Environmental Standards | Services

Assess Existing Remedial Plans
At no cost to the landfill owner/operator, Environmental Standards will perform an independent assessment of existing or proposed remedial plans. The assessment is confidential and shared only with the party requesting the evaluation.

Implement Remedial Solutions
Environmental Standards can implement a combination of several interactive corrective technologies to remediate site groundwater. These corrective action and monitoring components include In-Situ Enhanced Bioremediation (EBR), Intrinsic Bioremediation (IBR), Soil Vapor Extraction, a groundwater pump and treat system, and groundwater/surface water monitoring.

Delineate Contamination Plumes
Combining the knowledge of professional geologists and extensive experience in a variety of groundwater monitoring with the software skills of our in-house Electronic Visualization System (EVS) experts, Environmental Standards can create 3-D images of chemical plumes and depict chemical migration over time. These 3-D images are invaluable when communicating planned remedies with stakeholders and the public.

Install/Monitor Sentinel Wells
Strategically located in Charlottesville, Virginia, our central Mid-Atlantic location enables us to cost-effectively perform quarterly, semiannual, or annual sampling of groundwater and surface water on site and from surrounding sentinel wells throughout Virginia and adjoining states. We can also determine optimum well locations and oversee drilling operations with an emphasis on safety.

Operate Remedial Systems
Environmental Standards has proven experience operating and maintaining pre-existing in-place controls that include a landfill gas collection system (LFGCS), a leachate collection system (LCS), and a pump and treat system (PTS). Consider us as an alternative to your current O&M strategy.

Negotiate With Regulators
As one of the few firms that have successfully received approval and implemented a Corrective Action Plan (CAP), we understand complex regulations and have developed a reputation of excellence with case managers at the Virginia DEQ. By submitting solutions based on sound science and cultivating an atmosphere of mutual respect, we foster project implementation at the lowest possible cost and in the shortest feasible timeperiod.

Risk Communication and Community Involvement
Community understanding and acceptance are paramount to implementing any remedy to contaminant migration from a landfill. Our ability to listen to stakeholders’ concerns and to bridge the gap between technical issues and emotional interests has served our clients well in public meetings.

Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
Environmental Standards assists clients in developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, as required by National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

From initial preparation through annual reviews and modifications, Environmental Standards’ professional geologists have the experience necessary to guide clients through the process.

For more information regarding our Landfill services, contact Consulting Geoscientist Phil McKalips, P.G. at 434-293-4039.