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Vapor intrusion (VI) occurs when volatile chemicals find their way from the subsurface to overlying buildings through preferential pathways or subsurface soils. Vapor intrusion affects the indoor air quality of the concerned buildings and leads to chronic or acute human…
The New Jersey (USA) AC 7 26 D Remediation Standards developed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for the implementation of the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, NJSA 58:10B-12, among other statutes such as The Industrial Site…
The Kansas policy on TPH and LNAPL provide guidelines observed in implementing initiatives to address petroleum contaminated sites. Such initiatives include characterizing, remediating, and managing the release of petroleum into the environment. The policy was developed to be used in…
The Risk-Based Standards for Kansas is a manual that details the processes of instating site-specific and chemical-specific clean-up goals for groundwater, soil and indoor air (Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2010). The United States Environmental Protection Agency and other…
The Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) Numerical Standards is a set of standards that establishes liability for operators and owners of zones that are contaminated with hazardous material or oil. The MCP establishes programs under the mandates for risk assessment, required…
Tronox’s Public Portal, running on ESdat, has been updated. Take a look at net/CristalMining#results-map/ detail/515/dd_monitoring_ results The ESdat Public Portal provides monitoring data in a simple to understand format for external or public consumption, with or without a user’s…
The National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS) is the body through which water quality standards are developed in Australia. NWQMS provides an approach to water quality management that is agreed on nationally. It implements aspects such as adapting the guideline…
The guidelines for fresh and marine water quality were developed to enforce the proper management of natural and semi-natural water resources in Australia and New Zealand. The latest revision on the guidelines was done in 2018 and is a powerful…
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA), in collaboration with the state of New South Wales (NSW, Australia), is responsible for the provision of guidelines relating to waste in the NSW. Reforms are made to enforce the protection of the environment as…
The British Columbia (BC) Water Quality Guidelines (WQG) was developed by the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (ENV), and it provides the safe levels for substances to enforce protection of water used for drinking, agriculture, aquatic life,…
The BC Hazardous Waste Regulations serves the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by ensuring that the waste is handled and disposed of per the guidelines stipulated under the Environmental Management Act (EMA). EMA forbids the release of…
The Alberta Tier 2 guidelines for soil and groundwater remediation are used when considering site-specific conditions implemented through modifying Tier 1 remediation guidelines. It is also applied to remove exposure pathways that do not apply to specific sites. Compared to…
The Alberta Tier 1 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines are developed and updated by Alberta Environment and Parks through the legislative basis provided by the Water Act(Government of Alberta, 2000) and the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act(Government of Alberta, 2006).…
Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) represents the highest acceptable level of contaminants in drinking water. The unit used for MCLs is milligrams per litre (mg/L), which corresponds to parts per million (PPM). The Federal Water Quality Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) are…
Massachusetts Contingency Plan (310 CMR 40.00) standards were established to provide the procedures and requirements necessary to protect public health, safety, welfare and the environment. It controls or prevents activities that may lead to the release of hazardous materials into…
The British Columbia Protocol 9 for contaminated sites is used in the establishment of groundwater local background concentration. The concentrations are utilized for investigating and remediating contaminated sites in circumstances whereby the concentrations of substances that occur naturally exceeds the…
Massachusetts MCP standards are now available in ESdat, and the USEPA RSL’s have also been recently updated for the May 2021 values. To update self-managed systems you can download from or use the inbuilt sync functionality. ESdat is a specialist environmental…
British Columbia’s Protocol 4 is applied in situations where the concentration of substances exceeds the desired numerical soil standards described under Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR). It is applied to investigate and remediate contaminated sites to conduct soil relocation in such…
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Guidelines for drinking-water quality (GDWQ) were developed with the primary goal of enforcing protection on human health concerning the quality of drinking water. Consequently, it ensures public health is considered during the formulation and implementation…
The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) were developed to provide regulations that ensure drinking water safety. Drinking water under the guidelines is described as water used for human consumption, and it is obtained through a tap or food made using…