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A European approach to increase innovative soil and groundwater remediation technology applications
Author(s) -
Spira Yvonne,
Henstock John,
Nathanail Paul,
Müller Dietmar,
Edwards David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.20103
Subject(s) - harmonization , european commission , environmental remediation , emerging technologies , groundwater , environmental planning , environmental science , process (computing) , european market , business , european union , environmental economics , environmental resource management , engineering , computer science , international trade , economics , ecology , physics , geotechnical engineering , contamination , artificial intelligence , acoustics , biology , operating system
The European Commission (EC) has recognized a need for strengthening innovation of environmental technologies in order to increase competitiveness of European technologies on a global market and to achieve a more sustainable development in Europe. In the area of soil and groundwater remediation, innovative technologies are principally available and have proven applicability and performance on demonstration scales, but market uptake is disappointing. Consequently, initiatives have been launched in order to promote application of these technologies and to investigate on the harmonization of applications. The European Co‐ordination Action for Demonstration of Efficient Soil and Groundwater Remediation (EURODEMO), an EC‐funded project, is one strategic initiative for supporting these goals. This article summarizes results obtained so far regarding the investigation of the European situation and some undertaken and envisaged measures to achieve better market uptake. The results of this research project may serve as prerequisites for a European Environmental Technologies Verification (ETV) process. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.