Waterloo, Ontario, October 1, 2007 - Schlumberger Water Services (SWS) today announced the acquisition of Water Management Consultants (WMC).

“The combination of WMC people, expertise and knowledge with Schlumberger technology will allow SWS to provide solutions to a number of mining industry challenges while also expanding our business in other areas”, said David White, president of Schlumberger Water Services.
 

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In order to improve the level of knowledge of geoscientists within the organization and to address the shortage of trained hydrogeologists, the Environment Agency of England and Wales is setting up a diploma course in geoscience.  The course will be run under the umbrella of the University of the West of England, and academic credit points are to be awarded for each module successfully passed by the course participants.  WMC has been involved since the early planning stages of this project, and has been responsible for the following:

          -    Designing the outline syllabus for the whole  diploma course, that consists of ten modules.

          -    Preparing and delivering the first module, on Basic groundwater hydraulics.

          -    Developing the detailed specifications for the next three modules, on aquifer characterization, conceptual modeling, and borehole construction.

For each module, full training materials are being prepared, including PowerPoint presentations for lectures, handouts, background reading, case studies, practical exercises and assignments, and module handbooks.

WMC recently opened an office in Hermosillo, Sonora to help support their expanding services in Mexico.   The office is being managed by Kent Lang who has been working in Mexico for several years.  Kent is a soil scientist with experience in mining, public sector work and environmental service consulting.

In July/August 2006 Mark Anderson relocated from our Shrewsbury UK to Perth Australia office.  Mark is a Principal of WMC and is the director responsible for company activities outside North America.  Mark returns to Australia after 23 years, taking with him the experience of working within the industry in over 20 countries, in particular in South America, where he established our operations in the early 1990s, and in Africa where he has worked on numerous developments.