Ground Water Remediation

Unlocking Nature’s Potential: High-Tech Validation of Monitored Natural Attenuation

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:57:47 -0400

Researchers in Southern Italy combined cutting-edge isotope forensics and predictive modeling to reveal how natural microbes quietly dismantle toxic chemical plumes.

EPA Delays Key PFAS Drinking Water Rules, Plans to Roll Back Protections for Four Chemicals

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Thu, 22 May 2025 12:32:28 -0400

The EPA has announced it will maintain current national drinking water standards for two “forever chemicals,” while extending compliance deadlines for utilities and signaling a rollback of federal protections for four other PFAS contaminants.

AECOM Secures $225 Million Environmental Cleanup Contract with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:25:07 -0400

As part of the contract, AECOM will collaborate with three specialty small businesses, including HUBZone-certified FPM Remediations, Inc.

Cleanup Crews Race to Contain Groundwater Contamination at Pasco Landfill

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:19:18 -0500

Residents of Pasco, Washington, may notice an uptick in cleanup activity in their neighborhood as crews scramble to address a recent surge in groundwater contamination.

PFAS Contamination Puts Millions of Americans at Risk

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:48:49 -0500

New York tops the list, with a staggering 53.3% of its population – over 10.5 million people – served by water systems with health-based or acute PFAS violations.

UC Riverside Research: Bacteria Destroys Unsaturated PFAS

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:15:38 -0400

The newly discovered bacteria, which belong to the genus Acetobacterium and are commonly found in wastewater environments, can cleave stubborn bonds.

DoD Vows to Address PFAS Plumes from Military Installations

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:32:54 -0400

The Department of Defense (DoD) is vowing to speed up the cleanup of toxic "forever chemicals" at military bases nationwide, following new drinking water standards set by the EPA.

First Report on Water Reuse Activities Provided to Congress

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0400

The effort by the Working Group resulted in 157 partner organizations contributing to the implementation of the National Water Reuse Action Plan (WRAP).

Savannah River Site Groundwater Remediation Reaches Milestone

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:51:04 -0400

Mike Budney, manager of the DOE-Savannah River Operations Office, praised the sustainable alternative that taps into the natural benefits of artesian well water.

Potential hazard found in private well water treatment systems

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:01:38 -0400

Systems meant to remove arsenic from private well water may be malfunctioning, putting people's health at risk, Rutgers researchers have found.

EPA contaminated buildings plan for Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:03:39 -0400

The EPA recently proposed a plan to protect people living and working in residential and commercial buildings at the Meeker Avenue Plume Superfund Site in Brooklyn.

Scientists discover that the natural purification of groundwater is enhanced by nitrate

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:41:28 -0400

The coexistence of nitrate increases the duration of natural attenuation because it creates new species of iron oxides that can sustain the degradation of organic contaminants.

Whistleblower prevails after appeal challenge by USGS

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:45:06 -0500

“This ruling is a complete vindication of Evi Emmenegger,” said PEER Senior Counsel Peter Jenkins, noting that these lab malfunctions keep recurring because the USGS facilities are not independently accredited.

Government industrial process pumping system removes VOCs from groundwater

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:16:18 -0500

Romtec Utilities designed, manufactured, and supplied the pump station for this Superfund site.

Improving PFAS remedial groundwater results using mass flux mapping

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:01:05 -0400

Knowing the mass flux is critical for engineering a successful PRB treatment approach, whether it be for PFAS or any other contaminant class.

DC attorney general announces largest environmental settlement in the city's history

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:48:22 -0400

With this historic settlement, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) over the past 10 years will have recovered nearly $120 million to promote environmental justice in the District.

Combined remedy rapidly achieves targets to address chlorinated solvent impacts

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:34:29 -0400

Chlorinated solvent usage at a former printing facility in Orange County, California (Figure 1) contaminated the soil, soil vapor, and groundwater with tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE).

USGS finds at least 45% of tap water could have one or more PFAS

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:20:28 -0400

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.

First-ever solid electron donor material found to improve chlorinated solvent treatments in bio-barriers

Tue, 30 May 2023 16:27:27 -0400

A new solid, colloidal organic material (AquiFix) markedly improves remedial outcomes for in situ (i.e., in place) bio-barrier treatments designed to stop migrating CVOC plumes.

West Virginia study shows 19 public water systems don't meet proposed PFAS standards

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:18:11 -0400

According to a news release from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, over two dozen public water systems in West Virginia have detectable levels of so-called "forever chemicals."

Microbes remediate groundwater and capture uranium

Mon, 08 May 2023 15:19:23 -0400

The microbes produce substances that help to transform the uranium, so that it is more easily incorporated into minerals.

Lead contamination found in affluent Atlanta neighborhood, EPA begins work on Southeast Como Superfund site

Mon, 08 May 2023 14:10:13 -0400

Here's the latest remediation news surrounding Superfund and brownfield sites from the U.S. EPA.

How Aquagga and Regenesis are treating PFAS from AFFF

Keatinga@bnpmedia.com (Austin Keating) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Webinar: PFAS destruction products are increasingly commercially available, with technologies like Aquagga’s hydrothermal alkaline treatment, or HALT, and Regenesis’s PlumeStop, an in-situ colloidal activated carbon, or CAC.

EPA begins groundwater contamination investigation in Spring Park, Republican senators call to eliminate chemical tax and more

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:08:12 -0400

Here's the latest remediation news surrounding Superfund and brownfield sites from the U.S. EPA, as of April 24.

Redox Tech acquires EOS Remediation

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 12:48:17 -0400

Redox Tech announced on Thursday that EOS Remediation – a premier provider of emulsified vegetable oil products – is now a Redox Tech company.

New chemicals found in Danish drinking water

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:34:39 -0400

Despite a massive focus on PFAS substances and pesticide residues in Danish drinking water, little attention is paid to the hundreds of other chemical compounds in our groundwater.

What the US needs to do to get PFAS out of drinking water

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:41:32 -0400

Activated carbon is a charcoal-like substance that PFAS stick to quite well and can be used to remove PFAS from water. Ion exchange systems are typically even better, writes Joe Charbonnet.

Water well contamination frequent on farms, new study shows

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:13:40 -0400

The testing illustrates that residents on well water often don't know exactly what's in the water they're drinking, and they are given little guidance on maintenance as they alone are responsible.

How PFAS 'forever chemicals' travel through groundwater

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:52:26 -0400

Study examines remediation at a site that began in the 1990s, with groundwater monitoring since 2000, including measuring for PFAS and PFOS since 2015.

EPA accepting public comments on National Priorities List site deletion

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:10:33 -0400

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Intent on February 22 to delete three sites and partially delete eight other sites from the National Priorities List (NPL).