40th Environmental Permitting Summer School

Mr. Northington currently serves as a Senior Engineer with Geosyntec and has over twenty-six years of experience as an environmental engineer in the areas of site investigation, remediation system engineering, construction, and maintenance, project management, in situ remediation design and application, implementation of innovative technologies, and technical sales and support.   Mr. Northington’s site remediation activities include the design and/or implementation of various remedial technologies including soil vapor extraction (SVE) utilizing both vertical and horizontal wells, source removal, conventional air-sparging/soil vapor extraction, multi-phase extraction (MPE), product recovery, pump and treat (P&T), thermal evaporative concentration and residue solidification, in situ thermal treatment, enhanced bioremediation, sedimentation via coagulation/flocculation, filtration, in situ delivery of reagents, and large diameter auger (LDA). Mr. Northington has also had extensive experience with the design and delivery of colloidal activated carbon and other reagents to address petroleum and chlorinated solvent impacts. Mr. Northington also founded and directs a Florida non-profit specializing in community development and outreach focused primarily on water supply, treatment, and distribution in Africa. In this capacity, Mr. Northington serves as a water resource engineer in Cameroon, Africa. He also supports various community development projects, including the introduction of various appropriate technologies and strategies, such as hand dug and drilled wells, gravity flow water systems, sand filters, agroforestry, animal husbandry, and microfinancing. In his previous role, Mr. Northington served as a Senior Project Manager with Terracon managing all aspects of environmental assessment and remediation projects. Additionally, Mr. Northington provided assessment, engineering, and design support for in situ and ex situ remediation projects across the company, particularly under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Petroleum Restoration and Waste Cleanup Programs. Mr. Northington served as the Southeast District Manager with Regenesis. In this capacity, he provided technical, application, and sales support for soil and groundwater remediation technology solutions. Mr. Northington worked directly with environmental consulting, construction, and engineering firms to develop successful remedial approaches for clients by offering design, application, and performance review services for in situ-applied remedial strategies across a broad spectrum of technology classes.