Arroyo Geoscience

Check out this article I wrote in the LA Times local edition, a discussion of possible solutions to our water shortage problem

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/opinion/tn-blr-oped-bracing-for-the-water-shortages-to-come-20150217,0,7627182.story

Op-Ed: Bracing for the water shortages to come This past sunny, hot weekend, thousands of Angelenos took to the mountains and beaches for hiking, biking, rollerblading and jogging. Many of these people likely had a moment when they looked around with a smile and thought, wow, what a life we live here, how lucky we are, compared to the unlucky fo…

We at Arroyo/AES have been very busy all year long with all kinds of projects: fault studies, landslide investigations, percolation tests, but not too busy to have a good time at our recently rehabbed office/fun space. Here are some pics from some of our more interesting projects in recent weeks, "horsing" around, and also from our late summer party a few months ago!

We have been very busy performing geologic fault studies in the Santa Monica and Hollywood Earthquake Fault Zones.. Developers and investors: check to see if a property is within these zones before making your purchase decisions, as fault studies and earthquake faults can complicate your projects!

Our work takes us to some higher elevations.. this project involves a major landslide repair site high above the Brentwood hills area, with sweeping views of the Getty Center and ocean. Contact us for your environmental and geotechnical project needs.

Wearing suits is cool. But as geologists, we don’t get to wear suits daily. Ours is generally a much more casual dress code, driven mostly by the fact that a practicing geologist will spend at least half of his working hours in the field, climbing in and out of test holes, mapping, hiking, and frolicking around a site. we are typically in contact with mud, dust, water, debris, and of course, earth! So the garb must be comfortable, and not fancy, since we often have to get down and dirty.