Ground Water Remediation

The Assessment of Water Pollution, Scotland

March 27, 2012

Contaminating the Water Environment, or even the possibility of contaminating the water environment, are significant factors in the determination of contaminated land.  SEPA have recently released a new version of their ‘Brown Booklet’ which outlines their approach to ‘Water Pollution Arising from Land Containing Chemical Contaminants’ Edition 2. In the booklet SEPA have set out their approach [...]

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What are the effects of a freshwater oil spill?

January 20, 2012

The footage of the crusie ship the Costa Concordia lying on it’s side in the clear blue waters off the west coast of Italy has once again raised the spectre of a major fuel oil spill into a maritime preserve.  Fortunately the seas have been calm and the salvage engineers appear confident that they can empty the on board [...]

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How much does water remediation cost?

August 19, 2011

The answer isn’t simple (unlike my blog writing I bet you’re thinking). Read on to get an insight. As with all remediation costs (e.g. soil remediation cost blog) the process to calculate clean-up costs requires a lot of time with a lot of information.  The rate of clean-up is dependent upon many factors in the groundwater [...]

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Petrol Station Remediation

July 14, 2011

These small and often well situated plots have been found to be wise investments for re-development. Petrol stations can be contaminated with hydrocarbons which have leaked from pipes and tanks found beneath petrol station forecorts. Soil remediation and groundwater remediation techniques can be applied to treat the soil and/or water in-situ.  Hydrocarbon treatment technologies are tried and tested and the technology [...]

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Keyhole Surgery

June 17, 2011

Similar to insitu remediation…? Further to Sam’s recent blog you’ll be pleased to know that his recent keyhole surgery went well and he’s now on his way to a full recovery. So why am I writing about this…?  Well keyhole surgery is very similar to insitu treatment techniques, trust me on this…!   You analyse where the problem [...]

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Clean-up Contamination While Site Development Continues

May 18, 2011

Don’t let contaminated soil or groundwater stop/delay your site development program. Did you know you can remediate contaminants in the ground and while you are developing a site?  It is possible to treat a variety of organic contaminants in-situ, i.e. while they are still in the ground. In-situ remediation can involve physical removal (e.g. vapour extraction, groundwater [...]

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Hydrocarbon Contaminated Water Remediation

March 25, 2011

I was amazed when I first saw this work.  The oily water in the picture, which was laiden with sediments, turned in to something I’d… wash my car with…? well I wouldn’t drink it, I’d miss the chlorine taste. Our equipment is designed to remove sediments and hydrocarbons.  The flow rates and filter specification allow [...]

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Groundwater Treatment

March 17, 2011

Groundwater treatment is in general an approach where identified contaminants are removed from the water by what is commonly known in the remediation contracting business as a ‘pump & treat’ process.  To explain, we ‘pump’ the water from source through a ‘treat’ment system, simple. I’d be a happier man if it is as easy as it sounds… although the boss might [...]

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Remediation Options Assessments

January 14, 2011

It’s still easy to think that excavating and disposing of your problem is the best/easiest route forward, without looking at other options, however a variety of remediation techniques are available on the market and at least one may save you money and/or reduce project timeframes. The simplest way to allow yourself this pleasure/pain (delete as appropriate) of [...]

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