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CASE STUDY: A Million Dollar Difference
Client avoids excess project expense via experience and wide toolset. CLIENT NEED: For years the gun club shot at targets launched over an estuary. For decades this seemed harmless. But the shot was lead and after many years the State wanted to figure out where all the lead was and wasn’t. Under several feet of […]
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Can Grain Size predict a sample’s potential for contaminant loading?
We live sediment. Sometimes we even dream about it. If you need thousands of Grain Size analyses or just a few, Aqua Survey can collect the samples and perform Sieve or Hydrometer analyses for you. “Can Grain Size predict a sample’s potential for contaminant loading?” The answer is YES. A sample’s grain size can be […]
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SAME Flatscreen TV Contest
We’d like to congratulate the following winners of our SAME contest! Grand Prize TV Winner Anthony Moore, Environmental Works, Inc. Amazon Gift Card Winners Colleen Rust, Sundance Consulting Horace Walker, Florabama Geospatial Solutions, LLC
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UXO Survivor to Break-Dance Advocate
l just finished watching Ken Burn’s 10 episode documentary series on the Vietnam War. It was a tough watch. It has rekindled my determination to help rid Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam of the millions of unexploded bombs (UXO) that lie in wait; hidden in soils and rice paddies. It’s amazing that after all these years, […]
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Strange Reactions Throughout History and the Animal Kingdom
From the wrath of God to an abbreviated workday, humans have attributed some unusual meanings to eclipses over the years. Other members of the animal kingdom aren’t too far behind when it comes to strange reactions. With today’s eclipse just a few hours away, we thought it’d be fun to take a look at a […]
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CASE STUDY: 2,825 Sediment Cores in 3 Weeks
Time was running out for the State of New Jersey. They needed it done and done right. Client Needs: As a result of Super Storm Sandy, New Jersey’s channels experienced massive sedimentation. The question was, how much was directly attributable to the superstorm and what was the result of normal buildup processes? FEMA would provide […]
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Case Study 19: Amityville Handgun
With the recent release of the latest reboot of the Amityville Horror franchise, we thought it’d be interesting to revisit this case study from a few years back. Client Need: A documentary filmmaker was producing a three part series exploring the real-life case history of the 1974 homicide case which inspired the Amityville Horror franchise. […]
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Aqua Survey Lunch and Learn Tour – Back with a New Twist
Question: What does the French Algerian War, Cleopatra’s Palace and Bomb-hunting ROV’s have in common? Answer: They are all part of Aqua Survey’s newest Lunch and Learn. Our mixed-media, informal presentations inform and entertain (after all, who said learning has to be painful). Travel around the world with us over lunch (or dinner). Topics include: […]
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CASE STUDY #38: UXO Unearthed During Construction
Client Needs: An engineering firm was in the process of refurbishing a relatively small ferryboat terminal in the Northeast. In this process, an intact, massive (and potentially explosive) Rodman cannonball was unearthed by a backhoe. To provide worker safety, the work zone had to be surveyed for other unexploded ordnance (UXO). Services Provided: Aqua Survey […]