Guides & Articles

2026

• March 25 Video: Environmental Data Workflow
• March 4 What Are the Essential Features of Environmental Compliance Software?
• February 18 Top Providers of Environmental Data Management Software for Enterprises
• February 11 What Is a Field Portal for Environmental Data Management?
• February 4 Best Environmental Data Management for Compliance Reporting
• January 21 What Is the Difference Between Geotechnical and Environmental Data on a Site?
• January 13 The Limits of Excel for Environmental Data Management — and the Case for an EDMS
• January 6 What Is Geotechnical Data Management Software?

2025

• December 17 Environmental Data Management Maturity Infographic
• December 17 Environmental Data Management: Spreadsheets vs Environmental Data Management Software (EDMS)
• December 9 Environmental Data Is Complex — Your System Shouldn’t Make It More So
• November 27 ESdat vs EQuIS: The Pragmatic, Low-Friction Alternative for Teams Who Need Results Now
• October 20 What is a Monitoring Round in Environmental Data Management and Compliance Monitoring?
• October 12 What Are Monitoring Rounds?: Environmental Data Management 101
• October 12 RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit 2025: What Environmental Professionals Need to Know
• October 2 ecoforum Brisbane 2025 set to gather Australasia’s contaminated land and groundwater community
• September 17 Why Use an EDMS for Environmental & Landfill Compliance Monitoring (and Why Many Teams Choose ESdat)
• September 8 The Top 10 EQuIS Alternatives and Competitors Video
• August 20 Top EQuIS Enterprise Alternatives & Competitors for 2025
• July 31 Smarter Environmental Data Management at the National Brownfields Training Conference
• July 23 ESdat Public Portal: Share Environmental Data with Ease
• July 17 ESdat Client Spotlight: Ken Dunlop – Stanmore Resources Pty Ltd
• July 8 Why Switch from EarthSoft EQuIS Platform? Exploring Software to Replace EQuIS for Environmental Data Management
• July 3 Looking for Alternatives to EQuIS Enterprise for Environmental Data Management?
• July 1 Latest PFAS Update to the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (June 2025)
• June 18 Major Updates to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan: What Environmental Professionals Need to Know
• June 17 Video: Common environmental remediation methods.
• June 16 Video: What is Environmental Remediation?
• June 5 Video: What are environmental guidelines and standards?
• June 3 Video: What is a bore log?
• June 2 FAQs: Integrating ESdat with Laboratory Systems
• May 20 EScIS Returns to Whistler for BCEIA BEST 2025 Conference
• May 19 Integrating existing laboratory systems with EDMS.
• May 12 Main Benefits of Using ESdat for Laboratory Data Import
• May 6 Understanding Electronic Data Deliverables (EDDs)
• April 15 PFAS NEMP 3.0 Now Available in ESdat Online and Environmental Standards Reference List
• April 10 PFAS NEMP 3.0: What Environmental Professionals Need to Know
• April 8 Goldfields GEMG Conference 2025: Connecting Science, Industry, and Community
• March 31 CANECT 2025: Canada’s Leading Environmental Compliance and Due Diligence Training Returns In-Person
• March 24 Northern Australia Contaminated Land and Groundwater Conference Returns to Darwin in May 2025
• March 18 ESdat: A Comprehensive Solution for Environmental Data Management
• March 12 99% of Environmental Lab Reports Loaded Without Error Using ESdat
• March 3 National Monitoring Conference 2025: Advancing Water Quality Monitoring and Data Management
• February 19 Environmental Compliance in Manufacturing, Mining, and More: FAQs
• February 10 The Role of Environmental Compliance Across Industries
• February 4 Environmental Compliance Standards
• February 4 Environmental Compliance: Why It Matters and Who Benefits
• January 28 ESdat Integrates with Nearmap and MetroMap for Enhanced Mapping and Imagery
• January 20 Water in Mining Global Summit 2025
• January 15 FAQs: Environmental Compliance Insights Across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia
• January 5 FAQs: Insights and Hidden Impacts of US Environmental Standards and Guidelines

2024

• December 19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Watercare Laboratory Services Integration with ESdat
• December 15 EScIS Announces Integration of Watercare Laboratory Services with ESdat Environmental Data Management Software
• December 15 Insights and Hidden Impacts: US Environmental Standards and Guidelines
• December 10 From Data to Decisions: Mann-Kendall Analysis Made Easy with ESdat
• December 2 FAQs: Mann-Kendall Trend Analysis and ESdat Integration
• November 20 ESdat Online now supports the eagerly-awaited Mann Kendall trend analysis
• November 20 The latest updates to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Screening Levels (RSLs)
• November 20 Environmental Compliance Insights: Key Statistics and Trends Across the US, Canada, UK, and Australia
• November 12 Understanding New EPA Lead and Methane Regulations: Key FAQs for Public Health and Environmental Compliance
• November 6 New U.S. Environmental Standards Target Public Health: EPA Finalizes Lead and Methane Regulations
• November 6 Do your environmental scientists and engineers to use modern online software to manage their geo-environmental data?
• October 22 Australia Proposes Stricter Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water: New Draft Guidelines Released for Public Consultation
• October 15 RemTech 2024 Welcomes Environmental Professionals to Explore Groundbreaking Innovations in Remediation Technologies
• October 15 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA) New Zealand Land and Groundwater Conference 2024
• October 9 Emerging Frontiers: Navigating Risk, Innovation and Sustainability
• October 8 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Environmental Data Management Software (EDMS) and its Role in Environmental Management Frameworks (EMF)
• October 2 How can Environmental Data Management Software (EDMS) help with Environmental Management Frameworks (EMF)?
• September 24 What is an Environmental Management Frameworks (EMF)?
• September 16 US EPA Regional Screening Levels (RSLs) Updates
• September 15 ICARD 2024 and ONEIA PFAS Symposium
• September 10 Ontario’s Soil, Groundwater, and Sediment standards- O.Reg 406 (Excess Soil Quality) & O.Reg 153 Updates
• August 27 What is Environmental Field Data?
• August 21 British Columbia updates WQGs for dissolved lead.
• August 20 Health Canada: Objective for Canadian Drinking Water Quality Standards Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.
• August 7 What is Environmental Data?
• August 7 Environmental Data Confidence FAQs.
• August 5 How to improve your environmental data confidence
• July 24 FAQs on Updates in the 2024 Alberta Tier 1 and 2 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines
• July 23 Update: 2024 Alberta Tier 1 and 2 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines
• July 1 The Limitations of Spreadsheets in Managing Environmental Data
• June 30 FAQs: Rules and Regulations for the Investigation and Remediation of Hazardous Material Releases
• June 27 Rhode Island Rules and Regulations for the Investigation and Remediation of Hazardous Material Releases
• June 25 Comprehensive Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water: A Quick Reference for Environmental Consultants
• June 17 NEPM 2013: Summary of the National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999 – Schedule B1 (2013)
• May 21 Optimizing Environmental Data Management: A Comprehensive Approach for the Digital Era
• May 15 The Efficiency Equation: Assessing Your Data Governance for Improved Workflow Performance.
• May 6 Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Guidelines Updated
• May 1 Georgia Risk Reduction Standards (RRS) Key Points
• April 23 GA RRS: Georgia Administrative Code Rule 391-3-19-.07: Risk Reduction Standards Summary
• April 17 Applying Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) at Contaminated Sites
• April 14 Harnessing the Power of Generative AI in Environmental Data Management: An Essential Webinar for Industry Professionals
• April 8 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for PAHs: Protecting Environmental and Human Health
• April 3 HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT (HHRA) NOTE NUMBER 3, DTSC-modified Screening Levels (DTSC-SLs)
• March 24 What are some ways to monitor the impact of environmental remediation projects on wildlife and ecosystems?
• March 18 What are some common methods used in environmental remediation?
• March 11 What is Environmental Remediation?
• March 6 What are the environmental impacts of environmental remediation?
• February 27 Revolutionizing Environmental Remediation: Leveraging Technology for Enhanced Data Management and Compliance
• February 21 Enhancing Environmental Data Collection with ESdat Field Programs
• February 15 Security is at the heart of environmental software and systems.
• February 1 Unmasking the Silent Intruder: Navigating the Depths of PFAS Exposure in Environmental Consulting
• January 16 What are some environmental regulations on PFAS use and disposal?
• January 16 Exploring the Impact of PFAF Substances: Unraveling the Health and Environmental Consequences
• January 10 What are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

2023

• December 19 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) FAQs
• December 18 Unlocking the Potential: ESdat Environmental Data Management Software’s Role in Addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
• December 12 TabLogs Seamlessly Supports Direct Data Exports to ESdat, Enhancing Environmental Data Management
• December 3 Land and Groundwater Industry Interview Series
• November 27 Site Managers: Retain your environmental data.
• November 26 PFAS NEMP (PFAS National Environment Management Plan 2.0)
• October 24 ESdat Geochemistry Graphs
• October 23 Environmental Compliance with Data Management Software
• October 3 Visualization and interpretation of geochemical data using Piper, Schoeller, Durov, Ternary, Time Series
• September 25 What examples of geological data can be plotted on a ternary diagram / ternary plot?
• September 18 Continuous Improvement in Environmental Data Management
• September 13 What is a Ternary Diagram or Ternary Plot in Geochemistry?
• September 4 Introducing ESdat GeoChem: Revolutionizing Geochemical Data Visualization and Analysis
• August 21 Conquer Doubts and Embrace Assurance: Enhance Your Environmental Data Confidence.
• August 15 Differences in Durov Diagrams and Stiff Diagrams
• August 15 What are Durov Diagrams?
• August 15 Unleash the Power of Environmental Data with Specialized Training!
• August 8 Ensure your environmental data gets where it needs to be.
• August 2 What is a laboratory information management system (LIMS)
• August 2 Unveiling the Hidden Truth: How Transparency is Revolutionizing Environmental Data
• July 17 What are the Yukon environmental standards and regulations, and what are they for?
• July 17 Knowledge is Power…User! Data Management Training
• July 10 Going Beyond Good Environmental Data
• July 4 Analyse and Report Environmental Data
• June 19 Field and Sample Planning Optimized with LSPECS: The Ultimate Add-On to ESdat
• June 5 Exciting Software Update Unveiled for ESdat Users Worldwide, Elevating Data Management Experience
• May 21 What are South Australia’s environmental standards and guidelines?
• May 15 Types of Bore Logs
• May 10 What is Australia’s National Environment Protection (Ambient Air Quality) Measure (AAQ NEPM)?
• May 3 What are environmental guidelines and standards?
• April 26 What are National Environment Protection Measures (NEPMs) in Australia
• April 24 What is the difference between Australia’s national environment protection council (NEPC) and the environmental protection authority (EPA)? 
• April 11 What is the National Environment Protection Council NEPC in Australia?
• March 22 What are Manitoba Water Quality Standards, Objectives and Guidelines?
• March 15 What are Environmental Quality Guidelines for Alberta Surface Water?
• March 8 What are DE HSCA Environmental Standards?
• February 20 How do you identify data trends in time series?
• February 13 What are a linear regression model and simple linear regression?
• January 30 How to Read a Bore Log
• January 18 What are Canada’s environmental guidelines and policies?
• January 18 The state of the environment report

2022

• December 19 Environmental Data Management for Large-scale Contaminated Soil Investigations
• December 5 What is exceedance? Definition, Explanation and Example.
• November 22 What are New Zealand’s Environmental Standards and Policies?
• November 16 What is a data logger | how is it used for data logging?
• October 14 What is The Protection of Environmental Operations Act (POEO Act)
• October 11 Australian Environmental Standards: laws that protect the environment in Australia.
• October 5 School Drinking Water Testing for Lead content
• October 3 Why are Environmental Screening Levels (ESLs) important for the San Francisco Bay Region?
• September 27 How can an environmental data management solution help your business?
• September 27 What is an environmental data management specialist?
• August 22 What data types are used in environmental data management?
• August 12 Using Environmental Data Management in Groundwater Contamination
• August 9 What are the Key changes to the POEO Act?
• August 2 Do you know why updating your environmental data management software is essential?
• July 25 What are the Standards for Drinking Water in the United Kingdom?
• July 20 What are US environmental standards?
• July 11 KaizenLAB laboratory integration with ESdat Environmental Data Management Software.
• July 5 Environmental data management software for mining: reducing environmental impact
• June 20 The 5 Reasons Excel is NOT Reliable Data Management Software
• June 7 What is ProUCL Software | US EPA?
• June 1 What are the United Kingdom’s environmental standards?
• May 15 What is UK Water Framework Directive: Technical report on Groundwater Hazardous Substances?
• May 8 What are UK Environmental Quality Standards for Freshwaters?
• May 1 What are Regional Screening Levels EPA RSL 1.0 and EPA RSL 0.1?
• April 18 What is the British Columbia Protocol 10 for Contaminated Sites?
• April 10 What is a borehole log?
• March 20 What is Chemical Quality Assurance Reporting?
• March 14 What are Default Guideline Values (DGVs) For Toxicants When Assessing Water Quality?
• March 6 What are the Saskatchewan Environmental Quality Guidelines?
• February 20 What are Yukon Contaminated Sites Regulations?
• January 30 What are the NSW Excavated Natural Material guidelines?
• January 16 What are the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality?
• January 11 What are New Jersey (NJ) Vapour Intrusion Screening Levels and Indoor Remediation Standards?

2021

• December 8 What are the New Jersey Remediation Standards developed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection?
• November 16 What are the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) and Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (LNAPL) Characterization, Remediation and Management in Kansas?
• November 8 What are the Risk‐based Environmental Standards for Kansas?
• November 3 What are the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) Numerical Standards?
• November 3 Monitoring Environmental Data: Tronox’s Public Portal, running on ESdat Environmental Database Software
• October 26 What are the Water Quality Standards in Australia?
• October 11 What are the ANZ Guidelines for Fresh & Marine Water Quality?
• October 6 What is the NSW Waste Guide 2014?
• September 12 What are British Columbia Approved Water Quality Guidelines: Aquatic Life, Wildlife and Agriculture?
• September 6 What are British Columbia (BC) Hazardous Waste Regulations?
• August 15 What are Alberta Tier 2 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines?
• July 20 What are Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines?
• July 11 What are Federal Water Quality Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs)?
• July 5 What are Massachusetts MCP Standards for?
• June 20 What is British Columbia Protocol 9 Background Concentrations in Groundwater?
• June 14 Massachusetts MCP Standards
• June 9 British Columbia’s Protocol 4 Background Concentrations in Soil
• June 1 What are the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ)?
• May 19 What are Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG)?
• May 4 What are Environmental Standards for Tennessee Underground Storage Tanks?
• April 21 What Are North Carolina Groundwater Standards?
• April 5 What are Pennsylvania’s Statewide Health Standards for Soil and Water?
• March 23 What are Pennsylvania’s US Environmental Standards on Vapor Intrusion?

2020

• November 30 Waste Management & Waste Classification Guidelines in Victoria, Australia.
• November 30 What Are New Zealand Drinking Water Standards?
• November 15 What is a CAS Registry Number?
• November 15 What Are The Federal Interim Groundwater Quality Guidelines
• November 11 New Zealand Drinking Water Standards
• November 11 What are Mann Kendall Trend Tests
• November 11 What is the aim of the SA Environmental Protection Water Quality policy?
• November 11 SA Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy 2003
• November 11 What are Schoeller diagrams in geo-chemistry
• November 9 Guidelines for Managing Risk in Recreational Water 2008 in Australia
• November 9 Soil Generic Assessment Criteria for Human Health Risk Assessment
• November 9 WA Assessment levels for Soil & Sediment
• November 8 Assessment levels for water quality in WA
• November 8 Geotechnical Borehole Logging and Software
• November 3 Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines
• November 2 How to do Piper Diagrams in Chemistry Water Analysis
• November 1 Linear Regression in Environmental Data Analysis