I appreciate you taking the time to do this and share it also! Definitely am curious what the longer measurements show. It would also be interesting to take measurements in locations adjacent to the creek. This looks like you’re actually on the creek, which I imagine washes out pretty readily. Areas a little farther from the creek itself (perhaps even up to a mile away) are impacted by flooding and surface waters during downpours. They’re far enough away to not be washed out immediately, like on the creek itself. I bet if you took some soil samples from different points along the creek, at a few different distances from the creek’s path, at 6”, 1 foot, and 2 foot depths, you’d turn up a few hot samples!
You're most welcome sir... I take my samples using a tbar core that goes down 12 inches from the surface. The issue I see is that FUSRAP has already remediated most of these areas meaning it's been dug out and then material placed on top of the area as this is standard civil engineering practice so if contamination still exists, it's much deeper than anyone can measure from the surface area. I still have a sample I have to take a long measurement of from around Latty Avenue and Coldwater Creek area where Dr Kaltofen did his study and he only had to go down 20 cm to find it, hence the 12 inch tbar core. Thank you for commenting as it helps people realise there are others interested in this work I'm doing. I have since left the area and back home now gathering funds to take another journey just like this into other areas to get answers for people.
I appreciate you taking the time to do this and share it also!
Definitely am curious what the longer measurements show.
It would also be interesting to take measurements in locations adjacent to the creek. This looks like you’re actually on the creek, which I imagine washes out pretty readily.
Areas a little farther from the creek itself (perhaps even up to a mile away) are impacted by flooding and surface waters during downpours. They’re far enough away to not be washed out immediately, like on the creek itself.
I bet if you took some soil samples from different points along the creek, at a few different distances from the creek’s path, at 6”, 1 foot, and 2 foot depths, you’d turn up a few hot samples!
You're most welcome sir...
I take my samples using a tbar core that goes down 12 inches from the surface. The issue I see is that FUSRAP has already remediated most of these areas meaning it's been dug out and then material placed on top of the area as this is standard civil engineering practice so if contamination still exists, it's much deeper than anyone can measure from the surface area. I still have a sample I have to take a long measurement of from around Latty Avenue and Coldwater Creek area where Dr Kaltofen did his study and he only had to go down 20 cm to find it, hence the 12 inch tbar core.
Thank you for commenting as it helps people realise there are others interested in this work I'm doing. I have since left the area and back home now gathering funds to take another journey just like this into other areas to get answers for people.