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Petroleum products and chlorinated solvents are the most frequently encountered pollutants in underground site contaminations: they are the most commonly distributed liquids after water. Among the risks they can engender, groundwater pollution, fires and explosions are the most frequently mentioned. In order to avoid these dangers, a good knowledge of the extension and intensity must be obtained; then a correct risk assessment, taking into account the mobility of products in each phase (gaseous, liquid, water…), must be performed, before defining the best adapted remediation method. The RESCOPP EUREKA PROJECT aims at developing a set of technically and economically competitive tools to perform assessment and remediation work. Its methodological approach will encompass all stages of a remediation project, starting with plume detection, to post-remediation assessment. It will rationalize critical steps, such as data collection, goal definition, implementation, site monitoring and clean-up assessment. Among others things, it will help select the most appropriate technique for a given set of geology and pollutants. The project covers three main areas: modeling, investigation and monitoring techniques, all of them developed through laboratory tests, pilot projects, and implemented on real sites. The first step will be to write a handbook on the present state of the art of the available techniques.
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Beraud, JF., Lecomte, P., Perez, A. (1997). New Tools for Diagnosing Underground Pollution by Petro-Chemicals: A Creative Concept in Europe. In: Bardinet, C., Royer, JJ. (eds) Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling. Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4_4
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