In this 59th episode, I discuss the topic Relocation aka "Dig/Vacuum and Haul" is NOT Remediation.

The old traditional default thought to dealing with contaminated soil is to dig and haul it off to a waste disposal facility. Similarly, vacuuming up contaminated water and transporting it to a disposal facility. In both of these case, the contamination is only being relocated. It is NOT being remediated.

In order to remediate the contamination, it has to be treated in order for it to be broken down and the contaminate(s) has to be acted upon by a means of changing its form from being hazardous to non-hazardous.

Relocating the contamination is a quick and easy fix to be moved out of sight and out of mind. It is NOT Remediation. It's removal from the current location to another. In this case, it is stored at a waste disposal facility still in it's hazardous form, in theory to be dealt with at some future time.

We CAN NOT keep doing this forever!

We have natural resources that we require to live. It is in Everyone's best interest, to change our thought processes, from the quick easy fix of digging/vacuuming and hauling to a disposal facility as being the method of last resort, instead of being the default first choice. It is vital to our survival as a species.

We must have the first thought to actually remediate the contamination and use waste disposal facilities as a method of last resort.

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In this 58th episode, I discuss A Future Event - Large Scale Demonstration of "The New Remediation Paradigm" in Odessa, Texas.

Here's an opportunity that you don't want to miss. It's the opportunity to see a large scale remediation in real time, implementing "The New Remediation Paradigm."

When: The event is taking place on July 15, 2026 at 10 am.

Where: Lighthouse Environmental at 17901 Interstate 20 Service Rd, Odessa, Texas.

Lighthouse Environmental is hosting Hanby Environmental and OMG Solutions to perform a large scale remediation demonstration. The remediation area will be contaminated by a combination of Crude Oil, Diesel Fuel and Production Water (aka Produced Water, Brine Water, Salt Water).

Hanby's field Test Kits will provide the real time monitoring of the real and in-situ (in place) remediation by OMG's ELMN8. ELMN8 is a non-hazardous and non-toxic ready to use solution that remediates upon contact.

The demonstration will allow the Attendees to get a first hand understanding for the entire remediation process of delineating the contamination area, testing, treating and retesting. After the demonstration, samples will be jarred and sent for third-party validation by the lab and Attendees will be given the option to also take jarred samples to send off to their own labs.

Come see "The New Remediation Paradigm" and join "The Paradigm Shift!"

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In this 57th episode, I discuss How Does Ground Water Get Contaminated?

Ground Water typically gets contaminated through soil seeping ro leaching contamination from the soil down into the Ground Water as gravity pulls down on it. Sometimes there is a direct line from the surface to get contamination directly into the Ground Water, like an old water well.

The typical sources of Ground Water Contamination are from Agricultural Runoff, Leaking Storage Tanks and Spills, Failing Septic Tanks, Improper Waste Disposal and from Faulty Wells. Most of these common sources involve the travel of the contamination through the soil and down into the Ground Water then being mobile in the aquifers, but in the cases like Old Water Wells, they can be a more direct path for the contamination to get to the Ground Water and into the Deeper Aquifers. In all cases, the remediation of Ground Water is complex and expensive.

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