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We’re done, but is this safe for the river? 🤔 It’s a question you hear all the time as a job wraps up. After days of hard work, the crew is cleaning up, and someone always asks: Is the water we’re draining going to harm the local river? It’s a valid concern. In the UK, the pH limit for wastewater discharge is typically between 6 and 9, and anything outside that can be disastrous for aquatic life and water quality. Discharging water with a pH out of range isn’t just harmful to the environment—it can also lead to fines and delays if regulators get involved. That’s why more teams are turning to Dissolvacrete. It’s completely pH-neutral and chemical-free, ensuring that any runoff is safe for local waterways and ecosystems. With Dissolvacrete, you don’t have to worry about harming the environment or breaking regulations. The job might be finished, but the impact on nature lasts longer. Contact us to make sure that your impact is positive. #concreteremoval #concreteremover #sitesafety #construction

We’re done, but is this safe for the river? 🤔 It’s a question you hear all the time as a job wraps up. After days of hard work, the crew is cleaning up, and someone always asks: Is the water we’re draining going to harm the local river? It’s a valid concern. In the UK, the pH limit for wastewater discharge is typically between 6 and 9, and anything outside that can be disastrous for aquatic life and water quality. Discharging water with a pH out of range isn’t just harmful to the environment—it can also lead to fines and delays if regulators get involved. That’s why more teams are turning to Dissolvacrete. It’s completely pH-neutral and chemical-free, ensuring that any runoff is safe for local waterways and ecosystems. With Dissolvacrete, you don’t have to worry about harming the environment or breaking regulations. The job might be finished, but the impact on nature lasts longer. Contact me to make sure that your impact is positive. #SustainableSolutions #pHNeutral #ConcreteRemoval #Dissolvacrete #Site #SiteSafety

We’re proud to support an advanced wastewater treatment project in the UK, showcasing our commitment to environmental stewardship and innovation. The project focuses on implementing state-of-the-art biological treatment technology to meet high water quality and capacity standards, in line with strict UK regulations. Our H+E Group I HAGER + ELSÄSSER® team successfully addressed various challenges, including adapting to unique project requirements, integrating with existing infrastructure, and collaborating with trusted suppliers. By working closely with all stakeholders, we developed a tailored solution to meet all expectations. The plant is designed to consistently ensure compliance with all regulatory guidelines, supporting environmental goals through effective wastewater treatment. Scheduled for completion in November 2024, the project has been perfectly aligned with the campaign season’s timeline. We look forward to its successful implementation and the positive impact it will have on broader environmental initiatives. #watertreatment #wastewater #hewater #gradiant

At Oak Policy Group, we help businesses navigate complex regulatory landscapes and achieve their goals. Recently, we worked with a company on their mine water treatment operation to address compliance challenges and improve efficiency. The operation, a passive treatment system with over 15 impoundments in place for more than 20 years, faced leakage issues and occasional excursions in effluent limits. By evaluating their regulatory needs, we identified opportunities to streamline the system and ensure compliance with permit requirements. We recommended the elimination of some cells we believed were potential points of leakage and suggested an aggressive monitoring plan to demonstrate compliance with permit conditions. These tailored solutions helped them address challenges effectively while reducing costs. This project is just one example of how we can help businesses in different industries find better solutions and achieve their goals. Want to see how we can help your business? Let’s talk! #regulatoryassitance #consulting #governmentrelations #oakpolicygroup

Beauty can be found anywhere – even on active landfill sites when monitoring personnel come from the western side of the mountains, where the only time it was humid was when there was a humdinger of a storm on its way, like the one pictured.   Landfill sites pose some challenges for operators who need to minimise the emissions of methane and other environmental impacts such as odour, litter, pests and potential contamination of surface water and groundwater. Controls are more often than not prescribed by the NSW EPA along with monitoring requirements (locations, frequency, analyses) in a licence. Some clients will additionally have management plans which go above and beyond what is required to address specific site matters as part of their own philosophy.   RCA Australia can assist with the monitoring – surface methane levels, subsurface monitoring (wells / pits) of landfill gasses (methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, oxygen) and monitoring of spaces in which these gasses may accumulate, monitoring of surface waters and of groundwaters. We can do the hectic municipal sites just as well as the quiet regional sites whether the frequency is daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly. We can help clients with responsive sampling – if the site is close enough our people can come and do the sampling or if the site is too far away for the logistics to work then we can set up a sampling kit and instructions so that on-site personnel can fulfill the site’s obligations.   RCA Australia processes the data, comparing to any EPL limits or otherwise the criteria specified by the NSW EPA for gasses and waters, and prepare reports for each event and over the monitoring period including the annual reports sent to the NSW EPA. RCA Australia further prepare the data for Annual Returns or otherwise assist clients by maintaining registers throughout the monitoring period for their own personnel to prepare the required documentation.   Have a monitoring job that you need help with? Give us a call and we’ll work the problem with you. #landfill #monitoringrequirements #environmentalmonitoring #environmentalreporting #sampling #environmentalmanagement #environmentalengineering #RCAAustralia #TeamRCA

Do you know how a basic septic system works? If your property has both a private well and a septic system, it's especially important to know how both work in order to keep your water supply clean. Check out this explainer and watch our video going over how septic systems naturally treat residential wastewater at our Help Center ⬇️ #septicsystem #privatewells #groundwaterprotection

How does the EPA make sure that water is free of contamination? We head out and test it! 🏃♀️ Here are a couple of shots of our field samplers from the EPA’s monitoring and surveillance team. Their job is to sample liquid waste (or effluent), groundwaters and surface waters from EPA licensed waste and industrial facilities. Here’s how it works: 💧They start by taking a sample from a site’s wastewater treatment facility, from the rainwater that has run off the site, or the groundwater under the site (by using a pump as seen in the photo). 🧪These samples are then brought back to one of the four EPA water labs around Ireland. The samples are analysed for many different things – for example the pH level or the types of metals found in it. ❌If a site is found to have a high level of a certain substance or exceeds their licence conditions, this information is flagged with the relevant EPA inspector and an investigation is opened. This way the EPA can work with the site to ensure only safely treated water is released back into the environment. We do all this to make sure that the activities of these facilities – for example, landfills, factories or waste collection sites – aren’t having a negative impact on water and the wider environment. Interested in working at the EPA on teams like this? Follow us on social and keep an eye on www.epa.ie/careers for future job opportunities! #EPASampling #EnvironmentalProtection #WaterTesting #EPAInTheField #Careers #DayInTheLife

HOW WE DID IT... Don’t miss our latest HiPOx case study discussing how US Army environmental consultant and APT partner, Arcadis, turned to HiPOx to treat elevated 1,4-Dioxane and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like TCE in the New Brighton/Arden Hills EPA Superfund Site’s groundwater. Learn how HiPOx not only achieved but surpassed all contaminant reduction goals with the necessary controlled bromate formation to meet effluent regulations… https://lnkd.in/gX_H5-Xg #water #waterindustry #waterchallenges #watersector #waterquality #drinkingwater #processwater #watermanagement #watertreatment #wastewater #wastewatertreatment #watersystems #environmentalremediation #remediation #emergingcontaminant #PFAS #dioxane #foreverchemical #nitrate #chemicaloxidation #sustainability #environmentalcompliance #potablewater #waterreuse

Did you know that stormwater runoff is a major source of environmental pollution? ⛈️ Besides the physical damage that can be caused by sediment movement during heavy rainfall and other erosion-related issues, stormwater picks up debris and pollutants from roadways, parking lots, open garbage containments, and industrial locations, ultimately depositing them into lakes, streams, and other waterways. These pollutants often include things like metals, oils, organics, excess nutrients, and many other dissolved and particulate foulants. In an effort to reduce and limit the overall impacts and quantities of stormwater-generated pollution headed into local surface water bodies, the NYS DEC and other environmental protection agencies often require stormwater discharge permits for most commercial and industrial businesses, outlining what they can and cannot discharge via stormwater. These permits are typically based on the nature of the business as well as the surface body of water being discharged to. If a business' stormwater runoff is considered ecotoxic or containing too many foulants, they are required to treat that water until it meets their issued permit limits. So if you're a manufacturer or commercial business owner with poor quality stormwater runoff, how to do go about capturing and treating that water? Call ProChem! With years of experience in water treatment chemistry, engineering design, technical consulting, and specialty products, we offer solutions that fit almost anyone's needs in the wastewater and stormwater domain. Whether it be metals-specific removal, oil & grease separation, fluoride & chloride reduction, elimination of general ecotoxicity, or the need for a chemical-free treatment scheme, ProChem has the tried-and-true solutions ready for you. https://lnkd.in/g2syuQSs