Contaminated Land Management: from Site Screening to Closure

Free, half-day workshops in, Brisbane and Sydney with speakers from USA and Australia

Presenters from USA and Australia will cover many of the technical developments that are now available to manage contaminated sites in a more efficient and sustainable manner. These range from direct sensing tools, mobile labs and discrete groundwater samplers for adaptive, high-resolution site characterisation (HRSC) to low- and high-pressure injection technologies enabling targeted delivery of remedial amendments in all geologies, from sandy aquifers to low-permeability zones and fractured rock. Basics of environmental drilling and sampling will also be briefly introduced.

The event is oriented to site owners, regulators and contaminated land practitioners interested in sustainable and effective strategies to manage sites from screening to closure.

Thanks to ALGA, CRC CARE and Site Investigation Supply for supporting this event.

Speakers:

-Mike Mazzarese, MSc, will fly from Colorado, USA, to share his experiences at injection projects working for leading remediation contractors in America. Among other topics, Mike will discuss the application of FLUORO-SORB®, Australia’s latest technology for in-situ PFAS sequestration.
-Jonas Garcia-Rincon holds a PhD on HRSC from CSIRO and recently edited a book for Springer on advanced site characterisation and remediation technologies with the participation of 50+ global experts. All attendees will receive a link to download the book after its publication.
-Matthew Hansen, Director at Legion Drilling (formerly Numac), a specialist provider of site investigation and remediation services that brought to Australia technologies such as sonic drilling, direct sensing tools for HRSC and high-energy injection of remedial slurries.

Locations and dates:

Adelaide

Tuesday 17 October

Fyfe

Level 2/124 South Tce

Adelaide SA 5000

Brisbane

Wednesday 18 October

UQ Brisbane City
Room 0M08, 308 Queen St
Brisbane City QLD 4000

Sydney

Thursday 19 October

UNSW CBD Campus
Room T2, 1 O’Connell St
Sydney NSW 2000

Agenda: 

09:00-09:10 Opening Remarks

Guest Speaker

09:10-09:30 Environmental Drilling and Sampling Fundamentals

Matthew Hansen

09:30-10:00 Advanced Methods for Hydrostratigraphic Characterisation

Jonas Garcia-Rincon

10:00-10:30 High-Resolution Delineation of Organic Contaminants

Jonas Garcia-Rincon

10:30-10:50 Morning Tea/Networking

10:50-11:35 Improved Techniques for Injection of Remedial Amendments

Mike Mazzarese

11:35-12:35 In-Situ Remediation Technologies/Case Studies

Mike Mazzarese

12:15-13:00 Panel discussion / Lunch?