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Remediationof former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites by Allen W. Hatheway
English | ISBN: 0824791061 | 2011 | 1398 pages | PDF | 78,2 MB

Remediation of Former Manufactured Gas Plants and Other Coal-Tar Sites isgeared toward environmental professionals who want to design and implementgasworks remediation strategies that offer the greatest chance to successfullyprotect the public.

Exploring the bases for selecting remedial alternatives to adequately addresstoday’s environmental wounds, this compendium of essential knowledge combineshistoric and modern scientific data and technology with common sense andempirical lore passed down from past generations of gas professionals, a groupthat is now all but extinct.

Most of the general population does not have a sufficient understanding ofremediation needs. Unfortunately, there seems to be a similar lack of knowledgeamong some environmental professionals whose job it is to protect the publicfrom the health threats associated with coal tar. Pitfalls in remediation arecommon and represent a significant risk to the public, especially whenprocesses are based on inaccurate assumptions.

This book sifts through the existing scholarship from around the developedworld to present the necessary evaluation factors used in effectiveremediation. Almost encyclopedic in scope, it offers 265 separate tables withchecklists, hard data facts, and associations to help readers definesite-specific gas plant conditions. It also includes a plethora of photographsand historic drawings, as well as an extensive glossary that is indispensiblefor understanding potential and actual gas plant contamination.

Useful for engineers, scientists, regulators, public officials, historians, andjournalists among others, this book is intended for those who conductremediation, as well as those involved in review and oversight. Its goal is tobring users closer to safely reclaiming land and reviving old coal gasworkssites in ways that ultimately will be sustainable for the public interest.