GeoPro Talks: City of Vancouver’s Healthy Waters Plan
Based on the principles of “One Water,” the City of Vancouver began the development of a comprehensive long-range plan for sewage and rainwater management in 2020. This initiative, now referred to as the “Healthy Waters Plan”, is an integrated planning effort to address pollution from sewer overflows and urban runoff, adapt to the impacts of […]
GeoPro Talks: Incorporating In Vitro Bioaccessibility for Arsenic and Lead in Soil in Human Health Risk Assessment
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) defines bioavailability as the fraction of an ingested dose that crosses the gastrointestinal epithelium and becomes available for distribution to internal target tissues and organs. Bioavailability data can be used to provide realistic information on potential health effects of contamination and modify site-specific soil clean-up levels. Bioavailability is […]
GeoPro Talks: Cost Recovery Claims under BC’s Environmental Management Act – A Legal Update
This presentation, led by environmental lawyers, will provide a legal update on BC’s cost recovery claim under the Environmental Management Act. The session will focus on two key aspects of BC’s cost recovery claim – who can bring such claims and the types of costs that are recoverable. Recent case law will be discussed, as […]
GeoPro Talks: Emerging Contaminants
The presentation, recorded at GeoEnviroPro’s Remediation Now Workshop in November, explores our current understanding of the sources, environmental fate and effects, and regulatory status of three emerging contaminants: PFAS, 6PPD-Quinone and Pharmaceuticals/Personal Care Products.
GeoPro Talks: Remediation of Chemetron Lagoon: Overcoming Challenges in Hazardous Waste Management
The Chemetron Lagoon (CL) project focused on the remediation of a former industrial site contaminated with hazardous materials, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The project successfully excavated and solidified PCB-contaminated sludge, and upon completion, the site will be transformed into parkland, offering social and economic benefits to the residents of Port Hope.
GeoPro Talks: Identification of New Preferential Pathways for Vapor Intrusion of Chlorinated Solvents Found by combining VaporSafeTM and Detection Dogs
The site was one of Stockholm’s largest dry cleaners and vapor intrusion of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons (CAH) to the adjacent apartment buildings had been identified as the primary risk driver. The results of standard investigations were however puzzling regarding how vapor entered into these buildings. To identify the cause of the elevated concentrations of CAH […]
GeoPro Talks: The Power and Benefits of Using Hydrogeological Conceptual Site Models at Contaminated Sites
Hydrogeological conceptual site models (CSMs) adapted to the environmental field are often not used or are underutilized when completing contaminated site investigation and remediation work. CSMs can be an effective tool even in the earliest stages of a contaminated sites investigation when no intrusive geologic, hydrogeologic, or chemistry data has been collected. If used at […]
GeoPro Talks: Murphy’s Inference – When Excavations Look Nothing Like the Cross Section
Come join us this Wednesday November 6 for a classic talk and discussion on the conceptual model versus reality. GeoEnviroPro’s Pete Craig walks us through the Do’s and Don’t’s of site characterization and remediation from a contractor’s perspective. This Talk was originally recorded in 2017 , but remains as relevant today as it did then. […]
GeoPro Talks: 2024 Remediation Now Workshop: Overview, Introductions, and Teasers!
This GeoProTalk will provide a condensed and informative summary of our upcoming 2nd Annual “Remediation Now” Workshop, which is focused on the future of our industry. We’ll provide an overview of the topics, introduce you to the guest speakers and panelists, and discuss the benefits of attending in person vs virtually. This talk will give […]
GeoPro Talks: Latest Update: World’s First Injected In-Situ Treatment Barrier for a PFAS Groundwater Plume Using Specifically Engineered PFAS Sorption Media
While industry waits for cost-effective complete destruction technologies for soil and groundwater contamination by PFAS compounds (the “forever chemicals” that have become one of the critical emerging environmental contaminant issues of recent times), site owners are driven to risk management approaches, preventing the further migration of existing impacts. In October of 2023, in Northern Alberta, […]