"Remediation Manual For Contaminated Sites | Environmental Engineering

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|Remediation Manual for Contaminated Sites | Environmental Engineering