INCO-STREP Project supported by the European Union
under the 6th Framework Programme (FP6)

INCO-CT-2005-013420 на АНГЛИЙСКОМ in english                 на РУССКОМ in Russian

An innovate method for the on-site remediation of polluted soil under existing infrastructures

2005-2008

PARTNERS

• Verein zur Förderung des Technologietransfers an der Hochschule Bremerhaven e. v. (TTZ), Germany. Project coordination.
• M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics and Faculty of Soil Science, Russia. Coordination of scientific activities.
• Institute for Nature Management Problems and Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (INMPE), Ukraine.
• Globe Water AB, Sweden.
• Ugra State University, Russia.
• Bioazul S.L., Spain.
• Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw University of Technology), Poland.
• Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems (INEP), Russian Academy of Science, Russia.

STATE OF THE ART

Nowadays, soil pollution with harmful substances (heavy metals, PCB, chlorinated hydrocarbons, etc) is a global problem. Soil pollution most often results in pollution of groundwater and this in turn in harmful consequences for human, animal and plant health. If in the EU 1.5 million polluted sites have been estimated, it is agreed that in the NIS the number is at least comparable, including former military sites, airports, fuel stations, machinery repair stations and industrial production sites. Today, the most generally used method to address land pollutants is to excavate and remove the polluted land, which is then treated or transported to a landfill at another location. As a rule, this is a costly method that results in a heavy environmental load, due to long transport distances, among other factors. Moreover, in many cases the excavation is not an option due to financial or technical reasons. The development of new technologies for the removal of pollutants from the soil has thus become a priority. The CLEANSOIL project aims to develop and promote a very simple and cost-efficient alternative to enable the on-site, in-situ treatment of hazardous substances, especially targeted for large areas of polluted land and causing minimum site disturbance. Therefore, the system is applicable to the remediation of soil below buildings, roads, pipelines, railroads, etc, for both local and/or diffuse contamination, and even for preventive applications.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

• to develop and to test an innovative, simple, easy to handle, applicable under existing infrastructures and cost-effective on-site and in-situ soil remediation method able to achieve a degree of soil remediation that allows its reutilisation for different purposes;

• to contribute to the development of methods for the remediation of contaminated soils up to the restoration of its vital functions applicable both in the EU and the NIS;

• to contribute to the development of methods able to avoid groundwater contamination and the spread of pollution from leaching;

• to gather deeper knowledge on pollutants adsorption processes in soils, by finding the most suitable sorbent materials and bacteria able to remove different pollutants in different soils;

• to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between EU and NIS scientists in an area of mutual interest.

KICK-OFF MEETING

Soil Science Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow         30-31 May 2005

FIELD WORK

Kola Peninsula

CONTACTS

LINKS

Address of this page: http://soil.msu.ru/projects/cleansoil/