About Us

Bill Dam is currently substitute teaching for Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina. Contact him at: billydam@gmail.com

It all started when…

Bill Dam gained an early concern for the environment with air and water pollution affecting his health growing up in the Washington D.C. area in the 1960’s. Despite the eco hazards, he loved playing outdoors and became a lifeguard in high school. A summer job during college at a water treatment plant led him to study how a downstream landfill added pollution to the river.

He completed his B.S. degree in Geology from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. His Master’s degree at the University of Wyoming focused on uranium mobility in groundwater which lead to jobs with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S Army Corps of Engineers.

He worked 25 years for the federal government and 15 years as a consultant. Bill’s biographical information is available on LinkedIn.

Conserve-Prosper LLC began in 2015 to share educational information on sustainability and began the consulting services phase in May 2019. Here’s a list of Bill’s publications and presentations:

Selected Contributions

Naftz, D.L., Fuller, C.C., Runkel, R.L., Solder, J., Gardner, W.P., Terry, N., Briggs, M.A., Short, T.M., Cain, D.J., Dam, W.L., Byrne, P.A., and Campbell, J.R., 2023, Interaction of a legacy groundwater contaminant plume with the Little Wind River from 2015 through 2017, Riverton Processing site, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022–5089, 66 p., 

Byrne, P., Fuller, C.C., Naftz, D.L., Runkel, R.L., Lehto, N.J., Dam, W.L., 2021, Transport and speciation of uranium in groundwater-surface water systems impacted by legacy milling operations, Science of the Total Environment

Dam, W.L., Ranalli, T., Larrick, C., 2020, Can Examining San Juan Regional Background Water Quality Support Local Compliance Assessments? San Juan Mining and Reclamation Conference, Telluride, Colorado. video presentations.

Dam, W.L., 2020, Grand Junction, Colorado: a model city that made reparations from past uranium mining and milling practices, Uranium 2020, Saskatoon, Canada.

Dam, W.L., Moore, R., Monken-Fernandes, H., Ali Aluleimat, A. Mohammad Musallam Abdel Din, I., 2019, Enhancing Jordanian National Capabilities in Investigation and Treatment of Natural Radioactivity in Drinking Water: Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, and Radium Removal, 9th International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, Denver, CO.

Roycroft, S.E., Boye, K., Perzan, Z., Johnson, R.H., Dam, W.L., Noel, V., Fendorf, S., Bargar, J.R., 2019, Uranium Mobilization Across Saturated-Unsaturated Interfaces, Goldschmidt Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Dam, W.L., 2018, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Program, National Science Foundation - New Mexico's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Making Abandoned Mine Lands Profitable, Socorro, NM.

Dam, W.L., Gil, A., Johnson, R., Campbell, S., Bargar, J., Picel, M., 2017, Long-Term Stewardship at a Former Uranium Mill Tailings Site in Riverton, WY, Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ.

Johnson, R.H., Dam, W.L., Campbell, S., Noel, V., Bone, S.E., Bargar, J.R., Dayvault, J., 2016, Persistent Secondary Contaminant Sources at a Former Uranium Mill Site, Riverton, Wyoming, USA, Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association, Freiberg, Germany.

Dam, W.L., 2016, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Legacy Management Sites and Tribal Cooperative Agreements, Presentation to the Tribal Caucus, National Transportation Stakeholders Forum, Orlando, FL.

Dam, W.L., Campbell, S., Johnson, R., Looney, B., Denham, M., Eddy-Dilek, C., Babits, S., 2015, Refining the Site Conceptual Model at a Former Uranium Mill Site in Riverton, Wyoming USA, Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 74, n. 10, p. 7255-7265.

Dam, W.L., Bargar, J., Brusseau, M., Reimus, P., 2015, Uranium Mobility in the Environment, American Geophysical Union Conference Sessions H33N and H31I, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Dam, W.L., Johnson, R., Campbell, S., Bone, S., Noel, V., Bargar, J., 2015, A Multifaceted Sampling Approach to Better Understanding Biogeochemical and Hydrogeological Controls on Uranium Mobility at a Former Uranium Mill Tailings Site in Riverton, Wyoming, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, H31I-1550, San Francisco, CA.

Dam, W.L., Gil, April, and Campbell, Sam, 2013, After the Flood: A New Approach to Reevaluate Contaminant Distributions and Attenuation in the Surficial Aquifer at the Riverton, Wyoming Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) Site, Poster Presented at Waste Management Conference, ID=13326.

Dam, W.L. 2007, New Plans for Uranium Production in America: Can Significant Adverse Impacts Be Mitigated? Journal of Environmental Practice, News and Information, vol. 9.

Dam, W.L. 2006, The Status of Nuclear Power in America: What's Next?, Journal of Environmental Practice vol. 8 (2).

Pickett, D.A. and Dam, W.L. 2005, Approach to assessing the potential effects of colloidal radionuclide transport on nuclear waste repository performance, Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering v. 151, p. 114-120, American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL, Sept 15, 2005.

Dam, W.L. 2005, Book review of Modern Groundwater Exploration: Discovering New Water Resources in Consolidated Rocks Using Innovative Hydrogeologic Concepts, Exploration, Drilling, Aquifer Testing, and Management Methods, 2004, R.A. Bisson and J.H. Lehr, Env. Practice vol. 7 (4).

Dam, W.L. 2005, Geographical, Environmental, and Siting Information System (GEn&SIS): Development of a Geographic Information System for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, (Abstract) National Association of Environmental Professionals annual meeting, Alexandria, VA.

Nicholson, T.J., Dam, W.L., Parrott, J.D., and Stirewalt, G.L. 2002, Future trends in hydrogeologic analyses at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Hydrological Science and Technology, American Institute of Hydrology, 20th Anniversary meeting, vol.18, n.1-4, Bloomington, MN.

Dam, W.L., Mohanty, S.,  McCartin, T.J., and Firth, J.R. 2002, Regulatory requirements for multiple barriers and NEC-DOE technical agreements for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository, Waste Management conference, Tucson, AZ.

Dam, W.L., Pickett, D.A., Codell, R.B., and Nicholson, T.J. 2001, Colloid-facilitated radionuclide transport: a regulatory perspective, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA; Eos Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H42C-0364.

Dam, W.L., Leslie, B., Bradbury, J.W., and Brooks, D.J. 2001, Radionuclide transport: integrating and resolving key technical issues, 9th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference; Las Vegas, NV; proceedings published by American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.

Coleman, N.M. and Dam, W.L., 2001, Use of groundwater chemistry to evaluate subsurface flow at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Eos Transctions of the American Geophysical Union vol. 82 (47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract H21D-0338.

Dam, W.L., Andersen, J.W., Brooks, D.J., and Stablein, N.K. 2000, Resolving key technical issues with the Yucca Mountain High Level Waste Repository, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Dam, W.L.; Nicholson, T.J. 2000, Unraveling Complex Hydrogeologic Systems using Field Tracer Tests, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 81 (44), October 31, 2000, p. 514.

Browning, L., Murphy, W.M., Leslie, B.W., Dam, W.L.,  1999, Thermodynamic interpretations of chemical analysis of unsaturated zone water from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXII.

Dam, W.L., 1998, Assessment of Yucca Mountain Geochemistry and Development of Conceptual Models for incorporation into Unsaturated Zone Flow Modeling, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MOL 20000211.0059, Berkeley, CA.

Dam, W.L. 1995, Geochemistry of Ground Water in the Gallup, Dakota, and Morrison Aquifers, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Report 94-4253, 76 p.

Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., Dam, W.L., Kernodle, J.M., and Thorn, C.R. 1990, Hydrogeology of the San Jose, Nacimiento, and Animas Formations in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-A, 2 sheets.

Thorn. C.R., Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., Dam, W.L., and Kernodle, J.M. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Ojo Alamo Sandstone in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-B, 2 sheets.

Kernodle, J.M., Thorn, C.R., Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., and Dam, W.L. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Kirtland Shale and Fruitland Formation in the San Juan structural basin. New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA720-C, 2 sheets.

Dam, W.L., Kernodle, J.M., Thorn, C.R., Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Pictured Cliffs Sandstone in the San Juan Structural Basin, USGS Hydrologic Atlas, 720-D. 2 sheets.

Thorn. C.R., Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., Dam, W.L., and Kernodle, J.M. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Cliff House Sandstone in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-E, 2 sheets.

Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., Dam, W.L., Kernodle, J.M., and Thorn, C.R., 1990, Hydrogeology of the Menefee Formation in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-F, 2 sheets.

Craigg, S.D., Dam, W.L., Kernodle, J.M.. Thorn, C.R., and Levings, G.W. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Point Lookout Sandstone in the San Juan structural basin. New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-G. 2 sheets.

Kernodle, J.M., Levings, G.W., Craigg, S.D., and Dam, W.L. 1989, Hydrogeology of the Gallup Sandstone in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-H, 2 sheets.

Craigg. S.D.. Dam, W.L.. Kernodle, J.M., and Levings, G.W. 1989, Hydrogeology of the Dakota Sandstone in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-720-I, 2 sheets.

Dam, W.L., Kernodle, J. M., Levings, G. W., Craigg, S. D. 1990, Hydrogeology of the Morrison Formation in the San Juan structural basin, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas, 720-J. 2 sheets.

Weber, M.F. and Dam, W.L., 1984, Effects of Uranium Mill Tailings on Groundwater Quality: a Historical Perspective, Seventh National Ground Water Quality Symposium, National Water Well Association, p. 193-208.

Humenick, M.J., Dam, W.L., and Drever, J.I., 1983, Heavy element release to groundwater at in situ uranium mining sites: Phase 1. Wyoming Water Research Center, OSTI 5273511.

Dam, W.L. and Almy, C.C. Jr., 1980, Preliminary study of leachate migration and water quality in old and new landfill sites, Greensboro, North Carolina. AEG-ASCE Symposium on Hazardous Waste Disposal, Raleigh, NC.