Event type:
Evening meeting, Lecture, Contributes to CPD
Organised by:
North West Regional Group
Venue:
The Centre Birchwood Park, Warrington
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
Soil Vapour Risk Assessment – Reducing Uncertainties in
the Assessment of Inhalation Health Risks
Soil vapour assessment is considered to represent a
refined assessment of vapour transport from a soil
or groundwater contaminant source by decreasing
the number of partitioning assumptions required
for modelling vapour migration from impacted soil
or groundwater. The measured soil vapour
concentrations are considered to provide greater
certainty and less conservatism than the soil and
groundwater source data. Conservative inhalation
health risk assessments based on soil and
groundwater only could lead to unnecessary
remedial measures and incorrect perception of the
actual risk.
The Society of Brownfield Risk Assessment
(SoBRA) held a workshop on Vapour Intrusion in
June 2017. It was concluded that an improvement of
general practice within the contaminated land
industry was required in relation to the assessment
of potential inhalation health risks at sites where
there was a credible source and pathway.
This talk will provide an insight on vapour
intrusion conceptualisation, factors to consider in
the design of soil vapour investigations and
available sampling techniques and factors to
consider. The outcome of the 2017 SoBRA
workshop and work conducted by the SoBRA Subgroup
to date will also be outlined.
Speaker
Paloma Montes
Paloma Montes is a contaminated land professional specialising in risk assessment with over 10 years’ experience in Spain, Australia and the U.K. Paloma has a sound knowledge of transport modelling and risk assessment software, as well as international guidelines and standards for the assessment of environmental risks.
She is part of WSP’s Risk Assessment team that is responsible for the derivation of soil, groundwater and soil vapour generic assessment criteria and also forms part of the SoBRA Subgroup on Vapour Intrusion.
Paloma has specialised in the assessment and management of environmental and human health risks, chemical toxicity assessment, chemical fate and transport modelling for a wide range of contaminated sites and industrial facilities. Her experience includes ground investigation design, including soil vapour investigation.
Time
Food from 6pm Lecture starts promptly at 6.30pm V
Venue
The Centre Birchwood Park
Warrington
WA3 6YN
www.thecentreatbirchwoodpark.co.uk/location
Tel: 01925 282 940
Organised Jointly by the North West group of the Geological Society of London (GSL), the Contaminated Land Group of the GSL and the ICE NW Geotechnical
For further information contact the group secretary,
Catherine Kenny at:
[email protected]
CPD: These events may be considered for
contributing to a recognised Continuing professional
Development (CPD) scheme as part of personal
development. Delegates should check their
individual scheme requirements.