Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup
eBook - PDF

Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup

From Concept to Commercialization

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  1. 311 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup

From Concept to Commercialization

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About this book

Most books on ground water and soil cleanup address only the technologies themselves--not why new technologies are or are not developed. Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup takes a holistic approach to the entire field, addressing both the sluggish commercial development of ground water and soil cleanup technologies and the attributes of specific technologies. It warns that, despite cleanup expenditures of nearly $10 billion a year, the technologies remain rudimentary.This engaging book focuses on the failure of regulatory policy to link cleanup with the financial interests of the company responsible for the contamination. The committee explores why the market for remediation technology is uniquely lacking in economic drivers and why demand for innovation has been so much weaker than predicted.The volume explores how to evaluate the performance of cleanup technologies from the points of view of the public, regulators, cleanup entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders. The committee discusses approaches to standardizing performance testing, so that choosing a technology for a given site can be more timely and less contentious. Following up on Alternatives for Ground Water Cleanup (NRC, 1994), this sequel presents the state of the art in the cleanup of various types of ground water and soil contaminants. Strategies for making valid cost comparisons also are reviewed.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. Executive Summary
  5. 1 Challenges of Ground Water and Soil Cleanup
  6. 2 Market-Based Approaches for Stimulating Remediation Technology Development
  7. 3 State of the Practice of Ground Water and Soil Remediation
  8. 4 Measures of Success for Remediation Technologies
  9. 5 Testing Remediation Technologies
  10. 6 Comparing Costs of Remediation Technologies
  11. APPENDIX A Data Bases Containing Information About Remediation Technologies
  12. APPENDIX B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
  13. Index