BENSS can assist with all soil contamination & water testing, risk assessments, and remediation planning.
Despite more recent regulation and enforcement of environmental standards, historical site use, maintenance issues, adverse weather events, poor management practices and illegal dumping are still resulting in environmental pollution.
Whether you are concerned about a particular contaminant, require Compliance Monitoring, or a Broad Screening assessment, BENSS can assist with initial scoping, desktop studies, site assessment, and testing. Our Environmental Toxicologists provide expert risk assessments and advice for site remediation, tailored to individual clients.
For assistance in reducing overall waste in the first instance, including potentially hazardous materials and pollutants, we provide Waste & Recycling Audits, for a single site or at an organisational level.
Soil Testing
In urban areas, historical industrial land use has created a legacy of site contamination, from use, production, storage, or disposal of a broad range of substances.
Where potentially contaminated sites are redeveloped or rezoned, or following the issue of an EPA Clean-Up Notice, it is often a statutory requirement that an Environmental Audit is undertaken, with the results documented as a Certificate of Environmental Audit.
Due Diligence practices for larger organisations or higher-risk industries are also likely to require contaminated land assessments.
For all client profiles and circumstances, our experienced Environmental Toxicologists can assist with soil testing for a broad range of contaminants. We can also provide ACLCA (Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association) accredited consultants for regulatory compliance and planning permit applications.
Water Testing
Contamination of surface and groundwater can result from leaching of historical ground contamination, industrial emissions, and surface run-off from industrial or agricultural land.
The most common contaminants of concern are heavy metals, hydrocarbons, pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers, although many others may be present.
In urban areas with impervious surfaces, run-off water can accumulate contaminants, which are then concentrated in drainage systems. This may lead to high concentrations of pollutants in a localised area, or throughout downstream waterways.
Our consultants provide water testing services for a broad client base, and can assist with most requirements.
- Groundwater & Boreholes
- Tanks & Wells
- Surface & Stormwater
- Inland Waterways
- Off-Shore & Maritime
- Industrial Effluent
- Potable Water
- Cooling Towers
Waste Classification
Australia’s National Waste Policy has clear goals to reduce the amount of waste, and that ‘all wastes, including hazardous wastes, will be managed in a way that is consistent with Australia’s international obligations and for the protection of human health and the environment’.
During site development or remediation, classification and disposal of contaminated waste is regulated by the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority) in each State and Territory. BENSS can assist with testing, assessment, and classification of waste, in accordance with EPA requirements.
Our experienced consultants provide targeted screening to identify contaminant distributions, enabling subdivision to minimise disposal costs. In many cases we can help minimise time and disposal costs by providing advice for on-site remediation options.