HGI’s Shawn Calendine and Chris Baldyga were featured speakers at a training presentation for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).  The ADEQ presentation focused on methods of  leak location and leak detection for geosynthetic liners, subsurface tanks, landfills, and mining…

HGI launches a new website and service called   –  Leak Detection Services! HGI takes leak detection seriously and a significant portion of our business comes from understanding where leaks have occurred, the impacts of a leak, and leak mitigation. By applying sound principles of…

HGI’s “Surface Geophysical Exploration” technology was featured in the July 29 issue of ‘Solutions’, a weekly publication of highlights and progress of the Hanford Tank Operations Contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS).  Also known as SGE, this technology is an imaging…

   Dr. Jim Fink has retired after 15 years as Chief Scientist at Hydrogeophysics and a lifetime of dedication to the field of geophysics.  It is with great honor that the staff of HGI recognizes Dr. Fink for his many accomplishments, and distinguished career. Dr. Fink completed a dual-major…

HGI is conducting monitoring experiments within the new Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO) at the Biosphere 2.  LEO consists of three 333 m2hillslope landscapes, constructed inside an environmentally controlled greenhouse facility. LEO aims to address today’s challenges in Earth science by…

The long electrode method uses steel cased wells for passing electrical current or measuring the resulting electrical field potential.  In this latest work, we set out to validate the methodology by conducting a pilot scale (on the order of a few meters) field experiment, whereby a plume of known…

The workshop held in Boise, ID was a chance for HGI to demonstrate the latest technological developments in hardware acquisition and array optimization.  From the abstract titled “Optimized Geoelectric Monitoring for 3D Arrays”: Capturing the relevant spatiotemporal geoelectric detail…

hydroGEOPHYSICS, Inc. (HGI) was purchased by Columbia Energy & Environmental Services, Inc. (Columbia Energy)  in November of 2009.  Columbia Energy and HGI had been teaming partners, since 2004, for project work performed on the DOE Hanford Nuclear Reservation, located in eastern WA.…