Jord Gertson        SourceWater Consulting                        

 

• Individually owned and operated since 2000, SourceWater specializes in the analysis, planning, and management of environmental data collection.

 

Experience                                                

 

• Water Quality SCADA System Design and Install • March 2007

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Frontier Environmental Services, Brown &Caldwell - Designed and Installed telemetry equipment to remotely monitor mine tunnel drainage water quality prior to and after treatment.  Experienced high altitude conditions and remote access to the treatment system.

• Hydrologic Design, Outlet Works Repair • October 2006

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Frontier Environmental Services, Bureau of Land Management - designed an outlet works repair to accommodate historic surface water area and establish fish migration path, Trout Creek Pond, Park County.

 

• Operator In Responsible Charge, Drinking Water Treatment • December 2005 - Present

     SourceWater Consulting - monitoring 9 public drinking water systems for CDPHE compliance

 

• Abandoned Mine Hydrogeologic Investigation, Project Manager • December 2002 – Present

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Denver, Colorado 80202        

 

  Responsibilities Include: acting project manager;

Implementing a hydrogeologic investigation within the Leadville Mining District for the USEPA to identify the source waters of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel using an approach based on Principal Component Analysis and End Member Mixing Analysis of water isotopes and solute chemistry geographically aiding the decision process for a containment remedy. Working in conjunction with Frontier Environmental Services, University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Cambrian Ground Water Company, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and Colorado Mountain College.

 

• Water Quality Planning Consultant • March 2000 – December 2003

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Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments            

Buena Vista, Colorado 81211            

 

Responsibilities Include: acting project manager;

    Conducting water quality research as a project manager in compliance with Clean Water Act section 208 water quality planning in the Upper Arkansas River Basin. The evaluation entails a delineation and assessment of point and non-point pollution sources within Lake, Chaffee, Fremont, and Custer Counties.  Focusing on Source Water Assessment Area delineation using Arc-View 3.2, including point and non-point pollution source inventory and susceptibility analysis for public water supply systems.

 

• Water Quality Monitoring Project Manager • April 2000 – December 2002

 

Colorado Mountain College, Timberline

Natural Resource Management Institute

901 hwy 24 • Leadville, Co. 80461

 

Responsibilities Include:

All facets of Research/ Environmental Consulting Projects for the NRMI

Specific duties include;

• Project startup and contract negotiations with clientele

• Project training and work load coordination with NRMI student employees

• Supervision of NRMI employees

    • Documentation project scope, methods (work and field sampling plans, quality assurance/quality control, health and safety plan), and results (final technical memoranda, quarterly progress reports or other required deliverables)

• Database structuring and maintenance (development and training for sample tracking, photo tracking ect.)

• Client communication, NRMI communication

• Marketing and procurement of contracts/research opportunities

Specific Project Experience Include:

    Lincoln Gulch Remediation within public water supply: A design-build project aimed at eliminating potential pathways for acid rock drainage to enter the public water supply of Leadville Colorado. Acted as design hydrologist and project manager in determining the 100-yr-24hr and 500-yr-24hr flow related calculations for design of diversion and retention structures.

    California Gulch Site-Wide Water Quality Analysis: On an as-needed basis, the water quality and quantity within various drainages throughout the site are sampled and monitoring to determine the efficacy of existing remedial actions, or the need to implement others.  The efforts are conducted under the direction of the U.S. EPA and CDPHE, and groundwater studies.  Currently an evaluation of the hydrodynamic connectivity between surface and subsurface systems is being evaluated through a dye-trace mechanism. The results will be used to design a subsurface waste removal system.

    Groundwater Tracing Analysis: A long term monitoring program has been developed to identify dominant groundwater pathways within the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT) drainage network, sampling efforts are designed to determine if contaminated surface water can be effectively routed to the LMDT Bureau of Reclamation treatment without extensive water loss.

    California Gulch Operable Unit 2 Closure: Buried mine-waste remediation efforts have been completed for OU2 within the site.  As part of record of decision, a baseline evaluation as well as quarterly monitoring efforts needs to be completed.  A monitoring design was assembled to meet the U.S. EPA, CDPHE, and the Division of Mining and Geology requirements.

    Mesa State College and USGS Manganese Toxicity Evaluation: An evaluation of the diel photo-toxicity related phenomenon within St. Kevin’s Gulch (Lake County) is being conducted between Mesa State, USGS and CMC.

Division of Wildlife Aquatic Toxicology Experiments:  An evaluation of the aquatic resistance to elevated metals concentration within California Gulch, Tennessee Creek, and the Arkansas River.  On a daily basis during the experiment duration water quality and aquatic species monitoring is conducted at eleven different sites within the Upper Arkansas River Basin.

 

• Hydrologic Planning Consultant • October 1999

 

Mountain Engineering and Testing                

1537 G Street • Salida, Colorado 81201            

 

Responsible for Surveying hydrologic entities, computing probable flood discharge comparisons using the TR-55 and my personnel flow modeling program with the SCS Type II 24 hr rainfall distribution curve, examining collected data to design the appropriate drainage diversions, and assembled a drainage report and plan for a proposed land development.

 

• Hydrologic Data Analyst • October 1998 - December 1998

 

Colorado State University, Earth Resources

Fort Collins, Colorado 80521            

 

     Formed statistical, quality control, and quality assurance methods on stream flow data that resulted in the addition of statistical data to a long-term paired watershed study.

 

• Laboratory Technician • June 1997 - December 1998

 

Soil, Water, and Plant Testing Laboratory        

Colorado State University NESB 306 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80521        

    

    Performed EPA approved analytical chemistry analyses on soil, water, and plants.  Assisted in the assessment of lab procedure protocol for organic matter and phosphorous analysis.  Analyzed soil, water, and plants for; concentrations of organic matter, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, carbon, pH, texture, conductivity, total metals, hardness, alkalinity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, and chloride.  Gained familiarity with the following analytical equipment: Leco CHN, Leco Sulfur Furnace, Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer, and Spectrometer 2000, Orion pH and conductivity meters, and an Ion Chromatograph.  

 

 

 

 

• Atmospheric Research Technician •    January 1996, 1995

 

Storm Peak Laboratory, Mt. Werner, Steamboat Springs Co. 80477

Desert Research Institute

University of Nevada System        

 

    Chemically analyzed and compared cloud aerosol samples collected by Colorado State University Atmospheric Sciences department and The City College of New York as a quality assurance procedure, and experimented with an alternate atmospheric instrument deployment to weather balloons.

 

Education                                                

• Bachelor of Science: Watershed Management, June 1999

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Co. 80521  

Prepared a senior thesis: The Hydrologic Assessment of a proposed mining operation on Taylor Creek Watershed in northwestern Colorado, in which a mining plan, reclamation plan, and water quality and quantity monitoring program was designed and presented.

 

Professional Associations for Ongoing Skill Enhancement and Credibility             

• National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

• American Water Works Association (NWWA)

• Geological Society of America  (GSA)

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

 

Publications                                                                  

 

Wireman M., Gertson J., Williams M., 2006 Isotopic and Hydrogeologic Characterization of ground waters, mine pools and     the leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel, Leadville, Colorado” ICARD International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage,     Published by the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, March 26-30

 

SourceWater Consulting, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. “California Gulch Superfund Site, Snowcover Characteristics Report”     prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2002 “Hydrogeologic Investigation of the Leadville     Mine Drainage Tunnel, operable unit 6, and vicinity”, Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.     August.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2001 “hydrologic modeling of the Ibex and Irene     watershed near Leadville for hydrologic and geomorphic control” prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection     Agency. May.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2000. ”Field Sampling Plan for DyeTracer Analysis”,     prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. October.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2000. “Work Plan for California

    Gulch Superfund Site Operable Unit 2”, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. August.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2000. “South Evans Technical

    Memorandum”, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. October.

 

Colorado Mountain College Natural Resource Management Institute. 2000. “Summary of Site Wide

    Sampling Events 2000”, prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. December.

 

Mountain Engineering and Testing. 1999. “Drainage Report and Plan Tenderfoot Industrial Park”. Prepared for Moltz     Construction. November.

 

 

 

Other Qualifications & Skills                                    

    

• Established office skills include: technical writing, word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation skills.

• Computer software experience: Arc View 3.2, ARC Info, AutoCAD 2000, Access, A Basic, HEC-1, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS,          Excel, Lotus, Word, Power Point, QuatroPro, Pascal, SAS, TR-55, Mac OS, and DOS.

• Completed 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPPER course and MSHA course

• Certified Class D Water Operator and level 1 distribution

 

 

Interests                                                

 Rock and Ice climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, backcountry skiing, ice-skating, hiking, plant identification, hydrology, meteorology, furniture design and construction, artistic expression, gardening, learning, and exploring