The Management of Contaminated Areas consists of a set of studies to verify the existence of contaminating substances in a certain area and results in the knowledge of the real environmental conditions of a place, leading to the promotion of actions to control or remedy these impacts.
A correct diagnosis will determine the decisions that will be taken to remediate any existing site contamination.
A contaminated site usually means a portion of territory in which, as a result of human activities in progress or carried out in the past, a significant modification of the natural characteristics of the soil and groundwater environmental matrices has been determined.
The management of contaminated areas is the set of procedures and actions aimed at the knowledge of their characteristics and the definition of the most appropriate intervention strategy, aiming to minimize the damages and risks to the assets to be protected.
Management aims to minimize the risks to which the population and the environment are subject, through a strategy consisting of sequential steps, in which the information obtained in each step is the basis for the execution of the subsequent step. The process of identifying a contaminated area involves three phases.
Phase 1 ESA Edmonton consists of carrying out a prior technical assessment of the site with evidence of contamination to sequentially follow the steps of management of contaminated areas, which will end with the remediation of the area.
Phase 2 ESA is the second stage of Record of Site Condition Toronto. In this phase, the technicians carry out investigations based on the Preliminary Environmental Assessment (Phase I). The main objective is to confirm or not the existence of contamination in the area being evaluated, through the investigation of all potential and primary sources of contamination, in addition to obtaining the first data related to the subsoil of the area.
The company responsible for the preliminary assessment of contaminated areas must have adequate instruments and an excellent operational structure in order to apply the techniques of preliminary assessment of sites, which mainly involves having the knowledge of the history of the area. This process includes data collection with public environmental agencies.
After carrying out the preliminary assessment of contaminated areas in a precise way, Phase 2 ESA Edmonton begins, which consists of probing the contaminated site and installing equipment to monitor the environment, in addition to contemplating the collection of samples of soil, groundwater, or effluents.
The next phase is the risk assessment to human health, with a study of the risks carried out in detail by the technicians. Finally, the last step aims to carry out the remediation of the contamination of the area.
If the preliminary assessment of contaminated areas is not carried out properly, it may affect the entire next process and cause great harm to future users of the site, as well as jeopardize the civil liability of the company responsible for the procedure.
Therefore, hiring a proven, responsible and highly qualified company, such as Anderson Environmental, is the safest and most economically viable option.