monitored sparging and soil vapor extraction equipment for a remediation pilot study of petroleum based hydrocarbon contaminated soils and perched water zones at a major oil company site in Arizona.

-On site field manager for an Ohio Superfund remediation feasibility study. Coordinated drill crew activities, installed monitor wells, oversaw core sampling and interpretation of lithological data, and sampled water, soil, and soil gas. Coordinated on site laboratory and constructed and installed inert gas and chemical tracer testing equipment. Responsible for health and safety procedures on site.

-Field manager for petroleum based soil and water contamination investigation at an oil pipe line company transfer station facility in Texas. Sampled water, soil, and soil gas. Coordinated field activities with on site laboratory. Interpreted data used to define aerial and vertical extent of contamination.

-Field geologist for over 80 soil gas surveys across the United States. Installed soil gas probes and water monitoring wells, and conducted lithological soil boring investigations as well as intensive soil, water, and soil gas sampling.

 
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