Geotechnical Drilling Chickasaw Why and How Do You Investigate Contamination With Geotechnical Drilling?
Chickasaw, Alabama geotechnical drilling crews may be called out for a range of different project types, ranging from evaluating soil composition, to determining the integrity of the bedrock, to identifying whether a particular site is suitable for a specific type of structure. Some calls may involve the evaluation of a site that has been contaminated with chemicals, pollutants or another potentially harmful or dangerous contaminant. Fortunately, you can investigate site contamination with geotechnical drilling.
Chickasaw geotechnical drilling crews can extract a wide range of data from the ground beneath your feet, from the extent, nature and depth of contamination, and even the precise type of contamination impacting the site.
What’s the Advantage of Investigating Contamination Through Geotechnical Drilling?
Chickasaw, Alabama geotechnical drilling crews can extract key rock, soil and groundwater samples from a site, with minimal cost and in a relatively short period of time. Drilling crews can help you save tens of thousands of dollar on contamination remediation efforts, since you can identify the exact area that’s impacted and address only that area.
Contaminants can be very pervasive, soaking down through many layers of soil and even soaking into some of the more porous types of rock. What’s more, contaminants can even reach underground water flows. This groundwater contamination can spread the contaminants throughout a wider region, even contaminating wells and drinking water.
As part of a contamination remediation effort, the first step is to evaluate the site and determine the depth and extent of the contamination. Geotechnical drilling crews will drill into the ground and bedrock to extract samples which are then analyzed in a laboratory.
Based upon the analysis of samples from multiple locations, you can create a map of the contaminated area. The remediation efforts will vary depending upon the precise nature of the contamination. In many instances, the contaminated rock and soil is removed and replaced with “clean fill.” There are also other techniques that can be utilized to prevent the spread of contaminants.
In some cases, impenetrable membranes may be placed in the earth to serve as a barrier that prevents the contamination from spreading beyond a certain region. It may also be possible to render harmful chemicals inert using other chemicals that neutralize and alter the chemical composition, limiting harm.
Geotechnical drilling can save a lot of time, work and money since you won’t need to excavate and treat a larger area than necessary to address contamination.
*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*
