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Escape of Oil From Pulrose Power Station – Isle of Man

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:16:59 +0000

Approximately 50,000 litres of heavy fuel oil were lost during this oil spill, which coincided with a period of exceptionally heavy rain and flooding. Oil had impacted flooded land, culverts, the River Douglas and Douglas Harbour. A Joint Response Committee was established by the Isle of Man Government, including representatives from Ecologia
Environmental Solutions Ltd, The Department of Local Government and Environment, The Department of Agriculture, the Port Authority and the Department of Transport. Ecologia were appointed by insurers to advise the JRC and to assess the environmental liabilities.

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Risk-based Remediation at a Former Petrol Station in Surrey

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:18:51 +0000

Ecologia were appointed to perform a site investigation and to produce a Human Health and groundwater risk assessment for a proposed residential development at a former service station located in Woking, Surrey.
The presence of high levels of hydrocarbon contamination had been detected during a previous site investigation undertaken by another consultant. The property developer had purchased the site without a full understanding of the implications of developing a potentially contaminated site, and required urgent assistance from the main contractor, EDS Ltd, and Ecologia Ltd. Ecologia were contracted to better identify the extent of the contamination, to riaise with the regulatory bodies with respect to clean-up targets, and to propose a remediation plan.

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Microbial Survey at a Residential Property affected by Extensive Dampness – Kent

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:54 +0000

Ecologia was appointed by a local council to undertake a microbial survey following reports of extensive dampness in two rooms of a residential basement flat. Ecologia was required to establish the full extent of the microbial impact,
potential health risks to the occupants of the property as well as provide an assessment of applicable remedial options.

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Quantitative Human Health Risk Assessment for Groundwater

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:35 +0000

Ecologia Environmental Solutions were appointed by a chemical manufacturer to undertake a soil and groundwater investigation and to prepare an IPPC Application Site Report. The initial survey identified the presence of benzene contamination in the groundwater, which is located over a Major Aquifer.

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Investigation of Contamination and Ground Gases on a Former Colliery

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:52:53 +0000

Ecologia carried out a site investigation on behalf of a local authority under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) to assess potential contamination at a former colliery and landfill site. Residential houses were located on site with a village and groundwater pumping station adjacent to the site. Chalk hills designated as a site of outstanding natural beauty were also located adjacent to the west of the site. The site is located within a groundwater Source Protection Zone (SPZ I) and over a major chalk aquifer.

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Phase 1 Desk Studies – Land Contamination Assessment

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:39:24 +0000

When planning applications are submitted to the Local Authority it is common practice for them to request, as a minimum, a Phase 1 Land Contamination Assessment (desktop study and site walkover survey) in accordance with DEFRA and the Environment Agency’s ‘Model Procedures for the Management of Land Contamination, CLR 11’.

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Investigation of Brownfield site at an East London former Transport Depot.

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:36:51 +0000

Ecologia undertook a site investigation with final validation on behalf of a property developer on a Brownfield site in East London. The site had been a transport depot with the added complication of an un-quantified historic landfill site against two of its boundaries.

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Site Investigation Risk Assessment and Validation

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:30:11 +0000

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Lead Contamination from Shooting Range

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:27:21 +0000

Ecologia undertook a large site investigation on behalf of a leading insurance company to assess the significance of lead contamination in an agricultural field close to a shooting range. The field had been remediated by another company in 2005, but subsequent sampling had failed to demonstrate that the remediation had been successful and the site was the subject of a legal dispute. The situation was further complicated by anecdotal evidence suggesting that lead shot had continued to land on the affected field during the remedial work.

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Geotechnical Exploration in West Africa

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:29:40 +0000

Ecologia undertook a cone penetration tests (CPTU) programme for a major ground investigation scheme related
to the preliminary design of a mining service wharf in Guinea, West Africa, on the behalf of a leading mining company.

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