Environmental Consulting & Remediation Services
“I don’t think we’ll ever have to do a big clean-out here again.” That was the sentiment shared by Willie Vance, stormwater operations manager at Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI), after excavating 25 tons of sediment from a massive stormwater basin, grading a 50-foot length of the basin between an outfall pipe and the central catch …
Evaluating and remediating environmental hazards is a crucial responsibility for any business owner, particularly those dealing with hazardous materials like petroleum. But, remediation can also be costly. To combat this cost burden, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awards more than $4 billion in annual environmental funding for grants and other assistance agreements. The EPA puts …
Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) recently helped Kansas City-based nonprofit El Centro secure a $200,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The three-year EPA grant will provide environmental training and employment opportunities for up to 72 individuals in Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. Wyandotte County’s poverty rate of …
When members of the EWI emergency response team receive notice of a potential hazard – a fuel spill on gas station property, for example – they have to act quickly. At the same time, our team members must keep environmental compliance top of mind at all times. The process of taking sites from the initial …
When a sinkhole mitigation job at a department store in Greene County, Missouri, turned into the remediation of a complex karst geology site, Environmental Works, Inc.’s Investigation/Remediation (I/R) team had to get creative and work closely with regulators to determine how it was going to get the job done.
