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Ronald Schnabel, PG, CHG

Ronald Schnabel is a senior hydrogeologist with 39 years’
experience in geology and hydrogeology. Mr. Schnabel has used his
thorough understanding of geology and hydrogeology to help clients
requiring planning, permitting, design, and operational expertise
with water banking and artificial groundwater recharge. He has
served as project manager and key team member on more than
twenty groundwater banking and recharge projects in California and
for numerous other types of projects. Mr. Schnabel’s regulatory
experience includes environmental permitting, plans of operation,
California Environmental Quality Act, environmental impact reports
(EIRs), and National Environmental Policy Act compliance and Ronald Schnabel
permitting. He aims to use his experience to further help clients Education
needing surface water- and groundwater-related investigations, California State University,
artificial recharge projects for aquifer storage and recovery, well Sacramento
design, construction and testing. Mr. Schnabel’s experience BS, Geology
includes groundwater modeling, Geographic Information Systems, Certifications
statistics, surface water-measurement methods, and geophysics.
Professional Geologist (PG), AZ
Project Experience No. 39745; CA No. 7836
Certified Hydrogeologist (CHG)
Centennial Hydrogeologic Investigation, Centennial Founders CA No. 867; OR No. 2020; WA
LLC, Los Angeles, California. Conducted a hydrogeologic study to No. 463
assess the quantity and quality of groundwater. Performed
preliminary design and cost estimating for groundwater recharge and recovery facilities consisting of
approximately 100 acres of spreading grounds and seven recovery wells. Conducted an extensive
hydrogeologic study that included drilling and installing eight monitoring wells, designing and
constructing a groundwater recharge test basin, and estimating the safe groundwater yield for local
groundwater supply. This investigation was a portion of the water resource assessment study for a
major planned community.

Develop and Prepare GSPs for Multiple Basins, Fox Canyon Groundwater Agency, Ventura County,
California. Project manager and senior hydrogeologist developing GSPs for the FCGMA. The GSPs include
the high prioritized basins of Pleasant Valley, and Las Posas, and the Oxnard Subbasin, and the medium
prioritized basin of Arroyo Santa Rosa. Duties include collaboration with the Agency, the Technical
Advisory Group, Charter Water Allocation Groups, stakeholders, and the public in order to produce
technically proficient and adaptive GSPs. The GSP development addresses developing equitable methods
for controlling groundwater extractions and reaching agreement on how these controls are accomplished
and implemented.

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