Soil & Groundwater
In recent decades, researchers in the environmental field deepened the focus on Sustainability,
and the different means to achieve and maintain all the required conditions for human activity,
with minimal harm to the environment.
Evaluating the difficulties and dangers ecological problems might present to human populations,
authorities began to emphasize the need to protect the most basic resources of all: Water & Soil.
Today, aquifers are the most important source for drinking water, especially in arid and semi-arid areas.
In order to prevent groundwater contamination, it is necessary to ensure that the soil – from ground surface
to the bottom of the aquifer itself – does not contain any hazardous compounds in potentially-harmful concentrations.
In order to evaluate any potential threat to soil & groundwater safety, and to ensure the remediation or rehabilitation
of sites found to be contaminated, national authorities throughout the world implemented region-specific regulations
and ordinances.
Since the last decade, national authorities in Israel are promoting legislation parallel to the American regulations,
such as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, and the Superfund Cleanup
Acceleration Act of 1998. Consequently, the EPA’s 3-Phase ‘Environmental Site Assessment’ (ESA) doctrine was put into effect,
demanding land owners to evaluate the feasibility for pollution in their asset, survey the property if a contamination-potential was found,
and remediate or rehabilitate the site if needed.
KTE offers its substantial experience in Soil & Groundwater-related projects, providing consultancy services and project support.
Our team includes Environmental and Chemical Engineers – experienced in hazardous materials and site contamination
– supported by our analytical services, offering our clients a wide range of analyses for groundwater and soil samples, including soil gas according to EPA TO-15.
Projects
Client: Alugreen Ltd.
Description:
- Evaluation of the site contamination prior to real-estate sale
- 16 drills, 2m deep. 32 soil samples collected
- Findings report & conclusions for the Ministry of Environmental Protection
Client: Asulin Metals Ltd.
Description:
- Preliminary soil survey proposal to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Supervision & Management of 1 1 drilling sites, 2m deep
- Various contaminants analyses in the soil and soil gas samples
- Final analysis and report
- Removal of 200 tons of contaminated soil
Client: Judea Export-Import Ltd.
Description:
- Evaluation of the site contamination from previous plant
- Planning the survey scheme
- 100 soil samples + 30 for confirmation, 24 drills for passive gas analysis
- Findings report and recommendations to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Removal of 570 tons of soil to a landfill
Client: Kishon River Authority
Description:
- Evaluation and analysis of the sludge
- Reporting to the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection and other authorities
- Supervision & Support for the excavation, removal and transportation of the sludge from the bottom of the pool to Ef-eh landfill site in south Israel
Client: Kishon River Authority
Description:
- Planning of the survey scheme
- Supervision & Management of the drilling & sampling
- Chemical analyses performing, evaluation & findings report
Client: Kishon River Authority & Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection
Description:
- River bottom survey plan
- Supervision & Management of 20 drilling sites, up to 10m deep
- 228 soil samples taken
- More than a 1200 laboratory analyses were carried out
- Findings report & recommandations for the remediation of the Kishon River’s bottom
Client: A’aref Piggery – Mi’ilya
Description:
- Suspected contamination from piggery wastewater
- Planning the soil survey scheme
- Supervision & Management on drilling and sampling
- More than 400 analyses were carried out
- Findings report and recommendations to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
Client: MISH Ltd.
Description:
- Evaluation of the site contamination from previous plant
- Soil survey planning and design
- 4 drills, 4m deep. 8 soil samples collected
- Findings report, analysis and recommendations to the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Environmental cities’ association of Ashdod-Yavne.
Client: Schnapp Ltd.
Description:
- Planning of the soil survey scheme
- Supervision & Management of 31 drilling sites, 2m deep
- Various contaminants analyses in the soil and groundwater samples
- Findings report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Removal of 1,800 tons of contaminated soil
- Receiving the clear site certificate
- Planning, supervision and management of restoring construction work
Client: Yefe Nof Ltd. & Haifa Municipality
Description:
- Planning of the survey scheme
- Supervision & Management of 24 drilling sites, up to 30m deep
- Samples taken: 331 soil samples, 24 leachate samples, and 60 biogas samples
- More than 2000 laboratory analyses were carried out
- Gas production tests
- Techno-economic evaluation of future applications
