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The GEO Group Company has been established
in 1991 as a specialized organization covering a broad
spectrum of activities in applied geology and environmental
protection in particular. The GEO Co. in the course
of 1993 and 1994 became a firm able to solve a large
variety of projects in the field of environmental protection
including legislative and financial guarantees. Multidisciplinary
projects are executed by company teams composed of various
experts and in cooperation with other specialized institutions
and individual experts. In addition to skilled experts,
the company is well equipped with modern computer hardware
and software, and with drilling and other gear for exploration,
monitoring, measurements and employment of remedial
technologies.
The business strategy is oriented towards
the client demands in order to solve often a very complex
and heterogeneous ecological projects with maximum efficacy,
top quality and at reasonable cost. The execution of
individual projects is preceded by analysis of all necessary
parameters to design and apply the most efficient methods
to fulfill the project objectives. Since its establishment,
the GEO Group Company successfully executed more than
300 large ecological projects, about 40 ecological audits
and risk assessments for the Czech Administration, various
local and foreign clients. Currently, the company carries
out remedial operations at about 30 localities in the
Czech Republic (remedies of waters, soils and soil gases).
The GEO Group Company became a respected
firm operating in the field of environmental protection,
hydrogeology, ecological audits, risk assessments, water,
soils and waste dump remedies with relevant references
and providing qualified services to the clients. Among
the principal activities of the company are not only
the whole spectrum of exploration and recovery tasks
concerning ecological burden elimination but also detection
and protection of water resources and production of
water administration information systems. Ecological
projects financed by the European Union or other foreign
bodies are an important part of the services provided
by the company. The GEO Group Company occupies one of
the top places in the market in the areas of geology
and ecology. In 1997 the company obtained the ISO 9001
quality certificate.
The company also cooperates for the
long time with the Ministry of Environment (as the Supervision
team), Ministry of Agriculture and the State Property
Fund in the field of water management and environmental
protection. The company is also involved in projects
financed by the PHARE program, PHARE CREDO program,
5th and 6th Framework Programme of EC.
Areas of activity:
CONTAMINATION RESEARCH, RISK ANALYSES,
RISK ASSESSMENTS
- detection and review of the source, type and extent
of contamination of the environment's individual components
(soils, soil air, underground and surface water)
- hydrogeological, hydrochemical, geochemical, geophysical,
and atmogeochemical contamination research
- production of a model of contaminant proliferation
in rocky environments
- evaluation of the impact of ecological burden on
rocky environments, ecological audit
- determination of ecological burdening of industrial
and agricultural premises
- production of ecological risks analyses - specification
of the necessary range of recovery measures including
enumeration and proposal of elimination
- proposal, construction and operation of monitoring
systems in the vicinity of contamination sources
- monitoring of the quality of underground and surface
water in the vicinity of real or potential contamination
sources
- drilling, pumping and sampling operations with following
evaluation
- comprehensive chemical laboratory analyses of waters
and soils
- reporting, opponency and consultancy activities
RECOVERY OPERATIONS
- proposal, realization and monitoring of operations
leading to elimination of water and rocky environment
contamination with the use of maximum-efficiency recovery
methods
- prevention of further contamination proliferation
in rocky environment
- handling of ecological accidents, elimination of
accident consequences
- recovery and restoration of home and industrial
waste dumps
- recovery and demolition of manufacturing premises
and technological facilities
- supervision of projects and recovery operations
- consultancy and counselling activities
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
- evaluation of the present condition and expected
development of environmental interference
- inventory researches of ecosystem
- production of documentation about the current condition
of the environment with the purpose of consulting
on possible minimization of harmful substance leakage
HYDROGEOLOGY, WATER SYSTEMS
- hydrogeological surveys, studies and projects for
detection and acquisition of underground water sources
- counseling, consultancy and project operations
- proposal of usage and quantitative and qualitative
evaluation of ground water resources
- pumping examinations of source strength
- regeneration of ground water sources, revision,
testing and reconstruction of water-holding places
- proposal, construction and operation of monitoring
systems in the vicinity of water-holding places
- one-off or regular checks of the quantity and quality
of water in the water-holding places
- proposal of water sources hygienic protection zones
including administration optimization
- drilling and well operations
- reporting and expertise activities in the area of
hydrogeology
- consultation in the area of legislation, procurement
of water treatment license in accordance with the
law
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS - the other
running International Projects:
IRON CURTAIN - a research
project supported by the European Commission under the
Fifth Framework Programme and contributing to the implementation
of the Key Action "Quality of life and management of
living resources" , to the sub-priority "Sustainable
agriculture, fisheries and forestry and integrated development
of rural areas including mountain areas". It especially
addresses key area 5.5 "New tools and models for the
integrated and sustainable development of rural and
other relevant areas". Contract No: QLRT-CT-2001-01401.
Coordination: University of Leoben, Division of Oekosystem
Analysis, Austria.
The overall goal of the project is to develop a methodology
based on the manifold experience of the project partners
leading to standardized tools and procedures for integrated
resource evaluation, analysis and management following
the principles of sustainable development. This will
be tested and scaled in several case studies along an
European north/south traverse. A generic model will
be deduced to be successfully transferred and used in
other relevant former iron curtain regions. Relevant
users are represented mainly in institutions for regional
and EU agricultural policy making, regional planning
and resource (environmental) management.
TRANSCAT (Integrated Transboundary Management
of Transboundary catchments); a research project
supported by the European Commission
under the Fifth Framework Programme
and contributing to the implementation of the Key Action
"Sustainable Management and Quality
of Water" Contract nº EVK1-CT-2002-00124.,
co-ordinated by ISQ Portugal.
The main goal of the project is to create an operational
and integrated comprehensive Decision Support System
(DSS) for optimal water management of catchments in
borderland regions, in context of the implementation
of the EU Water Framework Directive.
The DSS to be developed will focus mainly on pollution,
flooding and water use issues.
Another objective of the project is the establishment
of an European platform for initiating and promoting
international co-operation and networking that will
allow a more detailed insight to transboundary water/environment
and related socio/economic problems. This will be achieved
by connecting TRANSCAT with pre-existing EU Research
of the FP5, in the perspective of the forthcoming FP6
and, connecting TRANSCAT with EU institutions involved
in the process of implementing the WFD, with specific
reference to the problems of pre-accession countries.
TRANSCAT sub-objectives:
- Identification of relevant existing and potential
conflicts in transboundary water systems.
- Analysis of the existing legal and institutional
framework related to transboundary water resources
problems.
- Identification of new concepts and proposals for
evolution trends within EU framework.
A selection of reference (pilot) areas
across Europe has been made to be able to provide a
good contrast in transboundary area typology:
- Guadiana river ( Spain/Portugal border)
- Bela river ( Czech republic/Poland border)
- Pasvik river (Norway/Russia border)
- Nestos river ( Greece/Russia border)
- Šumava catchment (Germany/Czech republic border)
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Zuzana Boukalová is a specialist in hydrogeology
and engineering geology. Concerning her professional
carrier she was working in Geological Institute of Czechoslovak
Academy of Science and at the Department of Hydrogeology
and Engineering Geology at the Faculty of Science of
the Charles University in Prague. She reached the degree
RNDr. Among her foreign stays, at least to mention,
is the job at the University Politecnica de Valencia
(Spain) and the job at Hydraulic Research Ltd. Wallingford
(UK). For the last 6 years she has been working for
GEO Group company as a project coordinator of many PHARE,
PHARE-CREDO and the othetr projects. Her priorities
are the (transboundary) water resources management,
floods protection and mitigation, soil-groundwater remediation.
She is a supervising expert in the team for government
remediation programmes in groundwater and soil pollution.
In 2000 she became the Head of the EC Projects Department
of GEO Group.
Role:
She will actively work in the management process of
the project and in the decision-making practices and
activities. She is responsible for the WP6 leadership.
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Email: boukalova@geo-praha.cz |
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Michal Tesar is a skilled and reputable senior geophysist
with academic roots originating at the Charles University
at the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Prague. He gained
the degree RNDr. and has been professionally active
for over 32 years in scope of geophysical investigation
and survey.
As an expert in geophysics, with special interest in
geoelectric, magnetic and nuclear methods, he cooperated
on many geophysical projects for several months abroad
for instance in Mongolia, Macedonia, Iran, Laos, Mozambique
and Vietnam. These activities were directed at ore deposits
prospecting, geophysical investigations of dam sites
and tunnels, hydrological studies and prospecting for
gold and coal.
His geophysical activities in Czech Republic cover more
than 30 years experience in the field of economy geology,
10 years experience in the application of geophysical
methods for railway substructure and round 5 years experience
in the field of environmental studies.
Role:
In scope of Theme 6 he will be responsible for the processing
and continuity of geophysical field works, data measurements
and technical instrumentation.
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Email: tesar@gimpuls.cz |
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Vojtech Beneš is an expert in geophysics. In 1989,
after his studies at the Charles University at the Faculty
of Natural Sciences in Prague, he reached RNDr. degree.
Since then he participated in a number of international
projects and conducted geophysical investigations and
acted as a head of geophysical sections for instance
in projects for Mollasadra and Kavar Dam Site (Iran),
Guiamets Dam Site (Spain), Proserpina Dam Site (Spain),
Madrid - Plaza Major (Spain), Berlin - BRD: Control
of building sites (Germany), Frankfurt waste deposits
- BRD (Germany) and Guadarrama Tunnel (Spain).
Besides the IMPACT-ADD project he works as a project
manager for geophysical projects. He has accomplished
a number of geophysical projects for ore deposits prospecting,
radiometric measurements, emanometry, seismic tomography,
geophysical measurements of karst territory, study of
quarry, GPR and microgravimetric measurements, study
of undermined area, geophysical study of geotechnical
conditions in tunnel and for geophysical investigation
of defective dam bodies.
Mr. Beneš is a member of Association of Czech Geophysicists
(CAAG). In regard to his special professional experiences
he is skilled gravimetric, seismic and GPR methods with
a special interest in geological and geotechnical interpretation
of geophysical data and gravimetric modelling.
Role:
Mr. Beneš will execute supervision of data collation
process from geophysical measurements, provide data
processing and perform final geophysical evaluations
and interpretations.
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Email: benes@gimpuls.cz |
