The RemediationOf Brownfield Sites

Around the United Statesmany lands lie abandoned and wasted because potentially hazardous contaminants may be present in the soil or groundwater.

A Former Industrial Site

Similarly, the JenkinsValve Site in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was once an abandoned 18-acre area with industrial contamination.

Brownfields• All over the country, there

are brownfield sites waiting to be cleaned up and reused.

• The EPA estimates that there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S. alone.

• Most commonly found in urban areas.

In the United States,the investigation and cleanup of brownfield sites is regulated by state environmental agencies in cooperation with the EPA.

Numerousorganizations may play a part in the cleanup and redevelopment of a brownfield site.

The actual cost of thecleanup is dependent on a variety of factors, including the level, type, amount and extent of contamination in the soil.

There are manyadvantages for property owners who clean up and reuse their brownfield properties.

Worldwide RecyclingEquipment Sales, LLC in Moberly, MO, has previously designed systems able to process from as little as 1 ton per hour to 25 tons per hour of contaminated soil per hour.

Vulcan Systems• In the Vulcan® Indirect

Fire (Electrically Heated) Thermal Desorption Unit, the material is fed to a live bottom feed hopper mounted on a pugmill.

• From the pugmill, the material is transferred to the feed auger via a transfer auger.

Cleaning up and reusingbrownfields increases local tax bases, creates job growth, makes use of existing infrastructure, reduces the necessity to develop open land and improves and protects the environment.

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