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INTRODUCTION TO PHYTOREMEDIATION
Citation:
Rock*, S, B. Pivetz, K. Madalinski*, N Adams*, AND T. Wilson*. INTRODUCTION TO PHYTOREMEDIATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-99/107 (NTIS PB2000-106690), 2000.
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Description:
Phytoremediation is the name of a set of technologies that use plants to degrade, extract, or contain contaminants from soil and water. This topic has been the subject of sporadic research for twenty five years, and a great deal of research over the last ten years.
This report summarizes much of that research in order to provide the site manager, owner, regulator, or researcher with an understanding of what may be expected of a phytoremediative technology on a given site. This is not a design manual or a guidance document. This is intended as first step toward evaluating phytoremediation, and describes the questions that need to be answered before a remedy can be selected.
The report consists of two introductory chapters, an evaluation of the many kinds of phytoremediation and when each might by appropriate, design considerations, a chapter on treatability studies and monitoring, and six case studies.
A glossary and site database are included as Appendixes, with an extensive Reference list and a cross reference of all the plants mentioned in the report.