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Death By Septicity From Gardening In A Leach Field, Southern California.
Represented the defense of a septic system installer. A handicapped person who was unable to walk had gardened in the area above the leach field that defendant had constructed, had come down with septicity, and had died. It was alleged that the septicity was due to...
Evaluation Of A Leachfield For An Expanded Church, Palm Beach County, Florida.
Evaluated a proposed leach-field expansion to serve a greatly expanded church. Determined that the leach-field required by County regulations could not be fit on the available site. -2005, July. Agape Church. Pam Crawford.
Other Planning
Pittsburg Montezuma Stormwater Pump Station. Made a preliminary analysis of pump replacement at an ancient stormwater pump station. Noted to the client that the various criteria for the project were conflicting. Recommended that the project not be undertaken until...
Stormwater Facilities Planning
Modesto Stormwater Detention Basin Design Guide Review. Reviewed the stormwater permit, draft master plan, standard specifications, Guidance Manual, and dual use document to evaluate why there is so much diversity in the types of stormwater detention basins that are...
Water Facilities Planning
City of Stockton. Prepared an evaluation of an elevated steel water tank that had been found to be corroded. As a part of the evaluation, a determination was made that there is lead based paint on the exterior and interior of the tank. Methods were proposed for...
Wastewater Facilities Planning
City of Point Arena. Was asked by the City to recommend Infiltration/Inflow improvements to the sewer system since the City’s percolation ponds had nearly overflowed during the preceding winter. Determined that improvements of the percolation ponds would increase the...
Other Forensic Engineering
Residential Leakage and Drainage Problems. Investigated leakage and drainage problems in approximately 200 houses. About a dozen of these cases resulted in legal action, in which Bonneau Dickson was used as an expert. Expert Witness, Failed Stormdrain Piping. Serving...
PCE (Perchlorethylene-Laundry Solvent) Contamination
Bonneau Dickson has served as an expert witness on several cases in which it was alleged that public sewer systems had allowed perchloroethylene (PCE) that was discharged by dry cleaning establishments to contaminate the groundwater. Topics of interest were design...
Standard of Care
Reviewed the Standard Of Care in the design of a wastewater system for a food processor in the Sacramento River valley. Discovered that the design engineer had not included a solids removal unit process in the aerated lagoon wastewater treatment system, thus the...