Article originally featured in the Probing Times, the official newsletter of Geoprobe Systems^® Spring 2008 Issue

Article featured in the Spring 2008 issue of the Probing Times, the official newsletter of Geoprobe Systems®.

The discovery of dry cleaning solvents in soil and groundwater beneath the laundry room of the Peabody Orlando Hotel in Orlando, FL, led the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to request a site assessment to identify the extent of soil and groundwater impacts from perchloroethylene (PCE) and any of its degradation products. The hotel owners contacted environmental consultant, Ensafe from Memphis, TN, to help them respond.

Ensafe turned to Columbia Technologies in Baltimore, MD, to develop, process, and present the bulk of the site assessment data using the MIP system. Columbia’s task was to delineate the presence or absence of VOCs in soil and groundwater at the site, and collect representative samples of the subsurface…all in a single visit. Read the rest of this entry »