The World's Largest Solvent Recovery Project
Solvent Recovery Site Prepared for ‘Largest Treatment Project in the World’
This is a very large and ambitious project and one that Maratek Environmental would like to have been involved with.
I found this interesting article at the Website - http://southington.patch.com and thought my Maratek blog readers might be interested to find out more about how a large scale operation like this works.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Connecticut DEEP officials will hold an open house this weekend at the entrance to the site as they prepare to remove an anticipated 1 million pounds of solvent from soil and groundwater on the two acre site.
“A very significant phase of the remediation is under construction right now, and will become operational later this year. This phase of the work is called ‘in-situ thermal remediation,’ which is expected to remove approximately 1,000,0000 pounds of solvent from the soil under 2 acres of the site,” the DEEP said in a press release.
“This will be the largest treatment project of its' sort to date in the world.
Calls seeking further comment were not immediately returned Thursday.
The program will give residents a chance to learn more about the extent of solvents in groundwater, preventing further migration of contaminated groundwater by pumping and treating the water using UV/oxidation, and monitoring on-going bio-remediation of solvents in groundwater by naturally occurring bacteria.
The site has been abandoned since the 1970s after considerable contamination forced the company to leave the location due to contamination.
If you're interested in establishing a solvent recycling plant to service local businesses who want to recycle their solvent products, such as printers, please contact us as we'd like to discuss the business opportunity for a partnership.
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