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Risk‐Based Assessment of Soil and Groundwater Quality in the Netherlands: Standards and Remediation Urgency

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  • Frank A. Swartjes

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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.

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  • Frank A. Swartjes, 1999. "Risk‐Based Assessment of Soil and Groundwater Quality in the Netherlands: Standards and Remediation Urgency," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(6), pages 1235-1249, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:19:y:1999:i:6:p:1235-1249
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb01142.x
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    1. Komnitsas, Kostas & Zaharaki, Dimitra, 2012. "Pre-treatment of olive mill wastewaters at laboratory and mill scale and subsequent use in agriculture: Legislative framework and proposed soil quality indicators," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 82-89.

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