. Environmental Monitoring Environmental monitoring encompasses all activities for measuring, sampling, and analyzing soil, groundwater, indoor and outdoor air, influent, and effluent to: Detect contaminant migration Discern flow patterns Measure the progress of remediation Assess exposure and potential health effects Evaluate compliance with environmental standards AVANT's scientists and technicians are highly experienced with multi-media environmental monitoring using a variety of sampling methods, instruments, and equipment. AVANT's staff, supported by fully equipped service vehicles, equipment, and specialized instruments, routinely perform environmental monitoring that includes: Air, soil, and water (groundwater, surface water, influent, and effluent) sampling Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and organic vapor monitoring Water-treatment system monitoring Data management and statistical analysis Soil-gas surveys Monitoring-well installation and sampling Direct-push sampling of soil, water, and soil gas AVANT's staff have designed and implemented monitoring programs for dozens of facilities, including: Municipal, fly ash, flue-gas desulfurization sludge, and hazardous-waste landfills Manufactured-gas plants Groundwater remediation systems Underground and aboveground storage-tank sites Active and abandoned mine sites Industrial waste-management facilities Our expertise at analyzing and interpreting monitoring data - visually, graphically, and statistically - is also a critical skill that AVANT brings to a successful monitoring program. Other Services for Manufacturers Environmental compliance services Water Resource Design and Management Sanitary and Storm Sewer (Conveyance) Design Industrial wastewater treatment and pretreatment Engineering and construction services Phase I and II environmental site assessments UST investigations, closures, & remediations State voluntary remediation assistance Wetland delineation & hydrology Remediation design & construction Operation & maintenance of soil & ground-water remediation systems Health-based risk assessments Hydrogeologic & contamination investigations Asbestos and lead-paint inspections .

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