Geochemical Studies Service

SSP&A provides expert services in geochemistry for environmental problems that relate to:

• Hazardous waste disposal;
• Chemical and petroleum manufacturing;
• Wood treatment;
• Coal gasification;
• Mining and acid mine drainage;
• Saltwater intrusions;
• Surface-water and sediment contamination.

SSP&A offers the services of a team of geochemists who are recognized experts in the field of environmental forensics.

The expertise offered includes:

• Valuation of the origin(s), fate, and transport of contaminants;
• Geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting;
• Interpretation of chemical congeners (PCBs, Dioxins);
• Chronological evaluations;
• Analysis of organic / inorganic interactions;
• Evaluation of geochemical conditions;
• Evaluation of DNAPL and LNAPL sites;
• Evaluation of the natural and enhanced attenuation of contaminants;
• Geochemical modeling;
• Litigation support.

SSP&A routinely conducts in depth geochemical analyses of environmental problems that are caused by the presence of compounds such as: PCBs, PCPs, creosotes, perchlorate, nitrate, MTBE, BTEX, arsenic, mercury, lead, and chlorinated and non-chlorinated solvents.