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Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation

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In 1999, phytoremediation was applied at the site of a Belgian car factory to contain two BTEX plumes. This case study evaluates the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation compared to other remediation options, applying a tailored approach for economic evaluation. Generally, when phytoremediation is addressed as being cost effective, the cost effectiveness is only determined on an average basis. This study however, demonstrates that an incremental analysis may provide a more nuanced conclusion. When the cost effectiveness is calculated on an average basis, in this particular case, the no containment strategy (natural attenuation) has the lowest cost per unit mass removed and hence, should be preferred. However, when the cost effectiveness is determined incrementally, no containment should only be preferred if the value of removing an extra gram of contaminant mass is lower than (sic)320. Otherwise, a permeable reactive barrier should be adopted. A similar analysis is provided for the effect determined on the basis of remediation time. Phytoremediation is preferred compared to 'no containment' if reaching the objective one year earlier is worth (sic)7 000.
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SITE, SOIL, RATES, PLANTS, SYSTEM, UNCERTAINTY, PLUME, FIELD, NATURAL ATTENUATION, PUMP-AND-TREAT, BTEX, hydrogeological modelling, site clean-up, economics

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Compernolle, Tine, et al. “Groundwater Remediation and the Cost Effectiveness of Phytoremediation.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION, vol. 14, no. 9, 2012, pp. 861–77, doi:10.1080/15226514.2011.628879.
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Compernolle, T., Van Passel, S., Weyens, N., Vangronsveld, J., Lebbe, L., & Thewys, T. (2012). Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION, 14(9), 861–877. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2011.628879
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Compernolle, Tine, Steven Van Passel, N Weyens, Jaco Vangronsveld, Luc Lebbe, and T Thewys. 2012. “Groundwater Remediation and the Cost Effectiveness of Phytoremediation.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 14 (9): 861–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2011.628879.
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Compernolle, Tine, Steven Van Passel, N Weyens, Jaco Vangronsveld, Luc Lebbe, and T Thewys. 2012. “Groundwater Remediation and the Cost Effectiveness of Phytoremediation.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION 14 (9): 861–877. doi:10.1080/15226514.2011.628879.
Vancouver
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Compernolle T, Van Passel S, Weyens N, Vangronsveld J, Lebbe L, Thewys T. Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION. 2012;14(9):861–77.
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T. Compernolle, S. Van Passel, N. Weyens, J. Vangronsveld, L. Lebbe, and T. Thewys, “Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 861–877, 2012.
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  author       = {{Compernolle, Tine and Van Passel, Steven and Weyens, N and Vangronsveld, Jaco and Lebbe, Luc and Thewys, T}},
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  journal      = {{INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Groundwater remediation and the cost effectiveness of phytoremediation}},
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  volume       = {{14}},
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