Alberta Background Soil Quality System Project Phase 1

Statvis Analytics Inc & Innotech Alberta

January 2023

Abstract

The objective of the Alberta Background Soil Quality System (ABSQS) Project is to develop a database of background metals and salinity parameters in the Province of Alberta for the purpose of decreasing the cost and time required to identify and remediate valid contaminants of potential concern (COPCs) on contaminated sites. Phase 1 of the ABSQS involved developing and testing the database for a pilot area. Acquisition of high-quality soils data is key to the ABSQS’s overall success and to that end, owners of contaminated sites provided data from their sites under confidential data sharing agreements with InnoTech.