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Environmental forensics subject of National Ground Water Association course (June 15, 2011)

(WESTERVILLE, OH — June 15, 2011) An intermediate-to-advanced course on environmental forensics will be held September 19-20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, by the National Ground Water Association.

Among the most important disciplines in environmental forensics — the multidisciplinary field of investigating how and when contamination occurred — are often chemistry and hydrogeology.

In this NGWA course, participants will learn about cross-discipline investigation methods, current contaminant-specific tools for the most common contaminants in groundwater, and experiences in sharing methods.

This course is best suited to:

Consulting engineers and hydrogeologists
Potentially responsible parties
Regulators
Attorneys whose practice includes environmental litigation
University researchers
Graduate students.

The course instructors are:

Alan Jeffrey, Ph.D., the senior geochemist at DPRA/Zymax Forensics in Escondido, California
Robert Morrison, Ph.D., an environmental consultant and cofounder of the International Society of Environmental Forensics
Brian L. Murphy, Ph.D., who has more than 30 years experience in data analysis and mathematical modeling of pollutant fate and transport and editorial board member for the journal, Environmental Forensics.

To learn more about this course, as well as the many other NGWA educational programs, click on the "Events/Education" menu tab above or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).

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