Soil contamination testing is a process that involves collecting soil samples and analyzing them for the presence of toxic materials. The results of soil contamination testing can help determine if a site is suitable for habitation or development, or if it presents an environmental hazard.
Soil contamination, also known as soil pollution for better understanding and categorization, is the degradation of any land caused by the presence of human-made chemicals or basically any other alteration that degrades the natural environment of the soil. It is generally caused by various industrial activities that took place on that piece of land, chemicals used for agriculture, or due to the improper disposal of waste materials into the soil environment.
Soil Contamination Testing, here, mostly means the analysis of a soil sample of a particular land to determine if it is suitable to be inhabited after being used as an industrial piece of land before.
As the human population slowly increases, it is only understandable that more pieces of land are required for the sake of habitation. As more and more land keeps getting occupied by civilization, it is important to start occupying the industrial lands which now remain barren. But these territories are not always suitable to be inhabited because of soil contamination, which is why the soil needs to be tested before it is taken up by the builders.
There existed a time when the rigorous environmental legislation that makes sure that industries do not contaminate the land today didn’t exist. No such laws were made before and industries contaminated the environment without laws to stop them and there existed no government body they should have been accountable to. This led to soil contamination and the land used is not suitable to be inhabited by human beings.
Geology is an Earth science that is concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time over the years. By a site’s geology, we mean the texture and the composition of the land, and see if the structure is suitable to ensure a person’s safety in the building that is about to be built on this land.
Hydrology, similarly, is a science that deals with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water on and below the earth’s surface and in the atmosphere. This is an important factor to consider during soil contamination testing.
