David Kaminski

Senior Vice President, QED Environmental Systems, a TestAmerica company

Ground Water Sampling

Over the past 23 years, David Kaminski has designed and installed ground water sampling systems for sites throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and South America.

Mr. Kaminski is involved in the development of various new products for ground-water sampling applications, site investigation and groundwater remediation, and has been awarded three US patents. He has also published several articles and technical papers on sampling practices and pumping system design and has taught seminars on groundwater sampling for leading industry organizations and universities.

Mr. Kaminski earned his BSc degree in Engineering Technology from Ferris State University, MI.

Professional Affiliations

Chairman of Section D18.21.04 on Ground Water Sample Collection and Handling, ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

National Ground Water Association
Solid Waste Association of North America
California Groundwater Resources Association

Professional Activities

January 2006
Mr. Kaminski presented a workshop at the North American Environmental Field Conference in Tampa, FL, which provided an overview on various ground-water purging and sampling methods the advantages and disadvantages of each.

February 2006
Mr. Kaminski co-authored " Numerical Simulations to Assess the Monitoring Zone Achieved during Low-Flow Purging and Sampling" in the Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation journal. The paper addresses the question of what a low-flow sample from a typical monitoring well represents, helping clients gain regulatory approval for switching to low-flow sampling at their sites.

March 2006
Mr. Kaminski presented at the Princeton Ground Water Pollution & Hydrology course in San Francisco, CA. http://www.princeton-groundwater.com/. The course offered in the U.S. or Europe comprehensively covers all aspects of groundwater pollution and hydrology from theory to practice. For a copy of the presentation, please click here.

April 2006
Mr. Kaminski presented to more than 300 attendees, on low-flow ground water sampling, at two Maxxam Analytics Conferences in Toronto and Calgary, Canada. For a copy of the presentation, click here.

July 2006
Mr. Kaminski completed the most recent revisions to the ASTM Standard Guide D6771 on low-flow ground water sampling. This revised standard will be going back out to ballot to ASTM members this month.

August 2006
Mr. Kaminski will be participating in six seminars, on low-flow ground water sampling, in Australia and New Zealand. The seminars are sponsored by EnviroEquip, QED Environmental distributors.