Manager-Burlington Area Office
Senior Ecologist
Senior Aquatic Biologist

Joined LGL in 2000

Degrees & Diplomas

B.Sc, (Honours): Wilfrid Laurier University, Biology 1987
M.Sc.: Trent University, Watershed Ecosystems, 1991

Research Interests

• Biomonitoring
• Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment
• Fisheries, Limnological, and Benthic Assessments
• Natural Channel Design
• Wetland Evaluation
• · Environmental Assessment

Mr. Fausto is the Manager of LGL’s Burlington Area Office and is a Senior Ecologist with more than 16 years of experience specializing in multidisciplinary projects involving agricultural impact assessment, water quality, environmental planning, facility siting, biomonitoring, fisheries, wetlands, benthic and botanical studies in Canada and the United States. He has been a consultant for many Class Environmental Assessments, Watershed Studies, Lake and Stream Corridor Remediation and Restoration Projects, Biodiversity Studies, Environmental Impact Assessments, Fisheries Studies, Pipeline Corridor Assessments, and has also served as a Planner and Construction Inspector for numerous municipal infrastructure projects. He has performed numerous aquatic and terrestrial investigations at large industrial facilities, power utilities, water intake plants, and nuclear generating stations affected by various degrees and types of pollution, and have been qualified as an expert witness in Ontario Provincial Court. He has directed and conducted studies of the impacts of various agricultural land use practices from his involvement with provincial government environmental programs in Ontario. Mr. Fausto career experience also includes technical and permitting support for wide range of projects in the U.S., where he has prepared Environmental Assessment Documentation for submission under NEPA and the Clean Water Act, and is familiar with protocols used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Mr. Fausto works closely with both public and private sector multidisciplinary teams to provide ecologically sustainable, innovative and cost effective solutions to a wide range of projects in the areas of transportation, energy utilities, and water and wastewater infrastructure. Mr. Fausto specialises in the assessment of potential ecological impacts to aquatic and terrestrial habitats resulting from the construction of large watermains, sewers, water treatment and water purification plants, as well as roads and highways.