EcoMetrix Incorporated services

Biological Monitoring is an integral part of determining the health of environmental components and assessing the relative effects of human activities.

Environmental Assessment (EA); Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Impact Assessment, Contaminant fate & Transport, Impact Assessment, Regulatory Liaison, Public Meetings & Stakeholder Involvement, Expert Testimony. These services better guide and assist our clients through the assessment process resulting in a successful and timely completion of regulatory requirements. Our team is recognized for designing monitoring programs, field sampling environmental media, developing and applying computer models to forecast environmental impacts and analyzing gaps in existing programs. Experience which provides an in-depth understanding of clients’ activities and needs places EcoMetrix in a strong position to produce quality EA documentation for both screening level and comprehensive studies.

The EcoMetrix team has been involved in EEM since its inception in the early 1990s, providing expert service for the development of technical standards and implementation guidance for the pulp and paper, metal mining, and nuclear power generating industries. Our team of professionals is well positioned to respond to any specific industry need including effluent plume delineation, fisheries and benthic ecology, water and sediment quality, sensory evaluations (tainting), mesocosms and caged bivalves. The environmental specialists at EcoMetrix provide a complete range of services fulfilling regulatory requirements for all facets of EEM.

Environmental modelling is a comprehensive and specialized service that professionals at EcoMetrix have been practicing for many years. Some examples include: Waste Assimilative Capacity, Spill Simulation & Analysis, Contaminant Transport & Fate, Effluent Dispersion & Plume Delineation, Hydrological Simulations, Customized Applications, IMPACT™, LAKESIM, EMMA.

The specialists at EcoMetrix have the in-depth knowledge and expertise to complete comprehensive ecological and human-health risk assessments adapted to industry’s needs. Specializing in exposure and effects evaluation for toxic chemicals and radionuclides, EcoMetrix quantitatively assesses risk to receptors in water and on land using adaptive, cutting edge modelling tools. Our environmental specialists combine the use of pathways and exposure models, environmental data, toxicity data, and follow-up monitoring programs to provide realistic and verifiable estimates of exposure and risk to plants, animals and human receptors. Risk assessment through clearly identified exposure pathways provides the basis for risk-based project development, mitigation and contingency response adapted to our clients’ specific needs.

EcoMetrix has an in-house laboratory where geoscientists complete specialized testing of natural materials and waste products such as: Ore, overburden, waste rock, tailings.

EcoMetrix offers environmental services to the mining industry on a number of levels and during all project phases. Some of these services include: Closure & Rehabilitation Planning, Field Assessment & Monitoring, Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, Acid Mine Drainage Assessment, Source Term Chemistry & Modeling.

Many strict environmental permitting and approval processes are in place and must be successfully addressed before industrial and development activities can proceed.

Awareness of environmental conditions early in the project development process leads to informed planning decisions. In this context EcoMetrix offers a wide range of services related to water quality assessment for industries.

IMPACT is a recognized environmental pathways and exposure modelling tool which provides a wide range of answers for the environmental management of industrial activities. It has been serving government agencies and the nuclear industry for decades and is a standard tool for radiation dose calculation and for Derived Release Limit (DRL) calculation.