Chris Bonds is a Senior Engineering Geologist (Specialist) with the California Department of Water Resources (CA-DWR) in Sacramento. Since 2001, he has been involved in a variety of statewide projects including exploration, monitoring, modeling, policy, research, water transfers, and emergency response. Chris has over 32 years of professional experience in paleontology, geophysics, and environmental/engineering geology, within the private and public sectors, in California, Hawaii, and Alaska. Immediately prior to CA-DWR, he had the great honor and privilege of working for the CA-DTSC at the historic Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) near Simi Valley, CA alongside world-renowned contaminant hydrogeologists Drs. John Cherry and Beth Parker and remediation engineer Dr. David McWhorter. Chris holds a master’s degree in Geology from California State University, Los Angeles and is a Professional Geologist and Certified Hydrogeologist in California. In January 2021,
Chris co-authored a book titled Geology of Sacramento, California by Starr Publishing for the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG).