Data Management Support
Data Management Support
Recently, there has been an increased focus on the quality of drinking water in schools. This is because many schools have outdated infrastructure, and there have been several instances of lead contamination in school drinking water. As a result, many…
The Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (POEO Act) introduces the changes below to improve how pollution incidents are reported and managed. Key changes include: licensees who undertake monitoring as a result of a licence condition publish monitoring…
ProUCL (US EPA) is a software application used to assess air, water, and land pollution, including helping users comply with the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Act (CAA) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs).…
A bore log is a record detailing the in-situ conditions and aspects of geotechnical exploration activities such as drilling boreholes and mining. The log information needed to create a borehole log is obtained through visual inspection of samples obtained from…
A chemical quality assurance report refers to documentation that consist of planned and systematic actions focused on providing information about the accuracy, reliability, usability and comparability of analysis done on chemicals in a particular setting, for instance, those found in…
Default Guidelines Values (DGVs) are developed according to risk assessment principles by using data derived from laboratory tests in clean water. The species sensitivity distribution (SSD) method is used in deriving DGVs for toxicants during water quality assessment. In circumstances…
NSW Excavated Natural Material standards and guidelines are passed by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), and it provides the requirements that should be observed by suppliers of excavated natural materials regarding uses such as application in earthworks or engineering fills.…
Access to safe drinking water is essential as a health and development issue at national, regional and local levels. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed WHO drinking water guidelines to formulate national standards and regulations to enforce water safety and…
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…
According to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria (2020), waste codes and categories are essential for identifying and describing waste to facilitate waste management. Parties involved in controlling and managing waste must classify it to ensure compliance with the law.…
The Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) is part of the American Chemical Society, and it is used to maintain a database of chemical compounds, substances, and alloys. The CAS database contains over 100 million different chemical compounds. Each CAS entry is…
The Federal Interim Groundwater Quality Guidelines was developed by federal authorities to facilitate the assessment, remediation and risk management of federal contaminated sites which are under the funding of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP). The guidelines are applicable…
Geotechnical Borehole LoggingGeotechnical borehole logging involves the use of boreholes to perform investigations on materials from deep underground for geotechnical designs. The approach is applied for obtaining information on ground movements, groundwater levels, material strengths, permeability, and pore pressures. Geotechnical…
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) is responsible for the provision of Canadian environmental quality guidelines aimed at the protection of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems as well as human health. CCME established the “Recommended Canadian Soil Quality…
Arthur M. Piper introduced Piper diagrams in 1994. It is used for studying water chemistry and quality. The Piper diagram helps to segregate analytical data necessary for determining the sources of the constituents dissolved in water. The procedure’s applicability is possible due…