Capping, U.S., 1999. Left – before. Right – after.

In-situ treatment of wetland, U.S., 2009. Left – AquaBlok placement. Center, Right – field plot.

Engineered capping products. Left – clay based AquaBlok. Right – carbon amended BioBlok.

In-situ treatment, Norway, ca. 2008. Left, center – blending treatment material. Right – sediment cores.

Left – collecting sediment samples, Norway, ca. 2007. Right – manufacturing BioBlok product, Norway, 2011.

Loading, placing capping materials, Norway, 2011. Left – loading BioBlok. Center – placing sand material. Right – placing BioBlok.

Placing capping materials. Left – AquaBlok, U.S., 1999. Center, right – BioBlok, Norway, 2011.

Core samples of placed caps. Left – BioBlok, Norway, 2011. Center – sand material, Norway, 2011. Right – AquaBlok, U.S., 1999.

In-situ treatment, lab-scale testing, Norway, ca. 2008.

Placing capping material in column, Norway, ca. 2008.

SAO Enviromental Consulting AB

About

SAO Environmental Consulting was established by Joseph Jersak

Joseph has a BS in Geology; MS and PhD in Soil Science

Extensive, diverse career in the earth/environmental sciences

20 years in consulting and product development

Last 14 years exclusively in contaminated sediments

Focus on sediment remediation using in-situ approaches, mainly capping

Active in publishing, conference participation

Sediment related support

Consulting on overall project strategy

Project planning, scoping, work plan development

Critical data review, assessment and reporting

Site/sediment characterization to support remedy selection

Designing/managing different types of laboratory studies

Feasibility studies to evaluate possible remedial alternatives

Designing/managing pilot-scale projects to evaluate candidate remedies

Designing/implementing full-scale capping (including treatment) remedies