Hi Danelle,
Did you get a chance to look at my web site at www.rivermetrics.com? It
gives a fairly complete overview of the types of projects that I have been
involved with over the years, although I considering a separate page to
emphasize stormwater monitoring. Basically, I started my business
about 1.5years after retiring from a federal research lab. And, like
many folks in
my position, my business model is almost identical to my previous federal
job. My current focus is geared towards stormwater issues, where I believe
there are many municipalities that could benefit from my expertise in
monitoring. I have also worked with volunteer and non-profits groups in the
past to develop monitoring protocols.

Rand

On 1/17/07, Danelle Haake <danelle.haake@...> wrote:
>
> On 1/16/07, Rand Eads <rivermetrics@... <rivermetrics%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello folks,
> > I wanted to introduce myself. My hope is that I will be able to provide
> > some solutions to monitoring storm water runoff. I am currently working
> > with municipalities and a non-profit group to develop automated sampling
> > solutions for measuring contaminates entering San Francisco bay,
> > specifically PCBs and metals. We have had good success in the previous
> > studies using suspended sediment transport as a surrogate for
> contaminates
> > that are adsorbed to sediment particles. The method that we have
> > developed
> > is called Turbidity Threshold Sampling and it works by measuring
> turbidity
> > in real time and using an automated sampler to collect discrete samples
> at
> > predefined thresholds. The algorithm has been used to successfully
> > monitoring suspended loads in alluvial channels for over a decade. This
> > method provides accurate estimates of suspended sediment loads while
> > collecting a limited number of physical samples. In addition to
> > turbidity,
> > other constituents such as conductivity, DO, pH, could be used to drive
> > sampling as long as the behavior of the constituent is understood. I
> look
> > forward to future discussions.
> >
> > Rand
> >
> > --
> > Rand Eads
> > RiverMetrics LLC
> > PO Box 507
> > Lafayette, OR 97127
> > 503.435.7516
> > www.rivermetrics.com
>
> Rand,
>
> I would be interested in learning more about your company. In November '06
> I started my own company in St. Louis, MO, and it seems that our interests
> are very similar. Just to get the name of my company out there, I have
> created a monitoring plan for a volunteer water monitoring group who is
> interested in the impacts of an upcoming major interstate reconstruction
> on
> a small urban stream.
>
> Danelle Haake
>
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>
>
>



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Rand Eads
RiverMetrics LLC
PO Box 507
Lafayette, OR 97127
503.435.7516
www.rivermetrics.com


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