Our solutions

BRGM is able to measure the environmental impacts linked to the supply of mineral raw materials. In this respect, through a better understanding of the flow of materials along value chains, BRGM helps economic players to reduce their environmental impact.

Although they are found in the subsurface of many regions around the world, bedrock aquifers (in granite, schist, gneiss bedrock, etc.) have long been considered as not particularly productive, and very complex to study. BRGM has developed new methods and techniques in order to find, manage and protect groundwater resources more effectively in these environments.

BRGM can help you choose, implement and monitor nature-based solutions for the sustainable management and redevelopment of your wasteland sites where polluting activities have taken place.

As a project owner or contractor, you might need to know whether the rocks and soil in a given area are likely to contain asbestos fibres. BRGM can provide support at every stage of your project, from the preliminary study through to the creation of detailed maps, including field surveys, sample collection and laboratory analysis.

Are you a public authority or organisation involved in managing water resources? Would you like to know the current state of the water table levels in your region and be able to establish reliable forecasts? BRGM's MétéEAU Nappes tool enables you to consult the status of your water resources and facilities in real time and thus to put in place an effective water-resource management and protection plan.

BRGM can assist you in analysing the mineral raw material markets and the specific risks associated with your economic activities, against a backdrop of increasing pressure on resources.

Are you interested in developing the reuse of mineral waste from construction sites for your spatial planning projects, but would like to know more about the impact of such practices on groundwater? BRGM has the modelling tools required to answer such questions.

If you want to monitor it during the operational phase of an underground CO2 storage facility, then BRGM offers you its geophysical and geochemical services applied to the field of land-based underground storage.

BRGM offers you its expertise in mineral resource mapping and predictive assessment. In order to target the zones where deposits of the minerals you require are likely to be found, BRGM offers its expertise in mapping and predictive assessment.

If you wish to identify and evaluate underground resources for your raw material supplies, BRGM offers you its airborne geophysical services to facilitate prospecting for favourable deposits.

BRGM is offering its support to project developers by providing tailored solutions for controlled rainwater infiltration beneath former industrial sites and contaminated wasteland to prevent groundwater degradation.

You are a quarry operator, a developer or a public works contractor and you are not sure how to manage and recycle your excavated earth? The BRGM can provide support, from sampling to characterisation and treatment of these excavated soils.