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Dale Foster P.E.

AL, DE, NC, NH, PA

Principal Chemical Engineer
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Grove City College

Mr. Foster provides technical leadership on the treatment and management of groundwater, soil, and other contaminated media. Mr. Foster, a hands-on solutions-oriented chemical engineer, is expert in all aspects of remediation. He has experience with providing options for handling waste by-products in a variety of cost-effective ways. He has also designed retrofit or replacement systems for existing treatment systems that have dramatically reduced maintenance and long-term operations costs. Mr. Foster also serves as the President of Field and Technical Services, LLC. (an affiliate of KEY).


Experience:

Years Experience/Years with KEY: 40/30

Practice Area(s):

  • Brownfield Remediation/Redevelopment

  • Coal Combustion Residuals

  • Design-Build-Operate

  • Emerging Contaminants

  • Environmental Permitting & Compliance

  • Expert Witness

  • Oil & Gas Services

  • Site Assessment

  • Soil & Groundwater Remediation

  • Superfund/RCRA

  • Water & Wastewater Design

Specialties

  • Groundwater Treatment

  • Water/Wastewater Treatment System Design

  • Emerging Contaminants

  • Treatability Testing

  • Feasibility Studies

  • Oversight, Optimization, and Upgrades of Treatment System Operations

  • Chemical/Process Engineering

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Representative Projects:

Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site

  • Lead designer for 2 groundwater treatment systems for site containing hexavalent chromium and mixed organic constituents

  • Performed system sizing and calculations

  • Led specification development and drawings

  • Coordinated subcontractors

In Situ Biological Treatment System

  • Designed aerobic and anaerobic treatment zones to determine constituents

  • Calculated treatment reagent doses per zone

  • Lead engineer for design of injection system (wells and process)

  • Oversaw injection program

  • Analyzed data over time and adjusted treatment to achieve required results

Evaluation of Existing Treatment Systems

  • Reviewed existing system design, data, and systems

  • Identified data gaps and possible inconsistencies

  • Optimized process to eliminate unnecessary/labor-intensive activities

  • Created preliminary conceptual design for replacement system, task automation, and data collection

Former Coal-Fired Power Plant and Landfill

  • Conceived design for 14K ft leachate pipeline system

    • Innovative alternative to current process

    • Utilizes existing structure

    • Creates cost savings

  • Performed hydraulic calculations

  • Determined requirements for freeze protection and leak detection

Emerging Contaminant Removal

  • Lead designer on pilot treatment system for 1,4 dioxane

  • Developed a UV/Peroxide treatment process 

  • Achieved 4-log reduction in 1,4 dioxane concentrations

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Headquarters

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Carnegie, Pennsylvania 15106

412-279-3363

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Mid-Atlantic

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Raritan, New Jersey 08869

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New England

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Yarmouth, Maine 04096

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Tri-State

1723 Perry Highway 

Portersville, Pennsylvania 16051

724-368-4050

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