Papers and Publications
I have written numerous technical reports,
project reports, site-specific CQA programs, and construction specifications,
and co-authored technical papers.
Articles and Technical Papers
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"Density of Emergent Macrophytes in Constructed
Wetlands" (in press). Lagacé, S., C. Miller and R. Gearheart,
in Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Constructed Wetlands for Water
Quality Improvement, Arcata, CA.
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Free Water Surface Wetlands for Wastewater
Treatment: A Technology Assessment (1999). Gearheart, R.A., B. Finney,
M. Lang, J. Anderson and S. Lagacé. Prepared for USEPA's Office
of Wastewater Management, US Bureau of Reclamation, and City of Phoenix,
AZ.
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"Assessment of Hot-Air Fusion Welding for
HDPE Geomembranes" (1993). Rollin, A.L., M. Marcotte, and S. Lagacé,
in Geosynthetics ‘93 Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, British
Columbia.
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"Le Contrôle de l’écoulement
des eaux par les géomembranes" (1991). Marcotte, M., and S. Lagacé,
in Revue de l’Association des ingénieurs municipaux du Québec,
Montréal, Québec.
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"Private Industry Maximum Security Landfill
Case History" (1991). Marcotte, M., S. Lagacé, R. Denis, and D.
Faucher, in Geosynthetics ‘91 Conference Proceedings, Atlanta, Georgia.
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"Les Géosynthétiques" (1990).
Denis, R., S. Lagacé, and R. Normand, in Revue de l’Association
des ingénieurs municipaux du Québec, Congrès 1990,
Montréal, Québec.
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"L’Utilisation des géomembranes pour
l’imperméabilisation des milieux poreux" (1990). Marcotte M., M.
Bernardi, and S. Lagacé, in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference,
Canadian Land Reclamation Association, Thetford Mines, Québec.
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"Technical Note on Hot-Air Seaming of HDPE
Geomembranes" (1990). Marcotte M., and S. Lagacé, in Geotextiles
and Geomembranes, Elsevier Applied Science. Reprinted in The Seaming
of Geosynthetics, edited by R.M. Koerner, Elsevier Applied Science.
Reports and Other Technical Writing
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Free Water Surface Constructed Wetlands
Design Manual (1998-1999): Research, field work, preparation of figures,
tables and graphs, and editing for an EPA design manual.
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Constructed Wetlands Technology Evaluation
(1998-1999): Research, field work, preparation of figures, tables and graphs,
and editing for an EPA document.
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Technical manual for slow sand filters,
roughing filters and iron removal filters (1998). Prepared for
Oasis Structures and Waterworks, Inc., McKinleyville, CA.
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Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the
new proposed Arcata General Plan (1998). Preparation of sections
on Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Utilities and Public Services, Soils
and Geology, Aesthetics, etc.
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Preparation of a spreadsheet model to evaluate
on-site (decentralized) wastewater treatment options for the city of Recife,
Brazil (1998).
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Preparation of technical data sheets for various
remediation technologies for heavy metals in soils and surface water (1998).
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WAWTTAR ("Water And Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Appropriate for Reuse") v. 4.0 software (1997-1998). Research in
water and wastewater treatment methods and reuse options, preparation of
technical data sheets and pictures, editing and preparation of the Help
Manual, preparation of a spreadsheet-based tool for alternatives evaluation.
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Numerous technical reports, design reports,
preassessment screens, monitoring plans, restoration plans, CQC and CQA
plans, CQC and CQA reports, construction specifications, health and safety
plans, and operation and maintenance (O&M) plans on various projects,
including multiple Superfund and NRDA projects.
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Translation of scientific journal articles
(1990-1999). French to English and English to French.
Web Mastering
I assembled the contents and created the pages for several technical Websites. Here are some examples:
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