Remediation Manual for Contaminated Sites

Based on the author's more than 40 years of experience working on environmental projects, Remediation Manual for Contaminated Sites provides a practical guide to environmental remediation and cleanups. It presents a broad overview of the environmental remediation process, distilled into what one needs to know to evaluate a specific challenge or solve a remediation problem. The text offers guidance on tasks that range from managing consultants and contractors to gathering data, selecting a suitable remediation technology, and calculating remediation costs. This new edition is updated throughout, includes five new chapters, and provides a more global coverage.* This book includes remediation strategies for a variety of contaminants and examines a wide range of technologies for the remediation of water and soil, including excavation, wells, drainage, soil venting, vapor stripping, incineration, bioremediation, containment, solidification, vitrification, and phytoremediation.* Written as a down-to-earth reference for professionals faced with the challenges of remediating a contaminated site, this book is also useful as a primer for students and those new to the field. It includes numerous figures, photographs, tables, and helpful checklists.* This new edition adds five all-new chapters. It presents a more global approach and practical examples from around the world.

Product details

• Authors: David L. Russell, David L. (Global Environmental Operations Russell, Russell David L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032368054
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236805-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Pollution Control, Pollution & threats to the environment, Pollution control, Pollution and threats to the environment, site assessment;remediation