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October 30, 2013
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James Adamson presents at 125th Geological Society of America Meeting & Exposition

James Adamson presents at 125th Geological Society of America Meeting & Exposition in Denver Northwater principal, James Adamson presented “An Applied Summary of Groundwater Resources in Haiti” at the historical GSA meeting and expo in Denver. The presentation detailed the nearly complete publication that James is leading that summarizes Haiti’s groundwater resources based on years […]

September 25, 2013
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Great Lakes Ravine Restoration Toolkit

Great Lakes Ravine Restoration Toolkit The Alliance for the Great Lakes is the oldest independent organization devoted 100 percent to the Great Lakes. Their professional staff works with scientists, policymakers, businesses, community groups and everyday citizens to protect and restore the world’s largest surface freshwater resource. The Chicago Lakeshore is home to over fifty unique […]

August 20, 2013
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Aquifer Characterization Report

Anse-a-Galets Water Supply Study Published Team of Northwater, V3 and Haiti Outreach completed the Inter-American Development Bank funded study to characterize an alluvial aquifer on the island of La Gonave, Haiti. FINAL Ravine Tet Sous Report English 2013-08-02_opt

July 30, 2013
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Northwater Working with Water.org

Water.org in Haiti Northwater is providing technical water engineering, construction supervision and hydrogeology expertise on several community-led water supply projects in Haiti for Haiti Outreach and Water.org. Learn more about Haiti Outreach and water.org. Photo: Northwater Principal, James Adamson with Water.org co-founder Matt Damon in Haiti

June 9, 2013
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Northwater Sends Supersting R8/IP to Haiti

Supersting R8 – Resistivity and Induced Polarization System to Haiti Northwater’s 8-channel resistivity and IP system will be in Haiti for an indeterminate amount of time to support several initiatives throughout the country to characterize groundwater resources and site drilling locations for water wells. Learn more . The equipment is also being applied for a […]

April 3, 2013
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Groundwater Discovery Trou Louis Jeune

Groundwater Discovery to Serve Remote Coastal Community of Trou Louis Jeune, Haiti (via SBWire) Springfield, IL — (SBWIRE) — 04/03/2013 — The team of V3 Companies, Northwater Consulting and Haiti Outreach has drilled a successful high yield water well near the remote coastal community of Trou Louis Jeune. The discovery is part of a water […]

June 5, 2012
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Pollutant Load Water Quality Model Completed for Illinois and Kaskaskia Rivers

Pollutant Load Water Quality Model Completed for the Illinois River & Kaskaskia River Watersheds Upon completing an advanced custom GIS based pollution load model for the State of Illinois, Northwater presented results to representatives of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), Illinois EPA (IEPA), US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the University of […]

May 24, 2012
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Stratagem EH4 Geophysics Study in Cite Soliel and Gressier

Stratagem EH4 CSAMT/MT – Deep Geophysical Groundwater Studies in Cite Soleil & Gressier Northwater just completed the field work for several deep groundwater exploration investigations in the Department Ouest in Haiti. In Cite Soleil, we are working with Foratech to evaluate the possibility of deeper freshwater within Miocene and Oligocene geology; the area is coastal […]

May 16, 2012
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Groundwater Study near Arequipa, Peru

Geology & Groundwater Investigation, Arequipa Region of Peru James Adamson, PG and Stuart Dykstra just returned from a geologic/hydrogeologic investigation in Peru. The team covered hundreds of square km mapping the geologic formations of the desert plain and front range mountains around Arequipa for Viera Water Network. The biggest challenge in the plain is the prevalence […]

April 24, 2012
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Groundwater Exploration Success!

Groundwater Exploration Success! After spending over USD$ 70,000 on many previous drilling attempts that resulted in brackish water or dry holes, a client contacted us to perform a 3-day hydrogeologic and geophysics investigation last fall to support a humanitarian housing development for residents displaced resulting from natural disasters. During the investigation, we discovered a geologic […]