The reliability of a water supply, whether it is a private well or public water, depends on an understanding of hydrogeology, geochemistry, drinking water standards, and environmental regulations that may apply to water withdrawal.
St.Germain Collins takes a holistic approach to water resource projects by understanding the life-cycle of the resource: from recharge filling a lake or aquifer, to determining whether natural recharge can provide the needed quantity, to predicting the affect of long-term water withdrawal on water quality and the environment. Our work has ranged from identifying a new public groundwater supply, to determining the cause and solution to road salt contamination of a well, to calculating how groundwater withdrawal affects the flow of a nearby stream.
Water Resource Services
- Groundwater supply exploration
- Goundwater and surface water monitoring
- Spring water evaluations
- Road salt and saltwater intrusion contamination assessments
- Water supply vulnerability assessments
- Wellhead protection plans
- Hydrogeologic investigations
Site Types
- Water utilities
- Quarries and landfills
- Commercial spring water companies
- Municipalities with road salt liability
- Industrial water withdrawal
- Coastal saltwater intrusion
Select Clients
- Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and Wells Water District
- Holbrook Foundation
- Town of Pittston
- Hampden Water District
Select Clients
- Road salt contamination – Pittston, Maine
- Groundwater monitoring – Pike Industries – Maine