THIS IS AN HISTORIC PROJECT FQMAN reopened the former BHPB nickel and cobalt mining and hydrometallurgical processing operation in 2011; the site is located at Ravensthorpe, near the southern coast of Western Australia. RNO mines nickel & cobalt lateritic saprolite deposits, which are processed on-site to produce...
THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT An investigation of phase separated hydrocarbons (PSH) contamination above the water table was undertaken. Phase separetd hydrocarbons (PSH) were present due to historical waste disposal practices, including the washing of reaction vessels and effluent disposal to unlined pits. The extent and apparent thickness of...
A fully Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) was undertaken to assess the risk from the movement and storage of hazardous chemicals adjacent to the UK’s largest groundwater PWS (70Ml/day). THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT A derogation event was defined as the risk of raw water quality exceeding the...
BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS LTD (BNFL) Deep borehole Pumping Test, low-level radioactive waste repository, Drigg, Cumbria, England. THIS IS AN HISTORIC PROJECT. A deep groundwater borehole was constructed into the St Bees (Triassic) Sandstone at the BNFL low-level radioactive waste repository in Drigg, Cumbria, with the objective of determining representative...
ATSIC/ OVE ARUP THIS IS AN HISTORIC PROJECT The Malarabah Regional drilling program was managed on behalf of ATSIC/ Ove Arup as part of the Remote Areas Essentail Services prgram (RAESP). This involved siting & construction of potable water supply bores for nine remote Kimberley Aboriginal Communities including: -Bulanjarr -Bidijul -Djilimbardi -Darlngunya -Ngumpan -Koorabye -Yiyilli -Pantijian -Murphies Creek,...
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, now Department of Environment Regulation (DER). Geographical Information System (GIS) Study- Siting of a Class 4 (secure) landfill for low-level contaminated wastes near the Perth metropolitan area, Western Australia THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT A site selection & project implementation study to establish a...
Case Study - Contaminated Land Projects: GLOBAL OLIVINE (WA) LTD. Public Environmental Review (PER), Redevelopment of contaminated land & groundwater at former Petrochemical Industries Limited (PICL) site, Kwinana, Western Australia THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT An initial review of the contamination status of the former Petrochemical Industries...
THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT PROFILE An environmental audit to collate a contaminated sites register was undertaken on behalf of BHP Billiton, in compliance with the Contaminated Sites Bill 2000. Nine operational sites throughout the Pilbara were reviewed, including: Mt Whaleback Yandi (Marillana Creek) Jimblebar Ore Body 23/25 Redmont Railcamp Yarrie/Nimingarra Finucane Island Nelson Point A...
THIS IS AN HISTORICAL PROJECT PROFILE An initial environmental audit in conjunction with management consultants’ Deloitte Touche Tomatsu was undertaken on behalf of their clients, the ZSNP Alumina Smelting Works at their plant in Ziar-Nad-Hronom, in the Slovak Republic. ZSNP was seeking funding from the European Bank...
THIS ARTICLE IS A CASE STUDY OF HISTORICAL PROJECTS HYDROSOLUTIONS HAVE WORKED ON. PRIVATE DEVELOPER: DESK APPRAISAL OF FORMER MIXED INDUSTRIAL SITE, Derbyshire, England A desk study was undertaken of a mixed industrial site, including part of a gas works, a former lead-acid battery manufacturer, timber mill...