WSP Contaminated Lands and Geo-sciences SOQ

Contaminated Lands and Geo-sciences | SOQ

Site Closure We use environmental risk management approaches that consider ecological and human health receptor protection to determine cost-ef fective cleanup solutions. Some of these risk-based approaches in clude working to minimize the volumes of soil and groundwater that need to be remediated and maximizing the materials that can be left undisturbed, as well as identifying strategies that work on sites with similar contaminant profiles and transferring those strategies to other sites as a cost and time savings to our clients. Predictive modeling is used to support the risk management strategy. It is particularly effective for produced water (salt) impacts where impacts are widespread, remediation is challenging and costly, and the potential future effects on receptors can be predicted with reasonable accuracy.

WSP has a team of experts in upstream reclamation who work with regulators and stakeholders to progress sites to final closure. We steward each site as it progresses to the closure stage, meeting the regulatory, landowner and client requirements. Implementing these strategies on large portfolios of sites for our clients has benefit ed them by realizing efficiencies, balancing risk, and ultimately providing them with cost savings. We have now driven the regulatory closure of over 100 sites and the effective progression of hundreds more.

From project concept to completion and beyond, WSP has the diverse skills and expertise needed to work with clients on contaminated land projects of all types and sizes, from major infrastructure and site development, to oil refineries, manufacturing sites and mine closures

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