Case Studies

In the heart of Australia’s Northern Territory, the regional town of Katherine faced an invisible threat lurking in its water supply.

Pender County, North Carolina, a scenic coastal region home to approximately 70,000 residents, relies on the Cape Fear River as a vital water source. Industrial pollution from upstream facilities had released harmful substances into the river.

According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office report, there are over 1.5 million abandoned properties in the United States, many of which are in disrepair and awaiting revitalization.

In the heart of Northwest Queensland, Australia, Multicom Resources Limited embarked on an ambitious journey to develop the Saint Elmo Vanadium Project.

At Phillips 66’s Denver Terminal in Colorado, transparent environmental monitoring was prioritized as part of a proactive commitment to public health and safety.

This 200 MW solar farm represents a major investment in clean energy, environmental preservation, and community development.

Featuring 15 new stations, faster travel times, and greater access to key destinations, the project will also cut tens of thousands of daily car trips.

Sydney Water is Australia’s largest water utility, providing water, wastewater, recycled water and some stormwater services to more than 5.4 million people in the Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains and the Illawarra.

Embreeville Park, a 200-acre property in Chester County, Pennsylvania, holds deep historical and cultural value.  In 2019, West Bradford Township residents came together at a public meeting to decide the land’s future.

In mid-city Los Angeles, Montrose plays a critical role as the Independent Compliance Monitor for the LA Metro Purple Line Extension Project, a transformative initiative aimed at extending subway access to key areas before the 2028 Olympics.

Canadian infrastructure and development projects require excess soil to be managed safely and in ways that promote beneficial reuse of valuable resources, reduce clean soil being sent to landfills, and mitigate environmental impacts.

Our team assessed river hydraulics and successfully obtaining regulatory approval to build in the floodway.

Our team has provided responsive support for this dynamic and fast-paced design-build LRT construction project.

Our team provided GRCA with a high-level evaluation of potential mitigation options to reduce flooding in New Hamburg based on estimated flood damages and ROI.

For over 15 years, Montrose has provided permit compliance support to Kinder Morgan through permit translations, creating actionable tasks for front-line workers to ensure compliance with regulatory permits and federal, state, and local regulations.

To strengthen its commitment to compliance, Vulcan Materials partnered with Montrose Environmental Group to implement Benchmark Gensuite (Benchmark), a cloud-based software solution designed for compliance management.

Phoenix Lake is an 88-acre water storage reservoir owned and operated by the Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD). It serves as the primary drinking water source for the communities of Sonora, Jamestown, Scenic View, and Mono Village.

The Salmon Habitat Enhancement and Bridge Replacement Project at Muir Woods National Monument enhanced salmonid habitat in Redwood Creek by placing instream large woody debris and removing existing rock armoring (riprap) along the banks to restore natural channel processes.

Montrose (Formerly Horizon Water and Environment) helped Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) develop its Stream Maintenance Program (SMP). The SMP involves annual sediment removal, vegetation removal and thinning, and bank stabilization activities to maintain flow conveyance capacity in county flood control channels.

The Del Puerto Water District, City of Modesto, and City of Turlock collaborated to address water supply shortages in the northern San Joaquin Valley.

Montrose (Formerly Horizon Water and Environment) has been pivotal in assisting the City of Bakersfield with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance for the Kern River Flow and Municipal Water Program.

The Stanislaus Regional Water Authority (SRWA) was established to spearhead the Regional Surface Water Supply Project (RSWSP). This initiative diversified water sources for the Cities of Turlock and Ceres by treating surface water from the Tuolumne River, purchased from the Turlock Irrigation District (TID), for potable uses.

Montrose’s Canadian Consulting & Engineering Division (formerly Matrix Solutions) designed a water and selenium management program and completed environmental monitoring and assessments for the Tent Mountain mine EPEA application in southwest Alberta.

Montrose supported a major international oil and gas operator in their OGMP 2.0 implementation, from boots-on-the-ground source level measurements in several countries to global program review and analysis.

Montrose’s Advisory business line supported a midstream oil and gas for several years to collect data, perform calculations, and submit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the EPA’s mandatory reporting rule.

Montrose’s Consulting & Engineering Division (formerly Matrix Solutions) devised and executed a plan to create and enhance fish habitat in a side channel 225 m downstream of the bridge.

Montrose assists an oil and gas producer in Saskatchewan and Manitoba with an abandonment program, aiming to minimize environmental liability and achieve regulatory closure.

Montrose provided support on the 465 MW Travers Solar Project from initial land selection through permitting, construction, and now during operations.

The Montrose project team provided environmental due diligence, site study coordination and a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment (EA) to support a new solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Montrose provided natural resource field survey reports, plans, and permits to support the Long Boat Solar PV Project in San Bernardino County, CA.

Montrose developed an HEC-RAS hydraulic model to determine the current floodplain limits, incorporating regional and onsite condition changes that had occurred since the original FEMA floodplain designation had been determined.

In an effort to inject energy back into this used and abused site, Montrose instilled a genuine sense of community through creative and essential design processes.

Located in Swarthmore, PA, this institution sought to create a state-of-the-art science and classroom facility utilizing both existing buildings and new construction.

Montrose provides geotechnical engineering, civil engineering, and construction phase services in liaison between client and contractor to keep the projects running smoothly.

Our Brownfields team partnered with the Ounalashka Corporation, an Alaska Native Village Corporation, to address significant environmental challenges on their land.

Through a global collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Montrose offers real-time monitoring solutions to understand actual emissions from industrial sources as well as to mitigate the health risks associated with EtO exposure.

Discover how a collaboration between CTEH and Montrose Environmental is restoring abandoned well sites, mitigating methane emissions, and creating new job opportunities in Louisiana.

Montrose was contracted by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to design a test program and test stack, provide project management and testing of an Air Curtain Incinerator (ACI) used to burn local trees infested with the emerald ash borer (EAB) – an invasive beetle that has decimated ash trees across the United States.

The Paloma Dairy, located in Gila Bend, AZ, is about 90 minutes southwest of Phoenix. The dairy desired to increase farm sustainability by generating biogas through anaerobic digestion methods.

Montrose Environmental was hired by Suncor Energy, a petroleum company with a refinery located in Commerce City, Colorado to provide air monitoring services for developing and maintaining the new Commerce City North Denver (CCND) air monitoring network. 

A large petrochemical refinery located Northeast of San Francisco was looking to strengthen and improve site management and technician support.

A large oil refinery located along the Mississippi River West of New Orleans contracted Montrose for two separate but related projects to provide improved LDAR compliance tagging personnel, processes and procedures.

Montrose Environmental and Enthalpy Analytical Laboratories collaborated to determine PFAS removal efficiency by a novel, non-combustion batch process from Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF)-spiked solid material.

The city of Milpitas, California had been receiving over 1200 odor complaints each year to the local Air Quality Management District.

Although Montrose was brought on to the project after the permit was completed, we helped Freeport LNG develop a strategy that maximized the emission reduction of the LDAR program

Alternative Work Practice and Leak Detection and Repair for LNG Facilities

Opportunity Due to rising sea levels, increased shoreline development, and a desire for more natural alternatives to steel bulkheads and […]

Opportunity Located in Honesdale, PA, the General Edgar Jadwin Dam is a 108-foot high, earth core dam that impounds water […]

Opportunity As part of its responsibility to maintain the beaches throughout New Jersey and Delaware, the U.S. Army Corps of […]

Opportunity A large petrochemical refinery located in the Gulf Coast needed a rental boiler to provide temporary steam for periods […]

Opportunity Client facility is a shipping company that purchases, transports, and sells liquified natural gas (LNG) all over the world.  […]

Opportunity Within the Fertilizer Plant Processing and Manufacturing industry, companies use precious metal catalysts in the production of ammonia from […]

Opportunity During a routine periodic test, our client was unable to demonstrate compliance of a PM10 emission limit on a […]

Opportunity A governmental project site in McClellan, CA required extensive air, soil, and water analysis for metals, organics, and standard […]

Opportunity This confidential Dairy Anaerobic Digester Project consists of the construction of an anaerobic digester facility that converts cow manure […]

Opportunity The Live Oak Well, operated by the City of Arcadia, draws groundwater from the San Gabriel Basin at a […]

Opportunity Groundwater is one of the main drinking water sources for the City of Banning. One of the serious problems […]

Opportunity Klickitat Public Utility District (KPUD) is a long-term client that has teamed with Montrose to manage several site upgrades […]

New York State officials performed environmental testing at a local airport and an adjacent military base […]

Opportunity In June 2017, new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the monitoring of natural gas compressor stations […]

Opportunity As part of an overall plan to revitalize an industrial core area and take advantage of easy access to […]

Opportunity The EPA recently mandated the testing of formaldehyde emissions from gas turbines used for electric power generation, cogeneration, and […]