Woodland Research provides environmental consulting services for the mining industry and agricultural sector worldwide. Woodland Research, based in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, offers a range of consulting services for mining companies, engineering and consulting firms, private industries, and various levels of governments.
Dr. Liangxue Liu, sole proprietor, is also a certified environmental practitioner and professional agrologist and brings over ten years of experience in acid mine drainage, water and wastewater treatment, waste management, soil/fertilizer evaluation and nutrient management. The scope of expertise offered by Woodland Research ensures the successful completion of environmental projects.
Woodland Research is unique in that it provides prompt and efficient service to meet client's need, and is committed to complete the work on time and on budget and to the full satisfaction of the clients.
Acid mine drainage and metal leaching tests for waste rock, tailings, sediments, contaminated soils and industrial wastes and data interpretation. Design and evaluation of various cover systems to ameliorate acid generation and metal leaching. Environmental effects monitoring for existing and abandoned mine operations. Implementation and management of test programs for toxicity reduction.
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Waste Management
Metallurgical Pilot Plant Campaigns
Laboratory and Field Investigation
Agricultural Production
Treatment of mine effluent and industrial wastewater using physical, chemical and biological methods to remove metals, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, cyanide and thiosalts.
Wetland treatment of mine effluent and landfill leachate.
Chlorine demand tests for municipal water supply and residential well water.
Bioremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals and organics.
Arsenic trioxide dust stabilization and testing.
Biosolids utilization and evaluation.
Mine tailings paste fill.
Implementation of pilot plant projects in the extraction of base metals, gold and precious group metals.
Process monitoring, sampling and measurements.
Process development and adjustment to meet environmental standards.
Familiar with many laboratory instrumentation and analytical methods.
Implementation of laboratory quality assurance and quality control.
Laboratory supervision of tests for physical and geotechnical parameters.
Design and implementation of laboratory and field sampling programs for soils, plants, tailings, waste rock, sediments and other wastes.
Development of analytical methods for mine wastes, soils, plants and water.
Agricultural and horticultural crop production and management.
Soil fertility and productivity evaluation.
Fertilizer and manure use and evaluation.
Nutrient management strategy/plan preparation.
