Contaminated soil excavation, removal, and site remediation supporting brownfield redevelopment and environmental cleanup. Serving Whitesboro and all of Oneida County.
Backwell provides professional environmental remediation services in Whitesboro, Oneida County, and the surrounding area. Contaminated sites need careful excavation and material handling to protect workers, the public, and the environment. Backwell provides the earthwork component of environmental remediation projects, contaminated soil excavation, segregation, loading, and transport to approved disposal facilities.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Oneida County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your environmental remediation project in Whitesboro, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Whitesboro sits on the Mohawk River just west of Utica in central Oneida County, on the river's south-side floodplain and terraces. Soils across the village and the Route 69 commercial corridor are dominated by Palmyra gravelly loam and Howard gravelly loam on the outwash terraces, Lamson and Madrid fine sandy loams on the lower river flats, and Wayland silt loam in the active floodplain.
Hydrology is dominated by the Mohawk River and the adjacent Erie Canal (NYS Barge Canal) corridor, and Sauquoit Creek enters the Mohawk near the village. Commercial site work in Whitesboro regularly involves floodplain management along the Mohawk, dewatering on the lower river terraces, and stormwater design that ties into both the Mohawk River watershed and Oneida County MS4 requirements. NYS Canal Corp review applies adjacent to the canal. Bedrock is deep across the village's buildable land. The combination of interior Mohawk Valley climate and frost-susceptible fines pushes utility burial, pavement, and culvert details on most commercial projects.