by Sci Dev | Apr 8, 2024 | PFAS, Remediation, SciDev
Dubbed the ‘new asbestos’, PFAS is the collective name for a group of man-made chemicals used in industrial applications, such as firefighting foam, and in everyday household products, such as Teflon pans and carpets. CEO Seán Halpin tells The Australian that much...
by Sci Dev | Nov 21, 2023 | PFAS, Project Profiles, Remediation, Water Technologies
Rehabilitation of the former Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre at Fiskville represented one of the most significant per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) rehabilitation projects to be undertaken in Australia to date. To...
by Sci Dev | Nov 20, 2023 | Project Profiles, Remediation, Water Technologies
Rehabilitation of the former Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre at Fiskville represented one of the most significant per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) rehabilitation projects to be undertaken in Australia to date. To...
by Sci Dev | Feb 7, 2023 | Remediation
Treatment of PFAS contaminated groundwater – Rutherford Tempe, Sydney, NSW John Holland Seymour Whyte (JHSW) April 2021 – Ongoing Home All Projects Treatment of PFAS contaminated groundwater – Rutherford SciDev were contracted through Suez and...
by Sci Dev | Feb 7, 2023 | Remediation, Water Technologies
Over the last few decades, the TestSafe facility has been home to various fire training exercises and firefighting trials with Fire and Rescue NSW. The runoff from fire-fighting foams has contaminated the site and made its way into several stormwater retention dams across...
by Sci Dev | Feb 7, 2023 | Project Profiles, Remediation
Ward Civil and Environmental Engineering engaged SciDev to design and construct a water treatment plant (WTP) and dewatering system to support civil works at Erskineville, NSW. Groundwater dewatering was required to support open trenching works and trunk main works...