Case Study-Auto Repair Facility

CASE STUDY

Auto Repair Facility

Scope

Soil Assessment, Remedial Investigation & Restoration

Client

Town of Davie, Broward County, Florida

Challenge

The Town of Davie purchased a 2.5-acre parcel of land. A fuel filling station and auto repair service center had been previously in use on the site. The Town engaged GeoTech to conduct a source removal of petroleum impacted soil and site investigation.

The investigation identified gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon contaminated soils and groundwater which posed a risk to future development, adjoining parcels and the environment. Contamination within the soil & groundwater was identified as posing a risk to the environment.

Solution

Following the findings of the initial site investigation by others, GeoTech was contracted to remove the petroleum impacted soil, conduct passive groundwater recovery and long-term monitoring of groundwater. A waste oil tank was also removed.

Contaminants Treated

Gasoline, Diesel & used oil

Media

4,000 gallons of contaminated water
1,046 tons of contaminated soil for thermal treatment

Result

All contaminated soils removed
Groundwater contamination reduced significantly to implement Post Active Remediation Monitoring

Duration

Source removal in 7 days
Groundwater monitoring 12 months

Neil and his team initiated the remediation procedures, guided us through the process, advised on many aspects of the work and the compliance issues surrounding it all, to ensure we ended up with a clean site, complete with the regulatory approvals. GeoTech won this contract on a competitive bid and completed with 6% overage due to the unknown waste oil tank. We continue to work with this firm on the ongoing monitoring activities at the site..