Blog

ZVI Remediation
11/19/19 By: Deborah Shaffer Schnell, PE
ZVI 101: What is ZVI Emplacement and How Does It Work?

Zero Valent Iron (ZVI) technology has been a preferred remediation tool for nearly 30 years. It's important for every environmental consultant to understand what ZVI is and how it...

5 Things to Know About Zero-Valent Iron
09/01/20 By: Cascade Environmental
5 Things to Know About Zero-Valent Iron

Zero-valent iron (ZVI) is an accepted and widely used remedial amendment for in situ chemical reduction applications. But if you’ve never implemented a ZVI remedy, what do you...

What You Need to Know About Distributing Colloidal ZVI in High K Transmissive Zones
01/19/21 By: Eliot Cooper
What You Need to Know About Distributing Colloidal ZVI in High K Transmissive Zones

Zero valent iron (ZVI) is a proven chemistry for treating chlorinated solvents, metals, and herbicides/pesticides. Like most chemistries, ZVI must come into contact with...

Not All ZVI is Created Equal: How the Manufacturing Process Can Impact Project Outcomes
05/11/21 By: Eliot Cooper
Not All ZVI is Created Equal: How the Manufacturing Process Can Impact Project Outcomes

In the remediation industry, iron is not just iron: manufacturing, storage, design, size and application affect how a zero valent iron (ZVI) particle will react. When a remedy is...

Pressure and flow vs. Time
07/19/22 By: Eliot Cooper
Injection Chemistry Transparency for In Situ Remediation Projects: What You Need to Know

While every in situ remediation project is different, all environmental consultants need transparent remediation amendment information for their site. When this detail is clearly...

Stainless steel chemical mixing tanks
08/16/22 By: Eliot Cooper
Injection 101: What is In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) and How Does it Work?

  If you’re new to environmental services, you may not have had many opportunities to utilize in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO). It’s an efficient and cost-effective remediation...

Containers full of chemicals used for remediation
10/04/22 By: Eliot Cooper
Chemistry Mobility During In Situ Remediation: What Is It and How Can You Manage It?

Chemistry mobility can be a blessing or a curse. If you’re injecting amendments and distributing in a grid area treatment, you expect the product to move and make contact with...

The Lifecycle of Developing New In Situ Remediation Chemistries
01/31/23 By: Eliot Cooper
The Lifecycle of Developing New In Situ Remediation Chemistries

Bringing new technology to market is no easy feat. The technology adoption lifecycle is lengthy, with various stages before a product is embraced by the early majority....

Cost-Effective Groundwater Remediation with Cascade’s ColloidalChem™ Solutions
08/08/24 By: Eliot Cooper
Cost-Effective Groundwater Remediation with Cascade’s ColloidalChem™ Solutions

Traditional approaches such as In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), In Situ Chemical Reduction (ISCR), and In Situ Bioremediation (ISB) rarely meet MCLs for solvents and petroleum,...

Get the remediation experts on your project
Cascade is your partner from concept to completion.
Request A Quote