Enviromental Consulting Services

The Agri/Environmental Consulting Services division of Servi-Tech Laboratories was started in 1987 to apply technical expertise and experience, to use agronomic processes, and to lend a common-sense, practical approach to environmental monitoring, to soil and water management, and to site restoration and remediation.

Services

Planning

Negotiate and coordinate with regulatory authorities
Prepare work plans and specifications
Interpret regulations and guidelines
Hydrologic and geologic site characterization
Water well and pump design
Enviromental property assessments (Phase 1) for real estate transfers

Monitoring

Implement soil and ground water monitoring networks to meet regulatory requirements and specifications
Develop nutrient and salinity management plans
Monitor soil/water/crop interactions
Compile and prepare monitoring reports for regulatory agencies

Restoration and remediation activities

Integrate site operations with restoration and remediation
Develop work plans and specifications
Coordinate site activities
Remove contaminated soil for agronomic land application
Remove contaminated ground water for beneficial use (irrigation)
Install and manage phytoremediation system (Tree Mediation®)

Project Experience

KDHE Voluntary Cooperative Program

Ongoing projects at 16 agricultural facilities nitrates, pesticides, carbon tetrachloride contamination of soil and ground water)

KDHE State Cooperative Program (enforcement based)

Ongoing projects at six agricultural facilities (nitrates and pesticides; soil and ground water contamination)

Ground water monitoring

Ongoing projects at:
- 21 retail agricultural facilities
- 10 Confined Animal Feeding Operations
Regional quality monitoring (Texas Cattle Feeders Assn., Southwest Kansas Ground Water Management District #3)

Land application monitoring (nutrient and salinty management)

Large-scale municipal wastewater irrigation (City of Dodge City)
CAFO facility manure and wastewater application fields
Industrial facilities in Kansas and Texas
NRCS Technical Service Provider
Kansas Dept. of Ag regulated swine facilities

Environmental site assessments

Numerous retail agricultural facilities, including
- Grain storage and handling facilities
- Fertilizer and agrichemical facilities
- Refined fuel facilities
Site assessments for confined animal feedlots, dairies, oilfield brine spills, and ammonia pipeline release

Qualifications

Certified Crop Advisor
NRCS Technical Service Provider
Certified Professional Agronomist
OSHA 40-Hours

Fred Vocasek of Servi-Tech and Steve Graber of NRCS study the flow of water in soil south of Dodge City, KS.

Partnership

Servi-Tech. successfully partners with other environmental consultants to extend our scope of environmental and remedial services. Partners include a Licensed Geologist, Licensed Water Well Contractor, Certified Soil Scientist, and Professional Engineer. We believe partnering is an effective management approach, bringing additional skills and technology to each project. It provides a practical, common-sense strategy that works in the client’s best interest.