Is there an environmental benefit from remediation of a contaminated site? Combined assessments of the risk reduction and life cycle impact of remediation

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 392-403

  Lemming, Gitte ^a   Chambon, Julie C ^a   Binning, Philip J ^a   Bjerg, Poul L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical oxidation; Chlorinated solvents; Contaminated sites; Decision support; Enhanced reductive dechlorination; Groundwater; Life cycle assessment; Natural attenuation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; CONTAMINATED SITES; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENHANCED REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; SECONDARY IMPACTS;

AQUIFERS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CHLORINATION; CLAY; COMPLIANCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TILL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84866155380     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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