Applied Geosciences & Environmental Management (AGEM)
Environmental Research Division
Argonne National Laboratory
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AGEM Capabilities

  • Direct push technology
    • Rapid acquisition of subsurface geologic and hydrogeologic information using direct push technology to identify lithology, water saturation, and hydrogeologic properties and to conduct soil and water sampling.
  • Installation of wells and monitoring networks
    • Monitoring well installation utilizing both direct push and conventional drilling methods. Design and monitoring of long-term monitoring network systems.
    • Extensive experience in water well installation (drilling, completion and development) and design.
  • Groundwater data acquisition and modeling
    • Acquisition and application of geochemical and isotope data for analysis of multi-aquifer systems, identification of preferential flow, and determination of areas of recharge to groundwater systems.
    • Simulation of groundwater systems using numerical modeling to optimize water resource management, to predict future contaminant migration, to evaluate restoration alternatives for contaminated aquifer systems, and to optimize remedial design.
    • Integrated simulation of groundwater and surface water systems on a watershed scale as a means to protect the aquifer systmes from contamination and to optimize sustainable usage of water resources.
    • Employment of advanced techniques to estimate hydrologic properties of complex aquifer systems.
  • Geophysical methods
    • Application of geophysical methods ot identify 3-D lithologic (bedrock, aquifer, etc.) distribution as well as stratigraphic and structural relationships.
  • 3-D visualization
    • Visualization of 3-D geologic strata and structures and aquifer systems.
  • Remote sensing
    • Utilization of satellite imagery and remote sensing information to determine/identify parameters for analyses of hydrologic systems in a watershed-based study.
  • Management and implementation of large-scale projects
    • Knowledge and considerable experience in directing and facilitating implementation of large-scale projects.
    • Use of the computer based Primavera project, personnel, and budget tracking system. This system is used extensively in large-scale construction projects.
    • Extensive experience in report preparation and presentation of proposals and programmatic results to private, regulatory and governmental agencies.
    • Extensive subcontracting experience.
  • Analytical laboratory capabilities
    • Analytical laboratory capable of providing fast analysis, new methodologies, and development of new methods for analysis with state-of-the-art instrumentation.

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