2510 Kilgary Place
Victoria BC
V8N 1J5
(250) 472-2252
dvaneverdingen@waterlineresources.com
David van Everdingen, Ph.D., P.Geol. (AB), P.Geo. (BC)
Senior Hydrogeologist
EDUCATION
Memorial University of Newfoundland
University of Waterloo
University of Calgary
REGISTRATION
Professional Geologist: Alberta
Professional Geoscientist: British Columbia
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, 1993
M.Sc., Hydrogeology, 1984
B.Sc., Earth Sciences, 1980
WHMIS, First Aid, TDG, H2S,
Ground Disturbance, ATV training
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE1
Regional Aquifer Studies
Aquifer mapping study Sunshine Coast British Columbia. Characterization of the Bow and
Elbow River alluvial aquifers in Alberta. Watershed scale groundwater studies in Elbow River,
Willow Creek and Crowsnest River Alberta, watersheds. Development of groundwater
management framework for Cold Lake Beaver River Region, Alberta.
Water resources
Installation of and interpretation of pumping test data from production water wells for a proposed
subdivision near Okotoks, Alberta and for feedlot operations near Fort MacLeod and Paradise
Valley, Alberta as well as installation of and testing of private water wells. Assessment of
existing pumps at a waste water treatment plant to pump groundwater levels to below a
100-year flood stage. Installation of wells for Alberta Environment’s GOWN Network.
Environmental monitoring
Development of groundwater and leachate monitoring networks, development and supervision
of groundwater and leachate monitoring programs and reporting to regulatory agencies around
City of Calgary landfills. Development of gas monitoring networks. Developing, managing and
maintaining data management system for monitoring data (groundwater, leachate, gas and
weather). Remediation of areas containing hydrocarbon contaminated soils.
Landfill related projects
Development of monitoring and response plans. Managing a full-scale project for a sustainable
bio-reactor landfill cell. Managing environmental monitoring and industrial waste staff.
Management of consultants with regard to waste delineation studies at closed landfill sites; gas
flux and emissions surveys of landfill sites and qualitative risk assessments. Conducting and
interpreting data from groundwater monitoring programs for landfills near Grande Prairie,
Okotoks and Pincher Creek and oilfield sites near Swan Hills, Alberta.
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Environmental impact and site assessments
Subsurface investigation and development of remedial options at two battery sites near Provost.
Included installation of monitoring well network, soils test drilling program to delineate salt water
and hydrocarbon impacted soils and groundwater and the development of remedial options.
Modeling of dissolved phase and free product contaminant transport at a rail yard site in Jasper
through the use of Visual MODFLOW, MT3D and ARMOS; Groundwater flow and hydrocarbon
contaminant transport modeling at two gas compressor stations through use of Visual
MODFLOW and MT3D; Assessment of trench dewatering for remediation of a gas compressor
station site as a remedial option; Assessment of the impact on groundwater of an oilfield landfill
sited on fractured bedrock. Included installation of multi-well nests and assessment of the
fracture characteristics of the bedrock; and investigation of a contaminated industrial site in
Germany, including piezometer installation and determination of groundwater hydrodynamics.
Computer Related Experience
Development of borehole management software to build presentation quality borehole logs
cross sections and data tables (Visual Basic, MS Access). Development of stereographic
projection software for the plotting and manipulation of orientation data (Visual Basic).
Development of a database to track and provide reporting on Coalbed methane related baseline
waterwell testing (ERCB Directive 55) for Waterline Resources (Visual BASIC for Applications,
MS Access). Development of software to plot general water chemistry analyses (RealBASIC).
Experienced in the manipulation of large datasets with geospatial data with software such as
ESRI’s ArcGIS.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD (Most Recent)
2009-present Waterline Resources Inc. (Senior Hydrogeologist)
2006-2009
Alberta Research Council Inc. (Research Hydrogeologist)
1999-2005
Waste & Recycling Services, City of Calgary (Env.Ctrl.Team Lead/Project
Hydrogeologist
1996-1999
EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Calgary (Project Hydrogeologist)
AFFILIATIONS
Canadian National Chapter International Association of Hydrogeologists (1995)
National Groundwater Association/Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers (1999)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS
van Everdingen, D.A., Trottier, S., Birks, J., Gordon, S. and Mellor, A., 2009, Environmental
Monitoring (Chapter 6), in Pembina Cardium CO2 Monitoring Pilot – A CO2-EOR project,
Alberta, Canada, Hitcheon, B. (editor) ISBN 978-0-9680844-5-8.
van Everdingen, D.A., Jones, J.P. and Mellor, A., 2009, The Alberta Groundwater Observation
Well Network: Hydrograph Case Studies, Prepared for Alberta Environment
van Everdingen, D.A. and Mellor, A., 2008, Effects Of Timber Harvesting, Forest Regeneration
And Succession On Seasonal Soil Temperature, Subsurface Water, And Snow
Accumulation, Final Report prepared for Manning Forestry Research Fund 237p
Gordon, S. and van Everdingen, D.A., 2006, Toolkit for Estimating Recharge in Alberta
Hydrogeologic Settings, prepared for Alberta Environment
van Everdingen, D.A., van Gool, J.A.M., Vissers, R.L.M.; 1992; QuickPlot: a
microcomputer-based program for processing of orientation data; Computers and
Geosciences v18 n2/3 p183-287.