Groundwater Remediation
Groundwater remediation is the process by which water pollution is extracted and filtered. While groundwater is a readily available source of drinking water, it is also used by farms to irrigate crops and by industries to produce everyday goods.
Most groundwater is clean, but groundwater can become polluted, or contaminated as a result of human activities. The many and diverse activities of man produce innumerable waste materials and by-products; these are often deposited or stored on land surfaces where by percolation they eventually get carried downward contaminating the underlying groundwater and therefore jeopardising the natural quality of it.
As a result, contaminated groundwater becomes unsuitable for use. Using contaminated ground water causes hazards to public health through poisoning or the spread of disease. Contaminants found in ground water cover the entire range of physical, inorganic chemical, organic chemical, bacteriological, and radioactive parameters.
Pollutants and contaminants can be removed from ground water by applying various techniques thereby making it safe for use.
Increasing the cleansing or removal of polluted groundwater is required to enable Civil Engineering and Housing projects to be carried out. The type of groundwater remediation method is dependent on the type of pollution and ground conditions.
Typically it involves either a pump and treat or remove operation, but can involve in situ solution to either hydrocarbon, DNAPL or LNAPL concentrations, using deep well, wellpoint or ejector systems.
Project Dewatering Ltd have many years of experience in groundwater remediation and offer a wide range of cost-effective solutions to these problems.