The City of Indianapolis is designated as a ‘Groundwater Guardian’ community as a result of Technically Qualified Person and Marion County Wellfield Education Corporation programs where Mundell has served as environmental consultants for over 15 years, working with multiple local agencies……Read More »
Portfolio
Mundell & Associates is a small consulting company with large-company credentials and significant experience with some of the most challenging and diverse environmental concerns.
Our project portfolio (which includes case histories, publications, and presentations) covers the world and includes time sensitive investigations as well as long term remediation and monitoring. Clients benefit from a cross disciplinary approach to problem solving and depend on our abilities to communicate complex scientific and engineering principles.
Public Relations with a Community Affected by Petroleum Constituents in Drinking Water
Mundell personnel cultivated a collaborative relationship with IDEM officials and established rapport with a community effected by a gasoline release. Mundell created audience appropriate documents to inform school and county officials and the greater community of potential health risks, investigation events, and remedial progress. As on-site work progresses through the cleanup phase, the multifaceted communication efforts continue to provide cost effective, timely dissemination of information regarding remedial progress……Read More »
Comprehensive Operation and Maintenance Program
In an effort to reduce groundwater treatment system costs, Mundell decided to turn over the operation and maintenance (O&M) of one of its remediation systems to a sub-contractor located much closer to the system than Mundell. Mundell developed and then trained the sub-contractor using the step by step written guidelines for all routine maintenance procedures, site visit procedures, and sampling procedures. These procedures allow Mundell to retain responsible oversight of the system O&M with minimal time invested……Read More »
GIS Analysis Indicates Chemical Risks Present for Urban Communities
Mundell acted as grant project manager and coordinated all technical task activities, communication and submittals to the U.S. EPA for a scientific study to determine if air quality was more likely impaired near low income and minority populations. A GIS based approached was used for this environmental justice grant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V on behalf of the Indianapolis Urban League Environmental Coalition. The results of the relational data evaluation indicated that low-income citizens and people of color are disproportionately located near Toxic Release Inventory facilities in Marion County. As a result, there is a greater potential for impact to these populations’ health from these facilities than the average Marion County population and certain areas were targeted for increased future monitoring……Read More »
Reducing Long-Term Monitoring Costs – Modifying the Sampling Program as COCs Change
Mundell successfully negotiated with the regulatory agency at a LUST site to remove unnecessary sampling of one SVOC compand. This analysis saved the client more than $17,000 per year in sampling while still adequately monitoring the contaminants of concern in the groundwater……Read More »







