Iron Creek Group Wins Esteemed Award for Sustainable Technology that Remediates Petroleum-Impacted Soil
North American based Iron Creek Group cleans environmentally impacted sites using the contaminants to fuel the clean-up and restoration of the soil. Right now, their technology is the best solution to help the Navy quickly and efficiently clean up the petroleum-impacted land around the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility in Oahu, HI.
The group was awarded an esteemed Canadian Brownfield Award for cleaning up a 70-year-old contaminated site in 11 months. Formerly a World War II refinery from the 1940s, the Marwell Tar Pit held high concentrations of heavy hydrocarbon waste, including free product tar. After 70-years of sitting, hydrocarbon and free tar product was discovered in the groundwater of Yukon’s city of Whitehorse.
Iron Creek Group flew in their exclusive, patented Enhanced Thermal Conduction (ETC) soil remediation technology and used the 70-year-old hydrocarbon-impacted soil to help power their specially patented thermal conduction process, eliminating contaminants and restoring the land.
“When we first got to the site there was tar and oil bubbling up from the ground, literally everywhere we stepped. After 70-years of contamination, it took us only 11 months to completely restore the land to standards for residential use, while exceeding the stringent environmental regulations of the Canadian and First Nation governments.” Ken Bell, CEO of Iron Creek.
Once the soil was treated, tested and safe for use, it was backfilled into the site. The exclusive ex-situ thermal remediation process kept approximately 1,000 truckloads of contaminated soil off roads and out of landfills, reducing contingent liability, greenhouse gas emissions and the expense of trucking in 36,000 tons of non-native soils to fill the void.
Iron Creek’s technological innovation introduces green, sustainable, waste-free practices to the thermal remediation industry.
“They’re about to excavate and ship contaminated soil from Hawaii to Washington State, and they’ll have to import clean soil to fill the void. No longer is it necessary to relocate waste to a landfill, where it will continue to contaminate the land, water and air. We have proven technology that safely eliminates the waste, and our processes allow us to fully restore contaminated areas while keeping native soils in place.” Ken Bell, CEO of Iron Creek.
Iron Creek Group has changed the paradigm of traditional environmental clean-up by introducing predictable, cost-effective solutions to clean soils impacted with hydrocarbons, pesticides, PFAS/PFOA fire suppression chemicals, solvents, and other organic contaminants.
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About the Brownie Awards
The Canadian Brownie Awards ‘recognize builders, innovators and visionaries who are dedicated to rehabilitating brownfield sites. Brownfield land is designated as such because it sits idle or underused due to environmental contamination.’ Learn more by visiting,
https://www.canadianbrownfieldsnetwork.ca
About Iron Creek Group
Serving North America, Iron Creek Group is an innovative thermal soil remediation company that specializes in the thermal treatment of the most difficult wastes in the most challenging locations. The group specializes in alternative soil remedial technologies that are proven, predictable, environmentally-friendly and cost effective. Learn how they’re leveraging technology to challenge the existing thermal remediation paradigm.