MIFO fas 2: Ekeby bruk

Sammanfattning: The brick and pottery fabricator Ekeby bruk was situated in Uppsalas western parts. The factory was active from 1886 into the 1970s. Ekeby bruk was for a long time one of the most successful brick and ceramics manufacturers in Sweden. The clay used in the production was taken from the area where the factory was located. The pits from where the clay was taken is believed to have been used as landfill for the waste generated during production. Since there had been suspicion that the area could be contaminated, sampling of soil and groundwater where conducted. The samples have shown that the soil contains high levels of lead and barium. In order to examine what risks this poses to humans and the environment a risk classification of the area is performed. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has developed a method for examine contaminated sites, called MIFO. The risk of the contaminated object classified on the basis of parameters; pollution hazards, pollution level, conditions for spreading, and sensitivity and the protection value. The purpose of this independent work in geoscience is that to, with the use of a soil engineering survey made by company Tyréns performed in behalf of Uppsala kommun make an investigation in accordance with MIFO phase 2. The risk classification made in this study is then compared with the one Tyréns made in their reportThe object is assigned class 2 in this survey, which means high risk.