Founded in 2003, CMA is a SAM-registered small business providing unique solutions to the challenges of identifying, quantifying, and monitoring groundwater discharge to coastal, estuarine, and aquatic systems — backed by patent-protected technology developed through two decades of research and field work. With a perfect safety record since inception, we collaborate with multi-national engineering and environmental firms to detect, characterize and sample pollutants at the groundwater-surface water interface (GSI).
CMA provides specialized field, analytical, and consulting services for environmental assessment and monitoring in coastal, estuarine, and other aquatic systems.
Using the patented Trident Probe we conduct screening surveys to identify areas of porewater discharge and can sample these areas for VOCs, metals, PAHs, PCBs, PFAS, and other contaminants.
Learn more →Our patented UltraSeep systems quantify groundwater seepage across a broad range of environments, from inland ponds and lakes to tidally influenced rivers and bays.
Learn more →Using our Trident probe, we have successfully sampled for ambient levels of porewater PFAS as well as at sites with known contamination.
Learn more →CMA provides two industry-leading technologies for groundwater-surface water assessment. The UltraSeep meter quantifies discharge rates and contaminant fluxes with unprecedented accuracy in both tidal and non-tidal environments. Use of the Trident Probe enables us to rapidly map, characterize, and sample groundwater discharge zones through integrated temperature and conductivity measurements.
These innovative systems — developed and refined through decades of laboratory and extensive field work — are the basis for CMA's unique capabilities. Because of this clients have a legitimate basis for sole-source procurement, streamlining the contracting process while ensuring access to our advanced technologies.
View TechnologiesEstablished in 2003, Coastal Monitoring Associates is a SAM-registered small business with extensive expertise in groundwater-surface water interface (GSI) investigations. Our perfect safety record across more than 100 field deployments demonstrates our ability to address our clients' needs without sacrificing quality and safety.
CMA has maintained a perfect safety record with zero incidents since our founding — and has successfully executed PFAS investigations, Superfund site assessments, and federal agency monitoring programs across the US.
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Our unique advanced technologies allow us to deliver the most accurate data possible to facilitate regulatory compliance and develop appropriate and cost-effective mitigation strategies.
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