The objective of CRC CARE’s Remediation Technologies Program is to develop cost-effective and sustainable remediation technologies for contamination that are acceptable to regulatory agencies, auditors and industry.

The Remediation Technologies Program includes five subprograms:

• Remediation technologies for heavy metal(loid) contaminated soils
• Remediation technologies for mixed contaminants
• Remediation of persistent organic pollutants
• Remediation technologies for contaminated groundwater
• Reactive filtration media for remediation

This program will develop technologies for the low-cost, in-situ remediation of contamination that provide results acceptable to regulatory agencies and environmental auditors. This includes development of:

• Cost effective, innovative and low-risk technologies for soil remediation (including treatment, bioavailability reduction, and combinations of these technologies) that can satisfy regulatory requirements, maximise overall land value and minimise the amount of soil disposed of in landfills.
• Remediation approaches for groundwater source zones that satisfy regulatory requirements, and reduce costs and risks. This will include monitored natural attenuation, enhanced natural attenuation, methods of free phase reduction, and permeable reactive barriers.
• Technologies that offer a rapid and cost-effective response to biological or chemical hazards from accidental releases or from terrorist activities.