Great Lakes Environmental Center

Applied Water Quality & Environmental Sciences

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Protecting Our Water Resources Since 1992

Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. (GLEC) is an established national contracting firm offering applied environmental sciences, research, and compliance assistance focused on water quality and the protection of aquatic ecosystems. GLEC has grown steadily in each year of its existence, delivering services and solutions to government and commercial clients throughout North America. The dedicated employee-owners at GLEC often set the standard in their respective fields by consistently applying our core philosophies of scientific excellence, corporate responsibility, environmental stewardship, and dedication to fulfilling client needs. Our unique experience serving both regulatory agencies and the regulated community translates into viable, insightful, and creative solutions to complex environmental challenges.

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Clean Water Act 316(b) and 316(a) Compliance Services

GLEC services include site-specific  surveys, assessments, sampling, and monitoring programs to help power generation and industrial firms attain CWA 316(b) and 316(a) regulatory compliance. GLEC researchers are experts in aquatic ecology, wetland ecology, vertebrate and invertebrate biology, aquatic toxicology, environmental chemistry, habitat assessment, GIS and regulatory agency interaction.  Our 316(b) and 316(a) services include:

• Fish Impingement Mortality Studies
• Turbine Survival Studies 
• Endangered Species Surveys 
• Thermal Plume Surveys
• Habitat Assessments
• Water Quality Monitoring
• Turbine Survival Studies
• Fisheries Assessments

 

GLEC owns and operates a wide array of boats, vehicles, and field equipment to support field studies and sediment and water quality investigations. Our Michigan and Ohio laboratories provide aquatic toxicity testing, bioaccumulation and bioconcentration studies.

In The News

  • GLEC Continues Support for the USEPA UCMR Program

    December 2022 - The 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) established an unregulated contaminant monitoring program by which public water systems monitor - on five-year cycles - for up to 30 potential drinking water contaminants that are ...

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  • Arizona DEQ Selects GLEC to Conduct 2023-2024 River Surveys

    September 2022 - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality awarded GLEC a task order to conduct the U.S. EPA 2023-2024 National Rivers and Streams Assessment at some 50 sites spread across all regions of the State.  The EPA employs a ...

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  • GLEC Team to Conduct USEPA 2023-2024 National Rivers and Streams Assessment

    August 11, 2022 - The USEPA Office of Water awarded GLEC a $6 million competitive Task Order to conduct field sampling for the 2023-2024 National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA). The NRSA is a major element of four ongoing surveys ...

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Great Lakes Environmental Center

739 Hastings Street
Traverse City, MI   49686

Phone: (231) 941-2230
Fax: (231) 941-2240