Overcoming Restrictive Site Conditions with Horizontal Remediation What options are available to overcome restrictive site conditions that would otherwise impact your remediation projects? Obstacles like no building access, cramped site layouts, heavily trafficked areas, dense networks of underground utilities, and…
Very Uncommon Site Conditions Addressed by Custom Designed AS/SVE Horizontal Wells Project Background: A large groundwater plume migrating towards adjoining sensitive surface waters, complex glacial geology, dramatic tidal influences, and a busy facility with limited open space presented significant remediation…
Background and Setting: How is it that a consultant could use just 6 horizontal remediation wells to outperform 50 conventional remediation wells, and finally manage to bring closure to a stubborn project site? At an airfield site located in the…
By Tomas Will, Sr. Environmental Scientist Our client faced the challenge of remediating LNAPL and DNAPL plumes spread out over a large area. The property was scheduled for redevelopment pending remediation of the considerable subsurface contamination. The previous site building…
By Tomas Will, Sr. Environmental Scientist What types of projects make consultants choose horizontal remediation wells as the best option to achieve their remediation goals? The most typical projects where horizontal remediation wells outperform traditional remediation methods fall into five common categories. Many…
By Tomas Will, Sr. Environmental Scientist Horizontal well technology is often chosen to manage groundwater movement instead of traditional vertical wells because it offers the following advantages: Provides significantly increased radius of influence and greater control over pore pressures allowing…
Did you know that approximately 50 percent of horizontal remediation well projects have had some type of remediation previously performed through vertical wells? Meaning, Directional Technologies is often designing and installing horizontal wells to achieve the remedial goals other technologies…
By Tomas Will, Sr. Environmental Scientist As many experienced environmental consultants have discovered, drilling plans are an easily overlooked but vitally important component in the success of a newly installed remediation system. Drilling plans can include: drilling method selection, drilling…
There is a wide range and varying depth of knowledge about directional drilling in the construction industry. We know that sometimes you may need to explain to a client or coworker why you want to recommend directional drilling for a…