Technical reports

Reports of work carried out to address technical issues of importance to industry and government.

Note: hard copies of some Technical Reports can be purchased online at our 'Products and Services' page.

Technical Report no. 22		Developing a national guidance framework for Australian remediation and management of site contamination: Review of Australian and international frameworks for remediation [PDF 1.84 Mb]
Technical Report no. 21		Sampling strategies for biological assessment of groundwater ecosystems [PDF 4.63 Mb]
Technical Report no. 20		Guidance document for the revegetation of land contaminated by metal(loids) [PDF 5.58 Mb]
Technical Report no. 19		Winery wastewater irrigation: Effects of sodium and potassium on soil structure [PDF 867 kb]
Technical Report no. 18		Selecting and assessing strategies for remediation LNAPL in soils and aquifers [PDF 1.5 Mb]
Technical Report no. 17		The Australian experience: A comparative analysis of the effects of contamination and its remediation on individuals and communities at two Australian sites [PDF 5.7 Mb]
Technical Report no. 16		Safe on-site retention of contaminants Part 1: regulatory approaches and issues - a legal perspective [PDF 5.34 Mb
Technical Report no. 15		A technical guide for demonstrating monitored natural attenuation of petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater
Technical Report no. 14		Contaminant bioavailability and bioaccessibility Part 1: A scientific and technical review [PDF 3.8 Mb] Part 2: Guidance for industry [892 kb]
Technical Report no. 13		Field assessment of vapours [PDF 5.4 Mb]
Technical Report no. 12		Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon vapours [PDF 1003.9 kb]
Technical Report no. 11		Characterisation of sites impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons - national guideline document [PDF 4.2 Mb] Available as a hardcopy (download LNAPL CSM Certainty Screening Tool spreadsheet)*
Technical Report no. 10		Health screening levels for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater
Technical Report no. 9		Petroleum vapour model comparison* [PDF 1.6 Mb] *CRC CARE Technical Report no. 9 supersedes CRC CARE Technical Report no. 1
Technical Report no. 8		Review of current international approaches to total petroleum hydrocarbon assessment [pdf 1.2 Mb]
Technical Report no. 7		Development of policies for the handling, disposal and/or beneficial reuse of foundry sands - a literature review
Technical Report no. 6		Technical impractibility of further remediation for LNAPL-impacted soils and aquifers (Note: the work on LNAPL remediation is still in progress)
Technical Report no. 5		The development of a modular, constructed wetland system for salt, organic and nutrients removal from dairy wastewaters [PDF 1.1 Mb]
Technical Report no. 4		The development of HSLs for petroleum hydrocarbons - an issues paper [PDF 2.4 Mb]
Technical Report no. 3		Natural attenuation: A scoping review [PDF 2.2 Mb]
Technical Report no. 2		Protocols and techniques for characterising sites with subsurface petroleum hydrocarbons - a review [PDF 2.8 Mb]
Technical Report no. 1		Petroleum vapour model comparison - interim report for CRC CARE** *CRC CARE Technical Report no. 1 has been superseded by CRC CARE Technical Report no. 9