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Geohydrology and Groundwater Resource Sustainability

Lynker Intel’s expertise in geohydrology and groundwater resources provides part of the foundation of our ability to deliver innovative solutions to support environmental sustainability and economic prosperity for governments, industries, and communities. Lynker Intel’s expert hydrologists offer exceptional qualifications in groundwater hydrology, providing extensive knowledge for projects involving the both the field characterization and evaluation of groundwater systems, interactions of groundwater with interconnected surface water systems, as well as development and application of integrated groundwater flow and solute transport models. In the field, Lynker Intel incorporates novel test methods and tools to characterize geologic media, from single-well and multi-well borehole tracer tests to unsaturated media and va dose zone test methods. Our modeling team possesses expertise in the various MODFLOW versions, including MODFLOW-OWHM, MODFLOW-USG, and GSFLOW, as well as numerous additional modeling tools such as FEFLOW and VS2DT. When executing our work by applying the best scientific and engineering practice to a particular problem, the goal is always to support our clients in sustainable groundwater resources management and provide to them actionable intelligence.

Through the applications of state of the art field methods and the development and utilization of a multitude of modeling software programs, Lynker Intel can aid in assessing regional geology and hydrogeology, identifying sustainable, high-quality fresh groundwater supplies, designing and implementing aquifer testing to support well design operations, and developing groundwater budgets and models. Our team at Lynker Intel works closely with clients, engineers and planners to develop personalized client- and community- centered approaches and ensure sustainable solutions to manage our earth’s most valuable natural resource.

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Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment

Lynker Intel is a global provider of risk and safety solutions related to natural hazards, with a broad range of services across. Our scientists, engineers, and economists have decades of experience performing risk and damage assessments for the insurance market and planning communities at town, city, and national scales.

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Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting

Lynker Intel has expert hydrologists with strong expertise in field work, data analysis, research, modeling, forecasting, and developing actionable data products across all water environments. We work with a holistic approach to solve water-related issues by considering the combined effect of weather, climate, water and human management.

Planning and Designing for Resilient and Green Infrastructure

Infrastructure and its networks will be affected by the physical impacts of climate variability and change but will also play an essential role in building resilience to those impacts. Lynker Intel can help you prioritize, plan, and design new or retrofit old infrastructure in a more thoughtful environmentally aligned (green) manner that can account for the climate and other changes that may occur over its lifetime.

Geospatial Analytics

Business and government leaders face unprecedented risk from natural hazards, climate change, population growth, geopolitical shifts, and security threats. Lynker Intel can help you by building customized spatial intelligence to visualize risk on “smart” maps, find patterns and trends in big data, and communicate seamlessly during risk mitigation and response.

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Environmental Modeling

Lynker Intel has deep experience working with multi-disciplinary and stakeholder teams to develop ecological restoration solutions for fluvial, coastal, and wetland environments. We work with clients to restore damaged habitats that provide important ecological functions and contribute to improved ecosystem health benefiting humans and wildlife alike.

Climate Change and Population Growth

With decades of deep experience in natural hazards analyses and risk assessment, Lynker Intel partners with private and public organizations to operationalize climate change impact analytics, projections of population growth and subsequent increases in vulnerable assets, as well as other changes influencing hazard and risk exposure, in order to make better business and adaptation decisions for the future impacts of hazards. Decisions that must be made now.

Mine Water Management

Considering progressively more stringent regulations, high profile tailings dam disasters, declining ore grades and mine closure activities, sound water management strategies and models are paramount for successful and safe mining. Lynker Intel excels at assessing all phases and functions of mine water resources including the development of water-balance and groundwater flow-and-transport models to support the efficient management of water at a viable price. We understand that the availability, quality, and cost of water are key to investment decisions, and cost-effective water management is critical to profitability.

Site Assessment, Remediation, and Closure

Land, soil and groundwater impacted by accidental spills and releases of chemicals and wastes can present unacceptable risks to human health and the environment. Mitigation of exposure to impacts begins with a sound understanding of the sciences that define their 5 fate and transport. Lynker Intel approaches site assessments, feasibility studies, and remediation of impacted soil and groundwater considering the science and using the wide variety of means and methods in our toolbox.