Environmental Site Assessment Phase 1

Environmental site assessment phase 1 is a set of reports to detect the contamination of any land or property. This includes gathering of information about past and present uses of the land. In this procedure the site is inspected by an environmental professional familiar with the property. This procedure is a primary assumption of presence of contamination and if the report reveals something wrong then an environmental site assessment phase 2 is done.

Environmental Site Assessment Phase 1

Environmental site assessment phase 1 and 2 - both are important. But phase 1 is done primarily in all land or property before purchasing. Phase 1 primarily assess the contamination by visual inspection and gathering relevant information. This process is very important to perform and nowadays done as routine procedure. Nowadays many online site also provides environmental site assessment at a reasonable expense.

 

Environmental Site Assessment Phase 2

Phase 2 Environmental site assessment is done to test soil, soil gas or groundwater to identify possible contamination. The actual purpose of phase 2 ESA is to determine the presence or absence of petroleum products or hazardous wastes  in the subsurface of the site. Everyone should know about this important process as it is very important to check the contamination of land before purchasing it.

Environmental Site Assessment Phase 2

Environmental site assessment phase 2 is often termed as invasive phase as it is actually a complete analysis of any land or property for assessment of contamination. This is carried out when a phase 1 environmental site assessment is done and detect some contamination. IN phase 2, sampling of ground water, soil and testing of underground tank storage content is done thoroughly for complete analysis of contamination. This procedure should be carried out before buying any property or land.