JD Solomon
Getting it Right! Using Statistical Process Control in Environmental Root Cause Analysis
The seven rules of SPC provide a structured approach to monitoring and controlling processes, ensuring deviations are correctly identified.
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JD Solomon
Feb 5
Three Big Environmental Takeaways from East Palestine
There are many environmental lessons learned from East Palestine. The events that occurred there are the greatest environmental...
JD Solomon
Oct 9, 2023
What Hurricanes and Fishing Teach Us About Risk and Project Development
Surf fishing on the South Carolina coast is a much different experience in 2023 than in 2022. The difference provides some valuable...
J.D. Solomon
Jan 31, 2023
Applying ISO 31000 to PFAS and USEPA Risk Assessments
PFAS is an issue filled with complexity, difficulty, and uncertainty. The good news is that the USEPA does a good job with technical...
J.D. Solomon
Oct 11, 2022
How to Overcome the Fear of Using the Wrong Probability Distribution
Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...
J.D. Solomon
Oct 4, 2022
Trust Proven Approaches to Produce the Best Facilitated Sessions
The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...
J.D. Solomon
Sep 26, 2022
Three Solutions for Establishing Useful Probability Distributions
Monte Carlo simulations are the best approach for assessing uncertainty for future infrastructure and facilities funding requirements....
J.D. Solomon
Sep 19, 2022
Why Are You Wasting Infrastructure Money By Not Using Monte Carlo Analysis?
Understanding the total cost of ownership is a fundamental principle of asset management of facilities and infrastructure. However, all...
J.D. Solomon
Sep 13, 2022
Why I Will Never See an Ensemble Model on an Asset Management Project
Hurricane tracking is very good these days, especially in forecasting storm intensity and location two to seven days in advance....
J.D. Solomon
Jul 11, 2022
What the New USEPA Health Advisory Levels for PFAS Means to You
On June 15, 2022, US EPA reduced the current Health Advisory Levels (HALs) of 70 parts per trillion for PFOA and PFOS (combined) to 0.004...
J.D. Solomon
Mar 21, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Tree Diagrams
This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate tree diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...
J.D. Solomon
Mar 4, 2022
Do You Share the Same Concerns about the American Rescue Plan Act as Water Utility Leaders?
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is now in full swing as states start to divide the monies to their units of local government. Two...
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Feb 24, 2022
Hazardous Algal Blooms (HABs) Are Coming on March 23
JD Solomon will be facilitating the Lightning Talk on "Understanding Changes in North Carolina’s Bay Lakes Over Time: Lake Waccamaw...
J.D. Solomon
Dec 16, 2021
Communicating with FINESSE: Getting the Boss’s Boss to Understand
The critical issue is a technical professional's inability to communicate to decision makers in the face of complexity and uncertainty. ...
J.D. Solomon
Dec 8, 2021
Better Data Quality is a Significant Outcome of Forecasting Lifecycle Costs
A lifecycle replacement forecast provides a financial forecast of the total investment needed by an organization to keep its facilities...
J.D. Solomon
Nov 15, 2021
Tips For Including Rare Event Risks Into New Project Development
Rare event risks make or break any capital project because we handle them poorly. By contrast, traditional project risks are handled...
J.D. Solomon
Nov 11, 2021
Drinking Treated Wastewater Is Still A Few Years Away
Drinking treated wastewater is still a few years away because there is not enough demand for it. The technology exists that makes it...
J.D. Solomon
Sep 6, 2020
The Top Five Sites For Evaluating Your Hurricane Risks
Understanding your risks relative to an uncertain future usually involves some type of model.
J.D. Solomon
May 31, 2020
Algal Bloom Problems and Solutions ... as the Summer Heats Up
Algal blooms are a complex and complicated community problem as the weather heats up.
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