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Risk‐Based Assessment of Soil and Groundwater Quality in the Netherlands: Standards and Remediation Urgency
Author(s) -
Swartjes Frank A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb01142.x
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , environmental science , groundwater , soil quality , risk assessment , soil contamination , environmental engineering , contamination , groundwater contamination , ecosystem , environmental planning , environmental protection , risk analysis (engineering) , water resource management , soil water , engineering , business , ecology , soil science , computer science , aquifer , geotechnical engineering , computer security , biology
To assess soil and groundwater quality two generic (i.e. multifunctional) risk‐based standards, Target and Intervention Value, have been developed, in the framework of the Dutch Soil Protection Act. These standards allow soil and groundwater to be classified as clean, slightly contaminated or seriously contaminated. The Target Value is basedon potential risks to ecosysystems, while the Intervention Value is based oqpotential risks to humans and ecosystems. In the case of serious soil contamination the site has, in principle, to be remediated, making it necessary to determine the remediation urgency on the basis of actual (i.e. site‐specific) risks to humans and ecosystems and, besides, actual risks due to contaminant migration.