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Morris Maccagno, M.Sc., P. Geol.
Principal Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Department Manager, Advisian
Central
Overview
Mr. Maccagno received his Master of Science in Geology with a specialization in Hydrogeology from the
University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1991 and has been with WorleyParsons, now Advisian, since then.
He has over 24 years of experience, including site assessment and remediation, groundwater monitoring,
contaminants, risk management, groundwater flow modelling, aquifer testing, regional groundwater flow,
baseline hydrogeological characterization, and legal support. He has been an expert witness in cases
involving off-site hydrocarbons, metals, and VOCs contamination, and a Class II landfill siting
application, and has taught the Applied Hydrogeology in Alberta course at the University of Alberta,
Faculty of Extension since 2009. Other projects have included an overview of groundwater conditions and
management challenges within the North Saskatchewan River basin; hydrogeologic characterization,
water quality, and water balance modelling of a large recreational lake in Alberta; EPEA and Water Act
renewal applications for large resource developments; and expert witness services in hydrogeology.
Areas of Expertise
 Hydrogeology
 Groundwater Resources
 Contaminated Sites
 Technical Review and Legal Support
 Regional Groundwater Flow and
Characterization
 Risk Management
Relevant Experience
1991 – Present Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Department Manager, Advisian Central, Canada
Hydrocarbons
 Senior and Principal hydrogeologist and quality assurance reviewer, including regional and shallow
groundwater assessment, monitoring, and annual compliance reporting, Imperial Oil Cold Lake
Operations, since 2005.
 Lead hydrogeologist, Imperial Oil Cold Lake Operations, 2005 to 2011. Projects have included
characterization of heat flow, hydrocarbon migration, and in-situ biodegradation of deep
hydrocarbons, local- and regional-scale groundwater monitoring, complex and deep hydrogeological
assessments including casing failure investigations and hydrocarbons at depth, natural bitumen-in-
shale investigations, thermal effects, establishing background hydrochemistry vs. anthropogenic
effects, isotope and trace element analysis, dissolved gas sampling, low flow and no-purge sampling,
monitoring optimization, pumping test execution and analysis, groundwater recovery, natural
biodegradation assessment, groundwater modelling, quantitative risk assessment, SIR response, and
regional groundwater risk mapping.
 Lead hydrogeologist, Water Act Renewal Application and Groundwater Evaluation, Imperial Oil Cold
Lake Operations (2009).
 Lead hydrogeologist, regional groundwater network optimization, Imperial Oil Cold Lake Operations.
 Senior Hydrogeologist, hydrogeologic risk mapping, physical hydrogeology framework development,
Suncor oil sands development, northeastern AB.
 Lead hydrogeologist, water balance characterization and modelling, Carson and Pegasus Lakes,
Pengrowth Corp.

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Principal Hydrogeologist/Groundwater Department Manager, Advisian Central
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 Lead hydrogeologist, litigation support, possible subsurface gas migration to a domestic well, Grande
Prairie, AB.
 Project Manager, environmental liability assessment, Korea National Oil Corporation, purchase of oil
field in North Eastern AB.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, preparation of annual groundwater monitoring reports for
submission to provincial regulators, for numerous gas plants across central Alberta.
 Project management, technical review and legal support, site assessment and remediation, former
service stations, Edmonton, AB.
 Lead hydrogeologist, remediation of ammonia-contaminated soil, former gas plant, Central AB.
 Project Manager, risk management plan development, salt and hydrocarbon impact at upstream oil
facilities, North Central AB.
 Project Manager Water Act application, in-situ SAGD facility, North Central AB.
 Lead hydrogeologist and Project Manager, litigation support, off-site migration of petroleum
hydrocarbon contamination, Edmonton, AB.
 Project hydrogeologist, over 100 contaminated site assessments for hydrocarbons clients across
Alberta, including hydrocarbon, metals, PAHs, and salt contamination.
 Project hydrogeologist, contaminated site assessment, including characterization for design of a full
scale remediation system at a former used oil refinery. Assisted in design and operation of pilot scale
remedial systems, including horizontal wells, soil vapour extraction and multi-phase extraction,
Edmonton, AB.
 Project hydrogeologist, numerical modelling (MODFLOW) of horizontal well system, Edmonton, AB.
 Project hydrogeologist, groundwater quality assessment, site characterization for remediation
planning at major upstream petroleum production facilities.
 Project hydrogeologist, soil and groundwater quality assessment, site characterization for remediation
planning at a former oil refinery, Norman Wells, NWT.
 Project hydrogeologist, aquifer testing at various UST sites to obtain design parameters for
groundwater treatment systems. Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling of complex
alluvial fan sequences to optimize groundwater remediation, Los Angeles, California.
 Project hydrogeologist, hydrogeologic reconnaissance and mapping as part of an environmental
impact assessment, Masila Block, Yemen.
 Project hydrogeologist, contaminated site assessment, former refinery, Yukon.
 Project hydrogeologist, hydrogeological site assessment, waste transfer station, Yukon.
 Project hydrogeologist, prepared detailed groundwater reports for submission to provincial regulators
on groundwater withdrawal programs, AB.
 Project hydrogeologist, supervised drilling and installation of piezometer networks, aquifer testing,
field measurement of hydrochemical parameters, sample collection for laboratory analysis, various
industrial facilities, AB.
Infrastructure
 Expert Witness (Hydrogeology), Action 0103 05452 Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. Norwood
Foundry Ltd v Stadium Holdings Ltd. Offsite hydrocarbon contamination (2016). Retained by the
Plaintiff (Norwood Foundry Ltd.). Decision for the Plaintiff.
 Project Manager and Lead Hydrogeologist, City of Edmonton Waste Management Centre, Edmonton,
AB, since 2005. Task have included monitoring network design and optimization, laboratory data
quality review, surface water-groundwater interaction, storm water pond evaluation, landfill

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investigations, pumping test design and interpretation, outfall water quality assessment, and risk
management.
 Expert Witness (Hydrogeology), Environmental Appeals Board hearing, EAB 11-025, etc, Waste
Management of Canada Corporation/Water Act Approval No. 00266612-00-00/ and EPEA Approval
No. 236328-00-00, Edmonton, Alberta.
 Preliminary evaluation of feasibility of deep biosolids sequestration. City of Edmonton.
 Project Manager and Lead Hydrogeologist, Hydrologic Assessment of Pigeon Lake: hydrogeology,
water quality, and water balance.
 Project Manager and Lead Hydrogeologist, North Saskatchewan River Basin, overview of basin
groundwater conditions, issues, and challenges.
 Project Manager, groundwater characterization of confined feeding operations test sites, central AB.
 Project Manager, AB Infrastructure, risk management, excavation, in situ remediation and monitored
natural attenuation, off site migration of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, Wildwood, AB.
 Project Manager, Alberta Infrastructure, hydrogeologic, and regulatory support, geophysical, soil and
hydrogeologic characterization, salt impact at former and operating highway maintenance yards.
 Expert witness, land compensation board hearing, Edmonton, AB.
 Hydrogeologic evaluation of proposed special waste transfer station, Yukon.
Minerals and Metals
 Project Manager, site characterization, risk management, and legal support, metals impact at an
operating foundry, Edmonton, AB
 Project Manager, geophysical, soil and groundwater quality assessment, and remediation at a zinc
galvanizing plant, Edmonton, AB.
Power
 Principal Hydrogeologist, Highvale Mine application renewal, TransAlta (2015)
 Principal Hydrogeologist, Highvale Mine stakeholder engagements, TransAlta (2008 to 2015)
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, baseline hydrogeology assessment – Pit 09 Area, Highvale
Mine, TransAlta Utilities.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, Highvale Mine Pit 08, Groundwater Dewatering Modelling,
 TransAlta Utilities.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, Whitewood Mine Hydrology Study, TransAlta Utilities.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, probable water level of Whitewood Mine – West Pit Lake,
TransAlta Utilities.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, probable water level of Whitewood Mine – End-Pit Lake,
TransAlta Utilities.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, baseline hydrogeology assessment – Pit 08 Area, Highvale
Mine, TransAlta Utilities.
 Lead hydrogeologist, technical review and legal support, site assessment and remediation, former
power station, Edmonton, AB.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, assessment and review of possible impact of mining
operations on domestic groundwater supply, TransAlta Utilities.
 Lead hydrogeologist, preparation of annual groundwater monitoring reports for submission to

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provincial regulators, Whitecourt Power Limited Partnership.
Industrial
 Project hydrogeologist, technical review of environmental assessment and remediation practices at a
 former PCBs waste storage and handling facility, Nisku, AB.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, preparation of annual groundwater monitoring reports for
regulatory submission, including Bunge Canada Ft. Saskatchewan Facility and Great Western
Containers Edmonton Facility.
 Project Manager and lead hydrogeologist, litigation support, off-site migration of chlorinated solvent
contamination, Edmonton, AB
Qualifications & Affiliations
 M.Sc. In Geology, Specialization Hydrogeology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1991
 B.Sc. (Honours) in Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1987
 Lecturer, University of Alberta Faculty of Extension, Applied Hydrogeology in Alberta
 Past Lecturer, Environmental Services Association of Alberta, Environmental Business
 Past technical review committee, ESAA WaterTech symposium, Alberta
 Past technical review committee, ESAA RemTech symposium, Alberta
 Member, North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance
 Past Member, University of Alberta Faculty of Science Visiting Committee
 Past Member, Alberta Chamber of Resources Committee on Water
 Past Director and Treasurer, Environmental Services Association of Alberta (ESAA)
 Alberta Environment Water Working Group, Coalbed Methane/Natural Gas in Coal
 Professional Geologist, Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of
Alberta
 American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section
 National Water Well Association, American Groundwater Scientists and Engineers Division
Specialist Courses
 Use of Geostatistical 3-D Data Visualization/Analysis in Superfund Remedial Action Investigations.
EPA Clean-Up Information Network. Internet Seminar 2011.
 Risk assessment Application in Northern Context, ARCSACC 2005 Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta,
2005
 Chemical Environmental Forensics Workshop, Trillium Inc., 2003
 Environmental Law and Regulation in Alberta. New Legislative and Regulatory Challenges.
Practical Compliance Strategies, the Canadian Institute, Calgary, Alberta, 2001
 Advanced Ground Water Modelling Techniques for Evaluating Natural Attenuation. Grant Carey
and Michael Barden, NGWA, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2000
 Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites in Arctic and Cold Climates. ESAA, Edmonton,
Alberta, 1997
 Soil Environmental Chemistry. Dr. Marv Dudas, University of Alberta, 1997
 Dealing with DNAPLS and Other Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids. Dr. David Kreamer and Pail Yaniga,
E#, Denver, Colorado, 1995

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Publications/Presentations
 Maccagno, M.D. Applied Hydrogeology in Alberta, University of Alberta Faculty of Extension,
Environmental Resources Management 2009 to 2015
 Maccagno, M.D. Case Study: Installation, Testing and Maintenance of a Horizontal Groundwater
Remediation Well. In Proceedings of the 1998 NAIT Field Demonstration and Symposium.
Edmonton, Alberta, 1998
 Hardisty, P.E., R.G. Croft, R.A. Bracken, S.D. Ross, and M.D. Maccagno. Design and application of
horizontal wells for soil and groundwater remediation. In proceedings of the Symposium on
Polluted and Marginal Land 96. London, UK, 1996
 Maccagno, M.D., S.D. Ross and P.E. Hardisty. Containment of a dissolved-phase plume using a
horizontal well. In Proceedings, Tenth national Outdoor Action Conference and Exposition. May 13-
15, 1996, Las Vegas. NGWA. Dublin, Ontario, 1996
 Maccagno, M.D. The combined use of pressure-depth and pressure-elevation plots to analyse
groundwater flow fields. M Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology. Edmonton, Alberta: University of
Alberta, 1991
Work History
1991 to Present Piteau Engineering/Komex International/WorleyParsons/Advisian