7Q10 welcomes Dr. Alan Welch to their distinguished team of scientists. An internationally recognized geo-chemist and expert witness, Dr. Welch has dozens of publications to his credit and 40 years of experience in the geothermal industry.
Dr. Welch’s experience, plus our expertise in remote sensing and gis analysis, can get your geothermal projects underway faster and less expensively, minimizing your exposure to regulatory compliance issues. 7Q10 extends your reach through our integrated team to affect corridor alignment surveys, water quality assessments and geo-chemistry analysis, environmental assessments and planning, water resource supply studies, environmental inventories – with constraint analysis, wetland surveys, T&E and biological assessments.
Offering a wealth of expertise in analyzing and modeling geo-hydrologic systems, 7Q10 has extensive experience in permitting and agency coordination for NEPA regulatory compliance, 401, 404 and NDEP Working in Waters permit applications. 7Q10 can analyze your specific conditions and develop strategies to avoid the need for permit actions.
We design transmission and pipeline routing to avoid impacts and minimize your exposure to the regulatory compliance process. In addition to establishing baseline environmental conditions, as well as the monitoring and reporting process, 7Q10 has 30 years of in-depth understanding of the hydrology and geochemistry for both thermal and non-thermal systems in the Basin and Range. 7Q10 has a well established history teaming and networking with such highly regarded institutions as the Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno.
Services Offered
Optimize your environmental planning compliance needs through remote sensing
The key to negotiating the environmental process of any geothermal project is an initial comprehensive environmental inventory that identifies and analyzes any potential constraints, allowing you to plan more effectively and control downstream costs.
The remote sensing services and GIS analysis that 7Q10 can provide offer critical information up front.
Our extensive experience with remote sensing and GIS can provide efficient evaluation of geothermal properties for the purpose of identifying environmental considerations that can affect exploration, power plant construction and transmission line routing.
7Q10 can use a wide range of images, including SPOT, IKONOS, LIDAR, LANDSAT and aerial photography.
Through the use of remote sensing, our GIS department specialists can conduct spatial analysis and determine the size and quality of watershed areas and overlay spatial data layers to gain an enhanced sense of many diverse factors and inter-relationships for your projects.