Brewery Waste Characterization and Soil Assessment
Town of Palisade, Palisade, Colorado
In response to a compliance advisory issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Western Water & Land was retained to investigate potential soil contamination caused by the improper land application of brewery and distillery wastewater and develop a soil cleanup strategy based on EPA Regional Screening Level (RSL) criteria. To develop a reasonable analytic schedule for soil sampling and analysis, the brewery and distillery wastewater was analyzed first for a wide range of metals, inorganics, and volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds to determine the chemical composition of the waste. The results of the wastewater analysis were compared to Colorado groundwater standards as a means of identifying potential contaminant risks. The constituents that exceeded groundwater standards were included in the analytic schedule for the contaminated soil, which was then sampled and analyzed. After comparison of the soil results to EPA RSLs for residential soil, it was determined that no criteria were exceeded and no further cleanup action was necessary.
Town of Palisade, Palisade, Colorado
In response to a compliance advisory issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Western Water & Land was retained to investigate potential soil contamination caused by the improper land application of brewery and distillery wastewater and develop a soil cleanup strategy based on EPA Regional Screening Level (RSL) criteria. To develop a reasonable analytic schedule for soil sampling and analysis, the brewery and distillery wastewater was analyzed first for a wide range of metals, inorganics, and volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds to determine the chemical composition of the waste. The results of the wastewater analysis were compared to Colorado groundwater standards as a means of identifying potential contaminant risks. The constituents that exceeded groundwater standards were included in the analytic schedule for the contaminated soil, which was then sampled and analyzed. After comparison of the soil results to EPA RSLs for residential soil, it was determined that no criteria were exceeded and no further cleanup action was necessary.