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  • April 1, 2024
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Marine Corps Base Quantico Wastewater Treatment Plant Utility Clearance

The Marine Corps Base Quantico needed to perform soil borings in 21 locations on its wastewater treatment plant premises. However, the presence of underground utilities posed a risk of damage...

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  • May 13, 2022
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Dam Seepage/ Subsidence Geophysical Survey

An old earthen dam displayed signs of seepage. One state agency wanted to breach and rebuild it immediately, and another agency wanted to repair it. RETTEW was tasked with detecting...

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  • May 21, 2020

Paradise Township Detention Basin Retrofit

Paradise Township implemented a detention basin retrofit project that will reduce their sediment loading rates by 30,695 pounds per year, phosphorus rates by 12 pounds per year, and nitrogen rates...

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  • April 12, 2017

Millersville University Campus Improvements

Millersville University was in need of a single firm to supply services for various campus projects to enhance campus amenities and create safe, inviting spaces for the school’s students, faculty,...

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  • April 12, 2017

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge GPS Control Survey and LiDAR Mapping

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) requested updated topographic mapping of 11,000 acres for future land planning and management. The widely varied terrain and density of vegetation across this...

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  • April 12, 2017

Lancaster County Engineer

Located in South Central Pennsylvania along the Susquehanna River, Lancaster County is more than 950 square miles, with a population of more than 507,000 residents throughout 60 municipalities. The County...

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  • April 12, 2017

Casper PCE Plumes Orphan Site Investigation

A tetrachloroethylene (PCE) plume is present in the groundwater beneath the northern portion of downtown Casper, the extents of which had been assessed throughout nearly 20 years of site characterization...

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  • April 12, 2017

Catskill Watershed Land Acquisition and Conservation Easement Programs

New York City depends on the Catskill Watershed for the majority of its potable water supply. In 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a filtration avoidance determination to New...

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  • April 12, 2017

WDEQ Phase I ESAs for Wyoming Communities

Many Wyoming communities have brownfield properties that are abandoned or underutilized because of known or suspected environmental contamination. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has established the Brownfields Assistance...

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  • April 12, 2017

Worlds End State Park Day Use Area

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (PA DCNR) needed a day use facility for visitors to its 780-acre Worlds End State Park, one of PA DCNR’s premier recreational...

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