Ground Water Science and its predecessor have provided services on a wide range of projects since 1984. For example, (1) NGWA selected Ground Water Science to conduct a FEMA-funded study of emergency well disinfection methods to refine response to large-scale flooding events such as hurricanes. The project involved literature reviews and testing disinfection methods on a variety of wells in coastal North Carolina affected by Hurricane Floyd in 1999, and involves a well inspection and treatment subcontractor (EGIS, P.A., Chapel Hill, NC) and peer review of results. (2) Ground Water Science was also selected to develop a training program for well inspectors for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Effective control of the recharge area helps to assure that harmful contaminants do not enter the well, especially for wellfields with little protection from surface contamination.