Each year, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation receives more than 16,000 reports of petroleum and chemical spills. State and federal law requires that the responsible party take steps to contain and clean up such spills, and, when necessary, to investigate potential impacts to soil and groundwater.
Conrad Geoscience has performed hundreds of spill investigations to delineate the severity and extent of soil and groundwater contamination, and to determine what types of corrective action are required in the aftermath of a spill. Throughout this process, Conrad Geoscience confers with regulatory agencies on behalf of the client.
Spill assessments often include conventional approaches such as soil boring programs and monitoring well installation for collection of soil and groundwater samples.
In cases where buried tanks, pipelines or containers must be located, we use non-invasive techniques, such as magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar.
In cases where the source or extent of groundwater contamination is uncertain, we use non-invasive soil gas surveys to map contaminant plume geometry.
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