ERO characterized and is remediating chromium contamination in ground water and soil beneath and adjacent to an industrial plating facility. Our environmental scientists have employed several innovative techniques, such as direct-push technology coupled with field analyses for hexavalent chromium to cost effectively delineate a chromium plume in the groundwater; slant hole drilling to characterize the soil beneath the facility in areas that would otherwise be inaccessible; and creating a “geochemical barrier” to prevent off-site migration of dissolved hexavalent chromium. ERO also used a technique for in situ treatment of highly contaminated soils in the source area, and is now implementing a long-term management plan for the site, with the goal of ending active remediation.
