John Fontana
CPG, CWD, President/CEO
Vista GeoScience
John Fontana is a Certified Professional Geologist, Certified Well Driller, President/CEO and owner of Vista GeoScience in Golden, Colorado. He has over 35 years of hands-on experience operating and managing advanced site characterization and optimized in-situ remediation technology services. John models and interprets high-resolution subsurface data and assists clients with applying this data to in-situ remediation design. John has served on an EPA Science Advisory Board, and recently wrote guidance on ITRC teams including “Implementing Advanced Site Characterization Technologies” and on “Optimizing In-Situ Remediation Injections.” He holds a BS in Geology, Oceanography and Physics from Humboldt State University, California.
FLASH POSTER PRESENTATION
Complex LNAPL Site Characterization Using 3D Data Visualization and the New Ultra-Violet Optical Image Profiler and Hydraulic Profile Tool (OiHPT-UV)
High concentrations of dissolved phase BTEX and TVPH compounds generally indicate the presence of lighter non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPL), even when there is little or no LNAPL in monitor wells. These sites are suspected to have confined and/or immobile LNAPL. Locating the distribution of this LNAPL can be elusive using conventional characterization methods. The OIP-UV tool is an optical direct-push probe tool developed in 2016 that detects petroleum LNAPL at a vertical resolution of 0.05 feet using ultra-violet induced fluorescence. In 2018, the Hydraulic Profile Tool was integrated into the OIP-UV probe adding injection pressure and flow, hydraulic conductivity (K), and specific electrical conductance (SEC). This data identifies the hydrostratigraphy responsible for confining LNAPL below the water table, where remediation is more difficult, and natural depletion rates are slower. Several data interpretation examples will be shown including 3D visualization models of complex OIP-UV/HPT survey results.