Hydrogeology

Environmental Engineering

Gas Storage Engineering

Geological Engineering

Michael King is a Certified Hydrogeologist with over 25 years of experience in the field of ground water hydrogeology involving the development, use, treatment, and protection of ground water based water supply systems. Additional areas of expertise include drilling technology, hazardous waste management, gas storage engineering, and geotechnical studies.

EDUCATION

• 1973 BS GEOLOGY, University of Missouri-Rolla
• 1975 MS GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, University of Missouri-Rolla

REGISTRATION/LICENSES

• 1999 Professional Geologist No. M64501/Alberta, Canada
• 1998 Professional Geologist No. 4387/State of Tennessee
• 1998 Professional Geologist No. 1133/State of Wisconsin
• 1995 Certified Hydrogeologist No. 157/State of California
• 1993 Certified Engineering Geologist No. 1741 / State of California
• 1992 Registered Geologist No. 5312 / State of California
• 1992 Registered Geologist No. 759 / State of Idaho

EXPERIENCE

• 1995- Principal Geological Engineer--The HYDRODYNAMICS Group, Edmonds, WA
• 1992-1994 Principal Hydrogeologist--AGS, Inc., San Francisco, CA
• 1988-1992 Vice President--ASE Drilling, Inc., San Carlos, CA
• 1987-1988 Senior Hydrogeologist--GEO/Resource Consultants, San Francisco, CA
• 1982-1987 Vice President--Energy Systems & Resources, Inc., Novato, CA
• 1978-1982 Senior Geologist--URS/John A. Blume Associates, San Francisco, CA
• 1975-1978 Senior Gas Engineer--Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• Association of Engineering Geologists
• Groundwater Resource Association of California
• Navy League of the United States
• Society of American Military Engineers
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• U.S. Navy Institute
• Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
• Technical reviewer for the AEG Bulletin.
• AEG Washington State Section: Secretary
• 1975 AEG: Engineering Resource Unit Approach to Land Use Planning.
• 1985 AEG: Application of Petroleum Engineering to Analysis of Contaminated Groundwater.
• 1987 Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference: Panel Chairperson, Compressed-Air Energy Storage Technology.
• 1995 AEG: Ground Water Resource Development: Comparison of Three Methods of Analysis.

HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAINING

• 1996 Current RCRA and CERCLA 40-hour and 8-hour hazardous management safety training.
• 1995 Groundwater Modeling and Transport: JDB-2D/3D MOC Code
• 1994 Groundwater computer model short course, University of California-Berkeley
• 1993 Completed course work on the design of vadose zone remediation systems

TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEES

• Electric Power Research Institute, Pittsfield CAES Field Test Program
• Skagit-Hanford Nuclear Power Project License Review
• Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository Oversight-Inyo and Esmeralda Counties

Ground Water Hydrogeology

Michael King has conducted over 16 watershed resource studies in the past 5 years. He has conducted studies for Ground Water Master Plan for the San Francisco Water Department, which involves ground-water source analysis, exploratory drilling, pump testing, and development of a wellhead protection program. He also conducted for four coastal communities in support of applications for ground-water supplies to the California Coastal Commission, the California Utilities Commission, and various county Environmental Health Departments. Numerical modeling of aquifer systems was used as a planning tool for a number of these studies.

Applied Ground Water Research

Michael King was involved in applied research for the evaluation of aquifer pumping test techniques and innovative watershed analysis. He presented a number of papers on the application of petroleum technology to aquifer pump test analysis. He is currently a technical editor for the AEG Bulletin. He was a member of the technical review team for the Skagit-Hanford nuclear power plant responsible for evaluating numerical ground water models of the Tri-Cities area. He currently provides technical oversight to Inyo and Esmeralda Counties for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository project. This involves the review of contaminant transport models of southern Nevada.

Drilling Technology

Mr. King was a former owner and Vice-President of ASE Drilling Company; he supervised the drilling, installation, and testing of over 500 domestic, commercial, and public water supply wells. He was an owner and operator of mud- and air-rotary, reverse circulation, and auger drill rigs. Michael engaged in the business of developing ground water supplies for nine years. Michael also managed environmental drilling and sampling projects at a number of sites under Level B environmental protection conditions.

Hazardous Waste Management

Michael King performed over 30 environmental investigations in the past 7 years. These studies have ranged from level I environmental site assessments for the Sacramento light-rail transportation corridor to the remediation of free-phase petroleum hydrocarbon from leaking underground storage tanks. Michael has been the project manager for major environmental projects, such as a 17 site investigation along the I-105 Interstate in Los Angeles. He recently completed a study of contaminate transport to dewatering facilities at the San Francisco International Airport; this involved complex numerical ground water modeling and transport analysis.

Gas Storage Engineering

Mr. King was involved in natural gas and air storage in aquifer storage structures throughout the United States. He was a gas storage engineer for Natural Gas Pipeline Company for three years; there he was responsible for gas storage operations at 3 natural gas aquifer storage fields in the midwest. Michael designed compressed-air energy storage systems for the Hume Structure in Illinois and the Lodi abandoned gas field in California. He conducted research for EPRI and Southern California Edison for development of compressed-air energy storage. Michael was on the Electric Power Research Institute's Technical Review Committee for compressed-air energy storage.

Geotechnical Studies

Michael King conducted geotechnical engineering studies of various critical facilities. These studies have included seismic design studies of 1) Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant; 2) N, K, and L Reactors at the Savannah River Plant; and 3) Purex Plutonium Treatment Plant at Hanford, Washington. He has also conducted geotechnical and seismic studies for nuclear waste storage tunnels at the Nevada Test Site, and for the Sunol Water Treatment Plant on the Calaveras Fault in California.