Farnham & Associates, Inc.

Farnham & Associates offers residential drinking water baseline analysis, particularly for properties near natural gas exploration activities. Services span water quality analysis, modeling, and predictive studies, field chemistry stabilization monitoring, and sampling protocols covering the full drinking water system of each property.

• Predrill baseline analysis
• Water quality analysis, modeling, and predictive studies
• Packer gland tests
• Water main disinfection
• Residential and commercial water filtration systems
• Public water supply services
• NSF/AWWA/USP chemicals

Farnham & Associates provides wastewater plant troubleshooting, start-up, and operations support for municipal and industrial clients, including permitting and chemical supply.

• Plant and process troubleshooting
• Plant start-up
• Operator training
• Procedural and O&M manuals
• Plant modifications
• Industrial pretreatment
• Lagoon design and operations
• Collection systems
• Biosolids disposal
• Novel biological nutrient removal technologies (Chesapeake Bay Initiative)
• Inflow and infiltration assessments
• Mechanical troubleshooting
• Chemical, coagulant, and flocculant supply and delivery
• Bacterial seeding and dosing
• PENNVEST/State/Federal grant and loan applications
• Permitting

Water well assessment, construction, and rehabilitation, along with water treatment system design and hydrogeological assessment.

• Water well assessment and site locating
• Hydrogeological assessment
• Well drilling and construction
• Cable tool drilling and gravel pack specialists
• Well rehabilitation
• Well construction protocols for safe water
• Water treatment systems
• Storage facilities
• Disinfection systems
• Well pumps and controls
• Pump tests
• PENNVEST/Federal/State grant and loan applications

Groundwater assessment and permitting services including contamination modeling and source water protection.

• Gas well supply system assessments
• SRBC/DRBC permitting
• Source water protection protocols
• Contamination modeling
• Hydrogeological assessment

Stormwater design, permitting, and green infrastructure services.

• MS-4 permitting
• Stormwater modeling
• Retention basins
• Green stormwater techniques
• Rainwater harvest and reuse
• Turf pavers and naturally permeable walkways
• Rainwater storage
• Stormwater collection system runoff reduction

Phase I and II environmental site assessments, UST remediation, compliance auditing, wetlands delineation, and waste management.

• Phase I and II site assessments
• UST remediation
• Compliance auditing
• Waste management
• Resource recovery and recycling
• Coproduct determinations and waste product marketing
• Wetlands delineation
• E&S controls, lake and creek restoration, and earth disturbance permitting
• Land stabilization
• Landfill restoration

Plant and process engineering services including mechanical installations, production line optimization, and chemical process design.

• Mechanical services: rigging, welding, and installations
• Production line troubleshooting
• MTBR analysis
• Equipment right-sizing
• Chemical processes, delivery systems, and storage tanks
• Automation
• Production streamlining
• Packaging: liquid fill, case packers, palletizing, and warehousing
• Plastics processing
• Electrical systems and control schematics
• Facilities engineering and facilities maintenance

Gas well permitting, site design, and water management for Marcellus Shale and Oriskany Formation wells in Pennsylvania.

• Gas well site assessment and optimization
• Site design and surveying
• Pits and impoundments
• PADEP Marcellus Shale well permitting
• Oriskany Formation wells
• E&S plans and ESCGP-1 permits
• Encroachment permits
• Water management plans
• Act 220 registrations
• PNDI searches
• Water purveyor assessment, sampling, and analysis
• Hydrofracture wastewater technologies
• SRBC/DRBC permitting