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Remediation Cost Estimator Calculator

Estimate contaminated site cleanup costs by contaminant type, remediation method, soil volume, depth, and groundwater impact.

Inputs

Results

Total remediation cost ($)

$449,181.00

≈ 11 Teslas

Soil treatment cost ($)$319,444.00
Investigation cost ($)$19,500.00
Groundwater treatment cost ($)$0.00
Contaminated soil volume (CY)1,852
Monitoring wells needed0
Estimated timeline (months)3
Cost per sq ft ($)$89.84
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Contaminated Area (sq ft) and Depth of Contamination (ft).
  2. Select Contaminant Type (petroleum, chlorinated solvents, metals, PCBs, etc.).
  3. Choose Remediation Method (excavation, pump-and-treat, in-situ chemical, bioremediation, etc.).
  4. Toggle Groundwater Impacted to add groundwater treatment costs.
  5. Review Total Remediation Cost and Soil Treatment Cost to develop a remedial action cost estimate.

How the result changes with Contaminated area (sq ft)

Contaminated area (sq ft)Total remediation cost ($)
100,090$8,508,791.00
350,065$29,696,620.00
650,035$55,121,855.00
900,010$76,309,685.00

What each input means

Contaminated area (sq ft)
Estimated lateral extent of soil contamination in square feet.
Depth of contamination (ft)
Vertical depth of contamination below ground surface.
Contaminant type
0 = Petroleum/UST, 1 = Chlorinated solvents, 2 = Metals, 3 = Pesticides, 4 = Mixed/PFAS.
Remediation method
0 = Excavation, 1 = Bioremediation, 2 = SVE, 3 = Pump & treat, 4 = ISCO, 5 = Thermal.
Groundwater impacted (0/1)
Set to 1 if contamination has reached groundwater.

What each result means

Total remediation cost ($)
Complete estimated cleanup cost including investigation and monitoring.
Soil treatment cost ($)
Direct cost of treating/removing contaminated soil.
Investigation cost ($)
Site characterization, sampling, and lab analysis.
Groundwater treatment cost ($)
Monitoring wells, sampling, and groundwater treatment.
Contaminated soil volume (CY)
Cubic yards of impacted soil.
Monitoring wells needed
Number of groundwater monitoring wells.
Estimated timeline (months)
Expected duration from start to closure.
Cost per sq ft ($)
Total cost normalized by contaminated area.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Contaminated area (sq ft) = 5000, Depth of contamination (ft) = 10, Contaminant type = 0, Remediation method = 0 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total remediation cost
    Total remediation cost = soilRemediationCost + investigationCost + totalGWCost +
    449181 = $449,181
  3. Calculate Soil treatment cost
    Soil treatment cost = soilVolumeCY * unitCost * contMult * depthMult
    319444 = $319,444
  4. Calculate Investigation cost
    Investigation cost = 15000 + contaminatedAreaSqFt * 0.5 + depthFt * 200
    19500 = $19,500

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