Water Quality and Chemistry

A leader in conducting studies of water and sediment quality in marine, coastal, and wetland environments, SAIC’s capabilities extend across a range of issue areas, from applied research, aquatic life protection, and oceanographic monitoring to coastal protection.

Aquatic Chemistry Expertise

SAIC has extensive water and sediment quality experience in a range of freshwater, estuarine, coastal, and deep-ocean environments. Areas of expertise include the following:

  • Sampling design
  • Sample collection using techniques and equipment tailored to the specific study objectives; oversight of analytical chemistry laboratories
  • In situ water column profiling systems
  • Database management
  • Statistical, spatial, and temporal analyses of physical and chemical data

    • Full Range of Sampling and Analysis Studies

    SAIC conducts a full range of sampling and analysis studies, including compliance monitoring, plume mapping, and integrated multi-disciplinary approaches using a variety of standard oceanographic sampling equipment, innovative and unique tools, and remote sensing. Our extensive expertise in aquatic chemistry includes fate and effects of trace metal and organic contaminants in sediments, organisms, and water, contaminant fingerprinting, and source apportionment.

    SAIC uses Geographic Information System (GIS) plotting and analysis and applies results to compliance assessments, ecological risk assessments, and environmental studies and documentation in accordance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state environmental quality acts to prepare corresponding Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), and Environmental Assessments (EA), and related regulatory and permitting documents.