We live in the environment and believe it or not take many steps knowingly or unknowingly to destroy it. The main aim of everyone should be to protect the environment and preserve it. The environmental risk assessment process analyses the condition or action which puts the ecosystem in an adverse condition. This assessment is made based on many criteria and the experts understand that what could be a possible risk for one environment might not be relevant to the other.
The business owners or any new project which has the ability to impact the environment is required to undergo environmental impact assessment. This is to show how it will affect the environment and whether it is advisable to undertake that project. This assessment reports will help in getting many easy approvals.
What is the process of finding out the potential hazards?
The process is way more complicated than it would sound. It starts with the identification of any hazards that is the potential risk of undertaking the project. These risks will be very different for every project and thus the ideal steps would depend on the kind of the project. It is required that these potential harms are described properly to see the extent of it. The risks are evaluated in term of occurrence and danger and the precautionary measure of steps are also designed. The idea here is to record the results of the implementation of these precautions. This is possible only when the assessment is made at regular intervals. Since every project is different the assessment will take different time frame for them. The same guidelines might be applicable but not the same process.
The most important part is to focus on the environmental hazards. The main amongst the many would be water storage and disposal which involves the appropriate use of containers and ensuring that the drainage system is in place. If the project undertakes water treatment then standards precautionary measures should be in place. When the process makes use of hazardous substance then what are the methods of storage and disposal. There should also be clear guidelines on how the safety while the user will be ensured. In short, anything which is a part of the process should be evaluated in terms of environmental safety.
The environmental risk assessment is not just a requirement but should ideally be something that the business owners proactively undertake.