Environmentally Beneficial Compounds
Chemical Oxidation
Environmentally responsible chemical oxidation technology is capable of eliminating a wide variety of industrial pollutants from TCE’s to heavy metals.
Chemical oxidation is not limited by soil conditions or temperature and has been effective throughout the harsh Canadian winter.
Our process is environmentally responsible and leaves bi-products such as oxygen and microbe degradable elements. The proprietary catalyst enables the oxidation product to eliminate the contaminant without going exothermic and remaining within acceptable ph levels, avoiding soil damage.
This advanced chemical oxidation technology is not only environmentally responsible but cost effective and time efficient. It also enables effective in situ remediation.
An advantage of Chemical Oxidation over bio remediation is its ability to degrade contaminants that microbes can’t. Many industrial contaminants, such as chlorinated ethylene’s kill living matter including microbes.
Our unique oxidation product breaks down contaminants into ‘bite size pieces’ enabling naturally occurring microbes to finish the job. Not only does the oxidation product remove the threat to bacteria, its chemical reaction bi-products are powerful nutrients for microbe stimulation.
3 month remedition of bedrock with chemical oxidation
The occurrence of a furnace oil spill is devastating to all parties involved. To the homeowner, the spill is not only a disruption of day-to-day life but also potentially a financial burden. For the insurance company, a spill represents a potentially significant expenditure which can continue for many years prior to be resolved, if resolved at all. And, to the environmental consultants and contractors, it poses a host of challenges.
The challenge of remediating a site underlain with fractured bedrock was presented to Golden Services Inc. in late May 2010. Approximately 600 litres of furnace oil spill escaped to the natural environment at a residential property in Brockville, Ontario.
The product flowed from an above ground storage tank (AST) located at the base of a stairwell adjacent to a garage into their drilled watr well. One day after the homeowner first detected the spill, the fuel appeared in their taps and toilet. After reporting the spill to the appropriate Regulatory agencies, the Emergency Action Plan was implemented which included cleaning up and removing the removing the AST, cleaning the surficial spill area and arranging an alternative temporary water supply for homeowner. Traditional methods to demolish the residence, blasting the bedrock, backfilling the areas and rebuilding the residence would have cost an estimated 2 million dollars. Plus the timeframe associated with this standard remediation approach could easily take several years.
Golden worked with the expertise of three other companies to remediate the site using alternative remediation technologies:
An independant Environmental Engeneering firm conducted a Phase II ESA.
Nine boreholes were advanced outdoors and indoors to delineate the area of impairment. Because the site is predominately bedrock, there was no soils impairment – only the groundwater was impacted by the furnace oil spill.
Three of the monitoring wells were developed as monitoring / injection wells.
INSITU Contractors, provided groundwater consulting services, and notified the MOE of the spill event. In accordance with Section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, INSITU mobilized a Mobile Treatment Unit to the site under their firm's Mobile C of A.
Oxy Teknologies Inc. provided formulated chemical oxidation services. Their hydrogen peroxide product, Oxy Tek-L, was specifically formulated to address the heating oil and geology and hydrogeology at the site. The process involved introducing Oxy Tek-L into three injection wells (in locations directed by the Environmentall Engineer) and recirculating the product after being drawn to the existing well acting as an infiltration gallery.
In total, 13,000 litres of OxyTek-L were injected during three injection events to remediate the site. Throughout the remediation process Oxy Teknologies' personnel were on-site to provide application expertise and direct Golden technicians. From the date of the first injection to meeting Table II of Ontario MOE Regulation 153, the remediation was completed within three months.
The success of this project was directly related to the collaboration of a team that was highly skilled in their own disciplines and collectively made the bedrock remediation look easy. 26 years of remediation experience from chemist/microbiologist Dennis Owens of OxyTek, legendary hydrogeology expertise of Harry Ourssouren of INSITU, and the 40 years of Golden Environmental Inc. field experience in the end allowed the home owner minimal disruption, the insurance company savings of over a 1.5 million dollars and a precedence was set in the remediation industry.