Environmental Remediation
Charles River Park
The Army Research Laboratory – Watertown (ARL-WT) was used as a munitions testing, manufacturing, and storage site from 1816 until 1995. In 1994, it was placed on the EPA Superfund National Priority List, with the Record of Decision calling for the remediation of soil and groundwater including organic and radioactive contaminants. The site encompasses a popular urban park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead as part of the Boston area’s Emerald... More...
Honey Lake BRAC Conservation Transfer
The US Army needed to rapidly characterize environmental issues known to include endangered species, historic and cultural sites, unexploded ordnance (UXO), water rights, and recreational interests in order to transfer the Honey Lake parcel to new ownership in less than 150 days, in keeping with Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program goals. Honey Lake, a 62,000-acre site located adjacent to the Sierra Army Depot, is a shallow alkaline lake... More...
Kettle Creek
The Kettle Creek watershed encompasses 244 square miles in Clinton, Potter, and Tioga counties in north-central Pennsylvania. Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) has severely impacted this highly valued trout fishery such that the lower six miles of Kettle Creek and its major tributary, Twomile Run, which lie within the boundaries of the Sproul State Forest, are devoid of aquatic life. The watershed area has been extensively mined, both above and below ground, creating over... More...
Mill Creek
The Bioengineering Group was requested by the City of Cincinnati, Office of Environmental Management to identify a cost-effective, environmentally sensitive bank stabilization plan for a portion of Mill Creek to halt erosion threatening to uncover waste materials contained in the Center Hill Landfill. The eroding bank was approximately 27 feet high and 600 feet long with clay strata overlain by highly permeable, loosely compacted sandy and gravelly soils mixed ... More...
