AquaConSoil 2019

James Baldock is a Technical Director within ERM UK and has over 20 years of experience in the fields of environmental site investigation, design, implementation and management of a wide variety of contaminated soil and groundwater investigation, remediation projects and hydrogeological assessments. He has extensive experience in the design and application of all major in-situ and ex-situ remediation technologies and is a thermal technology specialist, having been involved in several projects where steam injection, ISTD and/or ERH have been deployed. He leads ERMs global thermal team in Europe and has presented numerous papers at national and international technical conferences on the sustainable application of these technologies.

Simon Gibbons is a Technical Fellow at ERM specialising in the field of hydrogeology. In total he has twenty-two years’ experience in environmental site assessment, hydrogeological modelling, risk assessment and remediation projects. His recent work has included developing integrated catchment scale water models for analysing water availability and project risks for mining and oil & gas projects across Europe, Africa and South America. Across his breadth of expertise Simon has also been responsible for integrating and automating analysis of site investigation, risk assessment and modelling data into Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Simon also has a key role in ERM’s current digital transformation programme and is part of the team developing solutions for our Site Investigation, DDD and Due Diligence Practice Areas.

Jos Gompelman is a consultant based in the ERM office in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Jos joined the Asset Management team of ERM in 2011 after completing his Master in Geochemistry at the Utrecht University. Since then Jos has been working on a wide variety of contaminated site management projects. Over the past years Jos has gained valuable experience in soil and groundwater investigations, risk assessments, remediation and complex site investigation projects. Over the past three years his focus shifted towards investigating complex contaminated sites using High Resolution Site Characterization and developing Conceptual Site Models. Jos is predominantly active on the Dutch market for multi-national clients in sectors such as oil and gas, chemical, manufacturing and real estate.

Nanda Hermes has more than 20 years of experience in the environmental sector as a consultant, EIA expert and certified soil expert. She has been working on various projects for multinational companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector and the waste processing industry and is a member of ERM's Emerging Contaminant Team and the PFAS ITRC working group. Nanda will talk about the identification of emerging contaminants and the global evolution of PFAS regulations, and its impact to regulatory agencies, consulting companies and industries.

Kenneth Jones, a Principal Consultant in ERM France’s Asset Management group, has more than 18 years of experience in providing consultancy support to a variety of multinational clients in a number of industry sectors both in the UK and, since 2007, in France. Kenneth’s primary focus is on accompanying clients with their contaminated land management challenges (from characterization through risk/liability assessment to remediation) – he will be discussing (May 22nd) the importance of characterization in the definition of an appropriate treatment strategy, and also supporting a poster presentation of a recent thermal remediation project in France.

Ken Kiefer has over 20 years of experience in the risk assessment and environmental toxicology. He is currently is the ERM risk assessment Technical Community global leader. He has experience in quantitative human health and ecological risk assessments for complex sites with multiple regulatory stakeholders in the U.S. and Australia. He has demonstrated experience as risk assessment lead advising complex investigations (e.g. surface water, sediment, and biota) and integrating inter-disciplinary specialists studies (e.g. groundwater fate and transport modelling, groundwater mass flux, surface water hydrodynamic modelling, air dispersion modelling, and ecological surveys) to support risk assessment and risk-based decision-making. He has experience with a broad range of chemical/radiological contaminants and emerging issues, such as PFAS, to meet a range of client objectives.

Kevin is a Desert Storm Veteran having spent eight years in the U. S. Army, is a Technical Director and the North America sustainable remediation lead working out of the ERM Philadelphia office in Malvern, PA. His specific experience includes in situ and ex situ remediation feasibility studies, pilot testing, peer reviews and full-scale design, installation, startup, and sustainable remediation at CERCLA, RCRA, state led and global sites as well as expert witness testimony. Kevin’s related experiences include implementation of sustainable remediation strategies. Kevin is also a subject matter expert on use of environmental molecular diagnostics and various innovative and sustainable site remediation designs including; biopile, biobarrier, biowall, PRB’s, biotic and abiotic metals sequestration, pond and wetland design and construction for remediation of chlorinated solvents, perchlorate, explosives, petroleum hydrocarbons and metals. Kevin Morris has implemented and/or designed sustainable investigation and remediation strategies in over 40 states of the U.S.A. as well as Brazil, Peru, Togo, Australia, France, South Africa, UK, Italy, Spain, Taiwan and China. Kevin Morris also has more than 25 papers presented at various remediation conferences over the last 16 years.

Paulo Valle is a Partner within ERM with over 25 years’ experience in the management of contaminated Sites in Belgium and Internationally. He is a senior technical advisor for global and local ERM key clients with significant experience designing and managing complex remediation projects. Paulo is often presenting in international conferences and providing trainings to clients, regulators, industry associations and academic institutes on a variety of technical areas.

Olga Vounaki has over 17 years of experience in contaminated land management. She supports all kind of industries in managing their liabilities in line with legal compliance requirements taking into account sustainability and water management aspects. Olga will share a case study related to how defining site specific water discharge values for 1,4-Dioxane and other compounds resulted in a sustainable gain of the remediation system in place.