CSM Development and Remedial Design for Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Groundwater, Greens Bayou, Houston, Texas
Starting in the early 1950s and continuing over a period of several decades, arsenicals and organochlorine pesticides, including DDT and Lindane, and production raw materials and intermediates, were released into soil, groundwater, and surface water adjacent to Greens Bayou, a part of the Houston Ship Channel system. These contaminants were transported into Greens Bayou and local tributaries to the bayou via industrial discharges, surface water runoff, and groundwater discharge and upwelling. Geosyntec was retained by counsel to the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) to evaluate remediation strategies and develop remediation cost estimates to mitigate the impacts associated with this contamination loading to Greens Bayou and the tributary waterways, the most significant tributary being a large Harris County Flood Control Channel (HCFCC).
