Sediment and Water Characterization and Site Remediation in Bayou Carlyss, Louisiana
A manufacturing client retained Geosyntec to support closure of the bayou sediments, groundwater, surface soils, and dredge spoils areas of interest at a former liquid waste disposal site. Waste materials were disposed of in open ponds at the site from the 1950s to 1971. In 1991 through 1995, liquid chlorinated hydrocarbons and impacted sludge were removed from the ponds, which were closed under Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) oversight. In 1977, Olsen's Bayou, the predominant surface water feature at the site, was dredged by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
