ON DEMAND - Contaminated Land and Wildfire Disaster Recovery – Are we Future Ready?

Natural disasters on a national or local scale are likely to be more common in light of global climate change. How can we as an industry be future ready to provide responses around contaminated land issues associated with these events?

Using the events and clear up which occurred following the wildfire at Lake Ohau Village as a case study, the presentation looks to use lessons learned from the event to identify proactive steps that could be taken to improve the preparedness of stakeholders relating to contamination risks associated with future climate related events. These will be compared to recent events overseas in Australia and the United States, with the aim of opening up discussions about how best to approach and prepare for future ongoing risks associated with climate impacts.

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About the Presenter

Lisa Bond
Principal Environmental Consultant
WSP

Lisa is a Principal Geo-Environmental Consultant with over 25 years’ experience of undertaking contaminated land assessments, designing and supervising site investigations, reclamation and remediation projects.

She has worked in the fields of contaminated land, geotechnics, and engineering geology across both the UK and New Zealand. For the past 10 years she has been based in Central Otago and leads the Regional team of contaminated land specialists at WSP.