Dennis B. Nakamoto

Biography

  Mr. Nakamoto, a California Professional Geologist, Certified Engineering Geologist, and Certified Hydrogeologist, has been employed in environmental consulting since 1978. His decades of environmental consulting encompass groundwater studies, site characterization studies, remediation construction oversight, regulatory compliance, and human health risk assessments. He manages work and assists clients on projects for contaminants including volatile organic compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons, pesticides and herbicides, and asbestos in soil, water and air. Mr. Nakamoto’s experience encompasses studies of groundwater resources and supply including well design and installation, well rehabilitation, and aquifer characterizations. He has filled key roles in Community Relations Plan implementations, coordinating with project stakeholders, and participating in public meetings to disseminate project information and advocate project goals. He is highly experienced in interpreting geophysical data from borehole electric logs, gamma-gamma and natural gamma logs, neutron logs and acoustic logs. He has designed monitored construction of zone-specific multiple completion and nested monitoring wells, extraction wells, recharge wells, and injection wells. Mr. Nakamoto also holds professional licenses in Oregon and Wyoming.

Research Interest

 borehole electric logs, gamma-gamma and natural gamma logs, neutron logs and acoustic logs.