Contaminated
Land Management: Ready Reference
This
book contains easy-to-use tables, checklists and flowcharts provide practical information, such as when and where to apply a
technique, its strengths and limitations, equipment to use, procedures,
health and safety, timescale and cost. The tables are supported
by reference to key documents including official guidance.
An
on-site companion for practitioners in the field and a valuable
reference resource for libraries, the Ready Reference will also
be of value to surveyors, legal advisers and all those who need
an accessible overview of the essential elements of robust strategies
for the management of contaminated sites.
The
text has been subject to an extensive process of peer review.
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CONTENTS
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SITE
ASSESSMENT
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| Conceptual
models |
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The
nature of conceptual models | worked examples | significant pollutant
linkages |
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| Investigation |
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Phase
1 |
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Desk
studies | walkover |
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Phase
2 |
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Sampling
strategy |
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Soil
sampling strategy | groundwater sampling/monitoring strategies | gas
sampling/ monitoring strategies |
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Methods
of investigation |
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Safety,
health, environment | geophysics | intrusive investigation | field
tests | groundwater investigation techniques | gas investigation techniques
| soil and rock description | sample handling/preservation | laboratory
analysis | outline costs | describing data |
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| Risk
assessment |
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The
four stages of risk assessment | generic assessment criteria | site
specific risk assessment tools for human health | risk assessment
for groundwater | risk assessment for gas | risk assessment for ecology
| risk assessment for buildings | risk assessment for property |
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| RISK
MANAGEMENT |
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| Risk
management techniques |
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Civil
engineering techniques for soil, groundwater and gas | in situ treatment
technologies for soil and groundwater | ex situ treatment technologies
for soil and groundwater | remediation to protect development from
hazardous gases |
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| Remedy
selection and outline costs |
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Remedy
selection |
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| APPENDICES |
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So
that new developments are taken into account, the Ready Reference is in
a looseleaf format, and updates will be issued as appropriate. We anticipate
one update per year, price variable, approx. £25 (billed separately
- with no obligation to purchase).
The
first update was issued in 2007.
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Title:
Contaminated Land Management: Ready Reference
Authors: Judith Nathanail, Paul Nathanail, Land Quality Management Ltd
and Paul Bardos, R3 Environmental Management Ltd
Format: approx 500 pages in a compact looseleaf binder
Price: £129 UK / £135 (overseas) incl postage
Publishers: Published jointly by Land Quality Press and EPP Publications
ISBN EPP Publications 1 900995 06 9; LQM Press 0 9533090 4 5