Groundwater Containment, Subsurface Barriers

Fresh water is one of our most precious resources. As our population continues to grow and urban areas rebuild their cores, we must address the relationship between this growth and our water resources. Some of the major sources of groundwater contaminants are storage tanks, septic systems, hazardous waste sites, and landfills.  The Groundwater Foundation reports that the United States has over 20,000 known abandoned and uncontrolled hazardous waste sites that contain groundwater contaminants, and the numbers grow every year.

Groundwater Containment Subsurface Water BarriersWRScompass has extensive experience in cleaning up these sites and preserving our water resources. Our experience with groundwater containment and subsurface barriers includes the construction of groundwater cutoff walls, biodegradable biopolymer trenches, and permeable reactive barriers (PRBs). These include organic additives to enhance bioremediation and other reagent mixtures to chemically break down toxins and convert them to environmentally friendly nontoxic precipitates. We have constructed more than 1.9 million square feet of slurry walls. We also utilize slurry-trenching methods, using biopolymer mixes, for the construction of subsurface groundwater extraction, injection, and aeration systems.