MICCS-SQ · Methodology for fast and reliable investigation and characterization of contaminated sites

The consortium (formed by 3 SMEs: Biorem, DGE and SSD) aims to deliver into market a technology for on-site and realtimesite investigation through high-performance probes, comprising sonic drilling combined with patented geo-radartechnology (GPR), chemometry data analysis and 3D model presentation.This new approach for soil and subsoil investigation and characterization will disrupt with current approaches, which arebased on an off-site process, involving vertical drilling and collecting soil samples for chemical analysis in laboratories (with anumber of limitations related to cost-efficiency, time between sampling and results, and reliability of the sampling processand analysis).The novel MICCS solution will bring analytical capacity to the market where the new equipment is able to map the zone, planoptimal sampling strategy, collect data while drilling, and report data through tridimensional distribution of contaminants –eliminating the need of off-site laboratory analysis, which often result lead to lower quality of the samples (caused byevaporation of contaminants). The consortium wishes to achieved through this multi-component tool comprising drilling,chemometric analysis and 'Intelligent' data treatment, an improvement of the overall quality on soil contaminant analysiswhich can be completed (from sampling to analytical processed results) in-situ during one single visit to the target zone. Theadoption of the MICCS technology will result in a faster (30%), cheaper (20%) and more accurate and reliable soilcharacterization process. The MICCS technology is also aligned with the EU priority focused on raw materials used inindustry, which represents a very significant part of the sources causing soil contamination. MICCS will allow a fast,complete and reliable evaluation of the soil contamination impact of these raw material supply industries and subsequent soilremediation allowing an efficient and sustainable land resource management.