Sand County Environmental, Inc., is a nationally-recognized environmental engineering firm providing a full array of phytoremediation and traditional remediation solutions to private and public service sectors. Our work is most often conducted for owners of landfills, lenders, retail and wholesale agricultural chemical storage facilities, local and state governments, and other property owners where soil, groundwater, or stormwater management issues are of concern.
Drew Rakers, an environmental engineer with Sand County Environmental (SCE), recently took time to present about his career at SCE and the environmental engineering profession as a whole at Rhinelander High School. An environmental science teacher at the high school requested the presentation in hopes to inspire future generations to pursue a career in the environmental field and educate students on some of the environmental engineering career opportunities that are out there. It’s always great to have the opportunity to share some of the good work we are doing here at SCE, and even better to receive the opportunity to share with the next generation!
Sand County Environmental recently oversaw the recompaction of a clay liner for four, 1,000,000-gallon liquid fertilizer tanks at an agricultural chemical facility in central Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) requires clay liners, such as this one, to be reworked and recompacted once every 15 years to ensure that the liner maintains uniformity and integrity. As such Sand County Environmental collected several soil samples for geologic analysis to ensure that the clay liner met the stringent specifications that DATCP puts forward. In addition, Sand County Environmental oversaw the recompaction process and soil compaction testing to ensure that the liner was meeting compaction requirements throughout the course of the project. The liner passed with flying colors, and this particular facility should be squared away for the next 15 years!
