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Bill McIlvride, PG, CEG, CHG
Senior Project Hydrogeologist

Bill McIlvride is a professional geologist, certified hydrogeologist, and certified engineering geologist with more than 30 years of professional experience across a wide range of environmental services including environmental site investigation, groundwater resource evaluation for property development, remediation, risk assessment, and landscape management projects involving irrigation and storm water management and runoff.

As a senior project hydrogeologist, Mr. McIlvride has managed challenging site investigations, including for sites subject to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. His projects have involved annual budgets up to $1.7 million, as many as 70 staff,
and numerous subcontractors, sub consultants, and he has extensive experience interacting with regulatory agencies. He has also managed projects that implemented remedial actions for such challenging contaminants as chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides, metals, polychlorinated biphenyls, radionuclides, petroleum hydrocarbons, and methyl tertiary butyl ether.

Mr. McIlvride has also been deposed to provide expert opinion, and he has performed third-party expert review and forensic analysis for cases involving soil and groundwater contamination, groundwater supply, flow, and contaminant transport.

Mr. McIlvride is an active member of Rotary International, has served on several non-profit boards, and volunteers as an emergency medical technician with the local fire department.

Areas of Expertise

  • Groundwater forensic analysis
  • Soil and groundwater investigation, modeling, and remediation
  • Groundwater resource and dewatering investigations

Education

  • Master of Science in Geology, emphasis on groundwater, structural and surficial geology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Bachelor of Arts in Geology and Geography, Magna Cum Laude

Licenses and Professional Registrations

  • Professional Geologist (PG) No. 4359, California
  • Certified Engineering Geologist (CEG) No. 1359, California
  • Certified Hydrogeologist (CHG) No. 970, California
  • Licensed Professional Geologist No. 206, New York