Todd Engineers: David W. Abbott

Expertise:

Mr. Abbott has 35 years of experience in the exploration and development of groundwater supplies, installation and design of water supply wells, perennial yield studies, contamination investigations, and protection of groundwater resources. He has particular expertise in the design, installation, testing and operation of wells, having designed and installed more than 100 production wells in the western United States. He has also designed and installed injection wells for recycled water and aquifer storage and recovery. His project experience encompasses a wide array of geologic environments and groundwater issues. He has provided services to groundwater purveyors, geotechnical engineers, construction dewatering contractors, groundwater management districts, environmental pollution clients, and the precious and aggregate mining industry.

David has contributed considerable time and energy to professional organizations including GRA, the Water Resources Center Archive at the University of California at Berkeley, the California Groundwater Association, NGWA, and the California Council of Geoscience Organizations. To name just a few contributions, he has served variously as GRA San Francisco Branch Treasurer, Secretary to the GRA state Board of Directors, and GRA Board Director; he has contributed to GRA programs by chairing, organizing, and/or participating technical workshops, classes, annual meetings, committees, and task forces. Since 2005, David has contributed a quarterly column to the GRA publication HydroVisions. He was a contributor to two books, one on MTBE and the other on Chromium (VI). David also assisted in the preparation of the third edition of Groundwater Hydrology (2005) by David Keith Todd and Larry W. Mays.

Academic Background and Professional Credentials:

Professional Geologist California, No. 4310
Certified Hydrogeologist California, No. 36
Professional Geologist Washington, No. 116
Licensed Hydrogeologist Washington No. 116
Professional Geologist New Hampshire, No. 146

BS, Geology, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, 1974
94-quarter units of graduate study toward an advanced degree in Geology/Geophysics, Western Washington University