“Dewatering” is a term typically used to describe the process of extraction and removal of groundwater or surface water from a construction site. Typically performed by dewatering contractors for a project site, the process of dewatering plays an important role in many Construction projects that…
Pure Effect, Inc. can provide you with essential services to help solve your most challenging soil remediation projects. Soil vapor extraction remediation systems (SVES) rental is often required to reduce concentration of volatile contaminants typically found in petroleum products adsorbed to soil…
Before a construction site can discharge groundwater into the storm drain a NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit must be obtained from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board. Depending on the geographical location of the job site, this process can take 6-12 weeks and can cost as much as $18,000 to complete the application process.
Contaminant movement into buildings due to vapor migration and intrusion from volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contamination in soil and groundwater has become a significant concern to the public, business and regulatory agencies. Dry cleaning operations use a number of…
El Niño is coming (so they say)! If California experiences the wet winter that all of the experts are predicting, it will cause serious issues for industrial sites. Southern California has already experienced multiple one day storms during the summer and it caught a number of facilities unprepared and …
