Dr. Turner is President and Chief Hydrogeologist of AGW Consultants. He holds a
B.S. in Geology, a M.S. in Geology and Aqueous Geochemistry, and a Ph.D. in Geology and
Hydrology. Dr. Turner is a Certified Ground Water Professional and a
Registered Professional Geologist. He has been involved in all aspects of
ground-water hydrology for 35 years.
Dr. Turner is a recognized expert in ground-water exploration and development and
drilling technology.
Dr. Turner has worked throughout the United States and 20 countries in Africa, Latin
America and Asia as a consultant to government agencies and private clients.
During his career, Dr. Turner has designed and supervised the drilling of hundreds of
wells for municipal, land development, industrial, mining, and irrigation purposes up to
depths of 3,000 feet (900 m). Dr. Turner has supervised oil and gas well
construction in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Government agencies and international lending institutions have called on him to
specify drilling equipment in many South American and African countries.
He has been called on to evaluate and troubleshoot ground-water exploration and
drilling projects worldwide.
Dr. Turner has been an innovator in ground-water exploration methods and uses a broad
array of methods where applicable including:
- Geological Mapping
- Seismics
- Thermonics
- FracTrac
- Hydrogeochemistry
- Hydrogeothermics
- Geomorphology
- Aquifer Modeling
- Stack-Unit Mapping
- Morphotectonics
- Slab Hydrodynamics
- Magnetics
- Photogeology
- Gravity
- Fracture Trace Analysis
- Streaming Potentials
- Earth Resistivity
- Hydrobiology
- Electromagnetics (EM)
- Tracers
In the mid 1970's, Dr. Turner located several of the largest production capacity wells
in the entire Tucson Basin of Arizona using his proprietary Thermonic, geophysical,
ground-water exploration methods.
In Africa, Dr. Turner has taught aerial photographic, ground-water-exploration methods
to hydrogeologists. He regularly teaches technical courses.
Dr. Turner reads, writes and speaks English, German, Greek, French, and Spanish. He
also has a fundamental knowledge of Turkish and Russian. He has studied Arabic and
several American Indian languages.
Dr. Turner is a recognized authority on natural resources, water policy and water law.
He regularly teaches courses on these subjects.
In addition to his consulting activities, Dr. Turner was a candidate for the United
States Senate in 1996. In 1996, he was appointed by the Governor of New Mexico as
the State Natural Resources Trustee, a non-salaried position. He is a member of the
Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Water for the State of New Mexico in the American
Southwest. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees for the New Mexico Foundation for
Educational Excellence.