Lead Hydrogeologist, Managed Aquifer Recharge

RENE PUMAYALLI SALOMA

Senior Hydrogeologist Managed Aquifer Recharge Groundwater & Geotechnical Studies Telluride, CO 81435 • 970-***-**** • ********@*****.*** • Authorized to work in the U.S. SUMMARY

Hydrogeologist, geological engineer, and founder of a Peruvian engineering consulting firm, with 30+ years of experience in groundwater exploration, well field design, managed aquifer recharge (MAR), and slope stability. M.S. in Natural Resources

& Watershed Management from the University of Arizona. Led projects for The Nature Conservancy (with PepsiCo as a partner), Backus (AB InBev), municipal water utilities, and government agencies, from field investigation and drilling oversight through permitting and final technical reports. Bilingual English/Spanish, ready to lead Spanish-speaking field crews.

CORE SKILLS

• Groundwater: Aquifer characterization, pumping and slug test analysis, well field design and modeling, monitoring-well

(piezometer) networks, water availability and water balance studies.

• Managed Aquifer Recharge: Design of infiltration trenches, recharge channels, and filtration galleries (horizontal collector systems in fractured rock).

• Geotechnical & Geologic Hazards: Slope stability, landslide and rockfall hazard assessment, rock mass and soil characterization, seismic risk, dam foundation evaluation.

• Geophysical prospecting: Specialized experience in subsurface exploration methods to identify, map and delineate fractured aquifers, unconsolidated aquifers and various geological formations.

• Software: FEFLOW, AQTESOLV, IP2WIN (resistivity), ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, AGWA/SWAT, AutoCAD, MS Project.

• Project Delivery: Founded and has been a consulting firm since 2010: business development, staffing, budgets, drilling and construction oversight, technical reports and permit packages, client and community coordination. EDUCATION

M.S., Natural Resources & Watershed Management — University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2008 Thesis: Watershed modeling with remote sensing and AGWA–SWAT, western Cusco watershed. Also: Graduate Certificate in GIS (2008).

B.S. and Professional Title, Geological Engineering — UNSAAC, Cusco, Peru 1993 / 1995 Graduate coursework, Civil Engineering (Water Resources & Environment), UNSAAC 2018 Postgraduate diplomas: Applied Geophysical Prospecting (2018); Geotechnics Applied to Engineering, UNI Lima (2011) Licensed Professional Engineer, College of Engineers of Peru (CIP No. 58719) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UNU KAMACHIQ S.A.C. — Cusco, Peru 2010 – Present

Founder, Managing Director & Principal Hydrogeologist (engineering consulting firm; projects in 14 regions of Peru)

• The Nature Conservancy (2022–2024): Designed riverbank infiltration trenches and a piezometer monitoring network for the Motupe River aquifer; prepared the aquifer diagnosis and sustainability plan.

• TNC, amuna restoration: Led the mapping and redesign of traditional Andean recharge channels (amunas) as managed aquifer recharge systems; restored four systems in high-altitude watersheds with PepsiCo and corporate partners.

• Backus / AB InBev (2022–2023): Prepared design documents for, and oversaw construction of, two infiltration trenches recharging the upper Motupe aquifer.

• SEDA Cusco, municipal water utility (2016–2026): Prepared design and permitting documents for four production wells in the Piñipampa aquifer (water supply expansion for six districts); modeled pumping well fields and obtained water- availability approvals for the Cusco Drinking Water Master Plan; completed aquifer protection and infiltration gallery studies.

• Inland Energy (2026): Led landslide and slope stability risk assessment for the Santa Teresa hydroelectric plant camp.

• NGO and government clients: Water availability studies and baseline environmental modeling for micro-watersheds

(CEDEP Ayllu, 2025–2026); hydrologic studies for watershed restoration investment projects (SERFOR, 2019).

• Plan MERISS, regional irrigation agency: Groundwater studies in fractured-rock aquifers (2015); geological, hydrogeological, and geophysical evaluation and seepage control for the Pitucocha and Yanamancha dams (2012–2013). Earlier Consulting Projects — Cusco, Peru 1991 – 2010 Lead Geologist / Hydrogeologist (projects with Guaman Poma de Ayala Center and others)

• Lead geologist for design and construction oversight of the Oropesa and Saylla filtration galleries (1997–2000); field geologist on construction of the Salkantay infiltration gallery (1991).

• Estimated the volume of the southern Cusco Valley aquifers; designed groundwater intakes and drinking water systems for rural communities (1999–2008).

• Prepared the project profile for integrated water resources management in the Huatanay Valley, Cusco (2003). CIA. Inversiones Mineras del Sur — Arequipa, Peru 1996 Assistant Chief Geologist, Caravelí mining unit: field mapping, structural geology, resource assessment TEACHING

• CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange): Designed and taught a 3-credit university course on climate change, in English, for U.S. study-abroad students (2020).

• UNSAAC: Taught Cartography and Field Geology (1996–1997); has advised 8+ engineering and master's theses (2004– present).

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• Co-author, "Quantifying Water Storage Capacity in, and Dry Season Water Yield from, Bofedales (Andean Wetlands)"

(2019).

• Contributor, UN/UNESCO geological and conservation studies of the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary.

• Keynote presentations on artificial aquifer recharge with amunas, and on recharge systems for flood and mudslide prevention (2020).

LANGUAGES

English (fluent, technical and professional) • Spanish (native) • Quechua (native)

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