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Strategic Partners & Advisors
Soil, Water & Environment Group (SWE) The ability to assess and restore natural resources that have been damaged by human activity mandates an experienced team of wetland scientists, engineers, ecologists and foresters. SWE offers that experience particular in the field of wetland restoration, nutrient offset, stream buffer and restoration plans, design, construction and management. SWE and its principals over the last 14 years have worked with GreenVest in the design and restoration of over 30 different projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Ohio. They are a leader in the emerging field of water quality permitting and regulatory compliance associated with TMDL regulations and stream buffer requirements. Patricia Faux owns and manages The Faux Group (TFG) an Annapolis based firm providing landscape architecture, sustainable community planning, urban design, park planning and land based development services to public and private clients. Her firm primarily serves the mid Atlantic region. TFG has a long track record of designing and implementing sustainable development strategies that balance developer/property owner objectives with community needs. The firm’s experience encompasses thousands of acres around the country and abroad. It includes site selection analysis, site planning, design, permitting and construction administration for hundreds of built projects. It also includes ongoing strategic action plans for many property owners and communities. TFG is known for their ability to craft and explain creative solutions to complex problems and to build community support for implementation. One current project involves planning for a 500 acre Renewable Energy Park that reuses a former landfill and water treatment facilities to permit, renewable energy generation using several technologies adequate to serve a small city, an alternative energy educational center and a public park and native plant arboretum on a large environmental preserve. Another project is creating a strategy to allow a small town to double in size while preserving sensitive lands, limiting environmental impacts and enhancing property values. Chris Goettege, a landscape architect has handled projects involving long range land development planning and positioning for property owners, creative reuse of damaged lands and obsolete facilities as well as revitalization strategies for cities towns and counties. The Faux Group is a certified Small, Woman Owned, Disadvantaged Business (DBE, WBE, and SBE) in many states. Pat has over 30 years experience and holds a BS in Landscape Architecture from the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. Pio Lombardo, PE, President of Lombardo Associates, Inc. (LAI) of Newton, MA has over 35 years of experience with innovative wastewater management throughout the US. He has been the Engineer-of-Record for innovative wastewater projects with capital costs greater than $200 million that are operating in numerous States, including Maryland. Fifty percent (50%) of his career’s activities has been on innovative Chesapeake Bay wastewater and water supply projects. He is a registered professional engineer in 33 States and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Pio has been a contributor to and co-authored numerous EPA and National manuals since 1979, including the recent Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, On-site Treatment Manual and Cluster Wastewater Systems Planning Manual. He is considered an expert on passive nutrient removal techniques and innovative decentralized wastewater management. He engineered a Decentralized Wastewater Management Plan for the Town of Mashpee, Cape Cod, MA that achieves TMDL nitrogen removal requirements at less than 50% of the cost of conventional sewers. Pio was also the author of the US EPA water quality model HSPF that is widely used for TMDL determinations including Chesapeake Bay, and has extensive experience with water quality issues. Pio has engineered wastewater reuse systems with total beneficial reuse of wastewater – resulting in no wastewater discharge. He has been the Chief Engineer for a 25 MGD Water Treatment Plant and upgrades to a 16 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant. Pio has a MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington and BS Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, cum laude.
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