HBR were awarded the bio remedation and groundwater treatment works at the former Exxon Mobile research centre at Milton Hill, Abingdon. The main contractor is Masterton Demolition who have cleared the site to ground level and exposed the area of contamination below the former barrel store.
HBR are responsible for the excavation and processing of 16,000 m3 of made ground and weathered mudstone. Parsons Brinkerhoff are the Client's environmental consultant and ABB are the Project Managers. Works commenced in June and are programmed for completion in October 2008.
For sites that contain PFAS contamination‚ there is a choice regarding their clean-up strategy: either continuously treat the impacted water or address the contamination at its source.The de facto approach has been the former: to treat the impacted water rather than the source of the PFAS contamination. However, this approach is often costly and relies on an extended or indefinite timeframe to meet remediation objectives.Treating contaminated water is a never-ending cycle as it continually attempts to...
In the spotlight Italy’s leadership on the bioplastic front, innovation in integrated waste management, integrated wastewater cycle and hydrogeological instability
Rimini (Italy), 25th June 2019 - The leitmotif has been established to link the events and contents of Ecomondo 2019, due to be held from Tuesday 5th to Friday 8th November at Rimini Expo Centre and organized by Italian Exhibition Group.
An edition with a new ad hoc layout for trade and industry members interested in grasping the cross-sectoral...
Environmental groups are pushing for tighter regulation and enforcement of EPA rules
A new study shows that of the 265 coal-burning power plants it studied in the United States, 241 have dangerous levels of toxic metals in the groundwater around them, based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. The figure, which comes to 91% of the plants, was derived only from plants that must monitor the groundwater near their coal ash dumps. Coal ash is a byproduct of coal combustion stored on-site by power...
Brownfield cleanup in New York City
As New York City’s need for space grows, existing stock of land must be used more effectively. Brownfield cleanup and redevelopment represents one of the best opportunities to engage communities and reclaim land for development in many cities. In 2018, the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (MOER) announced 1000×21, the most aggressive land cleanup and revitalization goal of any city in the world. This OneNYC initiative seeks to remediate and redevelop...
In March of 2019, an MT-100 was installed in an environmental laboratory stationed at a mine remediation project in Faro, Yukon Territories, Canada. The MT-100 is being used as a tool for performing wet chemistry analysis on samples taken around the remediation site, as well as surrounding watersheds. Samples include greywater, lake water, groundwater, river water, waste and treated surface water.
The Faro Mine was once the largest lead-zinc mine in Canada, operating for almost 30 years before closing in 1998...
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