Fall 2024 – Tier 2 Training Course Dates Announced
EDMONTON SESSION IS SOLD OUT Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. (MEMS) will be hosting hands-on, interactive training sessions in Calgary, AB and Edmonton, AB based on the Alberta Tier 2 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines. The training sessions focus on the development of advanced skills in the calculation and application of Tier 2 guidelines. The courses […]
MEMS prepared and submitted a wetland compensation program for disturbance to 10 ha of wetlands in 2011 that proposed the construction of a restored peatland, and the restoration of a riparian wildlife corridor in lieu of a one time wetland replacement fee. A 0.34 ha seasonal graminoid marsh was constructed in 2012, and white spruce […]
Chasing A Sand-filled Quaternary Channel
A distinct feature of the surficial geology at the Kearl Mine site is the Kearl Channel present on the western part of the site. The Kearl Channel incises overburden and underlying geological formations to the Devonian age and is one of the regional buried channels in northern Alberta. Dense drilling has allowed the opportunity to […]
Soil management is one of many critical components associated with land development and reclamation. From pre-disturbance assessments to final reclamation, multiple steps are required to facilitate effective soil conservation. We offer a variety of services to assist our clients in achieving successful soil management throughout the life of a project. A pre-disturbance soil survey, pictured […]
Soil & Groundwater Guideline Updates
On June 27, 2024 Environment and Protected Areas (EPA) released an update to the Alberta Tier 1 and 2 Soil and Groundwater Remediation Guidelines. The main updates are: 1—Guidelines for dioxins and furans were revised. The Tier 1 soil guidelines increased for agricultural, residential and parkland, commercial and industrial land uses. The Tier 1 groundwater […]
MEMS Fort St. John Office is Open!
Celebrating over 15 years of providing environmental consulting services to resource development companies in British Columbia; we are privately owned specializing in providing high-quality, personalized environmental science and technology solutions. Excitement continues to happen with Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. (MEMS). Our team of environmental professionals and clients have fueled the success and growth of MEMS. Since […]
MEMS’ Reclamation and Construction team has been hard at work embodying our values of Trustworthiness and Teamwork in Northern B.C. They began by consulting with a local First Nations community to plan and execute reclaiming a wellsite (below) that was covered in agronomics. The site was reclaimed “rough and loose” (below), this created microsites and […]
MEMS has helped our clients reclaim over 300 forested sites throughout Alberta and British Columbia over the last ten years. This equates to over 363 ha or 896.6 football fields of land reclaimed back to forested land. Approximately 726,000 trees have been planted. These trees will produce approximately 4183 tons of oxygen per year and […]
During a routine wellsite reclamation project, hundreds of Western Toad tadpoles, a federal species of special concern, were identified in a shallow waterbody onsite. To ensure these tadpoles were not disturbed during the reclamation activities, our team paused the project to allow the tadpoles to develop into terrestrial toadlets. A silt fence was installed at […]
Motivated by a passion for peatlands and a dedication to reclamation efforts for over 25 years, MEMS persistently strives to restore wetlands throughout Western Canada. Through the application of cutting-edge methods, MEMS remains at the forefront of reclamation practices, committed to revitalizing habitats to support seed germination and the growth of thriving peatland vegetation.