Contaminants & Remediation
Environmental investigation and remediation that manages risk and
supports redevelopment.
Key Capabilities
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Key Capabilities
Investigation & Characterization
Understanding contamination begins with identifying contaminant sources, environmental pathways, and site conditions. Our team combines field investigation, hydrogeological expertise, and advanced geophysical methods to build the technical foundation that regulatory and cleanup decisions require.
Services Include:
- Site investigation and characterization
- Contaminated media investigation and assessment
- Hydrogeological characterization
- Conceptual site model development and support
- Fate and transport evaluation
- Geophysical evaluations including electromagnetic surveys, ground penetrating radar, resistivity methods, seismic methods, magnetic methods, and drone applications
Risk Assessment & Regulatory Strategy
Rigorous risk evaluation and regulatory strategy development help clients understand their exposure, obligations, and options — translating complex science into defensible decisions that hold up under agency review.
Services Include:
- Human health and exposure risk assessments
- Preliminary exposure pathway evaluations
- Toxicology review and exposure route analysis
- Soil and groundwater management planning
- Regulatory clean-up strategy
- Air quality and emissions investigations
- Air quality and emissions permitting
Remediation & Redevelopment
From remedial design through site closure and reuse, our team delivers integrated solutions that address contamination across all media while enabling long-term redevelopment and community outcomes.
Services Include:
- Remedial design and implementation
- Soil and groundwater cleanup
- Sediment assessment and remediation
- PFAS assessment and treatment strategy
- Vapor intrusion evaluation and mitigation
- Facility decommissioning and decontamination
- Oil and gas industry assessment and remediation
- Brownfield redevelopment, design, and grant administration
- Facility decommissioning and decontamination
- Waste management support
FAQ
Can ECT manage complex, multi-media site investigations?
Yes. Our team investigates contamination across all media — soil, groundwater, sediment, and vapor — using geophysical surveys, drone applications, and hydrogeological characterization to build the technical foundation your regulatory and cleanup decisions require.
Does ECT handle PFAS assessment and treatment strategy?
Yes. We conduct site-specific PFAS investigations, evaluate cleanup thresholds under rapidly evolving federal and state standards, and develop treatment strategies tailored to your site conditions and closure goals.
Can ECT develop a regulatory strategy that supports both cleanup and redevelopment?
Yes. We evaluate cleanup options through the lens of your end use and build regulatory strategies — risk-based approaches, institutional controls, and site closure planning — that align with your project goals and hold up under agency review.
Does ECT support vapor intrusion evaluation and mitigation?
Yes. Our team evaluates vapor intrusion risks across residential, commercial, and industrial settings — assessing subsurface conditions, modeling exposure pathways, and designing mitigation systems that meet current state and EPA guidance.
Does ECT support brownfield redevelopment and site closure?
Yes. We provide brownfield redevelopment support, grant administration, facility decommissioning, and site closure planning — helping clients transform contaminated or underutilized properties into safe, productive assets.