About Us
Integrated, Scalable Solutions for Any Remediation Challenge
VIYA Environmental is the technical partner of choice for environmental consultants, industrial leaders, and government agencies looking to solve the world’s most complex remediation challenges. Combining a technology-agnostic approach with proven field and engineering expertise, we provide tailored remediation services and implementation strategies designed around the unique conditions of each site.
We deliver practical, science-driven solutions that reduce environmental risk, support regulatory compliance, and drive successful long-term outcomes.
VIYA by the Numbers
VIYA Brings Together Decades of Experience in Advancing Pollution Remediation
Years of Field Expertise
Built from two legacy organizations that independently became breakthrough innovators and trusted partners in thermal, chemical and biological remediation treatment technologies.
Patented Innovations
With 17 patents in In-Situ treatment & PFAS remediation, we don’t just apply existing tools. We have invented the ones the industry needs most.
Extensive Suite of Remediation Approaches
Recalcitrant contamination, complex subsurface chemistry, and emerging contaminants such as PFAS demand more than conventional remediation approaches. Our integrated suite of remediation solutions can be applied independently, sequentially, or combined, to deliver flexible, site-specific solutions that extend the capabilities of traditional remediation technologies.
Why VIYA Environmental
Biological, thermal, and chemical mechanisms deployed individually, combined or in phased approaches, each applied where it performs most effectively based on site conditions. The right treatment sequence creates a viable pathway to long-term closure and land recovery.
Technology-Agnostic by Design
No bias toward a single remediation technology. Whether it’s Thermal, Chemical, or Bio methodologies, we recommend the most-fit based on site’s unique geology, hydrology, and contaminant profile. The data decides the approach.
Sequenced, Integrated Treatment
Biological, thermal, and chemical mechanisms deployed in individually, combined or in phased approaches, each applied where it performs most effectively for the site and its conditions. When approaches are implemented correctly, remediation creates a viable pathway to long-term closure and land recovery.
Field-Verified Innovation
Our systems are refined through real-world performance, field data, and ongoing research. Because subsurface conditions rarely behave exactly as modeled, we adapt using observed site behavior and operational feedback to continuously improve system performance.
Built for the "Unsolvable"
Where conventional options reach their limit, VIYA begins. Complex subsurface chemistry, recalcitrant contaminants, PFAS — these are the problems standard approaches were never built to resolve. They’re the ones we specialize in.
Our Mission
We Believe Finding the Right Path Forward Is Always Worth the Effort.
Mission
VIYA’s mission is to deliver practical, science-driven remediation solutions that eliminate contaminants from soil & water and move sites to closure with certainty.
Vision
VIYA’s vision is a future where permanent contamination elimination is the standard, restoring land, reducing risk, & enabling healthier communities and opportunities for redevelopment.
Purpose
VIYA’s purpose is to put wisdom to work for good, applying science, experience, and responsibility to solve complex contamination challenges the right way.
Our History
A Legacy of Innovation
For over 30 years, two trusted organizations built independent legacies, pioneering their own fields of remediation and earning the confidence of asset owners and environmental consultants.
McMillan-McGee (Mc²) is Founded
- Founded in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by Dr. Bruce C.W. McGee, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta).
- Originally developed to improve bitumen recovery in Northern Alberta, Dr. McGee develops and patents the Electro-Thermal Dynamic Stripping Process (ET-DSP™).
- ET-DSP™ technology was later evaluated for environmental applications after scientists at UC Berkeley invited Dr. McGee to test the technology at a contaminated site at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
- The results demonstrated ET-DSP™’s electrical resistive heating technology could effectively mobilize and remove contaminants from soil and groundwater in situ.
Leading the In Situ Thermal Remediation Industry
- Using three-phase electrical power and subsurface electrodes, ET-DSP™ rapidly heats contaminated zones to mobilize and remove a wide range of contaminants more effectively and quickly than any other conventional remediation methods.
- ET-DSP™ technology fundamentally changed the way contaminated soil and groundwater are remediated. Helping pioneer the in situ thermal remediation industry forever.
- ET-DSP™ technology is patented and continuously refined by the in-house R&D team and deployed at contaminated sites across North America and Europe. The technology is used to treat chlorinated solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons, and other complex contaminants, expanding the reach and impact of in situ thermal remediation for soil and groundwater cleanup.
ORIN Remediation Technologies is Founded
- Founded in Verona, Wisconsin, focused on the precise chemistry of environmental remediation.
- Specialized in oxidation, reduction, and bioremediation.
- Early work centered on PFAS, chlorinated solvents, petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and other complex contaminants
Mc² Expands with IT-DSP™ | ORIN Launches Wastewater Group
- Mc² introduces the Inductive Thermal Dynamic Stripping Process (IT-DSP™) —a hotter, thermal conductive heating technology that removes emerging and persist contamination stuck in complex geology. , The technology was successfully implemented at one of Sweden’s most infamously contaminated sites.
- ORIN establishes its wastewater treatment group, broadening its environmental service portfolio beyond site remediation
ORIN Re-Brands & BAM™ is Patented
- ORIN Remediation Technologies rebrands as ORIN Technologies LLC to reflect its expanded, multi-discipline capabilities.
- In 2017, ORIN patents BAM™ (Bioavailable Absorbent Media) — a proprietary carbon-based platform derived from recyclable biomass.
- BAM™ acts simultaneously as an absorption medium, a microbial habitat, and a catalyst for contaminant degradation — a peer-tested breakthrough deployed across North America and Europe.
- That same year, ORIN – in partnership with its strategic partner Fixed Earth Innovations - becomes the first organization in the industry to identify and demonstrate microbes capable of degrading PFAS compounds through natural biological processes while coupled with BAM™.
Two Paths. One Principle.
- Independently, Mc² and ORIN each became the go-to resource for the most complex, unsolvable contaminated sites.
- Combined legacy: 17 patents, 1200+ completed remediation projects globally, thousands of field pilots across six continents.
- Both organizations arrived at the same core conviction: you cannot fully treat a contaminated site from a desk, and you cannot solve a complex site by forcing it into a familiar template.
The Convergence — VIYA Environmental is Born
- McMillan-McGee (Mc²) and ORIN Technologies joined forces to form VIYA Environmental
- Unites the world’s leading in-situ thermal expertise (ET-DSP™, IT-DSP™) with advanced chemical and biological platforms (BAM™, AOTECH™, oxidation, bioremediation).
- The result: a technology-agnostic, data-driven, science-led remediation firm with no parallel in the industry.
- Backed by GEF Capital Partners, VIYA launches with the combined expertise and capabilities of both organizations — and a mandate to take on the sites others walk away from and a belief that finding the right path to cleaner ground is always worth the effort.
Meet the Team
Forging Forward
VIYA operates at the intersection of science, engineering, and environmental responsibility. Our work is technical, precise, and deeply purposeful. Our people reflect VIYA’s core belief that science, integrity, and ingenuity can solve the toughest environmental challenges. Balancing science-driven precision and real-world problem solving, the VIYA team is ready to handle complexity and deliver measurable outcomes.
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