Soil Remediation Services

Veolia Environmental Services offer “cradle to grave” remediation solutions – from facilitating regulatory approvals and community relations activities to developing management plans and arranging engineering design for onsite retention.

At present, Veolia Environmental Services has a number of innovative and unique remediation treatment methods, which allows Veolia to offer its clients the solutions to a broad range of needs. This covers both:

• on-site remedial treatment and
• removal off-site to dedicated remedial treatment facilities

Specifications

• Site assessments - including investigations, samplings and identification of contaminants
• Chemical fixation of Heavy metals;
• Chemical oxidation of TPH impacted soil;
• Advanced chemical oxidation of PAH impacted soil and B[a]P impacted soil;
• Licensed and proven thermal desorption of Organo Chloride Pesticides (OCP);
• Licensed and proven thermal desorption of Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCB);
• Nationally licensed fixed off-site hazardous waste treatment facilities
• Testing, excavation, and disposal to landfill of low level contaminated soil
• Treatment of Industrial contaminated soil

The table below lists contaminants of concern and identifies the appropriate technology solutions for treating the contaminated material:

CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN	REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY
Heavy Metals (to include Mercury & Arsenic)	Chemical fixation
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons & Petroleum Hydrocarbons	Enhanced oxidation
Petroleum Hydrocarbons	Bioremediation
Heavy Metals, Organics	Encapsulation
Heavy Metals, Organics	Micro-encapsulation
Organics	Thermal desorption
Organics	Base catalytic desorption

Off-site Treatment - Unanderra

Veolia’s licensed Treatment Facility in Unanderra NSW is a state-of-the-art facility providing clients with economical treatment options on:

• soil;
• non-liquid industrial residues and process waste;
• soil like material.

This facility offers undercover individual storage, certified weighbridge, and treatment of the following contaminants:

• Heavy Metal
• PAH impacted soil;
• TPH impacted soil;
• Acid sulphate soils