by admin | 26 May 2023 | Emerging Contaminants, Standards & Guidelines
1. Introduction In the realm of environmental science and management, one of the most pressing and complex issues we face today is the emergence of new contaminants. These are substances that, due to advancements in detection methods, newly recognised exposure...
by admin | 24 Jun 2019 | England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Standards & Guidelines
The Environment Agency has recently published (June 2019) an update to the Model Procedures for the Management of Contaminated Land (CLR11), that underpinned the remediation of contaminated sites since it was first issued 2004. The new update is known as Land...
by admin | 14 Mar 2019 | Standards & Guidelines
In March 1986 a house at Loscoe in Derbyshire was completely destroyed by a landfill methane explosion, badly injuring the three occupants inside the home. A Public Inquiry was carried out on the the series of events leading up to the incident and evidence was...
by admin | 14 Nov 2018 | Republic of Ireland, Standards & Guidelines
The European Commission recently opened an infringement case against Ireland in the EU Court of Justice because it has continued to exceed the limits of trihalomethane contamination in drinking water supplies across the country. The Infringement was first brought to...
