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Adobe V. Taeckers, Woodland, CA
Served as an expert witness in a complicated case involving leakage of PCE into and out of the City sewer system from a dry cleaning establishment in a shopping center. The case was in Federal court. Also served in subsequent proceedings.
Hartford V. City Of Lodi, CA
Served as an expert witness in a case in which the City of Lodi was attempting to have a group of insurance companies pay for the cost of remediating several PCE plumes. Issues that were addressed included: standard of care for maintenance of the sewer system; which...
Contaminated Water Supply In Mobile Home Park, Sonoma County, CA
Provided technical expertise on a case in which a tenant in a mobile home on an agricultural property sued due to a contaminated water supply and an overflowing septic tank/leach field system. Determined that the property owner’s house was being served with the same...
Water System Contamination in Mobile Home Park, Butte County, CA
As an expert witness, evaluated alleged coliform contamination of the water supply to a mobile home park. The issues in the case involved the sampling techniques, the significance of the coliform laboratory analyses, the adequacy of the supply of water from the water...
Mobile Home Park Contamination, North Bay
Technical expert on a case north of San Francisco Bay where the residents sued the owner alleging that the water supply was contaminated and that they had been exposed to sewage.
Water System Contamination In A City In Utah
Served as an expert witness in a case where a municipal water system was contaminated by a cross connection to an untreated irrigation water system. The untreated irrigated water system had been supplied with potable water for several years until the untreated...
New England City
Provided expert engineering advice to a New England City where six large wastewater pumps began to fail after only four months of service. Documented why the City was justified in deciding to replace the pumps rather than to continue to nurse them along.
Mobile Home Park Sewage Overflow, San Jose, CA
Represented the owner of a mobile home in a park where the sewer system regularly overflowed under his unit. Determined that the previous overflows were due to problems with the pump station that served the mobile home park. These problems were fixed but another...
City of Alameda
Conducted a feasibility study of installing a mechanically cleaned bar screen on a stormwater pump station. Received the assignment on Friday. Delivered the report to the City engineering staff on Monday afternoon for use in a meeting with the City Manager on Tuesday...