High-Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) tooling, such as the MIP, LLMIP and Laser-Induced fluorescence (LIF) have been used countless times across Canada over the past ten years to delineate plumes of petroleum hydrocarbons (e.g. BTEX compounds, gasoline, diesel fuel, etc.) and
How Do You Spell Remediation Success? C-O-M-B-I-N-E
Consider this brief, but typical summary of contaminated site remediation options: Approach Cost Result Dig & Disposal (D&D) Only $1M No site closure due to contaminant rebound in groundwater Pump & Treat (P&T) Only $100K No site closure due to
Finally, We Have Permeable Reactive Barriers for Petroleum Hydrocarbons!
When environmental practitioners hear the term Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB), likely an “iron wall” most often comes to mind. This is not surprising since iron PRBs have a long history – they were installed as early as 1995 to treat
How To Remediate Contamination In Your Sleep
Find Out How to Best Manage Your Site By Asking Yourself One Simple Question The Industrial Revolution began over 250 years ago. In the Information Age the advantages and efficiencies of deploying equipment and automation to replace labour are affecting
The Value of Bench-Scale Testing
A Few Hundred Dollars Can Save Thousands of Dollars in the Field Has this ever happened to you? Your budget and schedule is nearing the end, but you’re not close to the end. No one in our industry wants to
Albert Einstein, Led Zeppelin and Environmental Remediation
Part II of our Newsletter on the Increasing Uses for High-Resolution Site Characterization “If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” ― Albert Einstein “Many
Have you Fallen Behind Your Competition?
Regulations Keep Getting Tougher: What You Can Do About It. If you experience indigestion when opening correspondence from a Regulator, you’re not alone. Environmental regulations are getting tougher and so are those enforcing them. The latest version of the Record
Why ISCO is More Useful in 2016 Than Ever
People have been aware of the process of oxidation for millennia: ever since we learned to fashion tools and weapons from copper, iron and other metals. Much later, once we started to understand the underlying chemistry, the word oxidation was used to
PRB Design and Installation
(or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About PRBs, But Were Afraid to Ask – Part 2) Last month, in honour of innovative Canadian-based research into Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs), we presented a brief history and discussion of traditional PRB
The 3 Fundamental Factors
Does the slide below look familiar? We have conducted many ‘Lunch & Learn’ sessions to share the latest advancements in remediation technologies. This slide is included in most of our talks. It’s a simple yet important slide. It summarizes the
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