
Environmental monitoringEnvironmental monitoring
As much as conditioning in environmental licensing and as part of an environmental management system, periodic monitoring are tool to attest the effectiveness of environmental control measures.
Based on quantitative and qualitative environmental indicators, monitoring prevents impacts and correct possible non-conformities during installation, expansion or operation.
BCS develops monitoring programs in which engineers and technicians go to field, following strictly systematic methodology and with periodic check list and previously developed evaluation sheets, recording the actions and reporting necessary corrections.
To perform monitoring of certaing environmental aspects such as water quality, air and soil, its necessary to collect samples and send to a laboratory analyses, wich are provided by third parties.
BCS has experience in environmental monitoring of Works, in particular in the implementation of infrastructure projects.
Some environmental aspects are evaluated, such as soil conservation, water resources, solid waste management, protection of sensitive areas, wild life protection, wastewater treatment, air quality, atmospheric emissions, noise and vibration, among others.
The monitoring will be on a micro scale when it is intended to monitor and monitor one or more parameters located in a small and limited geographical context, such as the control of gaseous emissions at the exit of a factory.
In terms of micro scale, environmental monitoring is generally used to control polluting emissions, whether they are gaseous or liquid. Through frequent measurements, compliance with legal and / or operational requirements is verified or not.
Micro-scale environmental measurements can be developed within the scope of the environmental licensing process, through constraints. Each environmental agency is free to establish requirements and methods that must be applied to the measurements, under penalty of being disregarded.
It is considered in macroscale in cases of a vast geographical area, such as the control of the quality of the waters of a lake, or the evolution of a certain balance between species in a protected area.
Environmental monitoring in the context of balanced and adaptive management allows assessing whether the evolution is taking place in a balanced way, so that situations of potential risk or imbalance can be corrected.
Thus, when providing information on the state of the environment, whether related to a given moment or referring to its evolution over time, it becomes an important instrument for decision making in the context of sustainable development.