Applied Hydrological Education and Consulting, Inc. - Expert Hydrology, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Science
Expert: Hydrology and Environmental Science
1100-C Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36604
251-648-0610
Dr. James J. Connors
Dr. James J. Connors is a Professional Hydrologist and Geoscientist with 40 years of experience. He has worked on numerous projects and legal disputes involving surface and subsurface hydrology. His career also includes extensive bodies of work as an award-winning academic and a testifying and consulting expert witness. Dr. Connors has been retained as an expert witness in more than 90 legal disputes and has presented trial, hearing, or deposition testimony 37 times. His cases have been in U.S. state and federal courts and abroad.
Currently, Dr. Connors' practice focuses primarily on:
Environmental contamination, including impacts associated with PFAS, PCBs, nutrients, radiation, metals, fuels, oil, solvents, and microbes, as well as impacts from landfill leachate, pipeline releases, AFFF/firefighting foam use, chemical spills, etc.;
Stormwater runoff and associated flooding, erosion, sediment transport, and sediment deposition, including construction site erosion and sediment control and stormwater flow caused by development and other land-use changes; and
General hydrology, including water-supply, watersheds, wetlands hydrology, natural drainage, hydrology-related accidents, surface-water/groundwater interactions, and coastal and river/stream flow dynamics.
Dr. Connors has taught university-level courses in hydrology, hydrogeology, geophysics, computer modeling, and geology and served in numerous academic leadership positions. His professional affiliations include the American Institute of Hydrology, Geological Society of America, International Association of Hydrogeologists, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society, and Sigma Gamma Epsilon Earth Sciences Honor Society.