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RANNEY® COLLECTOR WELLS – OUR STAFF
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Andrew J. Smith, P.E.
Vice President
Senior Engineer
Andy has over 23 years of experience in the design and construction of radial collector wells and
surface water intakes. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University, and this
experience includes the construction, inspection and operation of a 12 mgd wastewater treatment plant,
retrofit and new construction of water treatment plants and pumping stations, horizontal directional
drilling (HDD) technology, and installation of water and sewer lines using state-of-the-art
microtunneling technology.
Now serving as Senior Engineer for Ranney® Collector Wells,
Andy provides a full range of engineering, estimating and bidding, and contract administration services.
These responsibilities include overall coordination of design-build (EPC) projects, pump selections,
design of piping and valve systems, and price estimation for collector wells and surface water intakes,
effluent outfall diffusers and microtunneling projects.
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Henry C. Hunt, C.P.G.
Vice President
Senior Project Manager
Utilizing more than three decades of experience in development and management of water supply and
environmental (including international) projects, Henry began with a B.A. in Geology from Lafayette
College. Since 1977, he has managed projects that include geophysical exploration, test drilling,
aquifer testing, contamination investigations, well testing, collector well inspections, collector
well construction and maintenance, microtunneling and solid and hazardous waste facilities.
Starting at Ranney® in 1977, Henry has supervised field
investigative programs and vertical well drilling, managed collector well monitoring programs, conducted
collector well inspections and intake siting studies. Henry provides leading expertise in the inspection
and evaluation of operating collector wells and in preparing feasibility studies for collector wells and
surface water intakes, including economic evaluations for system comparisons and in developing innovative
approaches to solving water supply problems.
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James A. French, Jr., C.P.G.
Vice President
Director of Technical Services
Having received his B.S. in Geology from The Ohio State University, Jim has worked in the water supply
construction business since 1971. His vast array of experience includes hydrogeological investigation
for water supply, radial collector well and vertical well design and installation, maintenance and
rehabilitation of collector wells and vertical wells, infiltration galleries, surface water intake
systems and recharge units. He has served as 1st Lieutenant for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
overseen 100's of projects.
As the Director of Technical Services for Ranney® Collector wells,
Jim is working with collector well owners and surface water intake owners to keep their water supply
systems operating at peak efficiency. With extensive experience over the last three and a half decades,
Jim is considered by many to be the country's leading authority regarding the operation, maintenance
and rehabilitation of collector wells. He is a Life Member of the American Water Works Association
(AWWA) and Ohio recipient of the George Warren Fuller Award 2005.
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Mark W. Nilges
Vice President
Operations
For the past 30 years, Mark has been involved in the construction and rehabilitation of collector wells
and surface water intakes on a national and international level. He has also been active in the construction
of effluent outfall diffusers and installation of water and sewer lines using microtunneling techniques.
His responsibilities have included staffing, directing and controlling all the construction field operations
including executive supervision of all aspects of safety.
At Ranney® Collector Wells, Mark is involved with preparing job cost
estimates, bidding, capital equipment purchases as well as coordinating with subcontractors while working
with the engineering staff. He is also leading Ranney®'s research and
development effort to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of all field operations and developing new
and improved equipment and construction techniques.
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Samuel M. Stowe, C.P.G.
President
For the past 33 years, Sam has been providing his expertise in the areas of ground water quality, aquifer
test analysis, induced infiltration and recharge evaluation, well design (collector and vertical), ground
water management and wellhead protection, contamination investigation and remedial measures. Sam began his
professional career after receiving his B.A. in Geology from Miami University and his Master of Science in
Hydrogeology from The Ohio State University. He has served as a chief hydrogeologist for such companies as
Fred H. Klaer Jr., & Associates, Ground Water Associates and the Ranney®
Division of Hydro Group, Inc.
He is responsible for the performance of all aquifer evaluations for water supply and investigation of
contamination. He has leading (including international) expertise in the areas of induced infiltration (e.g.
riverbank infiltration) and is the leading designer of collector wells in the United States using current
state-of-the-art wire-wrapped screen technology. As President of Ranney®
Collector wells, his experience also includes all aspects of contract administration (negotiation and management)
and international operations. He currently provides executive management of all operations of
Ranney® Collector wells. Sam also serves as the President for International
Water Consultants, Inc., the consulting subsidiary of Ranney® Collector
Wells.
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Matthew T. Reed
Project Manager
Prior to joining Ranney® Collector Wells in 1998, Matt worked as a
consulting hydrogeologist for twelve years. He received his B.S. in Geology from Beloit College and Master
of Science in Hydrogeology from Wright State University. His experience in consulting included the management
of large water supply development projects, testing of aquifer hydraulic parameters and water quality, water
supply permitting, and yield assessment. He has used analytic and numerical ground water flow models for
yield and interference analysis and in support of well head protection area delineations.
As a project manager at Ranney®, Matt is responsible for collector well
construction management and lateral design, oversight of the technical components of groundwater exploration
and development programs, and the assessment of collector well, vertical well, and infiltration gallery
performance and rehabilitation.
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Ranney® Collector Wells,
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a Layne Christensen Technology
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6360 Huntley Road
Columbus, OH 43229
Toll Free: 1-877-4-Ranney (1-877-472-6639)
Office: 614.888.6263
Fax: 614.888.9208
E-mail: ranney@collectorwells.com
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