Horizontal wells can be used to remediate soil contamination through soil vapor extraction (SVE) or can be installed beneath building foundations as sub-sub depressurization systems to minimize harmful vapors from entering the facility above.
Horizontal soil sampling is an invaluable tool for collecting data from inaccessible areas and filling in data gaps so that you don’t spend money in the wrong areas.
Soil contamination can originate from many different sources. As a result, many different types of contamination can exist in the soil.
The problem with tight soils, like clays, saprolites, and as far as geology goes – bedrock formations, is that contamination tends to migrate primarily through preferential pathways. The best way to prevent contamination from intruding into businesses or migrating off-site is to intercept those pathways with horizontal remediation wells.
A conceptual site model (CSM) is a comprehensive history of a particular contaminated site.
An extraction well is a specific type of well that is used to remove a certain medium from the subsurface.
Volatile Organic Carbons (VOCs) are more or less an umbrella term, which can originate from a range of varying contaminants, such as chlorinated solvents and gasoline byproducts.
Generally, two processes cause contamination to enter soil.
Learn what soil vapor is and the effect it can have if left untreated.
Installing horizontal soil vapor extraction wells through directional drilling eliminates the client’s frustrations of business interruptions, while directly impacting the source to knock-out remaining soil contamination.
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