Remediation
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Land Remediation for Heavy Metal in Soil
Nikko, the UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Japan. One tourism site writes: “The view (from nearby Mt Nantai) is breathtaking, as if you are in paradise1.” Unbeknown to most tourists, just over the mountain ridge to the south of Lake Chuzenji is another view - the 3000-hectare moonscape that was once the Ashio copper mine2, and downstream in the Watarase River Basin, 100,000 hectares of once-polluted farmland3.
Enviromental Land Remediation
The industrial legacy of the United Kingdom and some current industrial activity has left large areas of land contaminated in the UK and the contamination which has been introduced into the soil poses a risk to the wider environment, human health and natural resources such as groundwater. A very large proportion of our drinking water is pumped form aquifers beneath our feet and this water can be rendered unfit for consumption by trace quantities of some contaminants, some of these contaminants, such a chlorinated hydrocarbons can originate from apparently innocuous places as dry cleaning businesses. Other facilities such as petrol filling stations can leak contaminants into the ground for many years unnoticed.
Land Remediation Measurement
There are 3.5 million suspected contaminated sites within the EU. The EU Soil Framework Directive will soon require member states to compile a national database of these sites, measure the contamination and put in place a national remediation strategy.
Putting Smart Molecules to Work
A nanotechnology to predict bioremediation potential For the past six years Alcontrol Laboratories have been working in collaboration with The University of East Anglia and Lancaster University (within the DTI LINK Bioremediation Programme) to establish and validate laboratory methods to assess bioremediation potential of contaminated land. This work has now validated a method that, through the application of ‘smart molecules’, can be used to extract contaminants from soil in a way that reflects their microbial bioaccessibility.
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Land Remediation
Introduction - Setting the scene Land is essentially a non-renewable, finite and essential natural resource which is exploited in the process of economic and social development and well-being. Inappropriate or unsustainable management of land (Table 1) such as the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas, land dereliction or industrial land contamination can lead to environmental degradation, manifested as loss of biodiversity or productive capacity. These consequences can be irreversible if not controlled.
Remediating Contaminated Land
It is estimated that there are 100,000 sites in the UK that are contaminated, 0.2% of the country's land. These need either to be cleaned up so they can be re-used to meet the land shortage and conservation of green areas, or simply to ameliorate the pollution.
Legislative Driven Environmental Analysis
Continually developing analysis contributes to the provision of data
Costs and Benefits of Land Remediation
It is estimated that there are 100,000 sites in the UK that are contaminated, 0.2 % of the country's land. These need to be cleaned-up so they can either be re-used to meet the land shortage and conservation of green areas or simply to ameliorate the pollution.
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