Risk Assessment Surveys

In relation to contaminated land, there are three essential elements to any risk assessment undertaken, and these are; RECEPTOR – something which could come to harm from a contaminant and includes for example human health, water resources, surface water courses and linkages and the wider environment. SOURCE (Contaminant) – a substance which is located in, on or under the land and has the potential to cause harm to human, health, water resources including controlled waters or the wider environment; PATHWAY – the means or route by which a source of contamination can migrate to be affected by an identified source.