CURRICULUM VITAE
Surname:
Mansuy
First
Name: Neil
E-mail
Address:nmansuy@subsurfacetech.com
Languages
spoken: English and French.
Education:
Primary:
1961-1963 Sturgeon elementary
school, Manor Saskatchewan.
1963-1970 Manor elementary
school, Manor, Saskatchewan.
Secondary:
1970-1974 Manor High School,
Manor, Saskatchewan.
(Holder of Post-Secondary Education Entrance
Scholarship).
Post
Secondary:
1975
Western Christian College - (an
accredited college with the University of Regina), Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
University:
1976-1981 University
of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan.
1981 Awarded B.Sc. in Microbiology
1988 Awarded M.Sc. in Microbiology. Topic:
Model Systems for
Generating and Controlling Biofouling
Associated with Wells.
Employment:
1974-1975 Remained
working on family farm one year
Before entering Western Christian
College, Weyburn.
1976-1978 Co-operatives
Oil Refinery, Regina,
Saskatchewan.
Four months each summer between University semesters.
1978-1979 Lakeshore
Estates Club, Pro Shop and
Receptionist, Regina, Sask. Full
Employment
during University B.Sc. training.
1979-1984 Regina
Water Research Institute, Regina,
Saskatchewan. Research Associate and
Supervisor of Laboratory.
1985 Ten months employment and research towards
M.Sc. degree with Compagnie Generale
des
Eaux, Paris, France.
1985 Fall - Writing
M.Sc. thesis at Regina Water Research
Institute, Regina Sask.
1986 Research
associate at Regina Water Research
Institute.
1986 Establishment
of private consultant company
Mircon
Consulting (Estevan) Ltd.
1986 Establishment
of retail/wholesale business
for water treatment and water handling
equipment (Water World Industries).
A.
Aquifer and Well Rehabilitation Specialist for Layne Christensen
Inc. and Layne Geosciences Inc.
1999-Present Vice President –
Technical services Division
Subsurface
Technologies Inc. Kansas City, Mo. 64105
REPORTS
Mansuy,
Neil (1985) "Assessment of Factors Influencing Plugging of Wells
In Two Different Regions of France,
Using Model Wells". 100
pages to Anjou Recherche of the
Compagnie Generale Des Eaux,
Paris, France
Mansuy,
Neil (1985) " Traitement de Pasteurisation du Puits No 3 A St
Remy La Varenne En Bordure de Loire". 140 pages to Anjou
Recherche Division of the Compagnie
Generale des Eaux. Paris,
France.
Cullimore,
D.R. and Mansuy, N. (1988). An initial evaluation of selected
critical factors which could influence
the substitution of
sodium chloride with high grade
potassium for the recharging
of domestic water softeners. Report to
Kalium Chemicals,
Saskatchewan.
Cullimore,
D.R. and Mansuy, N. (1988) To Conduct a Microbiological
Assessment of the Potential for
Enhanced Biofouling from a
Gasoline Spill in Selected Water Wells
in Missoula, Mt.
A Report to the Department of Health
and Environmental
Sciences, State of Montana, Helena,
Montana.
Cullimore,
D.R. and Mansuy, N. (1989) An Evaluation of the Potential
for Biofouling to be a Major Factor in
the Production Losses
from the Stone Container Corporation
Wells. Report to Stone
Container Corporation.
PUBLICATIONS
Alford,
G., Mansuy, N. and Cullimore, D.R.
(1989) The Utilization
of the Blended Chemical Heat Treatment
(BCHT) Process to
Restore Production Capacities to
Biofouled Water Wells.
Third National Outdoor Action
Conference on Aquifer
Restoration, Ground Water Monitoring and Geophysical Methods.
May 22 - 25, 1989 Orlando,
Florida.
Mansuy,
Neil and D.R. Cullimore (1984) "Observations of Microbiological
Plugging of Wells". CSM Conf.,
Kingston, June, Abstract EM4P.
Cullimore,
D.R., A Maule and N Mansuy (1985) "Ambient Temperature
Methanogenesis from Pig Manure Waste
Lagoons: Thermal Gradient
Incubator
Studies", —Agricultural Wastes, 12, 147-157.
Cullimore,
D.R. and N. Mansuy (1985) "A Quantitative and Qualitative
Study of the Bacteria Flora in
Saskatchewan Wells". Plains
Aquatic Res. Conf., Regina, August.
Cullimore,
D.R. and N. Mansuy (1986) "The Control of Iron Bacteria
Plugging of a Well by Tyndalization
Using Hot Water
Recycling".—Water
Poll. Res. J. of Canada. 21(1):50-57.
Mansuy,
N. and D.R. Cullimore (1985) "Observations on the Simulated
Microbiological Plugging of a Model
Well System".
Microbiological Methods. awaiting
acceptance for publication.
Cullimore,
D.R. and N. Mansuy (1987) A Screen arc model well to simulate iron
bacterial fouling. Journal of Microbiological Methods 7 (1987)
225-232
Mansuy,
N., Alford, G. and Cullimore, D.R. (1989) Commercial Restoration
of Biofouled Wells using blended
chemical heat treatment (BCHT)
at Waverly, TN, October, 1988. Biofilm
Bulletin.
Mansuy,
N. and Cullimore, D.R. (1989) Controlling Iron Bacterial
Problems in Water Wells. Canadian
Water Well Journal. May, 1989.
Mansuy,
N. and Nuzman, Carl., Well Plugging and Red Water Problems, Understanding
Causes and Methods of Identification. Technical Report, Layne Western Co.
Mission Woods, Kansas
Mansuy,
N (1992) Getting Water From Dry Wells – Ground Water Age – July 1992
Mansuy,
N (2000) Biofouling of Wells and Aquifers – Water Well Journal – October, 2000
Books:
Mansuy,
N and Layne Geosciences Inc. Water Well Rehabilitation – A Comprehensive
Guide to Understanding Problems and Solutions. CRC Press (Lewis
Publishers), January 1999
Research
Experience:
Potential
biogas generation from animal waste lagoons at ambient temperature.
Feasibility of using marshes containing cattails Typha Latafolia and bullrushes, Scirpus
Validus for municipal sewage treatment potential by removing nitrogen and
phosphorous before discharging into lakes and streams..
Microbiological and chemical testing of surface and groundwater.
Testing efficiency of point of use devices for exclusion of Giardia cysts
from drinking water.
Feasibility study harvesting microalgae from eutrophic lakes for use as
potential organic fertilizers.
Feasibility studies of cutting macrophytic weed species from recreational
lakes for aesthetic purposes
(weed harvesting).
Environmental
impact assessment of water rediversion projects.
Monitoring movement of specific chemical spills in ground water and their
effect on indigenous microbial populations.
Enhancement of specific chemical degradation in groundwater systems (in
situ).
Model systems for observing the generation and control of biofouling
associated with wells (thesis topic).
The use of heat as control strategy for restoration of biofouled
aquifers.
Extensive study on microbiology of surface and groundwater systems with
particular specialization with iron related bacteria and biofouling of wells
and aquifers.
Microbiological analysis of the South Saskatchewan River system for
Saskatchewan Research Council.
Extensive experience in establishing monitoring and sampling programs.
Consultant for potential use of deep well injection for industrial waste
disposal.
Considerable experience in the biofouling and corrosion problems
associated with biofilms.
Considerable experience in identification of iron and sulfur related
bacteria and other bacteria common in water systems.
Considerable experience associated with “unsafe Bacterial” results
associated with wells, aquifers, and distribution systems.
Problems associated with black plug layering in golf courses
Extensive field testing of Biological Activity Reaction Tests (BARTSä) -
field test kits to monitor quantitatively and qualitatively the presence of
bacteria common in water systems.
Extensive field and theoretical experience related to well
rehabilitation ranging from traditional
chemical and mechanical treatments to Blended Chemical Heat Treatment,
irradiation, Aqua Freedä, .
Recognized as a worldwide expert in the area of Well Rehabilitation and
Biofouling.