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Thomas J. Osborne, P.H. Professional Hydrologist President of HydroSolutions Inc.

Tom has successfully completed hundreds of hydrologic and environmental projects for private and governmental entities.  He has worked throughout the Pacific Northwest and Upper-Midwestern United States.  Tom conducts both surface water and groundwater investigations, and specializes in the application of physical and chemical methods and models to identify and solve water related issues.   He is routinely engaged as a hydrology expert in civil actions and regulatory compliance cases.  Tom's experience includes quantifying soil water balance, groundwater recharge, runoff, stream flows, soil loss, water chemistry, and point and non-point sources of contamination.  He is experienced in conducting research and applications of best management practices to improve water quality.  Tom Osborne has 31 years of professional experience. He began practicing hydrology in Montana in 1976. Tom earned his Bachelor of Science Degree, Cum Laude, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Forestry, Natural Resource Management in 1970.  He went on to earn his Master of Science Degree at University of Wisconsin at Madison, Water Resources Management in 1974.  In 1980 Tom earned 38 semester credits in Engineering and Mathematics, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology in Butte, Montana.   Recently, Tom has spearheaded large hydrology and water quality investigations into groundwater characterization and reclamation of hardrock mining operations, soil and groundwater evaluations around coalbed methane production in Montana and Wyoming, the fate and migration of contaminants in alluvial and fractured rock aquifer tests, and groundwater modeling.   Tom is the author and co-author of numerous publications.