B. Beatty & Associates Limited

Beatty & Associates Limited, a groundwater consulting firm located in Bolton, Ontario, is recognized for its innovative and unique solutions to environmental problems. Brian Beatty, P.Eng., who leads the firm, has over 35 years of experience, and our team consists of experienced environmental professionals, including hydrogeologists, engineers, geologists and technologists. In the 1970's and 80's, we developed systems to recharge groundwater by means of infiltration basins. We are currently applying this technology and other infiltration systems for effluent disposal and to maintain recharge to the groundwater environment. Such recharge systems are expected to become mandatory in urban developments where groundwater resources and tributary streams must be protected. Another innovative technology that we developed in the early 1980's in Toronto is the aerobic landfill. Aerobic landfill technology has recently received much interest around the world because it can achieve large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. The City of Toronto continues to operate the original aerobic landfill that we developed over 20 years ago. In 2004, a BTES system was put into operation at Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ontario. The campus includes 8 new buildings which are designed to be heated and cooled with renewable energy. This required a field of 370 boreholes, 200m deep, to meet the energy demand...