Hydraulic measures for the control and treatment of groundwater pollution

The importance of clean, uncontaminated groundwater is fundamental. About 35% of the UK’s drinking water supply comes from groundwater, with certain areas being heavily dependent on groundwater supplies for domestic, industrial, commercial and agricultural use. In response to mounting concern about the effect of pollution on groundwater resources, national and European legislation is imposing greater penalties for pollution on the polluter; groundwater is easily contaminated but it is difficult to treat or control. This book is a review of pump-and-treat and other hydraulic systems for remediating contaminated groundwater. It presents good practice in the investigation, monitoring, design, specification, implementation and operation of these methods for the containment or treatment of liquid-phase contamination. Illustrated with many examples and case studies from UK, European and US experience, and containing over 260 diagrams and photographs, the book is a major work on this important subject.