GW Solutions was retained by McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. to carry out a groundwater exploration program and construct a new production well for the Village of Tahsis. The objectives of GW Solutions’ work were to: find a suitable groundwater source (i.e. water meeting water quality guidelines, avoiding adverse conditions such as Groundwater Under Direct Influence of Surface Water (GUDI) or Groundwater at Risk of Containing Pathogens (GARP)); construct a production well that will yield a sufficient water to supply the Village of Tahsis; conduct an aquifer pumping test with the new well; propose a preliminary groundwater protection plan (GPP) in order to preserve both the quantity and t