Kevin L. Hoover
Kevin has 20 years of experience in the environmental consulting field with expertise in surface and groundwater hydrology, water quality, economic geology, ecology, and botany. He specializes in the design of passive treatment systems and constructed wetlands for mitigation and habitat improvement. He has completed over 25 passive water treatment projects including the award-winning Springdale passive treatment system in Pennsylvania.
He is the principal author of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Design, Construction, and Maintenance Manual for Passive Treatment of Wastewaters, and developer of the Passive Treatment Planning Tool, an expert program for rapid sizing and cost estimating of passive treatment systems.
Kevin provides environmental consulting services including wetland delineations, permitting and regulatory compliance for land development projects throughout the western US. He has also served as a consultant for the assessment of mining impacts to stream systems, the identification of Threatened and Endangered plant species, and the planning of stream corridor habitat restoration. He is skilled in field surveys, functional value assessments, and data gathering techniques. He serves as the chief data analyst and senior technical report writer for the firm.
Kevin is active in ongoing research to develop improved passive treatment and wetland habitat improvement/creation techniques, and has made numerous presentations and publications on these topics. Among his accomplishments are the first flow sizing criteria for treatment wetlands, the first loading-based sizing criteria for manganese-oxidizing bacteria beds, and the first applications of passive mine drainage treatment techniques to acid rain runoff abatement.
In addition to his consulting work, Kevin is a long time instructor for various undergraduate field geology courses in the western United States, and assists with the Yellowstone-Bighorn Research Association, a field geology station located in Red Lodge, Montana.
A.S. Forest Technology, Penn State University, 1988
B.S. Geosciences - Biogeology, Penn State University, 1989
Registered Professional Hydrologist - Groundwater
Registered Professional Geologist - Wyoming, Pennsylvania
Certified Professional Wetland Scientist
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