Glossary | Brownfield Briefing

Monitored natural attenuation

07 January 2009

Non-physical measurement process to provide confidence that natural degradation processes in the ground or groundwater are occurring in a measurable and known way.

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Soil venting and sparging

07 January 2009

An in-situ technique which is used to move air through either the vadose (unsaturated) zone above groundwater, or under water.

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Solidification/stabilisation

07 January 2009

Also known as immobilisation, this is akin to civil engineering methods like ground treatment or piling.

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Bioaccessibility

28 July 2009

Bioaccessibility is the potential of a substance for absorption by an organism.

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Bioavailability

28 July 2009

The fraction of a substance that can be absorbed by the body through the digestive system, the pulmonary system and the skin

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Biotreatment/bioremediation

07 January 2009

Now commonly used in the UK, this method is a ‘standard' to treat organic contaminants in off-site ‘soil hospitals' on the continent.

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Brownfield Land

31 December 2008

Land that has been previously developed for use

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Chemical oxidation

07 January 2009

Also known as ISCO (in-situ chemical oxidation), an oxidant is mixed with contaminants to cause a reaction that results in the rapid breakdown of the contaminant

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CLEA/CLR7-10

07 January 2009

The Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment Model, developed to indicate a method by which to assess risks to human health from land contamination.