Who We Are
Onterris is a global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges where environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risks intersect.
Sectors
Access deep environmental expertise tailored to your industry, with solutions built for real-world conditions.
Solutions
Prepare for escalating environmental risks with expert solutions designed to perform under pressure.
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Cuture & Careers
Where brilliant people come together to turn environmental science into real-world progress for communities, industry and the planet.

3D Visualization & Analysis

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INTRO

Visualizing complex site conditions to guide better remediation outcomes

Contaminated environmental sites produce dense, layered datasets that can be difficult to interpret in two dimensions. Onterris helps clients integrate environmental information into clear, three-dimensional (3D) visual models that demonstrate contaminant behavior, plume evolution and risk pathways to support more informed decision making. Our predictive and visual modeling strengthens communication, aligns stakeholders and improves remediation planning across the project life cycle.

Supporting Your Industry

Onterris supports these sectors with coordinated site assessment, engineering, construction and environmental services that align teams and decisions from investigation through remediation and closure.
Why it matters

Making complicated subsurface data easier to act on

  • Reveal actionable insights from limited subsurface data
  • Build confidence that site conditions are well understood
  • Support consensus-building and collaborative problem solving
  • Stronger alignment across clients, regulators and communities
  • Optimize sampling and treatment areas more effectively
  • Create efficiency and strengthen planning from site assessment through closure
3d visualization of a plume with fractures
3d visualization of a plume
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Applying 3D insight across complex environmental challenges

Onterris uses 3D visualization and analysis to help clients interpret complex datasets, understand site dynamics and make better decisions across various realms, including monitoring, remediation, risk assessment, liability management, infrastructure, incident response and resource evaluation. Our 3D visualization specialists leverage tools such as Leapfrog Works®, Earth VolumetricStudio®, RockWorks®, and Surfer® to combine visual clarity with technical depth that supports planning, communication and execution across these service areas.
Soil sample analysis supporting risk-based site investigation, remediation, and environmental compliance strategies
Areas of Expertise

Technical capabilities that strengthen site understanding and decision quality

3D conceptual site models grounded in source, pathway and receptor framework
Comprehensive environmental data management and analysis
Historical site data assimilation and digital knowledge capture
Spatial and temporal data quality assurance and quality control
Contaminant distribution, mass and excavation volume estimation
High-res site characterization and subsurface interpretation
Groundwater flow and transport model support
Stakeholder-ready graphics, animations and visuals

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Environmental Permitting, Air & Water Compliance Services

Working through air, water and land permitting requirements and building compliance programs that hold up under regulatory review, across regulated industries.
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Health, Safety & Chemistry

Bringing scientific precision to critical decisions

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