As KEMRON enters its 44th year of business, our employees continue working diligently with our clients to plan and implement environmental investigations and remedies to protect human health and the environment. Recognizing the importance of cleaning up legacy contaminants as well as ensuring compliance with current environmental regulations at active facilities, KEMRON consistently seeks to employ safe, cost-effective and protective methods to meet our clients’ environmental priorities and objectives. As we celebrate World Environment Day today, our employee-owners continue to invest themselves in improving the environment in their own communities and those of our clients’ sites!

KEMRON is excited to welcome Michael “Skip” Sleister to the team in our Southeast Home Office in Atlanta, GA. Skip is a native Georgian and recent graduate from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Geology and minor in Physics. While at the University of Georgia, Skip had the opportunity to gain experience with Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, Groundwater Sampling and Characterization, and Soil and Lithology Identification and Logging, as well as technological experience with mapping and modelling programs including Fortran and ArcGIS. Welcome, Skip!

KEMRON recently broke ground on the installation of the Jet Farm Bridge. Construction of the bridge is an extension of our work for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on Bolles Canal. KEMRON recently completed the widening of over three miles of Bolles Canal, during which the original bridge was removed. The Jet Farm Bridge installation involves widening a section of Bolles Canal at the crossing, fabrication of the 90 foot long steel span, construction of footers and placement of the structure. The project is scheduled to be completed in approximately 3 months.

In an effort to protect our environmental future, KEMRON joins in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

Saturday, April 27, 2019 – 10 AM to 2 PM

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

To find out more information and to locate a collection site near you, visit: https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html

KEMRON’s WV office has hired Brandon Murphy as an Environmental Technician/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. In this role, Brandon will serve as the primary operator for 10 package wastewater treatment plants where KEMRON currently provides contract operation and maintenance (O&M) services and NPDES permit compliance monitoring. Brandon comes to KEMRON from a local public service district (PSD), where he was responsible for system maintenance, utility locates, sewer taps, operation of remote controlled line inspection camera system, QA/QC testing on system influent & effluent and other activities. Brandon also has experience with contract operation of a wastewater treatment plant specifically designed for selenium removal. Please join us in welcoming Brandon to KEMRON!

KEMRON’s West Virginia office is in the process of conducting a large scale BOS carbon substrate injection at an active retail petroleum facility in western WV to remediate subsurface petroleum impacts at the facility. BOS injections are being performed using our specially designed high-pressure injection trailer in an attempt to aggressively move the site to No Further Action (NFA) status. Due to the large contaminant footprint, injection activities are being conducted in phases across four (4) separate treatment areas designated as Treatment Areas A through D. A total of 40 injection points were advanced in Treatment Area A. Treatment Area A was located towards the southern portion of the UST basin and encompassed approximately 1,000 square feet (ft2). BOS injection activities are currently underway in Treatment Area B (located east of the dispenser islands in the vicinity of monitoring wells MW-5 and MW-6) which will consist of 100 injection points and encompasses approximately 2,560 ft2, Treatment Area C (located east of the dispensers in the vicinity of monitoring well MW-10) which will consist of 34 injection points and encompasses approximately 845 ft2, and Treatment Area D (located northeast of the dispensers in the vicinity of monitoring well MW-9) which will consist of 39 injection points and encompasses approximately 980 ft2.

BOS injection activities at this facility include the injection of 18,805 lbs of BOS and 14,150 lbs of gypsum into a total of 213 injection points encompassing a total of 5,385 ft2. Kudos to KEMRON Project Manager Abdo Chaber and KEMRON injection crew members Tim Mihal, Christopher Hedrick, Evan Amick and Jac Jensen for their work on this large BOS injection project.